Return to the Academy [Bonus Chapter One]

Li Qingyue did not think much of Leng Yaozhu's caution.

After all, he was safe for now. Or rather, actually killing him would be extraordinarily difficult.

He only needed to develop his strength steadily, lie low, and wait until he had grown stronger.

Many problems that others would struggle to solve would no longer be problems for him.

Li Qingyue silently committed what had happened to memory.

After all, without his abilities of Eternal Life and Undying Body, he really might have died this time.

If a normal person's body had been pierced by that High-Pressure Projectile in an instant, death would have been certain.

Though such a weapon had little effect on Soul Masters above the Fourth Ring, it remained a lethal threat to those below it.

Li Qingyue's defenses were strong, but his attacker had struck so quickly that he had been shot through before he could even unleash Reignbow Arbiter.

Leng Yaozhu was convinced the Qiangu Family was responsible.

Li Qingyue, however, suspected the Leng Family, to which Leng Yaozhu belonged, even more.

When it came to threatening an ordinary young man with almost no backing, the Leng Family was better positioned to do it than the Qiangu Family.

After all, the Leng Family knew the young man's entire family network. They could easily have threatened his loved ones' lives and forced him to assassinate Li Qingyue and Gu Yue.

Of course, Li Qingyue knew perfectly well that he himself had likely been the target from the start.

After all, Gu Yue had nothing to do with this, and even with a normal shot, the attacker had mainly aimed at him.

He had simply been standing beside Gu Yue and had taken most of the impact for her.

As for why anyone in the Leng Family would