Muscular Rabbits Legion: “No one can escape from the novice village!”
Chapter 577 - 547: So It Was Him

Chapter 577: Chapter 547: So It Was Him

Wenqu Star Lord snorted coldly, "Not necessarily."

Wenchang Star Lord laughed heartily, "Not necessarily? More words are needless, let’s just take a look and put your hopeless thoughts to rest. I’ve always said, when teaching students, one must teach without discrimination and select the talented during the teaching process.

How could one assessment reveal one’s potential?"

Wenqu Star shook his head, "A true genius will not be buried; only the foolish will be."

Wenchang Star Lord said, "Therefore, you are destined to come up empty-handed again this year.

Your Wenqu Palace is empty anyway, you might as well give it to me."

Wenqu Star Lord ignored him and instead wrote a character in the air, which slowly spread like a pool of dense ink, eventually transforming into a mirror. In the mirror was the only path leading up to Book Mountain—the Path of Diligence.

The mountain path was steep, like a cliff face, and usually at this time, it would be crowded with people. But today, it was exceptionally quiet!

On that small path, besides the mist, there was not a single person!

This scene made both Wenqu Star Lord and Wenchang Star Lord frown at the same time.

Wenchang Star Lord said, "Eh? Where is everyone?"

Wenqu Star Lord also felt a sudden jolt in his heart; although in previous years there had been ruffians during the examination that prevented many from ascending the Path of Diligence, there still would have been quite a number of people left.

But the fact that there was not a single person now was a bit eerie.

Wenqu Star Lord looked up at Wenchang Star Lord.

Wenchang Star Lord glared back, "What are you looking at me for? I didn’t send anyone to stop the candidates... Besides, it’s not just your Wenqu Palace’s candidates who are missing, but everyone, okay?"

Then Wenchang Star Lord muttered, "It’s normal for there to be no candidates from Wenqu Palace, but why are there no candidates from my Wenchang Palace either?"

Although these words were unpleasant to hear, they were also the truth.

Wenqu Star Lord had no good retort.

For some reason, at this moment, the image of a white, chubby Rabbit flashed through Wenqu Star Lord’s mind.

"Impossible, that little creature is too weak.

Although there are four calamities following it, they are not candidates and would certainly not dare to cause trouble on my Book Mountain.

With just Rabbit on its own, it shouldn’t be able to cause any stir."

Wenqu Star Lord immediately dismissed the thought and then said, "Look into the distance."

The scene then shifted to the far reaches of Book Mountain, which was under the influence of Book Mountain’s powers. The result was still the same—an utterly empty expanse, devoid of human life.

At this moment, both Wenqu Star Lord and Wenchang Star Lord realized something was amiss!

"What’s going on? Why isn’t there a single person? There were people coming just two days ago, and not in small numbers, either. How could they suddenly all be gone?" Wenchang Star Lord was baffled.

Wenqu Star Lord said nothing but continued to manipulate the view in the mirror, traveling through the Void and searching for candidates.

The more he searched, the more alarmed he became. After searching tens of thousands of miles, he still couldn’t find a single person!

Just as Wenchang Star Lord and Wenqu Star Lord were growing impatient and were about to personally get up and go out, at last, a figure appeared in the mirror!

It was a group of four, each stepping on a large book as they flew over.

Wenchang Star Lord muttered, "These are the four Literary Geniuses of Liu Mountain, but they’re mostly full of hot air. They’ve come several times but have never managed to pass. They’re still trying this time, which you could say shows commendable persistence."

Wenqu Star Lord said, "Literary Geniuses? Your Wenchang Palace has very low standards indeed. I know these fellows—they’re more like the four illiterates. Only your Wenchang Palace would give them a chance. They wouldn’t even be able to step over the threshold of my Wenqu Palace.

Moreover, these people have a bad reputation, having been involved in snatching and carousing with civilian women in the streets."

Wenchang Star Lord said, "They’ve done it, but there’s the saying ’A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold.’ Of course, even my Wenchang Palace doesn’t want such riffraff!"

Wenqu Star Lord was about to say something when suddenly a familiar figure caught his eye.

Wenqu Star Lord’s pupils narrowed slightly and he fell silent.

It was that very Rabbit!

Wenchang Star Lord exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? There’s actually a little Rabbit Demon among this year’s candidates? And it looks like it hasn’t even transformed yet? Isn’t it a bit too small?"

Having been in retreat during the last Pan Peach Festival, Wenchang Star Lord was unaware of this Rabbit’s background.

Wenqu Star Lord said, "Rest assured, it’s not here to join Wenchang Palace."

Wenchang Star Lord rolled his eyes at him, "Of course, I wouldn’t want that sort of thing either!

Hey... wait, how do you know it’s not here to join my Wenchang Palace?"

Wenqu Star Lord looked up skyward, "Only my Wenqu Palace could attract an untransformed being. What your Wenchang Palace recruits are all degenerates with skewed morals..."

Before Wenqu Star Lord could finish, he saw the Rabbit pull out a large red cloth from its mouth, flicked a stick, and with a casual toss, a towering flag fluttered in the wind with bold letters that stood out strikingly— Vow to Enter Wenchang Palace at All Costs!

In that instant, Wenqu Star’s voice came to an abrupt halt as he thought, "This..."

Wenchang Star Lord, on the other hand, burst into hearty laughter, "Hahaha... Indeed, only a being like this untransformed one could be attracted to my Wenchang Palace. As for your Wenqu Palace, ahahaha... It’s only a matter of time before it disbands."

Wenqu Star Lord’s face darkened with anger and he raged inwardly, "That foolish Rabbit, we had an agreement about our bet; why is it now seeking to join Wenchang Palace? Could it be... it’s too foolish, and has mistaken the sect it intended to enter?"

Wenqu Star gazed at the rabbit with its wide, twinkling eyes and an innocent face seeming so naive, growing more certain that this rabbit had a simple mind and had made a mistake.

But rubbing the large bump on his head, he wondered if someone who could survive among the crafty could really be without brains.

Vaguely, Wenqu Star Lord had a bad premonition.

Wenchang Star Lord, who wasn’t familiar with the rabbit, looked at its innocent appearance and laughed, "This rabbit looks quite well-behaved, doesn’t it...

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, anyone with such a pure heart must be a good person at least.

Keeping it as a pet would be nice too..."

No sooner had he spoken than the rabbit stuffed a carrot behind itself, followed by a loud bang. The rabbit was blasted flying around, wiping blood from the corner of its mouth, and then screamed with a wide-open mouth, "Help me!"

In that instant, both Wenqu Star Lord and Wenchang Star Lord fell silent.

Neither of them were fools and sensed that something was definitely amiss.

The rabbit charged towards the four literary geniuses of Liu Mountain, alarming them as well.

Liu Yefei, the oldest, bellowed, "Who goes there?"

Then the two star lords saw the rabbit, which had been running perkily and cheerfully naive, stumbling, breathing unsteadily, with a mouthful of fresh blood, as if it could die at any moment.

Struggling, it approached them and said, "Fellow Daoists, future classmates, save me! A vile beast from Wenqu Palace has attacked me!"

Upon hearing this, Wenqu Star Lord’s face darkened.

Although Wenchang Star Lord felt something was off about this rabbit, he liked the sound of that accusation, and a smile appeared on his face.

But the next moment, Wenchang Star Lord’s face turned dark.

The rabbit’s tri-lobed mouth bloomed like a lotus, spewing glittering stars everywhere, swiftly recounting a story.

This was the very tale it had concocted before, the details of which it had polished with frequent retelling, now recited effortlessly without pause.

The eyes were sincere, the expressions spot-on—sad when it needed to be sad, pained when it needed to be in pain...

If Wenqu Star Lord and Wenchang Star Lord hadn’t watched this creature take out props, apply makeup, and then rush over, they might have suspected its tale was true!

At this moment, even fools would realize this rabbit was up to no good!

If the star lords couldn’t detect a fault, the literary geniuses were certainly fooled.

After discussing among themselves, the four literary geniuses reached a conclusion that this rabbit wasn’t powerful—only Eighth Order One Star, practically useless.

The one who could injure it but let it escape must have limited strength as well.

Their guess: probably around Eighth Order Two Stars.

But they were all Ninth Order masters.

If their opponent was from Wenqu Palace, then it would be easy pickings.

If not, whatever treasure it was guarding, they could simply snatch it away.

In any case, it was all benefit and no loss, so after exchanging glances, they grabbed the rabbit’s ears and said with a sly grin, "Little Rabbit, we’re all candidates signed up for Wenchang Palace, practically half-classmates. Since you’ve been bullied, we can’t just stand by. Show us the way, and we’ll avenge you."

It was a clear case of opportunism, but the rabbit, blinking its innocent eyes and tearfully touched like a newbie fresh off the boat, cried out, "You guys are truly good people! I’ll lead the way right now!"

Then it was simple: the four were led by the rabbit far away, eventually getting beyond the influence of Book Mountain.

And also out of Wenqu Star Lord’s control range—he couldn’t extend his divine skills that far.

Who knows what happened, but a few minutes later, the rabbit came back alone.

It was carrying a book, the very treasure the four literary geniuses of Liu Mountain had just been using.

At that point, even a fool knew, the four unlucky ones had been dealt with by this rabbit!

Although Wenqu Star Lord and Wenchang Star Lord both realized there was something wrong with this rabbit, seeing this outcome still left them dumbfounded.

"How... how did this rabbit do it? With its strength, it couldn’t have taken down the four literary geniuses, could it?" Wenchang Star Lord muttered.

Wenqu Star Lord was well aware that there were people behind this rabbit.

"Could it be that the four mischiefs of West Kunlun also followed along?" Wenqu Star Lord pondered, feeling the likelihood of this possibility was very high.

However, Wenqu Star Lord wasn’t upset; instead, he smiled, "It seems that Wenchang Palace won’t recruit many this year."

After saying that, Wenqu Star Lord’s smile grew wider. For so many years, he had been looked down upon by Wenchang Star Lord for numbers. Now, he finally scored a point, and his mood was extremely good.

For a while, he didn’t find the Little Rabbit to be too bothersome.

Wenchang Star Lord’s face darkened even more, snorting coldly, "Don’t get too proud, this is just the beginning! Besides, some have already climbed the mountain. At least Wenchang Palace will have some newcomers. And even if we’re talking worst-case scenario, this rabbit will at least join Wenchang Palace, which is something. Your Wenqu Palace, on the other hand, doesn’t have a single person!"

No sooner had he spoken than Wenchang Star Lord saw the rabbit grumbling while walking, "Wasn’t it said that many people signed up for Wenchang Palace?

It’s only been one day, so why can’t I see anyone?

I wonder if I qualify to directly enter Wenqu Palace after causing the death of so many Wenchang Palace candidates..."