A Failure's hopeful Journey

You Xi Wang exhaled heavily, and his temperament returned to normal. He walked up to his group and found them all looking at him in shock. Allan shook his head, walked up to You Xi Wang, and smacked the back of his head. You Xi Wang called out, "Hey, what did I do now?"

Neo said in a complaining manner, "Bro Allan what happened just now was real. Xi Wang feeling pain clears the fact that we are all awake."

Fenny jabbed at Neo, "Kitty boy, what my baby did just now, you can't possibly do even in your dreams."

Neo looked at Allan, who said, "Lassie, don't harass Neo anymore. But the fact still stands, even after instructor Adonis lowered his cultivation base. He should not have been defeated so easily just now."

They all looked at You Xi Wang, and Yuki spoke, "Everyone has their secrets. If it is too much, then don't tell us. We understand."

You Xi Wang shook his head and said, "Any battle is decided by two things. First, who controls the pace. Second, maintaining that pace. How about we all talk after the results? Call your parents to my home. We will celebrate. What say?"

They all agreed happily, just when they were about to leave for the classroom. Fenny stopped and walked up to where the school staff was standing. You Xi Wang asked what the matter was and was enraged when learned about the matter. He disliked men who tried to take advantage of women. He walked up and stood beside Fenny. 

"Hey ugly, strip and run naked on the school premises. You are a MAN right. Show us your manliness." Fenny lashed out as soon as she saw Igor.

Igor replied, "This matter has nothing to do with you. Get lost." he turned to face the nurse and said, "You also forget this matter, and we never cross each other." he turned and was about to walk away when he heard a cold voice behind him.

"Hello, discipline hall. I would like to ask for help. A man here in the Strength testing area for the first year is harassing the nurse. The man is called Igor. Yes, sir, we will wait here." the voice was obviously You Xi Wang.

Igor turned and his ugly face became even more bizarre when he was frowning. He spoke, "Do you think you defeated an instructor, so you have become a big shot? Huh, I would like to see who dares to offend me. I am the younger brother of Council Official Dimitri."

You Xi Wang spoke, "Using a Council Official's name to influence common people. Punishable by 5 years of imprisonment. Starting bets in school premises, dismissal of duties. Resisting cooperation adds a year or two to the sentence. So what do you want to do? I don't understand why you people love to threaten others without proper strength?" 

Igor's face turned ugly. Most of the people in Metropia get scared when someone uses the name of a Council official because the Council is a big force and they do not dare provoke those who are involved with it. They forget that the Council was actually made for their convenience and not the officials. They also forget that the officials all have an oath foundation which makes them take action against the guilty regardless of the relationship they have with the guilty party. You Xi Wang was aware of all this and was not scared by this empty threat.

Igor wanted to say something but when he remembered how strong these kids were, he dropped the idea. Before he could plead or beg for mercy, the people of Discipline hall enforcers arrived. They were pretty quick, they could respond in 15 seconds, all the discipline hall people were above the early Core Formation realm.

The nurse described how she was insulted and the guy wanted to take advantage of her and instigated the bet. She was led to the office and You Xi Wang and others were sent away to their class. The result would be announced in a few minutes. So it was not good for them to stay here.

...

In the central pagoda of the academy, Adonis was standing in front of five elderly looking people. His expression was that of respect towards the elders. The elders were looking at the footage at this moment, and they were astonished. They knew Adonis was a veteran, but they never expected him to be dealt with by a kid. This kid only took fifty seconds. They watched the second video, Adonis fought as a primal soul cultivator, but still one of them could survive. Elders had their eyes turn bright. 

These five people were none other than the deputy principals of the school. They were also strongest in using five different elements. From left to right these people were the users of fire, water, earth, wind, and lightning. They all exchanged a glance and sighed.

The elder in a fiery red robe spoke, "Too bad we old guys accepted our disciples early. These brats are simply gems."

The other old people nodded, the elder in earth brown robe said, "It is good as it is already. Adonis, what was the reason you lowered your cultivation to face this kid."

Adonis spoke, "Sir, this kid ranked first with his team in the annual assessment. That is why I wanted to see what the best team's captain was like. At first, I just wanted to see if he is good enough to join but just as he took his stance I wanted him as the team captain and after this fight, my decision of appointing him as the solo Inter-school tournament has become firm. His control of the overall situation could only be said to be natural. He never let me take the initiative. I used the staff and even that last kick could not shake him. He was decisive in his attacks and the range he displayed I have not seen in anyone. Even the fifth years in the battle hall can't hold up against me the way he did."

The elders nodded Adonis was a veteran and deputy of the battle hall. The battle hall was a place where the students who were interested in joining defense forces learned advanced tactics and skills. The elder in purple electric blue robe spoke, "We appoint him as the team captain for the solo team. Select this student Neo from his team and that student Fenny as a substitute and technician. The boy has power, and the girl has a good brain to use that caltrop trap. The other two are good as well, but they need more guidance."

The elder lady in aqua green spoke, "I agree, I will guide student Yuki personally for the internal selection test. Calor you take student Allan."

The fiery robe elder nodded, "Okay sister Shui, then do the others agree?"

They all unanimously agreed on appointing You Xi Wang as the captain of the team taking part under the school's name in the battle fest. While they were shocked by the battle prowess of the young man, their counterparts were wondering how a 16-year-old have thoughts such as the potential of the world population is coming to a standstill because they are not trying anything good enough. They could have thought that this composition was just trash but world-known facts were also present in the essay, for example. The checking teachers had no words to refute. They even thought about passing this composition to the higher authorities in the government. 

The council had a talent admiration wing set up to cherish the geniuses worldwide, but the standards were now depleting so the teacher-in-charge took the call and sent a digital copy of the essay to the talent admiration wing. When they found out that this student was called the maestro they were pleasantly surprised, after all the maestro was a genius, and unlike many people who get satisfied after a couple of achievements, this guy was still thriving to improve to never give up. This kind of spirit inside a student was what teachers craved for.

They settled the scoring and sent the message to the school site on the Metronet. Soon the whole school was buzzing. There were two updates. First, five students from class 1A passed the promotion examination. The second, the captain of team phantoms is also appointed as the captain for the team in the battle fest. The first one was forgotten by those of senior years, but the second news triggered a silent storm in the classes. How could senior students agree to a junior leading them? They all will be challenging this nominal captain and teach him a lesson, while some people were praying for those who offend this guy. 

Those who were praying were the students who have seen You Xi Wang beating Zack half to death, Snow was one of them. The school administration knew something like this would happen, so they posted a link for those who wanted to challenge this guy can queue up one by one. Class 1A was however cheering and congratulating You Xi Wang and his team for passing the promotion exam. You Xi Wang asked the whole class to come over to his house and attend the celebration dinner. He called home and made the arrangements. The family was more than happy for their kid to call his friends over.

Maddison was also invited and You Xi Wang was going to pick her up personally. On the way back home with Yuki on his bike he spoke, "The school just stirred the aquarium of piranhas by that appointment."

Yuki, "It will be fine you can deal with these guys." she replied as she hugged his waist and leaned on his back slightly.

You Xi Wang felt softness attacking him from behind but still sighed, "What a headache."