Chapter 475: Taught a Lesson Instead

Having been able to join Gale Light Academy, the three of them were prodigies from their respective factions. Naturally, they weren’t about to be easily bullied by senior students, and they had resisted at first.

But their opponents, though only senior students one year their senior, possessed a strength they could only look up to in awe. They had been suppressed with ease.

To avoid further suffering, the three had no choice but to submit for the time being.

As new students, all three of them knew Ye Xuan and were aware of the astonishing strength he had displayed during the entrance assessment. In their eyes, however, no matter how formidable Ye Xuan was, he was still just a new student. He stood no chance of winning when surrounded by four senior students.

But the outcome was completely beyond their expectations.

The ones who were even more shocked, however, were the four senior students.

"Damn it! The four of us can’t even take down a single new student. If word of this gets out, how are we supposed to keep our reputation at the academy?"

A ferocious look appeared on Brother Lang’s face.

"Nobody holds back!"

He suddenly roared, his eyes instantly turning crimson.

VMMMM!

The figure of a giant silver wolf suddenly materialized above his head—his Silver Wolf Martial Soul. At the same time, rays of light began to pulse from the wolf’s body.

One, two, three, four, five!

A full five star rings appeared around the Silver Wolf.

"Damn it."

"Kid, you’re dead."

"You’ve successfully pissed us off."

VMMMM!

At the same time, the other three leaped to their feet, their faces contorted with rage. They each unleashed their own Martial Souls, revealing all of their star rings.

For the first time, a hint of surprise showed on Ye Xuan’s face.

’Five rings. All of them have five rings.’

Each of the four senior students’ Martial Souls had five star rings, which meant they were all at the Five-Star Realm.

’This Gale Light Academy is really something else. Every student actually has a full set of star rings... No wonder so many geniuses want to get in...’

For a Tier Five Martial Sect, the highest realm a Martial Soul could attain was the Five-Star Realm.

The fact that each of these four senior students possessed a peak Five-Star Martial Soul couldn’t possibly be a coincidence. It clearly meant that Gale Light Academy had some extremely powerful Soul Refiners.

"Attack!"

With their Martial Souls unleashed, the four senior students roared in unison and charged forward, led by Brother Lang.

A Silver Wolf Martial Soul, a Giant Bear Martial Soul, a Battle-Axe Martial Soul, and a Flame Martial Soul.

The power of four Five-Star Martial Souls quickly enveloped Ye Xuan. Under this terrifying force, he seemed like a candle in the wind, liable to be extinguished at any moment.

Empowered by their Martial Souls, the four senior students’ strength surged. They were now attacking Ye Xuan with power nearly equivalent to four Tier Six Martial Venerables.

Undeniably, every student capable of entering Gale Light Academy possessed the ability to fight opponents of a higher tier.

At this moment, even a Tier Six Second Layer Martial Venerable would likely have been suppressed.

Unfortunately for them, they had run into Ye Xuan.

’You hurt my friend. I’m not letting this go so easily.’

A cold smile suddenly played on Ye Xuan’s lips.

Earth Martial Soul—unleash!

VMM!

Four golden star rings, representing the absolute peak, appeared, momentarily blinding the four senior students.

A layer of Rock Armor rapidly covered Ye Xuan’s body.

At the same time, the Fourth Transformation of his Nine Revolutions Sacred Body silently began to circulate.

"Golden star rings."

"And there are four of them."

Brother Lang and his cronies cried out in alarm. In the next instant, their attacks landed on Ye Xuan.

A loud BOOM echoed. Ye Xuan, who had taken the full force of the four senior students’ attacks, was completely unscathed. He hadn’t moved an inch.

This...

The four of them were instantly dumbfounded.

The next moment—

"Get lost!"

Ye Xuan’s voice boomed like spring thunder as he let out a cold shout. A blurry palm shadow swept past.

THWACK! THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!

The four senior students, led by Brother Lang, were all sent flying. They coughed up mouthfuls of blood, some even spitting out broken teeth. Each of their faces swelled up larger than a steamed bun as they collapsed to the ground in a pathetic heap.

"You... you..."

The four stared at Ye Xuan in terror, their minds completely blank.

"Luo Cheng, let’s go."

Without giving the four so much as a glance, Ye Xuan led Luo Cheng out of the courtyard.

The three new students’ faces were filled with shock as they watched Ye Xuan’s departing figure.

’They were all new students, but was the gap between them really this huge?’

Only now did they truly understand the immense gap between themselves and Ye Xuan’s eighty-eight-meter record.

"Who exactly is this new student?"

After a long moment, Brother Lang was the first to come to his senses. He turned to the three new students and asked angrily.

He struggled to his feet, every inch of his body screaming in pain, as if he were about to fall apart.

Even though Ye Xuan had taught the four senior students a brutal lesson, the three new students were still terrified of Brother Lang and his cronies.

"That new student... his name is Xuan Ye. He was first place in the entrance assessment," one of the new students stammered.

"It’s him!"

"He’s Xuan Ye!"

Brother Lang and the other three stared blankly. They exchanged glances, and their eyes filled with fear and utter shock.

The news that Xuan Ye had left his name at the eighty-eight-meter mark on the Memorial Stele and escaped from the clutches of the Profound Mystery Sect’s Supreme Elder Crazy Battle had long since spread throughout the entire academy.

Perhaps some Martial Artists in secluded cultivation were unaware, but senior students like them, who were specifically lying in wait for the new arrivals, had definitely heard the rumors.

"You three, pack your things and go. If any of you breathe a single word of what just happened here, I guarantee the rest of your time at this academy will be miserable."

After delivering the vicious warning, Brother Lang and his cronies lost all interest in punishing the three. They slunk back to their own dorms, thoroughly defeated.

As senior students, the four of them knew plenty of powerful experts and geniuses from the upper years.

Initially, they had considered asking for help to get their revenge.

But after hearing Xuan Ye’s name, the four of them completely abandoned the idea.

’This guy dared to kill an elder from the Profound Mystery Sect and even survived being hunted by a Martial King Level Supreme Elder. Why would he ever be afraid of them?’

Moreover, the record Xuan Ye had left on the Memorial Stele was so terrifying that Brother Lang and his friends wouldn’t dare provoke him.

"If I’d known he had such a terrifying background, I never would have made a move. Now if this gets out, the four of us will be a total laughingstock."

Brother Lang clenched his fists, grinding his teeth in hatred.

But aside from a few vicious mutterings, there was absolutely nothing he could do about Ye Xuan.

"Go to my room and wait for a bit. I’ll come find you later."

After leaving the courtyard with Luo Cheng, Ye Xuan immediately handed his key to him and prepared to leave in a hurry.

"Young Master Ye, where are you going?"

Luo Cheng took the key, his face a mask of bewilderment.

Ye Xuan stopped in his tracks. Instead of answering, he turned and asked quickly, "By the way, do you know where the dorms for the two female Martial Artists from the Thirteen Nations Alliance are?"

After seeing the situation at Luo Cheng’s dormitory, Ye Xuan immediately grew worried for Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi’s safety.

’Making senior and new students live together... Gale Light Academy must have done this on purpose.’

’And the seniors they assigned have only been here for a year. The academy’s goal is to make the students compete against each other.’

’Besides, Brother Lang made it perfectly clear earlier.’

’The academy may strictly prohibit private duels, but as long as no one is crippled or killed, the punishment is usually light.’

’That says a lot.’

’I’m sure Gale Light Academy encourages the seniors to give the newcomers a ’welcome’ of sorts—to put them in their place.’

’After all, any new student who makes it into Gale Light Academy was surely a top prodigy back home. It’s only natural for them to be a bit arrogant and spoiled.’

’Only by having stronger geniuses teach them a lesson can they learn to restrain that pampered arrogance and realize that there’s always someone better out there.’

That was why Ye Xuan was suddenly so worried about Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi.

"The two female Martial Artists from the Thirteen Nations Alliance? You mean Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi? Young Master Ye, you don’t have a crush on them, do you?"

Luo Cheng’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Ye Xuan had no time for his nonsense. "Do you know or not?" he asked coldly.

"Uh, I didn’t really pay attention to that."

"Forget it. You go to my dorm first. I’ll be there soon."

With that, Ye Xuan hurried off toward a courtyard up ahead.

’I hope Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi can handle themselves.’

He was secretly anxious.

Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi were not weak—both had reached the Tier Five Second Layer and were tempered by life-or-death battles.

But his clash with Brother Lang’s group had made Ye Xuan realize that the geniuses at Gale Light Academy were all extraordinary. After a year of instruction, their strength far surpassed that of an average genius.

Take Brother Lang, for instance. He was only a Tier Five Third Layer Martial Sect.

But in a real fight, even some Tier Six First Layer Martial Venerables from the outside world might not be his match.

Only a prodigy on Ye Xuan’s level could have suppressed him so easily.

But despite his anxiety, Ye Xuan didn’t know which courtyard Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi were in.

’There’s no other way. I’ll just have to check every courtyard.’

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

Ye Xuan knocked on the door of the first courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, a confrontation had clearly just taken place. Several new students were squatting on the ground, their faces bruised and swollen, balancing water basins on their heads.

This seemed to be a tradition at Gale Light Academy.

While a Martial Artist could easily keep their balance, balancing a basin full of water on their head without using their hands or spilling a single drop was no easy feat.

"Kid, who are you looking for?"

A senior student opened the door and eyed Ye Xuan suspiciously, his face full of confusion.

Ye Xuan ignored him. A quick scan of the courtyard told him Yun Aoxue and Xia Qixi weren’t there, so he turned to leave.

"Hey, you can’t just come and go as you please! What do you take this place for, kid? Get back here!"

the senior student said arrogantly.