Treasure Hunting

Chapter 35 Unexpected

When Zachary came back from the second world, he heard that an invigilator was sent by the Celestial College to supervise the selection test and that she was currently at the training ground of the Welkin Sect. So he rushed there immediately. Because he knew it was a rare opportunity to take instructions from an invigilator, he didn't want to miss it.

By the time he got there, Sara had already selected several disciples. But Zachary didn't want to be left out. Moreover, the invigilator was a beautiful woman, so he stepped out to volunteer himself.

"Who are you?" Sara looked at Zachary, who stood in front of her. He looked a little casual, but his smiling eyes gave her a strange feeling of confidence and ignorance.

"My name is Zachary Zi, and I am also eligible for the selection test. Something happened to me just now, and that's why I'm late," Zachary said introducing himself.

His words caused an uproar among the people present. It was known to everyone that his five meridians were broken. Everyone knew that he could no longer be a warrior his entire life. Taking part in the selection test was therefore impossible and pointless. But now he asked Sara to coach him. He probably became so miserable that he had gone crazy.

"Zachary, are you still going to participate in the selection test?" Lewis asked in a serious tone after he heard what Zachary said.

"Of course I am," Zachary answered. Serious determination was carved deeply on his face as he stared at Lewis.

"But you haven't recovered from your injury yet, and I think that your condition is not good enough yet to participate in this selection test..." Lewis was in utter confusion. Zachary should have known that he would not do well in the selection test in his current state. Thus, it was unreasonable for him to ask Sara to coach him as well.

Even if Zachary wasn't injured, it was almost impossible for him to be selected by Sara. Although he had double martial speed, his cultivation was just at the third grade of Mortal Level, which meant that he was just at the primary stage of Mortal Level. Even if he participated in the selection test right now in healthy condition, he would still not pass the first round, let alone do well and get a good grade. So, no matter what coaching Sara gave Zachary, there was no way that his strength was going to get stronger any time soon and make him pass the selection test. Moreover, Sara might not chose Zachary either in the first place.

The disciples stared at Zachary with some distaste on their faces. They felt that Zachary was just clowning around.

"A loser like you do not deserve to be coached by Master Sara..." Benjamin, one of the twelve disciples who was chosen to receive coaching from Sara, suddenly laughed at Zachary. His voice was not particularly loud, but enough for the disciples present to hear.

Everyone around started to laugh and the laughter slowly spread to everyone in the area. They all looked down at Zachary.

"If a guy like you with a broken arm can do it, then why can't I do it?" Zachary said. He stared at Benjamin with pride and determination.

"You..." When Benjamin heard this, he felt extremely angry. But because Sara was present, he did not want to look so petty. So, he refrained himself from showing his anger.

Sara remained quiet to the surprise of everyone present. They all expected Sara to reject Zachary outright or even humiliate him. But now, she stared continuously at him with her beautiful eyes.

"Master Beauty, I'm no worse than them in talent. If you choose me, I promise I will never let you down," Zachary said. He looked straight into Sara's eyes seriously.

The other disciples stared at Zachary in shock. They all waited for Sara to reject and humiliate him.

The stewards all looked at Lewis with worry. They knew that if Zachary offended or annoyed Sara in any way, they might lose the chance to send one of their disciples to the Celestial College.

But Lewis knew this better than anyone so he apologized immediately, "Master Sara, I'm sorry. This disciple always has such a bad character. If he said something wrong that offended you, please forgive us and please accept my sincere apologies!"

After saying this, Lewis turned to Zachary and said to him seriously, "Zachary, stop fooling around and leave right now!"

"Who said I was fooling around?! I'm just making sure that this beauty would have the chance to coach a genius like me. After all, this is a rare opportunity, and I certainly don't want her to miss it..." Zachary replied. He looked so arrogant that the disciples present all wanted to beat him.

Lewis shook his head. He decided to take Zachary out of the area before his stubbornness upset Sara. He knew that it would be his fault if he waited for the Welkin Sect to lose its chance to send a disciple to the Celestial College before he did something about Zachary's foolishness.

But just as Lewis was about to take Zachary away, Sara said, "Well. I think your talent is quite good, but you are really weak right now. However, overall, you could narrowly be considered as a potential disciple. You could join with my guidance."

After hearing Sara's words, the disciples present were stunned. What they did not expect was that Sara would agree to guide Zachary. This was obviously different from what they had expected. Normally, Zachary would be humiliated and then go away like a lost dog.

Benjamin's expression became extremely distorted. His face became very grim, as if he couldn't bear to be coached by Sara together with Zachary.

No one expected that Zachary's approach would get Sara's attention and make her agree to coach him. The disciples that were not chosen by Sara felt envious and annoyed. If they knew that this approach would work with Sara, they would have done the same thing.

"Thank you very much, Master Beauty!" Zachary said; he smiled broadly and anyone could see that his eyes were full of self-confidence.

"Let's call it a day!" Sara said to Lewis. She didn't seem to care what Zachary called her.

Lewis immediately ordered two female disciples to accompany Sara to her cottage to rest.

Zachary also swaggered away under the stares of the other disciples. Lewis shook his head and sighed, more in relief than in disappointment. Then he also left with the stewards of the Welkin Sect.

Sara, led by two female disciples, arrived at Bamboo Gully and went to the prepared cottage to rest.

Once inside, Sara closed the door of the cottage and took out a scroll. She unrolled the scroll carefully. A figure appeared on it that looked like Zachary by ninety percent.

"It should be him. I thought it would not be easy to find him among the thousands of disciples in the Welkin Sect. I did not expect that he'd send himself to me." Sara stared at the portrait with a faint smile. Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

Zachary was back to his tent as he pondered the events of the day. Without warning, he suddenly sneezed. He rubbed his nose and said to himself, "This is strange. I suddenly sneezed. There might be a beauty who is thinking about me. Elva or Anne... Or, the beauty invigilator from the Celestial College..."

Zachary entered the system as he pondered this. And then he continued to practice in the second world.