Seeing that something was amiss, Xiao Yan explained, "Hello, is this the Heaven Dou Royal Academy? I've come to enroll."
Hearing this, the young man leading the group looked Xiao Yan up and down. Finding that his clothes were nothing like a noble's, he sneered with disdain. "A country bumpkin like you thinks he's fit to study at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy? What's with that huge black ruler on your back? Trying to look cool? If you're here to beg, go beg somewhere else. The sight of bottom-feeding pigs like you makes me sick."
"You..." His teeth trembling, Xiao Yan clenched his fists. His handsome face twisted slightly, and flames of fury burned in his pitch-black eyes.
"You what? You dare glare at me? Boys, beat him up!" Startled by Xiao Yan's fierce expression, the young leader hastily stepped back and waved orders at his followers.
"Yes, Prince Xue Beng!" Everyone chuckled, eyeing Xiao Yan maliciously as they rubbed their fists and approached him.
This young leader was none other than Xue Beng, the fourth prince who had emerged as the Heaven Dou Empire's greatest winner in the original story and ultimately inherited the throne.
Bang.
Xiao Yan's figure became a black streak and vanished in an instant.
The next moment, before Xue Beng and the dozen or so wastrels could react, a thunderous explosion rang out, and Xiao Yan was already before them.
Several of the spoiled young nobles were immediately hurled into the air in sweeping arcs, then crashed heavily to the ground and lost consciousness.
Caught by this sudden turn of events, the noble students of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy panicked. They had never imagined that someone would dare resort to violence right at their academy's gates. Apart from a few with enough sense to