The Legend of Futian

Chapter 10: The Dark Horse

Ye Futian looked at Ling Xiao, who was laughing at him with irony. However, Ye Futian seemed calm as usual.

“This list only contains those who merely qualified; why are you laughing like that?” Ye Futian spoke slowly, then glanced around to see that other people were also chuckling.

“Come on, seriously,” Ling Xiao laughed even harder and stared at Ye Futian. “You don’t think you made it onto the List of Excellence, do you? You have been daydreaming for three years, and you are clearly not going to stop now. You know what? You are just hopeless.”

“Look at your face. Stop that outrageous laugh, please. I doubt you will be able to keep it when I make it onto the list of the highest rankings.” Ye Futian frowned at him. He knew Ling Xiao had always looked down on him, but how severe was his hatred that Ling Xiao was excited about his failure?

“Sounds like you will not shed a tear until you see the coffin, right? Then keep waiting.” Ling Xiao sounded cold. Ye Futian shook his head and ignored him.

The lecturers were still busy organizing the test papers and lists. After a while, Qin Yi came onto the stage to announce the names of 72 students who had made it onto the List of Perfection. Of course, a remarkable student like Ling Xiao was on the list. He was now behaving even more arrogantly towards Ye Futian. He was waiting until the end of the list announcement to throw every insult right in Ye Futian’s face.

Feng Qingxue felt excited because her name had not shown up on the List of Perfection. She had definitely passed the test, which meant that her name was possibly on the List of Brilliance. Once she performed well after the written test, she would have achieved her goal.

“Feng Qingxue.” The List of Brilliance was being announced, and Feng Qingxue was first. Her eyes shined as she smiled with ecstasy. She definitely deserved her spot.

“Yu Sheng.” The announcements continued. Every name on the list really meant something at the academy.

“Murong Qiu.” This was the last name on the list. The announcer lowered their hands.

Murong Qiu suddenly turned pale, and looked as if he were truly frustrated.

There were 36 names on the List of Brilliance. For most ordinary people, it would be glorious; but sadly for him, this was not the case. Anything other than the List of Excellence meant failure to him.

Last time, he had ranked third on the List of Excellence. He had participated in the exam this time to challenge the legendary girl, but he had failed again, and by an even worse margin. In the stands, a member of the Murong family also looked pretty gloomy.

“Murong Qiu only made the List of Brilliance. There’s not even a rank for this list,” the Murong family member mumbled. They were right, as only the top three could be ranked for being on the List of Excellence.

Other people were also wondering and discussing to themselves. There should be three on the List of Excellence. Common sense said that the legendary girl and Yang Xiu would be the top two. But if that was the case, who had taken Murong Qiu’s place and forced him onto the List of Brilliance?

It was even more mysterious because the famous students had all already been listed on the List of Brilliance. People could not find anyone that was missing.

“Looks like we have a dark horse; but who is it?” People started looking around to figure out who they were missing for this possible honor.

This mystery had nothing to do with Ling Xiao. He watched Ye Futian intently, believing he was just bluffing and pretending to be calm after the first two lists had been announced.