Chapter 21: Returning to the Academy
Three days later, outside Heping Town, Canaan Academy,
a young man was walking towards Heping Town.
Seeing Heping Town in sight, Xiao Ling breathed a sigh of relief, his nerves finally relaxing a bit.
These past few days hadn't been easy for Xiao Ling. On his way back, he'd frequently encountered assassins and looters. This kept Xiao Ling from relaxing for a moment, and his rest was extremely poor.
He shook his head, thinking his strength was too weak. If he were a Dou Huang or Dou Wang, he'd be able to walk freely in these places.
Touching the dozens of storage rings in his pocket, Xiao Ling couldn't help but smile. For safety reasons, they hadn't been sorted. He muttered to himself, "Though Grand Dou Masters and Dou Masters don't have a lot of assets, with so many, there's a chance they might yield something valuable. It feels like opening a blind box."
Without dwelling on anything else, Xiao Ling channeled his Dou Qi and sped towards the gates of Heping Town.
Many pedestrians traversed this loess road, clearly having come from the Black Horn Territory. They exuded a fierce aura familiar to Xiao Ling. Clearly forged from the fierce battles of the Black Horn Territory, they
could only restrain their tempers within a hundred miles of Canaan Academy.
Looking at these
passersby, whose expressions had become somewhat strange as they struggled to conceal their inner murderous intent
, Xiao Ling sighed inwardly, "The influence of Canaan Academy still lingers; the people around here are afraid to act recklessly." He shook his head and ignored them.
Following this loess road lined with lush trees, Xiao Ling savored the rare tranquility of the Black Horn Territory as he slowly approached the small town.
After running for several minutes, Xiao Ling stopped at the town's gate and glanced up at the plaque at the gate. The name on it was so ordinary and vulgar that if it were in the Black Horn Territory, it would surely be torn down the next day.
"Heping Town"—this was the first town one encountered near Canaan Academy after entering the Black Horn Territory!
Glancing at the crowd standing by the Dead Spirit Tree, marveling at the corpse of the Dou Huang and Dou Wang, Xiao Ling entered Heping Town.
Upon entering, Xiao Ling saw a middle-aged man, accompanied by a dozen young men and women in pale blue robes, recording the identification data of passersby entering Heping Town.
Xiao Ling also saw several passersby being given a small, pale red pill after providing their information.
However, these passersby seemed very reluctant to take the pill.
The middle-aged leader sneered, "Anyone entering Heping Town must reveal their identity, name, and so on. Otherwise, they will be expelled."
"In addition, you must swallow the murderous-sensing elixir concocted by the academy's Alchemy Department. Don't worry, it's not poison. If you harbor murderous intent while in this town, the elixir will emit a red glow from your body, and our law enforcement team will follow that glow. You should also know how Canaan Academy handles those who bring Black Horn influence here... When you plan to leave town, you can obtain the antidote from the antidote distribution point in the town center. However, once you receive the antidote, law enforcement will monitor your departure."
"If you don't want to take the antidote, you may leave now,"
the middle-aged leader explained, then ignored the protesting passersby.
After all, Heping Town wasn't a place where these people could run wild. Canaan Academy wasn't afraid of provoking those from the Black Horn, as the corpse in the nearby dead tree had done.
Because, not far from the town gate, a large tree hangs from the canopy, corpses drenched in the air, some dried, others still fresh. The breeze sweeps through the treetops, sending the corpses creaking with a chilling sound.
The reputation of this undead tree has reached a level of dread. Many who have spent years in the Black Horn Region will never forget the bloody battle between the Black Horn Region and the Southern Academy.
The exact cause of that bloody battle is largely unknown, but the only known fact is that after the clash, the bodies of two Dou Wang and one Dou Huang were cruelly impaled on the undead tree.
From that moment on, no powerful figure from the Black Horn Region dared to cause trouble here. Even if there were occasional disturbances, within an hour, the person who caused them would be a fresh corpse on the Dead Spirit Tree.
Xiao Ling walked toward the crowd and found a senior student he had met in the Outer Court. He approached her and said with a smile, "Senior Li Xi, long time no see. I've just returned from training in the Black Horn Region. Can I come straight into the school?"
The senior blushed at the sight of his handsome face. She knew Xiao Ling, of course. He was well-known in the Outer Court and was known for his gentle manner. She had even patted his head when he was eight years old, and she hadn't expected him to become even more handsome in the past two years. Shaking her head, she quickly said, "So it's Xiao Ling, Junior Brother? Of course you can come straight in. Were you injured out there? Do you need our help?"
At the mention of Xiao Ling's name, everyone around them turned their attention.
Seeing that it was Xiao Ling, the renowned genius of the Outer Court, they all began to chatter.
"Is that Junior Xiao Ling, the top genius at Canaan Academy? He's so handsome."
"Junior Xiao Ling reached the Grand Master level at the age of ten. What a genius!"
"If I had half his talent, I'd be satisfied!"
Ignoring the comments around him, Xiao Ling replied to Li Xi, "I'm not injured. Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister. Goodbye." With a wave, Xiao Ling headed towards the school.
Heping Town is quite far from Canaan City.
By the time Xiao Ling arrived at the academy on his flying magical beast, it was already late at night.
Seeing that it was already dark, Xiao Ling decided to meet Xiao Xun'er tomorrow.
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He would first count his gains.
He sat down on a chair and pulled out the storage rings from his pocket—twenty-seven in total.
His soul sense penetrated them, pulling out the items one by one.
He tossed the miscellaneous items aside, ignoring them.
First, the gold coins—over two hundred thousand in total—not bad.
There were also some medicinal ingredients for low-level elixirs, all of which were for restoring fighting spirit and healing injuries. There were only two Qi Gathering Powders, which were of no use to Xiao Ling.
There were also some fighting skills, with various attributes. They were all Xuan-level and Huang-level, and none of them could compare to the fighting skills Xiao Ling was using now.
Xiao Ling thought about it and muttered to himself: "Next time when Instructor Ruolin goes to recruit students, let him help bring them to the Xiao family. They used to be one of the eight ancient clans, but now they only have one wind-attributed Xuan-level intermediate-level skill that can be used. If the clan leader is not of wind attribute, there is nothing to practice."
He shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He was really too tired and needed to have a good rest.
After taking a shower and drinking a glass of Coke, Xiao Ling fell asleep after a long time.
(End of this chapter)