Combat Emperor: Zhang Yu's Journey
Chapters... 165: Blood Test
The night had passed and in the morning almost all the members of the Xiao Clan gathered at the blood test site. No less than three hundred people crowded around so enthusiastically.
"Where is Zhang Yu? Has he not come yet?" xiao Nie asked Xiao Mei from her seat.
Yet even Xiao Mei herself only realized that Zhang Yu had not arrived on the spot.
"Where is this boy. Didn't he say he'd catch up as soon as possible?" inner Xiao Mei was agitated. Seeing that all the preparations had been completed and the test time was about to be opened, he grew even more worried because Zhang Yu had yet to see the trunk of his nose.
"Dad, I'll go look for him." Without waiting for Xiao Nie's reply, Xiao Mei immediately left her seat to look for Zhang Yu.
Some people were uneasy because Zhang Yu did not come, but others were happy if Zhang Yu missed the blood test time. Who else if not Xiao Yuze and Xiao Lang. They hoped that Zhang Yu would not come to this event and make him no longer able to do blood tests in the future.
But alas, right at that time Zhang Yu came with Xiao Mei who had previously gone to pick him up.
"That's Zhang Yu! He's coming!" people cry when they first see her coming.
Unlike the enthusiastic crowd, Xiao Lang and Xiao Yuze instantly bent their faces. It was truly unwilling for Zhang Yu to come to do a blood test.
"Yuze, have you done what I asked you to do before?" xiao Lang asked Xiao Yuze in a whisper.
Xiao Yuze who had originally put on a disheveled face immediately smiled confidently. "Of course Dad. I have mixed the poison berries on the holy water that will be used today," he said happily as well as whispering.
The pair of father and son then glanced at each other and threw a smile that made some people next to him suspicious.
"They're not planning anything, are they? Somehow I felt that something was going to happen that was not wearing" Xiao Zhiqian muttered. Given the situation between Xiao Yuze and Zhang Yu that was not good, he could not stop thinking things through when he saw them whispering to each other then smiling and laughing.
"What's dad?" xiao Yujin asked, noticing the look on his father's face that seemed to hold something.
But Xiao Zhiqian shook his head instead. "none. I'm pretty tense waiting for this blood test to start" he said.
At the same time Zhang Yu was already on a three-foot-tall platform overlooking the ancient barrel filled with holy water from the mouth of the Gu river. He was just waiting for the cue to start a blood test.
"You can start."
After this sentence Xiao Lang called out from his place, Zhang Yu immediately took a step forward and cupped his hands together in salute.
A second later he extended his hand forward before scraping his thumb.
Five drops of blood fell into the ancient barrel mixed with the holy water. The red light shot upwards following the slowly calm water ripples.
Everyone was silent, while the stone monument that was behind the platform slowly responded to the red light and began to tremble.
"Look! It's already started. Let's wait until the extent of Zhang Yu's blood purity. Will it be higher than Xiao Yuze? Or even under it?"
The stone monument becomes a parameter that will determine the percentage of blood purity on a blood test. There are four columns on the surface of the stone monument and when red light fills the column, the results of the blood test can be patented.
At this time the red light was still struggling in the area below the first column. In fact it may not even be categorized the first ten percent. But since this has only just begun, everyone can't wait for its development.
"The red light will not reach the second column. You all might be disappointed," inner Xiao Yuze was confident. He felt very excited to see this. Also very impatiently waiting for the moment where Zhang Yu would humiliate himself.
"Twenty-five percent! The first column is fully loaded!"
Xiao Yuze who heard the exclamation of some people immediately looked up at the stone monument in disbelief.
"What?!" Breath restrained. Xiao Yuze was very surprised by Zhang Yu's current achievement. However, when he saw the red light's movements continue to slow down, the smile on his face again expanded.
"I've mixed the poison of the berries into the holy water. It's impossible for him to reach the second column or exceed twenty-five percent." Just now finished Xiao Yuze spoke, at that moment a slow-moving red light suddenly shot up rapidly until it reached the second half of the column.
Of course this made Xiao Yuze dumbfounded. But it has not stopped there, the red light turned out to want to climb even higher.
"Patriark Sepuh! This Zhang Yu was very shocking. It's not wrong that we gave him a chance to do a blood test early" said the First Elder.
Other elders also agreed with the statement. Specialized Xiao Zhiqian. He who was previously agitated at the thought of the Patriarch's conspiracy and Xiao Yuze could now smile in satisfaction at the results present.
"Xiao Mei, Zhang Yu was probably the person that the Xiao Clan had been waiting for all this time. He might be able to awaken true blood and inherit the ancestral power" Xiao Zhiqian told Xiao Mei.
Xiao Mei did not know if it was true or not. But all he knew, Zhang Yu was his son and he was a descendant of the Xiao Clan.
"Fifty percent!"
Instantly the atmosphere of the blood test site turned silent as a red light filled the second column. Whether out of pleasure or disbelief, everyone was silent with their jaws open.
But among the shock felt by all the clan members, the father and son pair who witnessed this revealed a gloomy face.
"Yuze, didn't you say you mixed the poison berries into the holy water?"
Xiao Yuze. "I-I'm sure I did Dad. Somehow that red light filled the second column. It seems like the stone monument is problematic."
"Stupid! There was no way the stone monument was problematic. My own father is in charge of preparing the needs here. Everything's been checked and everything's fine."
"What?!" Xiao Yuze narrowed his eyes. For a moment he was silent, then noticed the ancient barrel that was on top of the platform.
"Holy water mixed with the poison of berries can not work optimally. Except ...." Xiao Yuze's eyes suddenly widened at the thought of the possibility that was currently happening. He looked at Zhang Yu. It is likely that the holy water in the ancient barrel was the real holy water. Therefore this can happen.
Zhang Yu noticed the gaze Xiao Yuze gave him. As the young man showed his hatred openly, he showed a cynical smile and sneered.
"Want to mess up the blood test I did? I really don't know myself!"
...
Yesterday night.
"I really feel the presence of others here." Zhang Yu circulated his vision silently to check around. But not finding it, Zhang Yu decided to pretend to leave.
Zhang Yu looked for a place to hide, it didn't take him long to see someone coming out from under the meeting table.
"Who is he?" Because wearing such a covered outfit Zhang Yu found it hard to recognize him. However when he first opened his mouth, Zhang Yu immediately recognized him as Xiao Yuze.
"*So he wanted to do something. But what is he planning?" It was not too surprising that it was Xiao Yuze. Because those who could enter the main hall and pass through the guards outside were obviously people with authority. If it wasn't because he had previously come with his grandfather and second elder, perhaps he wouldn't even be allowed to enter the hall. This was a rule that existed in the Clan for a long time.
Zhang Yu decided to wait. After quite a long time Xiao Yuze in the room he finally came out* then left the main hall.
At that moment Zhang Yu immediately left the hiding place. He re-entered the room where the ancient barrel and holy water were stored.
"It doesn't seem to matter to his ancient barrel," Zhang Yu muttered after carefully examining the ancient barrel. Then he turned to containers filled with holy water.
"Zhang Yu, I feel a strong enough poison in this holy water." The dragon god came out from the eye bracelet to help Zhang Yu identify him.
Initially Zhang Yu really had trouble realizing the poison. But due to the words of the dragon god, Zhang Yu immediately noticed it.
"This poison is hard to detect and is indeed quite powerful. If it hadn't been found soon and I had used this holy water for a blood test, obviously something bad would have happened." Zhang Yu smiled. Lucky because he managed to realize it with the help of the dragon god. Now he only needed to absorb this poison using the cultivation method of the second part of the body.
In just a short time Zhang Yu absorbed the poison on the five holy water containers. The holy water is back to what it was. That meant that Xiao Yuze's plan had failed.
"I wonder how he reacts when he finds out his plan failed. Can he still laugh? Ahhaha ...." Zhang Yu was really impatient to wait for the day to change. Not just for the blood test, but seeing Xiao Yuze's annoyed face.