The Name of "Rebel Mortal"

"Rebel Mortal!"

As these two words, filled with endless rebellion and soaring ambition, echoed clearly and loudly in every corner of the mission hall lobby from the mouth of Chu Tianxing, the Vice Dean of the Outer Court, a legendary storm that had already been pushed to its peak finally ushered in its most brilliant and inspiring final crowning!

After a full ten breaths of deathly silence, the entire mission hall lobby was instantly submerged by earth-shattering cheers, erupting like a landslide and tsunami, filled with endless fervor and adoration!

"Rebel Mortal! Rebel Mortal! Rebel Mortal!"

"Heavens! Am I dreaming? The academy... the academy actually broke precedent to establish a brand new class specifically for them, one that surpasses 'Heaven, Earth, Black, Yellow'!"

"With the body of a mortal, to defy and strike at the immortal! Good! What a fitting name, 'Rebel Mortal'! This name is simply... simply tailor-made for them!"

"From today onwards, our Cloud Creek Academy's Outer Court will no longer be an era dominated solely by the Heavenly Martial Society! A new, immortal legend, capable of rivaling the sun and moon, will officially rise from this day forward!"

All the ordinary disciples who had previously felt a flicker of fervent admiration for Lin Xiao due to his wild claims, now found the flame of hope within their hearts, which had been ruthlessly extinguished by harsh reality, reignited once more under Chu Tianxing's final, authoritative announcement!

And it burned even more fiercely and brilliantly than ever before!

They could no longer pay heed to the terrifying pressure emanating from the academy's higher-ups. Like the most fervent followers witnessing their believed deity descend to the mortal realm, they roared with all their might, shouting the immortal designation that was destined to leave an indelible mark on the history of Cloud Creek Academy!

--Rebel Mortal!

Meanwhile.

The core members of the various major forces who had previously gloated and shown disdain towards Lin Xiao and the others were now ashen-faced!

Like old courtiers witnessing the enthronement of a new king, they stared with dull eyes filled with endless fear and despair at the slender figure who was now being worshipped by countless fervent gazes.

Only one thought remained in their hearts.

It's over.

The good days of their respective factions indulging in arrogance and pleasure within the Outer Court of Cloud Creek Academy were likely coming to an end!

Lin Xiao ignored the increasingly fervent cheers that surged around him like a tsunami.

He calmly turned around and bowed deeply, neither servile nor overbearing, towards the Vice Dean of the Outer Court, Chu Tianxing, who was watching him with a face full of relief and admiration, and the group of academy higher-ups behind him with equally complex expressions.

"Student Lin Xiao, on behalf of all members of the 'Rebel Mortal' class, thanks the Vice Dean!"

"Hahaha, good, good, good!" Chu Tianxing's smile deepened upon seeing this. "No need for such formalities! This is the glory that you and your team have earned fair and square with your blood and strength! You are worthy of it!"

With that, he turned around, his majestic eyes slowly sweeping across the thousands of disciples present, who had already quieted considerably due to his appearance. He announced again in a loud, irrefutable voice.

"From today onwards, the 'Rebel Mortal' class will officially be stationed at 'Tingzhu Pavilion', located in the very core of the Outer Court's spiritual veins!"

"The resource allocation and authority level of all its members shall be equivalent to that of the Chief Instructor of the Heaven Class!"

"The daily teaching and cultivation of the class will be personally overseen by this old man!"

Boom!

Chu Tianxing's words struck everyone's hearts like an even more terrifying bombshell than any before!

Tingzhu Pavilion!

That was the legendary cultivation sacred land within the entire Outer Court, possessing the most abundant spiritual energy and the most serene environment!

It was rumored to have been the place of solitary cultivation for a legendary Dean of Cloud Creek Academy who had already ascended to the upper realm! It was usually sealed off, and even the Chief Instructor of the Heaven Class was not qualified to step foot inside!

And now, Chu Tianxing was directly allocating that treasure trove, which could drive anyone mad, to this newly established "Rebel Mortal" class?!

And he would personally teach them?!

This... this was no longer favoritism!

This was clearly nurturing them as future pillars of the academy, investing heavily in them!

"Alright," Chu Tianxing ignored the eyes that were already red with jealousy and envy. He turned to look at Lin Xiao and the group of boys and girls behind him, who were equally stunned, with a gentle smile on his face. "You have just experienced a fierce battle, and you are still injured. You must be tired."

"Follow me first."

"This old man will first take you to see your future new home."

With that, he waved his sleeve, and a gentle yet irresistible surge of power instantly enveloped Lin Xiao and the other fifteen members of the "Rebel Mortal" class.

Then, under the gaze of countless fervent and envious eyes.

Their figures vanished into thin air as if teleporting, disappearing from the already crowded mission hall lobby.

When Lin Xiao's vision recovered, he found himself in a tranquil and poetic paradise.

Beneath his feet was a pristine white path paved with some kind of unknown, warm, and smooth jade.

Beside him was a crystal-clear, emerald lake, where colorful koi fish occasionally swam joyfully.

In the center of the lake stood an exquisite, ancient-style bamboo building filled with Dao Charm.

And surrounding the bamboo building was a vast, boundless expanse of purple bamboo forest, rustling with a pleasant "swish-swish" sound in the wind!

A wave of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, ten times more concentrated and pure than that in the Heaven Class area, enveloped this secluded blessed land like an unresolvable thick fog!

Just breathing a single breath here made Lin Xiao's already dry and depleted meridians feel an unprecedented sense of comfort and nourishment!

This was Tingzhu Pavilion!

"How is it?"

Chu Tianxing stroked his beard, a smile on his face as he looked at the boys and girls who were already stunned into silence by the dreamlike, fairy-tale scenery before them. He had a proud look, as if showing off his treasures to his juniors.

"Are you satisfied with the cultivation environment here?"

"S-satisfied! More than satisfied!"

Before Lin Xiao could even speak, a hearty voice filled with boundless surprise and excitement rang out.

It was Shi Lei.

He had finished dealing with matters at the Disciplinary Hall at some point and had been teleported here by Chu Tianxing's great divine ability along with Monkey and the remaining dozen or so team members.

At this moment, they were like a group of country bumpkins entering a city for the first time, looking around with undisguised awe and constantly exclaiming in utter amazement!

"Hahaha," Chu Tianxing chuckled, his smile deepening. "It's good that you like it."

He slowly withdrew his smile, and a hint of solemnity flashed in his cloudy old eyes.

"Lin Xiao."

"Student is here."

"You have just experienced a brutal battle to the death. Both your bodies and minds have reached the limit of collapse."

"Therefore, starting today, I am giving you a month-long vacation."

"During this month, you will not need to attend any classes or carry out any missions."

"The only thing you need to do is to recuperate and restore yourselves to your peak condition within this 'Tingzhu Pavilion'!"

"At the same time, you must properly digest the immense gains you have made this time, which would make anyone else's eyes turn red with envy!"

"One month later, I will personally come to inspect your cultivation progress."

"By then, I hope to see a completely new 'Rebel Mortal,' one that can truly shake the entire outer courtyard!"

With that, he didn't linger any longer. He nodded approvingly at Lin Xiao, and his figure quietly vanished like a wisp of smoke.

Only the thirty young men and women remained, still immersed in immense happiness and shock, unable to snap out of it for a long time.

And a brand new future filled with infinite opportunities and challenges!

That night.

While all the members of the 'Rebel Mortal' class were in deep cultivation and recovery within the bamboo building, where the spiritual energy was so abundant it could intoxicate anyone, Lin Xiao, their Chief Instructor, did not immediately tend to his own terrifying injuries, which were on the verge of collapse.

He sat alone on the Star Gazing Platform on the top floor of the bamboo building.

He sorted all the spoils of war obtained from the Black Wind Mountain Range and laid them out before him.

The reckoning began!

First were the massive Merit Points, enough to drive any force into madness!

[Mission Reward: Points]

[Storage Bag of Heavenly Martial Society Members Cleared: Points]

[Storage Ring of Wu Tianxiong Cleared: Points]

[Total: Points!]

Looking at the string of terrifying astronomical figures on his Chief Instructor's jade token, long enough to make any normal person suffocate!

Even with Lin Xiao's composure, his usually calm heart couldn't help but clench fiercely!

Nineteen thousand!

A full nineteen thousand Merit Points!

What kind of concept was this?!

Back then, to equip the entire Yellow Class Nine with the most basic cultivation gear, he had emptied almost all his savings, and it only cost him a little over twenty thousand points!

And now, this huge sum in his hand was enough to equip that Yellow Class Nine from head to toe nine times over!

"With this money, let alone doubling the strength of all the members of the 'Rebel Mortal' class within ten days, it's not even a difficult task!"

A brilliant light called "ambition" flickered in Lin Xiao's eyes!

Next, his gaze slowly shifted to the mountains of pills, spirit stones, and various heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

These were also immense fortunes plundered from that group of unlucky "transport teams" from the Heavenly Martial Society!

If their total value were converted into Merit Points, it would likely be a terrifying number no less than a hundred thousand!

Lin Xiao did not hesitate. He directly selected thirty portions of third-grade upper-tier healing sacred medicines and body-strengthening pills, which had the mildest medicinal power and the most significant effects.

He planned to distribute them to Shi Lei and the others after daybreak to help them completely eradicate all hidden injuries and lingering issues from the battle to the death in the shortest possible time!

After doing all this, his gaze finally fell upon the few Profound-Tier cultivation method manuals that emanated powerful spiritual energy fluctuations!

Among them was the Profound Grade Upper Tier Art that Wu Tianxiong relied on for his fame—the Great Sun Burning Heaven Art!

and the Profound Grade Upper Tier Art, the Rushing Thunder Swordplay, which was the "perfect" rating reward for the High-level B-grade Mission!

Without a second thought, Lin Xiao directly stored these two top-tier ultimate skills, which would have caused any outer court disciple to fight tooth and nail for them, into his Storage Bag.

He had no intention of keeping them for himself.

Instead, he planned to thoroughly study both cultivation methods, remove the dross and retain the essence, then simplify and improve them to create a brand-new version most suitable for the members of the "Rebel Mortal" class before imparting it to them.

This was his greatest confidence and advantage, thanks to the "System"!

As for the remaining dozen or so martial arts of Yellow Grade Upper Tier and Profound Grade Lower Tier that he had plundered from other "Heavenly Martial Society" members, he didn't let them go either.

"System! Absorb all these cultivation methods for me! Decompose them! Integrate them into my martial dao database!"

[Ding! Instruction received!]

[Absorbing cultivation methods...]

[Blazing Sun Saber Technique analysis successful! Saber Technique database completeness +0.8%!]

[Gale Sword Art analysis successful! Sword Technique database completeness +0.6%!]

[...]

[Congratulations Host! The martial dao database has successfully recorded over a thousand martial arts of Yellow Grade and above! Bonus experience points awarded: points!]

Listening to the pleasant system prompt that suddenly sounded in his mind, a faint smile finally appeared on Lin Xiao's face, a smile that came from the bottom of his heart.

Ten thousand experience points!

This was truly an unexpected joy!

Coupled with the more than three thousand points of experience he had accumulated in the Black Wind Mountain Range before.

And the five thousand experience points awarded for completing the High-level B-grade Mission.

His total experience points had now reached a terrifying figure of over eighteen thousand points!

Enough for him to do many, many things!

"System!" Lin Xiao no longer hesitated and directly issued the first and most important command since he woke up!

"Consume five thousand experience points! Repair all the damage to my martial dao foundation caused by this battle!"

[Ding! Instruction received! Deducting 5000 experience points!]

[Dao Foundation repair program initiating!]

[Repairing... 1%... 10%... 50%... 100%!]

[Repair complete! Congratulations Host, all hidden injuries have been cleared! Martial dao foundation is as stable as ever!]

"Buzz--!"

As the system prompt fell.

An extremely warm, life-giving, and peculiar warm current suddenly surged from Lin Xiao's limbs and bones!

It instantly flowed throughout his entire body!

He only felt that his meridians and physical body, which were originally riddled with holes and on the verge of collapse from forcibly using "Reversing the Mortal World," were now being nourished by this warm energy, like divine dew, and were rapidly repairing and reorganizing at a terrifying, visible speed, ultimately becoming even tougher and stronger than before he was injured!

That trace of Dao Foundation crack, which could have made any genius despair, was completely smoothed out in an instant!

"Hoo..."

Lin Xiao let out a long breath of turbid air containing a few dark red blood streaks. The slightly pale face finally regained a hint of color.

He could clearly feel that his body had never been this relaxed and powerful before!

However, he did not stop there.

"System! Inject all the remaining experience points into my cultivation realm!"

He wanted to go all out!

To use the sliver of extremely precious martial dao insight gained from this life-and-death struggle with a Half-step Spirit Movement realm expert, along with the abundant resources that would make anyone jealous, to forcefully push his cultivation to a brand-new height!

--Body Refinement Ninth Level!

[Ding! Instruction received! Injecting 13,000 experience points...]

"Boom--!"

A terrifying torrent of energy, ten times larger and purer than the one that repaired his Dao Foundation, exploded like a breached celestial river within his body!

At the same time, Lin Xiao no longer hesitated and frantically stuffed more than a dozen bottles of third-grade upper-tier medicinal herbs for cultivation, which he had long prepared from Wu Tianxiong's Storage Ring, into his mouth like he was eating candy beans!

The two terrifying energies, enough to instantly blow up any ordinary Body Refinement Eighth Level cultivator, fiercely converged and collided within his body, eventually transforming into an unstoppable torrent of advancement!

It fiercely slammed against that solid barrier, which he had touched countless times!

The night passed without incident.

When the first ray of purple energy of the next morning penetrated the clouds and sprinkled upon this tranquil purple bamboo forest.

A powerful aura, far more terrifying and condensed than yesterday, surged from the top floor of the ancient and elegant bamboo building like an ancient dragon that had slept for eons and had just awakened!

Soaring straight into the sky!