Return to the Academy

Return to the Academy

Three days later, outside Peace Town of Jia Nan Academy.

A young man was walking toward Peace Town. Judging by his appearance, it was none other than Xiao Ling.

When Peace Town came into view, Xiao Ling let out a long breath. The nerves he had kept taut these past few days finally relaxed somewhat.

The past few days had not been easy for Xiao Ling. On his way back, he often encountered people who came to assassinate or rob him. He had not dared relax for even a moment, and the quality of his rest had been terrible.

Shaking his head, he thought that his strength was still too weak. If he were a Dou Huang or Dou Wang, he could swagger through places like these.

He touched the dozens of Storage Rings in his pocket and could not help smiling. To ensure his safety, he had not sorted through any of them yet. He muttered to himself, "Though Da Dou Shi and Dou Shi probably do not have much wealth, with this many, there should be some good stuff. It feels like opening blind boxes."

No longer thinking about such random things, Xiao Ling circulated his Dou Qi and sprinted toward the gates of Peace Town.

There were quite a few travelers on this yellow dirt road. These people had clearly come from the Black Corner Region, and they carried the fierce, vicious aura Xiao Ling was familiar with. They had obviously been tempered through brutal struggles in the Black Corner Region.

However, no matter how ruthless these people were, within a hundred li of Jia Nan Academy, they could only keep their tempers in check.

Looking at these passersby, whose expressions had become rather strange from trying so hard to conceal the killing intent in their hearts,

Xiao Ling sighed inwardly. Jia Nan Academy's lingering prestige remains. No one around here dares act recklessly. Shaking his head, he paid them no further attention.

Following the yellow dirt road lined with lush trees, Xiao Ling enjoyed the rare tranquility of the Black Corner Region as he slowly approached the small town.

After running for several minutes, Xiao Ling stopped at the town entrance and looked up at the plaque above the gate. Its name was plain and vulgar; if it were in the Black Corner Region, it would surely be torn down the very next day.

"Peace Town." This was the first town one entered upon leaving the Black Corner Region and arriving near Jia Nan Academy!

Glancing at the crowds beside the Death Spirit Tree, marveling at the corpses of Dou Huangs and Dou Wangs, Xiao Ling stepped into Peace Town.

The moment he entered the town, Xiao Ling saw a middle-aged man leading over a dozen young men and women dressed in light-blue robes as they recorded the identity information of those who had just entered Peace Town.

Xiao Ling also saw that after many passersby reported their information, they were given a pale red medicinal pill.

However, those passersby seemed extremely unwilling to swallow it.

The middle-aged man leading them merely sneered. "Anyone entering Peace Town must report their identity, name, and so on. Otherwise, you will be expelled immediately."

"Besides that, you must swallow a pill refined by the academy's Alchemy Department that can detect killing intent. Rest assured, it is not poison. If you harbor murderous intent within the town, the pill will emit a red glow from within your body. Our Law Enforcement Team will follow that glow to find you. You should also know how Jia Nan Academy deals with those who bring the ways of the Black Corner Region here... When you intend to leave the town, you may collect the antidote from the antidote distribution point in the town center. But once you receive it, a Law Enforcement Team will supervise you all the way out of town."

"If you refuse to take the pill, you may leave now."

After explaining the rules, the middle-aged man at the head no longer paid any attention to the resistant passersby.

After all, Peace Town was not a place where these people could run wild. Jia Nan Academy was not afraid of the people from the Black Corner Region coming to provoke them. The corpses hanging on the Death Spirit Tree beside them were proof of the consequences.

Not far from the town gate stood a large tree, its canopy hung with corpse after corpse. Some had already dried out, while others were still fresh. Whenever the breeze passed through the treetops, it made the bodies creak in a horrifying manner.

The Death Spirit Tree's reputation had almost reached a level that terrified people at the mere mention of its name. Many people who had spent years in the Black Corner Region would never forget that deadly battle between the Black Corner Region and Jia Nan Academy.

Few people still investigated the exact cause of that bloody battle, but everyone knew that afterward, the corpses of two Dou Wangs and one Dou Huang were hung from this Death Spirit Tree in an almost cruel fashion.

Since then, no expert from the Black Corner Region had dared cause trouble here. Even if disturbances occasionally occurred, within less than an hour, those who had caused them would become fresh corpses hanging from the Death Spirit Tree.

Xiao Ling walked toward the crowd and found a Senior Student he had seen in the Outer Academy. Walking up to her, he said with a smile, "Senior Sister Li Xi, long time no see. I just returned from training in the Black Corner Region. Can I enter the academy directly?"

When this Senior Student saw his handsome face, her pretty face reddened. Naturally, she knew Xiao Ling. He was quite famous in the Outer Academy and was always very gentle with others. She had even patted his head when he was eight years old. She just had not expected that after two years, he had grown even more handsome. Shaking her head, she hurriedly said, "So it is Junior Student Xiao Ling. Of course you can go in directly. Were you injured outside? Do you need our help?"

Upon hearing Xiao Ling's name, everyone nearby turned their attention toward him.

When they saw it was Xiao Ling, the famous genius of the Outer Academy, they immediately began discussing him.

"So that is Junior Student Xiao Ling, Jia Nan Academy's number one genius? He is so handsome."

"Junior Student Xiao Ling broke through to Da Dou Shi at the age of ten. He truly is a genius!"

"I would be satisfied if I had even half his talent!"

Ignoring the surrounding chatter, Xiao Ling replied to Li Xi, "I am not injured. Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister. Goodbye." Waving his hand, Xiao Ling headed toward the academy.

Peace Town was still quite far from Jia Nan City.

By the time Xiao Ling arrived at the academy on a Flying Magical Beast, it was already late at night.

Seeing that it had grown dark, Xiao Ling decided to visit Xiao Xun'er tomorrow.

He would first take stock of his gains today.

Walking over to a chair, he sat down and took out the Storage Rings from his pocket. There were twenty-seven in total.

He sent his Soul Perception into them and took out the items within one after another.

He tossed the miscellaneous clutter aside without bothering with it.

First were the gold coins. There were over two hundred thousand of them, which was not bad.

There were also some medicinal ingredients for low-tier pills, mostly for recovering Dou Qi and treating injuries. There were only two Qi Gathering Powders, which were of no use to Xiao Ling.

There were also some Dou Techniques and cultivation methods, of various attributes. They were all Xuan Tier or Huang Tier, none of them comparable to the Dou Techniques Xiao Ling currently used.

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Ling muttered inwardly, Next time Instructor Ruo Lin goes to recruit students, I'll have him bring these to the Xiao Family. Once one of the Eight Ancient Clans, and now they only have a Wind Attribute Xuan Tier Intermediate cultivation method that is usable. If the Clan Leader does not have the Wind Attribute, he cannot cultivate it at all.

Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about it. He was truly exhausted and needed a good rest.

After taking a bath and drinking a cup of cola, Xiao Ling finally drifted into sleep.