A wild boar the size of an elephant was resting in the mud.
It had its eyes closed, half kneeling and half lying down. Its tusks were clean and shiny like blades.
The light of dusk shone on its dark black fur. Its huge belly was white, rising and falling with each breath it took, emitting a humming sound.
King Boar!
Fang Yuan was a few hundred meters away from it, but he still carefully walked downwind.
"Although I can kill wild boars now, against this King Boar, I can only run. Even a Rank two Gu Master can't kill it. If I can't figure out the Gu worms on its body, I might fail miserably. "
Kings of beasts like these usually had Gu worms on their bodies.
On the wild boar king's body, there were usually boar Gu. Pink Boar Gu and Flower Boar Gu were the majority. Other than Boar Gu, there would also be Beast Skin Gu or Thorn Caterpillar Gu.
In this world, there were all sorts of Gu worms. Some Gu worms lived on strong wild beasts and had a symbiotic relationship with the wild beast.
When the wild beast was attacked, the Gu worms on its body would sense the danger and help the wild beast fight against the strong enemy.
This King Boar was huge, and its strength far surpassed normal boars. Fang Yuan was not its match, not to mention it had one or more mysterious Gu worms on its body.
However, Fang Yuan's reason for coming here was not to kill this King Boar. Instead, he was trying his best to avoid Wang Da's revenge.
Wang Da knew that Fang Yuan had the beast skin map, and Fang Yuan stood on his side and beat him at his own game. He didn't go anywhere else, but headed towards the location marked by the red cross on the King Boar.
Although King Boar was dangerous, it was still a wild beast and didn't have the intelligence of a human. Old Man Wang, as a mortal, could find this place and retreat safely. Why couldn't Fang Yuan do the same?
Going against the flow might seem risky, but there was a chance of survival.
As they got further and further away, King Boar was left behind by Fang Yuan. If it was on a map, his route would be a big circle, bypassing the red cross, forming a full arc, and finally arriving at the hillside where several clan elders were overseeing. There, he would conduct the mid-year assessment on the spot.
An hour later, a young man with grass all over his body, his coarse clothes cut by the thorns, and his feet covered in mud, trudged to this hillside with a bag on his back.
This battered and exhausted youth was precisely Fang Yuan.
"I'm finally back safe and sound. Here, with an elder overseeing things, their safety was greatly guaranteed. But I can't be careless. "Fang Yuan secretly heaved a sigh of relief as he slowly walked up the hill.
There was a simple shed on the hillside, and dozens of students were gathered near the shed. The guards of the academy were counting the number of pig teeth in the students' bags. Of the several clan elders who were originally guarding this place, only the Academy Elder was left. The others were nowhere to be found.
"Why is there something wrong with the atmosphere?" Fang Yuan frowned slightly, his sharp senses telling him that something big had happened.
As he neared the shed, he could hear the discussions of the students around him.
"Did you hear? There was an assassination just now, and a few Rank two Gu Masters died in an instant."
"Really?"
"It's true. I came early and saw Guyue Fangzheng being carried away by a few clan elders, leaving in a hurry."
"Guyue Fangzheng is too unlucky, to encounter such a thing during the assessment."
"Hehe, you don't understand. The enemy's target is Guyue Fangzheng, he is an A grade talent. "
"I wonder if he will die?"
"Even if he doesn't die, he will be skinned alive. Maybe after he is injured, his aptitude will drop. "
…
Fang Yuan's footsteps not only slowed down, his heart was like a clear mirror, immediately deducing the general truth of the matter.
"Wang Da wanted to kill me, to take revenge for his family. But after I found the treehouse, I immediately changed my route and rushed towards King Boar. Wang Da did not expect this, and missed me, but unexpectedly found Fangzheng. His source of information was those few hunters, and he did not know that I have a twin brother. He thought Fangzheng was me, and wanted to kill him, but was stopped by the surrounding Gu Masters. Now the question is — is Wang Da dead? "
Fang Yuan frowned. Wang Da successfully escaped, Wang Da was captured, or Wang Da was killed. These three scenarios would affect his plans and arrangements.
After thinking for a while, Fang Yuan decided to act according to the original plan.
The academy elder's expression was ugly. Fangzheng was actually assassinated. Without any clues, he would never have guessed that Fangzheng was helping Fang Yuan block the calamity, and instead linked it to the Bai and Xiong clans!
Fangzheng was the only A grade genius in Guyue village in the past three years, the Bai and Xiong clans naturally would not sit by and watch him grow. Sending Gu Masters to carry out assassinations, nipping him in the bud, this was very normal.
Even the Guyue village was doing this. Secretly sending Gu Masters to assassinate the other two clans' genius students.
"The assassin was killed on the spot, I wonder how Fangzheng's injuries are?" The academy elder was worried. At this time, the guard handed over a piece of paper.
The academy elder took the paper, and absentmindedly read, "In this year's examination, the results are as follows … Guyue city, 16 wild boar teeth, Guyue Mobei, 14 wild boar teeth …"
Only then did the surrounding students' attention get drawn over.
The results were clear at a glance.
The D grade students, although working together, could only get three to four wild boar teeth. Most of the students in the third and second grades had eight or nine pills. More than ten boar teeth was an excellent result.
The best was Guyue city, with sixteen. Next was Guyue Mobei. As for Fangzheng, he had ten.
Guyue Mobei's face was full of pride. He was lucky this time, encountering two wild boars fighting, thus benefiting from it.
Guyue Mobei, on the other hand, was very indignant, he actually let Guyue City suppress him.
The academy elder continued to announce, "Next, I announce, the first in this examination is …"
"Wait!" Fang Yuan stepped out from the crowd.
"Fang Yuan, you're late. The examination has already ended an hour ago, according to the rules, the number of wild boar teeth you got, will be reduced by four as punishment. "Guyue City immediately shouted.
Fang Yuan ignored him, he opened the bag on his back, then grabbed the bottom of the bag and hung it upside down in front of everyone.
Hua.
Dozens of shining white wild boar teeth, quickly piled up beside his feet.
"This!" Chicheng's mouth was wide open.
Mobei and the others all stared with their eyes wide open.
"How can there be so many? This is too much! "The academy elder looked at Fang Yuan, his expression carrying a hint of surprise," Fang Yuan, did you hunt all of these? "
Fang Yuan cupped his fists and answered, "I only hunted about ten myself. But I accidentally found a bag, probably hidden by a hunter. There were many wild boar teeth inside. I thought for a while, the mid-year examination is for us to try our best to gather as many wild boar teeth as possible in one day. There's no written rule that we must kill wild boars, so I brought them here. "
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire place was in an uproar.
"How can you do this?"
"This luck is too good!"
"This is too fake. Could he have missed the question and then cheated?"
The academy elder stared closely at Fang Yuan. After staring for a while, he announced, "In this examination, Fang Yuan is first."
…
The atmosphere in the Patriarch's Pavilion was quite heavy.
Guyue Bo sat on the main seat, while the rest of the elders sat in two rows, suppressing their anger.
"Guyue Yao Ji, you are our clan's number one healing Gu Master, let me ask you, how is Fangzheng's situation?" Clan leader Guyue Bo asked one of the clan elders.
Guyue Yao Ji was an old woman with a stooped back and a face full of wrinkles like tree bark.
She coughed twice and slowly said, "Reporting to Patriarch, the current situation has been stabilized. Fangzheng's life was not in danger, but he was still unconscious. His aptitude did not decline because of this. "
"It's good that it did not decline." Guyue Bo let out a long breath and asked the punishment hall elder on the left, "Did you find out about the assassin?"
The punishment hall elder was not as experienced as Guyue Yao Ji. He immediately stood up from his seat and lowered his head, "Found out. Thirty-five years old, male, identity unknown. Suspected to be a demonic Gu Master, possessing two Gu worms. One is a Shadow Bug, the other is a Love Parting. "
Guyue Bo nodded, "Looks like he is an assassin. Love Separation … the number one poison in Rank 2. It is not strange that he could kill three of our Gu Masters. "
"Clan leader, do we still need to investigate this! If it is not the Bai clan, then it is the Xiong clan! "Guyue Lian shouted, his eyes looking like they were about to spit fire.
"Shadow Worm, Love Separation … this does not seem like a spy that the Bai clan and Xiong clan secretly nurtured. Maybe it is a foreign demonic Gu Master who wanted to attach himself to the clan. After receiving instructions, to express his loyalty, he came to assassinate Fangzheng. No matter what, the other two villages will definitely not be able to get away with this matter. "Gu Yue Mo Chen said coldly.
These two elders in power, although they did not get along normally, once an external enemy appeared, they would put aside their differences and work closely together.
Guyue Bo nodded, he thought so too.
Wang Da had disappeared for three whole years without any news. In the hearts of the villagers, he was long dead, thus his identity was a mystery.
Guyue's higher-ups did not know about this. Normally, they would not care about the death of a serf. Everyone's gazes were focused on the Bai clan and Xiong clan.
At this time, the academy elder walked in.
"Lord clan leader …" He had a worried expression. Just as he opened his mouth, Guyue Bo answered, "Academy elder, don't worry. Fangzheng is fine, his aptitude is still A grade."
The academy elder's expression immediately relaxed.
"Oh right, are the other students safe? How are their results in this examination, what is Fangzheng's rank? "Guyue Bo asked casually.
The academy elder answered truthfully. When he said that Fang Yuan had accidentally picked up a bag of wild boar teeth and got first place, Guyue Bo's gaze flashed.
The hall was silent. All the clan elders seemed to have sensed something and quietly observed their surroundings. The originally tense and resentful atmosphere also became subtle.
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