Chapter 0058: Grade Assessment

Huang Long never expected the return journey to be so smooth. He left hell with almost no obstacles and returned to the surface of the Hengwu Continent.
At the exit of hell, the demon army was stationed heavily, but this posed no challenge to Huang Long. He brought Bog and the others into the Qunxian Pavilion, then used invisibility and breath control techniques to pass through unimpeded.
Did Princess Anlei of the demons not send any pursuers? Huang Long wondered. Yet, considering the outcome of this trip, he was quite satisfied. Once he returned and subdued the two Asuras trapped in the Qunxian Pavilion, Bog, the three beasts, and the two Asuras—excluding himself—would all be among the six strongest warriors of the Sacred Realms.
Such strength would shock anyone in the Hengyuan Continent. Of course, these were external factors; the most important thing was his own cultivation progress.
Huang Long sensed the Netherworld Divine Tree inside the Qunxian Pavilion. The tree was constantly emitting a terrifying suction force, drawing in celestial energy from the outside world. In other words, both the Qunxian Pavilion and Huang Long himself were constantly bathed in the celestial energy absorbed by the Netherworld Divine Tree.
This energy nourished Huang Long’s entire body, flowing through his meridians and converging in his dantian, gradually transforming into innate true energy. This meant Huang Long was constantly cultivating.
Inside the Qunxian Pavilion, clouds and mist swirled—a phenomenon caused by the extreme abundance of celestial energy.
In the future, Huang Long would subdue the nearly six thousand Yakshas trapped in the Five Hells Divine Cauldron in hell, then bring them into the Qunxian Pavilion to guard its immortal palace. This would also allow the Netherworld Divine Tree to use the celestial energy to evolve these Yakshas. If they all evolved into Asuras, even at the initial stage—equivalent to human Level 7 warriors—they would still constitute a formidable force.
Six thousand Level 7 warriors? Not even one of the five great empires had such a force.
After a rapid journey, Huang Long finally returned to Shenfeng City the day before the annual final exams at Shenfeng Academy. However, instead of going straight to the academy, he returned to his manor.
Months had passed, and the manor had become much livelier. After receiving Huang Long’s permission, the orc Natt brought all his orc brothers to the manor. Due to a lack of rooms, they had to share one room for now.
Throughout these months, Natt had not slackened off. After bringing in the more than three hundred orc brothers, he trained them rigorously every day while instilling in them the idea that their master was supreme.

Every day, the orc Nat remembered his master’s words before leaving: “You must know that if they make mistakes in the future, I won’t show any mercy.” So when the Yellow Dragon returned and saw these orcs before him, he was quite satisfied. As for the nine orcs bought from the slave market together with Nat, through months of hard work practicing the “Xuanwu Art” and taking the Yellow Dragon’s pills, their strength had improved rapidly, reaching the peak of level six. It was believed that it wouldn’t be long before they could break through to level seven.

No incidents occurred that night.

The next day, the morning of the annual final exams at Divine Wind Academy, a strange sight appeared within the academy. A child was riding an ox slightly larger than a second-tier pet ox, walking along the academy’s streets, with a stunningly beautiful woman following behind him.

“Look, that seems to be our academy’s new super genius. I think his name is Yellow Dragon.”
“What super genius? He’s a super weirdo, a total loser.”
“I heard he’s never attended a single class. A few months ago, he even left the academy to go out and play. His tutor was so angry he almost vomited blood.”
“Today is the annual final exam for all grades in the academy. I can’t believe he still dares to come back. Does he even dare to take the exam?”
“Who knows? Probably just to be a joke. He spent the first two months browsing books in the library, then spent the next few months outside playing. Coming back for the exam? Hehe, I bet he won’t even be able to recite a first-level magic spell by then.”
“I heard that Lei Yun, the other super genius who tied for first place with him in the newcomer talent test, is now a second-tier mage. He masters all three elements—fire, wood, and water—at the second level. I’m sure he’ll be the top newcomer in today’s exam.”
“That’s true. I heard Dean Tang Wudi was very pleased about it for a while. I even heard that he’s glad he took Lei Yun as his disciple. If he had taken that extremely lazy loser Yellow Dragon, he would have lost face. Look at Yellow Dragon—back again, riding a pet ox.”
“But seriously, that maid behind him is really gorgeous. I think she’s even prettier than our academy’s top beauty, Du Meng. I really wonder where this kid found her.”

Along the way, all the new teachers and students at Divine Wind Academy pointed at Yellow Dragon as he passed by, filled with mockery, schadenfreude, jealousy, disappointment, and sighs—various emotions in abundance.

Huang Long rode on the sky-blue python ox, listening in to the discussions among these new teachers. Facing their mocking looks, he remained calm. Whether they called him a super genius or a complete failure, he was still Huang Long. As for these mocking comments, once today’s end-of-semester tests were over, these people would shut up. Lei Yun? The top student of the grade? That Tang Wudi was glad he hadn’t taken him as a disciple? She heard he would also be present for this year’s new student assessments. Huang Long thought to himself, his eyes flickering. Su Lisi followed behind Huang Long, her expression as cold and elegant as ever despite the comments from passersby. This morning, before her newly recognized master asked her to go out with him, she hadn’t expected him to be a freshman at the Divine Wind Academy. From the discussions among the new teachers, it seemed her master was even a “legendary figure” in the academy. A complete failure? Good heavens, could someone who possessed three sacred domain magical pets really be a failure? Her heart couldn’t stay calm as she looked at the figure riding on the sky-blue python ox—her eyes filled with both reverence and passion. She couldn’t help but think of Kaidi, that poor, arrogant, and ignorant guy who had been tortured by the three sacred domain magical beasts along the way until he was barely recognizable. Now, in front of her master Huang Long, he was as obedient as a house cat. Thinking of Kaidi’s suffering, she shuddered. At least she wasn’t as ignorant as that foolish guy. “I wondered who it was—turns out it’s our super genius back,” came a mocking voice from ahead. Su Lisi glanced over and saw several young people blocking her master’s path. Seeing Du Fei standing in front with a mocking expression, Huang Long’s eyes flashed with intensity. “Kid, I thought you were scared. You disappeared from the academy for months—good to see you back, hehe.” Du Fei looked down at Huang Long riding on the ox with arrogance, a cruel smirk on his face. “During the arena battles, I’m going to slowly kill you.”