C26 Before the Great War

An hour later, the screams from within the Qinfeng Academy had finally come to an end. The people on the streets outside the academy were all waiting at the entrance.

"Sigh, this morning I saw a group of students from Qinwu Academy come over to provoke us. Those screams couldn't have come from them, right?"

"Impossible, unless the teacher in charge of Qinfeng Academy personally takes action, there's no one who can beat Young Master Situ."

"It's normal for this student to come knocking on the door, the teachers of Qinfeng Academy definitely won't do anything. Could it be that those screams are …?"

Everyone at the entrance of the courtyard expressed their opinions. They stretched their necks and tiptoed to see what was going on.

"It's out. It's out."

Hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at the Qinfeng Academy door in unison. "Hiss" Everyone couldn't help but take in a breath of cold air, only to see twenty to thirty students of the Qinwu Academy having swollen faces and ragged clothes. They supported each other as they walked out. Each of them was dirty and covered in footprints. There was even some blood coming out of their mouths and noses. Even their front teeth had disappeared without a trace.

"Oh my god!" What did I see? "

The middle-aged man who had been watching the scene covered his head with his hands and cried out in alarm. The others were all dumbstruck. They were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped to the ground. After searching for a while, they finally found Situ Han's figure at the very back. Everyone looked at him and were all scared until their hairs stood on end, Young Master Situ was actually the most miserable one among all the students, his hair was in a mess, his face was ashen gray, and his eyes were dim. He was in the middle of the two of them, his toes dragging on the ground, looking like he was half dead.

"This?" Are they people from the Qinwu Academy? " A man slapped himself hard in the face. "Pain, it really isn't a dream."

The complexion of the surrounding people did not look any better, and they started to guess what terrifying thing happened inside the Qinfeng Academy?

In the following day, the matter of a group of Qinwu Academy practitioners being brutally abused spread throughout the entire imperial city's streets and alleys, as well as to the restaurants and teahouses. Everyone who heard of this nearly fell to their deaths. This was definitely a heavyweight piece of news.

And the person who caused all of this was a student called Jiang Xia. Many people said that he was a talent secretly groomed by the academy and that his Qinfeng Academy would rise again after a few years. They were trying to demonstrate their prowess to the other three academies.

However, there were also many people who scoffed at this; Shengwu Academy s and Spirit Martial Academy were announced to the outside world, as they did not place Qinfeng Academy in their eyes at all. According to the rumors, Jiang Xia was only a Level 4 Warrior. He posed no threat at all to the two big academies.

Qinwu Academy also came out to clarify things, publicly criticizing Qinfeng Academy for using tricks to defeat Situ Han and the others. The reason was because Jiang Xia was only a Level 4 Warrior, it was impossible for him to win against Situ Han. The dean, Bai Ya, was even more confident in his conclusion. Zither wind was still the last resort this year.

Towards the attitude of the three academies, Bo Hee was extremely calm and did not express any opinions. The best proof would be the upcoming war between the four courtyards. The true focus of attention would be on whether it was the Sacred Martial Arts that led the spirit martial artists all the time, or Zither Wind's sudden rise. The entire city would be waiting to see.

= = =.

In a remote corner of Qinfeng Academy Training Field, Jiang Xia was sitting cross-legged under a big tree that was as thick as two people's arms.

Then Jiang Xia suddenly opened his eyes. His five fingers grabbed the air and two red flowers appeared between his thumb and ten fingers. If it wasn't a real flower, then it would look even more delicate and beautiful than real flowers.

"Flower Plucking Finger!"

Jiang Xia shouted and shot two red flowers at the big tree beside him. "Whoosh!" The tree shook heavily, and a small hole appeared in the trunk.

Jiang Xia breathed out a mouthful of impure air and murmured, "I've finally broken through to the Fifth Martial Stage." Actually, Jiang Xia had already touched the threshold of a Level 5 Warrior before he came to the Imperial Capital. However, too many things happened later on and he only calmed down a little in the last few days.

"Why aren't you coming down?" Jiang Xia frowned and said in a deep voice.

The sound of branches shaking came from the tree, followed by a slim figure jumped down from the tree, who else could it be but Ye Rong, "Hehe, Jiang Xia, what martial skill did you use just now? Did you know that you almost scared me to the point of falling off? "

After what happened last time, Ye Rong's attitude towards Jiang Xia had obviously improved. There wasn't even a trace of dissatisfaction.

Jiang Xia glanced at him indifferently and snappily said: "You're the one complaining first. I'm cultivating here, what's your purpose for hiding in the tree?"

"Hey hey, who said I'm the first to complain?" Ye Rong put her hands on her hips, looking confident and confident, "Can I just sleep on the tree? You're the one who should be the one disturbing me. "

Jiang Xia shook his head helplessly and ignored the other person. He stood up and walked away. But Ye Rong did not let him off and went forward to block him, "Hehe, Jiang Xia, at least I'm the young miss of Ye Family! Can't you talk to me properly? "

"Miss Ye Rong, you scolded me the first day I came here. How do you want me to talk to you properly?"

Ye Rong pouted. "Oh, so you're still angry at me? Why are you so stingy as a man? "

Jiang Xia was surprised, this was the first time he was scolded as stingy, he sighed lightly, "Alright! What do you want to tell me? "

Ye Rong then revealed a satisfied smile as she pulled Jiang Xia back to where they sat previously. "Come, come. Let's sit here and talk slowly."

"If you have something to say, say it quickly. I don't want to become public enemy of Qinfeng Academy." Jiang Xia looked away and felt a little uncomfortable sitting next to Ye Rong.

Ye Rong did not care about this at all. Although she was a young lady from the Ye Family, she had a carefree personality, "Jiang Xia, tomorrow is the war between the four academies. How much confidence do you have in leading our academy to third place?"

"Third place?" Jiang Xia looked at her in shock. He thought she would have higher expectations, but she turned out to be in third place.

Ye Rong's pretty face twitched before nodding her head, "That's right! The first two will definitely be the Sacred Martial Mansion and the Spiritual Martial Force. As long as we can get third place, we won't be at the bottom. "

Jiang Xia was surprised, "Oh, why do you have so little confidence in Qinfeng Academy?"

"It's not that I don't have confidence." Ye Rong shook her head, a dim light flashed in her eyes. "It's because the Sacred Martial Mansion and the Spirit Martial Realm are too strong, and you also know that the level five martial artists and the level four zither master can leave the academy, so the strongest amongst students are the level five martial artists and the level four zither master. There are many level five martial artists with Shengwu Academy that is not too far from them, so we can only win the competition from Qinwu Academy."

"So that's how it is. Who are the most powerful warriors of the Sacred Martial Mansion and the Spiritual Martial Force?" Jiang Xia was rather interested in this.

Ye Rong's eyes lit up, "The strongest Saint realm expert is obviously the grandson of the three heads, Xie Ann, Situ Yan and my brother Ye Cong."

Hearing the names Xie Ann and Situ Yan, Liu Tie couldn't help clenching his fists as a trace of coldness gushed out of his eyes. On the night of his accident, if it wasn't for the two of them stopping him, he might have been able to catch Mengyu before she was taken away by Lan Guang.

I heard that Prince Lan Guang was already a Stage Four Zither Master a few months ago. If he were to fight with the Lyre Skill, he wouldn't be weaker than my brother at all.

"Crack!" As if something had been crushed, stone fragments fell from Jiang Xia's palm. Ye Rong was shocked and quickly asked, "Jiang Xia, what's wrong?"

"Are you alright?" Jiang Xia shook his head and forced himself to calm down before he got up and left.

Ye Rong frowned. "Where are you going?"

"Go back and rest. Prepare for tomorrow's battle." Jiang Xia threw out a simple sentence.

Looking at the lonely figure of the youth, Ye Rong's eyes first showed suspicion, then became gentle.

= = =.

Jiang Xia walked on the busy streets of the imperial city, the red setting sun pulling the boy's figure along. Once upon a time, in this afterglow, there was a cute girl who called him "Brother Jiang Xia" by his ear. The laughter was no longer there.

Suddenly, a blue figure stopped in front of Jiang Xia. She slowly raised her head and what entered her eyes was a beautiful face that emitted a chilling aura.

"Lan Meng!" Even though he had never seen the other party's appearance before, Jiang Xia was still able to tell his name.

A hint of surprise flashed through Lan Meng's phoenix eyes. With a smile, she asked, "How did you know it was me?"

"Feel it." Jiang Xia slightly smiled. He was quite grateful towards this cold and elegant woman.

"Shall we go together?" Lan Meng asked in surprise.

Jiang Xia was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Alright, but I still don't have the ability to return the money to you."

"There's no need to return it. Ten thousand gold coins is nothing to me."

"Hur hur, it's really good to be rich."

The two walked side by side, but they didn't talk much, "Mengyu!" Jiang Xia shouted out as a habit, then quickly changed his words, "Sorry, sorry, Miss Lan Meng."

Lan Meng's eyebrows creased as she asked with interest, "Mengyu is the girl who was by your side before?"

"En!" Jiang Xia nodded.

"Where is she?"

Jiang Xia paused for a moment. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, "Miss Lan Meng, are you a princess of the Royal Family?"

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

"Then what's your relationship with Lan Guang?" Jiang Xia's tone turned cold.

Lan Meng's pretty face changed slightly, but she still replied, "He is my royal brother."

"Heh." Jiang Xia laughed bitterly at himself. Then, he cupped his hands towards Lan Meng and said coldly, "Princess Lan Meng, I will take my leave. I will return all your 10,000 gold coins to you."

With that, he turned around and left without even looking back. Lan Meng's long, shapely eyebrows were knitted together, and her beautiful eyes shone with a faint light of doubt.

= = =.

Jiang Xia went back to where he and Mengyu used to live and his thoughts flooded in like a tidal wave. Clenching his fists tightly, he shouted coldly, "Lan Guang, tomorrow I will take your life."

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