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Since his childhood, when had he ever been so humiliated?
“Then I will spare you this one time.” Ling Han retracted his hand, appearing indifferent.
Luo Lie glanced at Li Weiwei, but he saw that the other party was not at all concerned with him. He couldn’t help but clench his teeth, and abruptly walked away. Having suffered such a great humiliation, he was also too embarrassed to entangle her again.
“Hahahaha!” Li Weiwei was so ecstatic that she clapped her hands. However, after a fit of laughter, when she saw Ling Han had turned around and was about to return indoor, she couldn’t help feeling annoyed. Taking large strides, she rushed past him, and spread out both her arms to block Ling Han, asking, “Whatever ‘Han’, why don’t you ask me why I am laughing so happily?”
Although she hadn’t reached twenty years of age, her body was very well-developed. With this one action of spreading both her arms, the two mounds on her chest, plump and full of vitality, were bouncing up and down as if they were about to jump out.
They stood erect, round and big.
Ling Han readily accepted her point, asking, “Why?”
“Haha!” Li Weiwei was beyond proud when she said, “The imbecile earlier was such a nuisance. I have absolutely no interest in him, but he kept sticking to me all the time. Now that you have taught him a good lesson on my behalf, don’t you think that I should be happy?”
“Oh.” Ling Han nodded. He walked around past her, intending to continue on his path.
“Hey, hey, hey!” Li Weiwei quickly went to block him again, her towering chest almost touching Ling Han, but she did not notice it at all. “There’s more! Although Luo Lie’s strength isn’t that powerful, he still has an older brother called Luo Ba—he is very strong indeed, reportedly his battle prowess has almost reach nineteen Stars.
“You’ve hit his brother, so Luo Ba will definitely not let the matter drop. At that time, he will come to put you in your place.
“Hehe, this strategy is called ‘killing two birds with one stone’. It serves to both ruthlessly humiliate that nuisance and teach you a good lesson. What do you say, aren’t I a genius?”
She lifted her chin proudly, her neck as beautiful as that of a swan’s.
Ling Han smiled lightly, and said, “Amongst Shattering Void Tier cultivators, I am invincible. It doesn’t matter who comes.” These words might make him sound like an arrogant prick, but coming from his mouth, it also exuded ultimate assertion.
Li Weiwei could not help but stare blankly.
Chapter 889 - The power of regulation
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
After a moment of distraction, Li Weiwei swiftly halted Ling Han’s movement again, saying, “Do you know why the enrollment test of the Scarlet Heaven Academy isn’t based on battle prowess, but rather martial arts talent, the strength of one’s spirit, and battle skills—these three areas?”
“Oh, why?” Ling Han asked with a smile. Actually, he really didn’t want to indulge in idle chit chat with this crafty and unruly young lady. The Immortal Realm’s regulations were perfected—he had planned to spend the next ten days to cultivate the power of regulation.
Perhaps he couldn’t even scratch the surface with ten days of cultivation, but it was better than squandering the time away.
Li Weiwei was quite vexed. ‘Why is this guy always giving me the cold shoulder? He was like this in front of my father, and still the same now that we are alone!’
One should know that she was one of the three great beauties in the Imperial Capital; who knew how many young elites would want to be alone with her.
‘This blockhead from a small world! There must be something wrong with his brain, that’s why he doesn’t know how to appreciate my beauty! No, he must be an ice block. That’s right! Otherwise, why would he be called Ling Han 1 ?’
She snorted, and said, “Because if you remain in the Shattering Void Tier longer, you can always improve your battle prowess slightly. But in this world, the most important thing is still advancing through the cultivation levels. Your martial arts talent and strength of spirit will determine the speed of your advancement through the cultivation levels in the Immortal level, and battle skills will be the key to victory in a battle between those of the same level.”
“It makes sense.” Ling Han nodded. This was truly the case, so he certainly agreed.
Li Weiwei had the urge to strangle Ling Han to death. ‘I have said so much, and you merely responded with an ‘it makes sense’ in a dismissive manner?’ She pouted, and said, “Blockhead, I will be looking forward to seeing you being taught a good lesson! Also, after ten days, if I win, then you will have to kneel before me and concede defeat!”
Ling Han burst out laughing. How was it possible that he would lose? He nodded, and said, “That’s a promise! But, what if I win?”
“If you win? Pah! If you win, you win. Don’t tell me that you even want me to proclaim defeat?” Li Weiwei initially wanted to add on some grand speech, but then she recalled the strength he exhibited earlier, and thus immediately changed her mind.
‘I am the daughter of the Left Minister, so I can be this willful. Infuriate you to death!’
Ling Han just smiled, and did not take this to heart. He bypassed Li Weiwei and walked into the house.
Li Weiwei thought to stop him, but after some consideration, gave up on the idea.
It would be better to wait for Luo Ba to challenge Ling Han. At most, it would only be ten days—she would have another match with Ling Han then. She didn’t believe that she would lose to Ling Han in the areas of martial arts talent, strength of the spirit, and battle skills.
As long as she won in one area, she could boast about it—winning in one area was still a win, right? As for the two areas that she lost? Pah, pah, pah! If that blockhead dared to bring this up, she would have his head!
Ling Han returned inside the courtyard, and began practicing his cultivation in seclusion.
Upon stepping into the Flower Blossom Tier 2 , he would be placed above the rest. It would only be ten days away. He didn’t want to stir up any trouble.
The regulations of the Immortal Realm were complete, and just by looking at the limited destructive power of the Shattering Void Tier, it could be deduced that the space in this realm was stable to a terrifying degree. In a sense, the Immortal level was a process of comprehending the power of regulation.
At different stages, comprehension of the power of regulation would be different, and the destructive power would also be different accordingly.
Upon reaching the Genesis Tier, just one thought could break limitless regulations and easily destroy a planet—infinitely terrifying. However, whether it could be done just by attaining the minor accomplishment of the Genesis Tier or one ought to reach the level of perfection, no one knew.
After all, Yi Shuang Shuang was merely in the Sun Moon Tier, while Cheng Yun had only reached the Mountain River Tier, so it would be impossible for them to know the different capabilities of the four minor layers within the Genesis Tier.
Ling Han closed his eyes, letting his spirit come in touch with this world, comprehending the power of regulation.
A cultivator of the Shattering Void Tier would have such preliminary qualification.
Moreover, he had also refined a little Demonic Qi of the Asura Demon Emperor, and attained some power of regulation of the Netherworld. Although the powers of regulation of the two realms were completely different, at least they were on the same level. Inevitably, there ought to be some basis for reference.
Suddenly, he was struck with an idea. ‘What if I could master the power of regulation of the two realms, Immortal Realm and Netherworld, at the same time? One hand is Yin and the other hand is Yang, like the opposing force between heaven and earth. Who could block a strike like this?’
But then, he immediately shook his head. He hadn’t any comprehension of the Immortal Realm’s power of regulation, but what ab
out the Netherworld? He was only now passively mastering traces of it, and still very far from reaching the level of minor accomplishment.
‘Unless there is a chance to go to the Netherworld.’
This wasn’t impossible. There were two weak spots in the barrier of the Immortal Realm. If the Netherworld could storm in here, then the Immortal Realm could also charge out of there.
‘This would require extremely powerful strength. It would be akin to suicide if I go over now! Besides, I haven’t even grasped the power of regulation of the Immortal Realm, why bother to think about the Netherworld?’
He laughed in spite of himself, thinking that he was really too greedy.
A period of two to three days passed by quietly.
Unexpectedly, there was no movement in the Luo Clan. Perhaps they knew that Ling Han would participate in the assessment of the Northern Institution, and planned to settle the disagreement at that time. On the contrary, Li Weiwei seemed to be hooked onto Ling Han. She would come to make a fuss at least every alternate day, but would always leave in anger. She simply wouldn’t learn her lesson, and would come to be angered again the next day.
Ten days passed by quickly. Ling Han stopped cultivating and opened up his right palm—there were traces of interweaving golden light on it.
That was the power of regulation, but it was just too weak.
Limited to the realm, whether it was the Shattering Void Tier, Mountain River Tier, or other levels, there was a limit to the degree of comprehension of the power of regulation. Now, there was still a very huge gap between Ling Han’s current level and the highest limit of the Shattering Void Tier. If this limit was compared to one hundred, then he had not even reached one yet.
‘I may appear to have reached the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier, but there is still a lot of room for improvement—it’s truly unsuitable to charge towards Immortal level.’
Just by surveying the Immortal level, one could already tell. Which among those like Xiao Miaoyan and Wu Gaoyuan had not already reached the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier? Their battle prowess had also reached eighteen Stars, but why didn’t they charge towards the Immortal level?
It wasn’t because they weren’t able to, but rather because it wasn’t the right time yet. Charging forward then would affect their battle prowess in the Immortal level.
Who didn’t want to become a One-star, Two-star, or even Three-star or Four-star Genius, or even barely limited to the legendary Five-star Genius!
“Blockhead! Blockhead!” Li Weiwei rushed over energetically. “The admission examination for the Northern Institution has begun. Quickly, quickly! I must defeat you today and make you admit defeat!”
Ling Han gave a wry smile, and said, “Okay, lead the way!”
Li Weiwei immediately rolled her eyes, and said, “Why should I lead the way, do you take me as your servant?”
“I do not know the way,” Ling Han replied.
Li Weiwei couldn’t help but be speechless. This reason was absolutely valid, so she had no basis for a rebuttal. She clenched her teeth in spite—how was it that this blockhead would always find a way to make her angry?
She wasn’t a narrow-minded person, but facing Ling Han would always give rise to a violent impulse in her.
“Come with me!” She led the way in front, but a moment later emphasized, “I am not leading the way for you, rather, you are my follower. Understand?”
Ling Han just chuckled lightly, causing Li Weiwei to almost go berserk.
Chapter 890 - Gathering of Geniuses
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Although there wasn’t any fanfare accompanying the Left Minister’s Fourth Young Miss when she went out, the moment when Ling Han and Li Weiwei stepped out the residence, four ordinary-looking men immediately followed behind them.
They were the bodyguards whom the Left Minister had arranged for Li Weiwei—each one was an elite cultivator who had attained the level of perfection in the Mountain River Tier!
Within the entire Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire, there was scarcely any person with the capability to make these elites their bodyguards.
Given the strength of Ling Han and Li Weiwei, it was naturally impossible for them to realize that these four elites were following behind them. They were heading eastwards to the Scarlet Heaven Academy, which was situated on the east side of the Imperial Capital, close to the city gates.
They took a ride on the Left Minister’s carriage. On the way, pedestrians stepped aside to let them pass, and even soldiers patrolling the streets stopped to salute, paying their respects.
It could be seen that the Left Minister had widespread, powerful influence.
In a small world, the Spirit Tool for flying had only one purpose—to save the energy of the cultivator. Its actual speed wasn’t faster than that of martial artists, or even fast at all. But in the Immortal Realm, most of the vehicles’ speed was faster than the cultivators themselves.
… Not to mention the God Tool for flying, only someone with the power or level of strength as high as the Left Minister’s could possess one.
Hence, despite the Imperial Capital being outrageously vast, they arrived at the north gate of the academy in about two hours 1 .
Although there was only one Scarlet Heaven Academy, it was made up of four institutions, which had their own respective entrances. For example, the Northern Institution would use the North Gate. Generally, students from the respective institutions wouldn’t visit other institutions.
The competition amongst the four institutions was extremely fierce. If a student from the Northern Institution was to trespass into the territory of the Eastern Institution, he would definitely be given a good thrashing!
At this moment, there was a lot of people already waiting at the gate. Although the Scarlet Heaven Academy would recruit students every five years, this Majestic Empire was truly massive. Every time, only a handful out of thousands would get accepted as students; the elimination rate was astonishing.
Therefore, the first stage was naturally filtering the people; those who appeared to have too poor an aptitude would be eliminated immediately so as not to waste time.
The symbol of the Left Minister was really useful. Although the carriage itself could not go inside the Academy, they were able to cut the queue and cross through the masses of people as vast as the ocean. They didn’t have to waste the slightest bit of time in entering the Academy grounds.
“Why are they allowed to cut the queue?”
“That’s right, we have all waited for several hours!”
“Completely unfair!”
At this time, many young candidates raised their voices incessantly in anger, full of vigor.
A guard at the Academy sneered coldly, and said, “If your father is the Left Minister, then naturally you can also jump the queue!”
Once this sentence had been said, everyone became silent.
Left Minister… how powerful a figure was he?
The four bodyguards from the Left Minister’s residence did not enter the Academy, but dispersed, leaving only one person to keep watch near one entrance of the Academy lest the naughty Fourth Young Miss sneaked out.
She had a history of committing such acts.
After the two entered the academy’s grounds, Li Weiwei was still leading the way. It was obviously not her first time here, as she navigated her way with ease. After a while of walking, she brought Ling Han to a public square.
This was actually the center of the Scarlet Heaven Academy, wherein a white tower with nine floors stood.
A nine-storey tower again?
“Humph!” Small Tower grumbled in a dissatisfied tone. “How dares it imitate me. Destroy it!”
Ling Han couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat. He said, “Although it is also a nine-storey tower, but it’s white in color, which is very different from you.”
“In any case, I don’t like the sight of it. Destroy it
!” Small Tower was obviously extremely tsundere.
“Don’t mess around, this is the place that the Scarlet Heaven Academy will use for the assessment. If you want me to go destroy it, putting aside the question of whether I have such ability or not, even if I can, how many pieces do you think I will be chopped into?” Ling Han said with a smile.
The assessment of the Scarlet Heaven Academy was actually quite simple. One would enter the tower, and those who could climb to the third floor would pass the assessment and be accepted as students of the academy. Naturally, the higher one could climb, the better the score would be. The top ten students would receive focused training by the academy—especially the top three, whose rewards would be a lot more.
“Can you guess who will get first place this time?”
“It goes without saying that it must be Luo Ba! Not only is he one of the three elites of the younger generation in the Imperial Capital, he also has the most outstanding talent. I’m optimistic that he can get the first place this time.”
“Hehe, you already said that there are three elites. Have you forgotten about Ji Yun’er and Lin You?”
“Yes, I am more optimistic about Ji Yun’er. Just her being one of the three great beauties in the Imperial Capital is enough for me to support her.”
“I am more optimistic about Lin You. Big Brother Lin is a loyal friend, even willing to sacrifice himself!”
There was a lot of ongoing discussions. Despite there being different views, everyone had no doubt that Luo Ba, Lin You, and Ji Yun’er would most likely advance and break through amidst the fierce competition. At the very least, the top three spots would definitely be occupied by them, the only suspense being who would get first place.
“You people are really too narrow-sighted. Are there no geniuses outside of the Imperial Capital?” Some people argued, unconvinced.
“Hahahaha!” This triggered hoots of laughter from the crowd.
“You are really naive. Do you know what kind of place the Imperial Capital is? The best of the empire are converging here! Forget the others, and just refer to elites of the Heavenly Body Tier. Where else can you find these elites other than in the Imperial Capital? They are all similarly nurturing their juniors, do you think that those of the Heavenly Body Tier would lose to others at the Sun Moon or Mountain River Tier?”