Chapter 285: The One Who Dared to Wipe Out the Long Yan Academy

"Let's go, to the Long Yan Academy." Ding Huan looked at Tang You.

Tang You was stunned for a moment, then said:

"Even if we go to the Long Yan Academy, they absolutely won't tell us where Shi Qiqiu chased off to. We can leave from Li Yuancheng; Sister Yan will definitely have left marks along the way, I can find them."

Ding Huan shook his head: "It's useless, so many days have already passed, chasing after them has no meaning.

Besides, even if we did chase after them, we should first collect some interest first. You lead the way."

Tang You's eyes dimmed; she knew Ding Huan was telling the truth.

"No need, the Long Yan Academy is less than ten li from here." Fu Qijian was very familiar with Li Yuancheng, and he walked toward the Long Yan Academy first.

Ding Huan arrived outside the Long Yan Academy and couldn't help but sigh with emotion; this academy built inside Li Yuancheng was larger than an entire city in True Essence Dao City.

"I'll set up the array, you watch." Ding Huan said.

"Good." Fu Qijian said a single word.

He and Ding Huan didn't need to coordinate at all; when Ding Huan mentioned coming to Li Yuancheng, he already knew Ding Huan wasn't here to search for Lou Fenyan, but to wipe out the Long Yan Academy.

Fu Qijian even knew that in Ding Huan's eyes, Tang You hadn't come to ask for rescue, but to deliver an excuse.

Ding Huan grabbed out formation flags, setting them up along the way.

He was a seventh-grade Array King; over these past few years, although he hadn't specifically studied the Dao of Arrays, cultivating the Grand Cosmos Art had deepened his understanding of the Dao of Arrays considerably.

Now setting up a seventh-grade Killing-Trap Array, he almost casually tossed out formation flags and completed one array foundation after another.

A seventh-grade Killing-Trap Array—even if an Earth Immortal came, to get out they'd still need Ding Huan's permission.

An hour later, Ding Huan and Fu Qijian met again at the gate of the Long Yan Academy.

The guardian disciples of the Long Yan Academy saw Ding Huan and Fu Qijian at the gate and didn't take them seriously at all.

People like Ding Huan and Fu Qijian who wanted to join the Long Yan Academy were too many; they loitered at the gate every day, and even when driven away they'd come back.

They had long since seen it all and weren't surprised.

Seeing Ding Huan return, Fu Qijian said casually:

"One steward and a few menials went out, probably to buy things; one True God Realm cultivator came back."

Ding Huan's divine sense had already swept into the Long Yan Academy; he nodded:

"Looks like the people here this time really are all present."

As he spoke, Ding Huan had already thrown out two wind blades.

Those two Long Yan Academy disciples who had been staring at Han Xiaonv didn't even understand what was happening before they felt a chill on their necks, then two jets of blood sprayed out and their heads rolled to the ground.

Although in Li Yuancheng, being killed and killing others were common occurrences.

Yet killing two Long Yan Academy disciples right at the gate of the Long Yan Academy immediately caused a sensation.

The two disciples guarding the gate of the Long Yan Academy saw Ding Huan killing people of the Long Yan Academy right at the gate of the Long Yan Academy, and were immediately terrified, reporting the news back without the slightest hesitation.

"Han Xiaonv, I gave you face, and you absolutely must not take it, must you?"

An angry voice came over, followed by a youth with a pale face and vacant eyes rushing over from afar, quickly landing in front of Ding Huan and the others.

"Is this Buqi Gufai?" Ding Huan looked at this pale-faced youth and asked.

Han Xiaonv nodded:

"Yes, he's the one who killed seven disciples of our Luo Shen Palace's station in Li Yuancheng."

Ding Huan raised his hand and threw out a wind blade.

"You dare—" Buqi Gufai was truly furious; he hadn't even figured out exactly what was going on.

But the next moment, fear appeared in his eyes; his divine sense had just extended out before it collapsed, and his true essence likewise couldn't be condensed.

"Pfft!" Blood light exploded, and Buqi Gufai's head was separated from his body.

"Why bother? Originally you could have escaped with your life, why come up here to die?"

Ding Huan mocked, tossing out a formation flag in his hand.

The seventh-grade Killing-Trap Grand Array activated, violent killing intent sweeping into the interior of the Long Yan Academy, and one piercing scream after another rang out.

Several Long Yan Academy cultivators who had received the news had just rushed to the gate when they were slain by the seventh-grade Killing-Trap Array.

"Qijian, you need to pay attention to one thing…"

Fu Qijian laughed heartily, raised his hand and grabbed out the Great Ruin Sword, standing on the other side of the Long Yan Academy's gate.

"Who are you people? How dare you cause trouble at the gate of the Long Yan Academy." Two city guards rushed over, one of them still loudly berating them.

Ding Huan raised his hand and a wind blade slew one of them, then looked at the other city guard, dumb as a wooden chicken, and said:

"Tell your City Lord to come over, otherwise next we'll head to the Li Yuancheng City Lord's residence."

"Seeking death, daring to kill people at my Long Yan Academy." Along with the angry voice ringing out, a figure rushed out.

Ding Huan didn't use formation flags to lock down this fellow.

This was a Human Immortal powerhouse; locking him down with formation flags would waste energy, better to just let him out and kill him.

But just as this Human Immortal powerhouse had rushed out of the Long Yan Academy, the Great Ruin Sword in Fu Qijian's hand conjured a sword gleam.

"Pfft!" The sword gleam easily tore open this Human Immortal powerhouse's neck.

The Long Yan Academy's piercing screams kept ringing out, but Ding Huan and Fu Qijian were unmoved.

Tang You watching on the side was stunned; now she finally understood what Ding Huan had come to the Long Yan Academy to do.

This was to wipe out the Long Yan Academy, not to ask where Shi Qiqiu had gone.

"Pfft pfft!" A few more jets of blood exploded at the gate of the Long Yan Academy.

Fu Qijian slew another three Human Immortals and four True God Realm cultivators.

At this moment, everyone in the Long Yan Academy understood that the Long Yan Academy had provoked a ruthless person, and that person had come to wipe out the Long Yan Academy.

"Who is out there? If my Long Yan Academy has offended you in any way, we are willing to offer compensation and apology; friend, you may name any condition."

A hoarse voice rang out from within.

Although the voice tried hard to remain calm, a slight tremor betrayed the fear within.

"Tang You of the Mandrake Tower, you of the Changyan Academy have done nothing but evil, destroyed my Mandrake Tower—today I come for revenge."

Tang You spoke these words word by word.

In her heart, there was only a sense of relief; seeing so many sisters die before her eyes, she had finally avenged them a little, with the help of Lord Ding.

She knew better than anyone that the sisters of the Mandrake Tower were all wretched souls.

Many had been discarded after being used as furnace vessels, left to die alone—just like her, abandoned by her cultivation partner.

If not for Sister Yan, not one of these women would have survived.

"And what of me, Han Xiaonü? You destroyed my Luoshen Palace outpost and slaughtered my Luoshen Palace disciples—did you ever think this day would come?"

Han Xiaonü, summoning courage from somewhere, added these words after Tang You.

Her master had told her: first, one must clearly distinguish between gratitude and vengeance; second, one must never lose one's integrity; third, when abroad, one must never let the sect's prestige fall.

Her words were meant to make clear that Luoshen Palace disciples were not to be killed at will—that was the sect's prestige.

Just as her master had aided Lou Fenyan, it was out of gratitude to Lord Ding Huan.

…

In the hall where the Changyan Academy was holding the grand ceremony to celebrate Gu Yuqing's ascension to Immortal, two hundred people were crammed inside.

Every face was filled with terror, for nearly all of the Changyan Academy's people had been slaughtered by the killing array.

They had not died because the deputy head of the Internal Affairs Division had activated the protective array.

But from the continuous cracking sounds of the Killing Formation tearing at the protective array from outside, it was clear the array would not hold much longer.

"I knew Shi Qiqiu's greed and reckless stupidity would bring ruin upon the academy—look now, isn't this exactly what happened?"

The speaker was an old man, also at the Immortal Realm, holding very high status within the Changyan Academy.

Everyone fell silent.

You say this now, but when Shi Qiqiu destroyed the Mandrake Tower, you were the first to grab loot.

"Crack!" A faint splitting sound reached everyone's ears.

Every heart leapt; everyone instinctively looked upward.

Suddenly, a dozen blade glimmers surged in, tearing two Void God Realm cultivators into pieces.

"We can't stay here—this protective array will be shattered soon; we must find a way out now!"

Someone cried out, trembling.

No one moved.

Everyone knew: staying here might mean dying a little later; stepping out meant immediate death.

The power of this Killing Formation was unquestionably a Level Seven Killing Formation—and a high-tier one at that.

If that were all, they might still find a way.

Worse still, outside this Killing Formation, a Level Seven Array Master guarded it.

…

"Is Lord Ding here?" A thin, sharp voice rang out, followed by a golden-robed man landing swiftly before Ding Huan.

"Who are you?" Ding Huan's voice was cold.

The golden-robed man bowed: "I am Wang Wang Pingdao, Lord of Jiuyuan City."

"Good. You won't be leaving for now. After we wipe out the Changyan Academy, we'll go wipe out your Jiuyuan City Lord's mansion. I truly don't believe I can't destroy your mansion."

Hearing Ding Huan's words, Wang Wang Pingdao's heart tightened—was this man insane?

"Lord Ding, what do you mean by this?" Wang Wang Pingdao's voice turned cold.

Unfortunately, Jiuyuan's Earth Immortal experts wouldn't arrive for another day or two, and even the top powers of the Flying Ascension Realm had all gone to the Opening Heaven Battlefield.

Otherwise, today he would make Ding Huan understand what words could be spoken—and which could not.

"Look at the corpses on the ground—you might calm down a little."

As Ding Huan spoke, he tossed out several more array flags.

Piercing screams and wails rose up, yet Wang Wang Pingdao stared at two corpses on the ground—both Immortal Realm Level Four.

He knew both men well: deputy heads of the Changyan Academy, men he had drunk with countless times.

Now they were corpses.

And he, Wang Wang Pingdao, was only Immortal Realm Level Three.

Wang Wang Pingdao took a deep breath—he knew well the power of Fu Qi Jian. Fu Qi Jian was now aligned with Ding Huan; killing him would require no extra effort.

He still bowed, forcing himself to stay calm:

"Lord Ding, everything must be grounded in reason. Today you are strong enough to slaughter the Changyan Academy—tomorrow, if a powerful figure comes to the Changyan Academy, they can slaughter your sect in turn.

If this continues, won't the Threefold Heaven Star Continent destroy itself?

Even if Chancellor Shi has a grudge against you, it's a personal feud—destroying an entire sect—isn't that excessively cruel?"

Ding Huan turned to look at Wang Wang Pingdao:

"When an avalanche comes, no snowflake is innocent."

Ding Huan had long wanted to destroy the Changyan Academy; Tang You and Han Xiaonü had merely given him an excuse.

"Good." Fu Qi Jian strongly agreed with Ding Huan's words.

Wang Wang Pingdao could only force himself to say:

"Lord Ding, as Lord of Jiuyuan City, I must stand up for the safety of all sects here—I beg you to cease this slaughter…"

He knew well that the Changyan Academy still had Earth Immortal experts—only they had not yet returned.

If he did not stand up today, his future would be unbearable.

It wasn't that the Changyan Academy's Earth Immortal could harm him—it was that Jiuyuan City would never let him live in peace.

He stayed here as city lord merely to hold the ground for Jiuyuan.

Ding Huan looked at Wang Wang Pingdao:

"Since you are the city lord of Jiuyuan, how did the Mandarin Duck Tower get wiped out? How was the Luoshen Palace's base leveled?"

"Uh, this..." Wang Wang Pingdao was momentarily speechless.

He very much wanted to say that these two places could not be compared to Changyan Academy—he feared that if he uttered those words, he would immediately add another corpse of a Human Immortal here.

Yet at this moment he was thinking: Could this fool Ding Huan not know where he came from? Even Yi Qianxing and Lin Yuqi spoke to him with courtesy.

Why is this fool Ding Huan so reckless in speech and action?