Shen Lian's gaze turned cold. Though he had struck casually, his cultivation had long since reached the fourth level of the heavenly origin realm, nearly at perfection. Yet he had only forced Xu Yang back a single step. His opponent's body was stronger than he had imagined.
He was about to attack again when Xu Yang's words made his expression change. "Bullshit! I wasn't stealing your things. I just wanted to take a look." Even a Weapon-Forging Master like him could not bear the weight of an accusation that he had used force to rob a fellow student.
He had indeed been a little impatient. Eager to see what kind of ruin Xu Yang had wrought on the heavenstar tungsten steel, he had reached out to grab it. Who could have expected Xu Yang to react so quickly, striking back with a palm and turning the incident into a forcible seizure of a fellow student's possessions?
Heavenly Strategy Academy had strict rules. Every student was a genius; without restraints, if everyone could attack whenever they pleased, the students would have reduced the academy to rubble long ago. If the accusation stuck, even if he was not expelled from Heavenly Strategy Academy, he would spend several months in confinement.
"Take a look? Did I give you permission to look at my things before you acted? You knocked me back a step with one palm, and you call that taking a look?" Xu Yang sneered. Shen Lian's expression soured. He had only wanted to examine it, not steal it, but he had indeed attacked.
Once he had attacked, whether he had merely been curious or intended to seize it by force made little difference to the outcome.
"Xu Yang, Brother Shen was merely curious about what you'd forged the heavenstar tungsten steel