Bei Ming Long Kun's Heartache

Within the Snowy Domain Space, five colossal Frost Giant Dragon, each a thousand feet long, brandished their sharp claws and roared as they charged toward a certain direction.

Looking in the direction of the five dragons' attack, a blue dot of light in the center twisted and turned, its agile body colliding with the dragon claws from time to time, creating deep ripples in the surrounding space.

After a stalemate lasting half an hour, the five ice dragons suddenly stopped charging forward, then abruptly changed direction and soared into the sky, circling and interacting with each other. A shimmering white light enveloped the five Frost Giant Dragons, their holy and icy aura blinding everyone.

As the light faded, a colossal dragon, tens of thousands of feet long, suddenly emerged, transforming into Flowing Light and hurtling straight towards the area below.

The blue figure stopped, looking calm, clearly unfazed by the scene.

He dispersed the spear formed from the Ice Spirit Energy in his hand, flipped his palm, and a jet-black spear lay quietly in his palm. He casually twirled the spear, calmly gazing at the massive figure charging straight at him.

"The Spear Lock, Mountainless!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he instantly transformed into Flowing Light and charged forward. His body trembled violently, and his spear, pointing forward, pierced the dragon's head with unparalleled force.

"Boom!"

Two streaks of Flowing Light, one large and one small, collided violently. After a brief stalemate, the body of the ten-thousand-foot-long ice dragon, starting from its head, gradually turned into flying snowflakes and dissipated into space.

"Phew~"

He quickly reached out and grabbed the palm-sized pale blue crystal left behind after the ice dragon dissipated, a relieved expression appearing on his pale face.

Clenching his fist and feeling the immense power within his body, Bing Yu couldn't help but sigh.

"It actually succeeded!?"

Breaking through two realms in half a year—if he hadn't experienced it firsthand, he probably would have thought the person speaking had gone mad.

"Not bad, young one!"

"You didn't disappoint me."

Just then, Xiao Han's teasing voice came from the side. Upon hearing this, Bing Yu turned around and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, teacher."

Although recalling the past six months, Bing Yu couldn't help but grit his teeth; it was a memory he would probably never forget. But he also knew that without it, he would never have made such astonishing progress.

Xiao Han waved his hand dismissively, "This is also because you did your best."

He merely used his own abilities to set up a Cultivation Secret Realm, and at most taught him a move equivalent to Minor Divine Art. He provided almost no guidance on anything else. However, Bing Yu's physical exertion and pursuit of becoming stronger did move him; otherwise, Xiao Han would not have gone to such great lengths to help him.

"There are still three days until the Spiritual Academy Tournament. You don't need to cultivate during this time. Adjust your condition and don't embarrass me in the Spiritual Academy Tournament."

Bing Yu's apple bobbed a few times, and she nodded hurriedly, secretly wiping the cold sweat from her palms.

"A promising young man!" Nodding in satisfaction, Xiao Han patted Bing Yu's shoulder, then turned and left.

"Everyone else has come out, you're the only one left."

Xiao Han arrived at the ninth level of the Thunder Domain once again and met the withered, bald old man.

He sat down casually, looking slightly helpless, and said, "I've done almost all the favors you asked me to do, and I probably won't be able to stay much longer, so I'm letting you know in advance today."

Upon hearing this, Bei Ming Long Kun trembled, his eyes flickered slightly, and he slowly said, "You're finally ready?"

Bei Ming Long Kun naturally had a premonition that Xiao Han was about to leave. The latter's strength had far exceeded the capacity of the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy and even the Northern Azure Continent to bear it. There would be no benefit for Xiao Han to stay any longer.

Xiao Han is currently in a period of rapid growth in strength and needs a larger stage to further enhance his abilities, so it's only a matter of time before everyone partes ways amicably.

Hearing Bei Ming Long Kun's words, Xiao Han nodded, looking slightly wistful, and said:

"Well!"

"I'm destined to be a hard worker all my life."

Bei Ming Long Kun seemed slightly puzzled by Xiao Han's words. The latter did not seem to have a high pursuit of strength, yet he kept moving forward, which was quite contradictory. However, Beiming wisely did not ask any further questions.

As for Xiao Han, he had already made his choice when he accepted that inheritance: he might spend his life in the war against the Extraterrestrial Evil race.

Perhaps in a few hundred years, a savior will appear and wipe out the crisis of the Extraterrestrial Evil race in one fell swoop. Only then will he have the right to lie down and relax, but certainly not now.

The two years of leisure were an excuse for him to relax, but the war with the Extraterrestrial Evil race was unavoidable. Otherwise, he would probably have died like this. The Extraterritorial Battlefield was a place of life and death, where no mistakes could be tolerated. If he was unlucky, it wouldn't be surprising if he ran into the Demon Emperor.

Furthermore, if friends and relatives from the Fierce Qi Continent come to visit later, and there isn't a suitable force to keep track of their whereabouts, they will regret it if something bad happens.

Whether it's a battle between two races or building up power, everything requires strength, which is why Xiao Han is so focused on becoming stronger.

"Want to watch the Spiritual Academy Tournament?"

"You should at least know the results of your training!" Bei Ming Long Kun said with a smile.

"Training results?" Xiao Han chuckled casually.

"One Spirit Energy Tribulation, one Spirit Energy Tribulation to overcome and fail, six Fleshly Body Tribulation, and two Fleshly Body Tribulation to overcome and fail."

Slowly listing out the caliber of these trainees, Xiao Han was full of confidence. "If they can't even make it to the finals with this level of skill, they might as well just get out of here."

Bei Ming Long Kun listened in astonishment to the achievements of this group of students, his narrowed eyes widening considerably, and his breathing becoming somewhat heavy.

This configuration is a high-end version for participating in the Spiritual Academy Tournament, even surpassing the most glorious year of the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy by half a level. That year happened to be the year when the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy won the Spiritual Academy Tournament and became one of the Five Great Academies.

Bei Ming Long Kun originally thought that as long as Xiao Han gave a reasonably good result, they could maintain their positions, but now it seems they can think about other things.

Furthermore, Bei Ming Long Kun harbors another ambition: if he could learn Xiao Han's methods of instructing students, wouldn't the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy be completely at their mercy during future Spiritual Academy Tournament?

Therefore...

"How did you do that?" Bei Ming Long Kun asked expectantly.

"Spend money, please." Xiao Han said with a nonchalant expression.

"Spend money?" Bei Ming Long Kun's lips moved, a bad premonition rising in his heart, and he asked cautiously:

"How much money did you smash?"

"It shouldn't be much!" Xiao Han roughly estimated in his mind, "It's about the same as Tai Cang's entire fortune."

That's all.

That's all? Ha!

Bei Ming Long Kun felt bitter inside. As one of the few Supreme Realm experts in the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, Tai Cang was the Dean and a mid-level Supreme. His wealth was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

They can do that too!

But...

Where's the money?

To some extent, Xiao Han's method is indeed quite original, because only he has the wealth to help students improve without any pressure, and only he can transform such financial resources into strength in a very short time.

If it were the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, a few more such incidents would have dragged the entire academy down due to mismanagement.

Having abandoned the idea of seeking advice from Xiao Han, Bei Ming Long Kun coughed and said, "Elder Xiao is indeed very wealthy!"

"It's nothing, just a small token of my gratitude to the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy before I leave."

"Remember to let me know when it's the finals."

Bei Ming Long Kun readily agreed, leaving some instructions and a parting gift before Xiao Han departed from the Thunder Domain.