Seeing the score that Zhining turned over, all the remaining examiners immediately breathed a long sigh of relief and also turned over the boards in their hands.
All of them were one hundred points.
It was not that they did not want to suppress him but that they could not suppress him at all. Facing such a peak piece that came once in a millennium, any attempt to suppress it would be crushed.
Moreover, the monks of the Dragon God Temple had already fully expressed their attitude.
Seeing that all the boards were written with one hundred points, all the students shouted victory loudly in unison.
And Lanling still stood there motionless.
All the examiners withdrew, and then all the students also withdrew completely.
Many girls actually wanted to come over and say a word to Lanling to express their feelings. However, seeing the aura around Su Lun as he stood there, they instinctively retreated.
After everyone had left, only Lanling remained inside the music hall.
“Bang…” He fell straight to the ground and lay there motionless.
Because he had exhausted all his spirit, all his strength, all his will and all his madness.
There is a very vulgar saying about performing with life and soul.
And he really was performing with his life and soul.
In fact, this was not a performance but a battle. He wanted to fight until the end. At least in this battle, he had won a great victory. His will full of destruction and his art full of madness had instantly conquered everyone.
Ye Jingyu came in, gently picked him up and said softly, “This night, everyone has been conquered by you, including me!”
……
Zhining, who had left the Royal City Academy, immediately rushed onto the carriage and then sped madly towards her brother Zhili’s Young Lord Mansion.
The moment she saw Zhili, she directly pounced on him, hugged him tightly and wailed loudly in his arms.
At this time Zhili had not even tied his clothes properly. He was startled by Zhining and then showed a distressed look. He gently patted her back without asking what had happened and just comforted her with heartache.
It took a full quarter of an hour of crying before Zhining gradually stopped. She raised her beautiful eyes and said, “Brother, were we wrong? Are we evil?”
Zhili looked at her without answering but asked softly, “What happened?”
Zhining stood up, walked to the front of the harpsichord, closed her beautiful eyes and began to play the “Fate” that Lanling had just performed.
She was such a smart person that after hearing it once she naturally knew how to play it.
Moreover, the destructive aura left by Lanling’s music still remained in her body.
Zhili closed his eyes and listened attentively.
A few minutes later, Zhining finished playing.
“Is this what Su Lun played in the exam?” Zhili asked.
“Yes, but it is ten times stronger than mine. That destructive aura and that will of perishing together are a hundred times stronger than mine.” Zhining said. “This piece instantly shattered everyone’s mental defences. Everyone, including Teacher Byron and including me, turned the so called suppression into a joke.”
“This really is an unparalleled genius!” Zhili said. “So this soul colliding art has filled your own heart with doubt?”
Zhining asked, “Brother, were we really wrong? Were we really wrong to want to destroy the Su Clan and to destroy Su Lun?”
Zhili said, “What is this piece called?”
“Fate.” Zhining said.
Zhili came to the front of the piano and began to try playing this Fate.
Strangely, the feeling he played was actually much stronger than Zhining’s and was even the same as Su Lun’s, full of dark and destructive aura.
However, after playing just a few notes, the dragon power in his hands suddenly burst out and instantly smashed the entire harpsichord to pieces.
It was as if he was unwilling to let himself continue playing.
After destroying the piano, Zhili stretched out his hands, looked at his slender fingers and said softly, “Silly sister, we are not wrong.”
“Then is Su Lun wrong?” Zhining asked.
“Su Lun is not wrong either.” Zhili said. “Everything is fate. Su Lun must fight against fate, otherwise he will be destroyed and his family will be destroyed. And we also have to fight against fate, otherwise we will be destroyed too. Have you forgotten how our father died? How our mother died? Su Lun wants to take back everything that belongs to him and we also want to take back everything that belongs to us.”
Zhining lay on her brother Zhili’s lap like a kitten and let him comb her beautiful hair.
Zhili gently stroked Zhining’s hair and said, “If Su Lun loses, of course he will be smashed to pieces. And if we lose, we will also be smashed to pieces. Although it looks like Su Lun’s situation is very dangerous, ours is even more dangerous. Although he and I are enemies, at this moment I am willing to encourage him together. We are all fighting against fate together. As for the final win or loss, it is still left to fate to decide.”
Finally Zhining gradually calmed down. Her originally fragile heart and will became strong once again.
Childhood memories surged into her mind once more.
Endless flames, endless blood, the father who was killed and the mother who was humiliated.
Her father was called Zhilan. He was once the prince in the Nu Lang Kingdom most likely to become king and the prince loved by all the nobles.
However, in that shocking struggle for the heir, her father still lost and losing meant death.
If it had not been for the great eunuch Li Chenglian taking her and her brother away from the royal residence in advance and if it had not been for the protection of the Dragon God Temple, she and her brother would have died long ago.
Yes, no one was wrong. Everyone was fighting against fate.
“Su Lun’s enemies are us and his enemies are very powerful. Then are our enemies not powerful?” Zhili said calmly. “Our enemies are actually one of the most powerful people in this world. Because he is Zhibian who defeated everyone. That figure hidden in the darkness is fate itself for everyone in the Nu Lang Kingdom.”
Zhining wiped away all her tears and said, “Brother, I know what to do. There is one last martial arts subject exam remaining. No matter whether Su Lun really has no strength to tie up a chicken or is pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, I will definitely not let him pass. I will definitely not let him obtain the noble warrior medal and I will definitely not let him inherit the title.”
Zhili did not speak but just took a deep breath.
Zhining looked at the night sky outside the window and said, “Su Lun should not blame me. Just blame fate.”
……
In the following day, Su Lun became the focus of the entire royal city. His near miraculous performance last night not only shocked the entire Royal City Academy but also spread throughout the entire royal city. His performance last night had already been described as miraculous.
Moreover, the divine work “Fate” that he performed had also been passed on through the students present and had even been directly hailed as the first famous piece.
And the students who were present yesterday immediately went home and tried to play this piece from memory. Although they had captured some of its appearance, that grief and anger and that destructive aura could not compare to Su Lun’s at all.
Su Lun’s miraculous performance yesterday also brought another result.
That was that someone finally placed bets on him winning. Originally the bets on him winning were only from the girls in the brothel, Lanling himself and Duke Zhi Ting, adding up to ten thousand gold coins.
And now, dozens of people had gone to bet on Su Lun winning and the total had already exceeded two thousand gold coins.
Moreover, these dozens of people were almost all girls. They were all the women who had been shocked by Lanling’s performance last night. Some of them were Su Lun’s ex girlfriends. Before yesterday they still hated him to the bone but after last night they had all become his fans. They emptied all their private savings to support Su Lun, even if it was all in vain they did not care.
Because the arts subject exam required two days to complete, the martial arts subject exam would only take place tomorrow afternoon.
Tomorrow’s final exam would be the moment that decided the fate of the Su Clan.
Originally his bet with Zhining was already known to everyone and at this time it had become the only focus of the royal city. Almost everyone was talking about the final outcome of this bet.
Su Lun’s results in the next and final major exam could truly be said to be watched by everyone. The people of the entire royal city were all paying attention to this final major exam.
Because he was worried that there would be complications, Lanling did not go out at all. He directly stayed at home with his eyes closed to regulate his breathing and recover his spiritual power.
The performance last night had really exhausted all his energy and all his emotional outbursts.
Moreover, Lanling felt that although Zhining had reluctantly given him a full score, she would definitely not admit defeat just like that. In the final martial arts subject exam she would definitely create underhanded moves.
Because in this bet, although Lanling could not afford to lose, Zhining also could not afford to lose. Now she had already overdrawn and consumed her own reputation to fight for the final victory. In the final round she would definitely use all means.
But Su Lun firmly believed that with his strength as a level three warrior archer and the existence of the demon star, he would definitely shine brightly in tomorrow’s final major exam and seize the final victory.
And at this moment, a figure hurriedly came to the outside of the earl’s mansion and knocked on the door.