Chapter 15: Heiyan Academy's arrogance.

Several days after the end of the Fall Quarters Examinations, class in Qingzhou Academy proceeded back like normal. Qin Yi also teaching back in her class like usual.

However, the situation inside the class changed slightly. Looking at the students inside, Qin Yi spotted one empty chair beside Ye Huang.

"Ye Huang, where is your brother?"

At this time, Ye Huang was looking absentmindedly through the window. Right now, he was thinking about what he should do for the future.

At first, when he was born in this world, he thought of just cultivating. Once in a while, he would try to resolve some of Ye Futian problem that will occur in the future.

However, his mindset changed when he saw what happened to Murong Qiu at the examination. Although the changes at that time helped Ye Futian to not being expelled by the academy like in the original story, Ye Huang still feel some insecurity in his mind.

This insecurity urged him to hasten the progress of his cultivation. Thinking of rising his cultivation, he is already leveling up pretty fast these few days. With the triple state of cultivation, which were him, his Avatar and the Azure Dragon, he is already entered the Six Star Glory Plane.

However, this is still not enough fast for him. Is there any other way?

"... Huang!"

"Ye Huang!!"

Ye Huang was suddenly woken up from his thought by the sound of loud call. Turned to look at Qun Yi, he say, "Ah, sorry Senior Sister Qin. I was not paying attention."

Qin Yi was not surprised with Ye Huang attitude. She have seen him being absent-minded a few times in her class. The good thing about him is that, he outrightly apologize. Other than that, he was usually good at studying in the class. So, she did not really mind his little habit.

"Never mind that. Just now, I was asking you where is Ye Futian?"

"He said he is going to study with his master for some time." Ye Huang replied.

"Master? Did one of the elders took him in as a disciple?"

"How lucky for him to get taught by someone at the level of the elders."

"Hei, Ye Huang. Who is his master?"

The students were curious about who is the master that Ye Futian accepted. There are many masters in the academy. However, there are not that many who are suitable to be his master.

"It was a guess elder of Qingzhou Academy. If you want to know his name, you need to wait for Futian to come to class, and ask him." Ye Huang did not elaborate further.

He knew that Ye Futian is learning under Hua Jieyu's father, Hua Fengliu. He is not going to say this. Otherwise, these students will be erupt with jealousy if they knew it.

Qin Yi no longer asked about Ye Futian. Instead, he asked Ye Huang, "What about you, did you accept any master?"

The other students also curious about this champion. Almost every masters in the academy wanted to take this young Glory Plane cultivator as their disciple.

"Right now, I don't wish to study under any master." The answer astonished everyone in the class. That is a waste of talent. If he studied under a master, he could get to learn some techniques. He also can receive an appropriate sum of resources from a said master.

"You should think about it. Having a master could help you in your cultivation." Qin Yi was also concerned about this young champion.

"Thank you Senior Sister Qin." However, Ye Huang did not think he want to learn under any master in the Qingzhou Academy.

...

After the class is over, Ye Huang decided to train at the mountain again. There are reasons for him to choose the mountains to cultivate.

First of all, he could train in a quiet surrounding in the mountain. Furthermore, the Spiritual Qi in the mountain are a bit denser compared to within the academy. He could absorb more Spiritual Qi here to help him speed up his cultivation.

Other than that, he is trying to check whether he could find any legendary or mythical beast here in the mountain. He is planning on replicating one, especially a mythical beast like Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise, and the White Tiger.

If he could replicate such mythical beast, he predicted that his cultivation will rise exponentially.

However, in these few days cultivating there, he has yet to see or heard of any sighting of a mythical beast.

After cultivating for a couple of hours, he felt that he once again reached the peak of his small realm. It will not be long before he could breakthrough to the Seven Star Glory Plane. Thinking that it was enough for the day, he then headed back to the academy.

Arriving in Qingzhou Academy, he heard a commotion. Many disciples gathered, and moved in the same direction. Ye Huang stopped a disciple and asked, "Excuse me, is there something going on in the academy?"

The disciple showed a surprised look. However, when she saw that it was Ye Huang, her eyes brightened. "Ah, it's you Ye Huang. Nice to meet you."

The girl shook Ye Huang's hand and showed a big smile. Ye Huang was surprised with the sudden hand shake, that he momentarily froze at the place.

"...sorry. Do we know each other?" Ye Huang asked while looking at the hand that still holding his hand.

"Ah. Sorry for that. I was to excited to meet you." The girl let go of her hands. "My name is Su Lingzhu. I am your admirer. I heard your name being mentioned by my father several time. I also saw you in the last examination. You performed really good."

"You overpraised me there Senior." Ye Huang felt somewhat happy inside. There is actually a senior sister in the academy that admire me? But, why did I never heard of such pretty Senior Sister?

"Just call me Sister Lingzhu. Being called Senior make me look too old." Lingzhu showed a look of dejection when she heard Ye Huang call her Senior Sister.

"Sister Lingzhu." Ye Huang complied.

"That's better." She smiled when she heard him call her name. "By the way, how did you know that I am a girl?"

"Uh...what!?" The question made Ye Huang a bit shocked.

"You stopped me and called me Sister."

"I just saw you er...pretty face. And your body...ehem..." Is this answer even right? Ye Huang felt like he was in some kind of pinch.

However, the girl did not show any discomfort when Ye Huang said that. On the other hand, some tears fall on her cheeks.

Ye Huang froze when he saw her tears. Ah, this is not right. "I am sorry for saying such a bad thing." He apologized right away. It will be bad if people saw him causing a maiden to cry in the middle of the street.

"No no. It nothing. It's not your fault." Lingzhu wiped her tears. After calming down a bit, she said, "Thank you."

Ye Huang was unable to comprehend what was going on. He want to say something but lost for words.

"You are the first person that saw me as a girl, and compliment me. Thank you so much." Lingzhu bowed towards Ye Huang.

Ye Huang suddenly thought of something. Did I just stumbled into the legendary girl encounter? Wait, is not that supposed to be the MC who usually have this kind of encounter?

"Can you tell me what happened to you?" the question come out smoothly from Ye Huang's mouth. Oh my God! Did I just asked that?

"Let's not talk about me for now. If we have time, I will tell you what happened to me." Lingzhu looked at the students that was passing by, hurrying towards the academy assembly. "Let go there too."

"What is going on?" Ye Huang followed Lingzhu towards the assembly.

"I heard that strong cultivators from Heiyan City led people from Heiyan Academy here."

Heiyan Academy! They are already coming? Time really go fast. Ye Huang knew who these people are. They came to Qingzhou Academy only to cause trouble.

Heiyan Academy and Qingzhou Academy were natural enemies. Every few years, Heiyan Academy would lead a team of strong cultivators to Qingzhou Academy to provoke Qingzhou Academy. At the same time, they also wanted to find out more about the talents of the younger generation in the city.

They coming to Qingzhou Academy this time is showing that they already nurtured some geniuses in their academy. This is also time for them to show off such geniuses.

In the academy, the lecture hall was made the students assembly place. Arriving there, Ye Huang saw Ye Futian walking in together with Feng Qingxue. He did not care much about them being together. On the other hand, he looked at the people wearing black robes in the lecture hall of the academy.

On their robes, there was a pattern of three flames, which turned into the word "Yan."

The lecturers and students of Qingzhou Academy had all arrived. Even the higher-ups of Qingzhou Academy had been alerted, such that the Headmasters of Qingzhou Academy have to come.

The people of the Heiyan Academy blocked the way outside the lecture hall area. This showed that the people of Heiyan Academy were not polite at all.

At this time people also saw Ye Futian and Feng Qingxue came together. However, they too did not pay too much attention to Ye Futian. After all, there were enemies outside.

They all knew who Heiyan Academy was. It was obvious that they were here to provoke Qingzhou Academy.

"The Headmasters are here." Suddenly, a group of people stepped aside, and a group of people walked into the crowd. It was the important figures from the School of Martial Arts and the School of Sorcery. Their expressions were sharp as they stared at the incoming group of people. A few days ago, when this group of people entered the City of Qingzhou, they already knew about it. Now, they were finally coming to the academy.

Snowflakes danced in the air. Everyone felt a chill, not only from the snow, but also from the group of uninvited guests.

"This is where the lecture hall of Qingzhou Academy is located. Since you have come from afar, why don't we talk somewhere else?" a headmaster walked out and said to the strong cultivators of Heiyan City.

"No need. It won't take long. This place is enough." The leader of the group was a middle-aged man with dark skin. His face was like an eagle's, and his eyes were extremely sharp. His voice was not polite at all.

"Please enlighten us," Leng Qingfeng, the Cabinet Master of the House of Swordsmen, said coldly.

"It's been a few years since I last came to Qingzhou Academy. In the past few years, another group of young talents has appeared in Heiyan Academy. They've always wanted to interact with the outside world, so I brought them here today to broaden their horizons and see the geniuses of the holy lands of Qingzhou City." The middle-aged man spoke softly. Then, he glanced at the youths standing behind him and said, "Before coming here, all of you said that you wanted to broaden your horizons. Now that I've brought you here, whoever has any thoughts, please step forward."

The youths were all under the age of 18. The youngest was only 13 or 14, but they all had sharp eyes. They stared at the students of Qingzhou Academy with disdain.

"How arrogant." The students of Qingzhou Academy had cold expressions on their faces. They were all eager to teach these guys a lesson.

A young man about 16 years old walked out from the Heiyan Academy's camp. He was tall and thin, with a handsome face. He looked like an ordinary scholar.

"Mu Jiang of Heiyan Academy, Ninth stage of Awakening Plane, Unmaker Plane. Please enlighten me." The young man was very polite. However, some people could feel his arrogance.

Among the crowd of Qingzhou Academy, a figure walked out.

"Qiu Yan, Ninth Awakening Plane." the young man said calmly. Qiu Yan had performed well in the Spring Quarter Examination this year and became an official disciple of Qingzhou Academy. Just last year, he was still a famous figure among the outer sect disciples. Many people were looking forward to it.

"Please." Mu Jiang nodded slightly. Qiu Yan's body flashed. He was very fast, and strong martial intent flowed around his body. At the same time, there was a faint flame light surrounding his body.

Mu Jiang was as steady as a mountain. He stood there quietly and watched his opponent get closer.

Seeing that he was getting closer to his opponent, Qiu Yan's fire-elemental Spiritual Qi became violent. It gathered fiercely and turned into a small lotus. However, the fire-elemental Spiritual Qi contained in the lotus made the surrounding air sizzle.

The dancing snowflakes in the air suddenly wrapped around Mu Jiang's body. His body was instantly covered with a layer of white snow, as if it was filled with frost.

When Qiu Yan's attack landed, the fire-elemental Spiritual Qi in the air seemed to resonate. The fire-elemental lotus suddenly exploded and turned into engulfing fire. In an instant, Mu Jiang's body was buried in a huge sea of fire. This scene made the disciples of Qingzhou Academy excited.

But they didn't even have the time to feel complacent when they saw a terrifying coldness emanating from Mu Jiang's body. That coldness seemed to have isolated the flames, and after that, the crowd saw Qiu Yan's arm slowly being sealed in ice and stiffening there.