The Spring Protector's face was stiff. He'd wanted to make things difficult for the humans, but in the end, they had turned the tables.
Even more infuriating was that after Feng Xi saw him, she said in surprise, "Spring Protector, you came back so quickly?
Looks like this imperial palace isn't that big!
Actually, there was no need to trouble His Majesty the Yan Emperor. We solve things we can solve by ourselves.
Besides, although the Blood-Pupil Beast looks a little strong, it is very reasonable and understands the principle that a good dog doesn't block the road, so it obediently moved aside."
The Spring Protector's face was like a chameleon's, constantly changing color. Clearly, he was furious.
But it wouldn't be good to completely tear away all pretense.
He could only laugh dryly twice, "You, little girl, has a good sense of humor. His Majesty the Yan Emperor has been waiting in the main hall for some time. Everyone, please quickly follow me inside!"
Feng Xi stopped while she was ahead and smiled without saying anything.
After entering the main hall, Feng Xi saw an old man seated on the throne. He possessed authority without anger and was probably the Yan Emperor.
Many people stood on both sides, their gazes all falling upon the human envoy delegation.
Quite a few people were also examining Feng Xi. After all, among these people, she was the only female disciple, and she was even a little girl.
If it were someone else, they might've felt uncomfortable, but Feng Xi smiled and nodded in greeting to them. If one didn't know better, one might think she was an imperial envoy inspecting the people's conditions!
Although the two races were in a semi-hostile state, the proper etiquette still had to be observed toward the Yan Emperor.
After Elder Gu and the others saluted, they explained their purpose for coming.
"Your Majesty the Yan Emperor, we have come this time, on one hand, to express the stance of us humans. Us humans have always valued harmony, and we hope our two races can continue maintaining friendly neighborly relations.
On the other hand, we also wish for the young people of our two races to spar and exchange pointers, learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses."
The Yan Emperor smiled and nodded, "Your words have truly touched this emperor's heart. This emperor is also unwilling to stir up the calamity of war and is very willing to maintain friendly relations with the humans and demons."
Elder Gu and the others weren't stupid. As soon as they heard this, they knew the Yan Emperor was being perfunctory.
The Yan Emperor continued, "I have long heard that humans produce talents in large numbers, these young people are indeed outstanding.
It just so happens that these few days, Tianxu Academy is conducting its annual assessment. Why not let these young people join in as well? What do the four of you think?"
Elder Gu and the others had heard of Tianxu Academy, the young elites of the Yan Clan gathered there.
The students inside were roughly equivalent to humanity's inner sect disciples and personal disciples.
The four thought that this was fine, they could take the opportunity to see the strength of the Yan Clan's younger generation.
Thus, they nodded and agreed.
The Yan Emperor then had people set up a banquet to welcome the human envoy delegation and wash away the dust from the travel.
Most of the plants and Yan Beasts in the Ruins Realm contained nightmare qi, but a few contained pure spiritual qi. What the Yan Emperor used to entertain them were these spiritual foods.
Elder Gu and the others were wary, so they only ate a little symbolically.
Feng Xi had no such concerns and ate with great delight!
Jun Wen and the others did the same!
It would be a waste to not eat!
It would be best to eat Master's and Third Senior/Junior Brother's share too!
Seeing them like this, Qin Shifeng and the others simply threw caution aside as well and began eating heartily!
Elder Gu and the other three: "..."
Doing this will easily make the Yan Clan mistakenly think us humans cannot afford to eat!
The Yan Emperor indeed thought so in his heart.
It seemed the humans hadn't had an easy time in recent years!
Otherwise, how could these personal disciples be this hungry?!
After the welcoming banquet, the Spring Protector brought Feng Xi and the others to Tianxu Academy.
In the end, they were stopped outside.
"The Dean said that even human envoys must pass the academy's entrance exam before they can enter."
The Spring Protector looked troubled, "Everyone, you may not know this, but Dean Dugu of the academy is a senior elder of our Yan Clan. Even His Majesty the Yan Emperor respectfully calls him teacher.
So, it would be best for everyone to take the entrance exam.
I believe that with the learning ability of you human elites, you will certainly be able to pass."
Elder Gu and the others of course knew that this was another deliberate attempt to make things difficult, but they had already made preparations before coming. It's just right to temper these personal disciples.
Thus, they nodded and agreed.
"Four Elders, the process of the entrance exam can be watched through an Image Transmission Stone. Please follow me to Yaxuan. We can drink tea while watching."
After the Spring Protector and Elder Hai's group left, Feng Xi and the others were brought into the entrance exam grounds.
The Instructor Ji in charge of the exam said expressionlessly, "Tianxu Academy's entrance exam is divided into two parts. The first part is whether one's heart is firm. The exam begins now."
As soon as his words finished, Feng Xi shouted to Jun Wen and the others, "Me! Think about me!"
Whether it was Instructor Ji or Elder Hai and the others, all of them looked confused. Think about you?
Why think about you when assessing whether their hearts were firm?
In the blink of an eye, the scene before everyone changed.
Before Feng Xi was a high-grade spirit stone mine, as well as a mining hoe.
Elder Hai's heart rose to his throat, because everyone in Xuantian Sect knew that Feng Xi, this child, liked… raking in money.
With such a good thing before her, she would definitely become immersed in it!
Then, he heard Feng Xi mutter softly, "Mining is simply inhumane! Better let my senior brothers do it!"
After saying that, she turned and walked away.
The illusion immediately dissipated.
Elder Hai: "..."
I thought you senior and junior siblings shared deep affection, but now it looks like that may not be the case!
He then looked toward the others' illusions, each was different.
But what was the same was that every person kept muttering, "Little Junior Sister, Little Junior Sister, Little Junior Sister…"
Elder Hai: ???
Everyone else: ???
Jun Wen was the first to break through the illusion.
What a joke, was there anything in this world more terrifying than Little Junior Sister?!
Immediately afterward, Jiang Ji, Pei Zhou, Jing Yan, and Xing Wu all broke through their illusions.
Xing Wu's little face was deathly pale.
It's too terrifying!
As soon as he thought of Little Junior Sister, he recalled the days he spent in Xuantian Sect.
Even his dreams were full of kneeling down!
Qin Shifeng and the others were much slower in breaking their illusions. After all, they hadn't suffered Feng Xi's direct devastation and had only witnessed her perversion.
Even so, the time they spent breaking through the illusions was still a quarter of an hour less than Tianxu Academy's record.
As for Feng Xi's group, they were even half an hour shorter.
Instructor Ji's face turned green!
The Spring Protector's expression wasn't much better.
They had originally wanted to give the human disciples a show of force. Now, great. Their faces had been trampled underfoot instead!