Chapter 196: A lesson For You (3)
The look on Jia MIngzhen's face changed as he said, "Why didn't you say that earlier? I really thought you only sent us here to mess around. Myriad Race Cult? Is something else happening in the academy?"
"Not the academy. The Allheaven Battlefield. Something happened in a few armies. Some people tried instigating the soldiers to betray humanity. And a lot of these instigators were from the academies. We need to take this seriously. I don't want to see the graduates of our academy doing so as well."
"Alright. I understand." A cold look appeared in Jia MIngzhen's eyes as he said, "Don't worry. We'll keep an eye out. By the way, is Xue'e from the Blood Fire Sect captured yet?"
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"No." Wan Tiansheng replied, "Almost all the cult members who had attacked the Beifeng convoy were killed. This fellow was the only one to escape. He had been missing for a bit, but recently, there are rumors that he has gotten in contact with the divine skywing race. He is probably trying to rebuild the Divine Skywing Sect. This fellow will show his face again sooner or later."
One wouldn't be able to escape so easily after killing the students of a cultural research academy.
In recent days, two elders of the academy had personally set off to search for Xue'e. He was only a Cloudbreach cultivator, but he had two Mountainsea experts personally hunting for him. Even if Xue'e were to die, he could probably die proudly now.
"Rebuilding the Divine Skywing Sect?"
The elders were shocked. What a gutsy fellow.
If he really did so, Great Xia wouldn't be his only worry anymore. Even the Blood Fire Sect would start hunting for him as well.
Before long, Wan Tiansheng's voice faded away.
When Wan Tiansheng was finally gone, Jia Mingzhen laughed and said, "That fellow sure is good at changing topics. Looks like we had just worked for free again."
They had clearly been talking about merit points earlier, but Wan Tiansheng had skillfully changed the topic in the blink of an eye.
The elders didn't really care about the merit points, but they were rather unhappy about how shameless Wan Tiansheng was.
After joking around for a bit, Jia Mingzhen said, "But we do need to take this seriously. It would be even better if we can dig the cult out from its roots. We also need to keep working on these geniuses. They need more provocations. These little fellows feel too relaxed."
"Sure. I know what to do. I'll find a chance to pick a fight with Xia Chan and beat her up. If we encounter any of them outside, just look for any excuse to beat them up. Beat them until they doubt themselves and even the entire world. Everything would be fine after that."
As far as this elder was concerned, the lack of pressure was simply because those geniuses had not experienced the cruelty of the society yet. In that case, they only needed to give these geniuses the experiences they needed.
While the elders were at it, they could use the chance to demonstrate their talent. Maybe they could catch the cult's eyes that way. And after that, maybe the cult would bring them back to their hideouts to be trained?
As for their identities, they weren't afraid of being investigated. They were all using true identities of individuals who had simply been relatively unknown before this. As elders, they had no lack of identities to assume. Who would expect that the great elders would pretend to be a bunch of students?
The elders looked at each other and grinned treacherously.
"Myriad Race Cult, geniuses, here we come!"
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Books depository.
This was Su Yu's first visit.
The books depository was a large and ancient building with centuries of history behind it. It was among the first batch of major buildings constructed during the founding of the academy. It was also a very tall building.
Su Yu looked up at the building that was at least 50 meters in height. There were 10 floors in total. Its architecture was simple yet refined and mysterious. That was the first impression he had of the place.
Bai Feng did not urge Su Yu on. He gave Su Yu some time to take in the place before introducing, "The books depository is one of the most important places in the academy. It is almost as important as the Grotto District and the Heart Cultivating Pavilion. Inside, numerous myriad race willpower texts are collected. Willpower texts from the Great Strength Realm to the Mountainsea Realm or even the stronger realms are available inside."
"Stronger?" Su Yu nodded. This was indeed an expensive-cough, cough, important building.
After a short silence, Bai Feng continued, "Back then, the head manager of this place was my teacher, your grandteacher. Subsequently, your martial uncle became the head manager. This place was supposed to be something like our own backyard as the majority of the texts inside had been gathered by the experts of the multiple character faction in the past."
After a slight pause, he continued, "Fifty years ago, the academy had seized a bunch of texts. All those texts were sent here. And most of those texts were left behind by my martial uncle and the others..."
"Teacher Liu?"
Su Yu blanked out slightly.
Bai Feng said, "Yes. Back then, my grandteacher, also the fifth principal, had left a lot of things behind. But when my martial uncle and his peers left the academy, they brought nothing with them."
Or to be precise, they only took those Divine Characters with them.
Fast forward until now, very few people still remembered that a majority of the collection in the books depository actually came from the multiple character faction. Humans could be very forgetful. Even those who should still remember that fact had selectively forgotten those memories.
While walking, Bai Feng said, "Your martial uncle has been the head manager of this place for 20 years."
Bai Feng sighed, "Ninth-stage Cloudbreach...Your martial uncle had been stuck at this level for around eight years. He has not been able to enter the Mountainsea Realm. In truth, he had planned to head for the Allheaven Battlefield for an extended period of time and pursue his breakthrough there. But he had no choice but to stay behind and watch over the books depository since both Teacher and I were busy with the research center. We have too few people in our faction so he couldn’t leave. If he had left for the Allheaven Battlefield, he would have probably reached the Mountainsea Realm by now."
Bai Feng was feeling very helpless. There were really too few of them. Including Su Yu, there were only five of them. If Chen Yong left, they would be in a lot of trouble. Without the books depository, the multiple character faction would not be able to continue existing.
While talking, the two arrived before the entrance. The entrance was massive. Several guards were standing around the entrance. When Bai Feng swiped his researcher card, the door opened.
The guards looked at Bai Feng before looking at Su Yu. The leader asked, "Assistant Bai, are you heading to the 10th floor?"
"Yeah."
"You may go, but not him."
Bai Feng frowned, "Why? He's not going to a restricted section. He's only here to visit my martial brother. Is there a problem with that?"
The guard leader bowed, "Assistant Bai, please don't make our job difficult. We're only following orders. Su Yu is still a student. The sixth floor and above aren't open for students."
"I know." Bai Feng frowned, "But back then, an agreement was made to allow anyone from the multiple character faction to go to the sixth floor and above."
"Assistant Bai..." The guard leader struggled for a bit before saying, "Officially, the multiple character faction no longer exists in the academy."
"..."
Bai Feng trembled.
After a while, he muttered, "The multiple character faction no longer exists? Who said so?"
"I don't know if you've checked the updated student manual recently, but the multiple character faction has been officially shut down this year. The faction has not been able to attract more than 10 students for 10 consecutive years. According to the academy rules, the faction can be canceled this year."
The guard leader lowered his head and said, "You can check the rules established during the founding of the academy. According to the 62nd provision, if a faction fails to attract more than 10 students for 10 consecutive years, the faction will be shut down. That is for the purpose of avoiding a bloat in the academy. In accordance with the law of the survival of the fittest, irrelevant factions will be shut down."
"Irrelevant..." Bai Feng laughed. "So our multiple character faction is now an irrelevant faction. No, we're not even considered an official faction anymore."
There was no anger. He only had a complicated feeling. It had been 10 years since they last managed to recruit more than 10 students. He sighed regretfully.
At that moment, someone walked by to enter the building. That person only nodded at Bai Feng without saying anything. Just like that, Bai Feng stood silently before the entrance.
Standing beside Bai Feng, Su Yu was feeling somewhat lost. He could sense that his teacher was in a downcast mood.
"Teacher..."
Bai Feng recovered from his daze.
He smiled and said, "Well done. They are actually trying to sever all our paths. They are not going to allow our students to enter the sixth floor and above anymore."
Bai Feng looked at the guard leader and slowly said, "If I remember correctly, I saw a few students on the ninth floor a few days ago. Those are students, right?"
"They have the unique permission slip from the faculty head, so they can be considered special talents..."
"Is that so?"
Bai Feng smiled, "Is my student not a special talent as well?"
The guard leader did not say anything.
Bai Feng smiled, "By the way, my senior brother is still the head manager of this place. This place is still under his management."
Bai Feng then called a number, "We are being stopped at the ground floor. Come get us."