After a brief mont, all the people who had attempted to rob Ling Fan had t their maker, leaving only Murong Fei and the two elders standing atop the stone platform.
Only then did Ling Fan rember that those people were from the Five Peaks noble houses and should have had plenty of good things on them. What a waste that he hadn’t had the chance to loot them!
Imdiately, he turned to look at a stone wall stained with blood, where the Spatial Beast Bag from that fellow Xiang Jie lay on the ground after his death.
Ling Fan went over to pick it up and found that it contained quite a few elixirs, assorted dicinal herbs, and a good number of weapons.
"Honestly, can’t you aim a little higher? You even bother with such trashy stuff?" the Holy Princess said sowhat speechlessly. After all, the treasures in the Cang Ling Ring were countless and undoubtedly thousands of tis better than these items.
"Ahem..." Ling Fan gave a dry laugh.
"One has to be thrifty in life. If I can’t use them myself, giving them to soone else is also good. As for the treasures in the Cang Ling Ring, I really can’t bear to give those away!"
The Holy Princess, "..."
After that, Ling Fan carefully tucked away the Beast Hide Pouch, leaving Murong Fei and the others looking at one another in bewildernt.
"Hehe, thanks for reminding just now. I rember there were seven of you before, how co now there are only six?" Ling Fan asked curiously.
Coming back to her senses, Murong Fei collected her thoughts and sighed, "Earlier, Elder Murong Qin was struck by lightning and fell off the cliff!"
"Oh!" Ling Fan nodded. So that’s what happened. He had thought he was the only one being targeted by the lightning!
The two of them made small talk for a bit, not having much else to discuss, and then started their descent from the mountain.
The downward journey was much easier than the climb up and took significantly less ti. The three of them quickly scaled down the cliff using their hands.
Once they reached the ground, they saw two bodies, those of Murong Qin and Mu Ziping.
Ling Fan approached the corpse of Mu Ziping, searched it, took what valuables he found, and then burned the body with a fire.
Officer Ling Fan found that this Exotic Fire was indeed a great asset – truly a Divine Artifact for disposing of corpses!
He didn’t touch Elder Murong Qin’s corpse and instead called out to Murong Fei, "I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave now. We’ll et again in the future!"
Seeing Ling Fan about to leave, Murong Fei quickly called out, "Wait, if I want to find you, where can I do so?"
After speaking, Murong Fei’s heart raced, and her cheeks flushed with color.
Ling Fan scratched his head, "Uh, the Zhongnan Academy, I guess!"
"You’re from Zhongnan Academy?" Murong Fei was slightly surprised and quietly took note of this.
"I am from the Murong Family of West Sacred Mountain. When you have ti, you are welco to visit my ho!"
Ling Fan smiled, nodding in agreent, "Certainly, I must attend to so urgent matters and head back first!"
"Mhmm, you needn’t worry about today’s incidents, I won’t speak of them, but since you’ve killed mbers from their families, you should still be cautious," Murong Fei spoke up.
"No matter, even if they know, I am not afraid. Let them co at if they dare, for I will be waiting at the Zhongnan Academy!" Ling Fan laughed heartily, full of valor.
After bidding farewell, he turned and left, quickly disappearing from their line of sight.
"Such fearso youth, truly fearso!" Elder Murong i exclaid in admiration.
Murong Fei felt a slight sense of loss, gazing at Ling Fan’s retreating figure and drifting into a daze.
"Miss, let’s bury Elder Qin’s body..." sighed Murong i.
"Mhmm!" Murong Fei shook off her reverie and nodded in agreent.
...
Zhongnan Academy, located on a mountain range to the northwest of Zhongnan Mountain.
At this mont, the students from the five major areas congregated.
Elder Wan Long’s side had three areas, and including Fan Zhan and others, there were a total of thirty-three people. The other two areas had seventeen and eighteen people respectively, making a total of thirty-five people.
They had two more people than the three areas under Elder Wan Long’s recruitnt. Even counting Ling Fan, who hadn’t arrived yet, they still had one more person.
"Now that everyone is here, there are less than seventy of you recruited from the Secular World this ti, you all need to jointly elect a leader. Discuss it among yourselves!" Elder Wan Long instructed the crowd.
Everyone already knew that coming from the Secular World was looked down upon in the academy, so it was necessary to stick together; there was no need for further explanation, everyone nodded in agreent.
Qi He ca up to Fan Zhan and a few others, reminding them, "The recruitnt tutors from our five areas are about to report back to the Elders who transmit skills in the Inner Academy. Be careful later on and endure if you can, everything can wait until Ling Fan returns!"
Su Qiong and the others imdiately nodded, "Rest assured, Elder Qi, we understand!"
After giving his instructions, Qi He left with the other four recruitnt tutors for the Inner Academy.
"Yikes, Old Ghost Qi, are those the recruits you brought in this ti? Only five?" The recruitnt tutors from the other two areas, Wei Ling and Gu Bin, exclaid in surprise.
Zhong Rong and Zheng Yu exchanged glances, seeing their master about to be ridiculed again, they couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, not wanting to linger they quickly left.
Qi He glanced at the two n and ignored them; he huffed coldly and continued walking toward the Inner Academy.
Wu Rao hesitated for a mont, then ca over to Su Qiong and the others to warn them, "You guys refuted Chao Liang’s face earlier, later he might trip you up, be careful!"
"We know, thank you Sister Wu Rao!" Su Qiong and the others continuously nodded.
Wu Rao had her own matters to attend to and could not always watch over them. After giving her warning, she also returned to the Tiger-Taming Academy in the Inner Academy.
At this ti, only the new students from the Secular World were left, split into two camps facing off against each other.
"Our boss, Young Master Chao, should be the leader. Do any of you have an objection?" Kong Yin stepped forward and addressed the opposing side.
"Heh, aren’t you being a bit hasty? I say our boss should be the leader. Do you agree?" Another youth stood out from the opposite team and scoffed.
His na was Jiang Wen, the second strongest in the two areas’ teams.
Chao Liang scanned the people from the opposite two areas and turned to Jiang Wen, speaking indifferently, "I’m the strongest in our team. Defeat , and you can lead the entire team!"
Having said that, Chao Liang stepped forwarded. He knew that at such tis, words were useless; only strength could prove everything.
As the words fell from Chao Liang’s mouth, a figure also stepped out from the opposing team, "I am Tao Yang, please enlighten ."
Although he had just entered the Grandmaster Realm, he considered himself a top genius among the young generation of the Secular World.
"Young Master Yang, let them know our strength!" Jiang Wen cheered.
The students behind him also began to shout in encouragent, "Young Master Yang will win, Young Master Yang will win..."
Both small groups clearly had their own objects of loyalty and were extrely devoted, with no one wanting to see their side lose.
"Hmph, not to look down on you, but if your Young Master Yang can last more than ten moves undefeated against our boss, I’ll call you grandpa!" Kong Yin sneered.
The people from the opposite side looked at each other upon hearing this and soon beca annoyed. That was a downright arrogant claim.
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For Tao Yang, a talent in the Grandmaster Realm, to supposedly not last ten moves against Chao Liang was an outright insult, not only to the others but also to Tao Yang himself, who couldn’t help feeling angry.
Tao Yang suppressed the anger in his chest and said flatly, "You make the first move!"
Chao Liang, with his hands behind his back, shook his head slightly, an air of arrogance about him, "You make the first move. If I go first, you won’t have a chance!"
"Such arrogance, take this!" Tao Yang shouted, drawing his sword and sweeping it across in an overhead slash.
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