Ye Rou, Clear Skies Restaurant
Xue Bai's score of 2650 and placement of 632 didn't stay on the screen for long since he had killed a Qi Sea Realm demonic beast. So after the Inner Dicsples placed his score into the array formation, his placement moved to number 1, directly above Ye Rou.
Which, at first, was met with a lot of questions, but the Inner Disciple manning the array formation dispelled them all by mentioning the fact that the lion that Xue Bai killed was in the 6th stage of the Qi Sea Realm. And while Ye Rou had only killed three demonic beasts in the Qi Sea Realm, the ones she had killed were all either in the 1st or 2nd stages.
So Xue Bai rightfully took first place.
However, seemingly ignorant of the crowds' new analyzing and worshiping gazes, Xue Bai went to go find the annoying woman again.
And after getting off the stage, Xue Bai easily found the girl who had bothered him so much. However, currently, she was being surrounded and bothered by a small group of male youths. And from their unhidden lustful gazes, Xue Bai could easily tell what they were bothering her for.
"Junior Sister, come on. I haven't been unreasonable. I only asked for your name." One of the young men asked as he tried to grab her arm.
Seeing this, the lively girl's face, for the first time, grew a deep frown. At first, she had tried to get them away from her by persuading them nicely, saying that she was waiting for her friend to finish inputting their score. But no matter how nice she was to the group of young men, they were still persistent.
However, as she was still naive to the world, the lively girl tried to bear through their talk and wait for Xue Bai. But when they tried to grab her, she finally realized that being nice to people like this would only achieve the opposite of what she wanted.
So as any person who was annoyed and at the end of their rope would do, she unleashed her cultivation base, smacking away the person who tried to grab her.
And her cultivation base surprised not only the perverted men but also shocked Xue Bai, who was preparing to help her.
'She's as strong as Wang Lin and Wang Xiang!' Xue Bai mentally thought, 'No, she's stronger!'
Even though he couldn't tell her cultivation base exactly, Xue Bai could guess approximately how strong she was. And her cultivation base, while it looked to be at the same strength as Wang Lin and Wang Xiang, it seemed slightly stronger.
It was like two mountains of the same height; however, hers was much wider and more expansive than the other one.
And after some quick thinking, Xue Bai quickly reached two conclusions on how it was like this. She had either cultivated the Purification Stages as he had, or she was at the half-step Qi Sea realm. But Xue Bai was leaning more toward the former as if she was at the half-step Qi Sea realm. It would've shown itself in her aura.
As Xue Bai's mind was reeling at the sudden incident that was unfolding in front of him, the lively girl had already beaten the group of young men into pig heads.
"Humph!" And with a comical humph, the lively girl shook her hands clean as if wiping off any dust that could've dirtied her fair hands.
Turning around after a job well done, she managed to find Xue Bai looking at her with calculative eyes.
"You don't have to look at me like that, Young Duke Xue. I was planning on telling you who I was when you came back anyways." The lively girl waved her hand, casually dismissing Xue Bai's gaze.
"So I assume you're Ye Rou, right?" Xue Bai asked confidently.
During their previous "interaction," Xue Bai never really looked the girl in the eyes. But now, face to face with her, Xue Bai could connect her appearance to the sword slave she would become in the future.
And with the strength she just displayed that was superior to even Wang Lin and Wang Xiang, if she wasn't Ye Rou, then who could she be?
To Xue Bai's question, Ye Rou nodded in agreement before looking up at the screen. And very soon, her beautiful face was full of shock.
"You beat me! Wait, even more importantly, how the hell did you kill a 6th-stage Qi Sea Realm beast!" Ye Rou shouted out in shock.
She currently had more than a dozen questions in her mind. However, those two were the most important.
However, Xue Bai ignored her questions and only reiterated himself once more.
"I told you earlier. I would pass with flying colors." Xue Bai simply spoke before leaving the girl in a stupor.
The next trial would be announced tomorrow, so Xue Bai had no more reason to stay in the city square. Plus, Xiao'er was also waiting for him.
So after giving a somewhat polite goodbye to Ye Rou, Xue Bai ran off in search of his maid.
Thankfully the search didn't last long, as Xiao'er wasn't far from the spot he took the first trial two days ago.
"Young Master! I'm over here! Mistress is waiting for you in the Clear Skies Restaurant." Xiao'er yelled out as soon as she saw Xue Bai.
She had been waiting just outside the square for a few hours at this point, so after seeing Xue Bai look for her, she finally felt relieved. A little longer, and she would've gone into the crowd to look for him herself.
Nodding at the words of Xiao'er, Xue Bai took her fair hand and started to make his way over to the Clear Skies Restaurant.
The Clear Skies Restaurant was the number 1 dining place in the Soaring Sword City. It was said the owner of the Clear Skies Restaurant was previously a Core Elder from the Soaring Sword Sect, but after suffering an injury that injured his foundation, he left and created the restaurant with his Dao Companion.
And with his strength and influence, Clear Skies Restaurant very easily over years became the number 1 dining place in Soaring Sword City. After all, it was backed by the Soaring Sword Sect itself, so how could foreign restaurants possibly keep up?
The restaurant itself was structured beautifully with nine floors, where each floor up could hold fewer and fewer people. However, at the same time allowed more and more extravagant dining options to those on the higher floors. But at the same, in order to qualify to go to the higher floors, one's identity should also be just as high profile.
So naturally, Li Rou, a Peak Stage Domain Lord and the Duchess of The Great Xuan Empire, was allowed onto the ninth floor, where she currently sat waiting for her son and his maid to arrive.
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