Chapter 94

Zhang Ruochen had just walked out of the Yellow No. 1 when he saw Duanmu Xingling, dressed in a light green robe.

Zhang Ruochen was slightly surprised and greeted her, "Greetings, Senior Sister Duanmu!"

Duanmu Xingling stared at Zhang Ruochen, who had just come out, even more astonished. Her beautiful eyes blinked repeatedly as she said, "You're actually fine?"

Zhang Ruochen was a bit puzzled and replied, "What could be wrong with me?"

"Didn't Dust Sister kill you?" Duanmu Xingling asked.

Zhang Ruochen was even more confused and said, "Why would she want to kill me? And... how did you know she wanted to kill me?"

Duanmu Xingling, as if she had done something wrong, quickly tried to cover it up, squinting her eyes and smiling, "No... nothing, I was just guessing!"

Duanmu Xingling felt somewhat unhappy in her heart, thinking, "Could it be that the bad thing I did last night has already been discovered?"

Then, she carefully examined Zhang Ruochen from head to toe and asked again, "Is Dust Sister still inside?"

Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, "Last night, I had a misunderstanding with her. Now she is seriously injured. You should go see her!"

"How could she be injured?" Duanmu Xingling exclaimed in surprise.

In her view, the one who should have been injured last night was Zhang Ruochen.

Duanmu Xingling didn't bother to listen to Zhang Ruochen's explanation and, in a flash, rushed into the Yellow No. 1.

Zhang Ruochen shook his head and walked out of the Dragon Martial Hall.

As soon as he walked out, it caused a huge stir.

"Look! Look! Zhang Ruochen has come out!"

"He... he's not injured?"

"He wasn't even crippled?"

"That's impossible! He must be injured internally, maybe even had his cultivation nullified!"

"Maybe he was even castrated!"

...

After all, in the past hundred years, no male student from the Western Academy had ever come out of the Dragon Martial Hall unscathed.

Last night, those external students had been waiting outside the Dragon Martial Hall, eager to see the show.

Now, seeing Zhang Ruochen come out unharmed, they naturally didn't believe it.

More than ten students from Yunwu County immediately rushed over. Liu Chengfeng squeezed through the crowd and asked, "Your Highness, are you not injured internally?"

"No!" Zhang Ruochen shook his head.

Liu Chengfeng then asked, "Didn't you encounter those three female demons last night?"

"I did encounter one," Zhang Ruochen replied.

"Who?" Liu Chengfeng asked.

"Huang Yuchen!" Zhang Ruochen said.

Hearing this name, the students nearby all gasped.

Liu Chengfeng's face changed, and he said, "Two years ago, the first-year student Weichi Tiancong was crippled by her and thrown out of the Dragon Martial Hall. She didn't do anything to you?"

Zhang Ruochen thought about what happened last night and felt it shouldn't be spread around, so he said, "I'll tell you about this privately!"

Zhang Ruochen and Liu Chengfeng walked through the crowd to a slightly secluded path.

Liu Chengfeng couldn't contain his curiosity and asked again, "Huang Yuchen is a notorious female demon. No one who falls into her hands has a good outcome. She really didn't do anything to you?"

Zhang Ruochen's face turned serious, and he said, "She did set a trap to harm me!"

Liu Chengfeng's face turned pale, and he asked, "What kind of trap did she set?"

Zhang Ruochen said, "Something similar to what happened to Weichi Tiancong."

"What do you mean?" Liu Chengfeng asked.

Zhang Ruochen said, "She was bathing in the hot spring, and I saw her!"

Liu Chengfeng's mouth dropped open in shock, "How much did you see?"

"Not much," Zhang Ruochen sighed.

Liu Chengfeng pinched Zhang Ruochen all over, confirming that he was indeed unharmed, and said, "You should know that two years ago, Weichi Tiancong didn't even see anything and was still crippled. This year, you saw everything, and that female demon let you go?"

Zhang Ruochen said, "It wasn't a big deal. After she apologized, I forgave her."

"You forgave her?" Liu Chengfeng was stunned.

To actually force a female demon to apologize, Liu Chengfeng couldn't describe his admiration for Zhang Ruochen. He found Zhang Ruochen even more inscrutable!

Zhang Ruochen said, "It's best not to spread this around. After all, she has already apologized, and I can't ruin her reputation."

"Right! Women value their reputation the most!" Liu Chengfeng nodded and said earnestly, "Don't worry! My mouth is very tight, I won't say a word."

"Good! I'll go see Zixi first."

Zhang Ruochen, with his hands behind his back, walked towards Zixi's residence.

After handing over two thousand spirit crystals to Zixi, Zhang Ruochen planned to return to the Dragon Martial Hall.

He decided to seclude himself for a period of time to cultivate, hoping to break through to the late Xuanji realm as soon as possible.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen's ears twitched, hearing a sharp whistling sound. Sensing danger, he leaped back two yards.

A jade-white spear flew over his head and stuck into the ground where he had been standing.

"Boom!"

The impact of the spear was powerful, causing cracks to appear in the white stones on the ground.

Zhang Ruochen's eyes narrowed, and he asked, "Who's there?"

A group of students wearing white martial robes emerged from the forest, about twenty of them, surrounding Zhang Ruochen.

There were both new and old students.

They all wore cold, mocking expressions, looking at Zhang Ruochen as if he were already dead.

Feng Zhilin stepped out from among the twenty students, pulled the spear out of the ground, and shook it, causing true qi to surge along its length.

Feng Zhilin's eyes were filled with killing intent, and he said coldly, "You are Zhang Ruochen?"

Zhang Ruochen glanced at the surrounding students, showing no fear, and said, "Yes, I am Zhang Ruochen."

"Do you know who I am?" Feng Zhilin asked.

In the Tianmo Ridge, Zhang Ruochen had met Feng Zhilin once and naturally knew who he was, so he said calmly, "The prodigy of the Fang family from Sifang County, Feng Zhilin!"

"Haha! Since you know my name, you should also know that Feng Zhiyi is my younger brother. You killed my brother in the Tianmo Ridge, so I have every right to kill you. You have no reason to complain, right?" Feng Zhilin's killing intent grew even stronger.

A student standing next to Feng Zhilin said cruelly, "An eye for an eye, a life for a life. Even the elders of the academy can't interfere in this matter!"

Another student said, "Zhang Ruochen, if you have the guts, fight Feng Senior Brother. Life and death are in the hands of fate. Do you dare?"

Not far away, a student from Yunwu County passed by and, seeing Zhang Ruochen surrounded by more than twenty students, immediately rushed over and said sternly, "Feng Zhilin, don't be too overbearing. My ninth brother is only at the middle Xuanji realm, while you are at the peak Xuanji realm. A life-or-death battle with you would be a death sentence for him!"

Zhang Ruochen was slightly surprised, not expecting someone to speak up for him at this moment.

He looked at the student who had spoken. It was a fat man, weighing at least three hundred pounds, almost as round as a ball.

"Earlier, he called me his ninth brother. Could he be the fourth prince of Yunwu County, Zhang Shaochu?" Zhang Ruochen thought to himself.

Zhang Shaochu had joined the Wu Shi Academy last year.

Zhang Ruochen stared at the fat man, finding it hard to associate him with the fourth prince of Yunwu County.

After all, the princes Zhang Ruochen had met were mostly graceful and handsome, and none of them were as fat as Prince Zhang Shaochu.

However, Zhang Ruochen had no good feelings towards the other princes but felt quite fond of this fourth brother. After all, it took a lot of courage to stand up for him at this moment.

In fact, Zhang Shaochu had a good relationship with the former sickly ninth prince. Yesterday, when he learned that Zhang Ruochen had become the top first-year student, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

This morning, he planned to meet his accomplished ninth brother.

On the way, Zhang Shaochu saw Feng Zhilin leading more than twenty students surrounding Zhang Ruochen, shouting to attack him.

As an older brother, Zhang Shaochu naturally couldn't stand by and do nothing, so he rushed out.

Feng Zhilin glanced at Zhang Shaochu, showing a look of disdain, and mocked, "Zhang Shaozhu, haven't you had enough beatings? Today, Zhang Ruochen must die, and no one can save him. Why don't you get out of the way? I'm too lazy to deal with you today."

Zhang Shaochu's face turned red. Normally, he wouldn't dare to provoke Feng Zhilin, but seeing Zhang Ruochen, who was outnumbered, he finally mustered the courage and said, "I am Prince Zhang Shaochu, not Zhang Shaozhu."

"Haha!"

The twenty students all burst into laughter, rolling on the ground.

Feng Zhilin also mocked, "You're fatter than a pig, and you dare to say you're not a pig?"

"Is the prince of Yunwu County a pig? Do you think his mother slept with a pig to give birth to him?" a martial artist from Sifang County said without restraint.

They all knew Zhang Shaochu well. Although he was a prince, he was often bullied by them. Perhaps because he had been beaten too much, even when they urinated on his head, Zhang Shaochu could endure it and never fought back.

The martial artist from Sifang County spread his legs and laughed, "Zhang Shaozhu, come over here. In front of your ninth brother, crawl under my legs, and I'll let you go. Otherwise, you know what will happen."

Zhang Shaochu had endured for a whole year, but today he couldn't take it anymore. His face turned ashen, and he roared, "Nie Xuan, I'll fight you to the death today!"

Zhang Shaochu burst out, his originally round body swelling even more, and true qi surged throughout his body. He struck Nie Xuan with a palm.

Zhang Shaochu was at the minor Xuanji realm and was not weak.

Nie Xuan coldly smiled, extended his arm, grabbed Zhang Shaochu's arm, and then punched him in the chest with his other hand.

After all, Nie Xuan was at the middle Xuanji realm, and Zhang Shaochu was no match for him.

"Spit!"

Zhang Shaochu spat out blood and was thrown into the air.

But it wasn't over. Nie Xuan had no intention of letting Zhang Shaochu go. He said coldly, "Since you want to be the first to step forward, I'll show you the consequences."

Nie Xuan rushed forward, grabbed Zhang Shaochu's arm as he flew through the air, and delivered three more punches.

"Spit!"

"Spit!"

"Spit!"

Zhang Shaochu spat out three more mouthfuls of blood before crashing to the ground.

Nie Xuan stepped on Zhang Shaochu's head and said coldly, "Bring this fatso here. Break his arms and legs, strip him naked, and throw him into the beast dung pit. Let him stay there for three days to calm down. See if he dares to be the first to step forward again."

Seeing Zhang Shaochu, covered in blood, Zhang Ruochen clenched his fists, his anger boiling, his eyes bloodshot, and said, "Nie Xuan, do you believe I can cripple you?"

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