Pretending To Be A Boss

Li Xiaoyu's need analyses rarely changed, as she tended to make up her mind about something as soon as it came to her and hardly ever hesitated.

Unless it was about jealousy.

Therefore, what Tang Xian saw in her eyes was not only Li Xiaoyu's confusion about her own abilities but also her puzzlement about the two little girls in the room.

But ultimately, Li Xiaoyu was more curious about Tang Xian himself.

"When you talk to me in the future, you'll have to learn to speak in the way that normal friends do. I would feel much happier that way," Tang Xian reminded.

Li Xiaoyu said earnestly,

"I don't have friends."

Tang Xian was taken aback.

"At least none like you have with Akasi or Shanglu Ke Ye," she elaborated, never having had such friends.

Li Xiaoyu wasn't sad, her tone was casual; she was long accustomed to such matters.

Tang Xian nodded and said,

"I did indeed once claim that I could see eight talents, but that was all nonsense."

This wasn't false—speaking of the number, the idea of eight talents was indeed fabricated.

Li Xiaoyu was puzzled,

"Then what was with the fighting power you demonstrated just now? The strength of the Hunter's Group from the Sky Guardian Fortress is comparable to the top three families in our realm, yet you alone…"

Tang Xian said,

"During the Chosen's Trial, it was indeed my first time to enter the mining area, and back then, I truly couldn't see any basic data like life points."

"I wrote down some data, but it was all ludicrous stuff. Anyway, because I couldn't see life points and wrote some nonsensical data, I was deemed to be contemptuous of the exam discipline and cheating. You know all about these events."

It took a rare few tens of seconds for Tang Xian to ponder before he slowly started to speak,

"I will answer your questions, but before that, you'll have to answer one for me first."

"What question?"

Li Xiaoyu knew about the cheating scandal.

She believed without a doubt that Tang Xian could have scored full marks on the culture test.

However, the teachers weren't so sure, even though Tang Xian was already excelling in his studies on regular days.

Every teacher understood the difficulty of scoring full marks in a single subject.

Let alone in all subjects, full marks in a single one was hard enough to achieve.

Since the mining zone was a new world, with the exploration depth of each subject reaching its limits, it was rare for someone to master even one.

So the traditional tests allowed students to choose one or two subjects based on their own hobbies and interests.

Which teacher would have thought that a student would privately self-study all subjects?

Thus, the Chosen's Trial was the first time Tang Xian challenged all subjects before an audience,

displaying an amount of knowledge that shocked the whole world.

And the tendency that Tang Xian displayed in his six years of academic career, which easily offended people, was disagreeable to many.

If he really had gotten beaten up, that would have been fine. But the problem was that this group of people could never bully Tang Xian.

Those who wanted to bully Tang Xian often forgot their original intent after being bluffed by him and left with a loss of face.

From teachers to students, those who liked Tang Xian trusted him unequivocally.

Those who disliked him would love to fabricate something out of nothing to ruin him.

Hence the rumor of him cheating on his culture exams.

The Li family also played a part in fueling this scandal.

If no one else scored full marks, how could Tang Xian have achieved them?

To make the full marks appear more legitimate, at the behest of the Li family, a farce of collusion between teachers and students was orchestrated.

It was implied that Tang Xian was able to score full marks because the teacher secretly helped by providing the test answers.

For this purpose, the Li family really did bribe a number of teachers to change their statements.

The focus of the issue then shifted to dealing with the improper influences within the school.

As for Tang Xian himself? Demoting him back to the lower ranks was sufficient.

Meanwhile, the Li family kept a covert watch on Tang Xian, mainly to confirm whether he possessed the talents Li Xiaoyu had mentioned, and they also isolated Tang Xian from outside information.

This was the full account of the cheating scandal.

Not until six years later, during a conversation with Ke Ye, when Tang Xian learned that his information was being blocked from the outside world, did he deduce the evolution of the events.

But there was one thing he still didn't understand.

Why did educators not believe in the new data he had filled in, such as luck points and charm points, even though they were markedly different from life points and defense points?

The outright rejection of new things by people seemed too resolute.

He asked,

"Indeed, these ten attributes, from life points to attack range, cover all known human talents to date, but why are people so certain that there are no new talents in this world?"

Tang Xian once thought that tradition constrained people's willingness to accept new things.

But on further reflection, such staunch persistence in belief suggested there was some theory convincing people that there were only these ten categories of talent data.

As if it was some kind of objectively correct truth.

Li Xiaoyu's reply seemed to validate this point, Explore more at empire

"Of course. Firstly, indeed, no one who could see other data has been found; secondly, when the fifth layer was explored, the historical documents unlocked in the Pyramid mentioned this specific part."

Tang Xian was moved.

It was the first time Li Xiaoyu had seen such a surprised reaction from Tang Xian.

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing, just continue speaking, and explain everything you know in detail. Not only what the documents in the Pyramid say but also anything else you know," Tang Xian urged with a tone that surprised Li Xiaoyu.

She nodded, slowly saying,

"These documents are considered confidential, and only the leadership tiers of each fortress have been privy to them. Even now, only educators are informed, and yet, for the integrity of the Chosen's Trial, they are all bound by confidentiality agreements."