by Dragon King
In the East Ocean University, there weren’t many strong opponents, but there were a bunch of dragon cultivators who were around the same level as Hao Ren.
How could Hao Ren not accept this ‘gift’ from Su Han?
Half an hour later, the Go Club’s door finally reopened.
Lu Qi walked out with a pale face.
In contrast, Hao Ren looked proud. He waved his hands and walked out of the classroom.
They both didn’t explain anything. However, when Lu Qi walked down the stairs, he almost tripped.
From then on, the rumor of Hao Ren beating Lu Qi in a game of Go spread rapidly across the campus.
402 Robberies
“Isn’t winning Lu Qi in a game of Go too incredible?”
“Yeah. What else could they do in the Go Club room?”
“I heard that Lu Qi looked pale when he walked out. He must feel terrible losing!”
“Really? I don’t think winning Lu Qi is actually possible…”
“That Hao Ren though, he’s even great at basketball.”
“Not only basketball, but he’s also good at rock climbing and boxing. He’s like the Superman!”
“He is a great singer as well…”
“Breaking news! Breaking news! Ye Feng, a four-year student, along with some companions, are going to the cafeteria to find Hao Ren!”
“Isn’t Ye Feng the one that opened a few restaurants outside the school?”
“Yeah, yeah. I heard he wanted to find Hao Ren to discuss some things. A lot of people have gathered around the Clear Stream Cafeteria. Let’s go there too!”
All of a sudden, the school got turned up-side-down by the news.
With the flow of time, the dragon cultivators who used to live deep in the woods were slowly assimilating with the mortals in society.
Especially the young dragon cultivators who had trained at home to some extent; They would go into the cities, enter a high school or university, and meet new friends to expand their horizons.
Within East Ocean University, there were over ten secret groups. Some were based on their elemental attribute, some were based on their realms, and some were based on where they were from. After receiving Su Han’s message, they all went to find Hao Ren, despite previously being relatively low-key.
The Hao Ren who had once rejected the invitation to enter their groups had suddenly become the number one target. As long as one could defeat Hao Ren, he or she would be able to obtain the qualifications to become an assisting inspector!
However, in the eyes of ordinary university students who didn’t know the secretive dragon cultivators that all come from backgrounds of wealth and power, the ordinary students all thought that the sudden challenges against Hao Ren by these famous students were because they were jealous of his close relationship with Su Han.
A day quickly passed by.
Hao Ren was exhausted and dragged his tired body to Su Han’s office.
In just one short day, he had become the focus of the entire school. The school, however, had no intention of interfering with the students’ gossips.
“Today was just the beginning. In the next two days, it’ll become much worse,” Su Han said calmly as she felt Hao Ren walking into her office.
“The ones who haven’t attacked are just patiently waiting for their opportunities, right?” Hao Ren asked.
She opened her eyes and said, “If you can’t even defeat them, there’s no chance for you to survive the Dragon God Shrine.”
“But I can only use 40% of my power,” Hao Ren said while looking at her.
Su Han scanned Hao Ren with her cold gaze and said, “The people participating in this exam have far superior powers than them.”
She stopped for a bit before continuing, “I watched your battles with Lu Qi. You clearly won by a distance in the first battle. In the second battle, you amazed me with your patience. Even a Dui-level cultivator isn’t your match.”
Hao Ren lightly smiled.
Although he wasn’t a Dui-level cultivator yet, if he compared the volume of nature essence with a Dui-level cultivator, he was confident that he was superior. He had cultivated all five elemental essences simultaneously. With all five elements together, it was as if there were five Gen-level cultivators fighting one Dui-level cultivator, not to mention that he was able to counter his opponent’s elemental essence and use sword array formations.
“Let’s go! I bought frozen dumplings today.” Su Han opened a drawer and took out a bag of dumplings.
Together in the drawer with the dumplings was Su Han’s White Jade Sword.
Su Han practiced the Ice Frost Scroll, and her natal dharma treasure was of ice-cold nature. When Su Han put the sword in the drawer with the dumplings, it worked as an automatic refrigeration system!
As if something was stuck in Hao Ren’s throat, he couldn’t say anything.
But it was Su Han! For her to go out and buy a bag of frozen dumplings, it was already a vast diet improvement!
“Pa…” Su Han threw the bag of dumplings over to Hao Ren.
“When we go back, you’re responsible for cooking the dumplings. Then, you have to read the Inspector’s Handbook,” Su Han said emotionlessly while she put back her White Jade Sword.
After that, she went straight out of the office.
Hao Ren looked at her slim body as she walked away. He held the bag of cold dumplings and couldn’t help but laugh.
“She is the one who wants to eat dumplings, but she is afraid that she’ll overcook them. That’s probably why she’s making me cook them.” After realizing Su Han’s true intentions, Hao Ren quickly ran out of the office and ran to catch up to Su Han.
Days passed by quickly.
In the evening, Hao Ren had to cook for Su Han. Then at night, he had to memorize the Inspector’s Handbook.
Next day morning, he had to run to school with Su Han. During the day, had to battle against young cultivators who wanted his position.
Within the school, Hao Ren’s reputation grew rapidly. Although he had tens of students come to him to ‘discuss’ things, he still ran to school with Su Han in the morning. The male students were extremely jealousy at this sight.
On Thursday, Su Han showed up in class in a shirt that had semi-see-through sleeves and a pair of black shorts with simple white polka dots. It was her first time coming to class after she had taken a break from school, and her appearance was dazzling and sexy. Zhao Liren almost nosebleed.
Once again, Su Han became the model that the girls at school looked up to for fashion inspiration. Also, Su Han’s look today hinted that the summer arrived early.
During this time, Zhao Yanzi, with her study materials, pretended to go to the girl’s dorm at the East Ocean University every night to find Xie Yujia to study. However, she was led by Little White and Xie Yujia to Fifth Heaven to train.
The Qin Yin Sect found tens of herbs Xie Yujia was missing to the valley and placed them at the entrance of the Ethereal Summit. When Xie Yujia saw the abundance of materials, she made tens of Beauty Pills for Little White to bring back to the Qin Yin Sect as a thank-you gift.
Overall, there was nothing wrong.
-Sixth Heaven, the Sky Mountain Sect-
A girl wearing a cyan dress walked up the stone steps rapidly. At her waist hung a golden bell; with each step, the bell made a series of crisp noises.
A golden ‘squirrel’ was chasing behind her. Its movements were brisk, forming the illusion of a streak of golden lights.
“Daddy, are you looking for me?” The girl asked as she ran into the garden and pushed opened the bedroom door.
Inside the bedroom sat a mid-aged man with a long black goatee.
“Duan Yao, you’re back.” The man rocked his chair while nodding slightly.
“Daddy, what’s the matter? Why did you ask me to come back on such short notice? Did something urgent happen?” Duan Yao asked carefully while blinking a few times.
“Peng!”
The man slammed his
hand on the table to his left, and a white jade teacup jumped into the air.
Duan Yao was shocked, and her whole body shivered.
“How dare you still pretend to be innocent! Kneel before me!” The man yelled with his eyes wide open.
Duan Yao was scared and quickly kneeled on both knees. A mid-aged woman walked in from the room next door, and she shook her head helplessly when she looked at Duan Yao. She came over and handed her a cushion to kneel on.
“Be honest with me. What did you do on Fifth Heaven?” The man glared at Duan Yao, and his voice was extremely strict.
Under the wrath of her father, Duan Yao felt like her body was losing strength. She hesitated for a few seconds and said, “Dad, I found some clues to the thieves that offended the White Sand Sect and stole the two elixir stoves that we gave to them a while ago. I’ve been chasing after the thieves recently.”
“Peng!”
The man slammed against the tea table again.
Duan Yao was scared to look up, and her whole body shivered. The mid-aged woman beside the mid-aged man felt empathy toward Duan Yao, but she didn’t dare utter a word to appease the man’s anger.
“How dare you try and fool me! You really think I don’t know anything?” The mid-aged man was so mad that he turned purple from holding his breath. “You relied on Luojia’s powers and stole from cultivators who were passing by Fifth Heaven. You think I don’t know?”
When she heard this, Duan Yan fiercely shook her head. “Daddy, I didn’t!”
“How dare you quibble!” The man continued to raise his voice. “It has already been reported to Sixth Heaven. Are you saying that the cultivators on Fifth Heaven are lying? The perpetrator was a girl who is 15 to 16, rode a snow lion, had a purple-green longsword, and used the Big Dipper Constellation Scroll!”
Duan Yao looked up and stared blankly at her dad. Luojia, who was standing on her shoulder, jumped to the ground as it looked at the madman in front of it. It ran a little further, just to be safe.
“Dad, that snow lion, it is white, isn’t it?” Duan Yao asked after thinking for a bit.
“It is white. Don’t think you can trick me with these little tricks. Luojia is a level 5 snow lion. Becoming white is easy for it!” The man got angrier as Duan Yao asked for the details.
The woman who stood next to the man tried extremely hard to convey the message: keep quiet for now; don’t talk back.
However, Duan Yao was extremely confused and did not understand what she did wrong.
“That snow lion is not pure white; its legs are golden. That’s the evidence that it was Luojia not completely changing colors! How dare you quibble at this stage! You’re the daughter of the Sect Master of the Sky Mountain Sect. How dare you go and rob cultivators on Fifth Heaven! You made me lose face! Not only did you rob them, you even robbed the affiliates of sects on Sixth Heaven! If they didn’t come to me, I wouldn’t know the troubles you have caused on Fifth Heaven!”
Each word the man said echoed in the room.
“How dare you say it wasn’t you? I haven’t taught any other disciple the Big Dipple Constellation Scroll! Also, you took the Purple Green Treasure Sword long ago!”
“Alright, alright. She’s been playful and has done some wrong things; it was inevitable. However, she’s been trying to find clues for the White Sand Sect this time on Fifth Heaven.” The mid-aged woman finally tried to appease the man’s anger.
Duan Yao looked down, and her teeth made a loud grinding noise. She had never robbed cultivators on Fifth Heaven, but she couldn’t say that she had lost the Purple Green Treasured Sword and the Big Dipper Constellation Scroll!
The Big Dipper Constellation Scroll was a technique that her father begged from Seventh Heaven, and the Purple Green Treasure Sword was one of the greatest treasures of the Sky Mountain Sect. If her father learned that she lost them, he would be even madder.
“Go to the back mountain and reflect for a month! Only rough meals! No visits allowed!” The mid-aged man roared.
He looked at Duan Yao who was kneeling; he thought for a second and said, “If it weren’t you, we will see what happens on Fifth Heaven for the coming month!”
Meanwhile, on Fifth Heaven, Zhao Yanzi looked at the dharma treasures, technique scrolls, spiritual herbs, elixir pills, and dharma notes that filled up half of her cave abode. She puffed up her cheeks and said, “These things aren’t good. They’re wasting so much space. Oh well, I’ll rest for a month!”
403 Dragon God Shrine 1.5 in 1 Chapter
“Ring, ring, ring…” The bell that signaled the end of Friday’s classes rung.
Hao Ren put on his backpack and left the classroom.
In four days, he successfully defeated 26 dragon cultivators at the East Ocean University. Three were at Dui-level, 12 were at Gen-level, and 11 were at Zhen-level.
Hao Ren’s classmates ran out the door behind him.
Outside the classroom was Su Han. She was standing there with a t-shirt that had a little boy stamped on it, she also wore a pink sports jacket and didn’t zip it up, and the yellow baseball cap on her head made her seem both refreshing and youthful.
Hao Ren saw Su Han at the door when he walked out of the classroom.
“Let’s go!” Su Han said lightheartedly while looking at him.
All the students around them were shocked.
“What is this situation? Su Han coming to the classroom to pick Hao Ren up from school. Isn’t that what couples do?” they thought.
“Ok!” Hao Ren nodded and flung his backpack onto his back before following Su Han to the stairs.
Ma Lina was standing outside the classroom door; she was also astonished by this. Only when Hao Ren and Su Han had walked downstairs, she realized what had happened and shoved an elbow at Xie Yujia. “He… he…”
“It’s ok!” Xie Yujia smiled comfortably without a slight hint of anger or jealousy.
Her tolerant appearance shocked the students outside the classroom as well. They were so shocked that they didn’t know what to say.
“You didn’t break up with Hao Ren, right?” Ma Lina questioned Xie Yujia.
“I didn’t; I still love him,” Xie Yujia answered with no hesitation. She smiled and grabbed Ma Lina by the hand and led her toward the staircase.
Hearing Xie Yujia’s words, the guys were so furious that their eyeballs were almost popping out. “How dare him, that bastard! Hao Ren!” they thought.
“Are you all set?” Su Han asked when they came out.
“Yeah, everything’s set,” Hao Ren responded.
Even though he was a modern mortal who grew up competing and attending all sorts of exams, competitions, and races, entering the Dragon God Shrine’s exams was a first for Hao Ren.
Carrying a backpack and walking out the school gate with the setting sun’s light dimming on them, Hao Ren felt like he was a student in the ancient times when people had to go to the Capital to take exams that determined their fate.
The battles in the last few days had increased Hao Ren’s battle experience immensely. However, the truth was that the real elite dragon cultivators weren’t at the East Ocean University; they were the future successors of their clan, and the elders kept them back at home.
Fighting those that weren’t the strongest among his generation gave Hao Ren the chance to warm up.
Su Han knew what Hao Ren’s ability was like, so she was sure that he wouldn’t lose easily. She was actually quite satisfied with his performance.
After all, if Hao Ren couldn’t even pass the challenges at school, there was no chance that he would pass the Dragon God Shrine’s exams.
As Su Han looked at Hao Ren who was wearing a thin polo shirt and long sweatpants, she had higher expectations of him.
“Maybe, this kid can actually make it to the top three?” Su Han secretly thought.
The two walked out of the school. They took a taxi that was passing by and slowly faded from the stares of the crowd back at school.
In
Lu Qing’s office, there were a few young male teachers. They looked mad and exclaimed, “Vice Principal, what is this? Ms. Su is so close to a student; this will have a negative impact on the school’s reputation!”
“Vice Principal, you really should interfere with this. The school can’t be like this! Ms. Su is in the spotlight at the school, and her condescending attitude is unacceptable!”
“A teacher should behave like a teacher. I think that student should also be punished! Recently, many male students challenged him privately, and girls have been talking about him. Isn’t this enough evidence that all the students in the school are unpleased with him?”
“Vice Principal, you need to stop protecting Su Han and that Hao Ren.”
The male teachers were extremely passionate about their beliefs; they were almost about to slam the table. Lu Qing was sitting at his desk, just looking at the teachers calmly. He obviously understood what these male teachers were thinking.
The male students all a crush on Su Han, and so did these male teachers.
These male teachers tried to approach Su Han either obviously or secretly. However, Su Han didn’t care to bother with them and didn’t even remember their names!
Now, Su Han was always with a male student. How could this not be a huge blow to their ego?
“I won’t interfere this time,” Lu Qing said calmly, stating his stance on the situation.
All the male teachers were shocked and were about to explode. “Vice Principal, how can you not do anything?”
Lu Qing was still sitting calmly at his desk, looking at them with no emotional fluctuations. “The school has its rules. There aren’t any rules that prohibit students and teachers running to school together.”
“What…” The male teachers looked at each other and were utterly speechless.
“Does the school have rules on whether a teacher can walk home from school together with a student?”
“Eh…” the male teachers were once again speechless.
Lu Qing leaned forward a little bit and asked, “Unless you guys are saying that Su Han and Hao Ren are dating?”
Once he said this, the male teachers’ faces turned bright red; they couldn’t say another word.
