Stirring Up Righteous Qi (Part Two)

Ma Feifei could only say that Zhang Caicai's misfortune in encountering a creditor like Yun Qingyang was the worst thing that had ever happened to her. No wonder Zhang Caicai always fawned over Yun Qingyang. He had thought that Zhang Caicai was afraid of Yun Qingyang, but it turned out that Yun Qingyang's interest had ballooned to an amount that Zhang Caicai couldn't afford to pay.

That explains why Zhang Caicai agreed so quickly earlier; given Yun Qingyang's method of calculating interest, if she delayed any longer, Zhang Caicai would never be able to pay it off in her lifetime.

Now that she finally has a chance to repay only 10,000 yuan of the principal, Zhang Caicai naturally won't miss it.

Ma Feifei genuinely admired Yun Qingyang; he admired her from the bottom of his heart.

There is probably no one else in the world who can master arithmetic to this level.

Night falls and the city lights come on.

Beautiful colored lights floated in the sky above Wu'an Academy, as if they were controlled by someone, adding a unique beauty and brightness to the Wu'an Academy.

The Wu'an Academy was very beautiful under the night sky. As the group walked back from the Wu'an Academy, they could see all kinds of exotic flowers and plants under the light of the night sky.

Their colors varied, and under the illumination of the colored lights, their colors were magnified infinitely, making Ma Feifei seem as if she were standing on a neon-lit street in the city, dazzling and radiant.

Aside from Mu Qingyi constantly asking Zhang Caicai how to cook, there was no other sound along the way.

Everyone was very quiet, but while the others were genuinely quiet, Lian Yi's quietness was tinged with extreme displeasure, and she would occasionally glance at Mu Qingyi, seemingly harboring a strong grudge against her.

"Do you have a grudge against each other?" Ma Feifei leaned closer and asked in a low voice.

Lian Yi hesitated for a moment before replying, "I was forced to leave Wu'an Academy because of her!"

Forced to leave Wu'an Academy?

Are you sure it wasn't expulsion?

I need to refine my wording, making it sound like I'm forced into it.

Seeing Ma Feifei's expression, Lian Yi could roughly guess what he was thinking, and immediately said with a bitter smile, "I was indeed expelled, but it was all her fault!"

"Why?" Ma Feifei asked curiously.

"Lian Yi, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Who hurt you?" Before Lian Yi could speak, Mu Qingyi interrupted.

"Don't you have any self-awareness? If it weren't for you stewing the Dean's Mu Kun Beast, would the Dean have expelled me?" Lian Yi said with a cold snort.

"It's not like you didn't eat anything yourself. You were caught by the Dean because you were slow, so how can you blame me?" Mu Qingyi said dismissively, curling her lip.

"If you don't stew it, how can I eat it?" Bringing up the old story again, Lian Yi was furious, her face full of anger.

"Nonsense! Just because I stewed it doesn't mean you have to eat it!" Mu Qingyi's words were sharp, leaving Lian Yi speechless.

Ma Feifei listened from the side and roughly understood what was going on. It turned out they had stewed and eaten the spirit pet of the Dean of the Wu'an Academy!

This is absolutely outrageous! How can they not be expelled?

However, it's likely that Lian Yi was captured later, while Mu Qingyi escaped successfully. In the end Lian Yi was expelled from the Wu'an Academy, while Mu Qingyi remained unscathed.

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei couldn't help but look at Lian Yi with higher regard, because it was clear from this that Lian Yi had not chosen to implicate Mu Qingyi. Otherwise, Mu Qingyi would certainly not have escaped being held accountable by the academy, since Mu Qingyi was the mastermind after all.

"Shopkeeper, please don't look at me. After the incident, Mu Qingyi took the initiative to go to the dean and admitted that she was the one who stewed the Mu Kun Beast, taking the blame herself." Lian Yi's expression relaxed a lot as she said this, and her tone became lower.

"Then why wasn't my apprentice expelled?" Zhang Caicai asked, hands behind her back and Erlang crossed.

"Because your 'good disciple' has a powerful backer, even the Dean doesn't dare offend her, right, Mu Qinwu's daughter?" Lian Yi said sarcastically.

Mu Qingyi shrugged, looking indifferent.

"Who is Mu Qinwu?" Zhang Caicai asked curiously.

"The Qin State Conferred Saint Mu Qinwu, and Mu Qinwu was admired." After Luan Feng finished speaking, she glanced at Mu Qingyi with a curious look.

"Qin Sheng Mu Qin Wu!" Ma Feifei was a little surprised. He didn't expect Mu Qingyi to be Qin Sheng's daughter, with such a powerful background.

Five Kingdoms, Five Conferred Saint: These are the most powerful figures on the continent. In terms of both background and strength, there are fewer than ten people on the Azure Dragon Continent who can rival them.

Wu'an Academy was just a mid-level academy, and its dean was only the Prince of Wu'an. When faced with a student like Mu Qinwu, who had a powerful background, there was really nothing they could do.

Moreover, it's easy to get involved in diplomatic incidents if you're not careful.

"Sigh! Why was my deceased father only a Viscount?" Ma Feifei couldn't help but sigh. Can't people really be compared to each other? Otherwise, it's easy to feel psychologically unbalanced.

The next day, very early in the morning.

The area of the Confucian Wu'an Academy Confucian Dao Academy was occupied by a group of servants who were quickly cleaning up the dust and trimming the weeds, creating a bustling scene.

"What's going on?" A student passing by the Confucian Dao Academy's side path was filled with curiosity as he saw so many servants cleaning up the Confucian Dao Academy.

"I don't know. Could it be that the Empress is coming to inspect the Confucian Dao Academy?" a student guessed. The entire Chu Kingdom knew that the Confucian Dao Academy was a branch established by order of the Empress herself.

There were some speculations about the establishment of the Confucian Dao Academy, because the Four Books and Five Classics studied there were provided by the Confucian Dao Academy Mysterious Bookstore. The Empress's actions easily led people to believe that this was a deal between the Empress and the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore.

As for what the Confucian Dao Academy can offer its students, nothing is currently known.

The Empress not only established the Confucian Dao Academy, but also occasionally went to inspect it. This was no secret in the entire Chu Kingdom. However, the Confucian Dao Academy of the Wu'an Academy was already dilapidated. If the Empress saw it, it would surely displease Empress.

That's why there's speculation that the sudden purge of the Confucian Dao Academy is definitely because the Empress is coming to the Wu'an Academy.

"So, do we also need to go back and attend classes for two days?" a student who had previously enrolled in the Confucian Dao Academy suddenly asked.

If you're going to put on an act, you have to go all out. If the Empress really comes to inspect, then it's not enough for the Confucian Dao Academy to just have a good environment; there also needs to be students studying there.

At that time, these former students of the Confucian Dao Academy will definitely be taken back to serve as laborers.

"No way? I have a course on 'How to Quickly Convert the Spiritual Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy into Spiritual Power' coming up in the next few days. It's taught by the Vice Dean. It would be such a shame to miss it." A student who had also enrolled in the Confucian Dao Academy class said with a bitter face.

If it really is the Empress coming to inspect, the academy will most likely force them to return to their studies, in which case they will naturally be unable to attend those courses.