The Legend of the Devil
Ch. 10 - Beginner Swordsman Exam

"Curtain!"

One shitty night in a dusty, insect-filled halfway house was filled with the scorn and annoyance of Jiazhen Yan. As the son of a noble who was used to living a clean and luxurious life, he could never befriend the dust and dirt in the place where Xue Zhan lived. Entering the night Kang Jian brought the food he bought at a nearby tavern to eat. They were only three but felt like they were tenths due to Jiazhen Yan's presence.

"Arghhhh this dust, my eye's gaudy!"

"Aren't you afraid that ugly door will suddenly come loose and hit your head?"

"Oi, oi, seriously. If this cockroach suddenly goes into your nostrils how is it, Xue Zhan stupid?"

Jiazhen Yan grew even more horrified when Xue Zhan caught the cockroach with a mupeng face while prying. Removing the insect through the window, her ears were pengang all day hearing the chattering of Jiazhen Yan.

Kang Jian who just this time saw Xue Zhan's annoyed face almost laughed. He tried to hold her back and act normal.

"Eat first," he asked the young noble. Jiazhen Yan frowned a ferocious eyebrow, putting on a face of contention. "Senior told me to eat this salty fish-smelling mushroom? The worms in my stomach can instantly go to pieces looking at it, not wanting to!"

"Well, if you don't want to eat, promise not to beg."

Jiazhen Yan sangsi. His servants had been kicked out earlier and now suddenly his stomach was ringing loudly, his upset face suddenly flushed in embarrassment. Moreover, realizing Kang Jian and Xue Zhan were both staring at him, the young man's face was extinguished.

"Hoh, that's the sound of a pinched lizard, it's nothing. Just eat there, before I slap you!" Jiazhen raised her hand to slap Xue Zhan, the interlocutor giggled while holding his stomach.

"If you eat the most stomach-painting mushrooms, than you starve to death. Haha."

"Xue Zhan is right. We don't have much, if you're hungry eat." Kang Jian smiled faintly.

"You want to go back to your mother's father's house to eat? Young Master Jiazhen turned out to be an independent child, hahaha," Xue Zhan's laughter grew, Jiazhen Yan's face that was as white as snow grew even red.

"You are really!" pekik Jiazhen Yan's.

"really honest?"

Jiazhen Yan clamped Xue Zhan's head on his armpits and his clenched hands twirled around Xue Zhan's crown furiously.

"Of you two, it's like a rat and a cat. It's a storm." Kang Jian stuffed the vegetables from the bowl which was still hot smoky, just like a regular stew mixed with shrimp. No wonder why Jiazhen Yan has no appetite.

In the end Jiazhen Yan ate the shrimp mix boiled vegetables even though she almost vomited them.

Kang Jian thought of something else.

"Your teacher told you about the Beginner Swordsman Exam? In the near future the selection will be done, I heard that Wang Tian has already registered you."

"God!"

Jiazhen Yan exclaimed as he folded his two hands haughtily, "No need for any selection I've definitely passed."

"Just keep following him to be formally recognized. And there's a condition, you can only enter the selection after 14 years old and that's the rule that must be obeyed."

Xue Zhan brought his seat closer, interested in Jiazhen Yan and Kang Jian's conversation.

"Starter Swordsman's Serial?"

Jiazhen Yan snorted, "Don't come, you're a fool. The level of holding a wooden sword alone was already trembling let alone being told to hold a real sword. You can faint while standing up like that."

Kang Jian explained briefly. "Starter Swordsman's Presentation is only held every six months and after the age of 14 years you can follow it. There were some conditions such as the identity of the disciple and the others. But," cut Kang Jian, he looked convinced. "I've prepared the files and all the requirements, if you want to come along I'll register you."

"really?" Xue Zhan did not expect his Master to be so kind. Even bothering to take care of all those things for him, Kang Jian smiled as usual.

"You want to?"

"of course! Thank you, Master."

"Heh, moved him. It's so easy." Jiazhen Yan grieves. He bribed the food again, for the umpteenth time he almost vomited, he tried to cover his face with his head down. His eyes were glazed with water. Xue Zhan peeked out from below while interrupting.

"It's nice to get free food, until almost crying. Eat, eat, don't hesitate."

**

The courtyard of a three-story building was full of teachers and disciples from various sects. There were five men sitting at the table where they were collecting files.

Kang Jian drove him there - and of course Jiazhen Yan still continued to stalk him with an innocent face. Some Master greeted Kang Jian, he was indeed very popular especially among the young female Teachers. But those friendly gazes always turned horrified as they looked at the disciple Kang Jian brought, strange whispers began to sound, hateful gazes began to shine towards the three of them.

Xue Zhan was self-aware of that. This crowd, is not the place to shelter maybe for now. They were unwilling to accept a demon like him.

Kang Jian patted his shoulder speechlessly, as if implying something. Xue Zhan didn't have to care about other people's words.

But on the way a young girl who was so beautiful half ran towards them. He hugged a gold-carved square box and was wrapped in a thin cloth so fine. Yin Jiao, the girl lowered her head in front of Xue Zhan who was as shocked as Kang Jian and Jiazhen Yan.

"Thank you for saving me! Please accept my gift-!" His tone sounded trembling.

Xue Zhan smiled. The girl must have been so frightened that she did not dare to stare, her hands just trembling violently.

"No, Miss Yin. I really appreciate that, but I can't take it."

Yin Jiao raised her face red as a tomato. Aware Xue Zhan was also looking at him, he immediately pushed the golden box into Xue Zhan's chest and blurred without looking back again.

"Miss Yin is shy," Jiazhen Yan said slightly unconcerned. "But he is one of the genius disciples, when he is serious he can break your entire ribs."

"Right, Miss Yin is very skilled in using swords. Accept the gift, I'm sure he prepared it with great difficulty. As far as I know Miss Yin is not the type of person who would give something directly to someone, she usually told others to represent because she is a shy girl."

Xue Zhan stared at the square box, the outside of it already looked very expensive. His hands were cold to hold it. What if suddenly a thief came and snatched the gold box.

"All right, I'll take care of him."

Kang Jian suddenly had to leave, he had to meet someone in another building. The man entrusted Xue Zhan to Jiazhen Yan, after his teacher left they were both the arrival of another person who called Jiazhen Yan very familiarly.

"Here it seems, I'm looking for you everywhere."

Wang Tian, Master Jiazhen Yan. The man's strength was probably on par with Kang Jian, his stature was thin high and his thick eyebrows swooped sharply. It gave off a frightening impression when he first looked at her.

"Oh, you're the demon student that Kang Jian raised out of pity, aren't you?"

The first words that came out of his mouth were very painful. Xue Zhan clenched his hands, trembling.

"What does pity mean?" Xue Zhan asked by suppressing his voice so as not to sound angry.

"You don't know, rumors about you are spreading among the teachers. You will be put to death in three days, Kang Jian might make you a disciple out of pity and hope with him is your teacher his punishment will be lightened."

Xue Zhan's lips were cuddled.

"You didn't kill people before you got here, did you? Your horns look terrible, and your eyes are ... " He shuddered, "Young Master Jiazhen shouldn't get along with people like him, it's wrong you can be killed by this demon."

As he intentionally said, the man still had time to pretend to shut up.

"Ah, I'm a deliverance. Please forget it."

The smile on Wang Tian's face was so mocking. Moreover, seeing Xue Zhan was speechless. He's getting more and more happy to corner her.

"Devil said?"

His fists tightened, his teeth clenched violently. The anger in his chest was blowing violently.

"Your mouth stinks more than trash, you son of a bitch! Just die in that pile of trash!"

Wang Tian was thrown by that deadly fist, dozens of teachers and disciples went aside watching the commotion. A disciple had just beaten Teacher mercilessly.

It was not Xue Zhan who was rampaging, but he was Jiazhen Yan.

"Dare you make fun of him again, I broke your neck!"