Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 150: Imparting Spear Art

"Alright. Anything will do as long as you don't go back on your words." Zhang Xuan chuckled and agreed.

"Zhang laoshi..."

Hearing him make such a decision, Zhao Ya and the others panicked.

Are you pulling our legs?

They had improved significantly in the last few days, but defeating a teacher in a duel is... impossible!

Agreeing so readily, isn’t it akin to admitting defeat?

"Since you're so confident, let's do it then. Are they going to take on me all at once or go one by one?"

Zhou Tian said with a grin.

Zhang Xuan only had five students in total. Even if he were to suppress his cultivation, they would still not be a match for him.

"Taking turns? You're thinking too much. Given your strength, any one of my students would be able to easily defeat you!" Zhang Xuan shook his head.

"You..."

Seeing that the other party was looking down on him like that, Zhou Tian's face darkened.

Lazy to bother with the fellow, Zhang Xuan turned his attention to Zhao Ya and the others.

Meeting his gaze, his students felt extremely anxious.

They weren't even able to win in the Student Dueling Platform, and now they had to challenge the teacher...

"The few of you hadn't fought previously. If I let you challenge Zhou laoshi, it truly is... bullying the weak. Zheng Yang, you will face him!" Zhang Xuan looked around and then casually pointed at Zheng Yang.

Hearing those words, the surrounding crowd almost fainted.

Brother, is it alright for you to be putting on such a big show?

Even if you really wanted to boast, it should be realistic, right?

Putting aside Zheng Yang's abilities, he had just fought several opponents and is running low on stamina. Didn't you witness that he could not even move his spear anymore? He might not be able to kill even a chicken now, yet you want to pit him against Zhou Tian?

Furthermore... Bullying the other party?

Bullying the heck!

Looking at the fellow's condition, even if Zhou Tian didn't make a move, he probably would fall by himself in no time...

Not only did the others put on confused expressions, even Zheng Yang's mouth was twitching.

"Teacher, I..."

He was about to go insane.

Zhang laoshi, can you stop pulling such pranks?

He knows how much he is worth, and he wouldn't even be able to fight any student who comes his way this moment, needless to say, Zhou Tian laoshi... Even if he were to suppress his cultivation to that of a Fighter 1-dan... It is still impossible for him to emerge victoriously!

Just as he was about to inform Zhang laoshi of his physical condition, before he could speak, the other person's calm voice sounded once more, "Don't feel happy yet, it isn’t too late to celebrate after defeating this Zhou laoshi!"

Happy?

Happy my foot!

I am on the verge of tears, can't you tell?

Zheng Yang's body staggered and he looked as though he would faint at any moment now.

"Courting death..."

Catching sight of this scene, Zhou Tian thought that Zhang Xuan was doing this intentionally to shame him. His mouth twitched in rage and anger gleamed in his eyes.

"Before the fight, I will teach him a new spear art. Surely Zhou laoshi will be fine with it?"

Ignoring the strange looks the others shot him, Zhang Xuan asked Zhou Tian.

"It's a little too late for that!" Zhou Tian harrumphed.

"It doesn't matter whether it is late or not. It would suffice as long as it is enough to defeat you!" Zhang Xuan smiled. He walked to Zheng Yang and said, "Here, teacher will teach you a spear art. Look carefully and learn!"

After which, he took the spear from the other party's hands, and with a slight tremble of his palm, stabbed forward in a crooked trajectory.

The move appeared to have no depth to it, looking like a random movement. It didn't bear the slightest resemblance to a spear art. It seemed like a casual, playful stab.

"This fellow... Is he joking?"

"You call that spear art? The spear art of “an aroused boar meeting a sow” would even be better than that!"

"I've seen people who swindle their own parents, but this is my first time seeing a teacher swindle his own student. Zheng Yang is probably done for!"

"To have met such a teacher, he is doomed matter how talented he is..."

Zhang Xuan taught Zheng Yang before everyone's eyes, and everyone saw the move clearly. For a moment, their minds were unable to keep up with the situation.

Do you call that spear art?

Even the technique a cleaner use to sweep the floor is several times more profound than that move of yours...

"Have you grasped it yet?"

Ignoring the discussions in the crowd, Zhang Xuan looked at Zheng Yang.

"Yes..."

Zheng Yang wanted to cry.

Does such a move even need to be learned?

He first came into contact with the spear when he was six... Any random move in the books is far superior to the one his teacher just taught...

"Alright, since you have grasped it already, go and defeat Zhou laoshi!"

Zhang Xuan nodded his head, gently dusting Zheng Yang's body.

Hearing his teacher’s instructions, Zheng Yang was about to cry when he felt Zhang laoshi's palm on his shoulder. A surge of zhenqi flowed through his meridians.

The zhenqi was extremely dense and pure. All clots in its path fell apart immediately and he felt the shackles on his body being removed. As though having eaten a nutritious tonic, all fatigue vanished and he felt refreshed.

Fatigue is just like an illness, and it is often caused by the blockages in one's meridians. Under Zhang Xuan's pure zhenqi, it wasn't difficult to clear those blockages.

"Don't resist me. Follow the movement of my zhenqi and adjust your breathing along with it!"

He was still feeling surprised at Zhang laoshi's actions when he heard his voice sound beside his ears.

Knowing that his teacher would never do him in, Zheng Yang focused his attention hurriedly and adjusted his breathing.

Kacha! Kacha! Kacha!

The zhenqi that gushed into his body flowed through his meridians in a unique path. In an instant, Zheng Yang felt as though he had become a spear that could pierce through the heavens.

"This is... the inner breathing method of the spear art?"

No matter how foolish Zheng Yang was, he immediately understood what was going on.

Regardless of whether it was a spear art or other battle techniques, on top of the moves, one had to know the corresponding inner breathing method.

Only when one's inner breathing is aligned with the technique can one unleash the greatest might possible. Otherwise, it would look flashy at best when in fact there is little might behind the attack.

Even though Zheng Yang had never come across any exceptionally powerful spear art, he had been living with the spear by his side since young. The spear had already become a part of him and the moment he felt the inner breathing within his body, he understood that the technique is much more profound than any other spear arts he had learned before.

The move looked so simple that even a fool would be able to learn it. However, when paired up with this inner breathing method, it was clear that it was a drastically simplified move that was packed with profound spear theories, a truly fine piece of art!

"To think that there would be such a powerful move in the world..."

In that instant, he appeared to be in a daze. He could hardly believe what was happening.

Profound is no longer sufficient to describe the move, it is completely inconceivable that such a move could exist.

Zheng Yang was still bathing in agitation when Zhang laoshi's voice echoed in his ear once more.

"Don't let your thoughts wander now. Try to get accustomed to this inner breathing method and align it properly with that spear art!"

"Yes!"

Knowing that Zhang laoshi was imparting him an incredibly profound move, Zheng Yang focused his attention and tried to comprehend the inner breathing within him.

Every single battle technique has an inner breathing method unique it. To learn a battle technique, one has to slowly open up all of the clogged meridians required for it. It is an incredibly tiring and long process, requiring long hours of effort.

Using Zheng Yang as an example, he is only at Fighter 1-dan Juxi realm and there is only inner breath in his body. He hadn't even formed zhenqi yet. It would have taken a minimum of two years’ effort for him to open up the path required for the move.

However, Zhang Xuan's presence made all the difference.

Zhang laoshi's zhenqi was extremely pure and wherever it flowed through, the clots would immediately be undone, thus opening up the meridians. In less than two breaths, he had already opened up a smooth passageway for Zheng Yang's inner breathing of the technique.

"Just like that, I have... mastered it?"

Upon sensing the smooth passageway through the inner breathing, Zheng Yang instantly understood this fact. In this short moment, he had completely mastered the move, as though he had been practicing it for multiple years.

"Alright, keep this surge of zhenqi in your body. Continue feigning weak and powerless, and when the duel with Zhou Tian begins, you must strike him in full one blow!"

Zhang Xuan voice continued to sound.

Comprehending the meaning behind his words, Zheng Yang nodded his head secretly. At the same time, he was perplexed... Why is Zhang laoshi's zhenqi able to remain in his body without creating conflicts in his body?

The attributes of one's zhenqi would change according to the cultivation technique a fighter pursued. As such, when one’s zhenqi flows into another person's body, putting aside the question of whether the former is able to help the latter to achieve a breakthrough, it is likely that a conflict would occur, and this would cause the receiver’s cultivation to go berserk.

Yet, Zheng Yang did not feel any discord or discomfort within when Zhang laoshi's zhenqi entered his body. He found it inconceivable.

However, he also knew that this wasn't the time to be thinking about such things. After 'struggling' to clasp his hand, he exclaimed, "Zhou laoshi, come!"

After which, he staggered up the ring.

Zheng Yang appeared as though he would fall if a strong gust were to blow at this moment. Witnessing his condition, the crowd stared at one another, flabbergasted.

The heck, are you serious?

To fight a teacher using a spear art that even pigs can execute and a body that will cave in at any moment, how do you intend to win...

Zhou Tian's face twitched as well. A thought suddenly popped into his mind.

I fell for his trap.

This fellow had probably intended to sacrifice this student from the very start to make a fool out of him.

Imparting a move that can’t even kill a chicken to deal with him... Isn't he implying that he couldn't even match up to a chicken?

"Zhang Xuan, you sure are despicable!"

Thinking that the other party was intentionally humiliating him, Zhou Tian gritted his teeth and stepped into the ring as well.

"Zhou laoshi, please go easy on me..."

Portraying an extremely weak image, Zheng Yang struggled to lift his spear.

Seeing how even such a simple movement could send sweat trickling down his forehead from fatigue, everyone was speechless.

It had been long since someone challenged the Teacher Dueling Platform. One wouldn’t have imagined that the first one in years would be so eccentric.

If word were to spread out, it would surely cause an uproar.

"Teacher... Why don't I substitute Zheng Yang!"

Zhao Ya spoke, unable to endure it anymore.

"Just watch!" Zhang Xuan didn't explain the situation to her.

Seeing how confident her teacher was, even though Zhao Ya was perplexed, she did not dare to question any further. Instead, she turned her attention to the stage.

"Go easy on you? Blame your beloved Zhang laoshi for your plight!"

Deducing Zhang Xuan's intentions, Zhou Tian was infuriated.

"Then... I will apologize for my discourtesy beforehand!"

Knowing that the other party would not make the first move in consideration of the disparity between their identities, he didn't dawdle further and shot his spear straight at the other party.

The tip of the spear was shaky, as though there wasn't any strength behind it.

It was the trash move that Zhang Xuan had just taught him.

"Hmph!"

Seeing that the other fellow had actually dared to use such a move against him, Zhou Tian felt even more furious. He suppressed his cultivation to the level of a Fighter 1-dan Juxi realm, and without using any weapon, faced Zheng Yang's attack bare-handed.

Facing a spear bare-handed!

Even so, no one thought well of Zheng Yang. They all thought that the fellow would be in for a beating.

"Now..."

Noticing that the other party was underestimating him, facing him with bare hands, Zheng Yang's eyes lit up. He immediately triggered the surge of zhenqi which Zhang Xuan left in his body earlier on and in an instant, his disposition changed. If he were a tame lamb a moment ago, he would be a ferocious tiger at this moment.

Boom!

The spear shot straight toward Zhou Tian's chest.

"What?"

Zhou Tian's eyes narrowed. He felt an overwhelming sense of danger from that attack.

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 149: Zhang Xuan's Decision

"Breath Forging Bead?"

"Three of it?"

Hearing those words, Zhao Ya and the others' breaths started to hasten.

Breath Forging Bead was something unique to the Hongtian Academy. It was something that couldn't be bought even at the Apothecary Guild. It increased the pace at which fighters absorb spiritual energy, allowing them to improve quickly.

"Zhang laoshi had done so much for us without expecting any returns. As his students, it's time for us to repay the favor!" Zheng Yang's gaze was resolute.

Since young, he had been training diligently alone, trying to fumble his way through his cultivation. He thought that even in school, his teacher would only clarify his doubts and solve some problems... However, the warmth that Zhang laoshi had given him was much more than that.

He created a cultivation technique just for him and pointed out his flaws. Just so for their sake, he even took the risk to partake in a Pill Debate...

As he thought about everything that had occurred, he couldn't help but feel moved. Motivation welled up in him.

"Zhang laoshi may care not for these resources, but... every teacher is allocated some of them. If he becomes the only teacher who doesn’t get any, his prestige and reputation will be sullied. As his students, we have to fight for his sake, no matter what it takes!" Zhao Ya gritted her teeth.

Zhang laoshi casually gave her the Frigid Sun Mother Grass which was worth a hundred thousand gold coins. Even though the Breath Forging Bead wasn’t bad as well, it was unlikely that he would care much for it. However... This is no longer a problem over the resource allocation, but dignity.

Of so many teachers in the academy, he was the only one who wasn't given the resources. If word were to spread out, people would look down on him.

Since he isn't at the academy, then... Teacher, we will protect your dignity in your stead!

We shall guard your prestige!

Determination filled Zhao Ya, Zheng Yang and Liu Yang's eyes. Not a hint of hesitation could be seen.

"Fine, we'll challenge the Student Dueling Platform!"

Nodding their heads in agreement, Zheng Yang retrieved the spear at his back and started fitting it together. Then, with a flick of his wrist, the air moaned under the pressure of the spear.

"This is what you have chosen for yourself, don't regret it!"

Zhou Tian sneered coldly. He raised his hand and beckoned, "Everyone come out, someone is challenging you. It's time to teach them a lesson. As long as you defeat them, I will give every one of you some Breath Forging Powder!"

Hualala!

Accompanied by a roar, a group of people came out. They were all freshmen and there were around forty to fifty of them.

"I have a total of 47 students. No matter how many of you go at them, as long as you can defeat all 47, I will consider it your victory!" The corners of Zhou Tian's lips crept upward.

"47..."

Zhao Ya and the others' mouths twitched.

They didn't think that a new teacher who just joined this year would be able to recruit so many students.

"Let's fight. We mustn't embarrass ourselves and Zhang laoshi!"

There were rules for the Student Dueling Platform. One could choose to fight their opponents one by one or to take on all of them at once. As long as they were able to defeat all of the students under the teacher, it would be their victory.

Since they had already made up their minds, there was nothing for them to hesitate about.

With a leap, Zheng Yang first stepped into the ring.

Hu! One of Zhou Tian's students leaped up as well.

The duel began immediately.

……

...

"Zhou Tian?"

On their way over to the Student Bureau, Yuan Tao explained the situation to Zhang Xuan. Hearing so, Zhang Xuan frowned.

He had never offended this teacher, be it his previous self or after he reincarnated over. Why is he picking on him?

Even though the academy appeared to be calm on the outside, it was filled with internal strife. Many rivalries and schemes went on in the shadows. However, he didn't recall any conflict with that teacher from the Student Bureau. Teachers of the Student Bureau rarely did such things as it would incur the ire of the other teachers.

Furthermore, Zhang Xuan had just toppled the head of the Education Bureau. Even though the students were unaware of it, as a teacher, he should have heard the news. To pit himself against him despite knowing it, was he asking for a beating?

"I've heard some rumors that... he was once Elder Shang Chen's disciple. The reason why he was able to remain at the school as a teacher was because of the elder’s arrangements..." Yuan Tao said.

"So that's the case!"

If so, the situation made sense.

He had caused Elder Shang Chen to be stripped of his position as the head of the Education Bureau, and even now, he was at risk of being punished by the Teacher Guild. As his student, he had to stand up for his own teacher.

"However, my face... isn't that easy to be slapped!"

Knowing the reason, Zhang Xuan shook his head.

It's not impossible to slap my face, but... your hand has to be strong enough so as to not hurt yourself!

……

…

Peng! Peng! Peng!

After a few fists landed on his back consecutively, Zheng Yang felt a tinge of sweetness in his mouth and he seemed to be unable to bend the hand which wielded the spear anymore.

In the past few days, his cultivation had improved tremendously. Zhou Tian laoshi's students were not a match for him, but they were too numerous!

That was already the fifth opponent, and he was on the verge of collapsing.

If it were an ordinary dueling match, Zheng Yang wouldn't have been so tired. However, the other party seemed to have planned it out beforehand and was hopping around the battlefield intentionally, refusing to face him head on, with the goal of draining his stamina.

"Persevere! You have to persevere on!"

Zheng Yang bit the bullet. With the last sliver of energy he had remaining, his spear shook and he defeated his fifth opponent.

"Haha, can’t withstand it anymore?"

With a loud chuckle, the sixth student leaped onto the stage and kicked Zheng Yang's chest. The latter staggered seven to eight steps backward. If not for his dogged tenacity, he would have fallen off the ring.

"If you can’t take it, stop putting on a show here. To dare to challenge Zhou laoshi's prestige, scram!"

The sixth student sneered and sent his stave straight at him.

Given the speed of the stave, if Zheng Yang were to be hit, he would definitely be injured severely.

"I have to block it..."

With a ferocious expression on his face, Zheng Yang tried to raise his spear for a block. However, he realized that he was one move too slow, he wouldn't be able to make it in time.

Knowing that the stave would surely hit him, Zheng Yang closed his eyes and braced for the impact.

He thought that he would fall off the Student Dueling Platform immediately spurting fresh blood, but for a long time, nothing happened. He opened his eyes hurriedly and saw a figure before him. That person wasn't of a tall stature, but his back view looked extremely reliable.

The stave that the sixth opponent brandished was grasped between the person's fingers. No matter how much strength the former exerted, he was unable to shake his weapon out of the latter’s hand.

"Zhang laoshi..."

With a single glance, he recognized the person.

That figure before him is his teacher, Zhang Xuan laoshi.

He... isn't he out? Why is he here...

The one who stopped the stave was indeed Zhang Xuan. Arriving with Yuan Tao, upon witnessing the situation, he immediately dashed forward and jumped onto the ring.

It was just ten days before the battle with Lu Xun laoshi. If these students of his were to get injured at such a time, Zhang Xuan would have to surrender for the Teacher Evaluation duel.

As Shang Chen was overthrown by Zhang Xuan, Zhou Tian harbored resentment for him. Knowing that he wasn't a match for Zhang Xuan, he intentionally provoked his students, Zheng Yang and the others, for this purpose.

As long as Zheng Yang and the rest were injured, he calculated that they would not stand a chance in the Teacher Evaluation.

Seeing that it was too late to stop the duel through any other means, Zhang Xuan leaped onto the stage himself.

"Zhang Xuan, what do you mean by this? Your students are competing in the Student Dueling Platform. Why? Do you intend to make a move on my students despite being a teacher?"

Seeing him rush over, Zhou Tian wasn't too surprised. A menacing gleam flashed through his eyes.

"Make a move on your students? You sure are thinking too much!"

With a flick of his finger, the other party's stave broke into many pieces. Patting his hands, he glanced over.

"Then what do your actions mean? Do you wish to take back your words? However, it seems like it is too late. Your students have already agreed to challenge the Student Dueling Platform, and they have already injured five of my students. No matter what, the challenge must go on! This matter isn't up to you! Unless..."

At this point, Zhou Tian's lips curled up into a cold smile, "Unless... you concede defeat and admit that your students are inferior to mine!"

"We mustn't admit defeat!"

"Even if we have to give it our all, we will definitely win..."

Hearing the plain mockery in the other party’s voice, Zheng Yang and the others clenched their fists and their faces flushed red.

If they were to really admit defeat like that, they wouldn't be able to uphold their pride in the academy in future.

"Admit that my students are inferior to yours?" Zhang Xuan shook his head. "You must still be dreaming!"

"Hmph! Since that's the case, let's continue. I request that you get down from the ring!" Zhou Tian flung his robe. "For a teacher like you to interfere in a battle among students, aren't you bullying the weak?"

"Don't be in such a hurry!' Zhang Xuan smiled. "I am not admitting defeat, but I didn't say that I will allow our students to continue competing!"

"You wish to stop the duel? The Student Dueling Platform has already begun, and you don't have the right to stop it. It is too late to regret." Zhou Tian harrumphed.

"My students' decision is my decision. Since they decided to challenge the Student Dueling Platform, there's nothing for me to regret!" Zhang Xuan looked over. "However... I think that a mere Student Dueling Platform is too uninteresting. Why don't we conduct a 【Teacher Dueling Platform】? Just that... do you dare to accept the challenge?"

"What? Challenge the Teacher Dueling Platform? Is that fellow insane?"

"Is there something wrong with his head?"

"Teacher Dueling Platform means that the students challenge the teacher. It is already difficult for those students of his to achieve victory in the Student Dueling Platform, yet he wants to challenge the Teacher Dueling Platform? Isn't he daydreaming?"

……

...

Upon hearing Zhang Xuan's words, the teachers and students present in the Student Bureau were dumbfounded.

When a student is dissatisfied with a teacher, he can challenge all of the students under him via a Student Dueling Platform to force him to admit his mistakes. On the other hand, Teacher Dueling Platform meant that a student would be challenging the teacher directly. If he were to lose, admitting defeat would be one thing, but the dignity of the teacher would be sullied.

Of course, given that the cultivation realms of the students are far beneath that of teachers, it is impossible for students to win in a normal duel. For the sake of fairness, the teacher has to lower his cultivation realm down to that of the student in a Teacher Dueling Platform.

Even so, the fight could not be considered to be totally fair.

Being able to become teachers, their experience and grasp over the flow of battle are obviously far superior to that of mere students. Even if they were to duel at the same power realm, it was impossible for a student to emerge victorious over a teacher.

Zhao Ya and the others all staggered and nearly fainted on the spot.

They thought that they had been audacious to challenge the Student Dueling Platform. Yet, Zhang laoshi managed to top them and requested for the Teacher Dueling Platform instead...

You... must be joking!

Even though this Zhou Tian laoshi wasn't exceptionally powerful among the teachers, barely reaching Fighter 4-dan Pigu realm primary stage, he was still a true teacher of the academy. He wasn't someone a bunch of Juxi realms could defeat. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Teacher Dueling Platform? You want your students to challenge me?" Zhou Tian looked as though he had heard the most hilarious joke in the world.

"Why? Don’t dare to?" Zhang Xuan looked at him.

"Haha, you are truly courting death!" Zhou Tian burst into laughter. "Fine, I'll agree then. If you win, I will give you ten Breath Forging Beads. However, if you were to lose... Hehe, I won't demand any items, you just have to kneel down before me!"

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 148: Student Dueling Platform

Without the Heaven's Path Divine Art to complement the Heaven's Path Spear Art, even if the other party learned it, it would be significantly weaker than his.

Furthermore, it was a move he had devised through the other party's books, so teaching the other party wasn't a big deal.

Thus, Zhang Xuan agreed to Wang Chong's request without much hesitation.

Of course, it was impossible for him to impart him the full version. After all, the Heaven's Path Spear Art was too fearsome. It would be unparalleled even if he were to just impart a portion of it.

"I..."

Wang Chong had raised this request without harboring much hope. Upon hearing Zhang Xuan agree to it, his entire body trembled in agitation and his eyes reddened.

Experts usually only imparted the moves they created to their children and disciple, never allowing it to leak out. Putting others aside, he was one of them as well. Other than his son, he had never taught anyone else the moves that he had created.

Yet, Apothecary Zhang was willing to impart such a profound move to him so easily. This magnanimity and personality...

"This move is extremely profound, I can't learn it for free..." Hesitating for a moment, Wang Chong said.

Even though the other party was willing to impart him the move, it wasn't appropriate for him to take something without giving anything back in return.

It was just like how one had to send betrothal gifts when marrying other's daughter. How could there be free lunch in this world?

"Apothecary Zhang is lacking gold coins to purchase some pills. I think it would be best for you to pay him some money to serve as the tuition fee!" Ouyang Cheng interjected.

Zhang Xuan had yet to pay him for the pills he had bought in his stead. He knew the other party was definitely looking for a way to earn money to repay him, and since his old friend wished to repay the favor, it was best for him to simply give Zhang Xuan money.

Furthermore, after imparting the battle technique to Wang Chong, Zhang Xuan would be considered as half a teacher to Wang Cong. If Zhang Xuan turned out to be very demanding thereafter, he might be unable to repay this favor and this would put him in a very difficult position.

Putting others aside, what if Zhang Xuan wanted to learn the spear arts Wang Chong had created... Should he teach it to him?

"Alright!"

Understanding the intentions behind his old friend's words, Wang Chong hurriedly nodded his head. He turned around to delegate some tasks to the butler.

Not long later, the butler came in with a stack of bills and passed it over to Zhang Xuan.

"This is the tuition fee. I hope that Apothecary Zhang can accept it. It would be inappropriate for me to learn your spear art for free..."

"Hm?" Zhang Xuan's eyes widened.

Am I dreaming?

I came here to learn spear art, but... why did I become the one teaching... Furthermore, I am even earning money?

However, Zhang Xuan found it hard to reject his money, looking at that stack of bills which was worth at least two million.

Upon keeping the money, Zhang Xuan began to display the technique slowly and explained the concept and workings behind it in detail.

As expected of a spear master, although Wang Chong had not yet achieved Spear Intent, his knowledge of spears had already permeated deep into his bones. With a single demonstration, he had already almost fully grasped the concept. Even though his might was still far from Zhang Xuan's original version, there were no problem with his form and his movements.

"Apothecary Zhang, thank you for imparting me the move!"

Only after learning this move did Wang Chong truly understand how powerful it was. He was astounded by its might. He could already foresee that if he were to continue practicing the skill, in less than a year, he would be able to achieve Spear Intent and grow even stronger.

Regardless of whether he had paid the school fee or not, Zhang Xuan had already become half a teacher to him.

By 'half a teacher', it meant that one had learned a move or two from another person, or had been granted pointers from him.

Since he had already grasped the move, there was no need for Zhang Xuan to remain here. Along with Ouyang Cheng, he bided farewell and left.

"Guild Leader Ouyang, help me keep an eye on those pills. I will claim them from you when the time comes!"

Leaving Spear Master Wang Chong's residence, Zhang Xuan said.

"Rest easy!" Ouyang Cheng nodded his head.

Previously, he simply thought that as long as this young man studied diligently, he could become the first 2-star apothecary of Tianxuan Kingdom. However, such thoughts had vanished altogether from his mind.

From a complete beginner, just by reading two hours of books, he was able to easily create a move that even Wang Chong revered, furthermore achieving Spear Intent... Such a person would surely strike it big and his name would ring across the world.

"Return to the academy!"

The Body Nourishment Medicinal Solution and Meridian Rejuvenation Pill were already in his possession, so he thought that he should pass them over to his students so that they could cultivate even faster.

After bidding Ouyang Cheng farewell, he returned to his classroom swiftly. However, when he arrived, he only saw Wang Ying in the classroom; the rest were absent.

"Where are the others?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

He had been finding all means to help them raise their strength swiftly, yet this bunch of fellows didn't even come for training.

"They... They..."

Not expecting Zhang laoshi to appear at such a moment, Wang Ying was terrified. Cowering backward in fear, she stuttered.

Zhang laoshi had said when he left class yesterday that he would be busy, and he might be unable to make it for lessons for the time being. Why is he back so soon?

"Speak!"

Zhang Xuan's complexion darkened.

In order to awaken their unique constitution and heal their wounds, he went through the trouble of undertaking the apothecary examination and disguised himself as a master teacher. Yet, they were skipping out on lessons. He was truly infuriated.

If he knew that this would happen, he would never have bothered expending such effort on them. Was he giving them dowry?

If students didn’t working hard themselves, no matter how much assistance the teacher provides them, it would still be difficult for them to achieve great heights in the future. After all, rotten mud would just slide down no matter how high you carry them up.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. At the point, Zhang Xuan's face was completely cold.

"Teacher..." Wang Ying shivered.

She had a weak character, and upon seeing Zhang laoshi's rage, she was scared speechless.

Jiyaa!

At this point, the door opened. Before anyone could walk in, a voice echoed, "Wang Ying, hurry up and come. They have started fighting..."

Halfway through his words, the owner of the voice saw the icy-faced Zhang Xuan and the remaining words cluttered in his throats.

"Zhang laoshi..."

The owner of the voice shuddered.

Fatty Yuan Tao.

"Started fighting? Getting someone to help? Did I get you here to cultivate or to fight?" Zhang Xuan's voice was icy.

"I..." Yuan Tao's face paled.

"You have barely learnt a thing or two and you are already out fighting others. Is it that you don't need me as your teacher anymore?"

Truthfully, Zhang Xuan wasn't angry, his heart simple ached.

Even though he hadn't gotten along with these students of his for long, he had already treated them as his closest kin and had worked hard for their sake. Yet, they went out to engage in a group fight, running back to call for backup when they found themselves in a bad position...

He felt frustrated over how they simply had not matured.

"Zhang laoshi, that's not it..." Anxiety appeared on Yuan Tao's plump face.

"That's not it? Then tell me, what does fighting and you calling Wang Ying to help means? If I were to hear of any false words from your mouth today, I will expel you. Don't even dream of calling me teacher ever again!"

Zhang Xuan flung his robe backward furiously.

If these children were not worth grooming, he wouldn't want to waste his effort as well. The most that could happen was for him to lose and leave Tianxuan Kingdom and Hongtian Academy.

With the Library of Heaven's Path in his possession, where else could he not go in this vast world?

The reason why he stayed was because his previous self's longing for this place and his sense of responsibility toward his students.

"It's..." Yuan Tao shivered for a moment before gritting his teeth. "It's like this. Today, the academy is allocating cultivation resources and they said that you are... the worst teacher in the academy, so you don't have any rights to claim it! We felt furious with their words and went over to argue it out with them. As such, a conflict broke out..."

"Allocating cultivation resources?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment before he recalled.

Every month, the academy would allocate cultivation resources to each teacher. The amount of resources a teacher received depended on the amount of students the teacher had, the results of his Teacher Qualification Examination, as well as his overall evaluation.

The teachers could use these resources themselves or to reward the better students in order to encourage them to work harder. Usually, these cultivation resources were allocated by the 【Student Bureau】.

Student Bureau was the department that was responsible for managing and conducting examinations for students, as well as to distribute cultivation resources to the students and teachers.

Zhao Ya had scored within the top ten of the freshmen and did not have to share a dormitory with the others. It was the department which allocated her dormitory to her.

"Bring me over!" Knowing that they were standing up for him, Zhang Xuan felt a surge of warmth in his heart. His rage had also quelled significantly.

Those lads...

"Yes!"

Yuan Tao did not dare to say anything else. He immediately led the way, with Wang Ying also tagging along. The three of them started to walk toward the Student Bureau.

…………………………

Student Bureau.

"The Teacher Guild had already endorsed Zhang laoshi's innocence on the affair, Zhou laoshi, why do you still refuse to allocate the resources belonging to him?"

Zheng Yang glared at the young man before him furiously.

That was a previous student who had become a teacher in the school, Zhou Tian.

"Innocence? Are the documents here? Did they any notify us?" Zhou Tian lifted his eyebrows and a hint of mockery appeared on his face. "Since there's nothing at all, Zhang Xuan remains the worst teacher in the school who scored a zero for his Teacher Qualification Examination. It is a waste to grant him resources. Don't blame me for having not allocated resources to you, blame yourselves for acknowledging the wrong teacher!"

As the ancient saying goes, wealth, peers, teachings, and land. Of which, wealth came first, and from this, it was clear to see how important it was for one's cultivation.

TL: This is a Buddhism term that states the four things one need to achieve enlightenment. Without sufficient wealth, one is unable to immerse himself in his cultivation. Without peers, it is difficult for one to reach great heights. Without teachings, it is likely for one to stray from the correct path. Without a suitable land, it is likely for one to be affected by his surroundings.

This was precisely the reason why Wang Ying hesitated back then when Zhang Xuan said that she might face a shortage of cultivation resources.

Every month, Hongtian Academy would allocate some cultivation resources to its students and teachers. Most of them were low-level pills. Even though it wasn't of much use to the teachers, it was excellent tonic for students who had just started cultivating.

This was the reason why many people were able to improve rapidly.

Today was the day of the allocation, but they were not informed. Naturally, they took the initiative to inquire about the matter.

"Even if the documents from the Teacher Guild had yet to be passed down, I recall that all teachers of Hongtian Academy, regardless of how terrible their results are, as long as they had students, they would qualify to claim the Breath Forging Powder! What rights do you have to not even give that to us?"

Zhao Ya stepped forward.

Breath Forging Powder was the most common cultivation resources used by the lower grade students. It allowed the students in Juxi realm to better sense the spiritual energy in the air.

The Breath Forging Powder couldn't be considered as a pill and even Wen Xue, who hadn't qualified as an apprentice apothecary could make it, thus making it inexpensive. According to the school rules, any teacher with students was entitled to it.

You may be able to find excuses to avoid allocating the expensive cultivation resource to us, but if you refuse to give this to us as well, it would be clear that you are trying to make things difficult for us!

"There's such a rule, but there's also a clause stating that if the students weren't worth grooming, the Student Bureau could choose not to allocate any to the students. You all refused to follow by the Student Bureau's arrangement and made a fuss here. Hence, it is logical that I would reject your request!"

Zhou Tian said arrogantly.

"You..."

Seeing that the other party was determined not to give it to them, Zhao Ya's breathing hastened and her face flushed.

"Why? Are you unsatisfied with my arrangements?"

The corners of Zhou Tian's lips crept up. "If you are not satisfied, that is a 【Student Dueling Platform】 over there. You can challenge my students and if you are able to defeat all of them, not only will I give you the Breath Forging Powder, I can even give you the Breath Forging Bead! Remember, this is a Breath Forging Bead. Weren't you all causing a ruckus demanding for me to give Zhang Xuan his resources? Even though this isn't a true pill, it isn't far from that. It is effective even for Pixue realm experts. An ordinary teacher could only claim one every month. If you dare to take on the challenge and succeed, I will give you all three of it!"

The Student Dueling Platform was one of the means to settle a conflict between students and teachers. Of all methods, it was only second to the 【Teacher Dueling Platform】. The way it operated was simple. As long as the one challenging the teacher was able to defeat all of the students under him, that teacher would have to apologize to the student.

Limitless - Chapter 212: Devil

The beautiful Lin Shi broke into a sneering laughter. "Fiancée? Leng Ao, you really do believe that I will become your fiancée?" she coldly replied.

"Why not?" A smile formed on Leng Ao’s handsome face. "When I had first laid my eyes on you, I immediately fell for you. I swore to myself, that I would not marry anyone else but you! Shi Shi — sorry, Lin Shi, I really do like you. So… could you be gentler towards me? Just a little bit more, alright?"

Lin Shi was indifferent towards his plea. "Absolutely no."

She coldly looked towards Leng Ao and said, "I have previously told Teacher and you that I love someone else. My heart and soul wholly belong to him".

Leng Ao broke into a pained expression, shut his eyes, and sighed deeply.

Suddenly, his eyes flew open, and stared intently at Lin Shi. "I will definitely kill that man!"

"If you dare, I will kill you!" Lin Shi blared.

"In that case…I will willingly do so!" Leng Ao’s tone hinted that it was a joke, and yet his eyes were icy cold. "If I could not be together with the person whom I love, then to die by her hands would be a form of bliss as well."

Lin Shi coldly chuckled. "Can you stop trying to be so romantic? It’s grossing me out. Do you honestly reckon that the things that you had done in the past are unknown to everyone?"

"Those things are in the past. Who wasn’t reckless and foolish when they were young? Lin Shi, can you be sure that the man that you love will be the same forever? That he will never harbour feelings for another woman?" Leng Ao earnestly replied. "I can promise you, that from this day forth, the only lady that I’ll love is you!"

Lin Shi stared at Leng Ao. "You don’t have to promise anything to me, and I don’t need your promise. I do not dare to guarantee that the man I love will be the same forever, nor will he harbour feelings for another woman. However, I can guarantee that I will always have a place in his heart!"

"That’s foolish!" Leng Ao denounced.

Lin Shi coldheartedly replied, "It’s none of your business. Besides, no one can ever replace me in his heart. That’s because…that place solely belongs to me and him."

"That’s really foolish! Is it really worth it to dedicate yourself to a man who may love another woman at any instant?" Leng Ao roared, green with jealousy and his eyes blazing with a crazed fury.

No matter what was said, he is still Lin Shi’s fiancé.

However, the nonchalant words that Lin Shi were about to say, were what infuriated Lin Ao to the point of insanity.

Facing the crazed Leng Ao, Lin Shi gave an indifferent chuckle. "Well, I would be happy with that."

"Sooner or later, I will definitely find this man and cut him alive slowly in front of you." Leng Ao glared, and then stormed out of the room.

Lin Shi, now alone in the room, momentarily burst into tears.

It was at this moment, that the door swung open again. Lin Ao had returned, and coincidentally witnessed her crying. His mouth curled into a gentle smile.

"My precious baby, please don’t cry…I really hate to see women cry," Leng Ao smiled, and walked towards Lin Shi. He had thought of wiping the tears off her face…

"If you dare to step any closer, I will kill you!" Lin Shi screamed.

Suddenly, an aura explosively surged out of her body.

She had actually entered the Supreme Realm! Her body was surging with power, and she almost seemed divine.

Leng Ao froze, and then indifferently chuckled, "Accept your fate! Everything you hold dear will turn to ashes, including your native land. One day, your home will once again be filled with blood! Haha, my love…take good care of your body, for it belongs to me!" Afterwards, he left the room again.

In the room, Lin Shi had stopped crying. Instead, a raging fire filled with hatred erupted within her eyes.

She hated herself for being too young, inexperienced and naïve.

She had entered the Mirror World, met her teacher and thought that she had met the most precious person in her life.

She did not think that her teacher had suspicions over where she had came from.

Previously, she was given a large amount of power. When she was allowed to return home to visit her parents, she was marked with the Sacred Recording Mark.

The methods of the Divine Lord Cultivator were too ingenious!

The road was then discovered by her teacher, and could allow anyone to enter the Solar System, even the Earth!

And yet, this fact was kept hidden by her teacher.

This was until Leng Ao had met her, and chased her crazily even after being rejected.

Her teacher, an almighty Divine Lord Cultivator, had suddenly revealed the truth to her.

She had no prior warning to this sudden revelation.

All of the previous gratitude and sincerity towards her teacher, evaporated at the revelation of the fact.

Even today, Lin Shi would tremble at that thought.

A gentle and almighty person in her eyes…turned out to be a genuine devil.

" You’ve hidden your identity as a human from Earth very well, and it has been ages since any Cultivator from Earth has entered this place. If I were to expose your identity, how would you survive in the Mirror World?"

Lin Shi was extremely shocked upon hearing those words. "Teacher…...what do you intend to do?"

She was unable to imagine how a teacher whom she had treated as her own mother, could say those terrible things.

"You say, if I were to publicly reveal the path that you take to return to the real world, what would happen to your friends and family?"

"Teacher, you...you are a Divine Lord Cultivator!"

"What do you know? The most powerful beings have no need to hide their intentions. I’ll say what I want, and do want I want."

"Teacher, I..."

"I’ll lay down two options for you. First, you will have to marry my son whom loves you endlessly. Marry him, and it will be the best decision that you will make in your life!"

"I can’t agree, I already have someone that I love!"

"Marry him, and you will become my daughter-in-law. I can promise you that I will not betray you, nor reveal the route that you take! Even if there’s a day that we would attack the Solar System, your friends and loved ones will be protected by me."

"Teacher, how could you be like this?"

"If you do not agree, that leaves the other option. Even if I can’t traverse that route, my son Leng Ao easily can. I will collect your memories, let Leng Ao ruthlessly kill all of your loved ones, and then casually act on some opportunities while in the Solar System."

"How could you be so despicable?"

Slap!

"You little wench, remember that I am your teacher and I am a Divine Lord Cultivator. You do not have any power to rebel against my wishes! If you speak to me like that again, you will receive more than a slap. I will allow Leng Ao to utterly dominate you, and then kill all of your loved ones! I’m only showing you mercy because my son loves you! If not, you would have been dead on the day that I had found out about your identity!"

Lin Shi could still vividly recall the expression on her teacher’s face.

That beautiful and polished face, coldly telling her those words.

Not even a shred of emotion!

What a devil!

Whenever Lin Shi thought of that moment, she would always feel a deep sense of terror and hatred.

On the surface, her teacher is the vice-principal of the ranked 33rd Divine Warfare School.

She has a gentle demeanor, had an air of nobility and her power was unfathomable.

In reality, she was an utterly despicable devil!

The cultivators of the Mirror World had always looked down on devils, and took exterminating them as their responsibility.

But in Lin Shi eyes’, the majority of these cultivators are no better than devils! A group of insidious, scheming villains!

She had thought of suicidal, but was warned that her memories could still be retrieved nonetheless.

Also, she had contemplated turning herself into a thoughtless puppet.

Faced against a cunning and strong threat with no countermeasure, Lin Shi helplessly ceded to her teacher’s demands.

Her master threatened her that if this issue was leaked to anyone else, then all of her loved ones will be brutally murdered.

On top of that, she will dispatch a huge army to decimate Earth, her homeland.

But if Lin Shi were to be a truthful and obedient daughter-in-law, then all of these could be avoided.

At times, Lin Shi would feel that was too much of an insult to her dignity. Being a modern woman who grew up on Earth, she was charmed with the notions of strength and independence.

And yet, she was threatened and hopeless against her teacher’s wishes.

Hence, after she saw the man who looked like Chu Yu, she felt uncomfortable.

"I really hope that that person isn’t you.... I hope that you will never know about this case forever" Lin Shi stammered. Though her tears had dried, the sadness in her heart was overwhelming.

The feelings of powerlessness, helplessness and regret are akin to a torrent of sharp blades, hurting her relentlessly.

She is clearly aware that in such circumstances, the decision that she had made is the best for everyone except herself.

However, the pain that she felt was intolerable.

...

The tenth day of the competition.

The Purple Cloud School had already won seventeen matches, without a single loss!

To the Purple Cloud School, this was a record-breaking result!

Out of the seventeen games, the Battle Section had won five.

These five matches were won via the use of Attack Pills.

Even if the adversaries had countermeasures, they were utterly ineffective.

The Pill Refining Section had provided so many different types of Attack Pills, that it was impossible to counter all of them.

For the Pill Refining Section, twelve matches had been completed.

Every match was won by a decisive margin.

From this, the Purple Cloud School’s Pill Refining Section had gained widespread fame and attention.

The Purple Cloud School was akin to a black horse, thrashing the competition and stunning countless people with its amazing results.

The surprise became even more inconceivable after many people started learning more about the school.

Previously, the Purple Cloud School didn’t even have a master.

Without a master, how could there be outstanding students?

Even more amazing, is that the Sky Dazed School were beaten by the Purple Cloud School’s problematic students who had nearly got themselves expelled.

In nearly everyone’s eyes, even the five matches won by the Purple Cloud’s Battle Section were due to the efforts of the Pill Refining Section!

This is the debut of the Attack Pills in the Mirror World’s competition, and had captured the attention of many.

Just like how Chu Yu had expected, there were some who suspected that the Purple Cloud were using the devils’ methods. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

On social media, there were many devil cultivators wanting to rebel.

There was chaos everywhere.

This issue had also attracted the attention of many powerful individuals.

A handful of Divine Lord Cultivators on pill refining have spoken on the matter.

"Do not spout rubbish. Attack Pills have already appeared before in history, but only a small handful of pill refining cultivators could produce such pills. His knowledge is definitely deep, and the breadth of his experiments must be unthinkable.

"However, these Attack Pills are extremely difficult and dangerous to produce, requiring complete mastery. Hence, their existence are not well-documented in history."

"I would not have imagined that they would re-appear again today….and it looks like the refining process has been perfected!"

"That Song Hong from the Purple Cloud School must have perfected the refining technique for these pills."

Although he is not a competitor, Chu Yu had become famous.

Even those from the top-notch schools had set their sights on him.

Limitless - Chapter 211: Rejection

After so many years, everybody knew that the judges for the competition between the unranked schools were students from the Sky Dazed School.

Even though the students were the judges, no one questioned their decisions.

They were students from the top ranked school in the Mirror World, anyone of them could be an influential person in the future.

It was a waste for them to be judges actually.

No one questioned their standards

Everyone was stunned... a Sky Dazed School Pill Refining Section student had admitted that he himself could not answer this question, yet a student from an unranked school could.

How difficult to swallow!

But this Sky Dazed School Pill Refining student remained calm and even looked at Yan Xiaoyu with a thirst of knowledge.

This was extremely admirable. What is class? This is it!

You know what you know and admit what you don’t.

Everyone knew this principle, but people who could face up to this calmly were few and far between. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Up till now, those in the crowd who had some pill refining knowledge were still lost.

They really couldn’t believe that Intoxicated Hades was the right answer.

All of their gazes fell on Yan Xiaoyu.

Yan Xiaoyu looked to Chu Yu. Chu Yu nodded.

Only then did Yan Xiaoyu explain, "Actually, although the Intoxicated Hades is Yin in nature, it actually has a special attribute. In the pill refining process, it can actually replace strongly Yang medicines. The pills refined using this medicine are much stronger than pills refined using most Yang medicine."

　

After she said this, many of the people were stunned, speechless.

This can work?

An Yin medicine can replace strongly Yang medicine?

And refine pills with strong Yang characteristics?

Are you joking?

Everyone was in disbelief.

This was really difficult to comprehend.

　　

However, the judge on stage kept nodding satisfactorily, and even bowed towards Yan Xiaoyu.

"I’ve really learnt something today. Before today, I wasn’t clear that the Intoxicated Hades could be used to replace Yang medicine during pill refining."

This Sky Dazed School pill refining student in admiration and smiled, "Based on your standard, it is such a waste for you to stay in an unranked school. If you are willing, I can recommend you to join the Sky Dazed School."

The entire crowd became silent!

Then erupted into chatter.

What’s going on?

This is a chance to enter the number one ranked school in the Mirror World!

And she got it so easily?

How lucky!

No one believed that anyone would give up such a chance.

Even her teacher may agree to it wholeheartedly and without hesitation!

If one of his students could enter the Sky Dazed School, it would be a huge honor for him as a Sensei!

He could brag about it for centuries!

But, Chu Yu’s expression darkened instantly.

He looked at the Sky Dazed School judge furiously, You’re poaching my students under my nose? How shameless!

Yan Xiaoyu stiffened slightly, then quickly shook her head, "Thank you for your valuation, but I would like to learn from my current Sensei."

Gasp!

The entire crowd erupted.

What a surprise!

Countless people watching the live broadcast were also stunned.

They could not believe their own ears, Did we hear wrongly?

She rejected the offer?

She actually rejected it?

Rejected?

Rejected...

Is she mad?

Rejecting the offer from the number one ranked school?

What kind of sorcery did that Sensei have? Why would his student reject an offer from the best school in the Mirror World?

Even the Ice Lord School competitor looked at Yan Xiaoyu, mouth agape. His eyes were filled with disbelief.

He really could not believe that she rejected the offer.

As for the Purple Cloud School, all their students were smiling.

Yuwen Xiaoxiao said, "What’s so great about the top school? Do they have a Sensei as awesome as Old Song?"

"The best school is pretty impressive, but our Sensei is more impressive!" Wang Yan said, smiling.

Xu Xiaoxian, who was sitting next to Chu Yu, looked at Chu Yu’s expressionless face and thought to herself, What a great actor, why isn’t your expression darkening?

But she was rather shocked by Yan Xiaoyu’s choice.

She rejected the offer?

It seems that this group of students are really loyal towards him!

If that’s the case, one day... these students may really stand with him.

The Sky Dazed School student was also slightly dazed, he asked slowly, "You mean... you’re rejecting the offer?"

"Mm, I’m sorry!" Yan Xiaoyu bowed slightly.

If she hadn’t met Old Song, if she was still in the Wafting Fragrance School, she may be moved by this recruitment.

No, she would definitely be moved!

She may even agree to it on the spot.

Even if she didn’t want to agree, the Wafting Fragrance School would want her to take up the offer.

It may be a pity to lose such a talent, but if it gave them a chance to have relations with the Sky Dazed School, the leadership... would definitely be enthused.

As she thought about it, Yan Xiaoyu began to feel like her initial decision was correct.

She always had some questions in her mind, and she knew Yuwen Xiaoxiao had them too.

What level of knowledge and skills were they learning!

They didn’t think that it was a saint’s technique, because that was too incredulous.

Even if Old Song had a saint’s legacy, he would not impart it to them so easily.

No one would impart such powerful skills so easily.

A powerful skill simply referred to any level of technique in the Divine Lord Realm and above.

However, they began to feel that something was amiss.

Even though they didn’t talk about this, they began to have a suspicion.

To be able to learn from such a sensei was far more important to them than entering the top school in the Mirror World!

The Sky Dazed School student smiled bitterly, "I had overstepped my boundaries! Let us continue..."

In the following rounds, the Ice Lord School’s youth seemed to lose his fighting spirit.

Yan Xiaoyu also displayed her knowledge, guessing all the remaining 10 medicines.

Furthermore, she managed to get most of them after the first hint. Her worst performance was getting the answer after two hints.

This was a landslide victory in Yan Xiaoyu’s favor.

　

But the impact this challenge had far exceeded the result.

News that a student from an unranked school rejected a recruitment offer from the Sky Dazed School spread quickly.

It was almost as if a student from an ordinary school rejected an offer to study at Harvard.

It was unbelievable.

After hearing this, everyone was asking who this lady’s sensei was?

Where did he get his charm from?

No one believed that such a powerful man existed in the unranked schools.

Yan Xiaoyu’s abilities seemed to stem from her immense talent!

However, the spectators, who did not know any better, could not be blamed. Even if they knew that the Purple Cloud School was unbeaten, they would not be particularly surprised.

The Purple Cloud was not the only unbeaten school.

The main competition was yet to begin. When faced with the superior schools, these unranked ones were bound to crumble.

Even so, the name Song Hong was dug up.

Within a night, his name was known to many.

　　...…

Divine Warfare School.

As the 33rd ranked school, the place they stayed in was much better than the unranked school.

The location was completely different.

The Sky Dazed School was too big!

It was like a small country.

The scenery here was exquisite, and it looked almost heavenly!

It was like a paradise on Earth.

Lin Shi sat quietly in her room as she used her messenger to watch news regarding the Purple Cloud School.

Her exquisitely beautiful face revealed her disbelief.

How could it be?

She could see Chu Yu’s photo.

Lin Shi had seen Chu Yu’s disguise as Song Hong.

Even though this man in the picture looked like Song Hong, there were some major differences upon closer inspection.

　

The Song Hong look that Chu Yu had adopted before was slightly older and refined.

To be frank, any sense of Chu Yu’s nerdiness could not be felt.

The man in the picture did not look like someone who loved to read. He was extremely mature and stable, his eyes filled with an animalistic glow!

This is the difference between the Facebook technique and the Human Form Changing Technique, it could fool even those closest to you.

However, how could there be two people so similar in this world?

And they used the same name!

Song Hong!

Pill refining teacher?

The Crane Saint legacy?

Everything was too similar!

Lin Shi felt extremely uncomfortable, her heart filling with worry.

She hoped that this man was him, but at the same time, she hoped that he was not.

Because she did not want him to misunderstand.

"If this is him... then wouldn’t he have seen the news on social media about me?"

"If it really is him, and he saw those news, what can I do?"

Lin Shi’s expression was conflicted, a far cry from the ice queen she was.

At this point, there was a knock on her room door.

A warm and calm voice could be heard, "Shishi, can I come in?"

"No."

　Hearing this voice, Lin Shi’s voice turned icy and she continued, "I’ve told you many times, call me Lin Shi, not Shi Shi!"

"I’m sorry, I will take note next time, can I come in now?" The voice calm and warm.

Lin Shi took a deep breath and switched off the screen from her messenger, "Come in."

The room door opened.

A handsome man dressed in white entered.

This man was tall and extremely handsome. His entire body radiated with a strong icy aura.

However, he seemed to be suppressing this aura of iciness as he smiled at Lin Shi.

"I missed you, so I came over to see you."

"Can you not be so hypocritical?"

Lin Shi looked at him coldly, "I don’t miss you at all, if I could, I wish I never met you."

"Shi Shi..."

"Call me Lin Shi!"

"Okay, Lin Shi, why be like that? You’re already my fiancee. Why won’t you just try to accept me?" The handsome man in white was the Divine Warfare’s School youthful expert, Leng Ao!

Limitless - Chapter 210: How did you guess?

Chu Yu had already considered the situation presented to him by Xu Xiaoxian, but the consequences of following her advice were severe.

Afterall, such attack pills were rare in the Mirror World, and people would not label it as a magical equipment willfully.

　

Chu Yu, who had grown up on Earth all this while, knew that people needed a period of time to accept new information and ideas.

This kind of attack pill was in its nascent stage.

But, due to its power, it could be taken as a devil’s product!

In this world, there were many cases of false truths.

The crowd’s word was gold. Once they decided on something, trouble would come.

Chu Yu may be brash at times, but he was mostly quite the meticulous person. He tended to consider all sides of the argument before making a decision.

As such, he did not agree with Xu Xiaoxian’s advice.

Over the next few days, the Purple Cloud School took part in six more rounds of competition.

They won all six!

In addition to their two victories on their first day, the Purple Cloud’s record of eight wins meant that they were the top amongst all of the unranked schools!

But, they shared this first place with other schools.

There were over 10 schools with victories in all their rounds too.

Today was the Purple Cloud’s ninth round, and it was for the Pill Refining Section.

However, this round was not pill refining, but medicine recognition!

There were over 10 types of medicines, and the judge would give them three phrases as hints.

If the right answer was given only after the first hint, they would be awarded three points; two points were awarded if the right answer was given after two hints; if the right answer was given after three hints, they would be awarded one point.

If the right answer could not be given, then they would be awarded no points.

After all the medicine was named, the school with the highest points would win.

Yan Xiaoyu represented the Purple Cloud in this round.

She read widely since young and was familiar with all sorts of medicines. Furthermore, she had an eidetic memory.

However, when they saw who their opponents were, the Purple Cloud School stiffened.

Their opponents were the Ice Lord School!

They were all pumped up for this match between rivals.

Even though their feud had been suppressed for the time being, the fury in their hearts raged on.

The Ice Lord School’s representative was a youth in his twenties. He looked like a nerd, but more importantly, he gave of an aura of maturity and calmness.

Hired?

The Purple Cloud School frowned when they saw the Ice Lord School’s representative.

However, Yan Xiaoyu was solemn and silent as she waited for the competition to begin.

After this youth took to the stage, he glanced at Yan Xiaoyu and said flatly, "I will smash you with my abilities."

"Haha."

After being with the 12 devilish girls for so long, she had a little bit of their character.

Even though the 12 of them were a lot more mature, the rebelliousness in their bones never faded.

The judge looked at the two contestants, then raised a magical formation!

This was to prevent others from giving them the answers through the Voice Transmission Technique.

After the magical formation was raised, the judge made sure that the two contestants were ready before beginning the competition.

"Quiet." The judge gave the first hint.

The Ice Lord School’s youth smiled faintly, then picked up his pen and wrote down the name of a medicine.

Yan Xiaoyu’s eyebrows danced as she wrote down the name of yet another medicine.

Then, the two of them said in unison, "Done!"

"Are you sure?" The judge was also a student from the Sky Dazed School Pill Refining Section. He was of decent standard and could also tell what medicine this was by the first hint.

But he did not think that the students from unranked schools were so powerful.

"Sure." They said in unison.

"Show me your answer." The judge said flatly.

Then, both their answers were shown on the screen.

The Ice Lord School’s youth had wrote: Quiet Grass.

Yan Xiaoyu wrote Purple Orchid!

Many of those watching could not help but break out in chatter.

"Quiet... is clearly quiet grass!"

"Exactly, how did she manage to get such an easy one wrong, how stupid!"

"It looks like the Purple Cloud School winning streak is coming to an end."

"Haha, for an unranked school in 400th place, such a result is not too bad."

"Exactly, they must have used their best students in the first few rounds. Now, their true standard is finally showing..."

The ones who said these were virtually all Ice Lord School students.

Everyone else from the Purple Cloud School, bar those from the Pill Refining Section, were lost. They had a limited knowledge of medicine.

However, it seemed that the Ice Lord School’s youth’s answer was more correct.

However, Yan Xiaoyu looked extremely confident.

Chu Yu smiled and nodded. These students of his were really good!

If the questions were this simple, the competition would have lost its meaning.

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As someone who had gone through university, Chu Yu knew what the examiners were looking for when setting questions.

He could not say that he knew examiners like the back of his hand, but he understood their mentalities relatively well.

Before this, he had already told his students that those setting the questions would generally not set straightforward questions.

The question may seem simple, but the answer will surprise you.

Else... how can they prove their worth?

Clearly, the judge on the stage, the pill refining school student from the Sky Dazed School looked at Yan Xiaoyu in shock. He announced, "First round, Purple Cloud School, Yan Xiaoyu, victorious!"

The entire crowd erupted.

"Ah? How did this happen?"

"Hahaha, why not?"

"There must be some trickery here? If quiet isn’t Quiet Grass... what could it be?"

　　

After this youth saw that Yan Xiaoyu wrote Purple Orchid, he had contemplated her answer deeply.

When he heard the judge announce Yu Xiaoyu’s victory in the first round, he could not help but laugh bitterly in exasperation.

As someone with a deep understanding of medicine, he had already thought of the result. However, he was slightly astonished that Yan Xiaoyu could get the answer.

This wasn’t just testing a person’s knowledge of medicine, it was also testing a person’s intellect!

He was extremely unwilling to accept the fact that he was less intellectual than his opponent.

The judge looked at the confused looks of the crowd and said faintly, "I will read out the next to phrases, but this will be the only time. This is because I do not want to hear anyone saying that there is trickery."

It was intimidating, but everyone with doubts immediately stopped their discussions.

The judge said, "The second phrase, is Xiantian!"

Everyone spectating who had some knowledge of medicine began to feel enlightened.

The judge continued, "The third phrase is, hollow."

Hollow orchid...

By now, anyone with some understanding of medicine understood.

Purple Orchid.

Quiet, Xiantian, Hollow.

　

Quiet referred to the Purple Orchid’s properties - it could only be found in quiet and pristine places. Xiantian referred to the Xiantian purple gas that existed in this kind of medicine. Of course, it was just incredibly little.

But it was there, and no one would dare say it did not exist.

As for Hollow, that was a clear hint.

Hollow orchid.

　

As a pill refiner, if one could not get the answer by now, it would be embarrassing.

"Second round, first phrase, Strong Yang!" The judge said expressionlessly.

"Strong Yang?"

The Ice Lord School youth and Yan Xiaoyu did not move their pens.

It was very difficult to make a guess from that phrase alone.

This was different from the Purple Orchid and the Quiet Grass. For those types of medicine, there were only a few species. With some intellect, they could guess the answer.

As for Yang medicine, there were countless types.

Based on the phrase Strong Yang... any answer would be a blind guess.

The chances of getting the correct answer were too low.

As such, both did not write any answer.

The student who was the judge nodded subtly, he would not have forged any guess based on this phrase either.

　

There were too many potential answers!

"Does noone want to answer?" He asked.

Seeing that both of them shook their heads, he said, "Good, on to the next phrase! Hell!"

When he had seen this question, this Sky Dazed School pill refining student had gasped internally, What an anal question.

He had felt that there was no guarantee someone could get the correct answer even after the three hints!

　

It was too cold and foreign!

Indeed, after hearing the second phrase, both of them scrunched their eyebrows, deep in thought

However, after a moment of thought, Yan Xiaoyu immediately wrote down an answer.

Everyone was stunned, bar the pill refining students from the Purple Cloud School.

There were a few powerful pill refiners spectating today, but even they could not think of the right answer. They couldn’t believe that a girl from an unranked school could get the answer.

The youth from the Ice Lord School was completely in disbelief.

Yan Xiaoyu’s pen moved around as she wrote and erased.

After a couple of alterations, she raised her hand and said crisply, "Judge, I am done!"

The judge looked at her, "Are you sure? You... only have one chance, if you answer wrongly, you will not have a second chance."

Yan Xiaoyu nodded, "I know."

"Okay then, please show us your answer!" The judge nodded.

Then, Yan Xiaoyu’s answer was shown on the screen.

Intoxicated Hades!

Yan Xiaoyu’s penmanship was great, and it had a feminine character to it. Yet, it had a sort of unrestrained aggressiveness. Despite all of these, it was still extremely neat and pretty!

The two medicines that she erased were rare, and two types of medicine unheard of by many.

When those of age saw the screen and the words Intoxicated Hades, they all began to contemplate.

However, there were people who raised doubts immediately.

"Intoxicated Hades? I heard that this kind of medicine... is Yin in nature, what does it have to do with Strong Yang?"

"Exactly, I’ve seen this medicine in encyclopedias. I still remember that its attributes really don’t have anything to do with Strong Yang."

As for the youth from the Ice Lord School, he smiled, preparing to wait for the third phrase.

Intoxicated Hades does have a close relationship with hell, and it is one of the rare medicines from hell. However, it was Yin in nature, and had no relation to Strong Yang!

As such, he was almost sure that his opponent had got it wrong!

At this point, the judge’s voice rang out, "Intoxicated Hades... is correct!"

Everyone was stunned, unable to believe their ears.

The youth on stage was also stunned. He didn’t think that there was any trickery, but he could not believe that this was the answer!

At this point, the judge glanced at Yan Xiaoyu, "This student here, can you tell me how you got the answer? To be honest, for this question, based on these two hints, I can’t get the answer!"

Hum!

The entire crowd erupted!

Limitless - Chapter 209: Two Victories

This youthful advanced level pill refiner paled as his limbs turned icy. He was in disbelief as he crumpled to the ground. He pointed at Ji Anyun and roared, "You broke the rules! You broke my concentration!"

　　"..."

That was too much!

Everyone was speechless, even the people from the Butterfly School twitched their lips in exasperation.

To be honest, even they felt that he had gone overboard!

Pill refining is all about one’s abilities. If you failed this time, you just lost a round, not the whole world, is it necessary to break down like that?

Furthermore, you were the one who tried to distract others with your car crash like singing!

They just turned back and said that your singing was horrible, yet you have the audacity to scream at them?

Even though they were on different camps and were upset about losing, a loss was a loss!

Everyone could see that this young advanced level pill refiner lost this round because he crumbled after seeing the 64 exquisite pills refined by Ji Anyun.

After the Purple Cloud School people recovered from their shock, they exploded into catcalls.

Even though there weren’t many of them, they were all cultivators, and when they catcalled at the top of their lungs... it was a sight to behold.

The ones watching were not just people from the two schools, there were also people who came over to spectate the competition.

These were all neutral parties and they didn’t prefer one school over the other.

The youthful advanced level pill refiner from the Butterfly School was also too ungraceful in defeat.

As such, these people cheered with the Purple Cloud.

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To be honest, there were some from the Butterfly School who wanted to cheer too, but they suppressed it.

What the hell was this? Really! Where did the school find such a piece of trash?

Hearing the cheers from his surroundings, the youthful advanced level pill refiner paled.

At this point, the Sky Dazed School student who was the judge for the day asked flatly, "Butterfly School representative, do you admit defeat?"

"I... admit defeat!"

This pale faced youth blushed and finally spat out the three words. Then, he turned and walked off the stage.

He could not possibly stay here any longer.

The lips of the student from the Sky Dazed School twitched and his eyes flashed with mockery.

If you can’t take the pressure, why bother being a hired representative? How shameful!

However, he couldn’t be bothered to say such a thing and immediately declared the Purple Cloud School as the victors.

"Purple Cloud School, one win, three points gained!"

Ji Anyun stood calmly on stage as she smiled at the people from the Purple Cloud before bounding off the stage

She came in front of Chu Yu, "Old Song, I didn’t embarrass you did I?"

Chu Yu smiled and nodded, "Good job!"

　

Ji Anyun smiled, then returned to her seat.

A group of Purple Cloud School students came over to congratulate her.

The first battle was a great head start.

Ji Anyun had given the Purple Cloud School an opening gift and this excited everyone.

Chu Yu smiled faintly. Even though he had predicted this before, he was still happy with the result.

He was probably even happier than when he defeated others.

The people from the Butterfly School left, their heads drooped.

This was their only match for the day.

The unranked schools competed based on total points.

Losing a single round was not the end of the world, but they weren’t happy about it.

The Purple Cloud School still had a battle challenge for the day.

They sent a youth, about 18-19 years old.

This youth bunned up his hair, and his eyes were clear and bright. He looked extremely delicate and he wore a green robe. After he went on stage, he stood there silently, awaiting his opponent. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

At this point, the other school arrived.

It seemed like they didn’t really bother with this particular competition. Only seven or eight of them came, and they barely arrived on time.

Another 18-19 year old youth, wearing a black robe and radiating with a valiant aura, took to the stage.

This competition’s judge was also a student from the Sky Dazed School.

He looked at both parties and said, "The competition is a friendly one. Learning is the most important thing here. If you fall off the stage or are unable to retaliate, you will be given a loss. You can use weapons during battle, but try to avoid lethal strikes. However, the blade is blind, so be prepared to bear the consequences once you come on stage!"

As he spoke, he glanced at the two teens, "Are... you both ready?"

Both of them nodded.

"Begin!"

No one really bothered with a competition between two unranked schools.

However, there were more people spectating this round as compared to the pill refining round.

There were more than a thousand spectators.

Some of them were even recording the battle using memory crystals.

There were many cultivators in the Mirror World who could not make it for the championship.

As such, such a broadcast was well received.

However, for a competition like this, those who watched were generally people from both schools.

However, they still made up a significant number.

The Purple Cloud School’s youth cupped his fist, then prepared for battle.

His opponent did the same.

Then, they started to battle.

The two youths were King’s Realm cultivators.

They were equally matched. After a few rounds of testing each other out, they retrieved their best weapons.

They wanted to end the battle quickly.

The opponent offered up a black string.

He bellowed, "Restrain!"

Everyone thought that this was a restraining string, especially since the youth had yelled restrain.

They did not expect that the string would become like an arrow after it was released!

It was like a thrown spear!

It immediately flew towards the Purple Cloud Youth’s forehead.

"How cunning!"

"How shameless!"

"This is too despicable..."

The last statement was said by Chu Yu.

The Purple Cloud School’s youth had a blue shield appear in front of him, then... he threw a pill at his opponent.

"What is that? Why does it look like a pill?"

"Pill? What is that for?"

"Is he trying to gift his opponent a pill?"

"Has he been scared sh*tless... and thought that was a magical equipment?"

Everyone on scene and watching the broadcast were all lost.

At this point, a loud explosion rang out.

　　

Bang!

The opponent was immediately sent flying.

The spear, which was suddenly not controlled, fell to the ground with a clang.

The Purple Cloud School youth’s defensive screen also disappeared. He stood quietly, slightly ashamed.

Since he had sent his opponent flying off the stage, he was victorious.

The judge immediately announced a Purple Cloud School victory.

The Purple Cloud School cheered enthusiastically.

They had gotten two victories for a total of six points.

This was a pretty good result.

All of a sudden, a furious voice was heard, "This is cheating!"

Everyone’s gaze fell on that youth. His face was charred from the explosion and his clothes were also shredded by the blast.

He was also bleeding from multiple places.

Chu Yu had already weakened the Explosive Pill to the lowest power.

He even split them into levels. There were those for King’s Realm cultivators, as well as those for Supreme Realm cultivators.

After all, this was a competition, not a killing contest.

If they blasted their opponents to death, even if the Purple Cloud School could become a superior school, they will be annihilated soon after.

The Sky Dazed School student, who was the judge for that round, asked icily, "Are you questioning the fairness of the competition?"

The youth who had been blasted was speechless. No matter how unwilling he was, he had to accept this fact.

He had been defeated!

How could he use underhand tactics and blame others for doing the same?

He was just extremely unwilling to accept the fact that he had lost. Furthermore, he did not know what his opponent did, thus, he shouted in frustration and angst.

Now that he had calmed down, he could only admit depressingly, "I’ve lost..."

For the first day, the Purple Cloud School had won both their rounds!

Even though the Purple Cloud School had gotten such a result before, this was the first time they got it with such ease!

After the competition, this round of competition made waves on the internet.

There was quite a discussion going on about what exactly the Purple Cloud School student threw.

Many of them played back the recording on their memory crystals and magnified the item to it’s maximum. They all thought that it was a pill.

"There are pill inscriptions!"

"Who amongst us has seen an exploding pill?"

"That’s bullsh*t, how can pills explode? That must be some equipment or product!"

Many people carried on discussing, but the Purple Cloud remained silent on this matter.

This was their secret weapon!

The Purple Cloud School strategy was for the Pill Refining Section to get all the points whilst the Battle Section just did their best!

If they could breeze through this competition and let the pill refining section enter the main competition, that was all they wished for.

After all, even with the Explosive Pill, there were too many schools and there would be one or two extremely talented individuals. When facing those people, victory could not be guaranteed.

Xu Xiaoxian followed Chu Yu back to the Purple Cloud School’s residence. She did not return to her room, opting to come to Chu Yu’s room.

She looked at Chu Yu, "It looks like I underestimated you, a saint’s technique... is really powerful. But, aren’t you afraid that people may devise a defence against it with you showing it so early?"

Chu Yu glanced at her, "There isn’t any saint technique."

"How uninteresting." Xu Xiaoxian sat on the chair, her legs crossed as she looked at Chu Yu seriously, "In order to be a dark horse and shine in this competition, you must not be too soft!"

"What do you mean?" Chu Yu glanced at her.

"If I didn’t guess wrongly, the pills you gave to those students are weakened versions. A true Explosive Pill is not like that. A real Explosive Pill is an attack pill that can seriously injure a True Lord cultivator."

Xu Xiaoxian looked at Chu Yu calmly, "Even if you don’t refine something that powerful and continue with your compassionate methods... you will be countered one day. And they will use a more powerful technique to completely smash your students!"

Chu Yu frowned and glanced at Xu Xiaoxian.

"Then, you all will get the short end of the stick. So, you better raise its power level." Xu Xiaoxian said seriously.