Chapter 542

Chapter 542: You Have Talent But Look Down On Others
Clang – a blinding golden light cut across the sky.

Blood splattered.

A lump of pitch black, stinking flesh dropped straight from the air and smashed onto the bow of the ship.

In the next moment, it turned into a streak of black smoke and burrowed into Jin Yuan’s brow.

Shui Qiu Bai was overjoyed and couldn’t help giving Feng Jiu Si an admiring look as he shouted: “It worked!”

Feng Jiu Si snorted coldly, but in his heart he let out a long breath of relief.

“I’ll do it! I’ll do it!” Huo Shao Yan held the magical artifact and looked at the huge monster opposite them, itching to give it a try.

But just as he started to channel his spiritual energy, the Sea Monster suddenly twisted its massive body, and a tentacle lashed out like lightning.

Huo Shao Yan and the others jumped in shock and instinctively looked in the direction the tentacle was swinging.

Not far away, on the previously empty sea, a small boat suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and the figure standing on it looked both strange and familiar to them.

Huo Shao Yan shouted, eyes blazing with excitement: “Yu Zhao? So she isn’t dead!”

He squawked noisily, the fire of excitement dancing in his eyes.

Just now he had looked all around and failed to find Yu Zhao, so he thought she had already died in the Dead Sea. He never expected that she had quietly hidden herself away. It was just as sly as always.

But why did she suddenly show up right in the middle of their fight? Was she trying to steal the reward at the last moment?

It never crossed Huo Shao Yan’s mind that Yu Zhao had arrived before them and had already received her selection task. He just assumed Yu Zhao wanted to take a shortcut.

When he saw that the tentacle not only did not hurt Yu Zhao, but even lifted her boat and sent it skimming quickly across the water, his eyes nearly popped out of his head.

“Cheating?” He struggled for a long time before finally squeezing out two words.

Shui Qiu Bai slapped the back of his head, furious as he snapped: “Cheat what? She passed the test!”

Huo Shao Yan gave an awkward laugh.

Feng Jiu Si clenched his fist, and a strong sense of defeat rose in his heart.

Yu Zhao had gotten ahead of them yet again!

The Yu Zhao they all resented so much had already reached the shore safely under the Sea Monster’s escort.

She jumped off the boat and stepped onto the black sand beach.

A rough male voice suddenly rang out: “Are you willing to join our Sea Mountain Sect?”

As the words fell, a burly cultivator appeared out of thin air right in front of Yu Zhao.

A heavy sense of pressure crashed down. Yu Zhao’s expression did not change as she bowed and said: “Greetings, Senior.”

Master Da Wei nodded casually, then asked the same question again.

Up above the clouds, Old Rascal stomped his feet in anxiety as he shouted: “Yu Zhao is the disciple I set my eyes on! How can he steal her from me!”

Nan Gong Clan’s Yu and the others also looked displeased.

From how things were going so far, Yu Zhao was practically leaving everyone else in the dust.

Quite a few people had already taken a liking to her and wanted to take her as a disciple.

But Yu Zhao herself did not know this. If she got intimidated and actually agreed to Master Da Wei’s offer, it would be a pity.

However, the Daqian Alliance also had its own rules.

During the selection, aside from the Members in charge of the trials, no one else was allowed to interfere in the testing grounds.

Anyone who broke this rule would suffer harsh punishment.

Yu Zhao bowed slightly and said: “Many thanks for Senior’s favor, but this is a serious matter. I hope Senior can give this junior some time to think it over.”

Yu Zhao said she wanted to consider it, but it was basically a polite refusal.

First, she knew nothing about Sea Mountain Sect. Second, she had already agreed to Master Tai Wei of Bei Ming Palace.

If Master Tai Wei did not want to take her in, she could always look for another good teacher later.

Master Da Wei had not expected Yu Zhao to give her answer so quickly.

And it was not the answer he wanted to hear.

His face darkened at once as he said: “You have talent, but you look down on others. That is not a good thing.”

Yu Zhao’s eyes lowered slightly.

She had only declined his offer politely, yet he immediately turned hostile and spoke so sharply.

It was clear that the one looking down on others was not her, but this man in front of her.

His behavior also made her think of Dao Lord Tai Wei, who was likewise from the Great World.

Back then, Dao Lord Tai Wei had been just as overbearing.

At that time, Yu Zhao had not voiced any objections.

And now, she still would not waste her breath arguing with a man like this.

She bowed respectfully and said: “Thank you for Senior’s teaching. This disciple will remember it.”

She was completely unmoved.

Master Da Wei shook his head, and what little appreciation he had for Yu Zhao vanished in an instant.

“Go rest to the side and wait for the third trial to begin.”

Old Rascal let out a long breath of relief, secretly delighted.

[Good, good, good. She won’t bow to force. She has backbone and she is clever. This is exactly the kind of child Supreme Purity Palace needs. We have to get her. We must get her.]

“Wow, what courage. She actually dared to refuse a recruitment offer from the Upper Thousand World!”

“With that level of skill, of course she’s bold. With Yu Zhao’s talent, even if she can’t pick any Upper Thousand World force she wants, she is still definitely a hot commodity.”

“Yeah, capable people are liked anywhere. But where did she come from? How come we’ve never seen her before?”

“…”

As the first person to clear the second trial, Yu Zhao once again drew countless gazes.

When they saw Yu Zhao refuse the Great World cultivator’s offer without a second of hesitation, their hearts grew even more complicated.

If they were the ones invited, they would be nodding their heads nonstop in agreement, never even thinking about saying no.

Only Ancestor Sui Bian and the others understood what Yu Zhao was thinking, and a warm current surged wildly through their bodies.

They had placed great hopes on Yu Zhao, and she had not disappointed them.

If she kept up this momentum, passing the selection would be as good as guaranteed.

Once Yu Zhao entered the Great World, she would be able to meet Dao Lord Tai Wei in person. Then the day they reestablished contact with the Cultivation World would not be far off.

Those who were on good terms with Yu Zhao were all overjoyed to see her valued by a cultivator from the Great World.

But the faces of the Eight Great Clans, as well as people like Pei Li, were so dark that they looked ready to drip water.

After all, they had already made enemies with Yu Zhao. If she rose to power one day, what awaited them would be a total disaster.

Tu Zhen Yue pulled at the corner of his mouth, revealing a strange smile that did not reach his eyes as he said: “What’s so amazing about her? No matter how talented she is, she just blocked off her own path. She really thinks she is some incredible genius, daring to pick and choose. Now that she has offended Sea Mountain Sect, even if others want to take her in, they will have to think carefully about it.”

He snorted lightly and added: “Besides, even if she does enter the Great World, with such an arrogant and conceited nature, she will cause trouble for herself sooner or later.”

The other Patriarchs listened and felt he had a point, and their hearts relaxed a little.

Patriarch of the Huo Clan even said bluntly: “Patriarch Tu is right. And Yu Zhao is not the only one who can enter the Great World. The younger generation of our Family Clans can also enter the Great World. Who will get the last laugh is still hard to say.”

“Exactly, exactly!”

“No matter how strong Yu Zhao is, could she dare to fight all Eight Great Clans at once?”

The other Patriarchs grew more and more confident as they talked, and their mood brightened.

Only Tu Zhen Yue was clenching his teeth so hard he almost crushed them.

These old guys even dared to poke at his scars right in front of him. They were really treating him with less and less respect!

[Yu Zhao! It is all Yu Zhao’s fault! If not for her, Xiao would not have died so miserably, and our Tu Clan would not be left with no heir. She deserves a thousand deaths!]