Douluo Dalu - The Story of Sheng Feilong Chapter 49

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The other two examiners and Sheng Feilong's group members behind him stiffened when he spoke so rudely to the old lady . Although they didn't know who she was, the fact that she could sit in the middle of this trio, as well as the fact that she's the one asking all the questions or commenting on the children performances told them enough about her standing; she was clearly the one calling the shots while the other two were just there to fill the empty spaces!

The lady looked at Sheng Feilong with a cold expression and emotionlessly spoke to him while clearly looking down on him .

"You're an arrogant and conceited brat who doesn't know the world, but still dares to speak as if you were its king . You have no respect for your elders and are unable to accept critique . You are unfit to be a Soul Master and even more so to join Shrek Academy . You fail this trial . You may leave now . "

Sheng Feilong stared at her, but didn't say a word . The atmosphere became tense and Lao Shi quickly stepped forward to break the tension .

"Sheng Feilong, Elder Cai has already spoken . Step down for now; there are still other trials your group has to undergo . "

Sheng Feilong didn't glance at him, but turned around and walked back to his group, neither acknowledging Elder Cai's evaluation nor denying it . He decided to let his actions speak for themselves . Lao Shi quickly bowed to Elder Cai before leading the children out of the room towards the next trial, hoping to prevent any more mishap from happening .

The fifth test was testing their prowess in their secondary professions and was held in different buildings according to their profession . The group split up and Sheng Feilong, as well as the girl who hesitated in the third trial, entered the building for the Mecha Maker's test . Their task was to show the best of their abilities in theoretical and practical knowledge . Building a Mecha would usually take days of not weeks, so they couldn't just be asked to create one from scratch . Instead, they were shown blueprints, Mecha parts and many other machinery and were asked to evaluate them and search for mistakes, defective parts and the like .

They took turns evaluating different parts and pointed out many mistakes, but Sheng Feilong was sometimes lightly frowning at the girl's evaluations, as he saw more or other mistakes and flaws . The thin old man examining them didn't let any emotion show on his face and mechanically went through their examination without pointing out whether they were right or wrong . In the end, Sheng Feilong obtained full marks again, while the girl got 7 points . Both of them were satisfied with their results .

The grouped up with Jian Wang and the others again and were lead to the 6th trial . On the way, Jian Wang told Sheng Feilong, that he got full marks for the metal he refined! They soon arrived at the trial grounds for the sixth trial and were . . . perplexed, to say the least . Instead of an arena, hall or the likes, the had entered a cafeteria . They questioningly looked at Lao Shi who told them that their sixth trial would be eating . Eating steamed buns, to be precise .

According to Lao Shi, this trial wasn't just testing their appetite, but instead focused on the amount of nutrition their bodies could process in a limited amount of time . They looked at each other before nodding in understanding and went to take their seats . As they had rested for an hour after the first trial, the hall was nearly empty and just a single other group was still their, eating away at the mountains of steamed buns on their table . Sheng Feilong's group also began eating, as they had a fixed time limit of 30 minutes .

The other group left a few minutes after Sheng Feilong's group started and the latter's group was still stuffing themselves with steamed buns . When the timer ended, Jian Wang and one other child had managed to eat a total of 34 and 33 buns respectively, earning them full marks . Sheng Feilong was on par with them in the beginning, but quickly slowed down more and more and managed to eat 21 buns in the end, earning himself 8 points .

Sheng Feilong frowned . His digestion and the conversion of energy were particularly slow today . While the remedy Elder Li gave him after the first trial healed him nearly completely, it wasn't even to completely bring his nutrition back up and he should've been able to eat more buns since they weren't really nutritious . He thought about it for a while, but the only thing he could think of was the spiritual clash with the Black Dragon's mural . His bloodline had acted up, he used a lot of his Spirit power reserves and his body was barely able to endure his Spirit Power to begin with, so it had probably entered a self-preservation mode, limiting Sheng Feilong's physical abilities tremendously to cope with the excess stress .

Thinking up to hear, Sheng Feilong's expression sunk when they arrived at the 7th trial grounds . It was a sports stadium . Lao Shi explained to them, that their trial this time was to complete a 10 kilometres run, 1 . 000 chin-ups and 1 . 000 squats while bearing an extra 50KG weights . To receive full marks, they had to finish the exercise within 1 hour and 30 minutes . Normally, this wouldn't be a problem for Sheng Feilong, but with his body having entered a self-preservation mode now, he'd be lucky to complete the trial within 2 hours and 30 minutes .

He asked Lao Shi about the rest of the rules, since he only said they'd have to complete the exercise within the time limit to obtain full marks . After the explanation, Sheng Feilong frowned again . They would lose points the longer they needed . Every 15 minutes, they would lose 1 point from the total 10 . If they need 1 hour and 29 minutes, they'll obtain full marks, but if they need just slightly under 2 hours, they'll only get 8 . If Sheng Feilong manages to get the exercise done in the estimated 2 hours and 30 minutes, he'll only obtain 6 points . However, he'll get 6 points as long as he manages to do it, regardless of the time .

The children could also directly go to the eighth trial once they finished the seventh and didn't have to wait for their groups anymore, to prevent physically strong Soul Masters to waste hours waiting for weaker participants . However, they could delay the continuation if they so desire . After hearing that, Sheng Feilong and the others decided to split their group up again . It wouldn't make sense for them to stick together anymore, now . When they were alone again, Sheng Feilong told Jian Wang about his problem .

"Brother Wang, after the first trial, I used up nearly all of my energy . You know of the imbalance of my Spirit Power and physical strength . The trial took more of a toll then I expected and my body had entered some kind of low output self-preservation mode . Now, even if I give it my all, I assume I'll just barely be able to finish the trial in 2 and a half hours . . . "

Jian Wang was shocked to hear this . From his perspective, Sheng Feilong looked totally fine . While he indeed was injured during the first trial, he seemed to have healed up perfectly afterwards .

"Then, what do you want to do? If you spent all of your energy now to finish this test, will you be able to get through the later ones? We still don't know how many there are . . . "

Sheng Feilong frowned and contemplated on the matter .

"If I give it my all in this condition, I'll probably be dead meat in the next trials . If I want to preserve my energy, I need to take my time here and I'll at least need 3 hours to finish . But you should do it as fast as you could . You'll easily get full marks here and if you just wait for me afterwards, you'll be able to restore yourself back to peak condition . Then, even if we need to fight Soul Beasts again, we'll have a good chance . "

Jian Wang agreed to his idea and they made a quick plan on how to absolve this trial . Sheng Feilong began with the chin-ups in order to warm up and preserve his energy, while Jian Wang did the same, but way faster, as he didn't really need a warm-up . Afterwards Jian Wang went to do the squats and lastly the 10 kilometres run . He finished with a astonishing time of 58 minutes, shocking the nearby children who heard about it! Meanwhile, Jian Wang sat near the exit to the eighth trial in meditation while Sheng Feilong had finished the first 3 kilometres of the run .

Sheng Feilong ultimately finished the run in just over 3 hours and got 6 points . He was currently pretty pale and his legs were slightly shaken, but his expression was still calm . He sat down in meditation and asked Jian Wang to wait ten more minutes to let him recuperate . He opened his eyes again exactly ten minutes later and they looked for an examiner to take them to the eighth trial .

They saw a group of 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls, lead by an female examiner wearing the Shrek Academy's uniform being led out of the trial grounds and quickly followed them . Reaching them, Sheng Feilong called out to the group and the examiner .

"Excuse me! Are you headed for the eighth trial?"

The children looked at Sheng Feilong and Jian Wang without much interest, so Sheng Feilong fixed his eyes on the female examiner, who calmly replied to him .

"Yes, we are . Do the two of you wish to join us?"

"Yes, we would like to, thank you for taking us . ", Sheng Feilong said with a light bow . He then turned to the children and struck out his hand to the tough looking, black haired boy who seemed to be their leader . "I'm Sheng Feilong, nice to meet you all . "

The black haired boy seemed stunned for a moment by his formal greeting, but replied in the same manner while shaking Sheng Feilong's hand .

"Nice to meet you, too . My name is Tang Wulin!"

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