Simulated Journey To The Top Chapter 7: Chapter 7: Blood

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The light of the torch had already been left behind a dozen or so meters, darkness once again assaulting the eyes. 'Weirdly enough, it's not as... oppressive.' There was no sense of nervousness or devouring of sound like the last time. Considering the long straight path ahead, Du Yuan decided to use this interstice to conduct his usual introspection. 'Double the talent, huh, would have broken through to wisp at 13 then, not as good as her 11 or his 10, but competition isn't impossible now.' The “her” and “his” in mention were Du Ning and Du Hu, respectively. Shaking his head, he marked his slight inferiority complex that made him jump ahead in the queue, returning to rightfully thinking about his mistakes. 'I was simply too nervous, far too many things could have been done better,' Du Yuan thought, 'I was not even able to act embarrassed.' In his plan, there was a part where he was supposed to act all shy and admit about stealing some satiation pills, saying that he felt unbearable hunger. 'She simply did not push back on my story or allow an opportunity to intervene, to ask her some questions, forcing me to follow her rhythm from the start to the end.' Flash! Du Yuan slightly squinted his eyes as sunlight struck his face suddenly, the natural light feeling vastly different than whatever was inside. He stepped into the light. Steward Li was already there standing with his hands behind his back, the heavy doors of the ancestral wing already swung wide open to the outside, which meant he had known when he was coming or had stayed standing there from the start. "Young Master Yuan." Steward Li's gaze went to Du Yuan's eyes, catching the change, and inquired. "Is there any instructions for me, by Ancestor?" "None," Du Yuan said. Steward Li simply nodded, going back to his seat as the Doors behind Du Yuan closed. Du Yuan waved his right hand once, signaling goodbye, before taking the same path back. Du Yuan didn’t bother checking whether Steward Li returned the gesture, his attention was on the fact that the path that took hundreds of meters coming in was only dozens of meters coming out. Why? 'Was she Aura farming?' For a moment Du Yuan took that option seriously, he knew too little about Du Bingyu's personality to completely disregard that option. 'If not that... was it a test? The first test? Was she observing him in the tunnel? For what?' Drowning in the imaginary sea of questions, Du Yuan simply decided to stop imagining questions and start contemplating sure-information. 'She could have given me the same experience going out, it's clear she wanted me to be in doubt. Why would she want me, a favorite for the clan head question and her kin, to be in doubt?' No matter how much Du Yuan thought, only a single answer came to mind. Du Bingyu was far too paranoid, far too cautious. 'There were like... 11 measures...' 'The elongated passage in mysterious darkness.' 'The first question of what, when, where.' 'The instant belief in the story.' 'The body check via essence.' 'Making up facts about my ambition, it's more possible for me to wake up as a woman tomorrow morning than for her to forget.' 'The test where I was supposed to see “Nothing”, was there truly nothing or something that would have “Busted” me that I didn't see?' 'The... the...' Du Yuan stopped mid walk for a moment, unconsciously, his brain stuck halfway. Soon, Du Yuan continued walking and, subsequently, also thinking. 'The furniture and items that appeared out of nowhere.' 'The tea.' 'The fact that she shortened the path back.' 'And finally, the letter. If the simulation is to be believed, then there should be no long lasting problem as long as I don't make any drastic changes.' Du Yuan pondered over the words “drastic changes”, ultimately clicking his tongue. Tch! "Impossible." If the simulation was correct, there was a chance to speed run the clan head position, taking the seat before the tournament. Du Yuan just needed to play his cards right. There was risk, immense