Five Elements Spirit Gu

Gao Yunqi and Zhou Yi drank in comfortable silence, tacitly avoiding the topic.

No one was to blame for this accident.

The only one at fault was Ximen Xuri, but Ximen Xuri was already dead.

Fang Che was ambushed and killed in a hasty counterattack. Could they blame Fang Che? Should Fang Che have waited to be killed to be considered blameless? In that situation, even if the Headmaster had been the referee, he might not have been able to stop it!

Naturally, Gao Yunqi and Zhou Yi were not to blame either.

Who would have thought that Ximen Xuri had hidden a hidden weapon in his sleeve, and a living monster at that! But since someone died, someone had to take responsibility. And the most important thing for a Martial Academy was its reputation.

They had to make a statement, no matter what.

So the two of them chose to take on everything themselves. We don't need the Martial Academy to punish us; we will punish ourselves.

To preserve the dignity of the Martial Academy.

Just as the two of them made up their minds, they heard a clear voice say, "The two teachers are truly in high spirits."

The two looked up.

At the door of the room stood a young man, wearing a dark gold-patterned cloak over black clothes, holding two jars of wine in his hand, standing at the door with a friendly smile.

"May I come in, teachers?"

"Fang Che?"

The two were stunned for a moment: "How did you get here?"

"I happened to have two jars of good wine, so I wanted to find a place to enjoy them."

Fang Che smiled and placed the wine on the table.

"Iron Blood Stage? Fifty-year Iron Blood Stage?"

The eyes of both men lit up.

Iron Blood Stage was ranked first among the world's best wines. And a fifty-year Iron Blood Stage was even harder to find.

Then their faces darkened, and they said, "Righteous Fang Gongzi, as expected, casually brings out good wine."

Fang Che smiled faintly.

He never intended to keep his actions a secret from the world.

But none of this mattered.

How much is fame worth in life?

Perhaps others cared, but Fang Che's chosen path from the beginning was different. The so-called worldly praise and criticism were nothing but a fart to Fang Che!

"Because of the student's matter, the two teachers have been implicated. Of course, these words are meaningless at this moment."

Fang Che said lightly, "As for the student's own character, the student knows it in his heart, and lets the world judge it."

He slowly sat down, opposite the two instructors, and said, "The student has come here today with a few heartfelt words to say to the two teachers, and will leave after saying them. Please, the two teachers, grant the student the courtesy of letting him finish."

"Speak," Headmaster Huang said.

The two teachers exchanged a glance, both feeling a little strange.

And a warmth in their hearts.

Because of the students' matter, the two of you teachers have been implicated—this sentence brought a sense of comfort to both of them.

Although the matter originated with you, the blame couldn't be placed on you.

The fact that you had the heart to come here and say these words was an attitude in itself.

"The Martial Academy is not like the battlefield. On the battlefield or in the pugilistic world, deaths are extremely common, but the Martial Academy recruits students from all over the world, so student deaths are naturally a major event. Regardless of who is right or wrong, a death is a death, and that is an accident! This is certain."

"Since it's an accident, someone needs to take the blame."

"And the two teachers are the perfect candidates."

"The two teachers must already have plans in mind, and this student won't presume to comment, but this student has a few words to say."

"This battlefield doesn't lack two warriors whose combat power hasn't reached its peak, but it sorely lacks teachers with rich teaching experience, integrity, responsibility, and righteousness!"

"If two warriors go to the front lines, at most, they'll kill a few soldiers, slay a few enemies of the same level or below, and ultimately die on the battlefield, leaving behind a good name."

"But the two responsible teachers in the Martial Academy can continuously cultivate future strength. Year after year, generation after generation, among the students there are martial arts mediocrities, but they can also teach a passion, and among the students there are geniuses, who, with proper guidance, can become pillars of strength in the future!"

"Ten years to grow a tree, a hundred years to nurture people!"

"The battle with the Sole True Sect cannot be accomplished by one generation."

"Only with the continuous emergence of subsequent talents, and with everyone's thinking on the right path, will there be even the slightest hope for the future."

"The Martial Academy has stood for thousands of years, and a little pressure is just a fleeting moment in the millennia of wind and rain; but the Martial Academy's fame throughout the world is due to the talents cultivated by the Martial Academy over millions of years, shining brightly in various places! Only by accumulating sand to form a tower, gathering fur to make a robe, and converging hundreds of rivers, can this be achieved."

"Perhaps the two teachers will say that the Martial Academy is full of talent and doesn't lack two people, and that after you leave, more powerful teachers will come to replace you in teaching students."

"But this student also wants to ask, among the Martial Academy's many faculty and staff, are they really all members of the Guardian Alliance?"

"Among them, are there really no spies from the Sole True Sect?"

"Is it really so monolithic?"

"If you leave, will the successors definitely be our people?"

"Is it possible for someone to take this opportunity to insert their own people?"

"Just for this mistake that isn't a mistake, to abandon the students you are currently teaching, and the batches of students waiting to be taught in the future, can the two teachers really live with your consciences?"

"Bearing the mistake and being exiled to the battlefield from now on, shedding blood on the frontier, is certainly heroic!"

"But to shamelessly endure for a few days, to get through this difficult period, to continue fulfilling your responsibilities, and to truly maximize your role, that is the true measure of a great man!"

"For the foundation of eternity, for the thousands upon thousands of students in the rest of your lives, what does it matter if the two teachers endure a little?"

Fang Che finished speaking.

Clap, clap. He clapped his hands twice, breaking open the mud seal on the Iron Blood Stage.

As the aroma of wine wafted out, he stood up with a smile and said, "This student has said all that needs to be said, and now takes his leave."

He glanced at the two people who were still in a daze.

Fang Che bowed and saluted, then turned and walked out, gently closing the door behind him.

The sound of footsteps faded away, disappearing in an instant.

After a long while.

Gao Yunqi let out a long sigh: "I didn't expect that Righteous Fang Gongzi would actually be this kind of person."

Zhou Yi smiled wryly and also sighed: "I've taught students for half my life, but today I was taught a lesson by my own student. This feeling, tsk tsk... is really special."

The two looked at each other and felt that the other's spirit seemed to be different from before.

"You... are you still leaving?"

"A little bit of fleeting fame... I, Gao, can still withstand a few scoldings, I'm not leaving. What about you?"

"My skin is thicker than yours!"

"Hahaha..."

The two sighed with emotion for a while, then looked at the two jars of wine on the table.

"This kid is really... cautious, afraid that we wouldn't drink, he actually opened them directly."

"Then... shall we drink?"

"Since our skin is so thick, it doesn't seem like a big deal to drink two jars of wine from a student?"

"Then shall we drink?"

"Drink!"

"After I finish drinking and return to the Martial Academy, I'm going to hold a mouthful of wine and spit it on Headmaster Huang's face, to test him, how many years has this Iron Blood Stage been around."

"Right, and also tell him, we're not leaving, you have to take responsibility for this!"

"Hahahaha..."

"Hahaha..."

Fang Che returned to his courtyard, deep in thought.

It seems that the matter of Ximen Xuri still needs to be resolved. Otherwise, this matter will still have loose ends. Would it be a pity to pull them out now? After a moment, he made up his mind: It's a pity, but they're just some shrimps anyway.

Sun Yuan was waiting as usual.

"How was it?"

"I defeated Ding Ziran, but I didn't kill or cripple him... after all, I just killed Ximen Xuri yesterday. If I kill another one today, I guess I'll be expelled."

Fang Che said, "So, I didn't use a fatal move."

"That's for sure, if you really killed all three of them, how would you survive in this Martial Academy? Defeating them is the greatest victory."

Sun Yuan's butt had naturally long been biased towards his disciple's side.

"Remember, preserving yourself is the most important thing at all times. What do you think about the last one?"

Fang Che smiled faintly, "A piece of cake, no problem at all!"

Sun Yuan's spirits lifted, "That's great, I'll report to the Sect Leader tonight. I'm sure the Sect Leader will be very happy."

Fang Che asked, "Master, there's something I don't know if I should ask."

Sun Yuan said, "Just say it. Even if it's inappropriate in front of me, do you think I'd sell you out? I'd just scold you and pretend I didn't hear it."

Fang Che smiled a little embarrassedly, then asked, "Master, how do you communicate with the Sect Leader? I've noticed that your communication is very convenient."

This was also Fang Che's biggest question from his previous life.

The Sole True Sect group of people, their communication was just too fast.

Before the Guardian Alliance came up with the soul jade pendant communication, the Sole True Sect had already been doing it for who knows how many years.

Moreover, it had never changed, yet it was faster and more convenient than the soul jade pendant.

Because the Guardian's soul jade pendant required at least Emperor-level cultivation to be able to activate the communication jade pendant.

But the Sole True Sect clearly didn't have such strength restrictions.

There must be something fishy about this.

"This matter is very simple."

Sun Yuan said, "I thought it was something important, just a communication jade."

"Please enlighten me, Master."

"The communication jade is distributed by the headquarters. As long as it's needed, there's basically no need to worry about shortages."

Sun Yuan said, "We don't know how it's made; but using it is very simple."

"As long as we become a member of the sect, everyone has something in their body, which is the Five Elements Spirit Gu."

Sun Yuan's words were meaningful when he said this, "You have it in your body too, it's in the pills that your good brother Su Yue gave you."

Fang Che's heart stirred.

Five Elements Spirit Gu, it was actually the Five Elements Spirit Gu!

He had long known that the Five Elements Spirit Gu had big problems and too many secrets, but he never expected that the magical Gu worm could actually be used for communication.

How to transmit? But his mouth was full of surprise, "Brother Su is indeed a good person, he actually gave me such a precious thing."

Sun Yuan's eyes stiffened.

How… how could he understand it like that?

Thinking that Su Yue was probably dead and not even bones were left, he stopped explaining.

Think whatever you want, anyway, your good brother is already a ghost.

And Fang Che had the same thought in his heart: Think whatever you want, anyway, my good brother… is not even a ghost anymore.