Prince Xue Xing

"I have always repaid every grievance in kind!"

With that, Lin Tianyi's eyes suddenly turned incomparably fierce. Ignoring Xue Beng's desperate struggles, he lifted his right foot from Xue Beng's mouth and viciously kicked Xue Beng's right leg.

Xue Beng's right knee visibly twisted inward at an unnatural angle, accompanied by a crisp crack of breaking bone.

"Ah!!!!" Xue Beng let out a heart-rending scream that echoed across Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

After casting Xue Beng a cold glance, Lin Tianyi turned his gaze toward Xue Beng's lackeys.

His blade-cold stare made them unable to meet his eyes, and they all looked away.

They were flowers raised in a greenhouse. Though they were used to throwing their weight around, they had never encountered someone as ruthless and decisive as Lin Tianyi. Their faces went pale with fright, and none of them dared resist.

They had never seen anyone who actually dared to strike them so viciously!

With a cold snort, Lin Tianyi did not make another move. He merely told them to take Xue Beng and get lost, then walked straight toward Lin Xianxian.

Feeling as though they had been pardoned, the group hurriedly bent down and carried away the painfully screaming Xue Beng, fleeing in panic.

Just then, a cold mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

Detected that the host has suffered oppression and humiliation from the powerful. Side quest issued: When a common man is enraged, blood will be spilled within five steps.

Quest requirement: Beat Xue Beng into submission.

Quest reward: Soul Power increased by one level.

After hearing the quest requirements, Lin Tianyi froze for a moment. He turned to look in the direction Xue Beng had hurriedly fled, and a wolfish, chilling smile curled across his lips.

He did not call Xue Beng back and beat him until he submitted.

Because he knew that someone like Xue Beng, with such a powerful background, would definitely seek revenge through his elders after being bullied. If he beat him now, Xue Beng might submit outwardly, but not in his heart.

Thus, Lin Tianyi waited for Xue Beng to bring people to take revenge, then planned to deal with them all at once. Only then could he beat Xue Beng so thoroughly that he would never dare entertain another thought of revenge, completing the quest in the process.

Once he completed the quest and received the reward, he would be another step closer to level seventy.

Retracting his gaze, Lin Tianyi continued toward the new student registration office with Lin Xianxian.

On the way, they met the brothers Yuan Ding Tian and Yuan Li Di. Six years had passed, and both of them were now Soul Kings.

Yuan Ding Tian: twenty-two years old, level fifty-seven Soul King.

Yuan Li Di: twenty years old, level fifty-two Soul King.

Of course, they could not have reached such heights in only six years through cultivation alone. Lin Tianyi had given each of them an immortal herb, allowing them to achieve this.

The two brothers had both submitted to Lin Tianyi and were utterly loyal to him, so naturally Lin Tianyi would not treat his subordinates poorly.

After all, the immortal herbs would only gather dust in his Soul Tool. He might as well put them to good use.

Led by the Yuan Ding Tian and Yuan Li Di brothers, Lin Tianyi and Lin Xianxian registered without issue and directly became Heaven Dou level members.

In truth, with Lin Tianyi and Lin Xianxian's strength, they could have become teachers at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but there was no need.

Lin Tianyi's main purpose was to make use of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's simulated cultivation environments and try to meet talented people his own age to trigger side quests.

He also intended to participate in the Soul Master Competition a little over a year later. Though he had no use for those three soul bones, he could give them to his father and mother.

After receiving the immortal herbs Lin Tianyi had given them, his parents' Soul Power had progressed remarkably. Four years later, they were already Soul Grandmasters!

After registering, Lin Tianyi did not head to the classroom. Instead, led by the Yuan Ding Tian and Yuan Li Di brothers, he leisurely toured the academy grounds.

It was a good way to pass the time before Xue Beng came looking for revenge.

He was not worried in the slightest that he would be unable to handle whoever Xue Beng brought.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy had a long history and was directly affiliated with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. The academy's headmaster was the current emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Ye.

The academy was built in the mountains. The stone steps leading up the mountain were carved from white marble, and every step bore a different Soul Beast design, exquisitely crafted.

The air here was fresh and natural, and breathing it in made one feel relaxed and clear-headed. It felt less like an academy than a vast forest.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy's main campus was located halfway up the mountain. Its simulated cultivation areas were spread across the mountain, at its foot, and even beside the lake.

According to Yuan Ding Tian, Heaven Dou Royal Academy currently had more than five hundred students, though nearly all of them were noble children from the empire and its affiliated kingdoms. There were also over fifty teachers.

The entire main campus of Heaven Dou Royal Academy consisted of single-story buildings, making it feel more like a fortress. The outer walls stood five meters tall and were bright yellow throughout, looking exceptionally splendid.

Even the tops of the walls were covered in glazed tiles, which gleamed brilliantly beneath the sunlight.

This alone showed just how wealthy Heaven Dou Royal Academy was.

They leisurely strolled from the foot of the mountain to its summit, then returned to the main campus halfway up the mountain. It took about two hours, yet Lin Tianyi did not feel the slightest fatigue. Instead, he remained full of vigor.

After waiting for quite some time, Xue Beng finally arrived with reinforcements.

Four people approached them, two in front and two behind. On the left at the front was Xue Beng. His expression was arrogant, but the way he looked at Lin Tianyi was filled with venom and hatred.

After being treated by a high-level Healing Soul Master, his broken right leg could barely support him walking again, though his steps were somewhat unsteady.

Beside Xue Beng stood an elderly man dressed in luxurious robes. His graying hair was neatly combed behind his head. He was of average height, slightly plump, and had dignified features.

Only, his eyes were somewhat too small, ruining the overall balance of his face.

He walked with his hands behind his back and his chin raised, giving others a lofty, condescending impression. He was arrogant beyond measure.

He was the current Emperor Xue Ye's younger brother, Prince Xue Xing!

The middle-aged men following respectfully behind them with bowed heads were likely their enforcers.

"Uncle, that damned bastard is the one! He broke my right leg! I want him to suffer a fate worse than death!!"

Xue Beng pointed at Lin Tianyi, his eyes full of venom and his face twisted viciously.

Hearing this, Xue Xing looked over and casually glanced at Lin Tianyi. The next instant, however, his gaze locked onto the breathtakingly beautiful Lin Xianxian beside him, and he could no longer look away.

His aged eyes were filled with greed and lechery, and he made no attempt to hide his desire.

As a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, there were practically no people before whom he needed to conceal his desires. Whatever he wanted, he simply took. Over the decades, countless beautiful women had been ruined by him, and quite a few had even been killed.

Yet, relying on his status as a Heaven Dou prince and Emperor Xue Ye's younger brother, he had continued to live freely and do as he pleased. No one could do anything to him.

Who knew how many happy families had been torn apart by this old beast.

Hearing Xue Beng urge him on, Xue Xing greedily glanced at Lin Xianxian once more, then reluctantly looked away and suppressed the desire rising within him. His eyes turned indifferent as he looked at Lin Tianyi.

"You dared assault an imperial prince? Who gave you the courage, you lowborn wretch who knows no respect for status?"

He turned his head toward the two guards behind him and ordered, "You two, break that brat's limbs and throw him into prison."

Then he paused, fixing his burning, lecherous gaze on Lin Xianxian as he said in an excited voice, "As for that girl, do not hurt her. Take her to my residence."