Are Young People This Daring These Days?

Faced with Song Xu's questioning, Lu Hong said nothing. A trace of contemptuous amusement appeared on his otherwise expressionless face.

I'm just messing with you.

You just had to take the examination for three-star instructor at the same time as me!

Only one of the two of them could become a three-star instructor this time, and his teaching ability really was a little inferior to Song Xu's!

This vexed him to no end. There was a very good chance he would lose to Song Xu.

Seeing that Lu Hong had tacitly admitted it and was still acting this way, Xiao Qingyi stared at him and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you must have a fairly powerful elder backing you. Come on, tell me who it is."

Lu Hong had recognized him yet still acted like this. It went without saying that he must have an elder behind him who could stand on equal footing with Xiao Qingyi.

In the entire Demon Domain, there were only a dozen or so people who could stand on equal footing with him.

It certainly couldn't be the head of Demon Willow Academy. He had always lived and traveled alone, with no family or companions.

Lu Hong still said nothing.

Song Xu, however, said, "Master, his uncle is the academy's vice head."

"I see. So you're that old bastard Lu Qingxu's nephew? Do you know that even Lu Qingxu has to greet me cordially as Fellow Daoist Xiao when he sees me?" At this, Xiao Qingyi's expression turned cold, and he abruptly released the presence of his Peak Great Emperor Realm cultivation, intending to frighten Lu Hong.

He refused to believe he couldn't deal with this brat!

Lu Hong remained perfectly calm. "Senior, I'm only acting according to the rules. Are you trying to frighten me with your strength and seniority?"

Seeing that Lu Hong was impervious to reason, Xiao Qingyi grew a little irritated.

This brat-even if there really were rules, he could have shown a little tact and simply turned a blind eye. What harm would there be in letting them go in for a look? Acting like this now, it was clearly because of his disciple.

"We'll go in, have a look around, and come right back out," Lu Qing'an said calmly at that moment.

He didn't want to make things difficult for a junior either.

Lu Hong looked at Lu Qing'an. He had never met Lu Qing'an and couldn't sense his cultivation presence, but since he had appeared here with Xiao Qingyi, he was presumably also at the Great Emperor Realm.

But as long as it involved Song Xu, no matter who came today, he wouldn't let them through!

"Out of the question! As long as I'm here today, even if the Eternal Night Demon Emperor himself came, he could forget about taking one step inside!" Lu Hong declared with absolute conviction.

As soon as he said that, the atmosphere around them suddenly fell silent.

Xiao Qingyi and Song Xu looked at Lu Hong as though he were an idiot.

How dare you!

If your uncle were here, would he dare say that?!

And you're actually saying that to the man himself?!

"Ahem, calm down. You'd better not go killing people indiscriminately here at Demon Willow Academy. After all, you still want the child to come cultivate here." Xiao Qingyi noticed Lu Qing'an looking at Lu Hong and hurried over to his side. Grabbing Lu Qing'an's hand with both of his, he tried to soothe him through voice transmission.

"I'm not angry. I just find it a little strange. It's only been a thousand years, and juniors already dare to joke about the title of Eternal Night Demon Emperor?" Lu Qing'an really wasn't angry. He was simply surprised.

The brat was an instructor at Demon Willow Academy, after all. He shouldn't have been a fool.

Back then, he had slaughtered his way through the Demon Domain and earned a fearsome reputation. Although tens of thousands of years had passed since the days when he had killed without hesitation, that fearsome reputation should have continued to frighten later generations no matter how many more years passed.

Hearing this, Xiao Qingyi's eyes flickered with an unusual emotion. He hesitated for a while before saying, "Perhaps... this brat is a little slow-witted..."

A possibility had already occurred to him.

Lu Qing'an realized that Xiao Qingyi was probably hiding something from him and asked through voice transmission, "Do you know something about this?"

Xiao Qingyi's mouth twitched awkwardly. He replied through voice transmission, "Do you really want to know?"

"Cut the nonsense. Tell me!"

With no other choice, Xiao Qingyi took a deep breath and said, "It probably has something to do with your disciple..."

"It has something to do with him?" Lu Qing'an was even more surprised.

Xiao Qingyi said through voice transmission, "It's a long story. Roughly speaking, more than five hundred years after you disappeared, your disciple announced that he had grown stronger than you and displayed considerable strength. He also said that if you appeared, he could give you a thorough beating, and that his current position as Demon Emperor was something he deserved... After that, he gathered a group of subordinates in the Demon Domain. I imagine Lu Hong's faction has some connection to your disciple..."

They may have been brainwashed.

After all, they're all juniors.

They never saw with their own eyes how terrifying the killing god Lu Qing'an was.

Hearing this, Lu Qing'an fell silent.

This disciple of mine...

He pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

"Never mind."

Seeing his reaction, Xiao Qingyi tried to soothe him through voice transmission. "Don't be angry. He's your disciple, after all. Perhaps the way he's acted has something to do with you leaving without a word..."

He had more or less watched Lu Qing'an's disciple grow up, so he didn't want things to take a bad turn between master and disciple.

Lu Qing'an shook his head with a smile. "It's fine. It's pretty good that the brat has such ambition."

Xiao Qingyi: "..."

Lu Qing'an then looked at Lu Hong. He couldn't be bothered to argue with this junior and said nothing more. His figure flickered, and he vanished from where he stood.

In the blink of an eye, he was already before the Time-Reversing Demon Willow.

He only wanted to see exactly what that life-form was yearning for.

Once he was done, he would leave.

Seeing Lu Qing'an vanish in the blink of an eye, Lu Hong immediately determined that his strength was at the Peak Great Emperor Realm.

Whether or not Lu Qing'an was at the Peak Great Emperor Realm, he had actually dared to force his way in! He simply didn't take Demon Willow Academy seriously at all!

His gaze turned cold, and he caught up to Lu Qing'an in the blink of an eye. Seeing Lu Qing'an standing before the Time-Reversing Demon Willow with a hint of surprise on his face, he said in a deep voice, "I order you to step back at once! Get out of here! Otherwise, don't blame me for taking action!"

Lu Qing'an was completely focused on sensing the change in the energy body inside the box. How could he have time to pay Lu Hong any attention?

"Fine! Then don't blame me for showing no mercy!!"

Lu Hong spoke in a deep voice.

He then applied his cultivation to his body and reached out to grab Lu Qing'an.

He wasn't afraid that Lu Qing'an's cultivation was higher than his. As long as Lu Qing'an dared to retaliate and attack him at Demon Willow Academy, he would be setting himself against the entire academy!

Even a powerhouse like Xiao Qingyi would have to weigh whether he had the strength to face a behemoth like Demon Willow Academy!

However, just as his hand was about to touch Lu Qing'an, Lu Qing'an suddenly turned and gave him a glance with his icy eyes.

That single glance made him freeze. Then, as though he were bearing the entire Cangyun Continent on his back, he involuntarily crashed to his knees.

Bang! Bang!

His knees smashed into the bluestone, leaving two great craters!

"This..." His eyes widened, his whole body turned deathly cold, and his mind fell into chaos. A hellish scene appeared before his eyes!

Xiao Qingyi and Song Xu were both left speechless by the sight.

They had never seen anyone so reckless with his life!

They just didn't know whether the present Lu Qing'an would still kill people on a whim.

If he killed Lu Hong, he would definitely be at odds with Demon Willow Academy.