Oh no! I, the weakling, have become the villain!

He encountered three monster attacks in the past few months, and Xu Yao easily dealt with them all.

It has to be said that Xu Yao was indeed quite lucky.

Because among these three magical beasts, there was actually a fifth-tier demonic wolf king.

A fifth-tier demon wolf king—this kind of magical beast is comparable in strength to a human great swordsman.

However, since these magical beasts live deep in the mountains and forests, even a master swordsman might not dare to provoke them easily.

Even the most powerful sword masters would avoid these magical beasts.

Therefore, over the years, Xu Yao has basically never worried about his safety.

However, apart from those high-level magic cores, the other magic cores have been completely useless to Xu Yao over the years.

"Damn it, my physique is too weak. If I had the physique of a swordsman, I probably would have reached the ninth level of sword apprentice by now, right?" Xu Yao cursed inwardly.

However, this is no one's fault but theirs, as Xu Yao's physique is inherently very weak.

Xu Yao was originally just an ordinary merchant's son. He was physically weak from a young age and could not master martial arts at all.

He barely reached the level of a sword apprentice when he was around twenty years old.

Although this speed is relatively fast, it is still far beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators.

This is why Xu Yao's father allowed him to participate in the Imperial Academy test.

Because Imperial Academy mainly recruits students who are exceptionally talented young people.

With a frail physique like Xu Yao's, there was simply no way he could get into those prestigious cultivation academies.

Xu Yao sighed, then continued walking forward.

Just then, a roar suddenly rang out, and Xu Yao turned around sharply to see a giant wolf lying less than a hundred meters away from him.

The giant wolf's eyes were wide open, clearly indicating that it had only recently died.

The giant wolf is a low-level magical beast, with only the strength of a fourth or fifth-level beast, but it possesses ferocity and defensive attributes.

Therefore, even high-ranking swordsmen are usually unwilling to provoke the giant wolf.

However, the giant wolf had obviously been killed by someone else, because there were no other magical beasts around.

A thought flashed through Xu Yao's mind, and he hurriedly ran in that direction.

Sure enough, there was a faintly glowing crystal next to the giant wolf.

Xu Yao picked up the crystal and examined it carefully.

This crystal looks very peculiar; its surface glows with a pale blue fluorescence, seemingly containing immense power.

"Sapphire?" Xu Yao said in surprise.

"Could it be that this crystal is something guarded by this giant wolf?"

Xu Yao examined the crystal for a moment before putting it into his backpack.

Xu Yao continued walking forward, encountering several more magical beasts along the way.

However, Xu Yao managed to evade them all in the end, which greatly boosted his confidence.

"Hmm?" At that moment, Xu Yao suddenly stopped.

Because ahead, a medicinal herb was quietly hanging on a branch.

Xu Yao approached and examined it carefully, and his face immediately lit up with ecstatic joy.

“Thousand-petal flower!” Xu Yao murmured to himself.

"I never expected to be so lucky! This kind of precious herb is impossible to buy on the market, but I never thought I could find it here!"

As its name suggests, the thousand-petal flower can treat various internal organ failures and diseases.

A single thousand-petaled flower costs ten thousand gold coins on the market, if it weren't for the fact that Xu Yao is an alchemist.

Moreover, if one is not lacking in money, they probably wouldn't even be able to come up with 10,000 gold coins, let alone buy Chiba.

But now that we've encountered Chiba here, we absolutely can't miss it.

Xu Yao immediately picked the thousand-petal flower and prepared to return to the city as soon as possible.

He needed to refine the Thousand-Petal Flower into a pill as soon as possible to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Two months later, at the Imperial Academy, seven or eight people were standing on a high tower.

"How's this batch of new students?" the man asked, frowning.

Upon hearing the man's words, he immediately replied, "Please rest assured, sir, the quality of these new students is quite good and they are all very hardworking."

"Then I hope this year's students can bring glory to our Holy Emperor." The man nodded in satisfaction.

"My lord, I have some doubts." Xu Yao hesitated for a moment before speaking to the man.

"Oh, what's your question?" the man asked curiously.

"Logically speaking, our royal family should be cultivating many outstanding geniuses."

"But why are there only so many this time? And most of them are ordinary martial artists, with not a single top genius among them?"

“I also asked His Majesty about this matter, but His Majesty only told us that they should stay in the academy to train,” the man said, shaking his head.

Xu Yao nodded. It seemed that these people were indeed intentionally concealing their strength.

After all, he was a useless person in this world.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore," the man said, waving his hand.

Xu Yao nodded, then bowed respectfully and prepared to leave.

However, he suddenly stopped when he reached the door.

"Huh? This thing..." There was a pile of scraps of meat next to the man.

“Those are…” Xu Yao stared in astonishment at the mangled corpses on the ground.

"I killed all these magical beasts, but their blood splattered onto these corpses," the man said with a smile.

Xu Yao was taken aback, then a smile appeared on his face.

"What's your name, sir? I see you're a swordsman too. Would you like to team up with me?"

"My name is Xu Yao," Xu Yao said after thinking for a moment.

"So it's Brother Xu Yao, nice to meet you!"

“I think Brother Xu Yao is quite skilled, how about we team up?” As soon as Xu Yao finished speaking, the other man immediately said.

Xu Yaocai noticed that this person was actually a swordsman, and judging from the clothes he was wearing, he should be a two-star swordsman.

“Okay, let’s work together then!” Xu Yao agreed.

"Brother Xu Yao, your strength is quite impressive. May I ask what level of swordsman you are now?" the man said excitedly.

"I am now a five-star swordsman," Xu Yao replied.

"A five-star swordsman, impressive!" the man exclaimed.

"It's alright, it's alright!" Xu Yao scratched his head and said awkwardly.

"But we still need to hunt down more magical beasts!" the man said with a troubled expression.

"That's alright, let's clear out the monsters around here first, and then head deeper into the forest!" Xu Yao said with a smile.

“Okay, let’s go then!” the man said.

The two then walked together into the forest.

At the same time, Xu Yao secretly took out his sword.