Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 63: Elder Mo Xiang

In the lofty "Enlightenment Will Tower".

“Elder Mo, I will be depending on you this time!” Elder Shang Chen looked at the elderly who was sitting by his side.

An elder from the Teacher Guild, Mo Xiang!

“Elder Shang, there is no need to be so formal. After all, we are already old friends!”

Elder Mo Xiang was in his fifties and a sparse gray-colored beard could be seen on his face. “Worry not, if this teacher really resorts to coercion and forces others to become his students, I will definitely report it up to the guild to strip him of his teaching license!”

“Sigh, it is negligence on my part!” Elder Shang Chen shook his head. With a bewailing look, he lamented, “When this teacher scored a zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination, I gave him an ultimatum. If he doesn’t recruit any students, he would be fired immediately… Perhaps due to pressure, he resorted to such means… It is all my fault!”

He sighed.

“Elder Shang, you shouldn’t blame yourself. Out of sheer kindness, you gave him another chance. Yet, this fellow knows no gratitude, and instead, he chose to commit such despicable actions. He is truly shameless and vile!” Elder Mo’s face darkened as he exuded a forceful aura. “As a teacher, instead of pondering on how to better nurture others, he spends his time on such underhanded tricks. I would like to see the one who gave him the guts to resort to such means!”

Elder Mo Xiang was well-reputed for his hatred towards villains and villainous acts. Upon hearing about a teacher coercing the students, he was on the verge of erupting from anger.

“If it wasn’t for Cao Xiong laoshi‘s righteousness in reporting the incident to say that his student has been coerced by that teacher, even going to the extent of applying for the Enlightenment Will Trial to resolve the issue, I would still be oblivious to all these happenings.”

With both of his hands behind his back, Elder Shang Chen shook his head continuously. His contemplating eyes were directed towards the empty sky, as though he had committed the world’s greatest negligence.

If Zhang Xuan was here, he would definitely be surprised. This fellow’s ability at zhuangbi [1] was far more superior than him.

“Although the Enlightenment Will Trial wounds the harmony and camaraderie between teachers, it is still worth it if it weeds out the poisonous ones of the lot. Don’t blame yourself too much!” Seeing his expression, Elder Mo Xiang was secretly impressed.

Oftentimes, a student whom several teachers favor at the same time would appear in the academy. At such a moment, everyone would try to settle the issue privately. This way, not only was the fellowship between colleagues not wounded, order was also maintained in the institution. Only when the problem was truly unable to be settled privately would they apply for such a method to resolve it.

Enlightenment Will Trial, just as its name dictated, was a test on the heart of the student, allowing him to make a choice based on his true will. However, this meant that the relationship between the competing teachers would become totally hostile, thus wounding the harmonious spirit between teachers.

This was the reason why in the century since the inception of Hongtian Academy, there were only slightly more than ten applications for the Enlightenment Will Trial. They didn’t expect that they would be able to encounter such an incident as well.

After feigning contemplation, Elder Shang Chen secretly chuckled upon seeing that he had managed to rile up the rage of the other party. He gestured with his hand and passed down an order, “Let them enter!”

Jiya!

Immediately after his words sounded out, the heavy doors slowly opened and Zhang Xuan, Cao Xiong, Shang Bin, Shen Bi Ru and Liu Yang walked in.

“Cao Xiong laoshi, are you the one who has applied for the Enlightenment Will Trial?”

The moment everyone stopped in their footsteps, Elder Shang Chen asked with raised eyebrows.

“I beg of elder to redress my grievance!” Cao Xiong cried loudly. “This Zhang Xuan coerced my student, Liu Yang, who has already acknowledged me as his teacher, thus violating the rules of fair competition among teachers. As such, I specially applied for the Enlightenment Will Trial so as to bring Liu Yang justice. At the same time, I hope that the academy can punish this shameless fellow!”

“Bring justice?”

Liu Yang was oblivious to what was going on as he was simply ordered to follow the group here. Upon hearing the words of the other party, he finally understood that Cao Xiong was trying to make use of him to deal with his benefactor. As such, he hurriedly sent a gaze towards Zhang Xuan, “Teacher…”

Before he could finish his words, he saw a fluster flashing across the Zhang laoshi, who was calm and formidable a moment ago in the classroom. Indignantly, he said, “Cao laoshi, you are spouting nonsense… Liu Yang is… willing to become my student! I… I… had never coerced him!”

His voice carried a trace of unconfidence and panic, as though his lie had been exposed.

“Err?”

Unable to believe this sight, Liu Yang blinked his eyes.

After two lessons, he was already completely impressed with Zhang Xuan, even to the extent of thinking that he was omnipotent. He felt that becoming his student was a result of fair competition between two teachers and that it could be explained easily. How did the situation evolve to such a point all of a sudden?

Zhang Xuan’s eyes were filled with fear and his body trembled slightly, as though he was caught red-handed in the bed with someone else. Liu Yang was unable to make heads or tails of the situation… Which nerve of Zhang laoshi’s brain was convulsing for him to behave like this?

“Teacher…” Liu Yang looked over, but before he could voice out the doubts in his heart, he saw Zhang laoshi turning over to harrumph, “Liu Yang, you better explain it properly. Did I coerce you or not?”

As he said so, he secretly blinked his eyes.

“Ah… No, no!” Liu Yang hurriedly shook his head.

No matter how dimwitted he might be, it was clear to see that Zhang laoshi was trying to pull one over the other party!

It will do as long as he cooperated with him.

The both of them were aware of what was going on, but in the eyes of others, it seemed as though Zhang Xuan was threatening Liu Yang to say something against his will. Otherwise, why would Liu Yang answer so hesitantly?

As expected, upon seeing this sight, Elder Mo’s complexion turned slightly awful.

“You must be Zhang Xuan! I will give you one more chance. As long as you obediently cancel the lessons of this Liu Yang and allow him to come under Cao laoshi‘s tutelage once more, I can choose not to proceed ahead with the Enlightenment Will Trial!”

“Cancel lessons?” Zhang Xuan scratched his head. “Liu Yang has acknowledged me as his teacher out of his own will. It would be unfair to him if I were to push him away…”

“Unfair? Own will?”

The corner of Elder Mo’s lips twitched.

[Don’t you feel embarrassed for saying these words?

You are just a teacher who scored a zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination. He can’t be happier to push away your lessons, yet you speak of unfairness…

Where did your self-confidence come from?]

Just as he was about to continue speaking, he heard Cao Xiong and Shang Bin shouting simultaneously, “Elder Mo, this won’t do!”

“Why?”

The Enlightenment Will Trial was something very troublesome. The moment it started, someone had to be punished. Otherwise, if everyone were to follow through with this process, the academy would be unable to upkeep with the expenditure!

Initially, Elder Mo intended to have this incident resolved peacefully. Upon hearing the obstruction of the duo, he turned around and looked at them.

“Elder Mo, Cao laoshi has already applied for the Enlightenment Will Trial and the academy has already agreed to it. If it were to stop abruptly at this moment, doesn’t this mean… mean that the academy’s rules are being taken lightly?” Shang Bin hurriedly said.

What kind of joke was this!

It wasn’t easy for them to set up this situation to push Zhang Xuan off the cliff. If they were to settle peacefully, didn’t this mean that all their efforts would be in vain?

If so, wouldn’t the humiliation he was put under yesterday be in vain?

“Indeed, Elder Mo. I am also thinking in the stead of the student. I hope that he can follow his own heart and choose the teacher that he favors the most, rather than being coerced into making a choice!”

Cao Xiong hurriedly said. His words were righteous and emotional. If not for the crimson palm print from Shang Bin’s slap yesterday, he would’ve surely be able to impress many.

“Alright then!” Upon hearing the words of the two, Elder Mo nodded his head, no longer holding up the process.

“Since you all have chosen the Enlightenment Will Trial, then naturally, I will have to list the rules out clearly first. After the test is completed, whoever the examinee Liu Yang ultimately chooses to acknowledge as his teacher will be victorious in this trial. Of course, the one who loses will be punished. Thus, let’s clarify the punishment first!”

At this point, the quiet Elder Shang Chen surveyed the surroundings before saying, “This time, Cao Xiong laoshi has chosen the harshest punishment, that is, upon the end of the trial, the losing side will be expelled from the academy! Zhang Xuan, do you have any objection to it?”

Upon hearing that it was the harshest punishment, Zhang Xuan looked over in disbelief. With a sincere face, he said, “There isn’t a deep grudge between me and Cao laoshi, to have him expelled… Isn’t it going a little too far?”

“Err?”

Upon hearing these words, Elder Shang and the others froze. They turned and stared at Zhang Xuan as though they were looking at an idiot. [Is there something wrong with the head of this fellow… You are the one who is going to be expelled, alright?]

“Hmph, regardless of your opinion, you will have to agree to undertake the Enlightenment Will Trial! It is already too late to turn back now!”

Thinking that Zhang Xuan was spouting rubbish to reject the trial, Cao Xiong sneered coldly.

“I am really doing this for your good… I still think that expelling straight away is too harsh. How about this!” Zhang Xuan hesitated for a moment before saying, “Why don’t we… drop with the expulsion. We will just strip the losing side of his teaching license then… add in another hundred God Slaying Flogs!”

“Strip teaching license? Hundred God Slaying Flogs?”

The crowd blinked their eyes simultaneously and stared at one another. Every single one of them felt as though they were going mad.

It seemed as though the losing side had managed to retain his position, so that he wouldn’t end up jobless. However, in reality, this was much harsher than a direct expulsion.

[Are you sure that you didn’t misspeak?]

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[1] Zhuangbi -> Acting cool (Putting on an act)

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 62: Shang Bin on the Brink of Collapsing

No matter where a beauty went, she would always attract the attention of males. For her, many have come up with all kinds of methods just to make her spare them an additional glance. This kind of ‘hero rescuing the beauty’ was one of the lousiest tricks in the book!

In such a play, either he would showcase his incredible prowess, or he would allow the other party to bash him up, thus inducing her to feel pity for him. From then on, the pity would slowly give rise to love…

In any case, regardless of which, those were doings with purposeful intentions and it incurred her irritation.

Upon coming to this realization, Shen Bi Ru retreated from the vicinity of the battle.

[Since the both of you are doing it purposely, I won’t bother with it then. You can carry on doing whatever you like…]

Peng peng peng peng!

Seeing his nemesis charging in frenziedly, Yao Han gave his all without showing any mercy whatsoever. In just a few moments, the fearless and resolute Shang Bin was beaten to a pulp once again and fresh blood trickled down his face.

Yao Han wasn’t any better either. Blood permeated through the layers of cloth on his mummy-like face.

“Such realistic acting… Go on with it…” Shen Bi Ru commented with arms akimbo.

“Shen laoshi, help Shang shaoye quickly, he is on the verge of losing…”

Seeing Shang Bin beaten to the verge of death, Cao Xiong couldn’t resist stepping forward to persuade her.

Being just Fighter 4-dan Pigu realm, he paled far too much in comparison to the two who were battling at the moment. He would just be courting death if he interfered in the fight. As such, the only viable solution was to plead with the Shen laoshi standing before him.

“Is it alright for me to help him?” Seeing the other party’s ‘support’ coming up to her, Shen Bi Ru sneered coldly.

“Yes, if you don’t save him, Shang shaoye will definitely die…”

Unable to see through her cold intentions, Cao Xiong hurriedly said.

“Fine, I will go then!” Shen Bi Ru stepped forward.

Hu!

Seeing her walking over to join the fray once more, Yao Han pushed Shang Bin away with both of his hands, causing the latter to retreat two steps. Then, he stepped out of the battle and said, “Very well, I will remember this. Your nobility, as well as the favor the both of you have showered me with, I will make sure to return it in the future!”

He was wounded at the moment, and just with Shen Bi Ru herself was already pushing it for him. Furthermore, even if he was able to defeat the both of them, they were currently in Hongtian Academy. The longer the battle dragged on here for, the more likely troublesome matters would come his way. If the other party had prepared some scheme beforehand, he might even find himself unable to escape then.

Thus, after hesitating for a moment, he decisively chose to leave.

The two of them might have failed to exact vengeance upon him, and the other party had been reduced to quite a pitiful state by him as well, but this grudge had been established. It was just a matter of time before he returned it back to them…

After which, Yao Han turned around to leave. In an instant, he disappeared from the vision of the crowd.

If a Fighter 6-dan Pixue realm expert were to flee, even Shen Bi Ru would be unable to catch up with him.

Besides, she didn’t have the intention to pursue him either. At this moment, the cold intention on her face deepened.

The moment she was about to step in, the other party fled. What did this mean? Simple, it meant that the show had come to an end. Naturally, he would have to leave…

“Shen laoshi, I didn’t expect that you would treat me so well. I understand your intentions…” Seeing Shen Bi Ru charging ahead to save him, Shang Bin was filled with joy. He turned his completely swollen red face over, smiled and struck a pose that he finds dashing. “Actually, I love you as well…”

Still furious with him, she was curious to see what kind of lousy tricks this fellow would use to attract her attention. Hearing these words, Shen Bi Ru almost exploded from rage.

[My intentions?

My intentions your head!]

“You hoodlum!” Shen Bi Ru spat through gritted teeth.

Pah!

A slap flew over.

“What?”

After mustering his courage to confess, just as he thought the beauty would leap into his embrace, he felt intense pain on his face. Uncontrollably, his body staggered and he knocked onto the metal gate. Shang Bin’s eyes spun and he almost fainted on the spot.

[The heck did you slap me for?

Didn’t you battle with someone else for me?]

He was almost about to go crazy.

[What the heck is going on? Friendly at one moment, furious at the next. Spring at one moment, winter at the next… Did I offend you or what…]

Jiya!

Just as Shang Bin’s heart had broken down and was still trying to comprehend the situation, the door to the classroom slowly opened. Zhang Xuan walked out and frowned upon seeing everyone else. “I am the in the midst of my lessons, it is unbecoming for you all to be making a ruckus here.”

“Zhang Xuan, you came at the perfect timing!”

Just as his heart was in the midst of crumbling, upon seeing Zhang Xuan’s appearance, Shang Bin’s rage immediately flurried, “Cao Xiong laoshi has already submitted an appeal to the school, accusing you of using deception to coerce his student, Liu Yang, to become your student! The academy has already approved the usage of the Enlightenment Will Trial, so I advise you to quickly bring Liu Yang over!”

“Enlightenment Will Trial?”

Zhang Xuan was puzzled for a moment. Then, recalling the memories of his previous self, he came to a realization and frowned.

“Indeed. Right now, I am passing this message to you as a representative of the Education Bureau. If you don’t go, that would be tantamount to disobeying the rules of the academy and similarly, you will be fired as well!” Shang Bin sneered coldly.

He might be unable to defeat Yao Han, and he didn’t dare to say too much to Goddess Shen. Thus, he could only direct all of his wrath onto this trash of a teacher.

“Zhang Xuan laoshi, don’t go…” Shen Bi Ru’s beautiful eyebrows knitted together.

She might not know what tricks Shang Bin had under his sleeves for doing this, but regardless of what, this was definitely a ploy directed towards Zhang Xuan. The moment he agreed and a problem occurred with the Enlightenment Will Trial, not only would he lose his teaching license, he might even get fired!

However, before she could finish her words, Zhang Xuan interrupted her with a hand gesture and said, “Alright, I’ll go!”

It was true that Liu Yang felt indignant upon becoming Zhang Xuan’s student before. However, at this moment, Liu Yang was already completely impressed with him. Even if the latter were to tell him to jump off from a tall building to practice movement techniques, he would most probably agree to it without any hesitation.

With such level of trust, what did he have to fear from an Enlightenment Will Trial?

[Given how confident this fellow is, let’s see who will be the one to be embarrassed in the end!]

“If you dare not go, I will inform the Security Bureau in the academy and have them take you…” Thinking that Zhang Xuan would be resistant to it, Shang Bin went on shouting righteously when the situation finally struck him, “Ah? What did you say? You will go?”

Zhang Xuan didn’t reply. With a faint smile, he turned around and walked to the entrance of the classroom, “Liu Yang, come with me!”

“Yes!” Liu Yang walked out from the classroom.

“This…”

Not expecting the other party to be so cooperative, traces of hesitation appeared on Shang Bin’s confident face.

“Shang shaoye, don’t be worried. This Liu Yang is a student that I brought in specially. I am confident that he wishes to be my student!” Cao Xiong said with a suppressed voice.

“Alright!”

Hearing his guarantee, Shang Bin nodded his head and walked forward with large strides, “Let’s go!”

“You…”

Seeing the young man agreeing so recklessly, Shen Bi Ru felt anxious.

The Enlightenment Will Trial was a method of settling disputes when two teachers have fallen out with one another, but were still unable to settle the matter. The moment the trial started, the side that was proven to be guilty of deception would receive a severe punishment!

How could such a thing be accepted that easily? No matter what, he should try to push it down and ideally, settle it peacefully. Otherwise… he could be in deep trouble!

“It’s nothing much!”

Knowing that the other party was worrying for him, Zhang Xuan smiled lightly. Without explaining anything, he lifted his leg and followed behind Shang Bin towards the academy’s 【Enlightenment Will Tower】.

“This fellow…”

Seeing how the young man took her advice for granted, Shen Bi Ru was furious and anxious.

As a beauty, others would always happily listen to her own words. Yet, not only did this fellow ignore her advice, he even charged towards what she was warning him against. Wasn’t this courting death?

One must know that Shang Bin’s grandfather was the head of the Education Bureau. If he dared to do so, then he must have already prepared a trap beforehand against him…

“Leaping into misfortune on your own accord, you deserve it if anything happens to you!”

Shen Bi Ru stomped her leg furiously. However, after a slight moment of hesitation, she still quickly caught up with the lot.

Towards Zhang Xuan, she only felt curiosity. Love was out of the equation. However, she was the reason why Shang Bin was going against him. No matter what, she couldn’t just stand idly by the sidelines!

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 61: She Loves Me?

After inviting Zhang Xuan out for dinner yesterday, they ended up meeting with Shang Bin.

For him, the grandson of an elder and a high-level teacher of the academy, to be pummeled to such a state, it would be bizarre instead for him not to seek vengeance!

However, since the academy banned private duels between teachers in its compounds, could it be possible that the fellow sent someone else to intentionally mask himself so as to assault Zhang Xuan here?

It was no wonder that Shen Bi Ru would think so. After all, Yao Han’s dress up was way too bizarre. A thick layer of white cloth covered his entire face, revealing only his eyes. At a glance, the impression he gave others was of one unwilling to reveal his true identity!

Furthermore, he refused to answer upon being questioned!

Thinking about it now, the reason why Zhang Xuan forbade her from following him yesterday was because he knew that Shang Bin would be unable to take it lying down. He knew that Shang Bin would definitely find someone to take revenge on him!

A cold gleam flashed across Shen Bi Ru’s narrowed eyes. She was the cause of this entire situation, so naturally, it wasn’t right for her to be watching by the sidelines. “Do you know the punishment for attacking a teacher in the academy?”

“Attacking a teacher?”

Yao Han didn’t expect the beautiful lady to ask such a question. He was first taken aback, but he soon recalled the event with Shang Bin yesterday. In an instant, realization struck him. “Could it be that you are that Shen Bi Ru?”

The cause of Shang Bin pummeling him was due to Shang Bin getting jealous of Zhang Xuan as the both of them were vying for Shen Bi Ru’s favor. He would never forget this incident even if he was beaten to death. Yet, at this moment, a beautiful lady suddenly popped up and asked him whether he knew that attacking a teacher could result in a penalty. Who else could this beautiful lady be other than her?

Looks like she was here to seek vengeance for Shang Bin after he pounded her pursuer yesterday.

“That’s right!” Shen Bi Ru put on a wary expression as her fists clenched tightly together. Her aura billowed, “If you want avoid any trouble, leave right now. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being impolite!”

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“Impolite? Aren’t you here to find trouble with me? What a lousy excuse!”

Seeing how she was preparing to make a move when the both of them had barely spoken a few words, Yao Han’s face darkened to the extremities.

As a butler of Baiyu City Lord Residence, he was a powerful figure in Baiyu City. No matter who he met, they would always show some deference to him. Yet, over here, he was first beaten to a pulp by someone, and now, a lowly ordinary teacher didn’t even show him respect. Rage surged through him.

How could he still tolerate it after hearing these words? His complexion darkened as he clenched his fist. Without a word, he charged forward.

The moment he made a move, the rebuke that Shen Bi Ru was about to direct towards him got choked in her throat. With no other choice, she could only face up to him.

Peng peng peng!

In a moment, the both of them started crossing blows.

Shen Bi Ru might just be Fighter 5-dan pinnacle, but she possessed incredible stamina and profound techniques. Furthermore, even though Yao Han’s fighting prowess surpassed her, due to his injury, he wasn’t able to take her down within a short moment.

………………………………

“Shang shaoye, what did Elder Shang say?”

On the pavement in the academy, Cao Xiong couldn’t resist the urge to ask the young man walking over.

“Rest assured. As long as that student of yours did not willingly acknowledge Zhang Xuan as his teacher, he is dead meat this time!” Shang Bin sneered coldly.

This morning, Elder Shang ran over to the Teacher Guild to find Elder Mo and invited him here.

As long as he brought Zhang Xuan and his student to the 【Enlightenment Will Tower】, the latter’s reputation would be ruined and he would be expelled from Hongtian Academy!

“That’s great. The moment Zhang Xuan is expelled from the academy, Shen laoshi would definitely give in to gongzi‘s persistence! By then, it would be difficult for her to stay away from you…”

Cao Xiong flattered him with a smile.

“Un! No doubt about it, Shen Bi Ru was deceived by that lad’s flowery talk yesterday, that’s why she gave in and had a meal with him. As long as that lad scrams from the academy, I don’t believe that my efforts to woo her will remain in vain!”

The moment Shen Bi Ru flashed through his mind, self-confidence welled up in Shang Bin once again.

He was the grandson of an elder, as well as a high-level teacher, not to mention that he was tall and dashing. Regardless of which aspect one was speaking of, he was countless times more outstanding than Zhang Xuan!

In the entire academy, only he was worthy of an enchanting lady like Shen Bi Ru.

As long as he persisted on, who else could she fancy other than him?

“Then, I will be giving my blessings to Shang shaoye to bring the beauty home soon!”

Cao Xiong quickly followed up with a fawn.

“Rest assured, if I were to become a couple with Shen laoshi, I will make sure to reward you greatly…” Shang Bin wanted to laugh heartily, but the next moment, he accidentally tugged on his wounded muscles and excruciating pain surged through him. “Also, other than Zhang Xuan, I will not forgive the one who beat me up yesterday, Yao Han! So what if he is the butler of Baiyu City Lord Residence? This is Tianxuan Royal City, not a place for him to do as he pleases!”

That fellow pounded his face in public, leaving him disfigured. How could he possibly forgive him!

“Naturally!” Cao Xiong nodded his head. Suddenly, he froze before quickly pointing forward, “Shang shaoye, quickly, look…”

“What happened?” Shang Bin was bewildered. Unable to hold in his curiosity, he turned to take a look. In that instant, his eyes narrowed, “Isn’t that Shen laoshi? Why is she battling with someone else? That is… Yao Han!”

Right outside Zhang Xuan’s classroom, the two were fighting intensely.

One was the goddess that he thought of even in his sleep, Shen Bi Ru, while the other was the person whom he just spoke of, the one who made him grind his teeth in resentment, Yao Han.

The two of them weren’t acquainted with one another, so why were they fighting?

“Shang shaoye, could it be… Shen laoshi found out that you were beaten up by this fellow, so she felt angered and wanted to take revenge for you?”

After hesitating for a moment, Cao Xiong suddenly thought of a possibility and commented.

“Un? Is that true?” Shang Bin was taken aback.

“Indeed. Otherwise, there is no reason for the two to be fighting one another! Shen laoshi has a gentle personality and treats others kindly, she doesn’t get into fights easily. You should be well aware of that as well. Right after you were beaten up, she gets into a huge fight with him. If she didn’t do it for Shang shaoye… I can’t think of any other plausible reason behind this! To be willing to go so far for you, I dare to confirm that Shen laoshi has some feelings for you, and very possibly, it could be… love!”

Cao Xiong said.

“She loves me?”

Shang Bin’s body froze, as a wave of happiness gushed through his heart.

[That’s right, there’s no other possible reason for Shen Bi Ru to fight with that guy.]

Never would he have thought that this woman, despite refusing his dates and keeping her distance from him, she would actually… love him so much, and care so much for him!

Even going to the extent of… battling a Fighter 6-dan expert despite being at Fighter 5-dan!

“This cannot do. I cannot allow her to get injured because of me!”

Agitation filled his heart. Shang Bin felt as though he had been revived and fighting spirit gushed through him.

The debt that was the hardest to bear was one from a beauty.

The other party had already gone this far. What did he have to hesitate about?

If he continued hesitating, then he wouldn’t be a man anymore!

“Shen laoshi, I am here to help you…”

With a furious roar, Shang Bin rushed upwards.

Yao Han was in the midst of battling with Shen Bi Ru. After testing her out for a few dozens of blows, he had already grasped onto the offensive methods of the other party. He was confident that as long as he got serious, he would be able to defeat her within a few blows. Just as he was about to execute his ultimate technique, he heard a shout and Shang Bin appeared before him.

“As I expected, they are a team. Damn it, damn it!”

Seeing his arrival, Yao Han’s rage flared up once more.

He was suspecting whether the incident might just be a misunderstanding a moment ago, but by the looks of it now, the heck it was a misunderstanding!

It was obvious that these two were in it together, and they were intent on finding trouble with him.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. As such, he no longer held back and struck down mercilessly upon Shang Bin.

“Un?”

Shang Bin rushed in all of the sudden spiritedly and in the turn of an eye, he started crossing blows with Yao Han. Shen Bi Ru was unable to react to the sudden change of situation.

Upon seeing the two of them battle one another, she couldn’t help but be taken aback.

“Can it be that I have guessed wrongly, and this man isn’t sent by him?”

The moment such an idea popped into her head, another possibility flashed through her mind and her face darkened, “I see, he is trying to kill two birds with one stone. No wonder I found it weird. If this masked fellow wanted to find trouble with Zhang Xuan, he could have just rushed in straight. There is no reason for him to be loitering around the entrance. From the looks of it now, it seems that he wants to play out the act of a hero rescuing the beauty so as to attract my attention. Hmph!”

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 60: The Greatest Person

Zhang Xuan was a transcender, so how could he have known that creating a cultivation technique would result in such astonishment and commotion? As such, he was unable to understand the reason behind the expressions of the students. With a calm face, he took out another book. “Liu Yang, this manual is something I just wrote based on your situation. Cultivate according to it, and your right hand should recover completely within half a month or so!”

Before anyone could even react, he took out a few more books again and passed them over.

“Yuan Tao, you have good defensive abilities. The book I passed you the previous time is your fundamental cultivation technique while this one is aimed at improving your defensive abilities. Wang Ying and Zheng Yang as well, I have compiled your unique characteristics and wrote a book for you two each. If you two were to train according to it, your cultivation should rise swiftly!”

Since they were all his students, naturally, he couldn’t favor one more than the other. Thus, there was a gift for every one of them.

These cultivation techniques were made from combining multiple secret manuals from the teacher’s Compendium Pavilion using the Library of Heaven’s Path. They were tailored specially for Wang Ying, Liu Yang and the rest of them based on their physical conditions. There were still flaws in there, but there were significantly less of them compared to the other secret manuals.

“These secret manuals…”

“What an impressive cultivation technique…”

…

Regardless of whether it is Wang Ying, Liu Yang or Zheng Yang, they were all people who were capable of telling the value of a manual. Just by taking a look at these nameless manuals, all of them trembled vigorously in agitation.

The manuals could be said to be tailored perfectly to them, not to mention how incredibly high tiered they are. Comparing the manuals they just received with the ones they cultivated before, the other ones were like trash amongst all trash; there was totally no way to put the both of them together!

“Teacher, these books… we are allowed to name them?”

Unable to hold it in anymore, Wang Ying asked.

“Un, feel free to do so!”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

“Ah…”

His students stared at one another, their fists subconsciously clenched tightly together.

Writing a single cultivation technique was already an incredible feat. Yet, to write five of them, and each one was tailored for each of them, even allowing them to name their technique themselves…

This capability and this generosity!

It was unheard of in the entire Hongtian Academy!

The crux of it all was that these cultivation techniques were made specially to cater to their needs…

No matter how vast one’s knowledge was and how enlightened one was towards the path of cultivation, they would have surely expended a lot of effort to create them. It was very likely that he hadn’t slept for the entire night!

Their teacher stayed awake for the entire night to toil on these cultivation techniques for them, and yet they doubted if their teacher possessed the abilities to guide them…

This was too…

The eyes of the crowd turned red again.

This sentiment, was equivalent to changing their entire lives!

“Thank you, teacher!”

The five of them knelt down simultaneously. Staring at Zhang Xuan who was standing before them, unwavering determination appeared in their eyes, “Zhang laoshi, rest easy. We promise to never divulge these cultivation techniques outwards. Whoever divulges them will receive any type of punishment you mete out willingly!”

“Never divulge them? Alright!”

These cultivation techniques created using the Library of Heaven’s Path paled far in comparison to the Heaven’s Path Divine Art, so Zhang Xuan wan’t too bothered about it. At this moment, hearing his students say these words, he agreed with it nonchalantly.

“This is the disposition of a true master!”

Seeing Zhang laoshi indifferent to this matter, the students conceded to him willingly.

[What is a master?

This is!

Who is the greatest person?

He is!

To be capable but humble, misunderstood but unfazed, humiliated but composed and calm in the face of sudden situations…

To have such a teacher is a tremendous blessing of theirs!]

Zhang Xuan didn’t know that in this moment, he had already ascended from the ranks of a mortal to a god within the hearts of his students. After instructing everyone to cultivate as soon as possible, Zhang Xuan was free once more.

A teacher should not be keeping a watch on his students, but rather, allow them to train and learn by themselves. A teacher was only responsible for pointing out their faults and direct them towards the correct path.

Now that all of them have suitable cultivation techniques, as long as they cultivated as per normal, they would be able to achieve acceptable results.

……………………………………

Hesitation appeared on Shen Bi Ru’s flawless face. However, thinking about the wonders the young man showed her yesterday, her curiosity burned once more and she determinedly walked over.

She was the goddess of the academy, the idol of all male teachers and students. Everyday, the number of flowers and presents the teachers and students gifted her was countless. Even so, she was nonchalant to it and never tried to approach a teacher of the opposite sex of her own accord. However… the young man yesterday attracted her as though a mystery, causing her to walk over without any say on the matter. In fact, she wasn’t even able to conduct a lesson properly this morning due to it.

“I’m just going over to expose him… There isn’t any other reason to it!”

Finding an excuse for herself, she heaved a sigh of relief and proceeded forward in large strides.

Speaking of this Zhang Xuan laoshi, she had known him since a long time ago. However, as she never really interacted with him, she wasn’t too knowledgeable of his affairs. Even so, based on the descriptions of others, there were only three adjectives to describe him. Worst! Worst! And finally, still worst!

He was reputed for being the worst teacher in the academy.

All along, she had thought so as well. However, yesterday, her thoughts were overturned.

He could remember all the contents of a book just by casually flipping through it. Despite scoring a zero in his Teacher Qualification Examination, he was able to come up with multiple answers for the questions in it. Just by eating a meal, she realized that he was a gourmet. Furthermore, to be able to persuade the Sky Shattering Lion to listen to him so easily…

What used to be the worst teacher in her eyes became an enigma. Incomprehension clouded over her no matter how she contemplated over it.

“Forget it, I will stop thinking about it. Today, I will definitely get an answer out of him…”

Harrumphing coldly, she raised her jade-like face. Only then did she realize that she was already standing right before Zhang Xuan’s classroom. Just as she was about to enter, she saw a mummy-like person standing outside the door.

Yao Han was in a dilemma.

Yesterday, when he made a move and roared publicly at Zhang Xuan in the classroom, he was reprimanded by the young mistress when they returned.

After which, when he returned back to his dwelling at night, he thought about the matter and rage welled up in him.

The origin of this mess was that trash of a teacher, Zhang Xuan.

If not for him committing something indecent to the young mistress, causing the young mistress to be blackmailed by him, how could her face blush completely red as she insisted on becoming his student? If not for that, he wouldn’t have been beaten up to such a state when he went over to assault him at night.

Unable to persuade his young mistress, his original intention was to inform the city lord of the matter, so that he could step forth and settle the issue. However, Baiyu City was a long distance away, and even the best horse would take at least half a month for a two-way journey. If he were to really leave… What if that beast of a teacher were to do something immoral? If so, even if he were to die, it would be hard for him to swallow the blame!

“What should I do? Young mistress would definitely be unhappy with me if I were to barge in right now. However, if I do not barge in, she might get bullied and hurt…”

Just like that, Yao Han stood at the entrance for a very long time, perplexed.

“Who are you?”

While he was still in a dilemma between the two course of action to take, an oriole-like voice sounded. Lifting his head to take a look, he saw a beautiful lady standing at a short distance away looking at him with a puzzled expression.

This beautiful lady was around twenty year old or so. She was dressed in a light purple robe, which brought out her elegant figure perfectly. With skin as smooth as cream, despite not moving much, she was still absolutely gorgeous.

“I don’t think that there’s any need for me to tell you who I am!”

No matter what, Yao Han was a veteran who had experienced the harsh world. Thus, he recovered quickly and harrumphed.

[You are just a little girl while I am the butler of Baiyu City Lord’s Residence. Are you worthy of having me report my identity to you?

Besides… Most importantly of all, how can I dare to proclaim my identity in such a state…]

“Refusing to identify yourself? What do you intend to do here by covering your face then?” The beautiful lady frowned. Gedeng, her heart suddenly pounded and a thought flashed through her mind. “This fellow, it can’t be that… He is hired by Shang Bin to teach Zhang Xuan a lesson!”

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 59: The Frenzied Students

The Frenzied Students

“I have already found an excuse for grandfather to take action. Cao Xiong laoshi has a student named Liu Yang, and this Liu Yang was coerced by Zhang Xuan to become his student. Cao Xiong laoshi has already applied for an "Enlightenment Will Trial", which will be conducted tomorrow. By then, as long as grandfather makes a move, it would be an easy task to strip him of his license!”

Shang Bin squeezed these words through gritted teeth.

The deception Cao Xiong spoke of turned into coercion through his words. There was a world of difference between these two words.

Deception only meant that there’s something wrong with that person’s personality. On the other hand, coercion was a matter of morals.

“Coercion? Are you sure?” Elder Shang Chen was taken aback.

“I’m sure!” Shang Bin nodded his head affirmatively.

“If that’s the case… How about this, tomorrow, I will invite Elder Mo over for him to witness the process. If the result of the Enlightenment Will Trial shows that Liu Yang did not willingly become his student, then there is the possibility for him to be stripped of his teaching license!” After hesitating for a moment, Elder Shang Chen said.

“Thank you, grandfather!” Excitement shone in Shang Bin’s eyes.

With the presence of teachers came qualifications, and the organization that protected the identity of teachers was the Teacher Guild.

The guild had the authority to inspect the actions of teachers, as well as to strip them of their license. There was a similar organization called the Ministry of Education in Zhang Xuan’s previous world.

Teachers were role models. To guide a student along their path, they must first make the students concede to them, so that they were willing to learn from them. If they were to coerce them, thus causing the student to be jaundiced, it was possible for their licenses to be revoked.

As for how to gauge whether one was truly willing to become the student of a teacher, the Enlightenment Will Trial was the most impartial method.

“Brat, you might be gleeful now, but let’s see how you can continue being so arrogant when your teaching license is revoked tomorrow!”

Upon the thought that he would be able to exact vengeance for all of the grudges in the past, Shang Bin clenched his fist subconsciously and a surge of exhilaration ran through his body.

………………………………

Zhang Xuan didn’t know that someone had already set up a ploy against him. After a night of rest, he felt energized. Looking into the mirror, he noticed that after cultivating the Heaven’s Path Golden Body yesterday, his body became even whiter and smoother, similar to that of an infant. There wasn’t a single scar or such on his body. Overall, he looked much younger as well. Those who were oblivious to his identity might even think that he was a student.

“Not bad!” He said, before heading to the classroom with giant strides. Arriving at the classroom, the first thing he noticed was that the interiors of the room had been cleaned spick and span by his five students, and even the drinking water had already been boiled.

Wang Ying, Liu Yang, Zheng Yang, Zhao Ya and Yuan Tao were all energised. All of them stared at Zhang Xuan with looks of reverence and excitement.

Initially, these few students had all thought that they were deceived into acknowledging a fellow who was last in the Teacher Qualification Examination as their teacher. However, after the lesson yesterday, they realized that even though his reputation was terrible, he was, indubitably, an incredibly capable figure!

This feeling resonated especially so for Wang Ying. After reciting those theories her teacher spoke of to her father and the elders of the family, they were all filled with praises for him. In fact, there were even some parts of it that they were incapable of comprehending. After which, they insisted in bringing Wang Tao over to acknowledge him as his teacher! From this incident itself, his standards were clear to see!

How could one not feel excited upon having such a person as their teacher?

“Un, seems like everything is in order today. Zhao Ya, take this medicinal herb, crush it into powder and swallow it along with water. Also, this is a cultivation technique that I have just handwritten. If you cultivate by the methods written on it, you should be able to fully recover in three days or so!”

Seeing the expressions reflected in everyone’s eyes, it was impossible for Zhang Xuan to not know what they were thinking. Nodding his head, he passed the Frigid Sun Mother Grass, which he bought yesterday night, and a book to Zhao Ya.

Zhao Ya’s illness was caused by her cultivation of a pure yin cultivation technique. After browsing through all of the books in the teacher’s Compendium Pavilion, Zhang Xuan used the Library of Heaven’s Path to derive a solution for her problem. Even though the cultivation technique paled far in comparison to his Heaven’s Path Divine Art, it was still a skill derived from the extraction of the essence of ten different books, and it was extraordinarily valuable.

There were still flaws within it, but the remaining ones didn’t really affect the whole situation.

“Yes!” Zhao Ya grabbed the medicinal herb and placed it into her embrace before casually flipping open the book. She noticed that the ink was still fresh, and it was clear that it was just written. After taking a brief look at it, her eyes narrowed and she looked at him in disbelief. “Zhang laoshi, although I am new here, I have heard of most of the renowned secret manuals in the academy. This manual… is several times more incredible than my White Jade Pure Maiden Skill. Why… have I never heard of it? Furthermore… why isn’t there a name on this book!”

As the daughter of a city lord, Zhao Ya had a massive collection of books in her home. She had browsed through many different secret manuals, which helped build her eye of discernment. This book in her hand was clearly several folds stronger than the White Jade Pure Maiden Skill that she cultivated before. However… why had she never heard of it?

Whenever one copied a cultivation technique, one would always write the name of the creator on it. However, not a trace of information on its creator could be seen on this book, causing Zhao Ya to be puzzled.

“Oh, this book is something that I have just compiled and wrote down based on your physical condition, so there’s no name for it. If you find it difficult to refer to it like that, you can name it as you like!” Zhang Xuan said.

The Library of Heaven’s Path extracted the correct portions of each secret manual and compiled them into a book. The book that was compiled by the library did not have a name, and he couldn’t be bothered to name it either. Thus, he passed it to her right after he casually copied it down. He didn’t expect for Zhao Ya to ask about it, thus he answered it casually.

“What? Teacher… wrote it himself? This means… this is a cultivation technique created by teacher?”

Not only Zhao Ya was taken aback, the others also narrowed their eyes and all of them nearly passed out on the spot.

Every single one of those who managed to successfully create a cultivation technique was grandmaster level figures, experts who left a mark in history! For their obscure teacher to be capable of creating a cultivation technique… Not to mention, such an advanced one, are you for real?

“You can say so!”

The Library of Heaven’s Path could not be explained, and these books came out of nowhere. Thus, it didn’t matter whether Zhang Xuan said if he was the one who created them or not. Thinking nothing about it, he casually nodded his head.

“Incredible…”

“White Jade Pure Maiden Skill, this skill was created by a Fighter 8-dan Zongshi realm expert in our family. For teacher to be able to create a cultivation technique of much higher tier than this so easily, exactly how strong is he?”

…

Seeing him admit to it, the five students found themselves on the verge of going insane.

Since the inception of Hongtian Academy, there had been less than a few who had successfully created a cultivation technique throughout its century of history. Every single one of them was reputable and influential figures. Yet, their own teacher was capable of the very same feat as well. They found themselves giddy-headed from the reverence they were feeling towards him.

[Furthermore… The most important of all, what did Zhang laoshi just say?

He said that ‘If you find it difficult to refer to it like that, you can name it as you like’…

The heck!]

Every master went through a lot just to create their own cultivation technique. Thus, they viewed it as their treasure and only passed it down to their main disciples!

Yet, after creating a cultivation technique, not only did this Zhang laoshi freely gift it to others, he was even lazy to name them, allowing his students to name them as they pleased…

One must know that the future generations tend to only remember the one who named the skill, rather than the creator himself.

[Such an opportunity to leave his mark in history, but he wasn’t bothered by it in the least…

Isn’t he way too indifferent to material successes? One’s conduct can’t get any nobler than that!

No wonder Zhang laoshi still remains an obscure figure despite being so capable, even carrying the notoriety as the worst teacher in the academy. To think that he would be such a noble person, a person who views fame as dirt…]

“Zhang laoshi…”

Upon thinking about these, the eyes of the five students reddened. They were so moved that they were on the verge of bursting into tears.

“What’s wrong with you all?”

Seeing his students who were still acting normally a moment ago suddenly staring at him with reddened eyes, Zhang Xuan was confused.

[These students, could they have… gone mad at the same time?]

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 58: How Did He Do It?

A moment ago when his hidden stash was exposed by Zhang Xuan, he panicked, but a portion of it was still feigned. However, the current fear that he was expressing on his face at this very moment was completely real. He felt a chill rushing down through his body, threatening to freeze him into a snowman.

It wouldn’t be weird if the other party could identify him. After all, he could be considered a wanted serial offender, so there’s always the possibility of an attentive person seeing through his disguise.

However… The fact that he practiced the Voice of Allurement was something that not even Lao er and the rest are aware of. Furthermore, he had not dared reveal the fact to anyone, so how could this fellow be aware of it?

This was a secret manual that he attained with much difficulty during a chance encounter. He had hidden this fact in the depths of his heart, and he could proudly declare that not a second person in this world knew of this secret. Yet, the other party was aware of it. The overwhelming shock he was feeling at the moment was about to scare him to death.

There were many kinds of secret manuals. There were those on the physical body, battle techniques, cultivation techniques… However, most of these could be found easily. If one had to talk about the most valuable secret manuals in the entire kingdom, most probably, the position would have to go to those regarding secret arts that affects one’s psyche.

Voice of Allurement was an extremely low-tier psyche secret art. However, no matter how low-tiered it was, it was still an attack on one’s psyche. Once it was executed, no matter how powerful a person was, if they were unprepared, they would still fall for it. Previously, he had been captured by a Fighter 7-dan expert, he relied on this to coax the other party into sparing his life.

The reason why he intentionally begged for his life was to numb the other party through such a method!

Never would he have expected that not only was the other party unaffected by his tricks, he seemed to be omniscient, as though nothing about him could escape his notice. Before Zhang Xuan, he felt his facade falling off, and that he was standing buck naked before him, without a single concealment. How could he possibly not feel anxious?

If he was afraid a moment ago, then right now, he was feeling terror-stricken.

“You don’t have to bother how I was made aware of these, you just have to know that these aren’t the only things I am aware of. Your mingmen and such, I am also cognizant of them! I can spare you, but from today onwards, if I were to find out that you are still scamming others, bringing harm onto others, death would be the only thing that awaits you!”

Stopping there, Zhang Xuan kicked the other party’s body.

Kacha!

The sound of an egg shattering. The scammer Yang Mo sensed a resounding blast from his dantian, and the strength derived from his many years of cultivation seeped away.

Without strength, he dared not scam others even if he wanted to.

“My cultivation…”

Sensing the loss of his strength, Yang Mo was filled with hatred, but he did not dare to snap at him.

The other party was simply too frightening. He was no human, but a demon.

How could he possibly dare to retaliate when it’s a demon who broke his dantian and ruined his cultivation?

“Scram!”

After receiving his benefits and dealing with the scammer, Zhang Xuan walked back to the academy with widened strides.

The other party was just a scammer, he wasn’t worth soiling his hands over.

It was already around one in the morning by the time he reached his dormitory.

However, Zhang Xuan wasn’t fatigued at all.

Too many things had happened tonight, with events coming one after another. If it wasn’t for the godly cheat Library of Heaven’s Path, Zhang Xuan would had been at a loss from dealing with those situations.

“Let’s see if I can organise those Fighter 6-dan cultivation technique manuals that I got from Master Lu Chen!”

Back then, he was too preoccupied with cultivating the Heaven’s Path Golden Body, so he had yet to take a good look at the Fighter 6-dan cultivation techniques. Now that he had free time, it was a good opportunity for him to examine them.

Soon, the correct cultivation method of the dozen or so secret manuals were extracted. However, taking a look at it, Zhang Xuan felt his head bloating up.

“They aren’t connected with one another in the least… If I were to cultivate this, my cultivation would definitely go berserk and I will die!”

Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly.

He might have a dozen secret manuals in his possession, but there were still too many flaws in it. Even if he were to extract the correct methods from them, he was still unable to form a complete cultivation technique set. In fact, the cultivation technique set formed would be filled with even more gaps, making it impossible to cultivate it.

“Forget it. I better find a way to look for more manuals first!”

Knowing that the cultivation technique could not be used, Zhang Xuan didn’t panic. Instead, he re-cultivated the cultivation techniques of the first three dans compiled by the library. Only after ensuring that his cultivation had completely integrated as one did he go to sleep.

……………………………………

Zhang Xuan didn’t know that in the period that he went to the market to purchase items, in the academy, Elder Shang Chen’s backyard was on the verge of exploding.

“Grandfather, you have to redress my grievances!”

With tears and snot flowing down his face, Shang Bin’s cry tremored even the heavens.

As the grandson of an elder, he was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. Furthermore, being talented, he had always been respected by others. Yet, he had suffered all the setbacks he had never suffered in his whole life today. It was already a great blessing that he had yet to go insane.

When bringing trouble upon someone, a lunatic dashed out and beat him up to a pig head. When going out for dinner, he saw his goddess dining happily with that lad… He could still take it if his framing failed and if he embarrassed himself, but…

“Grandfather, didn’t you say that this Sky Shattering Lion is very obedient? I ordered it to teach that useless Zhang Xuan a lesson, but not only did it not obey my orders, it even beat me up instead…”

The more he thought about it, the more furious he got. At this moment, Shang Bin was full of tears for himself.

This Sky Shattering Lion before him had been squandering off his family, yet, at a crucial period, not only did it not obey orders, it even helped an outsider to assault him… He felt like tearing his hair out whenever he thought about it.

“It is usually rather obedient…” Shang Chen felt a little awkward. He looked at the Sky Shattering Lion in front of him with a puzzled expression.

He was just a normal beast tamer, and his expertise in the field wasn’t particularly high. Even if he were to tame savage beasts, he could only interact with them on equal footing and not that of a master and servant.

This was precisely why the Sky Shattering Lion need not bother about his emotions and second guess his thoughts whenever it wanted to do something.

However… No matter what, they were contractually related to one another. After asking it to protect his grandson, why… did it listen to the words of the outsider and assault Shang Bin instead?

“Roar!”

Upon noticing Shang Bin, the Sky Shattering Lion held its head up high with a proud expression on its face, seemingly proud of its deed.

Seeing the expression on the Sky Shattering Lion, Shang Bin received another 10000 damage internally.

[When it was with Zhang Xuan, it licked the other party’s hand affectionately and treated him respectfully, as though a pug. Yet now, it was acting as haughty as a king… The heck, is my grandfather your owner or he is?]

“Cough cough, I’ll persuade the Sky Shattering Lion later when I get back.” Seeing his beast pet behaving like this, clearly rejecting cooperation with him, Elder Shang Chen’s face turned red as he waved away the matter.

“Grandfather, this time, you have to teach this Zhang Xuan a lesson in my stead. It would be best if his teaching license is revoked and he is chased out of the academy!”

Knowing that his grandfather and the Sky Shattering Lion were of equal standing in their contract and was unable to teach it a lesson, Shang Bin didn’t dawdle on the matter and gritting his teeth, diverted the topic towards Zhang Xuan.

A trash who scored a zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination had caused him so much embarrassment and left innumerable wounds all over his body, causing him to almost die even. This kind of grudge could not be washed away even by the rapid flow of the river!

“Rest assured, I will settle this matter! But this Zhang Xuan, who knows what kind of luck did he stumble over, he actually managed to recruit five students. Without a reasonable excuse, even for me, it will be difficult to expel a registered teacher!”

Elder Shang Chen said.

Registered with the continent’s Teacher Guild, Zhang Xuan could be considered formally as a teacher. Even as an elder of the academy, the head of the Education Bureau, as long as the other party didn’t sin deeply, he had no rights to expel him.

While shaking his head, doubt flashed across his eyes.

As a fellow who scored zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination, everyone thought that it would be impossible for any student to acknowledge him. Yet, contrary to their expectations, not only did students acknowledge him, there were even five of them. Furthermore, a few of them were within the top hundred!

No one would have thought it possible if they didn’t witness it for themselves.

In fact… despite seeing the results compiled by the Education Bureau, he still found it unbelievable.

[This fellow… how did he do it?

It is totally irrational, isn’t it?]

Limitless - Chapter 90: Invigorated Meridian Stage One

Hu Sheng’s figure retreated and he looked at Zhao Mantian in disbelief, his eyes filled with aghast, "You...you... you are in the Supreme Realm?"

How could Zhao Mantian injure him if he wasn’t in the Supreme Realm?

Even though Zhao Mantian had killed Zuo Datong in a single blow, he did not exude a particularly strong aura.

It had misguided Hu Sheng into thinking that Zhao Mantian was not all that powerful.

To kill Zuo Datong in a single blow was something that someone in the advanced Xiantian realm could do too.

As such, never in his wildest dreams would Hu Sheng expect that Zhao Mantian had entered the Supreme Realm.

If he had known this earlier, he would have never chosen to protect Zuo Datong, he may have chose to run a long time ago!

However, it was too late now.

Zhao Mantian smiled hypocritically, "Scared now?"

Hu Sheng stared widely at Zhao Mantian and hollered, "Zhao Mantian, you dare to kill me?"

"I dare!" Zhao Mantian had already lost interest in continuing the conversation, opting to attack immediately.

Hu Sheng’s hand was crippled and was relatively disadvantaged.

Even though he was in the Supreme Realm, the Nine Tailed bloodline Zhao Mantian could easily suppress him.

Within the first five rounds of battle, Zhao Mantian had already ripped off one of his arms.

Hu Sheng screamed pitifully!

Bang!

Zhao Mantian’s punch landed on Hu Sheng’s throat, shattering it instantly.

A fist sized fox rushed out of Hu Sheng’s Dantian, and it radiated with a strong red glow, carrying with it the limitless Supreme Realm Aura.

Once it got out, it tried to escape!

This was Hu Sheng’s Nascent Soul!

For cultivators in the Supreme Realm, they could cultivate a nascent soul within them!

The nascent soul was extremely quick, and it was poised to exit Qing Qiu in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Mantian moved quickly, almost like a bolt of lightning.

He raised a finger and fired a ray of light towards the red fox.

"You dare..." The red fox cried pitifully.

Bang!

The little red fox exploded immediately!

An unparalleled force exploded in all directions.

It was almost the entire space was being contorted!

A huge palace structure collapsed in an instant!

No one in the Qing Qiu ancestral land knew what happened.

Everyone kneeled on the ground, shivering.

Those of lower cultivation levels even morphed into their original forms and peed their pants...

The explosion of Hu Sheng’s nascent soul was equivalent to a god’s soul being snuffed out!

Before Hu Sheng died, an incredibly strong wave of resentment flew towards Zhao Mantian.

It was like an arrow, aimed straight for Zhao Mantian’s body.

"You still want to harm people after death?" Zhao Mantian chuckled coldly.

His body exploded with an awe inducing blood aura!

When the wave of resentment came into contact with the aura of blood, it disappeared instantly.

At this point, Zhao Mantian surveyed his surroundings coldly whilst standing in mid air.

The entire Qing Qiu was quiet!

Soon after, many of the Qing Qiu Fox species began to break out in cheers.

However, there were also a lot of people who were extremely depressed!

When Elder Lu saw that figure suspended in mid air, he spat out a mouthful of blood and crumpled to the ground.

He knew that it was all over!

Zhao Mantian said flatly whilst floating in mid air, "You have committed unforgivable crimes. I hereby give you one chance to take your own life!"

After he finished, his silhouette disappeared in a flash.

There was no other sound made in the entire Qing Qiu.

In the next moment, Zhao Mantian appeared at the cave in the cliff next to the abyss. He tossed a miniature recording camera to Xiao Yue and laughed, "The modern technology is actually of some use."

"You recorded all of it down?" Xiao Yue heaved a sigh of relief.

"Yes, wasn’t that your wish?" Zhao Mantian smiled as he looked at Xiao Yue in an overly pampering manner.

"Even though some things do not require evidence, isn’t it better to have the evidence on hand?" Xiao Yue looked at Zhao Mantian before activating the playback feature.

After Xiao Yue finished watching it, she said, "Well done big brother! Good kill! B*tches deserve to die!"

...…

"Now that the Qing Qiu Sect Leader is back, unrest is quelled quickly."

"I heard that the the Qing Qiu Elder had a violent confrontation with Zhao Mantian, and he was no match for Zhao Mantian."

"The Qing Qiu Elder not only tried to cover up for Zuo Datong and his gang, he even tried to bring harm to Qing Qiu’s treasured daughter, Xiao Yue..."

"Elder Hu Sheng had committed a long list of heinous crimes back in the day..."

"Sect Leader Zhao is indeed a Heaven’s Pride Talent, according to reliable reports..."

Under Xiao Yue’s careful manipulation, the events in Qing Qiu were slowly leaked to the outside world.

Sect Leader Zhao’s battle prowess awed countless people!

The ancient schools who had brought large amount of treasures became more solemn upon hearing the news.

They were glad that the person handling the situation at that time was the late Qing Qiu Elder.

If it had been Zhao Mantian... they may not even have the chance to retrieve their people!

They would probably be killed on the spot?

This was too scary!

This Qing Qiu Sect Leader was suffocatingly terrifying. He was so oppressive no one dared to befriend him.

Those Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artists who had been released from their captivity felt extremely fortunate after hearing the news.

"Do not antagonize the Qing Qiu people!"

"Zhao Mantian’s talent is too terrifying, he is already in the Supreme Realm despite his tender age..."

"Warn all the disciples, do not antagonize the Qing Qius..."

Dragon City.

Chu Yu had already isolated himself for seven days.

He was trying to breakthrough the Heart Meridian, one of the 20 meridians in his body!

The Heart Meridian governed the heart, blood vessels, brain, and mind.

In modern science, the heart is known as the body’s driver and is the most important organ.

This was equally true in the eyes of a cultivator!

Before getting the Superclass, Chu Yu had seen many Invigorated Meridian Realm techniques.

However, in all the manuals, they did not clearly specify which meridian should be broken through first.

Almost as if this was unimportant.

However, in the Superclass, the order in which the meridians should be broken through was clearly stated.

Even though the differences could not be seen in the elementary stages, there would be a terrifyingly enormous difference in the advanced stages!

If one followed the cultivation order in the Superclass, one could accumulate more energy and enjoy more benefits for future progression!

However, the exact benefits were not stated in the Superclass.

However, to Chu Yu, he would definitely follow the instructions in the saint’s legacy.

The seventh day!

Chu Yu had continuously harnessed his energy to breakthrough the meridian, and he was at the most crucial stage.

After he’s successful, he can enter the Invigorated Meridian Realm and become and Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artist!

The 1000+ acupoints in Chu Yu’s body continuously gushed with immense power. They accumulated at the Heart Meridian and were all directed straight at the remnants of the shackles!

Bam!

It was as if the gates were opened!

A wave of unparalleled energy gushed through Chu Yu’s entire Heart Meridian in an instant!

If the power of Acupoint Charging was like a huge geyser, then the power of Invigorated Meridian was like a raging, roaring river!

That wave of ferocious power made Chu Yu feel like he was about to sublime!

Now that the Heart Meridian had been broken through, he felt all of his blood vessels become tougher. He became more cognisant, his six senses became sharper and his mental energy became stronger by manifold in an instant!

The entire world seemed to be more alive!

"The difference between Acupoint Charging and Invigorated Meridian realms... is indeed extremely great!"

Chu Yu could not help but gasp in awe.

Even though he had only broken through one of his meridians, this was quite an incredible breakthrough to Chu Yu.

His cultivation technique, as well as the mystic purple gas, was supporting him, allowing his battle power to far exceed martial artists of his same cultivation level.

Chu Yu quietly relished the power that he now possessed after breaking through his heart meridian.

At this point, he began using the Killing Days Heart Technique. The rate at which he absorbed the spiritual energy around him was even more terrifying.

When he began to train, a halo of spiritual energy began to form above his head!

However, if there was someone there training near him, he may not even be able to get 10% of his usual spiritual energy!

"It’s time to go out and take a look."

Chu Yu left his place of isolation and went outside.

When he switched on his phone, he found a ton of messages on it.

He sped read through all the messages and could not help but smile to himself.

"Big Brother is awesome!" He sent out a message.

Very quickly, he received a reply, "I am waiting for you to exhibit your prowess in the North!"

At this point, he saw a yellow silhouette rushing towards him. When Chu Yu focused on it, he realised it was Old Yellow.

When it came to Chu Yu, it was panting heavily, "Quick... quickly go save your bird, any later, and it’ll be eaten by someone!"

"What?" Chu Yu’s forehead flashed with anger.

There are people looking for trouble in the Dragon City?

"Bring me there!"

After running a few steps, he found Old Yellow to be too slow. He picked it up and commanded, "Just direct me there!"

He sprinted like a bolt of lightning in that direction. Old Yellow was stunned, how did this jerk... become so much stronger?

In a mountain range about 100 miles outside the Dragon City.

This used to be a village. However, thirty years ago, with the recovery of the earth and a large influx of spiritual energy, the vegetation here had grown out of control. Within the short span of a few years, this had become a vast, ancient forest.

The villagers had also vacated the area a long time ago.

At this point, Lord Thief was being strangled by a thick, 2 meter long silver snake, completely immobilised.

Lord Thief was already at Acupoint Charging Stage 10, and the average spiritual life form was not its match.

However, it seemed extremely weak in the face of this snake.

A black robed man stood a distance away, wearing a hoodie. His head was lowered and it was impossible to see his face.

The silver snake opened its mouth and extended its crimson forked tongue, but spoke in human language, "Little bird, I am giving you one last chance to tell me the truth, or I will eat you."

Lord Thief was completely immobilized and it found it difficult to talk, "I have already told you... Chu Yu doesn’t have any saint’s legacy, but you refuse to believe me... what more do you want me to say?"

"Since you don’t want to say, go and die!" The silver snake’s voice became icy, its tone apathetic.

It opened its mouth widely and was preparing to swallow the Lord Thief.

"Ay... no, don’t eat me, Brother Snake, we can always talk things out!" Lord Thief shrieked.

"How many times have you used this tactic?" The silver snake said coldly as its open mouth still went towards Lord Thief.

At this point, it suddenly stopped. Its head was raised as it hissed, its icy eyes fixated on the horizon.

A figure had appeared here at an unprecedented speed.

The black robed man attacked Chu Yu without a second word.

A huge wave of energy fluctuation exploded from the black robed man.

This was an Invigorated Meridian Stage 10 and above expert!

In his hand was a palm sized blade with a ring below it. It was worn on the finger, and could be easily concealed.

When one was about to attack, the ring just needed to be turned around and it would become a sharp point when a punch was thrown!

The blade glowed with an icy chill as it flew towards Chu Yu’s throat!

Pa!

Chu Yu slapped the robed man and sent him flying.

The sound of his skull shattering sent chills down everyone’s spines.

The black robed man landed a few hundred meters away. His body twitched briefly before all movement ceased. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

A martial artist of such cultivation level could actually be killed by a single slap from Chu Yu!

That silver serpent’s eyes were filled with caution as it looked coldly at Chu Yu, "You dare to kill my slave?"

Chu Yu was stunned, he had thought that the man was the serpent’s master...

"Let me warn you... do not find trouble with me, scram now and I won’t take issue with the fact that you killed my slave." The silver serpent’s voice was icy, its attitude imposing.

Chu Yu took out the Spirit Stunning Bow and attacked!

The silver serpent moved its head to one side and dodged Chu Yu’s sudden attack!

Its speed was equally unimaginable as it instantly let go of its grasp on Lord Thief.

It tensed like a bow -

In the next instant, like a bolt of silver lightning, it launched itself at Chu Yu!