Contrary to Nam's worries, the other half-beast students who had passed the second round cheered. That was because the last round would be held in Sadr Academy. In other words, we would be entering Sadr Academy tomorrow. Even though not everyone would be able to stay, at least we would be one step closer to our goal.
After everyone cheered, the purple-robed elder continued, "Rest early today. Commander Ao Tuo will bring you to Sadr Academy tomorrow morning."
After he said that, he left with the other elders.
After they left, Ao Tuo instructed the bearmen soldiers to split up and bring the students back to their accommodations. He walked towards us with a smile.
"I really couldn't tell that you two brats with the Houndhead men would be able to pass the first two rounds."
Ao Tuo looked at us in surprise. However, after congratulating us, his following words weren't pleasant to hear. "However, the first two rounds were the most basic tests. The last round is the real test. With your Houndhead men's bloodline, I'm afraid that you won't be able to reach Sadr Academy's standards."
Nam was already worried about this problem. After hearing that, he became even more depressed and lowered his head without saying a word.
I smiled at Ao Tuo and said, "It's hard to say for sure about the bloodline. Who knows, Nam and I might have high innate talents. After all, to be able to cultivate to the Monster realm at our age, we wouldn't be considered bad even among the other races."
Ao Tuo curled his lips. "Having confidence is a good thing. Then, I'll be waiting to see your performance tomorrow. Don't disappoint me."
After he said that, he waved his hand and signaled for the bearmen soldiers to bring us away.
The participating students' accommodations were in a row of bamboo buildings outside of the Purple Bamboo Forest. It was extremely cool inside and the rooms were spacious. It wouldn't be crowded for two people to stay in a room.
After sending Tana to the female students' accommodations, Nam and I returned to our room.
He was still in low spirits. After returning, he laid on the bed and tossed and turned without saying a word. It was obvious that he couldn't fall asleep.
I found it funny at the side, but it wasn't good to tell him about it. I could only wait for him to see the results tomorrow to understand.
Currently, what I was most worried about was what I should do tomorrow.
I can't control my bloodline talent. If I want to hide it, the only way is to use someone else's body to help me complete the test.
"If I had my previous cultivation, or if I could still use the Yang Spirit at this time, it would not be difficult for me to use the Yang Spirit to control other people's bodies. But in the current situation, this method obviously cannot be used.
After thinking about it, the only feasible plan was to find the blood of other Beastmen and secretly use this blood to bluff his way through the talent test tomorrow.
After running through this plan in my mind and feeling that I didn't miss anything, I decided on this plan. Afterwards, I asked Dunmu which races in the wolf tribe had higher innate bloodlines.
Hearing this question, Nam was slightly astonished. However, due to his depressed mood, he didn't ask much and just told me that in the wolf tribe, the tribe with the highest bloodline was naturally the Gold Wolf tribe. Behind them were the Bear tribe, Fox tribe, Deer tribe and Horse tribe, whose innate talents weren't bad.
Fox Clan?
Hearing this name, I was stunned. Then, I asked about the situation of the Namu Fox tribe.
However, Nam shook his head and told me that even though the Fox tribe's innate talents were high, there were very few of them. Moreover, I heard that their position in the Monster race wasn't high.
He wasn't too sure about the specific situation as he had never seen the Fox tribe before.
Since he wasn't clear about it, I didn't ask any further. I only made a mental note that if there was a chance in the future, I would check on the situation of the Fox tribe in the Monster region to see if they had any relationship with the Green Hill Fox tribe.
Going back to the previous question, since Nam said that these few races had high innate talents, then I would have to think of a way among these races.
Just as I was thinking, a deep voice suddenly sounded from the door. "Hey, you guys are here. I've been looking for you for a long time."
The person who came was the Tauren Sedar. Seeing him enter, Nam got up from the bed and asked him what he wanted.
Sedar scratched his head. "I don't have any friends in Rock City. It wasn't easy for me to find someone to talk to, so I wanted to talk to you."
Sedar and Nam seemed to regret not meeting each other earlier. Seeing that they were chatting happily, I excused myself to go to the toilet and left the room.
While I was thinking, I already had a plan in mind.
Of the races that Nam had mentioned, I had only seen one from the Horse tribe in the inn that I was staying at previously. He was also a student that had come to participate in the examination.
In this situation, I could only go and find him.
I released my spiritual sense to search the bamboo building. The strange thing was that I didn't sense the aura of the Horse tribe member.
I found it strange. With the Horse tribe's innate talent, it shouldn't be a problem for him to pass the first two rounds of the examination. Could it be that something happened to him and he didn't pass?
If that was the case, it would be difficult. Since I couldn't use the Horse tribe's bloodline, I had no choice but to randomly pick a student with a high cultivation from the other students.
However, cultivation and innate talent weren't necessarily proportional. If that was the case, there would be more variables in tomorrow's examination.
While I was thinking, I didn't retract my spiritual sense. Suddenly, I detected that there was a faint wailing sound coming from the plaza.
I instinctively looked in that direction and my eyes instantly lit up. There was a person squatting on the plaza. I could faintly tell that it was the Horse Head that I had seen previously.
This really didn't take any effort. I was overjoyed and quickly walked over.
Seeing that I had walked over, the Horse Head immediately stopped crying and turned to leave. I wasn't in a hurry to make a move. Instead, I casually asked, "What's wrong, Brother Horse Head?
Why are you crying here instead of sleeping in the middle of the night? "
Hearing my question, he stopped in his tracks and replied, "Us Horse Heads have a keen sense of hearing. I was eliminated in the first round of the examination today.
My family is looking forward to me getting into Thadd Academy. I don't know how to face them now. "
I was stunned. This Horse Head was actually eliminated? Moreover, he died in the first round due to the characteristics of his race … I had to say that his luck was really bad.
Originally, I didn't hide my figure as I was prepared to take his blood after killing him.
However, seeing that the Horse Head had a tough life, I felt some sympathy for him. After pondering for a while, I decided to let him live.
Thus, I patted his shoulder and advised him to go home earlier. After that, I left the plaza and stealthily made my way back.
At this moment, the Horse Head was still sitting on the plaza in a daze. I sneaked up to him and touched the back of his head. The Horse Head softly fell to the ground.
After observing the surroundings, I used my right hand to chop off his ponytail and took it away. Then, I used my monster energy to seal his blood vessels.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, I carried him to the cliff where the second round of the examination would take place. Then, I threw him off the cliff.
This way, when he woke up tomorrow, he wouldn't be able to come back. Moreover, he wouldn't know what had happened, so it wouldn't affect me.
The next morning, the students participating in the selection were woken up early. Then, they boarded the bear-men's carriages. The journey was bumpy for almost two hours. Finally, they stopped at the foot of a mountain.
According to the bear-men's soldiers, the mountain in front of us was called Gulal Mountain, which was a branch of the Ula Mountain Range. Thadd Academy was located at the top of this mountain.
There were many ferocious beasts in the Ula Mountain Range. During the examination, the students could kill the ferocious beasts there and take their beast cores.
Beast cores … I had come to Thadd Academy for the beast cores. After hearing the news, I made a mental note of it.
After waiting at the foot of the mountain for a while, a student wearing a blue robe came down to pick us up. We walked all the way up the mountain.
The half-beastmen who had come to participate in the selection were very excited. They kept asking questions along the way. However, the official student of Thadd Academy wore a cold expression and didn't answer our questions.
After walking along the mountain path for another half an hour, a mountain gate made of boulders appeared in front of them. Apparently, they had arrived at Thadd Academy.
After crossing the mountain gate, we arrived at a large plaza made of stone slabs. There was an imposing platform in front of the plaza. There was a stone table and a few rattan chairs on it.
Behind the platform were four stone pillars, which were engraved with complicated patterns.
Ten meters above the stone pillars, there was a palace-like building. According to the introduction, it was the training hall of the Research Institute.
As the crowd exclaimed in surprise, we arrived at the foot of the platform and stood in a neat formation.
At that moment, the elders of Thadd Academy appeared again. It was the purple robed elder from yesterday. He walked up to the platform and said loudly to us, "Welcome to Thadd Academy. Today is the last round of the examination. After passing, you will become a student of Thadd Academy and enter the various academies to study."
After he said that, he pointed at the four giant stone pillars behind him and told us that they were the tools to test our bloodline talents. He told us to go up and take the test.
Just as he finished speaking, the intermediate disciple who had led us in had already walked up to one of the stone pillars on the platform. He made a cut on his palm and pressed his palm on the stone pillar.
The stone pillar immediately reacted.
A blood red line started from the disciple's palm and headed towards the top of the stone pillar.
When the line was about to touch the top of the stone pillar, he suddenly retracted his hand.
With his personal demonstration, we naturally understood the process of the examination. After that, there was no need to say anything more. The participating students went up the platform in order to begin the examination.
After a short while, there were five to six people who had completed the examination. However, they only managed to light up one stone pillar. The purple robed elder looked dissatisfied. It was obvious that one stone pillar wasn't enough to pass the selection.
After those few people, it was Nam's turn.
His expression was extremely nervous. He pulled my arm and asked anxiously, "Duo Ji, what should we do?
I feel that I can't even light up a single pillar. "
I smiled and patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, just go up. Emperor Pu 'er will protect you."
Maybe it was because of his trust towards Emperor Pu 'er, Nam calmed down and walked up the platform.
Seeing the appearance of the dog-headed man, the surrounding students all revealed expressions of disdain. Some of them even ridiculed Nam, saying that the dog-headed man was an inferior race and shouldn't be able to activate the stone pillars.
These words made Nam even more nervous. After a long while, he finally walked in front of the stone pillar. He made a cut on his hand and pressed it on the stone pillar.
In an instant, one of the stone pillars was completely lit up. Immediately after, the red line reached the middle of the second stone pillar.
The red line continued to rise until it was a third of the way to the third stone pillar before stopping.