C55 I'm Afraid You Won't Make It

Maple Forest Stump!

It was located to the west of the Heavenly Star Martial Mansion, where the disciples of the academy usually trained.

As the name implied, there was a maple forest here. Whenever late autumn approached, the maple leaves would turn red like fire. During this period of time, the entire maple forest was like a red maple tree sea, attracting countless students and instructors to watch it.

Maple Forest Stump was a Wooden Pile Array that was constructed here with Heavenly Star Martial Mansion.

Wooden Pile Array's main purpose was to train the student's agility, coordination, and reaction speed.

The largest Wooden Pile Array was arranged with thousands of wooden stakes. The sizes of the tree stumps were irregular and their lengths were also different.

There was a mystical array below the wooden pile. Once the array was activated, the surrounding space of the entire Wooden Pile Array would become unstable. At that time, not only would the position between the wooden stake change, but the leaves, stones, sand, and other things on the ground would also become secret weapons that had the ability to attack.

As for the students in the Wooden Pile Array, while stabilizing their own balance, they would also need to dodge attacks that came from all over the place.

From the surface, the Wooden Pile Array did not seem to have anything special about it.

However, there were many students who did not dare to underestimate this formation after falling from the wooden stake so many times that their faces were bruised and swollen.

Other than Wooden Pile Array, there were also other cultivation areas such as the Copper Man Formation, which was used to train one's fighting abilities, the Magic Killing Array which could increase one's killing power, and the Ten Thousand Arrow Array, which could train one's speed.

Of course, the one that every High-Class Martial Mansion student liked the most was still the 'Colosseum'.

As Chu Hen had yet to understand the various matters of Heavenly Star Martial Mansion, his understanding of it was a bit localized.

Furthermore, Chu Hen was not even sure how big the area of the Heavenly Star Martial Mansion was.

After walking for a very long time, Chu Hen finally found the location of the Maple Forest Stump.

Until today, Chu Hen realized that the Heavenly Star Martial Mansion was far larger than he had imagined, and that the number of students was also quite a bit. Most of the students were concentrated in the various training areas of each school.

Passing through the thick maple trees, Chu Hen came to the place where Song Chenglie had previously told him to meet up with the students of instructor Xi Lan.

On top of an open and vast plaza, there was a round shaped stage.

Thousands of upright wooden stakes were arranged on the high platform.

The wooden stakes were pitch black and were arranged in a very casual order. The longest one was over three meters and the shortest one was less than a meter.

The formation hadn't been activated yet and the wooden stake was still in a motionless state.

Quite a few students were practicing their movement techniques on the platform. Each of them was swaying, making people fear that they would fall from the stakes. Those who were more adept would do pair exercising … ….

Chu Hen looked over from afar and couldn't help but feel somewhat astonished in his heart.

This kind of speed might be simple, but it was not easy to achieve. Moreover, right now, the wooden stakes were only stationary. There were already many people who couldn't stand properly. Once the array was activated, they would be thrown all over the place.

"Hey, Senior Brother Chu Hen, this way!"

At this moment, a candid shout could be heard.

Chu Hen looked over, and saw that it was a young man with a pretty and bashful face.

This person was one of the three direct line students of Xi Lan's this year. Chu Hen remembered this person's name – Li Huiye

This year, Teacher Xi Lan only gave three places to the direct line of students. At that time, one of her students at the Seven Stars Plaza, He Qingyuan, selected the students on her behalf using the method of holding chess pieces in palm.

In the end, the ones who won the three spots were Chu Hen, Li Huiye, and a girl named Zhou Lu.

Five or six people stood beside Li Huiye, and the woman named Zhou Lu was among them. As for He Qingyuan, he was not there.

As everyone knew, Teacher Xi Lan had the least number of students under his tutelage.

However, their overall strength was the strongest.

There was a portion outside training, and a portion of it was training by themselves in seclusion. Unless there were special circumstances, Instructor Xi Lan would not gather all of the students under his tutelage.

"Senior Brother Chu Hen, you're finally here." Li Huiye greeted in a friendly manner.

Chu Hen smiled slightly, treating it as an acknowledgement.

"Ha ha, a Newbie Student really has a lot of face. What do you think you are?" A voice full of sarcasm was suddenly heard by a few people.

The one who spoke was a young man with a slender figure and a bit of heroic spirit.

However, at this moment, ridicule could be seen on his face.

Without even thinking, one could tell that the person that was being targeted by these words was Chu Hen.

The other young men and women were basically watching the show from the sidelines.

Chu Hen was not angry, and he cupped his fists and said: "This senior brother's words are correct. I have been delayed enrollment to Instructor Xi Lan because of my weapon, I hope everyone will forgive me."

In fact, He Qingyuan had asked Chu Hen to settle the issue of the weapon before he enrolled.

But who would have thought that the Shadow Spear had almost cost all of Chu Hen's Elemental Crystal Stones, so Chu Hen had no choice but to go to the Boneless Mountain Range to kill the Demonic Beast in order to complete the transaction for the Qingyun Merchant Guild's mission.

As a result, he missed the Teacher Xi Lan's newbie registration.

Chu Hen knew about the position that Xi Lan had in the eyes of the Heavenly Star Martial Mansion students. Since he had not appeared for nearly a month, it was natural that some people would feel dissatisfied with him.

But there was no need to argue over this matter. Chu Hen took the initiative to apologize, and it couldn’t be more appropriate.

However, the young man did not seem to accept Chu Hen's apology.

He sneered disdainfully and said, "You took so long to settle the issue of the weapon. Your efficiency sure is' fast '. You are supercilious, then how can you be qualified to become a direct line student of Instructor Xi Lan? I don't think you deserve to come anymore.

"Wu Ze, you should stop here."

A young lady wearing blue clothes and with a ponytail felt that his words were a bit too serious. She looked at Chu Hen and then said, "He's just a Newbie Student, and it's hard for them to avoid some little mistakes."

"That's right, Senior Brother Wu Ze, what Senior Sister Liu Yue said is correct. Don't blame Senior Brother Chu Hen." Li Huiye also spoke a few words of praise for Chu Hen.

In fact, Li Huiye was not familiar with him.

However, they were all Newbie Students after all. Furthermore, on that day when Newbie Student selected the instructors, Chu Hen had to fight with Lin Tao on the Seven Stars Square because of the competition for the spots.

The scene of Chu Hen defeating the first ranker Lin Tao on the spot was extremely impressive.

Because of this, Li Huiye was more appreciative of Chu Hen, but the other newbie, Zhou Lu, only curled her lips and didn't say anything as he stood at the side.

"Hmph, the rookie reason can't be used as an excuse to make a mistake."

Wu Ze was unwilling to let it go, so he coldly looked at Chu Hen with a commanding tone, "Teacher Xi Lan would never want a student like you, and you are not worthy to be her student either. Hurry up and f * ck off!"

"He he, if I do not have the qualifications, I'm afraid that you, this senior brother, will not be any better."

His gentle voice made everyone present startled, and they saw that Chu Hen's face had a hint of a smile hanging on it.

It was impossible for anyone else to ignore the continuous stream of sarcastic curses, especially when Chu Hen had already apologized, but Wu Ze had still kept on blabbering on and on, which finally provoking Chu Hen's counterattack.

"What did you say?" Wu Ze's face turned gloomy in an instant.

"He he, I don't even need you to decide whether or not I scram. Whether or not Instructor Xi Lan wants me is up to her. Why do you have to tell me what to do here? Senior Brother, aren't you taking yourself too seriously? "

The peaceful words carried a hint of mockery.

Towards this self-righteous person who treated an utterly worthless thing like an order from on high, Chu Hen really did not need to yield again and again.

Li Huiye, Zhou Lu and the rest all had changed facial expressions. No one thought that Chu Hen would actually dare to reprimand Wu Ze in front of everyone.

The other students around the Maple Tree Stump were also attracted by the commotion.

Many pairs of eyes that were filled with astonishment shot over.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. It seems like Senior Brother Wu Ze and that Chu Hen had an argument."

"No way! Senior Brother Wu Ze was scolded by a newbie?"

Feeling the gazes from all around locking him, the flames in Wu Ze's heart burned brighter and brighter, a newbie daring to offend him? This was really quite embarrassing.

The air was suffused with the smell of gunpowder, and the atmosphere seemed to have been frozen.

"Senior Brother Chu Hen, quickly apologize to Senior Brother Wu Ze. He won't give you a hard time." Li Huiye said.

"No need," Wu Ze angrily flung his sleeves and pointed at Chu Hen's nose as he scolded, "Today, as your senior, I will properly teach you what it means to respect your teacher."

"Humph!" Chu Hen laughed indifferently, "It seems like you have been ridiculing me from beginning to end, do you even know how to respect people?"

"Shut up!"

Wu Ze was furious, and a surging aura erupted from his body. Next to him, Liu Yue, Zhou Lu and the rest all retreated.

Immediately, Wu Ze raised his palm and struck towards Chu Hen's face.

"Lie down!"

"Humph!" Chu Hen's eyes focused, the dense Strength of True Essence floated up, and welcomed the opponent's attack.

"Bam!"

The two people's palm energies collided heavily, and a circular Strength of True Essence was released from their palms. The chaotic shockwave caused the maple leaves on the ground to fly recklessly.

Under the astonished gazes of everyone present, Chu Hen and Wu Ze both retreated a few steps back.

"That fellow can actually block Senior Brother Wu Ze's palm strike?" An exclamation came from the crowd.

"Good boy, Senior Brother Wu Ze does have the strength of Rank Three of Essence Mastering Stage."

In regards to Chu Hen receiving his palm strike without being defeated, Wu Ze also revealed a face of astonishment.

"Humph, I didn't expect you to be so capable. No wonder you dare to be so arrogant."

"Thank you for your praise, I did not expect you to be so lame, but it seems that among the direct disciples of Instructor Xi Lan, you are only at the bottom of the list." Chu Hen replied coldly.

Wu Ze was burning with anger, and he pointed at Chu Hen and said, "Bastard, you truly speak so arrogantly. do you dare to go on the 'Wooden Pile Array' with me?"

"Will I afraid of you?"