Hearing the woman’s words, Li Changhe heaved a long sigh.
"When has Heavenly Dao Academy ever fallen so low," he lanted.
"A tiger is still a tiger even when it lands on the flat ground, and a dragon is still a dragon even when it swims in shallow waters," soone calmly remarked from the side.
"Regardless, we are not ones to be coerced," added another.
"Enough," the woman at the head seed a bit tired.
Leaning back in her chair, she waved her hand and said, "Just do as I have instructed for now."
Watching the slowly departing figures, the woman’s eyes were profound, pondering sothing unknown.
...
The dawn was radiant, and the purple qi ca from the east for thousands of miles.
Xu Zii stretched lazily and walked out of the room.
In the Loulan Courtyard, Mo Tianming had risen early, sitting cross-legged under an ancient ginkgo tree.
He was inhaling and exhaling the purple qi, a rich one drifting from the horizon.
Between each breath, it seed as though he held the profound mystery that could shift the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth.
"Brother Xu is awake," Mo Tianming called out with a smile upon seeing Xu Zii coming out.
Xu Zii nodded.
As the two were chatting, Li Changhe walked in with two students from Heavenly Dao Academy.
One of the students was Li nghe.
The other, a man, introduced himself as Lue Tian.
"Vice President Li," Mo Tianming greeted.
"Ah, the arrangents for your affiliations have already been settled," Li Changhe said with a nod and a smile.
"Mo, you will follow Venerable Ming, and Xu Zii will be under Venerable Nu."
After saying this, Li Changhe seed afraid that Xu Zii and Mo Tianming might be worried.
He explained, "Both Venerable Ming and Venerable Nu are famously regarded teachers at the Academy. Following them will be best for your advancents."
"Thank you, Vice President Li," Mo Tianming nodded.
"Lue Tian, take Mo to Venerable Ming," Li Changhe instructed.
"nghe, take Xu Zii to Venerable Nu."
Before parting, Mo Tianming grinned and waved at Xu Zii saying, "Brother Xu, hope we get more chances to spar."
Following Li nghe, the two made their way towards the eastern part of the Heavenly Dao Academy.
Given the vast expanse of Heavenly Dao Academy, the institution allowed void stepping, flying, or even riding various mounts.
Mid-air, Li nghe looked at Xu Zii and said, "Just a heads-up, Venerable Nu has a bit of a strange temperant. Try not to irritate him too much."
"A bit strange?" Xu Zii asked, puzzled.
"I don’t know what the academy was thinking," Li nghe continued.
"Venerable Nu has more than once made it clear he would not take on any more students. It’s beyond why the academy would assign you to him."
"Is that so?" Xu Zii chuckled lightly.
"All the older students know," Li nghe nodded.
"Venerable Nu is the least responsible among the teachers and his deanor is sowhat decadent. But I’ve heard that a long ti ago, he was the most prestigious and even the most likely candidate for the next dean. I don’t know why he changed so much."
Xu Zii laughed and asked, "Do you know if there are any fun places in our Heavenly Dao Academy?"
"Fun?" Li nghe seed a bit confused by the term.
"I an so training areas with fire attributes," Xu Zii said.
He didn’t outright ntion Nine-Bend Godly Flas.
"There are plenty of those," Li nghe responded.
"There’s Firefla Mountain to the north and the Southern Fire Basin to the south, and the place we’re heading to now," said Venerable Nu.
"Vermilion Bird Island," Xu Zii remarked.
"It’s related to the Four Divine Beasts, isn’t it?"
"Yes, originally a Vermilion Bird Divine Beast fell here, causing the entire island to burn with the Southern Luminous Fla," explained Li nghe.
"The flas persist, never extinguishing, still burning to this day."
"Do we have any powerful flas at our academy?" Xu Zii continued to inquire.
"Powerful flas? Plenty," responded Li nghe, sowhat clueless.
"We have the Southern Luminous Fla, as well as the Nirvana Fla, Pure Void Purple Fla... in short, our Heavenly Dao Academy is much stronger than you imagine."
Hearing Li nghe’s words, Xu Zii sighed slightly.
He felt he couldn’t learn anything from this person; he was completely naive.
None of the topics discussed were of interest to him.
It took about ten minutes for the two to fly and reach the so-called Vermilion Bird Island.
From afar, the entire island seed to float mid-air, surrounded by dreamlike, blue flas.
The entire firmant was illuminated red by the flas.
The roaring flas flourished around the island, yet the flora on the island seed to relish these flas.
And when Xu Zii and his companion approached, they surprisingly felt no heat.
It was as if the flas were icy cold.
"We’ve arrived," said Li nghe.
"Follow my lead when we et Venerable Nu; he’s not easy to deal with, but you’ll get used to it."
Xu Zii smiled and nodded.
He placed his hand into the Southern Luminous Fla and surprisingly felt no scorch.
The two walked onto the island, and they saw lush flowers and plants all around.
Wisteria sinensis wound along the gravel path ahead.
Soaring Eagle Trees and greenwood trees grew densely on both sides, and unusually, apart from the flora, there were no creatures here.
It was as if life carried a hint of an ending.
As they walked on the gravel path, waves of Southern Luminous Fla surged around them like ocean waves.
A "bang, bang, bang" sound reached their ears,
as if soone was forging iron.
Xu Zii curiously looked up and saw a shop in front of the path.
It seed to be a blacksmith’s shop.
An old, tattered banner fluttered in the breeze, wedged in a crack of the doorfra.
At the shop’s entrance, a muscular youth was wielding a hamr, forging iron with a "bang, bang, bang."
The young man was focused, not even noticing Xu Zii and his companion approaching.
One hand wielded the hamr while the other held an unfinished sword embryo, forcefully striking it.
"Let’s not disturb him for the mont, let’s wait," Li nghe, who seed familiar with the place, whispered to Xu Zii.
They waited nearly ten minutes.
The youth occasionally furrowed his brows or broke into a slight grin.
Finally, satisfied with the forged sword embryo, he placed it in the furnace next to him.
As he wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel, he finally noticed Xu Zii and his companion who had already arrived.
"Ah, you two," the muscular youth looked at them sowhat surprised.
"nghe sister, when did you get here?"
"We’ve been here for a few minutes," Li nghe smiled.
"I know your habits, so we didn’t disturb you."
"Sorry to keep you waiting," the muscular youth quickly apologized with a smile.
He asked, "nghe sister, what brings you here?"
"We’re looking for Venerable Nu," replied Li nghe.
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