Chapter 16: Resonance Power Tree

Near the top of the Resonance Power Tree, thick branches were intertwined to form a wooden platform. At this moment, several gazes were looking down from the platform, observing the location where Li Luo was.

"Li Luo has been missing for a week; he’s finally come to the academy."

Ti Faqing crossed her arms over her chest, her form-fitting school uniform wrapping around her well-developed, delicate figure. Combined with her pretty, slightly charming face and snow-white, tender skin, she drew the gazes of many nearby youths, whether they intended to or not.

She stared at Li Luo’s figure, lightly pouting her lips, and said, "Is he afraid of being troubled by Bei Kun? So he’s using this method to hide?"

"It’s really a pity for such a handsome face." Beside her, a group of young sisters also commented and sighed.

"Hee hee, little girl, I remember when Li Luo was still in the First Academy, you were his little fan girl." A companion teased.

The teased girl’s face flushed red, and she stomped her foot in retaliation: "As if you weren't the same!"

The girls giggled, flashes of regret passing through their eyes. The Li Luo of the past, upon first arriving at the First Academy, was simply an incomparable figure of influence. Not only was he handsome, but the comprehension he displayed was also outstanding. Most importantly, the House Luolan of that time was at its zenith, with two Marquises in one house, making it immensely prestigious.

Handsome, talented, and with a deep background—which girl wouldn't like such a youth?

However, it was a pity that as time passed, the halo around Li Luo began to be stripped away. First was the disappearance of his parents, which directly led to a sharp decline in the status and strength of House Luolan. Later, it was revealed that Li Luo was born with an Empty Resonance, which drove him into the depths of despair.

Thus, the once-influential figure of the First Academy was "exiled" to the Second Academy.

By this time, admiring him was clearly somewhat inappropriate.

Ti Faqing listened to the chattering of her little sisters and shook her head with some annoyance, saying, "A bunch of shallow, infatuated fools."

Li Luo had just sat down cross-legged on a silver leaf when he heard some commotion around him. He raised his gaze and saw Bei Kun, surrounded by a group of sycophants, jumping down from the leaves above.

Bei Kun had a somewhat tall and sturdy build with a fair face, but the sinister look in his eyes made him appear somewhat gloomy.

"Li Luo, I thought you weren't coming to the academy anymore," Bei Kun stared at Li Luo, smiling without warmth.

Li Luo glanced at him, truly too lazy to bother.

This attitude from Li Luo immediately caused Bei Kun’s anger to burn. Back when House Luolan was powerful, he had fawned over Li Luo in every way, yet the latter had always maintained this indifferent attitude. At that time, he dared not say anything, but now, does you, Li Luo, think it’s still the same as before?

"Li Luo, you made me wait for you in vain at the Qingfeng Pavilion for a whole day. How do you plan to settle this?" Bei Kun gritted his teeth.

Li Luo retorted impatiently, "Can you not blame your own stupidity on me?"

"What kind of intelligence do you have to think that I would go to the Qingfeng Pavilion to invite you?"

Bei Kun’s eyes were gloomy as he said, "Li Luo, apologize to me to my face right now, and I won't pursue this matter. Otherwise..."

Li Luo smiled: "Otherwise you'll go to the Qingfeng Pavilion and wait for another day?"

Some snickers emerged from the surroundings. This Bei Kun was considered a bully at the Southwind Academy and often picked on people, but it was clear that Li Luo was not intimidated by his threats at all.

Bei Kun stared gloomily at Li Luo and then said, "With such a sharp tongue, dare you come down and play with me?"

Li Luo shook his head: "No interest."

This Bei Kun was truly too low-level. He didn't want to bother with him before, and he wanted to ignore him even more now. If he had to play along just because the other party wanted to, wouldn't that make him look just as low-level as the other party?

Bei Kun sneered and said no more. He waved his hand, and his group of sycophants immediately shouted, "Are the people of the Second Academy all cowards?"

More unpleasant words continued to emerge.

The students of the Second Academy nearby immediately showed anger, but intimidated by Bei Kun’s fierce reputation, they all dared to be angry but dared not speak.

"Li Luo, why must you implicate the entire Second Academy because of your own problems?" Bei Kun said with malicious intent.

This Bei Kun actually had some schemes; he deliberately escalated the situation to infuriate the students of the Second Academy. Since these students dared not do anything to him, they would naturally turn their resentment toward Li Luo, thereby forcing Li Luo to step out.

"Shut your mouths."

However, a roar of anger soon rang out. Zhao Kuo stood up, glared at Bei Kun, and said, "If you want to fight, I'll accompany you."

"It's you again."

Bei Kun frowned and said, "It seems I didn't beat you hard enough last time."

Zhao Kuo was about to speak, but saw Li Luo wave his hand to stop him. The latter said helplessly, "Why do you bother with this dog shit?"

He then turned his gaze to Bei Kun’s sycophants and sighed: "Help me write all these people down. Later, I'll have someone teach them how to get along peacefully with their classmates."

Although House Luolan had significant problems now, it was still one of the five great houses of the Great Xia Kingdom, and the forces left behind in the old residence were not too weak. At the very least, they could produce some guards at the Resonance Master level.

The surrounding students were stunned upon hearing this, and Bei Kun’s sycophants were also left in a state of utter bewilderment.

Big brother, do you really have to do this? We are just children playing around in the academy; you’re going home to find people to beat us up?

This doesn't follow logic.

They looked at each other, then couldn't help but take a few steps back. Their clamoring mouths also stopped, because they knew that Li Luo truly had the ability to do so.

Although he was an Empty Resonance, he was still the Young Master of House Luolan. Sending a few Resonance Master experts to cover their heads and beat them up would be very easy.

Bei Kun was also stunned, then cursed: "Li Luo, aren't you ashamed to use such methods?"

Li Luo frowned and said, "If you're not convinced, go ask the experts of your Bei family to come and beat me."

Bei Kun opened his mouth, finding he couldn't respond. After all, although House Luolan was currently facing internal and external troubles, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. Before it truly collapsed, the Bei family only dared to sneak a few bites. As for him moving the Bei family's experts—not to mention whether he could move them, even if he did, would they really dare to do anything to Li Luo? He clearly couldn't bear the consequences that would trigger.

Thus, he stood frozen in place for a moment, feeling somewhat disheveled.

At the very top of the Resonance Power Tree, there was a treehouse. At this moment, several figures in front of the treehouse were also watching the argument among the students below.

"Heh, this little fellow from House Luolan is really quite interesting," a gray-haired old man wearing a black and white coat laughed.

The old man was the Dean of the Southwind Academy, named Wei Sha, who was also famous in this Tian Shu Prefecture.

"A dispute between students, yet he has to ask for the power of his family to solve it. This isn't interesting at all. How did those two heroes of House Luolan give birth to such a rogue of a son?" A voice said from the side.

That was a thin man who gave off a refined feeling, yet between his brows, there was a sense of arrogance.

This person was none other than the current mentor of the First Academy of the Southwind Academy, Lin Feng.

It was also he who had previously insisted on kicking Li Luo out of the First Academy and demoting him to the Second Academy.

"Mentor Lin Feng’s words are too harsh. Bei Kun knew Li Luo had an Empty Resonance and still went to cause trouble; isn't that even more despicable?" Xu Shanyue, who was nearby, immediately retorted upon hearing this.

Lin Feng said indifferently, "Disputes between classmates are beneficial for their mutual competition and improvement."

However, he was clearly too lazy to argue with Xu Shanyue on this topic and turned his gaze to the old man beside him: "Dean, what do you think of the proposal I mentioned earlier?"

Dean Wei blinked and said, "Which proposal?"

Seeing this, Lin Feng was somewhat helpless and could only say, "The academy’s grand examination is approaching. The Golden Leaves of our First Academy are not quite enough. I would like the Dean to allocate five more Golden Leaves to our First Academy."

"I disagree!"

The one who spoke was Xu Shanyue. He glared at Lin Feng because, besides the ones in the hands of the First Academy, there were only ten Golden Leaves left in the Second Academy. If this Lin Feng wanted five more, where else could they come from? Wouldn't it be from their Second Academy?!

This guy was truly pushing his luck.

(End of chapter)