Li Changhe looked up at the sky, silent at the disappearing figure.
After pondering for a long while, he finally turned and left.
After such a minor incident, the entire Heavenly Dao Academy was thrown into disarray.
Students were discussing animatedly among themselves.
What did that sudden apparition an by the words it spoke?
Soone dared to challenge the Heavenly Dao Academy in the Supre Domain, and what’s more, Vice Principal Li seed to have known about it all along.
The academy had not responded so far.
If not for this sudden apparition, most people would still be in the dark.
"Do you really have no clue?" Xu Zii asked Shi Jian.
"I don’t know," Shi Jian shook his head.
"I’ve always stayed on Vermilion Bird Island and am not interested in other matters."
"Do we have any enemies at Heavenly Dao Academy?" Xu Zii inquired.
"What kind of enemies could we have," Shi Jian said with a smile, shaking his head again.
"The academy educates students; we don’t block anyone’s path. Where would enemies co from?"
"Then it gets interesting," Xu Zii laughed.
The two had a brief chat before Shi Jian returned to the forge to work on his weapons.
With nothing else to do, Xu Zii began to wander around Vermilion Bird Island.
Across the island, the Southern Luminous Fla illuminated half of the sky.
Countless flowers and trees thrived robustly amidst the raging flas.
From the mont he set foot on the island, he had felt the extraordinariness of Vermilion Bird Island.
The ground beneath his feet was not an island at all, but the back of the Vermilion Bird.
He could feel the faint heartbeat, the flow of blood and energy, and the occasional subtle pressure from the ridians.
All of this led Xu Zii to deduce that Vermilion Bird Island was indeed the body of the Vermilion Bird itself.
Xu Zii wanted to take a look at the heart of the Vermilion Bird.
Following his senses, Xu Zii walked through the dense shrubs. The closer he went to that direction, the hotter the surrounding Southern Luminous Fla beca.
The temperature kept rising.
As he pushed aside the thick branches in front of him, Xu Zii could finally see the scene ahead.
It was a sea of fire.
A genuine sea of fire ford by the Southern Luminous Fla.
A faint blue blaze with tinges of red.
Seemingly, the piercing cries of the Vermilion Bird resounded within.
Beside the flas, there was a man sitting.
He held a wine flask in one hand, leaning against a tombstone amidst the flas.
With Xu Zii’s arrival, the man who previously had dull, lackluster eyes suddenly opened them wide.
His gaze was filled with an overwhelming presence as he looked towards Xu Zii.
The surrounding Southern Luminous Fla roared, crackling sounds erging from within.
"Who are you?" the man, now standing up, asked Xu Zii slowly.
"The newbie. The academy assigned to work with Venerable Nu," Xu Zii replied with a smile.
He had more or less guessed the identity of the man before him but didn’t call him out on it.
"Who told you to co here," the man demanded coldly.
"Leave now, and never set foot here again."
"The Vermilion Bird is not dead yet. Don’t you want to save it?" Xu Zii asked.
Hearing Xu Zii’s words made the man frown slightly, pausing.
Then he laughed, "Lad, do you understand what you’re talking about?"
Xu Zii did not answer directly but plucked a leaf from the Tree of Life from the True Fate World.
This Leaf of Life was not just known for its life-extending properties but also for healing wounds.
Yet, such a leaf was too precious.
Previously, only the mbers of the Heaven Clan could possess it, but after Xu Zii found it, the Leaf of Life from the Tree of Life could be said to have completely vanished.
In the entire Continent, only Xu Zii possessed one.
But he also generally wouldn’t easily give it to others, as these leaves are very rare; it takes a thousand years for the Tree of Life to grow just one such leaf.
The green Leaf of Life was glowing, and the mont the man saw the leaf, his pupils sharply constricted.
"Could you give it to ?" he asked Xu Zii, breathing heavily and with cautious inquiry.
"How about we make a transaction?" Xu Zii suggested.
"You must be the new student the academy brought over today," the man said as he stepped forward.
"I heard you made it through the tenth level."
The Southern Luminous Fla revolved around him, as if he were the Dominator of this Fire Domain.
"Venerable Nu," Xu Zii said with a smile.
"What should I call you, Venerable Nu, perhaps? It’s quite awkward."
"Just call teacher, though I have no intention of taking you on," Venerable Nu responded with a wave of his hand.
Indeed, the man before him was the master of Vermilion Bird Island, Venerable Nu.
On this vast island, it seed that apart from Shi Jian, there was only Venerable Nu.
This wasn’t hard to guess.
"What sort of transaction do you wish to make?" Venerable Nu asked.
"Instructor should be well aware of the preciousness of the Leaf of Life," Xu Zii said with a smile.
"I can’t just give it away for nothing; I want to go into the Hundred Treasures Pavilion once."
"The Hundred Treasures Pavilion isn’t a place one can simply enter at will," Venerable Nu shook his head.
"Then there’s nothing to discuss," Xu Zii said, putting away the Leaf of Life.
"If you had co earlier, I really would have had no choice," Venerable Nu said with a shake of his head and a wry smile.
"But recently, there might just be an opportunity.
It all depends on whether you’re willing to take a risk for the chance at wealth."
"What opportunity?" Xu Zii asked with confusion.
Venerable Nu looked up, pointing at the Firmant above his head.
Seeing Xu Zii frown, he continued, "That rift tearing through the Firmant just now, you saw it, didn’t you?"
Xu Zii nodded.
"Seven days from now, a great disaster is set to befall the Heavenly Dao Academy. At that ti, all possibilities will unfold," Venerable Nu stated plainly.
He did not avoid the subject, and when ntioning this matter, his expression remained normal.
"You’re suggesting I take advantage of the chaos to plunder," Xu Zii said with a furrowed brow.
"No," Venerable Nu shook his head.
"Help defend the academy. If it withstands the siege, your contribution will be recognized, and you’ll be allowed normal entry to the Hundred Treasure Pavilion.
If the academy falls,
I can take you to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, where you can take whatever you want."
"Deal," Xu Zii said after a brief contemplation.
He then asked, "Who are those attacking the academy?"
"What, are you scared?" Venerable Nu asked with a smile.
"Hardly," Xu Zii shook his head.
"I’m just rather curious. In this Supre Domain, there’s actually a power daring to attack the Heavenly Dao Academy.
Even the Slaying Immortal Sect would have to weigh their options first."
"A bunch of clowns," Venerable Nu snorted coldly.
"But sotis you have to admit the truth in the saying ’little devils are tricky to deal with.’
"If you’re not willing to tell, so be it," Xu Zii said, shaking his head.
"It’s not that I don’t want to tell you. You’ll find out for yourself when the ti cos,"
Venerable Nu said with a slight shake of his head.
"Can you give the Leaf of Life now?"
"After I enter the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, it will naturally be yours," Xu Zii said.
"You don’t trust ?" Venerable Nu asked, frowning.
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