Congratulations, You've Attracted My Attention

After wandering around until he was tired, Mu Xiang Li returned to rest. Before sleeping, he reviewed and revised his previous notes on vital acupoint weaknesses, then slept soundly.

He slept well, but Mu Shi Qi was miserable, groaning endlessly while lying prone on the bed. Having been beaten almost to death, he invited a physician to apply medicine, and the pain nearly cost him the other half of his life.

"No one has ever dared to hit me. He's dead for sure, dead for sure!" Mu Shi Qi groaned, pointing at a servant, "Go send a message to my mother, tell her I was beaten, hurry up."

"Do you need to tell the young lady?"

Mu Shi Qi roared, "Tell what? Didn't you see her elbow pointing outwards today? I understand now, she looks down on me. Her family and ours are not of the same mind. Why are you still standing there stunned, hurry up and go."

In another room, the little maid beside Mu Wan Qiu couldn't help but ask, "Young Lady, why was the Second Young Master beaten like this? Who did it?"

"Don't ask." Mu Wan Qiu shook her head.

The little maid "oh-ed" and stopped asking about Mu Shi Qi's beating. Instead, she asked, "Young Lady, does Wen Hua Academy allow maids to be brought along?"

Mu Wan Qiu reached out and tapped the maid's forehead, "It's not that they don't allow it, but if I bring you along to study, it's too ostentatious. When the time comes, you can just follow my senior brother back to Dong City."

The little maid hastily said, "I'm not going anywhere. If I leave, Young Lady will have no one to take care of you here."

Mu Wan Qiu smiled and said, "I usually stay in Wen Hua Academy. Naturally, the teachers and fellow students will take care of me, don't worry."

The little maid shook her head like a rattle drum, "I'm not at ease. If I go back like this, Madam will blame me too."

Mu Wan Qiu: "Then..." As she was thinking, she heard another howl from the room next door, and could only sigh helplessly, recalling Mu Xiang Li's words. She had never liked the style of this senior cousin of hers, nor that of her second uncle and second aunt. It seemed she really had to keep her distance from now on.

Mu Xiang Li woke up and went to the Night Patrol Division to inquire about the Mu Clan's situation in Dong City.

The Mu Clan in Dong City started earliest with salt trading, then bought official positions. Initially, buying official positions was just for family prestige, but unexpectedly, after many generations of business, they had a solid foundation, and the official positions also grew a bit larger.

Now, the old master of the Mu Clan in Dong City was a fourth-rank official. In the Royal City, he was nothing, but outside the Royal City, he was considered a high-ranking official in a region.

The old master had three sons: the eldest son practiced martial arts, the second son engaged in business, and the third son studied and pursued the imperial examinations. All had achieved some success, at least not bringing shame to the Mu Clan.

Mu Shi Qi was the son of the second son, and Mu Wan Qiu was the daughter of the third son. The two were cousins. Normally, the relationship between the two families was neither close nor distant, just ordinary.

These materials were originally collected by Zhou Yi when he investigated him, and now they conveniently served his purpose.

After a brief understanding, Mu Xiang Li had a plan in mind. He left the Night Patrol Division and went to the Dragon Martial Academy.

Seeing him once again pull out a stool and sit under the cool shade of a tree, the examinees felt a surge of irritation!

This was the third day, and on the board, there was still only Mu Xiang Li's name alone. This, conversely, eased the pressure on the examinees a bit. It turned out it wasn't that they were too foolish, but that this fellow was too special.

But thinking this, a group of people felt a little bitter, and then thought of the group of examinees with better innate talent in Group One, inevitably feeling a bit discouraged.

Just as Xu Wei said, this assessment was also an extremely harsh test of psychology and willpower.

Mu Xiang Li greatly enjoyed this feeling, sitting on a stool watching the show. Suddenly, he felt someone behind him. As soon as he turned his head, he saw a person and a saber, bringing a streak of red light slashing towards him.

This was the Dragon Martial Hall, and Xu Wei was not far away. Who would dare to attack him?

Mu Xiang Li didn't have time to think much and hastily dodged. Sadly, the stool he had sat on for two days was instantly chopped into three pieces.

The person failed in the sneak attack, paused for a moment, deliberately giving him time to breathe.

Mu Xiang Li turned his head to look at Xu Wei, finding that he didn't intervene but was looking at them with interest.

He then looked at the attacker, who seemed somewhat familiar. When his gaze swept past this person and landed on Jiang Ning, who was standing far away under a sun umbrella drinking plum juice, he realized that this person was the torch-wielding guard from that day.

Seeing him look over, Jiang Ning said, "I heard you passed the trial and got on the board on the first day. So, in the future, you are very likely to be a pillar of my Xi Yu. As a princess, I naturally have to test you. A Bao, why are you still standing there stunned, continue."

The guard heard this and once again attacked Mu Xiang Li.

"Your Highness, please head east. The geniuses are all in the martial arts practice field over there." Mu Xiang Li reminded while dodging, attempting to shift the trouble to someone else.

Jiang Ning didn't fall for it. Instead, she smiled and said, "I just came from over there. No one has made it onto the board there yet. Currently, out of the four groups and four boards, you are the only one. How honored you must be, you've attracted my attention."

Mu Xiang Li: "..."

He wanted to say something else, but Xu Wei suddenly said in a deep voice, "Since Your Highness has taken a liking to you, why aren't you going all out and showing off a bit!"

Mu Xiang Li looked at Xu Wei, seeing him nod slightly, and roughly understood his meaning.

Even a casual guard beside Jiang Ning would not be too weak in strength. Normally, one might not even have the opportunity to spar with such an opponent. A good opponent like this actively coming to his door was a pity not to treat seriously; this was all experience!

Thinking of this, Mu Xiang Li said no more and refocused. During this period, he had learned many Martial Skills but hadn't had a chance to spar with anyone. Wasn't this a good opportunity?

A Bao had deliberately held back earlier, giving him a chance to speak. Now, seeing his change in attitude, knowing that this contest was truly beginning, he became a bit more serious.

Mu Xiang Li showed no politeness, immediately using the Martial Skill he had just learned, Wu Jian.

As the Martial Skill was used, blade aura immediately surged forth. A Bao's eyes revealed a look of admiration. Although one force could subdue ten, he could use his higher Realm and stronger True Qi to break this move, but that would be too boring. He swung his saber, also using Wu Jian.

The two streams of blade aura collided, and their True Qi canceled each other out before dissipating.

Mu Xiang Li didn't want this match to turn into a turn-based fight. He seized the opportunity to strike again, a simple and natural move, Zhan Jiang, directly striking at A Bao.

What he didn't expect was that A Bao showed no panic at all, even having enough time to leisurely return a Zhan Jiang move.

Seeing the smile on the corner of A Bao's mouth, Mu Xiang Li could see how proficient the opponent was, and this style of fighting, using the same Martial Skill to counter, was truly infuriating!

"I don't believe it." Mu Xiang Li was a bit hot-blooded and began to attack relentlessly, successively using the Martial Skills he had recently learned. Of course, he wasn't completely brainless; he had studied the connections between these Martial Skills.

This set of consecutive moves surprised A Bao a little. Executing Martial Skills required circulating Qi. If it wasn't a complete set of Martial Skills, due to different Qi circulation methods, there would definitely be pauses between moves.

Complete sets of Martial Skills were extremely rare, moreover very complex and difficult to master. The Martial Skills Mu Xiang Li was executing were clearly individual, basic moves.

Although simple, the Qi circulation methods of these Martial Skills were still different, yet Mu Xiang Li was able to connect them seamlessly.

A Bao, while successively using the same Martial Skills to spar with him, gradually realized that he was about to fall behind.