Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 515: Admission to the Hospital

Chapter 515: Chapter 515: Admission to the Hospital

Shi Hao did not mind, as the Heavenly Palace Academy was his entry point into the South Wood Continent. For now, he would settle here and then investigate his origins.

He arrived at the registration office and lined up very obediently.

The academy had been open for several months now, so the massive influx of people had already ended. Here, there were only a few people queueing up.

Oh?

Shi Hao was taken aback, the person in front of him, wasn’t he the youth who had dined and dashed?

The world is indeed small to encounter him again.

But on further thought, the man had mentioned he was from the Northern Silver Continent, so why had he specifically come to the South Wood Continent if not to enter the Heavenly Palace Academy?

"Hey, you’re here too," the youth turned around and instantly revealed an enthusiastic smile.

"You still remember me?" Shi Hao asked. At the tavern, he had only been quietly watching the show without showing his face.

The youth smiled, "Of course, I, Xu Zeqi, never forget a face. Hmm, you were sitting at the second table to the right of the upstairs staircase."

Indeed, both his eyesight and memory were good.

Shi Hao nodded, "Not bad."

"Meeting again must be fate, especially since it’s the second time!" Xu Zeqi immediately acted as if they were old friends, just short of slinging his arm around Shi Hao’s shoulders, "How about we grab a meal at the Great Four Seas Tavern after we’re done here? My treat!"

Shi Hao sighed, "Should I start practicing my running skills now so I don’t get left behind and sold by you later?"

"Hahaha!" Xu Zeqi laughed heartily, patting Shi Hao’s shoulder, "You really have a sense of humor."

"No, I’m just speaking the truth." Shi Hao said seriously.

It wasn’t that he doubted him, but that Xu Zeqi truly was capable of such deeds.

At this, Xu Zeqi could only give a dry laugh.

"Next," called the person in charge at the front.

Xu Zeqi, relieved as if saved by a savior, hurried forward and said, "My name is Xu Zeqi, from the Northern Silver Continent."

"Have you been on any rankings?" the official asked.

"No," Xu Zeqi shook his head.

"Then head to the testing area," the official directed.

"Okay." Xu Zeqi nodded, but he didn’t move immediately. Instead, he turned back to look at Shi Hao.

Are you really planning to drag me into another dine-and-dash?

Shi Hao walked over, and after a similar exchange, he too was directed to the testing area.

——Eastern Fire Continent is the lowest region in martial arts on Yunding Star. Even if you’re ranked, it’s useless; they don’t acknowledge it.

"We agreed to eat together later," Xu Zeqi seemed to have forgotten the earlier awkwardness and became enthusiastic again on the way.

"Even if you fail?" Shi Hao joked.

"How could I possibly fail, being such an impressively brilliant person?" Xu Zeqi flipped his sprawling hair, looking very flamboyant.

The two arrived at the testing area.

There were a few middle-aged men sitting idly, who only perked up when they saw Shi Hao and Xu Zeqi approaching.

"Choose the skill you are best at for the test. You just need to pass one aspect whether it be Spirit Root, physique, or cultivation speed," explained a man in purple robes, "Anything will do."

Xu Zeqi immediately stepped forward and said, "I’m twenty-four years old, seventh Dharma appearance."

This cultivation speed was not slow. Even in the South Wood Continent, it was considered fast, just not comparable to those top Great Sect’s disciples and Holy Maidens.

The man in purple nodded, "Then let’s test your Blood Age, and show your Dharma appearance. If they match, you can pass."

Xu Zeqi nodded, first tested his Blood Age, then released his Dharma appearance.

Seeing his Dharma appearance, everyone was speechless.

Because his Dharma appearance was that of a Ferocious Beast, and each of the seven heads looked the same, yet no one recognized what species they were. However, each beast in the Dharma appearance had a round, bulging stomach, looking as if they had eaten to their fill.

Shi Hao was speechless. Was this person known for dining and dashing, and even his cultivated Dharma appearance was a foodie?

"Passed, passed." The corners of the man in purple twitched, but Xu Zeqi did indeed meet the recruitment standards.

How could such an unimpressive Dharma appearance exist?

He criticized mentally.

"And you?" he looked at Shi Hao.

Shi Hao’s mind raced. Speaking of Spirit Root, it was chaos under the Manifestation Root Water, and he instinctively didn’t want anyone to know. As for his constitution, well... he supposed it was non-existent, quite ordinary.

So, that left only the speed of cultivation.

Three realms at the age of twenty was considered top-tier in South Wood Continent.

Shi Hao thought for a moment and said, "I am twenty years old, three realms."

Hmm?

Even the man in purple was somewhat moved. Three realms at the age of twenty, such advancement was truly astonishing.

You see, the younger the age, the smaller the allowable age gap.

Shi Hao and Xu Zeqi differed by only four years, but also by four minor realms. However, it possibly took Shi Hao only two years to reach the third realm, whereas Xu Zeqi took six years to achieve the seventh realm.

So, by the time Shi Hao was twenty-four, he might already have reached the ninth realm.

That was considered an astonishing speed of cultivation in South Wood Continent as well.

"Good, test your Blood Age, then release your Dharma appearance again," the man in purple swept away his earlier awkwardness, appearing somewhat excited.

Finally, a top-tier genius was recruited.

The Blood Age was certainly no issue, but as soon as Shi Hao released his first Dharma appearance, the corners of everyone’s mouths began twitching again.

A Fireball, an utterly ordinary fireball.

Damn, although that previous Dharma appearance was chubby, at least it was a Ferocious Beast, but what was this Fireball supposed to be?

Unable to help it, Shi Hao let his Dharma appearance dim, resulting in this outcome.

And the second one?

Shi Hao released the Stone Sphere Dharma Appearance, and instantly, people’s mouths twitched even harder.

The third... surely, the third couldn’t be as ordinary, could it?

However, when the Black Rabbit Dharma appearance appeared, hopping and looking disdainfully at the people, everyone almost fell over in unison.

What the heck, what kinds of Dharma appearances were these three?

Indeed, Shi Hao was at three realms, and at twenty years old, which was extremely astonishing. But these Dharma appearances were so underwhelming, what combat power could such three realms possibly have?

This kind of Self-Observation was no different from those amped up on drugs.

The man in purple was extremely conflicted. He genuinely did not want to recruit such "talents," but according to the rules set by the academy, Shi Hao indeed met the standards.

So be it.

He said with a sullen face, "You passed. Come with me, along with that boy."

Recruiting two such underwhelming students put him in a very bad mood.

"Excuse me, Teacher, what should we call you?" Just then, Xu Zeqi, who was clueless, kept asking questions.

"Shall we go have a meal in the town later?"

"The Great Four Seas Tavern is pretty good. I’ve observed that it’s well-connected, perfect for running—haha, I mean, it offers a very broad view."

Xu Zeqi prattled on non-stop.

"Shut up!" the man in purple roared, and with a smack, Xu Zeqi was down on the ground.

The might of the Supplementing Divine Temple was not something mere Self-Observation could contend with.

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