Overturning Heaven

Xia Li said, "Students who skip class like this should be expelled!"

Lü Chongyang said blandly, "If he fails the assessment two months from now, he'll naturally be expelled."

"But..."

Lü Chongyang said, "Dao School has its rules. He was still first in the entrance examination. Geniuses do sometimes have their strange quirks. Two months isn't long; we'll give him that time. If he truly is mud that can't be plastered onto a wall, he'll naturally be expelled then."

Xia Li curled her lips, still dissatisfied. Clenching her fists, she said unwillingly, "My father and mother are still fighting on the front lines. They haven't come home for New Year's in five years.

It's because those soldiers on the front lines risk their lives day and night that we have time to cultivate.

It's because the common people fifteen hundred meters below pinch pennies and live frugally every day that we have cultivation resources.

I absolutely will not approve of someone like Zhou Bai wasting a Dao School slot!!"

Watching Xia Li's departing back, Lü Chongyang sighed softly. "Zhou Bai, Zhou Bai, you've really given me a difficult problem."

Although Zhou Bai still didn't know what the school and his classmates thought of him, he could figure out with his toes that it definitely wasn't good.

He could only devote himself wholeheartedly and pour all his energy into studying, so that he could seize an opportunity in the future and prove himself.

That night, Zhou Bai studied on his own until nearly midnight. He planned to rest for a while and wait for the new day's two hundred Laziness Qi Value.

He looked at Christina, who was still curled into a ball in his mind. Ever since obtaining the Advanced Breathing Method, she had remained in this cultivation state without getting up even once.

"Even a cat works this hard. I can't drag my feet either."

A moment later, just as midnight passed, thump, thump, thump sounds of impact came from the neighboring room again. Zhou Bai ignored them.

For the past few days, thump, thump, thump sounds had come from next door every night after midnight. He had no idea what they were doing. Zhou Bai was immersed in studying, so he simply didn't want to waste time going over to complain.

But this time, the thump, thump, thump sounds seemed more violent than ever before.

They also seemed to be accompanied by crisp crack, crack sounds, as if something had broken.

Zhou Bai couldn't help turning to look, but saw nothing. Then the thump, thump, thump sounds rang out again, only they felt closer now, as if they were sounding inside his room.

Zhou Bai abruptly lowered his head. His Primordial Spirit surged, his body tensed, and he was instantly on guard to the utmost.

After experiencing so many dangers, Zhou Bai's vigilance was extremely high.

The knocking suddenly vanished without a trace, as though nothing had happened.

Thump.

Jianxing frowned, seemingly having heard something.

Thump, thump.

This time, he heard it clearly. Someone was knocking on the wall?

Thump, thump, thump.

Thump thump thump thump thump thump!!

The knocking grew faster and fiercer, beating incessantly like a drumbeat.

Just as he was about to get up and see what had happened, crisp crack, crack sounds came over, as if the wall had been smashed apart.

His eyes widened, and he tried to rise, only to feel an eerie force binding his entire body. He couldn't move, and he couldn't even open his mouth.

Then the thump, thump, thump sounds rang out again. This time, they came directly from beneath his bed.

A drifting voice floated up from beneath the bedframe.

"Are you asleep?"

"Are you asleep?"

Hearing that drifting voice, Jianxing's eyes flew wide open. Fear and shock flashed through his eyes. He opened his mouth to cry out, but no sound came out.

"If you're asleep, I'm coming up."

The next moment, in Jianxing's vision, an eerie black shadow slowly crawled out from beneath his bed. A pair of pitch-black palms pressed against the bedframe, then slowly, bit by bit, reached toward Jianxing's shoulder.

The black palms were strangely long and slightly curved, like long branches spreading from Jianxing's shoulder over his entire body.

As he felt his body gradually being covered by shadow, growing heavier and heavier, terror flashed through his eyes.

After studying until dawn again, Zhou Bai had originally planned to go straight to sleep. But seeing Elsa's yearning expression, he remembered how he had spent every day holed up in the dorm, immersed in studying, while Elsa could only lie around bored beside him.

He still decided to take Elsa out to buy something to eat and walk the dog while he was at it.

The moment Elsa saw Zhou Bai pick up the leash, she immediately jumped up excitedly and circled around him without stopping. Finally, she voluntarily slipped her dog head into the leash.

Seeing Elsa like this, Zhou Bai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Stroking her head, he said, "Elsa, why are you becoming more and more like a dog? Don't act so much like a dog. Remember, you're a person."

Elsa looked at Zhou Bai as if she understood, though it was unclear whether she had actually understood.

Zhou Bai then took Elsa for a walk. On the way back, he saw a dormitory building surrounded by many people.

Zhou Bai frowned. He had not wanted to go over, but then noticed that many people from his cohort seemed to be there.

So he walked over. Before long, he saw someone covered with a white sheet being carried out of the dormitory.

"What's going on? Something happened?" Zhou Bai stared at the scene in shock.

Someone beside him whispered, "I think someone died."

Another person said, "Someone did die. I heard it was a new student from this cohort. No one knows what attacked him."

"How is that possible? How could someone be attacked in Dao School?"

"Why not?" That person sneered. "Have you forgotten what happened five years ago?"

Zhou Bai frowned, only to see Lü Chongyang rushing over as well, his expression grim as he looked at the corpse on the stretcher.

From another dormitory building, another person was carried out.

It was Jianxing, covered in blood and severely injured. He opened his eyes and glanced at Lü Chongyang, then immediately fainted. Lü Chongyang took him away with him.

Zhou Bai said, "Someone was actually attacked in Dao School? What exactly happened?"

Then he suddenly saw Jing Xiu standing not far away. Zhou Bai went over and asked, "Jing Xiu, you're here too?"

Jing Xiu looked at Zhou Bai in surprise. "Big Brother Zhou? You finally came out?"

Zhou Bai smiled awkwardly, not answering Jing Xiu's question. Instead, he asked, "What happened here? Do you know, Jing Xiu?"

Jing Xiu nodded. "Two students from our cohort were attacked. Sun Chuan, who ranked seventh in the entrance examination, is dead. Jianxing, who ranked fourth, was seriously injured and fell unconscious."

Jing Xiu's expression was somewhat grave as she said, "I heard the Heaven-Overturning Sect's mark was left at the scene."

"Heaven-Overturning Sect?" Zhou Bai thought to himself, I've never heard of it...

Jing Xiu sighed. "I never expected the Heaven-Overturning Sect's influence to spread into Dao School. Big Brother Zhou, you need to be more careful during this time too. Oh, right..."

As she spoke, Jing Xiu took a notebook from the backpack behind her and handed it to Zhou Bai. "Big Brother Zhou, these are the notes I took in class over the past few days. Take them and have a look."

"Jing Xiu..." Zhou Bai had not expected her to still be thinking about this.

Jing Xiu said earnestly, "Big Brother Zhou, I know you're talented and have great comprehension, but my father often tells me that no matter how high your comprehension is, you still need to attend class. In cultivating the Dao, you must be good at learning from others' experience. Shutting yourself away and building a cart behind closed doors won't work. You should come to class too."

Zhou Bai nodded. "Your father is right. Attend class properly, and be careful on your own. Pay attention to your safety. As for me... it's not time for me to attend class yet."

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Thanks to 'Fashion Crisp' for the generous reward.