Female Novel
Chapter 215
Chapter 215
Jonathan Dai was thirsty and hungry, barely holding in his tears from the sheer cold the wind brought.He did not dare to break into the gates of Cloud Clan, and could only shout at his bodyguard, "UncleKarson, quick, think of something! I want to go in now, or I’ll freeze to death out here." Karson Mao wasalso in a dilemma. Despite having a considerable amount of strength, he knew that he was no matchfor the Cloud Clan who was part of the Black Level Clan. It was impossible, but he still had to find away to abide and fulfill Master Dai’s wishes. As he was racking his brains for a solution, his sight fell ona small hut a distance away from the gates. His eyes widened as a plan formed in his brain, and heexclaimed, "Master Dai, I have a plan." "What plan ?" Jonathan was eager to know. "Master Dai, youwill understand when you see it." Karson smiled as he stood up and walked towards the small hut. Theold hut was standing lonelily at an abandoned site around the gates, and looked worn down from therain and shine. Cobwebs decorated the corners of the house and traces of unidentified gunk could beseen on the walls and the roof of the hut. Karson marched forward confidently and swiped away thecobwebs that hung in front of the doorway. His gaze fell on a meter-high drum sitting in the middle ofthe hut, and he reached out to grab the drumsticks that were laying by the drum. The guarding CloudClan disciples were puzzled upon seeing him, but their concerns changed to worry when they suddenlythought of something. They quickly rushed over and stopped him, asking, "Put down the drumsticks,what are you doing ?" Karson ignored them and took the drumsticks, smiling as he said, "I have heardrumors that the Cloud Clan has a special rule from long ago. Regardless whoever it is, one can beatthis drum as long as they have a favour to ask from the Cloud Clan. After passing their trials, it is saidthat the clan will fulfill their request at all costs no matter what it is about." "Such a tradition has notbeen abolished, has it?" he looked at the young disciples. The disciples were momentarily taken abackbefore nodding their head in reply, "It’s not abolished." These rules were set by the Cloud Clan a longtime ago and had been maintained as traditions through their 2 0 years of excellence back in the past.The clan elders and disciples were also very kind and would help whoever was in need as best as theycould. However, following Feather Gu’s massacre and rebellion, their clan’s reputation slowly died out
from the public eye. Since then, the drum had not been beaten by anyone until today. If Karson had notbrought it up, the young disciples themselves would’ve already forgotten that such a rule existed in thefirst place. "Since there’s nothing wrong, I can beat the drum now right?" Karson was just about to beatthe drum. The disciples didn’t look good and they hurriedly stopped him, "It’s fine if you beat the drum,but the trials have always been quite difficult to pass. Have you considered this thoroughly?" "Whatkind of test is it?" Karson asked. It had been years since someone had beaten the drum, so thedisciples were also clueless to what the tests were about. One of them quickly turned back to report itto their elders. Karson was not in a hurry, so he turned to the public and started explaining some CloudClan rules that he was aware of. Instantly, everyone's interest was aroused. Many wanted to try forthemselves or had their bodyguards standby to beat the drum later. Some had already had theirrequests in mind to ask to the Cloud Clan after beating the drum. For instance, some wanted to ask forsome precious medicinal herbs, while some wanted to have the Cloud Clan take them in as disciples.While everyone was still deep in their thoughts, the disciple that left just now returned with a cold lookin his eyes. He glanced around at the crowd and announced, "The details of the trial will be to resist100 attacks from 4 of the Cloud Clan's official disciples. If you are still standing after their attacks, wewill acknowledge that you have passed." As soon as he said this, four disciples dressed in green robesstood forward. They were evidently skilled and stood out from ordinary people. Immediately, manypeople hesitated. At this moment, one of the four disciples stood forward and declared, "Let me informyou in advance, two of us here are at the late-Yellow Level, while the other two are at the mid YellowLevel. However, we are already close to reaching the late-Yellow Levels. If anyone here has confidencein taking the challenge, do step forward." His words caused an uproar as many excited individualsturned pale and backed off from the trial. Despite many of them hiring bodyguards who had somemartial arts skills, they were at most at the mid-Yellow Level stages. To put them up against two mid-Yellow Level and two late-Yellow Level martial artists would be suicide. They wouldn't stand a chanceat all. Instantly, many retreated from the challenge with no other choice. Karson was also hesitatingwhether or not he should pull out from the trial. However, Jonathan had other plans upon seeing the
intimate exchange of words between Fade Chen and Winnie Huo. He couldn't hold in his anger andinstructed, "Uncle Karson, you have to pass the test. Karson took note of thenovelbin
instructions and nodded in compliance as he walked towards the four disciples. With the strength of alate-Yellow Level martial artist, he would probably be defeated quickly if he were to fight against thesefour disciples. However, the details of the trial were only to remain standing after 100 moves, so he waspretty confident he could do it. After all, he had been stuck at the late-Yellow Level for several years.Adding on to his practical experiences fighting in real battles, he was sure that he had the skills tosurvive for 100 moves. ‘I’m willing to take the test. Come at me!" He challenged the four disciplesfearlessly. This sent the crowd into a mixture of envy and excitement. Jonathan immediately felt pridefulas he could feel the crowd’s attention shifting towards him. He put his hands behind his back as thoughit was nothing to be worried about and said, ‘Uncle Karson, I’ll be waiting for your good news." He thenturned to Fade and looked romantically into Winnie’s eyes as he said, ‘Winnie, come with me afterUncle Karson passes the trial later! You’re a celebrity, you can’t stay here." Winnie declined hisinvitation and said, ‘It’s alright, I would rather stay here.‘ After that, she turned away from him and stuckcloser to Fade. This was an insult to Jonathan as his expression soured. He glared at Fade andscowled, "Winnie, wasn’t this guy trying to show off just now? Look at him now, he’s not even trying totake the trial! He’s just a coward and you shouldn’t associate yourself with him." "Jonathan, Fade is myfriend. I won’t allow you to insult him like this," Winnie refuted coldly. Jonathan sneered, "Insult? I’m notin the wrong here. Uncle Karson is going to pass the trial soon, but how about him ? Putting aside thequestion of whether he can pass the test or not, but he’s not even taking a try at passing it! Tell me, ifthis is not the behaviour of a coward, what is?" Fade overheard his remarks and sighed while shakinghis head in disapproval. The only reason why he didn’t try was because he felt that there wassomething fishy about the Cloud Clan forbidding outsiders to enter. They probably had their ownconcerns. He didn’t expect that not giving the trial
a try would actually make him look like a coward. ‘Don’t shake your head, you coward. You’re notqualified to be with Winnie, let alone stand beside her. Jonathan taunted. Fade retorted cooly, ‘I thinkyou should stop commenting on me and instead worry about your bodyguard. I don’t think he’s going tolast to the end of the trial." ‘What a joke! Uncle Karson’s strength is at the late-Yellow Level. Even if hedoesn’t win, he can surely survive a hundred moves. You are just weak, don’t think that others are onthe same level as you." Jonathan boasted proudly to Fade. All of a sudden, a loud cry of pain could beheard. The crowd turned towards the voice and saw Uncle Karson whom Jonathan was so confident inwinning flying backwards into the air. He fell to the ground right beside Jonathan, a trail of bloodtrickling from his mouth and his face as pale as a ghost. Dead silence hung in the air. Jonathan, whowas initially full of pride and content was now utterly dumbfounded. He could say nothing but gawk atthe scene, his face contorted uglily as he was forced to take back his words from just now.