Chapter 4322 — Genius Huang Xiaotao
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From beginning to end, Wang Xinyan had watched every moment of Wei Zhao's testing from the platform above. Now, seeing him leave the field in such a "wretched" state, she was struck dumb with shock.
She had been utterly convinced that Wei Zhao had come to the selection because he meant to enter Morning Star Academy—that from then on the two of them could be together. She had even been envisioning the wonderful life awaiting them at the academy. Never had she imagined that Wei Zhao would fail to pass!
Wang Xinyan simply could not make sense of it. Others might not know Wei Zhao, but she knew everything about him, down to the last detail. She remembered with perfect clarity that Wei Zhao possessed the heaven-defying five-element, seven-attribute aptitude—so how had it suddenly come out as a single fire-attribute spirit root?
Could the testing stele really be malfunctioning? But if that were so, Wei Zhao would never have said what he said afterward. Since he had spoken that way, he must have planned it all in advance, intending to bow out of the selection without leaving a trace. It had to be that!
Though Wang Xinyan did not know exactly why Wei Zhao would do such a thing, she trusted that he must have his reasons. So despite the shock in her heart, she let nothing unusual show on her face.
Right after Wei Zhao, it was Huang Xiaotao's turn to enter the field for testing. The two happened to meet at the entrance. Huang Xiaotao looked at Wei Zhao nervously. She did not understand things as clearly as Wang Xinyan did, but she too had found the scene just now very strange. Wei Zhao, with a single fire-attribute spirit root? Wei Zhao, failing the selection? How could that be?
But with so many academy staff watching, Huang Xiaotao did not dare voice any of her doubts at such a moment. She could only question Wei Zhao with her eyes.
From the start until now, Wei Zhao had never told her his specific plan. He had only said that she should perform as she normally would and worry about nothing else. But now Wei Zhao himself was definitively out, while she still had no idea what her own result would be.
If she too went unselected, as Wei Zhao had, that would be somewhat disappointing—yet for Huang Xiaotao it would actually be a good thing, because then she could stay with Wei Zhao. But what if she was selected? According to what Ge Wei had said, in that case she would not even be allowed to refuse!
Was she then to be parted from Wei Zhao forever, to travel alone to the distant Eastern Continent and study at Morning Star Academy, the two of them separated by the ends of the earth?
"Just be yourself. Don't worry!" Wei Zhao suddenly stepped forward, patted Huang Xiaotao's hand, and gave her a gentle smile.
"Mm..." Huang Xiaotao nodded. She knew she could not let her thoughts run wild any longer. She drew a deep breath, and under Wei Zhao's watchful gaze, strode toward the testing stele.
Who was she? Wang Xinyan watched from the platform, somewhat taken aback, and a sour feeling stirred in her heart. Could this be a new confidante Wei Zhao had met?
One thing at least was certain: this girl must be a native of Cloud-Tier Island. After all, the aura of people from the mundane world and that of Cloud-Tier Island's people were utterly different. Cloud-Tier Island was thoroughly steeped in the flavor of antiquity, whereas those who came up from the mundane world, no matter how well they blended in, still carried the breath of modern society about them—a thing that could not be wiped away even if one tried.
To unexpectedly encounter the sweetheart she had pined for, only to find another confidante at his side—her feelings were inevitably a little complicated. But Wang Xinyan was not a jealous sort, and on second thought she let it go.