Chapter 268: I Didn't Expect to Be This Popular!

In the square of Qianlong Academy.

On the arena platforms, figures flickered.

They were none other than Zhang Xiaobai, Beichen, Nan Shouren, Tang Nian Bing, and Wu Ling'er—the five of them.

They were each on different arena platforms, sparring with different senior students.

Zhang Xiaobai in particular directly challenged a purple-robed senior, whose cultivation was at the mid Flying Heaven Realm.

The senior students watching below were thoroughly alarmed.

"Hiss, aren't these new students a bit too terrifying? This Zhang Xiaobai is actually suppressing a purple robe."

"No kidding, it's simply monstrous. Looks like this batch of new students is not to be trifled with!"

"That's right. Zhang Xiaobai is a disciple of the Sword Emperor, his strength is no small matter. Wu Ling'er is a disciple of the Charm King, Tang Nian Bing is a disciple of the Northern King, Nan Shouren is the descendant of the Southern Marquis, and as for Beichen, though his background is unknown, with such talent, I can guarantee there must be a great figure standing behind him."

"I never expected that we'd still end up underestimating them."

Quite a few people remarked with sighs.

"Yes, in just a few months since entering the academy, he's already broken through to the mid Flying Heaven Realm. Such speed surpasses eighty percent of the senior students!"

"With monsters like these, given a bit more time, they might just enter the Sequences."

"Indeed. The only question is whether, at the academy grand competition a year from now, our Qianlong Academy can reclaim its position among the five great academies."

Some senior students couldn't help but sigh.

Soon, the battles on the arena platforms ended.

Zhang Xiaobai successfully defeated the purple robe, becoming the first prodigy of this batch to enter the ranks of the purple robes.

Beichen and the other four also each defeated a red robe, attaining the status of red robes.

Beichen's gaze was cold as his eyes swept across the crowd.

He soon locked onto a target.

It wasn't just Beichen—Nan Shouren and the other two also each found their own targets.

Their targets were all, without exception, purple robes!

Some of the purple robes who were challenged looked displeased.

In their view, being challenged meant they were being looked down upon.

Especially since the ones challenging them were new students.

As a result, the challenged senior students all wore somewhat unpleasant expressions.

On the arena platforms, those senior students all went all out one after another.

Every single one of them had cultivation at the mid Flying Heaven Realm.

Though their realms were the same, don't forget—these few had all stepped into the Flying Heaven Realm with the Flawless Golden Body.

Even if they couldn't fight above their realm, within the same realm, there were very few who could compare to them.

Unless they were also experts who had entered the Flying Heaven Realm with the Flawless Golden Body.

But how many such monsters could be born in a single year?

In just a brief moment, all four successively attained the status of purple robes.

In an instant, the five of them had thoroughly made their names known throughout Qianlong Academy.

"Hiss, these little monsters are probably going to be completely famous throughout Qianlong Academy!"

"Isn't that the truth? Participating in the ranking competition for the first time and already obtaining purple robe status. If they're given another year, won't they become Sequences?"

"Hard to say. The Transcendent Realm isn't so easy to break through. Even as prodigies, if they get stuck at the Transcendent Realm, it wouldn't be impossible."

"But they still have plenty of time—a full four years. Becoming Sequences is only a matter of time."

"People like them will inevitably become Marquises in the future, or even Kings!"

Quite a few senior students remarked with sighs.

"Hey, do you think Su Yu can still come back?"

A voice rang out from the crowd.

At once, everyone's interest was piqued.

"Su Yu? The one who destroyed the Mist Race together with Teacher Li and rode on his coattails?"

"If you ask me, Su Yu has spent several months on the Myriad Races Battlefield. Even if he could harvest a lot of resources there, don't forget—the Myriad Races Battlefield is extremely perilous. Finding a quiet place to break through is itself a problem."

"I reckon it's already remarkable enough that Su Yu can break through to the Flying Heaven Realm right now."

"Even if he does come back, managing to push for a red robe would be decent."

Everyone discussed animatedly.

They clearly dismissed the matter of Su Yu destroying the Mist Race, believing that Li Zhangsheng had single-handedly annihilated the Mist Race.

"Tsk tsk tsk, first place in the entrance exam, but he violated Qianlong Academy's rules at the start of the school year and was directly expelled for half a year. If he hadn't ridden Teacher Li's coattails, he wouldn't even be able to come back."

"A prodigy of the past, yet now he's ended up like this."

Quite a few people said mockingly.

On the arena platform, Zhang Xiaobai and the others listened, their brows slightly furrowed.

Their relationship with Su Yu was actually quite good, so naturally they couldn't stand hearing people talk about him like that.

Wu Ling'er couldn't hold back and was just about to speak when a teasing voice rang out from outside the square.

"Oh? Am I still this popular? I haven't even come back yet, and I've already received so much attention from the senior students. I'm truly a bit overwhelmed by the favor!"

A light chuckle sounded, and many people turned to look in the direction the voice came from.

They saw a young man slowly walking into the square, grinning and revealing snow-white teeth.

At the same time, inside the principal's office of Qianlong Academy.

Zhao Tianxing looked at the returned Li Zhangsheng, his brow slightly raised.

"Not bad, late Marquis stage, you're almost catching up to me!"

Li Zhangsheng said lightly.

"Catching up to you is just a matter of time; back then I could suppress and beat you, and now I can too. Want to give it a try?"

Zhao Tianxing's forehead was covered in black lines.

"Senior brother, can't you stop bringing up the past to tease me?"

Li Zhangsheng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Cannot!"

Zhao Tianxing sighed, then revealed a smile.

"It seems that the trip to the Mist Tribe truly let you break through your inner demon; if we had joked like this before, you would have already exploded, but now it seems your state of mind has returned."

Zhao Tianxing looked at Li Zhangsheng while smiling.

He and Li Zhangsheng are from the same sect, Li Zhangsheng being his senior brother; back then, his extraordinary talent made him the most monstrous existence in the entire Qianlong Academy.

Until Li Zhangsheng graduated, he had always been suppressing and beating Zhao Tianxing; but later, due to the Mist Tribe incident, Li Zhangsheng became listless, and Zhao Tianxing thus became the headmaster.

Otherwise, the headmaster's position should have belonged to Li Zhangsheng.

"Just coming back is good!"

Zhao Tianxing patted Li Zhangsheng's shoulder.

Li Zhangsheng said with some emotion: "I have to say, following this little brat is really dangerous!"

"A little more and I would have been ruined!"

As he said that, Li Zhangsheng's mouth corner twitched.

Following Su Yu for just a few months, it's practically more dangerous than all the peril Li Zhangsheng has faced in his entire life, constantly stirring up Marquis and King-level figures.

Even a half-emperor was dispatched.

That is, Su Yu's life is tough; otherwise, Li Zhangsheng following him would also suffer.

Zhao Tianxing smiled faintly.

"That little brat is indeed not simple."

"Just in time, it's also time to give the old fogies in the academy a stimulus."

Zhao Tianxing's gaze passed through the window and landed squarely on Su Yu in the plaza.

His eyes held a hint of anticipation.