You Eat First

About half a month later, Wei Gaoyuan returned from the woods, and because there were only ten days left before the start of the Trial Island, the whole club was immersed in a tense atmosphere.

Wei Gaoyuan's return had not attracted much attention, except for Zhao Xiongying, who secretly called Wei Gaoyuan to his small yard.

"Where have you been these days?" Zhao Xiongying asked.

"Master Zhao, I've been in the woods outside of city for practicing the Martial Arts." Wei Gaoyuan answered honestly.

Hearing Wei Gaoyuan go out to practice alone, he got a slight change on his look and a strange light flashing in his eyes, "how is your recent practice?"

"A little bit better than ever." Wei Gaoyuan replied.

"Show me the result of your practice, just give me a strike, with all your strength, don't hide any of your power." Wei Xiongying said.

Wei gaoyuan hesitated for a moment, then ran the Internal Qi to push his palm forward fast, not a strong palm-strike but with obvious Internal Qi in it.

Undoubtedly, Zhao Xiongying could see clearly how the palm-strike was. His face suddenly turned serious and blurted, "did you really do that?"

Do what?

Wei Gaoyuan got puzzled and asked, "I don't know what master meant, could you please tell me what happened?"

For a while the surprise in the eyes of Zhao Xiongying faded, he took a long breath, "A few days ago the chief officer of the H-Sun Martial Arts Club came to accuse one student of our club, who might be at… ninth level of the Mystery… of injuring and robbing their students."

Hearing this, Wei Gaoyuan thought secretly: wasn't that "one student of our club" referring to himself?

Zhao Xiongying continued, "It was said that the student at ninth level is a boy about fifteen or sixteen years old, I was searching in my memory for such a genius in our club and found none meet the description, except one I do know little about…So today I just ask you to come here… I've never thought that 'one student' was really you…"

"Master, it's not necessarily me," Wei gaoyuan shook his head, "although I've been at ninth level of the Mystery and did get a conflict with the students of H-Sun, I didn't rob them or hurt anyone actually."

He was telling the truth. That sort of conflict in woods was quite normal among martial artists; he just defeated them rather than hurt them; that minor injuries and bruises, for the warrior, could heal in just a couple of days as usual even without any medicine.

"Oh? Then why did their officer come?" Zhao Xiongying asked with doubts.

Wei Gaoyuan immediately told him in details the conflict in woods that day. After his description, Zhao Xiongying smiled with sneers," What a flock of fabulous kids they teach! Ordinary martial artists dare to challenge the one at the Mystery! Then just shamelessly come here for blame! Just don't bother to respond them!"

...

More than ten days had passed.

Since the following day the officer of the H-Sun Martial Arts Club came over once again for that conflict and was scolded back by Zhao Xiongying, the entire Qizhou City had been in a great calm and no one disturbed Wei Gaoyuan.

This day, a notice issued by City Lord House stirred up the calm Qizhou City — in three days all the people on the list would set out to enter the Trial Island.

For only an age limit and no identity requirement for the trial assignment this year, many a young warrior from some surrounding small towns flooded into Qizhou City after hearing the news.

On the next day a giant flying ship landed on the open ground in the central square of the city with the official announcement that all those who would take part in the trial assignment had to go aboard in one day.

In the evening, twenty one students of the East Mountain Sword Club, including Wei Gaoyuan and Hu Xiaoshu, were suiting up and ready to go.

Hu Xiaoshu came to Wei gaoyuan and asked, "Brother Gaoyuan is going to try the trial this year?"

"Just take my chance, maybe… I'll get something." Wei Gaoyuan said.

Before Hu Xiaoshu could continue, the girl beside him snorted softly, with undisguised contempt in her eyes.

Hu Xiaoshu nodded, "it's just no trouble to try… but I heard that the Trial Island is by no means a safe place… Brother Gaoyuan should be careful… not to leave our team without permission." He was the very one of the few who knew Wei Gaoyuan was definitely not a gregarious guy.

Wei Gaoyuan nodded, "Okay, thanks… I'll play it by ear."

The huge flying ship was more than one hundred and fifty feet long and approximately sixty feet wide, a real giant which could hold more than three hundred people.

Wei Gaoyuan and others had boarded the ship in good order, looking for their own rest area. He did not notice the eyes quietly watching him far away from the crowd. It was a boy of those five guys of H-Sun club who'd been taught some lessons in woods that day.

That boy was whispering to a few persons beside whose eyes were then together fixed on Wei Gaoyuan, even with sneers on their faces.

An hour later, the huge ship was rising into the air, causing a large cry of surprise inside and outside. Staring at the ground which had been gradually further and further away, Wei Gaoyuan did not know why he was reminded of that day, the day on her sword he was soaring in the sky with sister Yun...

As the sky had been becoming darkened, Wei Gaoyuan went to the dining hall for dinner, surely, with his only acquaintance Hu Xiaoshu and that girl, Hu Xiaoshu's inseparable friend.

The three took the food and sat down at a table. Hu Xiaoshu first said, " Brother Gaoyuan, you've got any plans? Why don't we three…just make a team?"

"Well, I see, it depends..." Wei Gaoyuan grabbed a steamed bread and took a bite.

Hu Xiaoshu shook his head slightly, he knew it, but the Trial Island was no joking place, a little carelessness could bring about tremendous risks, risks of life.

The girl beside him sneered coldly, "Brother Xiaoshu just kindly gave the advice. Someone just dared to sign up for the trial assignment, regarding the Trial Island as the place like Qizhou City?"

"Lin, you are speaking to brother Gaoyuan…not so kindly…" Hu Xiaoshu seemed not happy about her remark.

"He's just what I said, I'm not wrong…" Lin muttered with the obdurate look on her face. "The Trial Island is the place for selection, not the place for playing his game, he knows his ranking in the club?"

Giving the steamed bread a few bites, Wei Gaoyuan still did not get angry and raise his head, "I appreciate brother Xiaoshu's kind advice… no one in the club can be as unagreeable as me, I guess, so…I'm not going to put him in an uncomfortable position."

Hu Xiaoshu seemed a guilty face, looking at Lin," Even though brother Gaoyuan's kind of solitary, he is my friend. Put it another way, anyone who's looking down on him was looking down on me."

Lin lowered her head, pouting in silence, Wei Gaoyuan knew and understood her defying in that whoever had a bigger fist would be respected in the East Mountain Sword Club while few persons in the club knew his real strength.

He was about to say something to lighten up the embarrassing atmosphere when a cold and proud voice came, "You three, leave this table and go sharing that one over there with others."

The three of Wei Gaoyuan subconsciously raised their heads, saw two men and two girls in the uniforms of H-Sun club, standing on the side and holding their dinner plates.

Wei Gaoyuan responded when Hu Xiaoshu was about to speak, "We've almost finished, just hold on for a moment if you don't mind."

One man of the four raised his eyebrow, said coldly, "Have finished? Why still stick to the chairs?!"

" It's 'almost', didn't you get it?" with a sneer at his heart, Wei Gaoyuan had got their purpose,.

"Almost? Hehe!" The man gave a chuckle, suddenly shot his hand knocked over all the plates on the table, the left food scattered all over the floor, then hold up his head to stare at the three provocatively, "okay, no 'almost' now."

"You..." Hu Xiaoshu stood up in anger and shouted, "looking for troubles?!"

"How could you do that?" Lin was glaring at that man.

The other man of the four grinned in a strange way, "We've done this, and… how can you do..."

Almost before he'd finished speaking, the man suddenly felt his hands empty. Where was the plate in hands? Almost in the meantime a pain Immediately came from his stomach, then his whole body flied out without being controlled.

The other man left was also thrown out, flying, a perfect face-landing.

The plates with the untouched food of the two flying men were placed slightly on the table by Wei Gaoyuan, "Then, you got what we can do?"

"Brother Xiaoshu and Lin, you eat first," he smiled.