Douluo: The Fallen Garuda, Feathers Crossing the Mortal Realm

"Fine, I'll go! Why are you trying to stop me!"

Xiao Hongchen gritted her teeth as she looked at her younger sister, on the verge of tears.

"I was just worried you were hard of hearing, wasn't I?" Meng Hongchen's beautiful blue eyes darted around, clearly ignoring Xiao Hongchen's current state.

But the commotion nearby quickly changed her mind, and she immediately pulled the still-painful Xiao Hongchen along, running over: "Come on, let's go see what's going on!"

Meng Hongchen, pulling the somewhat unsteady Xiao Hongchen along, quickly arrived at the crowd. Through the gaps between the people, they could easily see the scene inside.

A gray-haired boy was talking to his teacher. The teacher had similar deep blue eyes to her and was handsome, though not in a strikingly handsome way, but rather with a gentle, nurturing quality, like a clear spring.

At this moment, Xiao Hongchen nudged Meng Hongchen, who was staring intently, and waved his hand in front of her, saying, "What are you looking at? What's wrong with that person?"

"Ahem." Meng Hongchen came back to her senses, her pretty face a little awkward. She waved her hand and said, "It's nothing, I just think his eyes look a lot like mine. Oh dear, you should ask the person next to you what's going on."

Meng Hongchen quickly changed the subject and pushed Xiao Hongchen in front of an adult.

Xiao Hongchen scratched his silver hair, somewhat speechless, and patted the adult who was staring inside, saying, "Uncle, what's going on?"

Upon hearing this, the uncle turned around and saw the Hongchen siblings wearing the uniforms of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. He immediately began to exaggerate and gesticulate wildly as he recounted the story.

Soon, the two understood the whole story. Xiao Hongchen was immediately disappointed and said to Meng Hongchen, "Meng, let's go. What's so interesting about an arrogant jerk? He thinks he can learn basic magic arrays just by looking at it once outside? How is that possible?"

At this point, Xiao Hongchen snorted coldly: "You should know that even a genius like me had to watch it three times before I could understand it."

Meng Hongchen rolled her beautiful eyes at her arrogant brother and retorted, "You mean you watched it three times? It was clearly Grandpa explaining it three times. What are you pretending for?"

Xiao Hongchen was immediately embarrassed, but it wasn't a big deal in front of his sister. He stubbornly said, "Even if you're right, I don't believe he's better than me. He'll definitely fail and come out soon."

Meng Hongchen ignored her arrogant brother's stubbornness and began to watch Fu Yu's actions inside.

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At the workbench, Fu Yu looked at everything on the table: carving knives, metal, blueprints, and so on, all arranged in order.

At this moment, Li Hu said to Fu Yu, "The assessment is based on time. If you have enough time, you can try a few more times. The final score will be based on the one you think is the best."

Fu Yu nodded, picked up the carving knife and metal from the table, and began to fix them onto the table according to the procedure on the table.

Then, the carving knife slashed down.

A sharp "sizzle" echoed throughout the examination hall, sending countless metal fragments flying and even sparks flying onto the table.

A scratch of varying depth appeared on the smooth metal surface.

Clearly, this was a completely wrong strike; even someone who had never used a soul tool before could see its failure.

The crowd outside burst into laughter at the sight, as it was entirely within their expectations and was simply unfolding as usual.

Even Xiao Hongchen curled his lip after seeing this scene: "Meng, I was right, wasn't I? This guy clearly doesn't know anything."

But Meng Hongchen stared intently into the room with her beautiful eyes, and nudged Xiao Hongchen with her elbow, saying, "Shut up, you're disturbing me."

Inside the examination room, not a single external noise could be heard.

Fu Yu naturally removed the damaged metal block from its fixed position and replaced it with a new one.

He knew perfectly well that what he did was wrong, but he still did it anyway.

Because he needs to record this data with his body: the sharpness of the carving knife, the hardness of the metal block, and the depth left on the metal surface by different forces, etc. These are all things that must be done and memorized.

Only in this way can he replicate the process of inscribing the magic array that he had seen before in reality.

Fu Yu took a deep breath and focused his gaze on the smooth metal surface in front of him again, his hand holding the carving knife feeling as if he were holding a sword waiting to drink blood.

The Sword Heart Technique began to resonate naturally in his heart, and his soul power flowed like water.

All worries and chaotic thoughts subsided instantly, time began to slow down in perception, and every breath and every muscle exertion was under control.

At this moment, Fu Yu only had the knife in his hand and the metal block in front of him waiting to be engraved.

My heart is as calm as water!

In the state of flow of Shisui Kenshin, Fu Yu was extremely focused. This time, his strike was flawless, as if he had engraved it hundreds or thousands of times before, making it incredibly smooth.

As metal shavings continued to fall onto the table, grooves of varying depths and widths appeared on the surface of the metal block.

Every cut was incredibly smooth and perfect.

From the first stroke of the knife to the last, the engraving force remained exactly the same, just like a pre-programmed machine.

Upon witnessing this scene, no one in the crowd watching outside the window dared to mock them anymore; only the sound of throats bobbing could be heard, becoming the sole source of noise from outside the venue.

They weren't people without discernment. How could someone who brought their child to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy be completely ignorant? In fact, there were several recognized first and second-level soul masters among the crowd who had undergone the assessment.

All of them, adults and children alike, were speechless after Fu Yu struck again with his sword for the second time.

This also includes Xiao Hongchen, whom he previously dismissed with disdain.

At this moment, Xiao Hongchen's eyes widened in disbelief.

In the examination room, Fu Yu finished off the last strike with a long exhale, blowing away the remaining debris on the surface of the magic array.

This also startled Li Hu, who had been holding his breath. Ever since the second strike, Li Hu had unconsciously used his soul power to seal his breathing, not wanting to disturb the miracle that was happening in front of him for any reason.

"Teacher Li Hu, how did I do?" Fu Yu asked with a smile, looking at Li Hu who seemed a little stunned.

"Perfect! Is this really your first time inscribing a magic array? This is incredible!" Li Hu's eyes were filled with excitement, and his words were brimming with joy. "Quickly, I'll take you to register for school!"

As he left, Li Hu casually stored the basic magic array inscribed on the table by Fu Yu into his storage soul tool.

The opening of the examination hall doors instantly shattered the long-standing silence of the outside world.

"Incredible! This is just too incredible!" someone exclaimed in surprise. "It's unbelievable that someone can inscribe a basic magic array after only seeing it once."

"Impossible! I don't believe it! He must have studied this before!" someone exclaimed in despair.

At this moment, Li Hu announced to the crowd, "Well, everyone has witnessed Fu Yu perfectly complete the entrance examination. I don't think anyone has any objections!"

The crowd exchanged glances, whispering amongst themselves, and dared not look Li Hu in the eye.

At that moment, a reluctant, youthful voice rang out from the crowd.

"So what? Inscribing a magic array doesn't mean anything. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy also requires soul power, etc.!"

But before that person could finish speaking, a dazzling purple light was released from in front of Fu Yu.

In an instant, the scene fell silent once again!