“Heng, I will settle things with you later!” Ling Han glanced at him, his eyes cold and dark. He said to the Third Imperial Prince, “Your Highness, do me a favor and don’t allow him to interfere!”
This tone!
Everyone was shocked dumb. Are you ordering around the Third Imperial Prince like a servant? In the whole Imperial City, aside from the Rain Emperor, who dared to command the Third Imperial Prince in this way?
The Third Imperial Prince rubbed his nose a bit, and said, “Don’t worry, Brother Ling!” Yes, Feng Yan did indeed have endless future prospects, but his current cultivation level was not even a match for him. Ling Han, on the other hand, had already obtained the full support of Fu Yuan Sheng. There was completely no need to compare these two people.
Since there was a need for him to make a choice between the two of them, then it was an extremely easy choice to make.
“Pu!”
Everyone once again choked. The Third Imperial Prince actually agreed! A noble member of the Imperial Family, and also one of the most beloved children of the Rain Emperor, actually agreed to Ling Han’s request. This had to be some fantasy!
Ling Han smiled softly. In his last life, who knew how many emperors were begging to do something for him? It was actually him who had given face to the Third Imperial Prince, all right? If it was not for the fact that his cultivation level was a bit low now, what need would there be for him to ask the Third Imperial Prince for help?
“Ling Han!” An Xue Ming took a step forward. He was Feng Yan’s lackey, and if he simply watched as Feng Luo was thrashed, how would he be able to face Feng Yan in the future?
“Stay back!” The crimson-haired beauty jumped out to place herself between Ling Han and An Xue Ming. Although the Third Imperial Prince had agreed to hold An Xue Ming back for Ling Han, how could the Imperial Prince really make a move himself?
“Your Highness, this is the Hu Yang Academy, so I would like to plead with Your Highness to please not make things difficult for me!” An Xue Ming said to the Third Imperial Prince with gritted teeth.
“Who do you think you are? So what if we make things difficult for you?” The crimson-haired beauty shouted in reprimand. Her hands moved and she withdrew two daggers from her waist. The daggers gleamed blue, as if they were made of crystal, yet a coldness that struck fear into one’s heart seemed to emanate from these two blades.
The Third Imperial Prince did not say a word. Obviously, he was aware of his own status, and disdained to argue with An Xue Ming.
Ling Han did not bother about them, and simply continued to advance towards Feng Luo.
“Don’t come near me! Don’t come near me!” Although there were over ten people here, Feng Luo did not feel any sense of safety. He continued to step back, and turned around in preparation to flee.
Ling Han shot forward and caught up with him, then grabbed onto Feng Luo’s shirt. He pulled his arm back, and “peng,” Feng Luo had fallen onto the ground. Ling Han smiled calmly, and said, “People say that once wounds recover, the pain is forgotten. You, on the other hand, have just had your whole mouth of teeth shattered just the day before yesterday, and now actually dare to once again trifle with me? Do you really not know how the word ‘dead’ is written?”
“Ling Han, don’t you dare go too far, my brother is Feng Yan!” Feng Luo said loudly. He was only left with this one trump card to play.
“I know, I know. You’ve already said this a lot of times!” Ling Han said with a smile. “Pa,” and his foot had kicked out and struck Feng Luo.
“Peng, peng, peng, peng.” He gave Feng Luo a heavy thrashing.
After he was done, he finally took a step back, Hu Niu still in his hold, and said, “Tell the complete truth about your attempts to set me up!”
“Nonsense, I did not set you up!” Feng Luo groaned. He still had this little bit of intelligence. If he admitted publicly that he had set Ling Han up in front of all these people, then the lightest punishment he would get would be expulsion from the Academy.
“Let’s see how long you can maintain your stubbornness!” Ling Han invited Hu Niu to join him, and together, the two of them thrashed Feng Luo enthusiastically.
Everyone around them sucked on their teeth in secret.
There were more than ten members of the Discipline Committee here, plus a teacher and the Third Imperial Prince. Yet Ling Han actually dared to thrash Feng Luo in front of so many people. He was indeed extremely brave.
Really arrogant! Really awesome!
Feng Luo was not a person with indomitable will. Very soon, he could no longer endure being pummeled, and recounted how he had planned to set Ling Han up. He had even revealed An Xue Ming’s part in his plans, completely betraying his teammate.
Hearing him reveal the truth, An Xue Ming and Wei He Le paled, wanting nothing more than to bite the fool to death.
“Heng!” The Third Imperial Prince immediately put on a severe expression, and said, “An Xue Ming, as a team leader of the Discipline Committee, you actually dare to break the rules. Though I am not a member of the Discipline Committee, but as an Imperial Prince of Rain Country, I will suggest to the Academy to give you a severe punishment!”
“No! No! No!” An Xue Ming was filled with fear and horror at this, almost going into an emotional breakdown.
“You all have heard Feng Luo’s confession, right?” The Third Imperial Prince cast a severe look at the other members of the Discipline Committee, and with no exception, everyone nodded.
Are you kidding? Feng Yan was merely a True Disciple, while the Third Imperial Prince was a Core Disciple. Merely comparing these two different statuses was enough for them to know which side to choose. Moreover, one of them was an Imperial Prince, who had a chance of inheriting the throne in the future, who would dare oppose his words?
“No, I have nothing to do with this, it was all Feng Luo’s commands!” Wei He Le said, trembling in fear. He really felt very wronged in this. He stood up for Feng Luo the day before yesterday, and the result was being expelled from the Alchemy Department by Wu Song Lin, and now he tried to set up Ling Han under Feng Luo’s command. The result would likely be even more horrible.
Why was he so unfortunate?
“Whatever you have to say, say it when you are at the Discipline Committee!” The Third Imperial Prince gave a wave of his hand, and said, “Take them away!”
“Understood!” The other members of the Discipline Committee coldly did as he said. At the end of the day, this Hu Yang Academy was established by the Imperial Family, and the Third Imperial Prince could definitely be considered as half their master; who dared to disobey his commands?
Feng Luo and the other two were completely pale as they were escorted away by the Discipline Committee.
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Team Seven of the Discipline Committee had a few female members and before they left, they all cast tender gazes at Ling Han.
For them, Ling Han was definitely a great material for a husband—someone who could even command around the Third Imperial Prince, how many such people were there in the whole of the Rain Country? If they could actually manage to score this kind of Prince Charming, then it would have completely been worth living in this world.
“Brother Ling, I had never imagined that you have such high accomplishments in the field of alchemy that even Grandmaster Fu is filled with utter respect for you!” The Third Imperial Prince said to Ling Han with a smile after everyone else had departed.
The reason why he had chased after Ling Han and had even presented the latter with his own personal token was because he had noticed that Fu Yuan Sheng valued Ling Han greatly, but the truth was he had completely no idea who Ling Han was. But when he went back to visit Fu Yuan Sheng again, he attempted to ask about Ling Han in a roundabout manner.
Though Fu Yuan Sheng did not exactly reveal anything solid, the few words that he had spoken gave birth to great shock in the Third Im
perial Prince’s heart.
Thus, even though only one night had passed, he had immediately come to pay Ling Han a visit—for someone like him whose ambition was to one day inherit the throne and become the Emperor, Ling Han was too valuable an asset!
Actually, he did not yet know that Wu Song Lin himself was also completely subdued by Ling Han’s superiority in alchemy. If he did, he would definitely be even more astonished, and place even greater importance on maintaining a good relationship with Ling Han.
Ling Han only smiled softly. The Imperial Prince of a mere small country would naturally not be taken too seriously by him. However, he was indeed not very strong currently, so he would not mind borrowing the power of this Imperial Prince. At most, he would repay this favor by helping this Third Imperial Prince climb onto the throne in the future.
A person like the Third Imperial Prince was of course a good conversationalist and an expert at manipulating the atmosphere, so their conversation continued in a relaxed and easy mood. When their conversation ended, the Third Imperial Prince excused himself and departed. Personal relationships would of course not be established and strengthened in a single day.
When it was noon, Wu Song Lin arrived and delivered ten monetary notes, each one million silver coins in value.
“Thank you, Young Master Han!” Wu Song Ling wore an expression filled with absolute gratitude.
If anyone who did not know the whole story saw this, they’d definitely be confused, wondering secretly whether Wu Song Lin had gone crazy. What person would deliver money to another and even thank them? But for Wu Song Lin, that Major Origin Spirit Replenishing Technique could never be valued with mere money. Even if Ling Han had asked for a hundred million, or a billion, he would still think of some way to collect the money.
Ling Han gracefully accepted the money. He was indeed lacking funds right now, and furthermore, the Major Origin Spirit Replenishing Technique was indeed worth this amount. Moreover, money was only important when his cultivation level was low, but by the time he reached Flower Blossom Tier, who would still use such worldly stuff?
However, money was still very useful to him now, so Ling Han smiled in satisfaction.
When Wu Song Lin saw this, he immediately took advantage of the opportunity to ask Ling Han for guidance.
Ling Han simply gave him a bit of guidance. Being able to become a Black Grade high level alchemist, Wu Song Lin was indeed quite talented. There were a lot of problems that only required a few pointers from Ling Han, and he would be able to understand the theory behind them. Otherwise, Ling Han would really not have the patience to teach him.
Wu Song Lin had just barely left, and Liu Yu Tong had brought Ling Zi Xuan over. Ling Han did not bother to venture out of the Academy to eat, and decided to simply use whatever ingredients he had on hand to prepare lunch.
Because there was an extreme glutton present, the amount they prepared was terrifyingly excessive. If anyone who did not know the true reason saw this, they would think that they were preparing a celebratory feast.
“I’m sorry!” Liu Yu Tong said all of a sudden.
“Why are you apologizing so suddenly?” Ling Han asked nonchalantly, not thinking too deeply about why Liu Yu Tong was apologizing.
“That Chen Yun Xiang has a bit of a background, and I haven’t managed to deal with him.”
“Who?” Ling Han turned to her and asked.
Liu Yu Tong could not help but press a hand to her forehead, and said, “You are really quite forgetful. Could it be that you’ve forgotten that an old guy attempted to snatch Xuan Xuan and Hu Niu away just the day before yesterday?”
“Oh!” Ling Han finally remembered who Chen Yun Xiang was. He had not taken this kind of minor character to heart in the first place, and Liu Yu Tong had also declared that she would handle the issue, so he had of course completely put this old lecher out of his mind. He had never thought that even with the power of the Liu Clan, there was still no way to deal with him.
“Chen Yun Xiang has a daughter who is Sun Zi Yan’s concubine,” Liu Yu Tong explained.
“Sun Zi Yan?” Ling Han could not help laughing at this. How could anyone name their child that? Weren’t they afraid that the child would be addressed by others as “Sun Zi” in the future? [1]
“The Sun Clan is one of the Eight Great Clans of the Imperial City, and Sun Zi Yan is the most outstanding member of their younger generation. He should be about twenty five years old this year, and has just broken through to Gushing Spring Tier, so he is very much valued by the Sun Clan,” Liu Yu Tong explained.
“And so, the Liu Clan does not wish to make an enemy out of the Sun Clan, and thus will not continue pursuing the matter?” Ling Han asked.
Liu Yu Tong sighed and said, “Indeed. Sun Zi Yan dotes very much on Chen Yun Xiang’s daughter. My Clan had just made a move on the Chen Clan, and Chen Yun Xiang immediately went to seek the help of the Sun Clan. Sun Zi Yan stepped forward personally, and bailed Chen Yun Xiang out.”
Ling Han gave an “Oh” at this. No wonder Chen Yun Xiang dared to collaborate with the Earth and Water Faction to kidnap young girls in broad daylight. So it was not just that he was outrageously bold because of his lust, he also had a Sun Clan to support him—even if anything actually happened, there would be someone to cover for him.
“Since the Liu Clan can do nothing to him, then I shall act personally,” Ling Han said. In any case, Chen Yun Xiang in his eyes was no different than a flea. One stomp from him and he’s dead.
Liu Yu Tong looked very ashamed. She had promised that she would handle the issue, yet in the end, did not manage to fulfill her promise.
“Hahaha, don’t look so down, you’re a great beauty! Come, give me a smile!” Ling Han said with a laugh.
“Snicker!” Liu Yu Tong did not smile, but Hu Niu did. She had currently stuffed her mouth full of meat, and this smile of hers did not even reveal any sign of her teeth.
“Puchi”, when Liu Yu Tong and Ling Zi Xuan saw her smile, they both broke into laughter.
“Yi, are you eating?” A melodious, gentle voice was heard. A pretty figure walked in. The figure was an extremely beautiful girl.
“Li Si Chan!” Liu Yu Tong was very surprised. She never thought that she would see Li Si Chan appear here.
“Liu Yu Tong!” Li Si Chan was also slightly shocked. The Princess of the Liu Clan actually deigned to eat with Ling Han? If this spread around, most likely no one would believe it. Who in the Academy did not know that Liu Yu Tong was a well-known icy beauty? It was really impossible to imagine that she would behave so intimately with a man.
“Oh, so you know each other. That’s good, then I don’t have to introduce you,” Ling Han said with a smile.
Liu Yu Tong looked at Li Si Chan, and Li Si Chan looked at Liu Yu Tong. Combative flames flickered in the eyes of these two extraordinarily beautiful girls.
Though they were collectively known as the Twin Pearls, in actual fact, they did not interact much with each other. It was only that the both of them were too beautiful, as well as that one was extremely talented in martial arts while the other was very accomplished in alchemy, that they were collectively known as the Twin Pearls.
They were both clever girls, and seeing the other appear at Ling Han’s courtyard, what did that signify?
For some reason, a slightly sour feeling appeared in their hearts.
“Have you eaten?” Ling Han asked Li Si Chan.
“No!” Li Si Chan had already eaten, but just as she was about to say that, she changed her mind.
“Then come join us for a meal,” Ling Han invited with a smile.
Li Si Chan accepted the invitation without any reservations. She took a pair of chopsticks and a bowl, and slowly began to eat.
“Oh, right, were you looking for me for something?” Ling Han asked.
“Oh, I came here especially to inform you that a small earthquake happened a few days ago, and an underground river was revealed because of it. Moreover, t
here actually appeared ancient Spirit Tools that floated out with the river’s flow!” Li Si Chan revealed a very big piece of news.
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“What!” Liu Yu Tong immediately jumped to her feet, “Something like that actually happened?”
Spirit Tools could only be created by powerful warriors in Spiritual Ocean or higher Tiers; they would have to use their own energy to cultivate these tools, and after a long period of time, their respective cultivation techniques would be engraved on the tools using a unique method. These tools would then have power about equal to their maker.
It may seem like the creation of a Spirit Tool was a simple process, but there was a limit to the lifespan of a martial artist. To be able to successfully create and perfect a Spirit Tool would require at least twenty to thirty years. Moreover, Spirit Tools had very specific, very high requirements regarding the materials that could be used to forge them. As a result, there really were very few Spirit Tools in existence.
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