Strength on Display, and Pei Xuan's Ruthlessness

Upon entering the passage, Su Yuan gradually slowed from a brisk walk to a jog.

As he ran, Su Yuan unknowingly covered more than half the distance.

"I don't feel anything at all. Is this what it feels like when your strength improves?"

Yesterday, Su Yuan would already have been shivering.

Now, as the cold energy of the Frost-Ice Stone entered his body, it was swallowed by Su Yuan's abundant Blood Qi like a stone sinking into the sea, unable to stir even the slightest ripple.

Accordingly, Su Yuan's Blood Qi received no stimulation, and his Blood Qi Value had not changed at all so far.

"It seems only the latter half of the route will have any effect."

Su Yuan pondered as he jogged.

Ahead of him, only Ye Ling, Chu Tianche, and Leng Xin remained.

As for Fang Yan, Su Yuan had already left him behind.

Before long, Su Yuan neared the depths of the passage. The surrounding chill suddenly intensified, and the temperature plummeted.

"Now that's more like it. The fiercer the cold, the better."

Su Yuan looked eager to give it a try, even accelerating from a jog into a run.

This warm-up exercise had finally become a literal warm-up exercise.

When he was only thirty meters from the end of the Ice Stone Passage, the information on his panel suddenly changed.

[Realm: 93.1 Blood Qi (Uninitiated Martial Artist)]

Su Yuan spotted a familiar figure. Leng Xin stood before the Frost-Ice Stone wall, seemingly deep in thought.

"Fang Yan, what exactly is the Chu Family trying to do? If they want my family's Secret Realm slot, why did they only send Chu Tianche to speak with me?"

Hearing this, Su Yuan silently noted that Leng Xin had mistaken him for someone else.

"Um..."

Su Yuan spoke softly.

Leng Xin spun around sharply, then stared at Su Yuan in surprise.

"Su Yuan?"

"Why is it you?"

Apparently not expecting Su Yuan to reach the depths of the passage so quickly, Leng Xin examined his condition in shock.

At that moment, Su Yuan kept rubbing his hands together and breathing warm air into them, looking as though he were about to freeze.

"You heard that?"

Leng Xin's brows furrowed slightly. She had thought Fang Yan was behind her just now, which was why she had spoken. She had not expected it to be Su Yuan.

"I did."

Su Yuan took a few steps back, as if that could lessen the cold erosion from the Frost-Ice Stone wall.

Of course he had heard it. How could he pretend he had seen and heard nothing at a time like this?

Leng Xin was not someone easily fooled.

It was better to come clean.

"I am the Leng Family's heir, while Chu Tianche is merely one of the Chu Family's candidate heirs."

"The Chu Family wants a Qianshan District Secret Realm slot. Why do you think they only sent a candidate heir like Chu Tianche to speak with me?"

Leng Xin lowered her head and spoke to herself, her gaze never falling on Su Yuan.

Su Yuan's mouth twitched. What was Leng Xin doing?

He did not want to hear any of this. If he got dragged into these family struggles, his life would not be peaceful in the future.

At this stage, Su Yuan only wanted to quietly improve his strength on his own.

It was not yet time for him to reveal all his strength.

Seeing this, Su Yuan turned and ran, preparing to leave.

Meanwhile, the information on his panel quietly changed.

[Realm: 93.15 Blood Qi (Uninitiated Martial Artist)]

As she watched Su Yuan flee in a panic, an indiscernible smile appeared at the corner of Leng Xin's lips.

"Since you heard it, you can't get away."

"It is time for the Leng Family and the Chu Family to settle things once and for all."

Su Yuan was extremely fast, and before long, he was about to complete his first round trip.

However, just as he neared the passage entrance, he suddenly slowed down.

"I maintained seventh place yesterday. Doing the same today will be enough."

"One round trip today only raised my Blood Qi Value by 0.3, not even half of yesterday's increase."

Su Yuan slowed his pace and walked leisurely toward the passage entrance.

From the moment he saw Leng Xin until now, his Blood Qi had increased by another 0.15. One round trip had increased it by a total of 0.3.

As he thought about it, Su Yuan gave a wry smile.

"You can't swallow more than you can chew. My Blood Qi Value is already above ninety. Having this rate of improvement is already astonishing."

"The warm-up exercise is no longer much of a challenge for me."

"Its only purpose is to steadily increase my Blood Qi."

Su Yuan silently exited the passage and began his second round trip.

When Su Yuan emerged from the passage entrance for the third time, Pei Xuan and the other three teachers were all surprised.

Pei Xuan did not know how Su Yuan had performed yesterday, but Su Yuan was actually the third person to emerge from the passage entrance.

Only behind Ye Ling and Chu Tianche.

What surprised Wang Zheng and the others was whether Su Yuan had gone all out from the very beginning, without considering the later rounds.

Perhaps Su Yuan simply wanted to prove himself.

Before the warm-up exercise began, all the students had set their belongings aside.

That meant Su Yuan had relied entirely on his own strength to become the third person to emerge from the passage.

Huang Yi'an felt his face burn. He truly had misjudged Su Yuan.

He had been too hasty. Whenever he thought of the reward Vice Principal Song Ping had promised him, his heart burned with excitement.

The temptation of that reward made him wish he could immediately drive this group of Second High School students out of the Qianshan Class.

"Teacher Huang, do you understand now?"

"A good seedling like Su Yuan nearly got ruined by you."

Pei Xuan shot Huang Yi'an a cold glance, a trace of anger in his voice.

"Yes, yes."

"Teacher Pei is right to reprimand me. From now on, I, Huang Yi'an, will definitely keep my eyes open."

Pei Xuan frowned, feeling that Huang Yi'an's words carried some hidden meaning.

"After yesterday's independent training, the students' efficiency should be higher today."

"Teacher Wang, Teacher Huang, Teacher Zhao."

"You should discuss how to arrange the sparring later."

Zhao Xinxuan asked somewhat curiously, "What about you, Teacher Pei?"

"Him?"

"Forget it. I'm afraid he'll accidentally kill a student."

Wang Zheng curled his lip and quickly waved his hand.

Whenever Pei Xuan made a move, blood was bound to be spilled.

Not to mention these students—even if the three of them joined forces, they might not be able to withstand Pei Xuan's Blood Fiend Aura.

Yesterday, Wang Zheng had secretly sought Pei Xuan out for a spar.

The result was exactly as expected.

Pei Xuan had beaten Wang Zheng as easily as playing around.

The moment his Blood Fiend Aura emerged, Wang Zheng immediately surrendered.

There was no point fighting. Their killing intent and ruthlessness were worlds apart.

Since he began cultivating, Pei Xuan had killed at least hundreds of thousands of beasts. The killing intent around him had nearly condensed into something tangible.

Once it truly reached that point, Pei Xuan would become a Fifth-Realm powerhouse.

Compared with proper school teachers like Wang Zheng and the other two, there was indeed a considerable gap in combat strength.

As Pei Xuan and the other teachers discussed matters, time passed quickly.

Ye Ling was still the first to complete the warm-up training, followed by Chu Tianche, then Leng Xin.

As for Su Yuan, he remained in the same position as yesterday.

When he emerged, his condition was slightly better than it had been yesterday.

Lin Jie, Li Xingyu, and the others were the same. Everyone who could enter the Qianshan Class was a once-in-a-million genius from Qianshan District.

Standing still was impossible.

If they failed to improve even during a simple warm-up exercise, they would be finished.

Today, one or two fewer students drank Intermediate Recovery Potions. Everyone was adapting quickly.

"Very good. This warm-up exercise has thoroughly loosened up your Blood Qi, muscles, and bones."

"Next, you had better prepare yourselves for the tempering of a Fourth-Realm powerhouse."

Pei Xuan swept his smiling gaze across the thirty students present. With the warm-up exercise just finished, he prepared to begin the next lesson.

"Teachers, I'll leave the rest to you."

"Just don't draw blood or beat anyone to death."

Pei Xuan stepped aside, leaving the space to Wang Zheng and the other two.