One Trouble After Another, Troubles Without End

Fei Xia was a student in Imperial City Academy's intermediate class. He had been at the academy for over three years and, through his own efforts, had finally become an expert at the Spirit Bone Realm. As usual, he came to the mission station that day to check for new assignments.

When he reached the entrance of the mission station, he found quite a few people gathered there in small groups. Curious, Fei Xia went over. "What's going on? Is there a new mission? Why are you all gathered here?" Fei Xia was something of a celebrity here. Almost everyone who frequently came through this mission station knew him.

"Haha, Old Xia, it's you. There is a new mission—and it's a very interesting one. It requires us to teach someone a lesson, preferably beat him half to death." Fei Xia's mind went blank. What kind of mission was that?

He hurried forward and asked, "Who is it? Who's so unlucky that someone actually issued a mission like this?" Everyone knew that the academy did not permit students to attack one another. Yet this mission had openly appeared.

Someone beside him gave a cold snort. "It's not just appeared—there are quite a few of them. Look, several missions like this are posted here, and they all target the same person: Huo Hai." Fei Xia craned his neck to look, and it was indeed true.

"What did this Huo Hai do to have so many people looking for trouble with him? Wait, why does this name sound so familiar?" Fei Xia muttered to himself, frowning as though pondering something. More people were drawn over by the crowd, and the gathering around the mission station grew larger and larger.

"Of course it sounds familiar. Yesterday, Miss Fang Family, Fang Biya, personally went looking