Unfilial Sons, Bell Tones, Wind Music

Today's second update: Chapter 740! 2/3!

After Xu Shao finished speaking, Gongsun Jing held the Dustless Sword level before him, stroking its blade as he grinned at Xu Kun.

"Honestly, the Dragon-Tiger Rankings mean nothing to someone like me, who is about to break through to War King-level!"

"Do you know what I truly care about?"

Xu Kun could not help but look up the long stairs. "The position of Wind Academy champion?"

"Haha, that's right. I've always considered myself outstanding among my peers, but that unfilial bastard Li Taibai—by then, I'd already stayed on at the academy, while he had only just enrolled. I'd even taught a graduating class! That bastard quietly spent four years here, then suddenly rose to prominence, becoming invincible in Wind Academy. After that, he swept through the rankings, climbing one spot every month. I was originally ranked fourteenth, but I only held on for five months before he kicked me down!"

"I thought that, as Wind Academy champion and someone on the Dragon-Tiger Rankings, my photo would hang on the walls of Wind Academy forever. Beneath it would be written: Gongsun Jing, a genius of such-and-such year, graduated with honor as Wind Academy champion and fourteenth on the Dragon-Tiger Rankings. Future Wind Academy students should all take him as their example!"

"But over the past few years, the younger students entering Wind Academy only knew of the peerless Li Taibai. Whenever Gongsun Jing was mentioned, they actually asked: Who's Gongsun Jing?"

"Do you know how others explained it?"

"How?" Xu Kun held back his laughter, genuinely curious.

"Oh, that's the former Wind Academy champion from several classes before Li Taibai. Gongsun Jing, the one surpassed by a junior and trampled underfoot!"

"Fuck, I'm famous throughout Imperial Capital Academy, yet within Wind Academy, I've