Chapter 13

On the tenth day of the sixth month of the Divine Martial Calendar.

Shang Xia arrived at the Tongyou Academy early in the morning, hurrying to meet up with the supply team of the Academy Guard Corps.

At this moment, the supply team of the Academy Guard Corps was already handing over supplies to the people from the Granary Department, moving the supplies from the warehouse onto the carts.

"Hurry up, are you all not eating breakfast?"

"Moving a few things and you’re dawdling, if you really go to the Two Realms Battlefield, you’ll just be going to die!"

"A bunch of useless brats, we’ve really had bad luck, running into you lot of deadweights!"

"Who knows what the academy is thinking, not even willing to use a bit of strength, if you really encounter danger during the transport, don’t count on us to save you, just wait to die!"

"..."

Shang Xia hadn’t even arrived, but he could hear the harsh scolding from a distance.

Curious, Shang Xia couldn’t help but quicken his steps.

In front of the warehouse, sixteen students from the Outer Hall’s Bing House were each carrying a large bag of supplies out of the warehouse, placing it on the cart at the door, and then running back to the warehouse.

Whenever someone was a bit slow, they would immediately be cursed at by the people around them!

Although these sixteen students had not yet advanced to the Extraordinary stage, each of them was physically strong and naturally had plenty of strength, so moving these supplies wasn’t too difficult.

But being cursed at one after another, they naturally felt angry, their faces turning red with anger, yet they dared to be angry but not to speak.

Not far away, on several carts already loaded with supplies, over a dozen students from the Academy Guard Corps were sitting or lying in various postures, loudly cursing at the students from the Outer Hall as they came and went, their faces showing satisfaction.

The moment Shang Xia appeared, he was noticed.

But these people pretended not to see him, cursing even more fiercely, their voices becoming even louder.

"You Outer Hall students, don’t think that just because you have the qualifications to enter the Inner Hall, you can consider yourselves academy students!"

"Let me tell you, without experiencing the slaughter of the Two Realms Battlefield, you’re just a pile of stinky dog shit!"

"Even if you advance to become Extraordinary martial artists, you’re still a pile of stinky dog shit!"

"Maybe a pile of shit that even dogs won’t sniff!"

"Not even qualified to be cannon fodder!"

"Ha ha ha ha..."

Shang Xia couldn’t help but laugh at these harsh words.

He could even sense that the students from the Academy Guard Corps who were cursing at the Bing House students were occasionally glancing at him.

Pointing at mulberry trees to scold the locusts, this is aimed at me!

Are they trying to give me a warning?

Shang Xia felt a bit of anticipation in his heart.

So, Shang Xia smiled, opened his folding fan with a "swish," and walked leisurely towards the warehouse entrance.

At this moment, the cursing of the Academy Guard Corps students changed again.

"Are you all feeling so stifled and unhappy, so much that you want to punch us in the face?"

"Ha ha... Come on, come on, we can’t wait, you bunch of cowards!"

By this time, Shang Xia had already approached the warehouse entrance, smiling as he glanced at his classmates who were carrying large bags of supplies like ants, sweating profusely, and then, without a hint of sympathy, he jumped onto the cart, sitting on top of the pile of supplies.

Shaking his folding fan, Shang Xia’s eyes gleamed with a hint of mockery, clearly saying, "I’m just here to watch the show, please continue your performance..."

The students moving the supplies didn’t notice this, but they did notice that the Academy Guard Corps students who had been cursing at them suddenly fell silent, as if their throats had been clamped.

Before these students could realize what was happening, the Academy Guard Corps people started cursing again, but this time their voices sounded even colder and sharper.

"Every new recruit to the Academy Guard Corps must go through this, to make you recognize your place, to put aside your past dignity, in the Two Realms Battlefield, there is only life and death!"

"This is the rule for new recruits, everyone must follow it, no exceptions!"

Shang Xia could sense that the Academy Guard Corps people were glancing at him more frequently.

In any place, there are always the bad habits of bullying new recruits.

The Tongyou Academy has a rule that all Inner Hall students must undergo training in the Academy Guard Corps.

In emergencies, the Academy Guard Corps even has the authority to temporarily mobilize Inner Hall students.

In a sense, all the Inner Hall students of the Tongyou Academy can be considered reserves of the Academy Guard Corps.

These sixteen students from the Bing House, although they had successfully passed the Outer Hall examination, would not officially enter the Inner Hall until the start of the school year in August.

But strictly speaking, once they passed the Outer Hall examination, they already had the qualifications to enter the Inner Hall.

The Academy Guard Corps people seized on this point, deliberately using the task of moving supplies to tease these new recruits.

Of course, this was just a surface act, the real target was probably Shang Xia.

Shang Xia just found it amusing, pulling out a silver flask from his sleeve, he took a satisfying sip, his expression immediately showing contentment.

A delicate fragrance spread, and the Hundred Flowers Dew had the effect of quenching thirst.

The Academy Guard Corps students had been cursing for a while, already feeling parched, and with the sun high and the weather getting hotter, the scent of the Hundred Flowers Dew made their throats move as they swallowed hard, not to mention the Bing House students coming in and out of the warehouse.

Soon, because of the scent of the Hundred Flowers Dew, the students moving the supplies noticed Shang Xia, who was sitting leisurely on top of the cart.

Inequality is not the problem, but unfairness is!

Shang Xia nodded slightly, if he didn’t become the target, he would be letting down the efforts of certain people.

Soon, Shang Xia noticed that under the eye signal of an Academy Guard Corps student, a Bing House student suddenly dropped the supplies he was carrying, pointing at Shang Xia with a "grieved" look: "Didn’t you say this is the rule for new recruits, no exceptions? Why can he not move the supplies?"

Here it comes!

Shang Xia watched the situation develop calmly, ignoring the shouting of his classmate.

This method was too obvious and too crude.

The Academy Guard Corps student who had signaled with his eyes suddenly jumped off the cart, pointing at the speaker and shouting sternly: "Zhang Wei, are you rebelling? Pick up what you dropped!"

With someone leading the way, the other dozen or so Bing House students also put down their loads, rushing to the warehouse entrance, standing behind Zhang Wei.

Because of this, Zhang Wei’s courage grew, and he shouted loudly: "You dare not order him, but you dare to bully us, why? Is it because his grandfather is the Deputy Chancellor of the Tongyou Academy?"

"Why can he sit there and drink Hundred Flowers Dew?"

"Right, if all new recruits are no exception, why can the top student not move the supplies?"

Seeing the situation about to get out of hand, Zhang Wei’s eyes flickered, and he said: "Since we are all new recruits, please let the top student carry the big bags with us!"

"Right, carry the big bags together!"

"Carry the big bags!"

The Academy Guard Corps student who had signaled Zhang Wei with his eyes had already returned to the cart, along with several other Academy Guard Corps students, looking at Shang Xia with mocking eyes.

The target of everyone’s attention!

You are the top student of the Outer Hall, right?

Now everyone wants you to carry the big bags, will you go?

If you go, it means you are bowing down in front of these Academy Guard Corps people, willing to be bullied as a new recruit.

And these Inner Hall and Upper Hall students of the Academy Guard Corps will not only further maintain their authority, but will also gain a reputation for "fearlessness" by making the Deputy Chancellor’s grandson bow down.

If you don’t go, you will lose the trust of your fellow students, and the title of "top student of the Outer Hall" will be tarnished.

Under the various gazes of everyone, Shang Xia let out a light laugh, then slowly stood up.

"Originally, I just wanted to watch a show, but I didn’t expect you to do so much groundwork, are you really that watered down?"

Shang Xia lightly teased, his gaze then focused on the sixteen Bing House students at the warehouse entrance, and he said solemnly: "I am very disappointed!"

"When you are being bullied, instead of enduring the humiliation or thinking of fighting back, you force other classmates to suffer with you, what are you thinking?"

At this moment, many of the Bing House students at the warehouse entrance had already lowered their heads.

"I’m not happy, so no one else should be happy either!"

"Ha ha, what a heart that delights the enemy and grieves the friend!"

Shang Xia had an expression of disappointment.

"But..."

Zhang Wei, under Shang Xia’s gaze, kept dodging, but still said: "But... but these are the rules for new recruits of the Academy Guard Corps!"

"Rules?"

Shang Xia sneered: "Just bad habits! When did the Tongyou Academy have a rule of bullying new recruits? Ask any senior, see if any of them will admit to this rule!"

Silence at the warehouse entrance!

Zhang Wei wouldn’t ask, and the Inner Hall students of the Academy Guard Corps wouldn’t come forward to refute.

"Think about it, when you were forced to carry the big bags, what was their attitude?"

Shang Xia’s tone was somber: "I think their attitude was good, after all, since I got here, the seniors of the Academy Guard Corps have never said a word about forcing me to carry the big bags!"

The faces of many Academy Guard Corps students were already turning red.

Zhang Wei muttered with his head down: "In the end, it’s still because of your identity!"

"You’re not wrong!"

Shang Xia actually nodded, looking at the surprised gaze of the person who had raised his head, he sighed: "So you are very foolish, whether it’s because of my identity or something else, even the seniors are unwilling to force me, where do you get the confidence to be someone else’s pawn?"

At this point, the Bing House students were not stupid, how could they not realize they were being used by these Academy Guard Corps seniors?

As for Zhang Wei, as the vanguard of the instigator, he was now sweating profusely.

He could even feel the needle-like gazes of his classmates behind him.

"Clap, clap, clap..."

At this moment, the Academy Guard Corps student who had signaled to Zhang Wei with his eyes jumped off the cart, clapping and laughing: "To be able to justify using family influence to get special treatment so confidently, in the entire Tongyou Academy, perhaps only Shang Xia can do it!"

"Too kind!"

Shang Xia put away his folding fan, seemingly not hearing the sarcasm in the other’s tone, and smiled: "May I ask the senior’s name?"

The student bowed and said: "Inner Hall student Guo You."

"Ah, it’s Senior Guo!"

Shang Xia casually bowed and said: "I noticed earlier that Senior Guo was giving Zhang Wei a ‘signal’ with his eyes..."

"Ha ha..."

A laugh came from among the Academy Guard Corps students, making the surrounding students also chuckle, but they suppressed their laughter due to Guo You’s presence, emitting a series of muffled laughs.

Guo You’s face was already red with anger, his gaze burning with fury.

Actually, even Shang Xia was a bit surprised, just changing the meaning of "sending signals with eyes" to "giving orders with eyes," why did it make them laugh so much?

These people’s sense of humor is really low!

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