Chapter 121: Yuanqing Mountain (16th update, seeking first subscription)

After confirming the temporary alliance, Li Zhangsheng did not stay at Yuanling Academy and began his journey to find "Qingshan."

Of course, the journey was not long, expected to take only half a day, because his target was not far from Yuanling Academy.

This was a large mountain named Yuanqing Mountain, located just over a hundred miles from Yuanling Academy; at Aixi's speed, it would not take long to arrive.

The Academy District covered a vast area; except for the lack of city walls, it could almost be called a small city. There were over ten academies of different sizes located here, and the other academies surrounded Yuanling Academy like stars arching over the moon, guarding it in the central area of the Academy District.

Many students from other academies had once participated in the entrance test for Yuanling Academy, but unfortunately, they did not meet the standards and could only choose other academies.

Although they did not meet the standards of Yuanling Academy, most of these people became Elite Students of other academies. They still yearned for Yuanling Academy, which led to the students of Yuanling Academy becoming objects of their envy and Jealousy.

Even though Yuanling Academy had suffered a great loss of vitality, the other academies in the Academy District had also participated in that battle three years ago and had likewise suffered heavy losses, so they naturally could not shake the status of Yuanling Academy.

It was precisely because of this that Yuanling Academy remained a behemoth they could not afford to offend; even if the students of other academies were filled with Jealousy, they dared not provoke the students of Yuanling Academy at will.

The entrance of Yuanling Academy was always surrounded by some students from other academies; they were mostly eyes and ears for their respective academies, watching Yuanling Academy at all times. As soon as there was a trend of large-scale action from Yuanling Academy, they would immediately report it to their own academies.

These academies did not have the intention of replacing Yuanling Academy for the time being; they mainly wanted to pick up some cheap gains and follow Yuanling Academy to get some leftovers.

Over so many years, they had developed a habit, giving people the feeling that they were subordinate academies to Yuanling Academy, and Yuanling Academy was also used to it and had no intention of driving them away.

Given that the Academy District prohibited flight, after leaving Yuanling Academy, Li Zhangsheng summoned Aixi. Since Aixi had already been exposed, he had no intention of hiding it anymore, and he rode Aixi toward the direction of Yuanqing Mountain.

Seeing the mighty and majestic Aixi, the students of other academies revealed expressions of envy and shock one after another; some students who recognized the Savage Saber-Toothed Tiger subconsciously recorded this information.

The Savage Saber-Toothed Tiger, rumored to possess a Sparse White Tiger Bloodline and a powerful Pressure characteristic, was considered the most powerful existence among the Warrior Species under equal conditions. Due to being on the verge of extinction, there was likely only this one in the entire Academy District.

Aixi's speed was extremely fast; under the rapid movement, the surrounding scenery flew past like fleeting light and shadows. Soon, they left the scope of the Academy District and arrived at a village adjacent to the Academy District.

This was the only way to Yuanqing Mountain. To avoid causing unnecessary panic, Li Zhangsheng took Aixi back. This village was not large, and at his walking speed, he could leave in at most a quarter of an hour.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng looked into the distance and could faintly see a towering mountain standing in the distance; that was his destination—Yuanqing Mountain!

Due to the distance, the outline of Yuanqing Mountain was not clear, and only a quarter of it met his eyes. He had to see the general outline of Yuanqing Mountain to determine if this was the target he was looking for.

The villagers here were quite well-off; it was rare to see sallow, emaciated, or ragged paupers. Not far from the village exit was a small market, mainly trading agricultural products and handicrafts.

After taking a few glances, suddenly, Li Zhangsheng looked forward.

Not far away, a disheveled woman was walking barefoot, stumbling along the yellow mud road. She was wearing clothes made of various dirty rags, with a few pairs of smelly socks hanging on them. A silly smile hung on her face, and saliva flowed from the corners of her mouth, giving people the feeling that she was a mentally abnormal fool.

A fool usually refers to a person with low intelligence who is unable to think normally.

"Damn, the fool is here again!"

"Bad luck, it's this shameless crazy woman again!"

"This fool can't even feed herself, yet she is raising a young girl. Who knows how she manages to feed her? Perhaps the old hen that was stolen from our house not long ago was stolen by her!"

"This crazy woman is very unlucky; not only did she curse her husband to death, but her husband's entire family was wiped out. Every time I see her, I feel unlucky!"

"Beat this unlucky crazy woman to death!"

After the fool appeared, it was as if water had dripped into boiling oil, and the previously calm market instantly became noisy.

The villagers pointed at the fool and cursed loudly, but compared to the sallow and emaciated paupers, they were relatively restrained; at least they did not take action.

Those sallow, emaciated, and numb paupers, who were already bent by the pressure of life and had accumulated a large amount of Anger in their hearts, now saw a fool who was even more lowly than them. It was as if they had found a vent; they revealed ferocious expressions, picked up stones and yellow mud from the ground, and pelted the fool like raindrops.

"Beat her to death!"

"Beat her to death!"

They threw stones with all their might, feeling extremely satisfied in their hearts, revealing perverted, ferocious smiles.

The fool seemed to have predicted what would happen in advance; she hurriedly hunched her body, held her head tightly with both hands, and desperately tried to hide behind the nearest obstacle.

In this process, the fool endured heavy blows one after another, and her exposed hands were beaten until they were dripping with blood. She seemed not to feel the pain; she had no Anger, no fury, and even less begging for mercy. A silly smile always hung on her face as she silently endured the slander and malice from others, out of place with this world, yet accustomed to everything before her.

"Smash the fool to death!"

Just as the fool was about to escape, a pauper with a face full of ferocity picked up a shoulder pole and took the initiative to rush toward the fool from behind.

At this moment, the other paupers stopped throwing stones at the fool; they watched the scene about to happen with ferocious smiles and great interest.

In the span of a few breaths, the pauper appeared behind the fool and raised the shoulder pole to smash it hard against her back.

Given the fool's condition, once hit by the shoulder pole, even if she were not killed on the spot, she would likely be seriously injured, and there would be little possibility of survival.

"Sigh!"

Accompanied by a sigh, before the shoulder pole could strike, Li Zhangsheng appeared in front of the fool, his right hand firmly gripping the pauper's wrist, preventing him from striking further.

"Let go!"

The pauper struggled subconsciously, feeling only a sharp pain in his wrist, as if it were about to be crushed, but no matter how he struggled, it was to no avail.

"Get lost!"

Li Zhangsheng raised a foot and kicked the pauper to the ground.

Only then did the fool turn her head. After discovering Li Zhangsheng's intention, her expression was clearly stunned for a moment. She gave Li Zhangsheng a grateful look, but in the blink of an eye, it was filled with a silly smile again, as if everything before had been an illusion.

However, although the fool switched very quickly, Li Zhangsheng's senses were so keen that he naturally captured the change in the fool's facial expression.

Looking at the fool's departing back, Li Zhangsheng was lost in thought.

The fool, it seems, is not a fool!

(End of this chapter)