Chapter 20: You Almost Managed to Hurt Me
The younger cultivator secretly shifted closer to Daoist Fu Feng and asked softly, “Daoist Brother Fu Feng, neither I nor the Bao Clan offended you, did we?”
The Daoist let out a couple awkward-sounding coughs and played dumb. “Patience. Keep watching, and you will understand.”
The younger cultivator felt restless, but there was nothing he could do. He could only watch helplessly as Wei Yuan continued to travel north. On the other hand, the two Confucianists were pleasantly surprised. They both ignored the fact that the boy had suddenly unleashed a secret technique of fortune.
All aristocratic families possessed their own secret technique of fortune. The Bao Clan’s Those Forgotten Years was especially renowned and allowed Bao Yun to gain an explosive amount of power instantly. Li Zhi had reserved a spot in the Four Sages Academies, so he had to have mastered the Chapter of Departure as well.
They weren’t the only two people who possessed a secret technique of fortune either. Most of the nobles participating in the unified exam did. If they really looked into this matter, they could easily identify twenty or thirty such individuals. Naturally, this was one of those matters that they had to turn a blind eye to.
In the northern zone, the girl wearing yellow was watching her sand table and counting the time. Eventually, she declared, “We will advance if Li Zhi still doesn’t show up in one ke[1]!”
Right on cue, a few grains of sand suddenly fell off the tiny hills on her sand table!
The girl raised her head and said calmly, “I didn’t think he would show up. It would seem that he is not as green as I thought.”
The candidates surrounding her were all looking southward as well. They all looked calm and collected.