Chapter 210: There’s Someone Down Below
Holy shit!
A Ghost King—something that hadn’t appeared in over a thousand years—had actually manifested before their eyes!
“Chen’er!” The Tang family head, who’d been smugly showing off his son just moments ago, turned pale as paper. Without caring about appearances, he jumped to his feet, ready to rush straight into the examination grounds.
“Wait!” Yun Jiao’s hand shot out, grabbing his sleeve before he could move. “Trust your son.”
After all, this was the same young man who’d survived an encounter with an evil jiao.
“But, Master Yun—that’s a Ghost King!” Tang Yi’s voice cracked, on the verge of tears. “This isn’t about trusting my son—it’s about basic survival! None of us—none of the sect leaders—have ever fought a Ghost King before! Having one show up in the exam—it’s madness!”
“Then trust me,” Yun Jiao replied calmly. “If you go charging in, all three Tang disciples will be disqualified. Besides, the old man’s watching over them inside.”
That last line finally made Tang Yi freeze. His son might not be the most reliable, but Yun Jiao had never once let anyone down. Somehow, her quiet certainty grounded him. He slowly sat back down.
The other sect masters and elders, who had all been holding teleportation talismans ready to abort the test, also hesitated—then quietly lowered their hands. They’d been seconds away from stopping the exam, convinced it had spun out of control. But hearing Yun Jiao speak… inexplicably, they all felt reassured.