Chapter 88

"Board of Supervisors?"

In the dean's office, Yun Chong jumped up from his seat as soon as he received the news. As the dean, he was more aware than the gatekeeper, Guo Laoer, of what the Board of Supervisors represented.

Nothing happens without a reason.

Whenever the Board of Supervisors shows up, it's never a good thing.

Coincidentally, the Tianzhao Academy had indeed been restless these past few days. Was it Dean Tang Mu of Bipolar, or the Luo family, who brought the Board of Supervisors here?

"Just wait!" Yun Chong was only surprised for a moment, then he sat back down, maintaining his composure as he spoke to his disciple who had brought the news.

"But... they didn't come to the dean's office," the disciple said.

"Then where did they go?" Yun Chong was puzzled.

"They entered the forest to the east shortly after entering the academy," the disciple said.

"To the east, into the forest..." Yun Chong frowned. To the east of the forest was the direction of the library. This group of people...

"Let's go." Yun Chong could no longer remain calm and hurriedly got up and left the dean's office.

The Board of Supervisors had come to the academy and hadn't even sought him out, the dean. This indicated that they had a clear target. The library, where all the recent incidents had taken place. Chu Min, who had caused a commotion at Bipolar Academy and coincidentally encountered the death of a Bipolar Academy student, lived there. Luo Ting, who had intended to rape but was killed, also had his incident at the library. The young spirits related to these incidents were also training there with Chu Min.

Training...

Training!?

Yun Chong, who was thinking as he walked, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Training... Training!

Chu Min had arranged for the young spirits to undergo Soul-Cutting training. This was explicitly forbidden in all formal academies. The Board of Supervisors... Could they have come for this? Who reported this to the Board of Supervisors?

"Dean." Someone suddenly called out. Yun Chong turned his head and saw Xia Bojian coming out of his deputy dean's office, followed by several of his disciples. Xia Bojian, who had not had a good expression since yesterday's incident, was now smiling, though the smile was tinged with cruelty.

Yun Chong suddenly understood.

"Did you bring the Board of Supervisors here?" Yun Chong asked.

"Is there any problem with that?" Xia Bojian said.

In principle, there was no problem. However, no academy would ever voluntarily request the intervention of the Board of Supervisors. Even among competing academies, it was rare to use the Board of Supervisors to suppress each other. In the face of the Board of Supervisors, all academies stood united. No academy liked the Board of Supervisors, so they tacitly avoided dealing with them.

But now, Xia Bojian, the deputy dean of Tianzhao Academy, had voluntarily requested the Board of Supervisors to intervene in Tianzhao Academy. The implications were profound. This guy was plotting something far more significant than just venting his frustration through the Board of Supervisors. His targets were many, and among them was Dean Yun Chong.

The problem with Luo Ting, at its core, was a matter of student character. Even if the Board of Supervisors came, they couldn't blame the academy too much for such an issue. However, the nature of using forbidden training methods was entirely different. Even if it was the act of an individual mentor, the mentor was still a part of the academy's teaching system. Moreover, Chu Min was not an ordinary mentor; she was the chief academician of Tianzhao Academy. Even though this position was almost ignored by everyone, and even the students didn't know about it, if someone wanted to stir up trouble, this identity was extremely valuable.

The title of chief academician was enough to spread the impact of the issue to the entire academy. In such a case, Dean Yun Chong would be hard-pressed to avoid blame. If his position was at risk, Deputy Dean Xia Bojian would naturally take over the dean's position.

"I see." Yun Chong said.

"What did the dean say?" Xia Bojian was still smiling.

"Nothing." Yun Chong didn't say more and turned to leave, with his disciples following closely behind. Compared to the group of disciples surrounding Xia Bojian, Yun Chong looked unusually thin and desolate.

"Let's go see too." Xia Bojian said, leading his disciples to follow behind Yun Chong.

Outside the library, in the forest clearing.

The pile of sound transmission material fragments was still jumping.

Lu Ping had not done such high-frequency theft and operation of soul power for a long time. However, he was not unfamiliar with this state. During the period when he tried to connect soul power completely, he had been doing this kind of training all the time.

Although he ultimately failed, he had become extremely proficient in the method of continuously finding gaps to obtain soul power. Now, this proficiency guaranteed his high-speed training. He was still trying to precisely extract the soul power of sound, but his current speed allowed him to attempt dozens of times in a minute.

This was a simple training method, but with Lu Ping's godspeed, this simple training became anything but simple. The key issue was how long he could maintain this godspeed.

"Relax a bit. At this point, you don't really need the intensity of soul power, right? Just focus on obtaining it as quickly as possible. Wouldn't this give you more time to do the training you want?" Xi Fan said beside him.

Lu Ping's condition was something neither Chu Min nor Xi Fan had experienced; they had only imagined it based on Lu Ping's descriptions. So the suggestions they gave were mostly based on conjecture, essentially armchair theorizing. Whether they were practical or not was up to Lu Ping to determine.

"That makes some sense." This time, Xi Fan's suggestion seemed to make Lu Ping realize something, and he even stopped.

"Think about when you first obtained a very small amount of soul power, and then to the point where you can now obtain such intense soul power. What did you have to pay more for in this process? If you now revert to obtaining a small amount of soul power, wouldn't you save a lot of effort, which you could then put into the training you need?" Xi Fan said.

"That makes sense." Lu Ping nodded and looked around.

"Where is Teacher Chu Min?" Lu Ping asked. He had been so focused on his training that he had completely forgotten himself until Xi Fan spoke.

"She went to get some alcohol." Xi Fan said.

"Oh. I'll think about it carefully." Lu Ping said, not immediately starting his training. He wanted to carefully consider Xi Fan's suggestion and take a break.

At this moment, Xi Fan suddenly sensed something and turned his head. Four people in pure white cloaks had silently appeared nearby. They were not paying attention to Lu Ping and Xi Fan but were intently watching Su Tang and Mo Lin.

"Who are you?" Xi Fan asked.

The other party did not answer.

"It's Soul-Cutting." The one on the far left said.

"Yes, it's definitely Soul-Cutting." The second from the left nodded.

Then the third and fourth stepped forward to grab Su Tang and Mo Lin.

"What are you doing?" Lu Ping had already flown over. Initially, he didn't understand their intentions, but when they didn't even ask and just started talking to each other, he had no hesitation. He rushed over and swung a punch.

The newcomer's expression did not change, still cold and indifferent. He raised his hand to show his badge. However, Lu Ping was too fast, faster than he could imagine. By the time he showed his badge, Lu Ping was already right in front of him, mistaking it for an attack and blocking with a swipe.

Swoosh!

The badge flew out of his hand. This person, who considered his badge a powerful tool, never expected to encounter someone who didn't recognize its value and simply swatted it away.

"You!" This person was about to glare and show his anger, but Lu Ping's right fist had already hit his face, causing him to fly sideways.

Lu Ping dealt with the one nearby first. The one farther away was furious, clearly never having thought that anyone in the academy would dare to attack the Board of Supervisors' inspector.

"What are you doing!" This inspector shouted, also raising his badge. However, Lu Ping was too fast, and his punch was even faster. As he raised his badge, it met Lu Ping's fist. Lu Ping didn't care and punched straight, and with a crack, the badge was shattered by Lu Ping's punch, and his arm tingled from the force.

But the Board of Supervisors' inspectors were not the gatekeeper Guo Laoer of Tianzhao Academy. They were cultivators themselves, and there were many capable and strong individuals among them. They were not about to be intimidated by a mere academy student.

"Bold!" The inspector shouted at Lu Ping again, and his other hand formed a fist and swung. He was finally about to take action. However, his punch was suddenly grabbed mid-swing. The red-clothed girl, whom he had intended to grab for using Soul-Cutting, had come up and grabbed him instead.