The Prodigies War

The entire place went silent.

He is too shameless!

The same thought ran through everyone’s heads at the sight of the perfectly composed Lin Xun.

Everyone knew that Lin Xun would never willingly agree to Qi Can’s proposal. However, they never imagined that he would so shamelessly and righteously reject it.

I feel so loved and ashamed that I cannot compare to him? Even a blind person could see through such lies! And yet, he still managed to say it all in such a self-important and earnest manner. Does he not know the meaning of shame?

Several people felt a strong urge to ignore everything, charge over and bash the shameless fellow when he said it didn’t matter if they didn’t agree because no one dared to go against the rules and beat him.

This is too infuriating!

Qi Can’s handsome face darkened as he ground his teeth in anger. The other students in his circle also had extremely stormy expressions.

They had seen shameless people before, but never had they seen someone so despicable and audacious!

“He…” Shi Yu could not help but feel dazed. It had never occurred to him that Lin Xun could have such an unethical side.

Li Qiu sported a bewildered expression. Is this really the person Young Master Yu admires? Isn’t he too…Li Qiu could not find the words to describe Lin Xun.

Ning Ming couldn’t hold back his mirth and he laughed until tears nearly began streaming down his cheeks. To think that such obvious lies could be said in such a righteous and serious manner. Lin Xun is such a scumbag!

Several people’s expressions turned increasingly ugly upon hearing Ning Meng’s unrestrained laughter.

Meanwhile, a groan was heard. Already depressed and beaten black and blue, this was the final straw for Xin Wenbin. He vomited blood and fell unconscious.

The entire arena erupted. Xin Wenbin had vomited blood and fainted from anger!

This was not surprising. He had been repeatedly pummeled by Lin Xun before having to hear his shameless speech. Anyone else would not have been able to take such humiliation.

For a time, numerous people looked at Lin Xun in disgust, anger, hatred, and disdain.

Lin Xun seemed completely oblivious. He sighed regretfully at Xin Wenbin’s unconscious state, “Sigh, Young Master Xin must feel bad to have let me down by not lasting till the end.”

Veins bulged on the crowd’s foreheads. They were trying very hard not to rush forth and kill Lin Xun. He’s definitely doing this on purpose!

However, Lin Xun ignored them. He turned his head, looked towards Xiaoke, and cupped his hands together, “Instructor, is there any possibility of Young Master Xin waking up immediately?”

The crowd was stunned. He wants to continue beating up Xin Wenbin?

“Lin Xun, don’t be so pleased with yourself!” Wen Mingxiu shrieked like a banshee.

“You’re too much! You’d better watch out in the future!”

“Nothing good will ever happen to a shameless person like you!”

The others angrily scolded.

The place descended into chaos. Numerous students were affected and were no longer able to concentrate on their sparring.

At the entrance, Xiaoke looked at Lin Xun, who was pretending not to hear any of their scoldings. She could not help but feel strange as the corners of her lips twitched imperceptibly.

“It’s about time. The training is over.” Xiaoke finally spoke, subduing the unrest. She had said nothing about Lin Xun’s actions from start to end.

This made several people feel indignant. However, they knew that Lin Xun had not broken any rules and could only swallow their dissatisfaction for now.

As such the curtains finally fell on the sparring session fiasco.

After this event, Lin Xun was washed clean of his cowardly clown nickname. However, due to the Xin Wenbin fiasco, Lin Xun gained a new title: the shameless one.

Regardless, no one dared to underestimate Lin Xun after today. In fact, many people were now wary of the skill he had displayed today.

Xin Wenbin’s father was the Forbidden City’s Imperial Guard Commander, a true bigwig in the empire. As such, even someone like Qi Can needed to practice some tact with Xin Wenbin.

However, Lin Xun had dared to take action against such a person. This meant that he was either not afraid of Xin Wenbin’s revenge or couldn't care less since he had already offended Xin Wenbin.

No matter which it was, it was sufficient to make others wary of him.

In Blood Kill Camp, rules were king and a person’s outside status meant nothing. Hence, before leaving the camp, anyone who wanted to make an enemy out of Lin Xun needed to first evaluate the potential risks and costs.

Xin Wenbin was the best example of this. Not only had he been thoroughly abused, he had also lost seventeen or eighteen points. In addition, his reputation had suffered a devastating blow and he could no longer raise his head in front of Lin Xun in Blood Kill Camp.

The price was too steep!

Many could tell that Lin Xun was making an example out of Xin Wenbin. Lin Xun’s cruel and vicious methods made it such that no one would dare to treat him the way they had before.

Shi Yu could not fully understand why Lin Xun had done this. Is he not worried about completely offending Xin Wenbin’s and Qi Can’s group?

Or perhaps he had already prepared for this long ago?

Shi Yu was uncertain.

Although the matter gave rise to several discussions and guesses, they were soon swept away by the imminent month-end exam.

The results of the exam would decide whether the students would be eliminated. It also concerned the honor of every student and the entire campground. Hence, no one dared to be negligent.

After the sparring training session, Lin Xun left with Ning Meng and headed for the goods exchange warehouse. Lin Xun planned to exchange his points for a handy weapon in preparation for tomorrow’s exam.

He did not notice Xiaoke pondering deeply as she watched his departing figure.

What kind of youth is he?

For the very first time, Xiaoke realized that she had never truly understood Lin Xun.

In their one-on-one training, he had displayed composure, tenacity, extremely high comprehensive ability, and cultivation talent. It was not difficult to imagine him becoming a powerful expert in the future.

However, he seemed to become a completely different person when he was discussing runes with Old Mo: full of vigor, enthusiasm, and the confidence of someone who had full control.

If that was his true self, seeing how he dealt with Xin Wenbin today made Xiaoke somewhat unable to grasp the depth of Lin Xun’s nature.

The students might believe Lin Xun was shameless and despicable, but Xiaoke felt a slight explainable chill from Lin Xun’s methods.

What kind of enemy is the most terrifying?

A person who has no bottom line is fearless and would resort to any means!

Such an individual would not care about honor or dignity, nor would he be threatened by someone’s status or influence. In extreme cases, he would not even care about his own life. It was easy to imagine how frightening it would be to make an enemy out of such a person.

Xiaoke was not certain whether Lin Xun was such a person, nor did she know which was his true face.

“What kind of environment did he grow up in to have such a complicated character?”

Xiaoke suddenly realized that this thirteen-year-old youngster had many secrets that even she did not understand.

……

When Ning Meng and Lin Xun left the goods exchange warehouse, there was an ordinary battle blade in his hand. It was two feet and four inches long, three fingers wide and was made from Gold Swell Alloy.

Ning Meng did not understand his choice. This lousy blade wasn’t even an aeth weapon and only cost three points. Compared to aeth weapons, it was complete trash, so why had Lin Xun chosen it?

From what Ning Meng knew, all the students had spared no cost and spent a huge amount of points to obtain a satisfactory aeth weapon. Ning Meng himself was no exception.

As such, Lin Xun’s choice to exchange for an ordinary weapon appeared rather unusual.

The most inconceivable thing to Ning Meng, however, was that Lin Xun currently had 469 points!

Lin Xun had not participated in any training for the past three weeks, so where did all these points come from? What had he done to catapult himself out from last place?

Lin Xun did not explain. It was a secret and he had an agreement with Old Mo that he would not mention anything about the new Violet Hero Battleship design before it was complete.

Although Ning Meng was not satisfied by this, he could roughly guess that Lin Xun must have obtained several benefits from the rune master over the past three weeks.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to have such an astonishing amount of points and such shocking battle power.

“I don’t even know what to say. I can’t say you’re low-key because of how you’ve offended Qi Can, Xin Wenbin, and the others today, but I can’t say you’re arrogant either because no one can tell how many tricks you have hidden up your sleeve.”

Ning Meng sighed. To him, Lin Xun was more arrogant than anyone else when he needed to be arrogant, but when he needed to be low-key, it became very easy to neglect his existence.

It was very difficult to describe what kind of person Lin Xun was.

Lin Xun grinned and casually said, “You only need to know that we’re not enemies.”

Ning Meng sulkily said, “Blast you. Even if we’re enemies, I’m not afraid of you, okay?”

Lin Xun offhandedly agreed and said nothing else on the topic.

“Be careful tomorrow. I heard that the 40th Campground has more people with several formidable characters amongst them. Don’t be too negligent.” Ning Meng cautioned before he parted ways with Lin Xun, returning to the campground.

After some contemplation, Lin Xun returned to Old Mo’s warehouse and directly asked him for a rune brush and a dish of jade water rune ink under Xiaoman’s astonished gaze.

He was, of course, not stupid enough to bring an ordinary weapon to the month-end exam. As a rune apprentice with weapon making experience, would it make sense for him to spend a huge amount of points for an aeth weapon?

If he needed an aeth weapon, he could craft one!

There were several high-class rune inks in Old Mo’s abode. It would be a waste if Lin Xun didn’t make use of them!