Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

Chapter 130 Old 6's Doubts

"As you know, we're about to face an assessment of average students, so the more students we have, the better."

At Lu Yunshi's residence, looking at the sixth brother who came to ask him some questions, Lu Yunshi replied as if it were a matter of course, and then turned his gaze back to the book in front of him.

"So these hundred or so people are still not enough?" Lao Liu lowered his head and pondered for a moment. He had just suddenly remembered this, so he came to ask Lu Yunshi if the people they had found were enough, and whether they needed to recruit more underlings.

"But don't be too demanding. You know what we're thinking. If it's someone who can't even be trusted with small things, then we'd rather not have anyone at all," Lu Yunshi said, resting his chin on his interlaced fingers.

The sixth brother nodded slightly, then suddenly asked, "Boss, may I ask why we're suddenly starting to prepare for the intermediate student assessment? Isn't this a bit too hasty? And with our current abilities, apart from the second brother and a few others, the chances of passing the assessment are quite low. Even the seventh brother and I might not have enough time to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm and reach the minimum requirements to participate in the assessment."

"You want to know why I'm in such a hurry?" Lu Yunshi asked with a smile.

The sixth brother nodded sheepishly. "I am indeed a little curious, but if the boss doesn't want to talk about it, then he doesn't have to."

"There's nothing wrong with saying it. My goal in this assessment is to be in the top ten."

"Top ten?" Old Six was shocked, finding Lu Yunshi's idea hard to believe.

Let's not talk about the top ten on the current list of average students, since that list is from a long time ago, and who knows how many dark horses have emerged since then.

Secondly, even on the existing list, none of the top 100 average students are easy to deal with, yet the leader boldly declared that he would enter the top ten of this assessment.

If the eldest brother wanted to pass the assessment and quickly enter the ranks of high-achieving students, I think it's possible, but the top ten?

Let alone himself, if all his brothers listened, probably only Li Hongying would think that Lu Yunshi wasn't talking nonsense.

“That’s right, you heard me correctly, the top ten. That sounds absurd, doesn’t it?” Lu Yunshi’s smile remained unchanged, but he was actually complaining to himself in his heart.

It sounds absurd, and it is indeed absurd.

Although it was Lu Yuan's order, Lu Yunshi wasn't too nervous; he would just do his best.

If we really can't do it, then we can't do it. What else can we do?

"Boss, are you confident?" the sixth brother asked, taking a deep breath.

“I never do anything I’m not confident about, you all know that,” Lu Yunshi replied calmly.

"Then..." The sixth brother opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but Lu Yunshi suddenly raised his hand and gently pressed down, immediately stopping him from speaking. Then Lu Yunshi's voice came out.

"Sixth Brother, I know what you're thinking. You're questioning where my confidence comes from."

"I didn't..." The sixth brother wanted to argue, but after thinking for a moment, he nodded and admitted his true feelings. "That's right, boss, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have..."

Lu Yunshi raised his hand again to interrupt Lao Liu, and then said, "Don't apologize. We are brothers, and your suspicions are reasonable."

The sixth brother nodded slightly, acknowledging Lu Yunshi's words, and then asked directly, "Then... Boss, where does your confidence come from?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yunshi picked up his book, stood up, walked to the window, sighed deeply, and continued.

"Sixth Brother, when the ten of us first met, we were all just specks of dust in this world, mere ants. Yet we all saw the same sky, and the same stars. If the universe is not yet settled, how can we know that we will not have the power to devour the heavens in the future? How can we know that among the stars standing in the blue sky, there will be neither me nor you?"

"It is difficult now, but the strong are not strong because they have the power to break through obstacles, but because they break through obstacles and thus gain power and become strong. The academy is one sky, but above this sky, there is an even bigger sky."

"...Hmm." The sixth brother nodded unconsciously, as if he understood, but also as if he didn't. He just sounded very impressive, and with the aura emanating from Lu Yunshi at that moment, it was really hard to refute.

"Since I know there are heavens beyond heavens, then the heavens before me are not heavens, but bricks, stepping stones, temporary obstacles, and leaves that obscure my vision. If I were to take things slowly because of the current difficulties, I could naturally enter the top ten in the assessment in the future. But that would be too much of a waste of time and would also make me lose my ambition. Although that might surprise everyone, what I want... is to amaze the world!"

"Now, do you know where my confidence comes from?" Lu Yunshi turned back and looked into Lao Liu's eyes, asking in a deep voice.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment. Lao Liu's throat bobbed several times before he finally reacted and spoke.

"From the leader's ambitious and unbreakable heart?"

Lu Yunshi smiled slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. "The more difficult it is, the more excited we should be. I lack power, which is the biggest difficulty, but one person's power is never the greatest power. The power of others can also be my power. Today I have reached the top of that academy, and in the future... we will all step onto the same starry sky."

"I see, so the boss really wants to lead us all down the path of the strong and let us appreciate the beauty of the heavens." The sixth brother murmured, then suddenly realized something and quickly asked, "Wait a minute, boss, didn't you say before that the more difficult the situation, the more cunning we should be?"

"Hmm?" Lu Yunshi frowned, his eyes darting around. "Did I say that? Impossible, you must be mistaken."

“Absolutely, we’ve always taken your words as gospel.” The sixth brother shook his head; he remembered it very clearly.

“Oh…” Lu Yunshi paused for a moment, then waved his hand. “Hey, times have changed. Besides, these two sentences seem contradictory, but they are not actually contradictory. You guys still haven’t learned enough. You need to be able to distinguish which principle to use in which situation.”

"Is that so?" The sixth brother nodded, pondering for a moment, vaguely opening a crack in the door to a new world.

"Alright, alright, I have something urgent to attend to. You should go now, don't delay me." Lu Yunshi interrupted the other's thoughts and told him to leave. Lao Liu nodded repeatedly and quickly left.

Watching Lao Liu's departing figure outside the window, Lu Yunshi returned to the table and removed the book "On the Strong" that he had been asked to copy a few sentences from. Underneath it was a piece of paper covered in black ink.

Picking up the paper with nonsensical contents, Lu Yunshi stared at it for a long time before saying something to himself in a self-comforting manner.

"Actually... it's not impossible to tell that it's a person, um... and a woman. If I just say I'm an abstract painter, people will believe me... right?"