"My face is right here. If they want to slap it, let them come and do it." Wang Qi looked solemn. "But what does the academy's face have to do with me?"
When the youth said this, his tone struck the ground like a hammer, his expression grave. But the moment the words left his mouth, even Mao Zimiao looked at him with a trace of something strange in her eyes.
Were geniuses' thought processes really different from normal people's?
The three Xinyue disciples before Wang Qi forced out smiles. "Wang Shixiong, you can't put it that way... You're also a disciple of Xinyue Immortal Academy. In outsiders' eyes, you're absolutely part of Xinyue Immortal Academy. Even if you don't get along with us, you can't deny that, can you? If Xinyue Immortal Academy's vitality is damaged, isn't that the same as your own vitality being damaged?"
Wang Qi cast a sidelong glance at the speaker. "Which academies are the best right now?"
The one questioned froze, then answered, "Leiyang, Lijing..."
"Then why are Leiyang and Lijing considered the strongest academies? Did they fight their way there through private duels?"
The three Xinyue Immortal Academy disciples were left speechless. "This..."
"The purpose of an academy is to give basic training to talented seekers of immortality, and to judge during that training which path suits them." Wang Qi stirred his thin porridge as he spoke. "If I become a True Disciple of the Five Excellences, others will naturally praise this year's Xinyue Immortal Academy as impressive. If no one from our class gets accepted as a True Disciple of the Five Excellences—or even as a True Disciple of a slightly lesser immortal sect—what will others say about us?"
Another person snapped, "Would it bring honor to our faces if we let