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"Why are you grinning? This is a grave matter!" the Princ.i.p.al frowned.
He couldn"t help but to feel a little bit exasperated looking at the other party"s grinning face!
Is this fella right on his head?
"I have an idea. But before that though, a single question still lingers on my mind. Wouldn"t it be far more simpler if the Nascent soul realm experts are take things into their own hands?" Duan Li said.
The Vice-Princ.i.p.al shook his head.
"Things are not that simple. In the Empire, there are many hidden influences that requires us, the loyalist faction of the Emperor, to suppress them by just staying put here in the capital. If even we are to head out, who knows what sorts of problems they might cause." he said.
"That"s right. Furthermore, there aren"t many Nascent soul realm experts that the Empire could freely command. Even if we include all the Senior Teachers in the academy which are all in the Nascent soul realm level, most of them belongs to many other factions or clans and they have their own precedence to prioritize for." the Princ.i.p.al chimed in.
Duan Li nodded in realization.
"But enough of that, what is this plan of yours?" he said growing impatient.
Duan Li scratched the back of his head, "Princ.i.p.al, I am quite confident that I could reduce the number of the monsters by a few thousand.."
Pu!
The Princ.i.p.al almost had the urge to jump out from the window when he heard this.
This brat! Isn"t he getting way over himself now?
"I"ve seen what you can do before, but even if you are already at the Pinnacle stage of the Foundation establishment realm, and are several times more stronger than before, there is no way you could just head out there alone to test yourself!" the Princ.i.p.al bellowed.
One-man army against a wave of 50,000 monsters?
Who do you think you are? Some kind of an Immortal hero?
Well technically you are, but that"s only legitimate a few years later!
If you were to accidentally die over there, what will I have to say to the Emperor?!
Surprised by the Princ.i.p.al"s sudden temper, Duan Li couldn"t help but to shirk his head to his body a little bit.
"C-calm down.. It"s not like I"m going to fight to the death.. I will just slay a few of them myself and then will retreat if things gets too difficult.." Duan Li said.
"No means no!" the Princ.i.p.al decisively answered.
Wengg!
A whip appeared on his hand.
Seeing this whip, Duan Li"s natural reflexes had him skidding quickly to the back of the Vice-Princ.i.p.al to hide.
That over there is the weapon of a demon!
"Wait.. his idea sounds quite amusing." the Vice-Princ.i.p.al said as he sipped down his tea casually.
"No, we shouldn"t let him indulge in such ideas, the stampede this time around has too many unaccounted variables that it would be dangerous if he head out there alone just to prove himself!" the Princ.i.p.al immediately refuted.
"I know of what you are concerned about, but did you forget? The Emperor has gifted him the Imperial Nine-Six Summon talisman himself. That single talisman had the ability to teleport both the Emperor and the Supreme Knight together in the blink of an eye. Against them, even eliminating 10,000 monsters wouldn"t be an issue at all, much less escaping." the Vice-Princ.i.p.al reminded at which Duan Li quickly nodded to this.
That was also his plan all along if the situation turned to be too messy for him.
"Yeah! Besides, I have some other items that could protect my life too, such as that wooden treasure box that could morph into anything, the jade wrist with spatial barrier that the Emperor gave me, and the three Guardian Knight puppets! I can do this..!" Duan Li said continuously, trying to convince the other party.
"T-This.. fine! But Zhang shi, you will take responsibility for this!" the Princ.i.p.al finally relented as he stared at the latter.
"No problem." the Vice-Princ.i.p.al casually replied, after which he whipped out several items from his spatial ring.
First, was a map. Drawing red lines onto that map, he explained the fastest route that Duan Li should take.
Next, was a twin white jade known as the jade beacon. The idea behind this twin jade is simple, as the name implies, it can be used to track the location of each other by casting one"s soul sense into it. In addition, they could also see the surrounding of the other jade, which would be effective to know of Duan Li"s situation anytime.
Third, was a manual book called Sparrow Footwork Formula. This was a movement skill art which would allow Duan Li to increase his speed by burning excessive spiritual Qi at the rate of 1:10. The skill would be quite easy for Duan Li to learn but is extremely demanding as well in terms of spiritual Qi consumption.
"Take them, and this movement skill art should allow you to retreat easily if the need arise. But, destroy that manual book once you studied it. It"s one of the secret arts from my clan, so I wouldn"t want others to learn of it." he said.
"This.. Thank you Vice-Princ.i.p.al!" not expecting the other party to impart him an important skill art just like that, Duan Li was filled with grat.i.tude towards the latter.
The Vice-Princ.i.p.al waved his hand casually, "Its nothing, just make sure to arrive back safely here by midnight and let the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Squad handle the rest tomorrow. You just do what you can and then retreat."
Soon after, Duan Li finally left the Princ.i.p.al"s office in a happy mood as he couldn"t wait to immediately set course to his destination.
"Are you sure about this?" the Princ.i.p.al asked with concern.
"Don"t worry, he is the chosen one after all." the Vice-Princ.i.p.al chuckled as he replied and then continued to sip down his tea.
If even he could not make it, then our quest to change our fate would be laughable and nothing more than a pipe dream..
...
Duan Li left the academy through another gate that requires a special token to exit, which the Princ.i.p.al conveniently gave him beforehand.
Currently, he was on the move to the express Airtrain station on the North of the capital.
"Duergar the sword should be inside "that" room within my dantian along with the others. I should call him out."
Weengg!!
A sword-shaped earring materialized as it dangled on his right earlobe.
"Eh, Young Master? Why did you call me.. We were having fun at card games.." the sword complained.
"Oh? You"ve finally grown a pair of big b.a.l.l.s that gave you the guts to question me now?" Duan Li replied with narrowed eyes.
For this sword of his, Duan Li had to exert his dominance over it. Otherwise, it"s c.o.c.ky personality would resurface once more.
Seeming to realize this, the sword sweated as it quickly apologized.
"F-Forgive me Young Master! I have truly misspoken this time around!"
"You"d better, otherwise don"t blame me for going overboard, hmph!" Duan Li snorted as he replied menacingly which caused the sword to shirk even further.
"Anyway, we will be heading to the battlefield soon, you should prepare yourself!"
Hearing this, the sword quickly became happy.
"Battlefield? HAHA! It"s been such a long time since I"ve been to one that my metals began to rust! What are we fighting against Young Master?" the sword asked energetically.
"Oh, its nothing worth mentioning for your caliber, we will just be fighting against 50,000 One Star monster stampede, it should be a breeze for you." Duan Li replied casually with an indifferent expression, but inwardly he was laughing hard!
Although this sword of his was undoubtedly a supreme existence that had unparalleled might in the past, or so it claimed to be, it also had a cowardly personality somehow.
And as expected, the sword froze after hearing that they would have to fight against 50,000 monsters!
Cough! Cough!
"Young Master, can I get a sick leave today? I"m not feeling so good.. must be because of the tea that Dilong made for me just now.. d.a.m.n that Earth dragon! How dare she do this to me!" the sword bellowed out, trying to act angry.
"Eh? Don"t tell me that you can"t handle some puny monsters and are trying to hide in safety?" Duan Li said teasingly.
Hearing that, the sword"s ego made a refutement on reflex.
"Hah! Me, afraid against some meager insignificant ants? Even if the Primordial dragon ancestor himself were to descend down to this mortal realm to wreak havoc, I would still have stood tall to cut at its genital to feed at the fishes!"
Duan Li chuckled as he replied sarcastically, "Oh? You sure are quite dependable! That"s a very good battle spirit you"ve got there. I"m expecting great things from you later on, do not disappoint me!"
The sword cried.
d.a.m.n it.. my stupid mouth!
...
Duan Li soon boarded the express Airtrain and it would take him roughly an hour to arrive at his destination, just before evening.
He did not bring any of his followers along because if things comes to worse, it would be difficult for him to retreat while taking care of others.
Besides, he was just trying to see on how strong he had become and this monster stampede would be a way for him to let loose completely without others obstructing him.
...
After an hour of Duan Li"s departure at the Princ.i.p.al"s office..
"Look, he already boarded off the Airtrain, from here on out, it should take him another hour to arrive at the border." the Princ.i.p.al said as the rest nodded.
The Princ.i.p.al, Vice-Princ.i.p.al, w.a.n.g Guozhi and Ling Yu were currently casting their soul sense onto the jade beacon to observe Duan Li when someone suddenly came knocking.
Knock! Knock!
A teacher came in and he was surprised to see what they were doing.
"What is it? If it"s not important, don"t disturb us and tell me tomorrow morning!" the Princ.i.p.al said with a frown.
What audacity to just barged in without my permission!
"Pardon me Princ.i.p.al, but a lady just came by the Academy entrance gate a few minutes ago.. she goes by the name of Meng Yue and wanted to meet you. She was adamant about it.. so I had to inform you.." the teacher said apologetically.
Hearing this, everyone"s heart almost stopped beating as they turned their head towards the Vice-Princ.i.p.al slowly.
Well..
Sh*t.
...