(Helian Wei Wei: ...wanting to get to know her because of this kind of reason, she'll surely have a hard time feeling happy about it, you know!)
Bang!
When the incense was just about to extinguish, Wei Wei finally put down her brush.
Murong Chang Feng coldly glanced at her. "Luck's not bad." He thought that she'd certainly get eliminated from the competition and didn't expect that she was able to make it in time.
However, even if this was so, she could only be a joke.
How much she was worth, was something he knew better than anyone else.
At Armament City last time, she was just a cat that ran blindly into a dead mouse.
This time, merely watching her write was enough to gather how difficult things were for her.
It's even possible that the answers she'd submitted were all randomly put together.
Ah, a person like her, was indeed only suitable for pairing with that destitute and pedantic young guy.
It's just that...Murong Chang Feng looked at the side of that face beneath the sunshine which looked like it stood in the light, his pair of hands clenched and he couldn't keep himself from saying. "Helian Wei Wei, I'll give you one last chance, if you turn back, I can consider our old affections, and allow you to lose less miserably."
"Ha ha ha, girl, what am I hearing. This guy surprisingly used this kind of method to have you turn around." Yuan Ming's voice sounded from the Celestial Boundary Space, an evil light in his eyes. "How about it, do you want to become a noble's wife that thousands focuses their attention on?"
Wei Wei indifferently retracted her gaze, and redirected it at Murong Chang Feng's body. Her softly smiling countenance seemed to be be a response to Yuan Ming's question, and also seemed to be speaking to Murong Chang Feng. "This simply is the best joke that I've heard, yet."
Murong Chang Feng's back abruptly stiffened, his handsome face also seemed gloomy for that split second.
The two people's voices were very soft, other people didn't know what they were saying at all and only saw them standing side by side. That kind of position actually somewhat hinted at some unclear attachments.
"That can't be, this girl still can't forget Lord Murong even now? There's only a short waiting period, yet she's rushing to talk to him. Truly, she's really opening our eyes." A young girl who'd always liked Murong Chang Feng very much coldly laughed, each word, each sentence clearly meant to look down upon Wei Wei.
People sitting by her side were also from the Superior Compound. They laughed lightheartedly. "I reckon she thinks she'll lose for sure, so she's looking to Lord Murong for comfort."
"The young lord, won't comfort a good-for-nothing." The young girl blew on her red nails. "What's clear is that she's come to make herself a fool. When they announce the answers in a moment, we can watch her get humiliated!"
Hearing those comments, Nangong Lie pretended to sigh a long sigh as he leaned backwards and faced up, his two hands placed behind his head, his wicked thin lips intentionally or otherwise, spoke as he glanced at Baili Jia Jue. "Sigh, unforgettable old flames, old flames unforgettable, ahh. It seems that I'll need to prepare to go onstage. Romance indeed can make a woman thoroughly lose her judgment, so much so she's unable to differentiate between friends and foes. The captain clearly planned to throw the duel, Ah Jue, what do you say?"
Baili Jia Jue was somewhat absent-minded. As he turned his body slightly, a strange light streaked across the depths of his pupils, got caught in his rumination. Suddenly, his hands crossed and propped up his chin as the corners of his mouth slowly outlined an ice-cold smile. "I say, it's best you shut up."
"Ah Jue, where are you going!" Nangong Lie became excited. Was he looking for a duel, because of fighting over a woman, and what not!
Baili Jia Jue glanced back, immediately dr.a.p.ed on his long jacket. As before one could only sense his tall and straight back, and his strong, well-built musculature, that una.d.u.l.terated and cold ancient aura, determined to sever all relations, was expressed on his body in a saturated fashion. Indeed, his gracefulness had been acc.u.mulated for years, as he slowly curved up his thin lips. His eyes focused on Wei Wei's body radiated a demonically cold light...
Chapter 167 -
Baili Jia Jue looked down, his loose black hair dr.a.p.ed down, preventing people from seeing his expression. "Go make a birdcage."
"When did you become interested in raising birds?" A baffled Nangong Lie lifted his brows.
Baili Jia Jue's voice was neither fast nor slow. "Not birds. Human."
Having heard that, Nangong Lie's scalp numbed. No, it can't be what he's thinking!
Ah Jue's flown into a rage out of humiliation, and planned to lock up that oldest daughter of the Helian family like a pet!
"Listen to me, I was joking just now." Nangong Lie immediately held onto Baili Jia Jue's arm. His entire body wished he could wind around him, in order to hold him up. "The captain absolutely wouldn't go soft on him. Are you forgetting that she actually loves money the most. Murong Chang Feng, that guy, who knows what place he's at."
Baili Jia Jue thoughtfully glanced at him. Just when Nangong Lie almost could no longer stand the gaze fixed on him.
Baili Jia Jue finally sat back down, a cold light in his eyes. "You're right."
"Huh?" Nangong Lie swallowed his saliva. Actually, he'd forgotten what he said just now.
Baili Jia Jue extended his hand and was going to turn the pinkie ring on his finger, but discovered that there was a plain white strip of cloth wrapped there instead. His dark eyes became deeper. "She certainly loves money the most. Don't know how far down the list other people are."
Including him...
During the time Nangong Lie and Baili Jia Jue were speaking, onstage, Master Tu Lao already started to read Murong Chang Feng's answers.
It was written quite well. Each answer was explained clearly and could be graded as excellent. Other masters also felt this way. One after another, they nodded their heads.
When it was time to read Wei Wei's answers, one of the masters was disinclined to read it.
The outcome of the competition was already obvious, what difference would it make to read her answers?
When Master Tu Lao actually took hold of that rolled up piece of paper, his fingers immediately trembled. "So it's like this. It turned out that tungsten can be used in this way, to change the armament's form...how did I not think of this before!"
If, as they say, this piece of paper was blindly written, then he wouldn't have been so excited. However, the logic and line of thinking was clearly analyzed and each component was assigned its appropriate place by her.
It's as if all of these components were originally part of an armament, after they were dismantled, they were again reassembled. In addition, each design was more breathtaking than the previous one.
What's most unfathomable was that her writing surprisingly filled up the entire page of paper, with no less than eight designs!
Even he could only think of seven designs at most!
This, this girl unexpectedly!
What was even more astonishing was that she surprisingly even wrote at the end: There are other armament designs, however, this writing brush was too difficult to write with. I propose that in the future, the masters can change this into an oral competition. Thank you.
There were other designs? ? ! !
How's that possible? !
They looked at each other in dismay. The light in their eyes was shivering.
"Helian Wei Wei..." Master Tu Lao murmured this name, his fingers gripped in excitement. "This person is certainly a genius! I want to go down there, go see what this girl really looks like!"
The other master's left hand was extended and held Master Tu Lao to keep him down. "Don't, Tu Lao, you should wait a moment. We're in the middle of a competition, after all, and must follow the rules. Moreover, she's Grandmaster Zi Zun's disciple. Maybe she got lucky and was taught these answers prior to the competition, s
o she merely recited each word from memory, that's all."
Tu Lao stiffened slightly. "Maybe that's true, I reckon that guy, Zi Zun, could be used as a cover. However, to be able to recall and recognize so many components so well, within White Academy, we won't be able to find a second person like her! That girl absolutely is not the good-for-nothing that others say she is!"
"I know that." That master nodded his head, and gently stroked his beard. "What I'm saying is that this part of the duel is very clearly is her win. However, her strength is only this much after all. We still need to see her put the knowledge to practical use. That's the second part, assembly and installation."
"Ha ha, this proposal of yours is good." Tu Lao sat down again, but his eyes were no longer as calm as before.
Everyone was puzzled as they watched those two master laughing, and creased their brows in confusion.
"Must be that the answers provided by Oldest Sister made people not sure whether they should laugh or cry. That's why the masters were so moved." Helian Jiao Er spoke as she sighed in a rather vexed manner.
Having heard that, the young girls in the audience also laughed, one after another. "What do you guys think. What kind of answers can she possibly write? Could the designs be the ones that I don't know how to design, ha ha ha ha."
Facing the sneers rising from beneath the stage, Wei Wei didn't open her mouth to say anything at all, and only rotated the writing brush in her hand. Even the way she stood was as if she was languidly taking a stroll in a garden. If it's necessary to use something to describe her, then she's precisely like an afternoon sunshine, an enchanting scenery, in addition to a cup of the highest grade earl tea, when rotated in the hand, it's very ordinary. Only when one truly drank it into one's mouth, did it become clear what it meant to be refined.
Helian Wei Wei, she's that kind of person.
Possessing a kind of casualness, as if all of those things before her eyes were only a game.
Speaking of which, from her point of view, it's truly that way.
Assembling components was something she's done all of her life.
The K7 weapons in modern times were much more complicated than these armaments. Weapons' parts, from her point of view, posed no difficulty.
What's more, after arriving at Dragon War Empire, she depended on the assembly of armaments to become rich. Even though she might not necessarily be able to compare with other master in other ways. However, their store's most distinguishing feature was that they catered to both common martial artists and armaments researchers. In other words, no matter what category of armament components, poor, or good, she's worked with them all.
Moreover, from her point of view, there might not be such a clear distinction between poor and good components.
As long as a suitable use could be found for a component, it could produce a previously unimagined power....
Master Bai didn't know at all what Wei Wei was thinking, and even thought she was left speechless. Facing Tusu Feng, who's sitting not far from him, he said with a look of much regret. "What did I say before. I've suggested that Principal change your candidate. It seems the second duel no longer needs to continue. It's predestined to be a knockout competition."
Tusu Feng didn't respond, and only turned his head to say to Nangong Lie. "You should get ready."
Hearing that, people from the Inferior Compound lowered their head. Even the principal also spoke this way. It seems it's hopeless.
"Lord Murong, I knew the result was going to be this way!" The young girls from the Superior Compound turned towards Murong Chang Feng and smiled sweetly. "You're Dragon War Empire's most outstanding genius! It doesn't make any sense that you wouldn't win!"
Murong Chang Feng knew who that young girl was. That's why he returned her smile gently. After all, it's beneficial to him. "The results haven't been announced. Let's wait a bit." Even though he said this, Murong Chang Feng's appearance actually was one which was determined to win!
"OK." The young girl was pleased with herself as she glanced at Wei Wei.
Wei Wei didn't even try to throw her off.
That young girl clenched her teeth. Wait until the results were announced, she'd properly ridicule her then!
Finally, Master Tu Lao stood up from his judges seat. His gaze encircled the audience below, his voice unhurried. "The winner of the first portion of the armaments competition is..."
Chapter 168 - Everybody’s Dumbstruck
Murong Chang Feng raised his chin, the side of his face lengthened to a degree that appeared incomparably haughty, as if he anticipated his own win. He already took a step forward and was going to receive everyone's worship.
But didn't expect that Master Tu Tian would control his voice and loudly read "Helian Wei Wei", that name!
Clang!
The thing within the human figure's hand dropped.
Even Huan Ming Xiang didn't foresee that this would be the outcome. He stood fixed at his spot, and simply didn't have time to react.
Murong Chang Feng's smiling expression, during that split second, clearly solidified at its original position. He opened his eyes wide in amazement as the step he was taking also immediately froze in its original position. His fingers slightly trembled as he turned his head and glanced at Wei Wei, blood thoroughly drained from his face!
How's this possible!
How could he lose to a girl that's got nothing going for her!
Everyone was stunned by this outcome as they opened their mouths and forgot to close them. Right now, the stage's so quiet it seemed that one could hear a pin drop.
Couldn't, it couldn't be...
The person who won was that good-for-nothing?
The girl that was sneering just now and Helian Jiao Er's expression simultaneously started cracking. The words they originally wanted to speak in ridicule now was completely choked back into their throats. Their cheeks were both green and white, not very spirited in color.
While everyone was shocked dumb, a black and white robed Wei Wei slowly walked up towards the front.
Her expression didn't change at all. That smile that wasn't a smile was still on her little face as before, yet for a split second people thought they were seeing things.
Her clothing was very simple, without any accessories, the long sleeves floated in the air, black hair flew upwards. Surprisingly, within the contrasting black and white, the aura of a peerless talent began to emerge.
The audience blanked out as they watched this scene, what insanity was this?
A good-for-nothing unexpectedly defeated Lord Murong!
Wasn't she ignorant of everything?
Murong Chang Feng basically couldn't accept this result. He, the heir of the magnificent Murong Prince's Mansion actually lost to a good-for-nothing who previously hadn't attended any armaments class nor touched any armaments before? !
Murong Chang Feng fiercely suppressed the undulating discomfort in his c.h.e.s.t and turned his head towards the not so distant judges seats to say. "Masters, I drew up three designs, one more than what you've requested. I really don't understand how I lost."
Master Tu Tian could hear the discontent in the way Murong Chang Feng spoke, as he faintly creased his white eyebrows, shortly after which he sighed. This disciple of his was still too arrogant. "You've indeed drawn up three plans, that's true, and they're designed quite well."
That master sitting next to Tu Tian knew that it was uncomfortable for Tu Tian to speak, so he straightforwardly responded to Murong Chang Feng's inquiry, with a smile in his voice. "Lord Murong, sigh, you've already done a great job, however, your opponent has drawn up more than twice your number of designs." His implication was, just what is there to complain about.
Murong Chang Feng's face trembled and seemed to be full of disbelief. "Twice as many designs as mine? Impossible, that's absolutely impossible! Those components that master provided can only be used to make five different armament designs at most, seven or eight designs are basically impossible!
"
Hearing Murong Chang Feng say that it's impossible, the light in Helian Jiao Er's eyes changed, as she bit her red lips and said. "Master, is there maybe a problem, even if someone is Grandmaster Zi Zun's disciple, they still can't change that much, right?"
"Are you saying that I'm shielding Helian Wei Wei?" That master's complexion darkened, and spoke in an agitated manner. "Since you feel that as a judge, I'm not impartial, how about you be the judge."
Hearing that, Helian Jiao Er's face erupted with embarrassment. "I definitely am not saying that master's being partial, I only wonder if someone may have played a trick..." Otherwise, how could that s.l.u.t win!
"That's enough!" At this moment, the one who hadn't spoken, Master Tu Tian, coldly opened his mouth. "I didn't want to speak, because I didn't want to embarrass the Superior Compound too much, this result was based on my judgment, if Miss Helian still objects, then probably even I should be disqualified as a judge." After saying this, he turned and glanced at Master Bai, his voice replete with annoyance. "So these are the students that Master Bai has always been proud of. They've really expanded my horizons. Hehe, if the Superior Compound's students are all like this, then I'll propose to the principal that we'd better get rid of the Superior Compound as soon as possible!"
Master Bai became rigid and seemed as if he wished he could dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
Tusu Feng gently smiled and didn't respond at all.
This Master Tu Tian was truly angry now!
Not only Helian Jiao Er, after everyone from the Superior Compound heard these words, they all felt as if they'd been slapped on the face.
Everyone who originally had doubts, in this moment also didn't dare to have suspicions.
Master Tu Tian was Lord Murong's master, yet even he claimed that there's no problem whatsoever with the competition.
Then the person who won was really Helian Wei Wei!
Tu Tian also didn't care about everybody's response as he handed the rolled up fine paper to the teacher by his side. "Have him take a look at it himself."
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