Chapter 573: 572. Chapter 567: The Popular Academy Has Trouble

572. Chapter 567: The Popular Academy Has Trouble

"Elder, I have a Body-Shaping Immortal Material—a top-grade Yunzhen Flower…" In the trading hall, a Five-Star Dao Master stood up.

Ding Huan silently put away the Rule Soil: "Sorry, the Yunzhen Flower still isn't enough for me to trade."

Suddenly, a voice whispered into Ding Huan's ear: "You won't find the three Immortal Materials you mentioned here, but I know someone who has them."

He is Xi Yuanhao, head of the Xi family. Rumor says he possesses a top-grade Nine-Colored Void Lotus, and Xi Yuanhao is currently not on the Great Dao Corridor—he'll return in about a month…"

The Nine-Colored Void Lotus is the Nine-Colored Immortal Lotus—the best of the three Body-Shaping Treasures Ding Huan mentioned.

Ding Huan didn't need to scan with his spiritual sense—he knew the speaker was Madam Chang.

Madam Chang was giving him this information free of charge. Ding Huan nodded, whispered "Thank you," and turned to leave.

He owed Madam Chang a favor; if he found the Nine-Colored Void Lotus, he would give her the Immortal Emperor promotion slot.

He didn't stay in the trading hall—he turned and left the trading hall.

Before he even stepped out, he felt dozens of spiritual sense marks settle on his body.

Ding Huan silently thought: Under the Great Dao Corridor's strict laws, so many still dare to plant spiritual sense marks on him.

Clearly, no matter how harsh the laws, they cannot stop cultivators' determination to ascend the Dao.

It's not that no one dares to risk it—only that the stakes aren't high enough.

Besides, with the half-god veins of two Dao Academies stripped away and the Director of the Immortal Surveillance Bureau not even showing up, enough people have forgotten the One-Hundred-Thousand Laws.

Ding Huan originally planned to wait at the Xi Zhan, waiting for Kui Yin.

What he didn't expect was that shortly after he left the trading hall, Kui Yin walked out.

This surprised Ding Huan—Kui Yin hadn't planted a spiritual sense mark on him earlier.

He quickly realized: Kui Yin had a legitimate reason to leave.

Because his transaction was finished, he was naturally free to leave the trading hall.

Since Kui Yin had come out, Ding Huan didn't go to the Xi Zhan—he turned and headed beyond Wanshi Xiancheng.

If Kui Yin was after his Rule Soil, he'd follow him out. If not, Ding Huan would return and find him.

Sure enough, Ding Huan felt the spiritual sense marks rapidly approaching him—this guy truly came for the Rule Soil.

As soon as Ding Huan exited Wanshi Xiancheng, he summoned a mid-grade Immortal Artifact; the moment it activated, he was already far from Wanshi Xiancheng.

Less than an hour later, a top-grade flying Immortal Artifact shot ahead of Ding Huan.

Ding Huan halted his flying artifact and watched Kui Yin step out of his own.

Kui Yin bowed: "Esteemed Daoist, I very much desire your Rule Soil. I have no Body-Shaping Immortal Materials, but I possess an artifact no less valuable than one."

Ding Huan spoke coolly: "I only want Body-Shaping Immortal Materials. I'm not interested in anything else."

Kui Yin frowned slightly; his spiritual sense swept over Ding Huan. Ding Huan appeared to be only at the Immortal Sovereign realm—but whether late-stage or full-stage, it was uncertain.

He himself was also at the Immortal Sovereign realm…

As Kui Yin was still assessing the strength comparison between himself and Ding Huan, Ding Huan suddenly asked: "Where did you get your copy of the Divine Dao Scripture?"

"You don't know?" This time it was Kui Yin's turn to be surprised.

Ding Huan nodded: "I truly don't know. I just emerged from a ten-thousand-year seclusion. Could you tell me the origin of this Scripture?"

Hearing Ding Huan had just come out of seclusion, Kui Yin relaxed—he wasn't revealing a secret. He explained:

"During the recent Dao Academy Competition on the Great Dao Corridor, the Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy emerged unexpectedly—eight of their Dao Seeker class students won four first-place titles."

Everyone assumed it was due to their Dao Master Ding Huan's ability—until later, when Ding Huan's disciple Seeing Ji Xing said it had nothing to do with their Dao Master. Only then did we learn the true reason…"

Ding Huan frowned slightly—he knew Seeing Ji Xing well enough to entrust him with the teleportation array disc.

He didn't believe Seeing Ji Xing could say such an ungrateful thing.

Even if Seeing Ji Xing truly believed it, he wouldn't say it aloud. Such an illogical, socially inept response? Seeing Ji Xing isn't Bai Chi.

"Seeing Ji Xing claimed he obtained a scroll of the Divine Dao Scripture, and all eight of them used it to rapidly boost their cultivation and power."

"But their Dao Master secretly fled with the scroll—this is why they competed in the Dao Academy Competition without a Dao Master present."

This logic was strong: any cultivator participating in the Dao Academy Competition would have their Dao Master present, no matter how busy.

The Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy's students competing without a Dao Master was indeed suspicious.

Hearing this, Ding Huan sneered—he understood completely.

It was simply that Seeing Ji Xing and the others had obtained Immortal Emperor and Immortal Sovereign promotion slots.

The academy coveted those slots and wanted to seize control of them.

But Seeing Ji Xing, stubborn by nature, refused to hand them over for the academy's distribution—so the academy, enraged, framed them.

Kui Yin continued:

"When Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy's head, Yuan You, heard Seeing Ji Xing's words, he flew into a rage. He believed these eight students had completely violated the principle of respecting one's master—they were ungrateful."

Seeing Ji Xing not only showed no remorse, but declared he wished to leave Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy. Head Yuan You decided to follow the One-Hundred-Thousand Laws: out of respect for Dao Masters, he punished Seeing Ji Xing and the other seven."

"My copy of the Scripture was traded from an official of the Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy."

Ding Huan's voice turned icy: "What was the punishment?"

Kui Yin, who had just been weighing his strength against Ding Huan's, instinctively shuddered at the cold tone.

Though Ding Huan hadn't unleashed a domain to crush him, at this moment Kui Yin was one hundred percent certain—he was no match for Ding Huan, not even close.

Kui Yin answered instinctively: "Seeing Ji Xing had his cultivation stripped and was expelled from Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy, then vanished.

Qian Xun Haoyi and Fan Qingsi, for refusing the verdict, had their cultivation stripped—but were spared death after Vice Dean Gu Min pleaded for them.

Long Xiyue was taken by the Long Immortal Clan; Lin Zhenruo and Lei Zuocheng were taken by their respective Immortal Clans. Zhuo Qi and Li Yunmu disappeared after being expelled."

Intense killing intent filled Ding Huan's chest, making it hard to breathe.

Kui Yin felt this killing intent and stared fearfully at Ding Huan—but Ding Huan's figure had already vanished, and his voice echoed in Kui Yin's ear:

"Since you didn't plant a spiritual sense mark on me, I'll spare your life."

Quinn wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Who was it? How could there be such terrifying killing intent? And a six-star Dao Master at that?

In the Grand Dao Corridor, every six-star Dao Master is a known figure—how could such a powerhouse suddenly appear?

Quinn's expression suddenly froze. He stared in the direction where Ding Huan had vanished, and realization struck him like a bolt.

It's Ding Huan. This must be Dao Master Ding Huan of the Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy.

Ding Huan is a six-star Dao Master, and also the fastest-rising Dao Master in the entire history of the Grand Dao Corridor.

In just one Grand Competition of the Dao Law Academy, Dao Master Ding Huan rose from apprentice Dao Master all the way to six-star Dao Master.

It was simply because Ding Huan's students had accumulated far too many honors, far too many to count.

When Ding Huan left just now, his entire body radiated fierce killing aura—he was clearly going to make trouble for Yuan You.

As for Ding Huan's cultivation, the rumors say he is already a Luo Tian Immortal.

How could he be merely a Luo Tian Immortal? This is probably an Immortal Emperor, isn't it?

Now there's going to be a good show.

But no matter how strong Ding Huan was, he was still just an Immortal Emperor—could an Immortal Emperor really be so foolish as to seek trouble with a Dao Law Academy?

Regardless of what was happening, he would never miss such a good opportunity.

……

Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy.

Before this, it had been nothing more than a mid-tier divine powers academy.

Because of the battle that made Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy famous, although the eight cultivator-students who won glory for the academy were already punished by the academy together with the Immortal Surveillance Bureau for betraying their masters and ancestors, the reputation of Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy was not affected in the slightest.

The gate tower of Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy had been expanded several times over, majestic and grand in bearing—at a glance, it carried the air of a top-tier academy.

Nowadays, the number of cultivator-students hoping to enter Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy to study is beyond count.

Thus, the outside of Yonghuang Spirit Academy was always packed with people.

With limited slots, those wishing to enter Yonghuang Spirit Academy must crush their way in with immortal crystals, immortal spirit veins, or even heavenly treasures.

At this moment, the entrance of Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy was packed with cultivators who had come from all over the Grand Dao Corridor.

Everyone had only one purpose: to enter Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy.

Even if Dao Master Ding Huan isn't here, as long as the Divine Powers Dao Canon remains, entering Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy means one can learn real things.

At that very moment, a killing aura suppressed to the extreme swept across this space.

The cultivators crowded at the entrance of Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy scattered in frantic panic.

Such terrifying killing intent—if they moved even a fraction slower, the next instant they would be locked down and crushed to dust.

To their relief, though the killing intent grew ever stronger, they somehow managed to escape from it.

As if deliberately letting them go, the killing intent did not lock onto them.

Boom! The killing aura finally crashed down from the void.

It was a spear, wreathed in endless destruction, slamming into the exquisite gate tower of Yonghuang Spirit Academy.

The imposing main gate of Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy, along with the purple-gold characters "Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy" suspended in the void, were all reduced to powder beneath this single spear strike.

Under this spear strike, the protective formation of Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy was also torn apart and shattered.

A long, deep gouge from the spear extended from the street outside Yonghuang Spirit Academy straight into its grounds.

The spear-path ravine, fully ten thousand zhang long, emanated an aura of death and utter annihilation.

Only now did people finally realize what had happened.

Someone had, with a single spear, torn apart the gate tower of Eternal Wasteland Divine Powers Academy and destroyed its Grand Dao Plaza.

In the entire history of the Grand Dao Corridor, such an earth-shattering event had never occurred.