Chapter 30 - Provocation
Back at the freshman area, Lin Haoxue and Shen Molian who had just returned immediately got attention from the other students.
One one hand the beauty of Lin Haoxue and Shen Molian naturally attracted the attention of everyone while, on the other hand, these students who wanted to go up to them were merely Profound Pract.i.tioners so they felt pressured while being close to these two. It was obvious that this was the pressure of facing a cultivator of a higher realm. Through the amount of pressure they felt, they could tell that they hadn"t been exceed by a small amount either.
What made them so fearful was that Lin Haoxue had been merely a Profound Pract.i.tioner realm cultivator two months ago, and now just the aura she let out pressured them! How could they not notice such an obvious change?
Naturely, Lin Haoxue and Shen Molian aroused a surge of surprise and comments.
As for all these things that happened just now, the two of them didn"t notice.
"Wow, unexpectedly, our room is still very clean and there"s not even any dust." Lin Haoxue found that her room was still as clean as when they left, and she felt that this was a bit odd.
"Why is that surprising? It"s because of the Spirit Gathering Incantation Array"s dense spirit Qi. So of course there wouldn"t be any dust." Shen Molian explained.
"Spirit Qi? Spirit Gathering Incantation Array?" Hearing these words, Lin Haoxue again looked at her surroundings. Suddenly, Lin Haoxue looked at Shen Molian with a calculating look and said, "Don"t you think the density of spirit Qi here is a little low?"
"Yes, I think so too." Even though Shen Molian"s face remained calm, Lin Haoxue knew that Shen Molian understood what she meant.
"I knew it, you want to change rooms to another area, right?" Lin Haoxue laughed but at the same time didn"t know where they should move to. She said, "Where should we move to?"
"Don"t tell me that you merely want to switch to the advanced cla.s.s!" Shen Molian gave a glance at her but remained calm.
"You really are the only one who knows me. We should at least switch to the superior cla.s.s as its better than the advanced one."
"The superior cla.s.s? Hardly, hardly." Shen Molian remained indifferent, but the words which came out from her mouth were so brash!
"Alright, alright! I know that you"ll only settle for the best, however we don"t really have a choice except to just join the superior cla.s.s.
Lin Haoxue laughed and Shen Molian smiled faintly. Even though they were messing around with each other, they already made up their mind to switch to another dorm.
Profound Pract.i.tioner Academy had four cla.s.ses, which were the beginner cla.s.s, the intermediate cla.s.s, the advanced cla.s.s, and the superior cla.s.s. Students in the superior cla.s.s had access to the densest spirit Qi in the academy. Furthermore, each person in this cla.s.s were issued their own courtyard and it was the most comfortable residence one could get in the entire academy.
Without a doubt, the superior cla.s.s had the least amount of students, but their strength was by far the strongest. So far there were only ten students in the superior cla.s.s. These ten people were not only the strong ones at the Profound Ancestor realm, but they also often went out to train and gain experience. Since they had experienced many battles, one couldn"t underestimate their combat abilities.
Lin Haoxue and Shen Molian were merely at the Profound Grand Master realm, so account to common sense they shouldn"t be able to enter the superior cla.s.s. However, the academy had a rule that those at the Profound Grand Master realm could get in the superior cla.s.s if they won a realm-surpa.s.sing challenge. How it worked was if a Profound Grand Master student could beat a Profound Ancestor, then they had the right to take their courtyard from them.
Even though this rule had always been present, the difference between these two realms were simply too great a gap to span. n.o.body would dare to make such a challenge.
There were three major bottlenecks cultivators encountered. The first was the boundary that separated the Profound Grand Master realm and the Profound Ancestor realm; the second one bottleneck was the boundary between the Profound Spirit realm and the Profound Saint realm. As for the third one it was said to be the most difficult of all was crossing the boundary from the Profound Saint realm into the Profound Immortal realm.
However, just because everyone else didn"t dare to challenge those Profound Ancestors, didn"t mean that these two would hold back.
Since Lin Haoxue and Shen Molian wanted the dense spirit power the superior cla.s.s had, they naturally thought of this almost forgotten rule, the realm-surpa.s.sing challenge.
Shen Molian and Lin Haoxue were both the kind of people that pa.s.sed by like thunder and moved with the wind concerning their amazing efficiency at handling things. After half an hour, they discovered the list of students from the superior cla.s.s, and they were ranked from strong to weak.
The top student of the superior cla.s.s was Shen Hao. He had water elemental profound veins and was a Late-stage Profound Ancestor. He was especially skilled at ice attacks.
The second ranked student was Bai Liyi. He had wind elemental profound veins, and was also a Late-stage Profound Ancestor. He was known for being as lithe as a swallow.
The third ranked was Ji Xiong. He had earth elemental profound veins and was a Late-stage Profound Ancestor. He was extremely good at defense.
Fourth ranked was Qiao Mengrong. She had thunder profound veins and was a Middle-stage Profound Ancestor. She was known for being quite frantic and sudden with her attacks.
Wu Shiyue was ranked fifth. He had the very rare gold profound veins. He was a Middle-stage Profound Ancestor and was very good at attacking. His attacks were always sharp and on point.
The sixth one was Mu Xingzhe...
"I chose Wu Shiyue." Lin Haoxue said as she was reading the list. When she saw the fifth ranked Wu Shiyue, she immediately chose him and stop reading.
Wu Shiyue was the genius from the Wu family which was one of the three biggest families of Taixing town. He was the only son of Wu Haiping, the head of the Wu family. Furthermore, he was the cousin of Wu Cuo, Wu Gang, and Wu Ling who had bullied Lin Haoxue before. Wu Shiyue was the Wu family"s pride, therefore, for them, Wu Shiyue was definitely destined to enter the Saint Emperor Academy.
The reason why she chose to challenge Wu Shiyue was definitely for his courtyard, but it was also to rein in the Wu family"s arrogance at the academy and in Taixing town.
"Wu Shiyue? Not a bad choice." Shen Molian remembered that the person Lin Haoxue met at the entrance of the dorm was Wu Cuo. Therefore, she knew that Lin Haoxue had hatred for the Wu family. Even though she didn"t fully agree that Lin Haoxue needed to waste time fighting those useless people as just being a.s.sociated with her would be enough to suppress their arrogance. But despite her opinion, he wasn"t a bad choice.
"I"ll take the first one Shen Hao. The number one should be quite challenging." Shen Molian didn"t think much of it as she pressed her finger down on the first name on the list.
"Unfortunately, Shen Hao is currently out gaining experience and so he isn"t at the academy. Unless you want to wait?"
"Wait?" Shen Molian hesitated for a bit, and said, "Forget it. I"ll just fight the second ranked, Bai Liyi."
"Ok!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Let"s go!"
After a short while, both of them showed up at the area where the superior cla.s.s was.
Even though there were only ten people in the superior cla.s.s, the size of the area allotted to them wasn"t smaller than the beginner cla.s.s at all. Furthermore, the density of spirit power here was many times greater than elsewhere in the academy, but the most important point was that even though each courtyard was very big the spirit power didn"t scatter. The Spirit Gathering Incantation Array for these courtyards probably exceeded the third level.
The ten superior courtyards were all placed in a row and the middle-most one contained the most dense spirit power; therefore, it should be Shen Hao"s residence, the strongest student who lived here. The two sides of Shen Hao"s courtyard were the second and the third strongest students. And the third courtyard on the right side of Shen Hao"s courtyard belonged to the fifth strongest person, Wu Shuyue.
"Shuyue residence?"
Lin Haoxue raised her head to look at this residence nameplate. The nameplate was made with pure gold and the words written on it were written with an extremely valuable spirit beast"s blood. Therefore, it would cause some low-level Profound Pract.i.tioners to be mentally pressured. Everything it showed on this nameplate was nothing but the manifestation of the master"s luxuriousness and arrogance.
"Bang."
Lin Haoxue focused her eyes, jumped up suddenly, and swung out her fist. In a moment she had already smashed the nameplate and it was now laying on the ground in pieces. Taking a look at her fist, she felt a sense of satisfaction. It seemed like the pain she suffered in the Demon Beast Forest had greatly improved her physical strength.
"Such audacity, how dare you smash brother Wu"s things?" Along with this loud voice, a young man in white shirt walked out from the courtyard and behind him was a young man in a blue shirt.
Even though each residence for the superior cla.s.s was for one person, but as the master of the dwelling you had the right to have servants as well. Now this young man in white and the one in blue were obviously Wu Shiyue"s servants.
"That"s right, I literally smashed his nameplate. What do you want?" Lin Haoxue respond coldly.
"You——" The young man in white didn"t seem to see this coming, and thought that Lin Haoxue was crazy. When he was about to run toward her, he was stopped by the young man in blue. The young man in white didn"t say anything but stopped and one could tell that he respected this youngster in blue.
"Who are you?" The young man in blue seemed more calmed. After he stopped the impulsive young man in white, he frowned and looked at Lin Haoxue. He found out that even though Lin Haoxue was merely at the Profound Grand Master realm, somehow he still felt danger from her.
"Lin Haoxue!"
Who was that? The two young men took a look at each other and nodded their heads to show that they had never heard of this person.
"Wu Shiyue, I"ve already taken a look at your courtyard, it will suffice. So please get the h.e.l.l out of my house." Lin Haoxue didn"t give a d.a.m.n about these two people. When she spoke, she didn"t say anything loudly, yet she used her profound power so it spread out quite far. Not only did Wu Shiyue hear it, but also the students from other cla.s.ses as well.
Wu Shiyue? Wasn"t he a highly ranked Profound Ancestor realm cultivator? He was someone of the superior cla.s.s! Who was Lin Haoxue? How dare she challenge him?
"You want me to get the h.e.l.l out of here… With just your strength alone?"
Hearing his voice which was filled with anger, Lin Haoxue felt a bit dizzy as a young man with a golden shirt came out from the house. It was easy to see that he was pretty handsome, but just his arrogance would make anyone dislike him.
"Yes, just me." Lin Haoxue coldly looked at this young man and thought that even though he looked angry, she would still show some respect toward him. Her instincts told her that Wu Shiyue"s reputation wasn"t undeserved.
"You said you"re Lin Haoxue, so your from the Lin family then?" Seeing Lin Haoxue was so young, but still had such an outstanding appearance, Wu Shiyue suddenly thought of something.
"Right."
"How dare people from the Lin family be so insolent? Since you"re acting this way, don"t blame me for not being lenient. I"ll have to teach you that you shouldn"t challenge a senior"s dignity.