No other mishaps occurred on the way back for Liu Bai and his group. By the time they returned to the Northern Azure Spirit Academy, everyone had recovered emotionally.
The murderous aura that had once lingered around them had also vanished... Though that was not quite accurate. Rather, they had learned to control it skillfully and wield it as they pleased.
As their strength grew and they stained their hands with more blood, this murderous aura would continue to accumulate. A true expert could make the weak tremble in fear merely by releasing the aura around them.
Along the way, Liu Bai also sorted through the gains from this trip.
The main reward was Experience Points—a full four hundred thousand. If the timing had been better, Liu Bai would have been unable to resist upgrading himself immediately.
As for Spirit Vein Awakening Points, there were rather few. If Fan Tong had not been a Spirit Veins user, he would not even have received these hundred points.
He was still more than halfway short of advancing to Four Earth Veins. It seemed that advancing his Spirit Veins would be even harder than he had imagined.
They returned safely to the academy, and without wasting a word, the group headed straight to the Mission Hall.
"Hahaha, the little ones are all back. Not bad, not bad. I've already received word from the Punishment Hall. You completed this mission quite well." The Mission Hall elder immediately came out laughing when he saw Liu Bai and the others.
"Mm, no one is missing. And you all look to be in good spirits. Looks like this mission went fairly smoothly."
Chu Lin revealed a bitter smile. "Please don't say that, Elder. We only succeeded thanks to Junior Liu Bai. The rest of us were merely