"Ding, player Wei Yi has triggered the quest [Avenge Every Grievance]." "Quest requirement: take revenge on those who bullied and humiliated you in the past." "Quest time limit: three days." "Quest rewards: cultivation experience +5,000, martial skill experience +5,000."
The game system seemed unwilling to let Wei Yi rest. One quest had barely ended before another was issued.
The rewards offered a substantial amount of both cultivation experience and martial skill experience, so Wei Yi naturally would not pass them up.
To him, experience points were the foundation of leveling up and the most important means of improving his strength, so he could never have too many.
But of the people who bullied me before, who would be the best choice?
Wei Yi pondered, sorting through suitable targets in his mind.
I've got it.
Sun Wenzong and his brother!
Thinking of everything those two brothers had done in the past, Wei Yi immediately stopped considering anyone else.
He had already planned to take revenge on the two once he improved his strength, but Qian Tonghe's attempt to forcibly expel him had delayed matters. Besides, Sun Wenzong and his brother had clearly been instigating and scheming behind Qian Tonghe's decision to expel him. Now that he had received this quest, he could settle old scores and new ones together, killing several birds with one stone.
After Instructor Hu's cultivation technique class ended, Wei Yi said a word to Zhu Ling'er and the other girl, then slipped out.
Although Sun Wenzong was not on the same campus as him, his younger brother Sun Wenyuan was.
However, Wei Yi had greatly underestimated Sun Wenyuan's cowardice.
After watching his match with Qian Tonghe yesterday, Sun Wenyuan had feared that he would come looking for revenge and had fled right then. He had not returned since.
"Sun Wenyuan isn't in class or in the dormitory."
"He left yesterday. I think he went to his brother's place. You could try the north campus."
Sun Wenyuan clearly was not well liked in his class. Wei Yi only had to ask casually for those people to spill everything they knew about his whereabouts.
He went to Sun Wenzong's place?
The monk can run, but the temple can't. Going after Sun Wenzong will do just as well.
Wei Yi did not mind hearing that Sun Wenyuan had already fled. Compared with Sun Wenyuan, whom he had already beaten once, the person he truly wanted to teach a lesson was Sun Wenzong.
Many of Sun Wenyuan's actions had been carried out at his elder brother Sun Wenzong's direction.
The person who truly had a feud with him was Sun Wenzong, too.
"I'm afraid the Sun brothers are in for trouble."
Watching Wei Yi turn and leave with a murderous look on his face, the person who had just spoken could not help shivering and whispered to those beside him.
"The Sun brothers aren't easy to mess with, either. Especially Sun Wenzong-he's a third-year student. They say he's already a tenth-tier Martial Apprentice, and the cultivation techniques and martial skills he practices are anything but ordinary," someone beside him could not help arguing.
"However strong he is, can he be stronger than Wei Yi?" The person on the far left chuckled.
At those words, everyone immediately had the sense to shut their mouths.
Indeed, however strong he was, could he be stronger than Wei Yi?
Even Instructor Qian Tonghe, a ninth-tier Martial Master, had lost to Wei Yi. The Sun brothers probably really were no match for him.
"The wheel of fortune turns. The Sun brothers have been throwing their weight around the academy for so long. It's about time someone put them in their place."
When Wei Yi arrived at the north campus.
Classes there had just ended.
Wei Yi was quite well known at the True Martial Academy, and many people looked surprised at his sudden appearance.
"Wei Yi? What's he doing here?"
"No idea."
"I heard he challenged Instructor Qian Tonghe yesterday and won. Is that true?"
"I think so. Has he come to the north campus to challenge another instructor today?"
The True Martial Academy was, after all, an academy for martial artists, with a thriving martial culture. To help students gain combat experience, the academy not only permitted sparring and fighting but strongly encouraged it, as long as no one was injured or maimed.
However, such challenge matches generally took place between students.
A student challenging an instructor?
Wei Yi alone had set that precedent.
Watching Wei Yi stride toward them, the north campus instructors could not help feeling their hearts tighten, afraid he might take leave of his senses and challenge them. Fighting a student offered them no benefit if they won, while losing would leave them utterly disgraced, just like Qian Tonghe.
Fortunately, Wei Yi did not stop before them, allowing them to breathe a deep sigh of relief.
Third year, class nine.
Wei Yi knew which class Sun Wenzong belonged to, so naturally he would not go to the wrong place.
He soon arrived at the training room for third-year class nine.
Quite a few students from third-year class nine had yet to leave. Sun Wenzong was among them, discussing something with several male students, his face wreathed in smiles.
"Wei Yi?"
Sun Wenzong had not noticed Wei Yi's arrival, but others in the training room had, and someone immediately cried out in surprise.
Hearing this, Sun Wenzong immediately looked up. When he saw Wei Yi suddenly standing in the training room doorway, his expression darkened at once.
"Wei Yi, what are you doing here?"
"Heh, why do you think I'm here?"
Wei Yi looked at Sun Wenzong and asked with a teasing smile.
Seeing Wei Yi's fearless demeanor, Sun Wenzong could not help feeling his heart sink a little.
Of course he already knew that Wei Yi had challenged Qian Tonghe yesterday and stolen the limelight. His younger brother Sun Wenyuan had even come to see him, but Sun Wenzong had not taken it to heart, because he did not think Wei Yi would dare do anything to him.
Yet barely a day after he had said that, Wei Yi had come knocking.
"Wei Yi, this is third-year class nine on the north campus, not your east campus. Don't get too arrogant!" a class nine student shouted, his expression hostile.
"Exactly! Don't think you can run wild just because you've stolen a little limelight. You still have time to leave. Otherwise, you won't be able to leave even if you want to!" Someone immediately chimed in with a threat.
Wei Yi glanced at the two speakers, not even bothering to acknowledge them.
"Sun Wenzong, tell me. Are we going to the arena outside, or settling this here? Take your pick."
"Either way, you're not getting away today. It's time we settled the score between us!"
At this, Wei Yi grinned, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.
But there was not a trace of amusement in his eyes.
Sun Wenzong's expression turned exceedingly ugly.
In the past, he had always been the one bullying others. When had anyone ever treated him with such arrogance? Especially when that person was Wei Yi. The anger in his heart surged higher and higher.
"Wei Yi, don't go too far."
Sun Wenzong narrowed his eyes and spoke coldly through gritted teeth.
"Too far?"
Wei Yi chuckled. "However far I go, I can't compare to you. You know perfectly well what you've done. Don't tell me you weren't scheming behind the scenes in that business with Qian Tonghe."
"I'll say it again: you're not getting away today. Everything you did to me before, I'm paying back in full today."
"You can either lose face in the arena outside or leave this classroom lying down. You don't have a third choice today..."
At Wei Yi's words, everyone exchanged glances.
Sun Wenzong's gaze flickered. He exchanged looks with the people beside him and gave a slight, discreet nod.
"Motherfucker, kill him!"
"Get him!"
Sun Wenzong suddenly roared in fury, and five or six male students, himself included, attacked together.
Two grabbed stools and smashed them viciously down at Wei Yi.
The others closed in from every direction, each as agile as a hunting leopard, their presences firmly locking onto Wei Yi.
"Hmph, you won't shed a tear until you see your coffin!"
Wei Yi showed not the slightest fear. With a cold snort, he suddenly leaped up and delivered two flying kicks in succession, smashing the two sturdy stools to pieces. At the same time, he circulated the Purple Cloud Manual, and the internal Qi in his dantian immediately surged. The powerful presence unique to a Martial Master instantly enveloped the entire training room.
Everyone present involuntarily felt their bodies sink, their expressions changing sharply in shock.
"Attack together! Even if he's a Martial Master, he can't beat all of us working together!"
Sun Wenzong roared through gritted teeth.
As he spoke, he took the lead and hurled a punch at Wei Yi.