Chapter Thirty-Four December 7th

  December 7th, which is also the day of "Major Snow" in the 24 solar terms.

  On this day, birds stop singing, tigers start to interact with each other, and rhododendrons begin to bloom.

  At the same time, there is a common saying: after the heavy snow of Winter Solstice, water does not leak from a bamboo basket.

  The temperature was extremely cold today.

  However, for martial artists, there is no impact, as they have abundant energy and blood circulation, and ordinary cold weather cannot affect them.

  Gu Chao, Gao Ren and Luo Tao got up from bed in the morning and put on a thin autumn outfit.

  "Finally arrived, the year-end mid-term exam."

  "Yes." Luo Tao nodded: "We have been preparing for this day for a long time."

  Gu Chao also nodded: "Right." So many days have passed, practicing internal strength and martial skills have all been preparing for this moment. And now, the mid-year exam is finally about to begin.

  Today, being the day of the annual mid-term exams, the cafeteria's food was not ordinary. Today's breakfast in the cafeteria was particularly sumptuous, with blood cow milk to drink. Blood cows are a type of cattle in this world, with strength similar to that of tigers, and can be raised on a small scale as ordinary livestock. The milk squeezed from blood cows is similar in appearance to regular milk, but after consumption, it can increase one's energy. As for the food, it was black tiger meat, which didn't taste very good and had a strong, unpleasant smell that couldn't be gotten rid of. Normally, no one eats this, but after eating it, one wouldn't feel hungry for several days and would possess considerable strength. In addition to these, there were some other dishes.

  After finishing breakfast, Gu Chao and the other two rushed towards the challenge stage.

  This time the designated address is Challenge Stage.

  Upon arriving at the challenge platform, I found that over thirty young men and women had already gathered here. Every single one of them had an expression full of anticipation and excitement, all waiting for the mid-year exams. Among these thirty or so young men and women, the most eye-catching was undoubtedly the elegant girl standing in the corner with her hands behind her back - Liu Ya. Today, Liu Ya wore a red skirt, tied up her hair in a bun, and had a head of soft, smooth black hair hanging down, exuding an air of elegance mixed with some charm. What was most captivating about Liu Ya was her elegant yet charming face and extremely slender waist. Standing next to Liu Ya was the yellow-clad girl who looked somewhat cute, none other than Zhu Dan, who had caused Gao Ren and Feng Pingfeng to fight, as well as the ordinary-looking girl Ye Qian. Although Ye Qian looked ordinary, she actually had quite impressive culinary skills.

  Liu Ya saw Gu Chao after, and smiled, a smile that could conquer the city: "Last time you performed well against the Can Snow Mountain Villa's senior brother, this time at the end of the year exam, what will you show me? I'm looking forward to it." Liu Ya's beautiful eyes measured Gu Chao, who had given her too many surprises.

  Liu Ya and Gu Chao were talking, while countless young men around them cast sideways glances.

  Liu Ya's beauty is known to all.

  Even on Zhongxi Peak, there were idle good things that ranked the top ten beauties, and Liu Ya was ranked tenth in the top ten beauty list.

  The top ten beauties list, although not as famous as the top ten disciples of the outer sect, is also quite well-known. Among the top ten masters, You Yue ranked fifth in the top ten beauties list, and Wei Qingqing, another one of the top ten masters, ranked fourth. The other seven girls made up this top ten beauties list.

  The top ten beauties list, each of the girls on the list has a great reputation.

  Liu Ya's reputation was already quite large, and even people from other manors had nothing better to do than to loiter around the entrance of Xin Xue Manor, sizing up this newly listed tenth beauty.

  Liu Ya has always been quite proud and rarely pays attention to others.

  Now, Liu Ya unexpectedly took the initiative to talk to Gu Chao, who was ranked fifty-ninth. This kid named Gu Chao, what kind of luck did he have in his previous life? It's really enviable. For a moment, countless eyes turned to Gu Chao, and many young people were filled with jealousy. Gu Chao didn't think much of it, just let them look, what big scene hadn't he seen before? Now these dozens of people staring at him was nothing.

  Gao Ren's face was also bright red, but it wasn't because of Liu Ya that he blushed. He had long known that Liu Ya's popularity was too high and not suitable for him to pursue, so he pursued Zhu Dan instead. Standing in front of Zhu Dan, his face turned bright red. Zhu Dan, unlike Liu Ya's calmness, also showed a hint of blush, making the atmosphere somewhat awkward for a while.

  Luo Tao chuckled and whispered to Gu Chao, "I said, Super Junior, when did you hook up with the beautiful Liu Ya?" Luo Tao liked to call people "Junior", such as calling Gu Chao "Chao Junior", Gao Ren "Ren Junior". Gradually, this became a trend in the seventh dormitory. Sometimes, Gu Chao would also call him "Tao Junior" or "Ren Junior".

  "Oh, so this time you three plan to hide behind a woman's back and rely on a woman to protect the three of you." A voice suddenly appeared.

  Gu Chao turned his head to look, and saw three horse-faced boys not far away. The three horse-faced boys were none other than Feng Pingfeng, Feng Pinglin, and Feng Pinghuo, the three brothers of the Feng family. The three Feng brothers had already borne a grudge against Gu Chao, having fought twice over the Moonlight Grass and the Challenge Platform, their eyes reddening with anger at the sight of each other.

  Especially the three Feng brothers in dormitory thirteen, who had a strange encounter on their bunk bed, are now full of confidence and believe that with this strange encounter they can definitely defeat those three guys from dormitory seven.

  Feng Pingfeng said to Gao Ren, "Gao Ren, this time I will win over you." His strength last time was almost the same as Gao Ren's, but unfortunately he lost in one move. He naturally wouldn't be resigned to it and wanted to fight Gao Ren again. Gao Ren's current strength is at the early stage of the fifth layer of the Post-Heaven Realm, and his strength has also been raised to the early stage of the fifth layer of the Post-Heaven Realm.

  Gao Ren sneered: "Whether we can win or not, we'll know after fighting."

  Feng Pinglin sneered and looked at Luo Tao: "Luo Tao, last time you lost to me, this time you will lose again, you are never my opponent."

  Luo Tiao retorted: "Last time I lost, so I've been working hard. This time I won't lose again." Yes, he knows the taste of losing.

  Feng Pinghuo then looked at Gu Chao: "Gu Chao, I still remember the last failure, so on this day of January 23rd, I have been practicing hard every day for a month. But I heard that you spent the past month and 23 days traveling around, playing happily, now it's my time to take revenge."

  Gu Chao was taken aback, and he couldn't help but laugh silently to himself. It seemed that Feng Pinghuo thought his journey of mastering the 72 Roads of the Knife was just playing around. Whatever, let him misunderstand then. Since he wanted to challenge himself again, Gu Chao would let him taste defeat once more.

  The corner of Gu's eyes flashed with a sharp edge, and this time his opponent was not the likes of the Feng family's three brothers.

  He Gu Chao had conflicts with, that is Liu Ya, Zhu Dan, Ye Qian this dormitory people, and Feng Shi brothers this thirteen dormitory, others basically have no conflict.

  Gu Chao also sat down beside him, placing the long red copper knife on his knees, quietly waiting for the arrival of the end-of-year exam.

  The knife was on his knee, as if lightly jumping.

  Gu Chao found his blood flowing faster and faster.

  I'm looking forward to it!

  Group after group of young men and women rushed to the challenge stage, with more and more people arriving, and the atmosphere in the field became increasingly tense.

  Originally sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, cultivating his spirit, Gu Cha suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the southeast direction. There was a master coming from that direction. Even without seeing him, he could sense it just by feeling the aura. The newcomer was stronger than these young boys and girls in the arena. This was one of Gu Cha's abilities after obtaining the mysterious dagger - his senses had become much sharper, allowing him to easily detect powerful individuals.

  Who is coming?

  The year-end mid-term exam is about to start, the fierce battle is about to begin, seeking recommendation votes, seeking collection.