I Snatched the Male Lead’s "Cool Novel" Script - Chapter 62

The preliminary exam results came out very quickly. Yan Yu’s score was better than she had imagined, and she was unexpectedly assigned to the same time slot as Yin Beiqing and the others.

—Although she had only squeezed in at the very bottom of the ranking.

But this meant they did not need to split into two batches. They could finish everything in one go and still have one day before school started to adjust.

If she could get in, that was.

There was one night between the physical arts exam and the preliminary test. Yan Yu had to seize this last bit of time to rest properly.

Before bed, she applied medicine to her aching legs and arms. When she got up to rummage through her outer robe for something, a medicine bottle rolled out.

Because of the impact, the stopper fell out, and two transparent pills rolled from inside.

Amber-Guilin. Back then, Guo Lu had relied on this to shine brilliantly in the entrance exam. Not only had he taken first place, he had successfully been chosen by Lingqi and entered the spirit-hunting team. After that, he had passed trial after trial and finally sat on the throne.

Yan Yu knew that if she swallowed it now, she would not have to worry about tomorrow’s physical arts exam at all. She might even be admitted with the best results.

However, she did not hesitate in the slightest. With two clink, clink sounds, she swiftly threw the two fallen pills back in, wiped the stopper clean, and sealed the bottle tightly.

If she had to rely on such methods to achieve her goal, then what difference would there be between her and Guo Lu?

…

When she woke the next day, Yan Yu felt that her hands and feet were much better.

They were not sore, not painful, and there was no trouble with dislocation.

In the morning, the same enthusiastic guide came to welcome them. The venue for the physical arts exam was not far from the spiritual arts exam venue. It was right next door in the physical arts department’s campus.

This was because the students of the spiritual arts and physical arts departments loved finding fights with each other the most, so Yuling had specially arranged the two branches together, making it convenient for students to spar with one another daily and improve together.

What a wonderful idea.

After arriving at the exam venue, everyone sat according to their order. This time, Yan Yu could not sit with the others.

—Her order was at the very end, which was also the corner-most position.

But this was also good. Sitting in the last row meant the terrain was higher, and she could see very clearly.

The highest place in the entire exam venue was the judges’ table. Today’s chief examiner had changed. It was said she was the youngest physical arts department head in all of Yuling’s history.

She wore a uniform embroidered with Yuling’s school emblem, the buttons neatly fastened all the way to the top. Her long golden hair was elegantly coiled behind her head, with only a few flowing strands falling beside her temples, adding liveliness to her exquisite face.

She was currently smiling, speaking gently and amiably to the colleague beside her. Sunlight spilled down and fell around her, adding an approachable atmosphere.

“Ah! Teacher Yu is so beautiful! I’ll be satisfied for the rest of my life after seeing her this close!”

“Exactly. I really can’t imagine how happy the physical arts students personally guided by her must be!”

“I’ll say it outright. For Teacher Yu, even if I fail ten consecutive exams, I’ll keep fighting Yuling to the end!”

Hidden behind these excited voices, Yan Yu looked toward Yu Fusang from afar. Unexpectedly, her eyes met Yu Fusang’s directly.

Because countless pairs of eyes were watching around her, Yu Fusang’s expression did not reveal any flaws. She even pretended to be friendly and softly said in Yan Yu’s direction, “Good luck.”

“Ahhh!!! Teacher Yu told me to do my best!”

“Nonsense! She was clearly saying it to me!”

Yan Yu had long been mentally prepared to see Yu Fusang here.

In the original plot, before Yu Fusang’s identity as a villain was completely exposed, she had always been a seed contestant competing with Lin Baizhu for the title of “Yuling’s Most Popular Mentor.”

Because too many people liked her, when the terrifying things she had done were exposed, there were still many people who spoke up to defend her. There were even extremists who took to the streets and marched, demanding the empress release her. That frenzied posture was comparable to some brain-dead fans of celebrities who had lost their minds.

Yan Yu did not want her mood to be affected too much before the match. She only gave a shallow glance before lowering her head.

She took out a notebook. Once a candidate from the same family as the person she had drawn went on stage, she immediately began taking live notes on their attack patterns and specialties.

Newborns trained by the same family would certainly have some common points to a greater or lesser extent. If she mastered those common traits, then found ways to respond, her later match would be a little easier.

Fortunately, the gap in level between the two was not too large. Yan Yu’s advantages were speed and flexibility, while her opponent’s advantages were strength and explosiveness. Yan Yu used her physical advantages, deliberately performing feints multiple times to exhaust her opponent’s stamina. Only when her opponent clearly began losing focus did she start attacking with force.

This combat method was very effective. Just before the time limit was nearly exceeded, a panting Yan Yu successfully pushed her opponent out of the arena and won with difficulty.

Although Yan Yu had fought very hard, a certain portion of the Langdie Valley people had truly almost fallen asleep watching.

In their eyes, Yan Yu and her rookie opponent were both excessively polite. You threw one punch, I threw one punch. Only after you used a kick would I use one too. Not only did they fight harmoniously, they even fought with rhythm. From beginning to end, not one person had launched consecutive attacks.

It was as if they were afraid that striking too hard would tire themselves to death.

“Ha…” Xueji yawned and stretched. “It’s over? That was fast.”

She had thought they could fight until night.

Zhongpu patted her head. “Shh.”

Yan Yu supported herself on the railing at the edge of the arena and stepped down with trembling legs. The complete exhaustion of her stamina made stars nearly appear before her eyes.

“I’ll do it.”

Yin Beiqing, who had somehow flashed in front of her, bent down and carried her horizontally in both arms. Yan Yu did not have the strength to raise her hands. She only gently reached out and tugged Yin Beiqing’s sleeve, which gave her body a little support.

Yin Beiqing smelled the heavy medicinal scent on her body and lowered her head to ask, “You didn’t take medicine last night?”

Only medicine applied externally would leave such a pungent smell.

“It’s the same.”

After excessive exhaustion, one could not take strong supplements. Otherwise, the body would instead be unable to bear it. However, the people of the Jin Kingdom did not have this concept, and Yan Yu did not know how to explain it to Yin Beiqing, so she answered like this.

Yan Yu was placed on a chair. Zhongpu silently opened a fan and fanned her. Ying Fan took the initiative to hand over a cup of water. Ruan Yuemin reached out and passed over a medicine bottle. Their movements came one set after another, as if they had practiced cooperating in advance.

Yin Beiqing took the medicine bottle and placed it in Yan Yu’s palm. “Then you can eat it now.”

“Mm, thank you.”

With the water, she pretended to swallow one pill, but only placed it under her tongue without swallowing.

Taking advantage of Yin Beiqing turning around, she quietly spat it out and hid it in her sleeve. Unexpectedly, this scene completely fell into the eyes of Xueji, who was sitting beside Zhongpu.

Yan Yu hurriedly raised a shushing gesture at her, afraid she would shout and attract Yin Beiqing’s attention. But the other party merely turned her beautiful glass-like eyes, as if she had seen nothing, and turned her head back.

“Little Pu, I’m hot too. Fan me too.”

“Mm.” Who knew where Zhongpu pulled out another fan from, but she began working with both hands, serving both of them at once.

“Little Yue, Little Yue, I’m so hot too.” Teng Jingjie, who had no idea what nerve had suddenly gone wrong, also began imitating them.

Ruan Yuemin clenched her back teeth and simply struck her forehead hard again. “Shut up.”

…

“Director Yu, you seem to like this contestant very much.” The person beside Yu Fusang glanced at her scoring sheet and discovered that the score she gave Yan Yu was three percent higher than the other judges’.

Yu Fusang laughed softly. “Although her figure is slender and her technique clumsy, I saw limitless potential in her.”

“That’s true. You’ve always liked hardworking students of this type. I also admire this candidate’s willpower very much.”

Before the match ended, no one had guessed that Yan Yu could win while wearing a face so pale it was almost bloodless.

Several times in the middle, they had all thought her opponent was going to win, but each time, Yan Yu forced herself to stand again and attack again. That determined appearance made even mentors like them feel admiration.

It seemed there was some important mission on her shoulders, guiding her continuously forward.

“Yes.” Yu Fusang curved her eyes, also hiding the look within them. She tilted her head to look at Yan Yu, who was currently enjoying being surrounded by everyone. “Barring any accidents, she will become my proudest student.”

“Hah? That’s no low evaluation.”

“She will do it.”

While the two were talking, a group of people in deep purple noble clothing suddenly entered through the gate. They made a grand show of arrival. At the very front of the crowd, on a white horse, sat an arrogant-looking man.

He looked about one meter seventy. His swollen face not only had dark circles, but was also covered in countless pimples, forming a sharp contrast with the crisp, neat clothes on his body.

“Wow—”

Someone lowered their voice to discuss.

“When did the Liaowang family change to this style? I remember when their family heir competed in the previous round, they were quite low-key.”

“Maybe they’re determined to win this round. I recognize that man. In the previous spiritual arts exam, his ranking was only below those few from the Wuling family. He also fought until the audience was stunned.”

“Can male Beast Arts Masters also be this strong?”

“It seems so. Some people also said they saw him showing off to others that his Soul Pearl test was black.”

“Now I’m really curious. Who is his opponent?”

“No idea.”

They did not know now, but when the order came, would they still not know?

They waited!

“Candidate Number One, please enter the stage for the exam.” The referee began calling people.

The numbers were assigned according to the order from the physical arts preliminary test. Being ranked Number One proved that this person had the best preliminary test results.

“Wait, I know who it is.”

How could one not know? The ten-thousand-meter run that took an average candidate an hour to complete had been crossed by one candidate who shot to the finish line in five minutes. During the freestyle swim, she had been so fast that three-meter-high waves surged across the entire venue. During obstacle cross-country, she had arrived at the finish line without changing expression.

This legend had already spread among the candidates on the very day the preliminary test ended.

Under everyone’s gaze, Yin Beiqing stood, straightened the hem of her clothes that had been wrinkled from sitting, and left Yan Yu with one sentence. “I’ll be right back and send you to rest.”

“Wait.” Yan Yu recognized Guo Lu on the horse, who had returned from “death,” and worriedly grabbed Yin Beiqing’s wrist. “Be careful. Don’t underestimate him.”

“I know.” Of course Yin Beiqing remembered that Yan Yu had said Guo Lu was her death tribulation. But with her personality, fearing an arrogant male Beast Arts Master would be far too absurd.

“Today, I will end him completely.”

She did not care what method Guo Lu had used to resurrect himself, just as she had never bothered figuring out how he had escaped from her hands before.

She was not interested in such things, and even less interested in Guo Lu.

But since Yan Yu had said this person was a death tribulation, then she would kill him every time she saw him.

Which method of death she would bestow upon him—this was what Yin Beiqing should be thinking about right now.

“Hahaha, you’re surprised, aren’t you?” Guo Lu, having taken off his cloak, opened his arms and bathed in the sunlight after such a long time.

Today would be the turning point of his life!

Around his neck was an iron ring. This was to suppress the miasma on his body, and its principle was the same as the instruments of punishment worn by captured evil spirits.

Only, the one around his neck had been disguised as a decorative collar.

The collar’s function was only to suppress miasma, not remove the effects of miasma. Therefore, like all evil spirits, he still had the ability to make people fall into demonic corruption.

Now, he had devoured countless evil spirits. The concentration of his miasma had reached an unimaginable degree. As long as he found an opportunity during the fight to invade Yin Beiqing with miasma, she would inevitably reveal a flaw.

At that time, after defeating the top-ranked person in the preliminary test, he would become a king watched by all, one step closer to his goal!

“Stop wasting my time.” Yin Beiqing had no interest in watching him perform a one-man show with such a rich expression. “End this quickly.”

The referee thought those words were directed at her and immediately rang the bell in fright, announcing the start.

“Don’t you want to know how your so-called goddess once followed behind me like a little tail while saying words of admiration for me, pitifully begging for my charity?” Guo Lu smiled gloomily. “How loyal do you think she is to you? Hahahaha, I’m dying of laughter! You’re nothing more than a substitute she settled for after I rejected her!”

“Because… she’s trash so weak she has to find someone to shelter her before she can even have a place to stand.”

“You’re trying to anger me?” Yin Beiqing’s expression was as cold as frost. Her hands clenched into fists as she said word by word, “Then you can properly endure the consequences of angering me.”

The greater the opponent’s emotional fluctuation, the more advantageous it was for Guo Lu as an evil spirit. This could become a source of his power, especially with an opponent as powerful as Yin Beiqing. The energy she brought him was unprecedented.

He took a deep breath and instantly felt his hands and feet become light and agile, as if he could leap a hundred meters with a casual jump.

“Who wins and who loses still isn’t certain.” He rushed forward rapidly, and the hidden weapon in his sleeve sliced across Yin Beiqing’s neck.

It was only a shallow line, because the other party had reacted very quickly and dodged.

However, as long as there was a wound, it was enough for him to act.

Yin Beiqing raised her hand and touched her wound. After clearly seeing that smear of red, the emotion in her eyes howled like a storm. She gently tugged at the corner of her mouth, revealing an expression that did not quite look like a smile.

Indeed, she had not expected Guo Lu’s strength to improve so greatly in such a short time. Just those few steps he had taken to approach her even carried traces of Yu Fusang’s moves.

How coincidental. This one person had gathered everything she loathed.

Then he truly had to die.

With his back to the judges’ table, Guo Lu quietly released a trace of miasma from between his fingers, so faint that people could ignore it, and used the motion of throwing a punch to send it toward Yin Beiqing.

That miasma was like a hyena that had found a scent, drilling straight into the wound on Yin Beiqing’s neck. But after circling back and forth several times, it only floated on the surface and did not enter her blood. After a while, it seemed to encounter something corrosive and directly dispersed into mist.

Guo Lu revealed shock on his face and shouted without thinking, “How is that possible!”

Author’s Note:

Front-row reminder: The original body and Guo Lu never had any kind of relationship, because Guo Lu was only stringing her along and using her.