Chapter 28

The Chongwen Pavilion has a total of five floors. The fourth and fifth floors are the library, while the second and third floors are reading rooms. The second floor is mainly for prospective martial cultivators, so when Ning Yi and Li Jiawei came up to the second floor, they naturally saw a group of prospective martial cultivators.

Compared to the quiet reading rooms they had seen before, this one was much livelier.

People would occasionally whisper to each other, exchanging insights, and many would get excited while reading, just as Ning Yi had seen earlier, and couldn't help but gesture in the air or凝聚战气 (condense battle aura).

Of course, in Ning Yi's view, making a few gestures was understandable, but condensing battle aura in front of so many people, as if they were about to start a fight, seemed a bit pretentious. Who would just randomly create a fog-like substance in their hands for no reason?

However, when Ning Yi saw that the reading hall was not only filled with men but also had over a dozen attractive girls, and their looks were not bad, he instantly understood.

They were trying to attract girls.

Clearly, those who could condense battle aura were the high-level prospective martial cultivators. The lower-level ones didn't seem to dare to gesture so freely.

In this world, martial cultivators are an envied group, and female martial cultivators are even rarer.

According to incomplete statistics from the Water Blue Star, about 80% of martial cultivators are male, and in the high-level ranks, males make up at least 95%.

Therefore, the dozen or so girls in the reading room, although their levels were low, mostly at the first or second level, were naturally surrounded by many males vying for their attention.

And these guys were all at the third or even fourth level of Qi cultivation.

For Ning Yi, this was absolutely a feast.

Of course, Ning Yi wasn't rash enough to immediately absorb all the battle aura he saw.

After all, there were so many capable people here, and he didn't want to be caught on the spot.

He needed to be restrained.

However, as soon as he and Li Jiawei stepped in, he knew that he probably couldn't be restrained even if he wanted to.

The moment the glass door opened, Ning Yi clearly felt that at least a hundred pairs of eyes fell on them... well, on Li Jiawei.

The reason was simple: although there were a dozen or so attractive girls in the reading room, none of them could compare to Li Jiawei, the class beauty of Class 9.

Of course, this wasn't surprising, given that the girl standing next to him was 1.7 meters tall, with fair skin, long legs, a full chest, and a perfect, delicate oval face.

More importantly, she was a martial cultivator and a princess from a wealthy family in Haiyang District.

Being a beautiful, wealthy, and martial cultivator, it would be strange if she didn't attract attention.

However, just as everyone's gaze focused on Li Jiawei, it quickly shifted to Ning Yi.

Unlike the admiring and greedy looks earlier, the looks that fell on him were first of surprise and suspicion, then of realization and disdain, followed by whispers. Words like "waste" and "scum" quietly drifted into Ning Yi's ears.

It seemed that many people here knew Ning Yi and were well aware of his character.

Of course, there were also people Ning Yi recognized.

Guo Hui, Guo Yan... Du Ze... Ning Yi couldn't help but scratch his head. Damn, was this a den of enemies?

Li Jiawei clearly noticed Ning Yi's actions and couldn't help but remind him, "This is the reading room. I'm just bringing you here to get familiar. Don't cause trouble... try to be restrained, okay?"

"No problem, I'm here to read, not to cause trouble," Ning Yi said with a smile.

He opened the door and went in.

"Hey, Weiwei, what wind blew you here?" A guy with a pimply face and a thin, monkey-like build, who was closest to the reading room door, spoke first.

Ning Yi glanced at him; he was at the late second level of Qi cultivation.

His voice was slightly sarcastic, but at the end, he couldn't help but swallow and greedily glance at the short skirt of Li Jiawei's school uniform, revealing her long, straight legs.

It seemed he couldn't wait to peek.

Before Li Jiawei could speak, the guy's gaze shifted to Ning Yi, one eye half-closed, and he stared at Ning Yi with a slanted look. "Who's this pretty boy? You're not going to introduce him?"

"Pan Hou, don't you know? Li Jiawei's new boyfriend, the waste from Class 9, Grade 3," a fat guy with glasses corrected him... yes, a prospective martial cultivator at the mid-second level of Qi cultivation.

It seemed that Ning Yi being a waste was already known throughout the school.

Li Jiawei's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she was about to speak.

Ning Yi gently blocked her and smiled. "Class representative, let me handle it. I know what to do."

Li Jiawei gave him a look of disbelief but had no choice but to lower her voice to a whisper, "This... this isn't a place for you to act recklessly. Be careful."

"Understood!" Ning Yi nodded. He knew that two second-level Qi cultivators dared to speak so boldly in front of Li Jiawei, a third-level beauty, must have some backing.

Ning Yi slowly walked to the side of the guy with glasses.

The latter, seeing Ning Yi approach, sneered and said mockingly, "What, want to fight?"

"No, how dare I. I just want to ask this classmate his name," Ning Yi said humbly.

"Zhou Cui, Class 4, Grade 3. Want to fight? I'm always ready!" The guy with glasses stared at Ning Yi with a strange smile, raising his chin provocatively and slowly slapping his own face. "Here's my face, welcome to hit it. If you have the guts, hit me!"

"That's what you said," Ning Yi said with a smile.

Then, in a flash, he struck!

"Slap!" A heavy slap landed on his face.

Due to the force, Zhou Cui's face was instantly tilted to the side, and his glasses were knocked off...

Seeing this, the monkey-like guy instinctively grabbed the book in his hand, stunned!

No, not just him, the entire row of people was stunned.

Li Jiawei, standing behind Ning Yi, was so anxious that she almost jumped. This guy... his words couldn't be trusted. What about staying calm and restrained?

"You damn..." Zhou Cui, regaining his senses, jumped up, not even bothering to pick up his glasses, and swung a punch directly at Ning Yi.

However, this was expected. As soon as Zhou Cui made a move, Ning Yi was faster. The moment Zhou Cui threw a punch, Ning Yi didn't dodge; he also threw a punch, but with battle aura.

Zhou Cui, of course, immediately summoned his battle aura, but against Ning Yi, who was prepared, it was useless!

"Absorb!" Damn, that's one energy point, 22 points now!

"Bang!" "Bang!" Almost simultaneously, their fists missed each other and hit each other's chests.

Both took a hit, but the outcomes were completely different.

Ning Yi took two steps back and bumped into Li Jiawei... oh, he seemed to have touched something he shouldn't have, a soft, squishy feeling.

Zhou Cui, on the other hand, was thrown back onto the table behind him, and he fell to the floor with the table, struggling to get up for a long time.

"Wow!"

The entire reading room instantly fell silent, then immediately erupted in a commotion, with the sound of chairs being dragged across the floor.

"Damn!" "Shit!" "You bitch!" Low curses murmured.

Almost everyone was instantly stunned. Although Zhou Cui was only of medium to low level among them, from the slap to the punch, it all happened right before their eyes.

To knock Zhou Cui out with one punch, even the best here wouldn't dare to claim they could do it.

"Damn..." Zhou Cui, lying on the ground, roared, pushed himself up, and in mid-air, transformed his palm into a fist, aiming for Ning Yi.

"Stop..." At the same time, a voice came from the side.

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