Chapter 193: A Clichéd Villain and a Slap in the Face

Chapter 193: A Clichéd Villain and a Slap in the Face

"Wait!"

As soon as the tall and thin young man in the Godwind Academy uniform spoke up, Zhang Peng's heart skipped a beat.

Meanwhile, Su Yun, standing nearby, squinted his eyes slightly upon hearing the young man's words.

From the tone of the young man, he seemed to detect a strange feeling.

"What's going on? Shouldn't my son have been selected?" Zhang Peng's father, seeing the sudden turn of events, froze in surprise. He couldn't understand why the young academy student had abruptly interrupted the old man's selection.

However, the old man didn't show any sign of dissatisfaction with the interruption. Instead, he looked at the young man with a wrinkled face and a fawning expression, "Young Master Liu, do you have something to say?"

As someone who had been in the Godwind Academy for many years before obtaining this position, the old man had naturally done some research on the background of Young Master Liu.

This person's name was Liu Ming, the son of the city lord of Godwind City, Liu Xunfeng. Although he was young, he had already broken through to the Soul Ancestor level early on.

Although he couldn't compare with the top genius Feng Xiaotian in the Godwind Academy, who possessed the Wind Twin-Headed Wolf martial soul, he was still considered a small genius within the academy.

"This person's spirit power is not solid enough. I suspect he has overdrawn his talent to reach this level." Liu Ming pointed at Zhang Peng, his expression full of disdain.

"So this kid overdrew his talent, no wonder he could cultivate to the twentieth level at the age of twelve."

"He's so reckless about joining the Godwind Academy. Even if he can join now, his future prospects are probably not promising."

"But why do I feel like this kid didn't overdraw his talent?"

"I feel the same way."

"Shut up, you two wandering cultivators know nothing? He's a genius from the Godwind Academy and also the young master of Liu City Lord's family. What do you know compared to him?"

"..."

While the crowd whispered to each other, completely ignoring Zhang Peng standing still, his father, seeing more and more people agreeing with Liu Ming's words, immediately stepped forward to refute.

"Nonsense! How could my son possibly overdraw his talent! My son's innate spirit power is at the seventh level, he doesn't need to overdraw his talent!" Zhang Peng's father, seeing that more and more people believed Liu Ming's words, immediately stepped forward to refute.

However, his voice was immediately drowned out by the voices of the crowd.

As someone who had been mingling in the academy for many years, the old man didn't know what had happened, but in an instant, he made an instinctive decision.

"What Young Master Liu said is true. You don't have the qualifications to join our Godwind Academy." The old man waved his hand dismissively at Zhang Peng, indicating for him to leave.

Then, the old man asked the boy standing in front of Zhang Peng, who was inferior to Zhang Peng both in terms of realm and martial soul quality, to fill in his information instead.

The boy standing in front of Zhang Peng had originally assumed that he definitely wouldn't be able to join the Godwind Academy after seeing Zhang Peng's strength, and he was full of disappointment.

Who would have thought that something like this would happen?

The boy immediately filled in his information and rushed into the gate of the Godwind Academy with his registration form, as if afraid that the old man would change his mind.

At this moment, Zhang Peng, who had been standing still, suddenly looked up at the young man, reading a hint of mockery in his eyes.

He knew that the other party was deliberately making things difficult for him.

But he didn't know where he had offended the other party.

Unable to figure this out, Zhang Peng's body suddenly trembled. He turned around and left, returning to his father and Su Yun.

Meanwhile, Liu Ming, watching Zhang Peng turn around obediently, only smiled slightly. He glanced at Zhang Peng and Su Yun, then turned around as well, preparing to return to the academy with the old man in charge of enrollment.

"Hmph! Since your friend said that the Godwind Academy isn't the best choice, then you can go with him."

Some people are like this, narrow-minded. When they hear one or two things that don't suit them, they will use their small power to disgust and ridicule others.

Liu Ming was such a person.

Seeing his son come back without saying a word, Zhang Peng's father was anxious. "Son, why don't you explain!"

"You didn't overdraw your talent!"

"Your dad has been watching you practice diligently from morning till night at this age. You work harder in cultivation than any other soul master your dad has seen at your age!"

"Your spirit power level is grounded!"

"Why don't you refute him?"

Zhang Peng took a deep breath, his small fist clenched under his sleeve. "Dad, do you think my explanation would be useful?"

"The person in charge of enrollment is obviously a fence-sitter, and the academy students are clearly just trying to make things difficult for me. You heard about the background, he's also the son of the city lord."

"He doesn't want me to join the academy, and we have no way to do anything about it."

"If we argue with him, maybe even our Zhang family will end up unlucky."

"It's better to avoid trouble."

Zhang Peng slowly loosened the fist he had clenched tightly, a forced smile on his face. "With my talent, it's not impossible to join other soul master academies."

Seeing his son's appearance, Zhang Peng's father suddenly felt extremely distressed.

His son was right, they couldn't afford to offend the city lord's family!

Facing such a playboy like Liu Ming, no matter what reason he had for messing with them, even if it was just because he didn't like them, or even if he just wanted to beat them up for not pleasing his eyes.

As long as Liu Ming's father said a word, Liu Ming wouldn't dare to do anything.

And if they wanted to seek justice, the result... naturally, there would be no result.

As a businessman, Zhang's father understood the meaning behind his son's words.

Looking at Zhang Peng's seemingly indifferent appearance, Zhang's father suddenly wanted to slap himself hard.

He felt that he was too incompetent, allowing his son to suffer such unfair treatment.

If their Zhang family were a hereditary family of soul masters, how could someone like the son of the city lord dare to treat them so unfairly in public?

"Zhang Peng, do you want to join the Godwind Academy?" Just as Zhang Peng was about to leave with his father, Su Yun's voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

Zhang Peng naturally wanted to, but he looked at Su Yun and said, "Su Yun, I know you may come from a big family and want to help me out of kindness."

"But Liu Ming is the son of the city lord of Godwind City and also a student of the Godwind Academy."

"As the saying goes, a powerful dragon cannot crush a snake in its old haunt. We two are not related, and you don't need to risk offending the city lord of Godwind City and the Godwind Academy to help me."

In Su Yun's soul space, Ah Yin listened to Zhang Peng's words and was somewhat surprised.

She didn't expect that such a young child would be so mature and think so clearly about the pros and cons.

Zhang's father also thought his son's words made sense.

Although he initially wanted his son to see if he could make friends with Su Yun and the forces behind him.

But now that someone really wanted to help them, he felt that he was not qualified enough.

Just inviting someone to dinner and showing them the way would make them offend the city lord of Godwind City and the Godwind Academy?

They couldn't afford to do that.

However, after hearing Zhang Peng's words, Su Yun smiled and said, "If you don't want to, I can also give you another way out."

"Another way out?" Zhang Peng was puzzled.

Su Yun nodded and asked, "Do you want to join the Martial Soul Hall?"

"With your talent, it's not difficult to join the Martial Soul Hall's soul master academy."

Zhang's father and Zhang Peng were both surprised to hear Su Yun's words. "Are you from the Martial Soul Hall?"

Su Yun nodded.

They didn't expect that the force behind Su Yun, who seemed so young, would be the Martial Soul Hall!

Of course, Zhang Peng and his father didn't have any malicious intent towards the Martial Soul Hall either.

As civilian businessmen, they couldn't afford to offend the Martial Soul Hall, the Empire, or the soul master academies.

And Zhang Peng had previously registered for soul master certification at the Martial Soul Hall, so he naturally knew how powerful and extraordinary the Martial Soul Hall was.

"How about it? Do you have any thoughts?" Su Yun looked at Zhang Peng in front of him with interest. From the bottom of his heart, he felt that with Zhang Peng's mentality and talent, reaching the rank of Soul Douluo in the future was absolutely achievable!

If it was about becoming a Soul Saint, it might require a bit of special care or luck with resources.

"I'm willing!" Zhang Peng could now be completely sure that Su Yun's position in the Martial Soul Hall was probably not small.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have promised so easily.

In fact, he could even hear the intention of nurturing from the other party's words.

"Very good. Since you've agreed, let me ask you the second question." Su Yun shifted his gaze to the entrance of the Godwind Academy, falling on the back of the young man named Liu Ming. He smiled and said, "Do you want to see me challenge the academy?"

"Challenge the academy?"

Zhang Peng and his father hadn't figured out the meaning behind Su Yun's words when they suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing past them!

The next moment, a dark shadow flashed from in front of them and shot towards Liu Ming, who was standing at the entrance of the Godwind Academy!

"What is that?!"

"What's going on?"

"What's that thing?"

A group of passersby who had originally planned to leave suddenly noticed the abnormality and immediately stopped.

Meanwhile, the old man and Liu Ming at the entrance of the Godwind Academy had already turned around and were preparing to leave after finishing their business.

Suddenly, the Soul Ancestor old man sensed a presence behind them.

He subconsciously turned his head and saw Su Yun's figure rushing towards them. He shouted, "Young Master Liu, be careful!"

As he spoke, he was ready to release his martial soul to protect Liu Ming.

Although he didn't know Su Yun's intentions, he could tell that Su Yun's target was Liu Ming.

As the son of the city lord of Godwind City, even though the Godwind Academy didn't fear the city lord of Godwind City, the latter was still an official figure of the Tian Dou Empire.

If Liu Xunfeng, the city lord's son, was killed at the entrance of the Godwind Academy, wouldn't the reputation of the Godwind Academy be completely ruined?

However, the old man's speed was still too slow.

Before he could release his martial soul or before Liu Ming could react, Su Yun had already grabbed him by the back of his neck and threw him directly into the crowd in front of the entrance of the Godwind Academy.

The crowd of onlookers, shocked by the scene, were amazed by Su Yun's reckless actions, but at the same time, they all made way for Liu Ming, allowing him to land safely on the ground.

Smack!

Without any surprises, Liu Ming fell flat on his face.

"Who are you?! How dare you act so brazenly in front of our Godwind Academy!" The old man shouted sternly upon seeing Su Yun's young appearance.

Su Yun ignored him and instead smiled at the now-standing Liu Ming.

At this moment, Liu Ming was blinded by rage. He never expected to be sneak attacked and thrown out by a kid, let alone in front of so many commoners!

Where would this leave his face as the son of the city lord?

"You brat! You're looking for death! How dare you attack me! Today, I'll make you understand that no one can mess with the people from the Godwind Academy!"

"Martial Soul Possession!"

Liu Ming roared furiously, instantly releasing his Wind Leopard martial soul!

"Hiss!"

"I heard that the city lord's martial soul is the Wind Leopard, and Liu Ming not only inherited the city lord's martial soul but also underwent a positive mutation, evolving into the Wind Snow Leopard."

"Not only does he possess wind attributes, but he also has the added bonus of ice and snow attributes!"

"No wonder Liu Ming was able to join the Godwind Academy at such a young age. Now it seems he truly has exceptional talent."

"That kid is in trouble. I heard that aside from the members of the Godwind Academy's team, hardly anyone can defeat Liu Ming at the same martial soul level."

Hearing the comments from the surrounding people, Zhang Peng and his father couldn't help but feel anxious for Su Yun.

Zhang Peng had just realized that when Su Yun rushed out, his martial soul level instantly increased to level thirty. He immediately realized that the latter had been hiding his true strength all along.

Presumably, it was in preparation for challenging the academy.

However, Liu Ming was not someone to be trifled with either. His martial soul level was also approaching level thirty.

Moreover, Zhang Peng's Wind Snow Leopard martial soul was a combination of wind and ice attributes, which was extremely effective against weak plant-based martial souls like Blue Silver Grass.

Zhang Peng's gaze fell on Su Yun's face, and he initially felt nervous.

But when he saw the faintly confident smile on Su Yun's face, the tension in his heart inexplicably dissipated.

Zhang Peng couldn't help but feel a sense of doubt: Could Su Yun's strength be more than just at the Soul Ancestor level?!

"Kneel down!"

Liu Ming shouted loudly. With his beast martial soul fused, his muscles tensed up, filled with explosive energy. He suddenly exerted force with his legs, and his whole body shot towards Su Yun like a cannonball, producing a sonic boom-like sound!

The old man on the side saw Liu Ming take action and immediately concluded that Su Yun would definitely be captured. A look of anticipation appeared on his face.

Although he didn't know Su Yun's intentions, he knew that the latter would regret offending Liu Ming today.

After all, Liu Ming's identity and status were not something a poor kid like Su Yun could compare to.

"Your speed is decent, but unfortunately, your strength is lacking!"

However, before the smile on the old man's face could fully bloom, he saw Su Yun commenting while directly kicking out like a thunderstorm. In an instant, he kicked Liu Ming, who was originally aggressive, once again, sending him flying like a kite with a broken string, crashing to the ground with another thud!

Once again, Liu Ming fell flat on his face.

The old man's heart sank instantly!

Could this kid be looking for trouble?!

(End of this chapter)

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