Chapter 512: The Clear Sky Sect Emerges?

"Ah, is Xiao Wu in trouble?" Ning Rongrong asked worriedly.

Tang San and the others also looked over.

"I don't know..."

Qin Jian's expression was calm, a flash of palpitations vanishing in an instant.

But rationally, he didn't feel any sense of crisis; after all, in his impression, Xiao Wu's identity hadn't been exposed, so even if she were in trouble now, it wouldn't be a life-or-death crisis.

"It's fine, the Lovesick Heartbroken Red hasn't issued an automatic warning, which means her current situation is still okay..."

Qin Jian said to them, "But just in case, after the badge exchange tomorrow, I'll go find her."

Hearing him say this, the others relaxed.

"Speaking of tomorrow's badge exchange ceremony..."

Flender adjusted his glasses frame: "Since you little ones have rarely come back, don't you plan on putting on an exhibition match?"

"An exhibition match?" Tang San asked in confusion.

Flender chuckled: "You are the Shrek Seven Devils that the students have admired for so long; now that you're back, aren't you going to show your faces?"

"Dean, are you planning to collect ticket fees to subsidize the gold coins for the meal you're treating us to today?" Qin Jian suddenly said.

Flender: "..."

"Charging the students ticket fees, Boss Flender might actually be able to do that," Liu Erlong chimed in.

Flender was annoyed and embarrassed: "Who said I was going to charge ticket fees? I'm doing it for the sake of the academy; with the few of them showing up, won't the enrollment for the next batch of students be packed in minutes?"

Liu Erlong crossed her arms, noncommittal: "How come I remember that for the past few years, besides earning gold coins, everything else regarding the academy's development was done by Xiaogang?"

Flender: "..."

"Then... is the Dean planning to enter the arena himself?" Qin Jian suddenly said.

Flender didn't hesitate at all, shaking his head like an owl: "I'm not entering the arena; you guys should just fight amongst yourselves."

Just kidding, this guy had beaten those three Education Committee Members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy black and blue just a few days ago; how stupid would he have to be to want to go up and get beaten himself?

"Then how about three-on-three?"

Qin Jian looked at Tang San and the others, smiling in an innocent way: "How about I, Rongrong, and Zhuqing fight the three of you?"

"Sure, I was just looking for another chance to spar with you... mmph... Oscar, what are you doing?!"

Tang San was only halfway through his sentence when his mouth was tightly covered by Oscar.

"Third Brother, if you want to seek death, go up yourself; if you want to challenge Brother Jian one-on-one, go do it yourself, but don't drag us two into it, alright?"

Ma Hongjun rubbed his chubby face and sighed: "Don't you know that a few days ago, Brother Jian, Rongrong, and Zhuqing defeated three Spirit Douluo Education Committee Members from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy? There were two Control System Spirit Douluos among them, don't be reckless..."

Tang San: "..."

With three soul bones and one external soul bone on his body, he really had been feeling a bit puffed up, but after hearing this, his heart went cold halfway through.

Is he going to be suppressed by him for the rest of his life...

"Then how should we fight?" Qin Jian crossed his arms.

"How about..."

Oscar's eyes darted around, and he suddenly said craftily: "How about the five of us fight you alone?"

Ma Hongjun's eyes lit up: "That's good!"

Tang San: "..."

"Can you guys have some shame?" Qin Jian rubbed his forehead.

Even if he was now comparable to an 85th-level Spirit Douluo, with Tang San present, plus the other four, the outcome was really hard to say...

If he didn't go all out in this match, the probability of losing was quite high.

"I'm not participating," Zhu Zhuqing's cold voice suddenly rang out.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun's expressions changed slightly.

"I'm not helping you fight Brother Jian," Ning Rongrong's voice followed immediately after.

Oscar and the other's expressions collapsed: "Forget it then, let's not fight..."

"Hey!"

Tang San couldn't help but hook his arms around their necks: "You guys don't have to be like this, right? What are we afraid of with the three of us fighting him? I'll take the lead!"

Oscar sighed: "Then I'll cheer you on."

Ma Hongjun said: "I'll help you set off fireworks."

Tang San: "..."

He really couldn't understand why they could be so afraid of a three-on-one; although Qin Jian's strength was comparable to a Spirit Douluo, who didn't have a few trump cards? No need to panic.

"Alright, alright, it's just an exhibition match; look at the two of you, isn't it embarrassing?"

Flender patted Ma Hongjun's head in annoyance: "It's settled then, you three fight him one-on-one."

The meal passed without incident; Ma Hongjun still gave Flender some face and didn't go too hard when ordering.

"Five years, finally grown up, knowing how to think of your teacher..."

But Flender's gratification didn't last long, because halfway through the meal, Ma Hongjun suddenly called the waiter: "Come, bring us ten cases of the best wine you have here!"

Flender's face instantly turned the color of a pig's liver: "Eat your meal properly! Why are you drinking wine?!"

Ma Hongjun said as a matter of course: "Teacher, we're all adults now, isn't drinking wine expected? Besides, this is a reunion drink, how can we not drink?"

With sound reasoning, Flender had no way to refute.

After a round of drinking, the treasury Flender had painstakingly scraped together was mostly depleted.

After eating and drinking their fill, the older folks like Flender and Grandmaster were lacking in energy and went back to rest.

Qin Jian, Tang San, and the other six each carried a wine bottle, strolling around the academy.

Back at the academy, one couldn't miss a tour of the campus.

"Xiao San, I heard you say before that you have tasks you need to complete in the future?" Qin Jian asked suddenly.

He was very curious about what Tang San, who did not harbor hatred for the Spirit Hall, intended to do.

"Yes, I recently returned to the Clear Sky Sect. My original intention was to help my father return to his roots and join the sect, but the Clear Sky Sect did not agree..."

Tang San looked at Qin Jian and said, "Although my father and I can temporarily put aside the hatred between us and the Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect is different, and the Four Great Sects that were once affiliated with us have also long harbored deep grievances against the Spirit Hall..."

"So? What requirements did they put forward to you?" Qin Jian asked.

He wanted to know if the Clear Sky Sect would still put forward the same requirements this time.

Tang San took a sip of wine and said, "First, they had requirements regarding my cultivation progress, and then they required me to re-subjugate the four affiliated sects to serve as a springboard for the Clear Sky Sect to emerge into the world again."

"Hm? After being suppressed for so many years, the Clear Sky Sect actually wants to emerge into the world?" Qin Jian asked curiously.

This was different from what he had originally thought.

Tang San nodded and said, "The hidden power of the Clear Sky Sect cannot be underestimated. It is understandable that they want to pave the way for their emergence now. Of course, more importantly, because of the contract reached between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, and the Spirit Hall, plus the fact that the suppression has become very little over the past year, they judged that the Spirit Hall might not care about the Clear Sky Sect's comeback..."

"After all, if they can tolerate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, then they should logically be able to accept the Clear Sky Sect as well."

Qin Jian was speechless.

So it still had to do with him; the reason they stopped suppressing the Clear Sky Sect was, of course, because their strategy had changed.

Having shifted from a plan of total conquest to one of total infiltration, the Spirit Hall naturally had no need to hold onto the Clear Sky Sect so tightly...

What's more, they could only suppress the affiliated sects now; not knowing the location of the Clear Sky Sect's headquarters, such suppression was meaningless...

(End of this chapter)