Chapter 20: Great Rune Master

Lu Fan's words weren't loud, but they were exceptionally clear, and everyone present heard them distinctly.

Ling Yao had outstanding strength and was enchanting and seductive; wherever she was, she was the focus of the entire room.

Countless male instructors and male students had wild fantasies about her. There had been bold disciples who tried to get close, but their ends were all miserable.

Lu Fan's words made everyone think he was also driven by lust, secretly sighing at his audacity.

At the same time, they couldn't help but laugh secretly, thinking that Lu Fan had just been in the spotlight and was now going to be in trouble.

"Beauty is a disaster, beauty is a disaster! I told the Dean long ago that the Academy shouldn't hire female instructors..." Elder Bai shook his head and retreated repeatedly, afraid of being implicated by Lu Fan.

"Little brat, what did you say just now? You want me to guide you separately—how do you want me to guide you?"

Ling Yao frowned, slightly surprised, then a smile hung on the corner of her mouth, her voice so sweet it reached the bones. It made the blood of everyone around surge, and many people started having nosebleeds.

Lu Fan's expression was calm as he walked over slowly and smiled faintly: "That naturally depends on Instructor Yao's methods. However you want to guide me, that's how you guide me."

"You are the active one, I am the passive one." He added another sentence, making everyone around horrified. These words sounded too ambiguous, making people's imaginations run wild.

"Little brat, you aren't very old, but your heart is quite big!"

Ling Yao smiled ambiguously, just thinking of Lu Fan as one of those annoying men from the past. Although he was a little brat, his intentions were no different from the others.

Lu Fan narrowed his eyes and moved closer, almost to her face. Ling Yao was shocked and about to attack when a voice as thin as a mosquito's hum came over.

"Is Yue Ruxue doing well?"

Ling Yao's entire delicate body trembled, her eyes wide to the extreme, looking unbelievable as she stared fixedly at Lu Fan.

"Who are you? How do you know my teacher?"

Lu Fan took a light breath, and a trace of vicissitudes suddenly appeared in his eyes.

That little girl from back then had actually become someone else's teacher. Fate was truly ironic; he, Lu Fan, had become the disciple of her disciple—it was truly funny.

"I am Lu Fan, third-term student Lu Fan! Do you think I have the qualifications to ask you to guide me separately?"

Lu Fan returned to calm and asked with a sunny face, his voice loud and clear for everyone to hear. He seemed truly like a teenager, without distracting thoughts, focused solely on the Martial Dao.

Ling Yao was stunned. For a split second just now, she had clearly seen a trace of vicissitudes on Lu Fan.

But the other party was clearly just a teenager, and this current appearance was the most fitting.

She was puzzled, thinking: *Could it be that I saw wrong just now? But how could he know the teacher? This point must be clarified. *

"This kid must have a broken brain, actually wanting to ask the disastrous Instructor Yao to guide him, and separately at that. He'll be dead or crippled!"

"Instructor Yao is the youngest and most beautiful teacher in our Tianyuan Academy, naturally seductive, and on the same level as Wang Wu. Lu Fan is a toad wanting to eat swan meat; there's a good show to watch!"

"Tsk tsk! To die under the peony flower, even as a ghost, one is romantic. This Lu Fan is truly lucky; if I could say a word to Instructor Yao, I'd die happy!"

The people around were both envious and gloating, and more people were admiring.

Admiring Lu Fan's audacity, actually setting his sights on an instructor. It was a pity that they had all failed with female students, so where would they have the guts to make a move on a female instructor?

Ling Yao recovered after a few breaths, her eyes clear, but a trace of coldness at the corner of her mouth, "Fine, I'll grant your wish, follow me!"

Lu Fan knew her teacher, so he probably knew her identity very well. She had to find out, otherwise, if she ruined the Council's major affairs, that would be bad.

As soon as these words fell, the crowd was dumbfounded, everyone thinking they had misheard.

Elder Bai's old face was almost wrinkled like tree bark, muttering to himself:

"How is this possible? Yao girl looks seductive and enchanting, making people's hearts itch, but she has never shown a good face to any man. What did Lu Fan say just now to make her so easy to talk to?"

More students regretted it deeply, wondering why they hadn't thought of this trick to get close to Instructor Yao before. Letting Lu Fan get there first—they regretted it deeply!

Lu Fan was indifferent; when he saw through Ling Yao's identity, it was destined that she wouldn't refuse him.

"Clang."

He waved his hand, and the art refining crystal furnace flew over. Just as he was about to put it away, a discordant sound rang out.

"Wait! You cannot take this crystal furnace!"

The middle-aged man in the green shirt stepped out, his aura suddenly spreading, his spiritual power locking onto Lu Fan.

"Fourth-tier Great Rune Master?"

Ye Fei was slightly stunned, his expression changing.

Rune Masters were the most noble profession in this world. A fourth-tier Great Rune Master was harder to see than a fifth-tier Martial King, and their status was noble; even some big families couldn't recruit them.

"Lu Fan, this crystal furnace belongs to the Shanjin Town Rune Master Guild. Hand it over, and the previous matters will be wiped clean!"

The middle-aged man in the green shirt looked arrogant, no longer having the mood to watch the show. His aura erupted, and everyone around was horrified.

"Master, is he the one who took your things?"

Elder Bai walked over and, without waiting for the middle-aged man to respond, scolded Ye Fei with a cold face: "Lu Fan, Master Li Qingshan is magnanimous; hand over the things, and the Academy won't punish you."

Lu Fan's gaze turned cold, and his entire face darkened. He hadn't expected the Shanjin Town Rune Master Guild to have this trick up their sleeve; he had been a bit careless.

"Hmph! You say it's yours, so it's yours? I also say you're a dog! Why don't you bark twice?"

He sneered coldly, without any hesitation, mocking him directly.

As soon as these words fell, Li Qingshan's face turned cold:

"Hmph! They were right; you kid are bold and overestimate your own strength.

Fine, if I don't teach you a lesson today, others will think my Rune Master Guild has no one, and that even a student of Tianyuan Academy dares to bully us."

A spiritual whirlwind suddenly generated for no reason, and countless wind blades shot out, rolling toward Lu Fan.

"Hmph! In Tianyuan Academy, outsiders are not allowed to be fierce. Do you really think my Academy's instructors are just for show?"

Ling Yao snorted coldly. These words were clearly directed at Elder Bai and Jiang Sheng.

"Clang!"

A metallic clashing sound rang out, and a giant iron fan half a person tall appeared out of thin air. Ling Yao flipped her slender hand, and the fan struck out.

A hurricane rose, True Qi energy clashing with the spiritual storm, twisting and swirling, emitting a piercing, strange sound. The surrounding students fell in a large group, fainting to the ground.

"Fourth-tier Great Rune Master, if it weren't for your status, you'd be a dog. Instructor Yao could beat you up in minutes!"

Lu Fan carried the shrunken art refining crystal furnace, shook it, and hurriedly added a finishing blow. His light words made Li Qingshan spit out two mouthfuls of blood—it was unknown whether it was from Ling Yao's True Qi or Lu Fan's words.

"Elder Bai, is your Academy always this unreasonable!" Li Qingshan had no choice but to ask Elder Bai.

Elder Bai's expression was ugly to the extreme, but with Ling Yao stepping out, his old bones didn't dare to confront her.

He could only stammer and say some irrelevant words, making Li Qingshan's face look like liver.

"Hmph! Might is right. You didn't ask about right or wrong and wanted to snatch my crystal furnace; did you ever talk about reason?"

Lu Fan said dismissively. The art refining crystal furnace was something he had exchanged "at the risk of his life." Others wanted to take it back?

Fine! They had to trade for it with something of equal value!

"I'm so angry!" Li Qingshan was furious to the extreme. In the past, whatever he wanted, others would be eager to send it over, and he would have to see if he was in the mood. Today, being toyed with by a little brat, how could he endure it?

"Fourth-tier profound artifact, you little brat at the Gathering Essence Realm, why are you using this thing?"

Fourth-tier profound artifact? When everyone present heard this, their expressions changed drastically.

The shock Lu Fan had given them today was already enough, but nothing compared to a fourth-tier profound artifact.

Weapons were divided into Divine, Sacred, Profound, Spirit, and Mortal according to their tiers. Mortal artifacts were not graded and were the weapons used by most students here. Above that, every three tiers was a level, and above the ninth tier were Divine artifacts.

"No wonder he dared to challenge Instructor Jiang and fight Liu Yang to a standstill; it turns out he has a fourth-tier profound artifact in hand!"

"Fourth-tier profound artifact, I don't even have a Spirit artifact, how is this kid so lucky?"

"What is his background? He pulls out a fourth-tier profound artifact as soon as he makes a move; I'm afraid not every instructor or deacon in the Academy has one!"

At this moment, everyone's eyes were shining, staring fixedly at the art refining crystal furnace. Although they knew they couldn't get it, just based on today's events, they would have capital to brag about in the future.

"Your Grandpa Lu likes it, why do you care!"

Lu Fan sneered, his words extremely arrogant, and he shook it casually again, as if afraid others wouldn't know he had a fourth-tier profound artifact.

"Hmph! You're asking for death! Originally, that old ghost Zu Qing Tan told me to speak nicely to you, but it seems that's not necessary. You're dead today!"

The might of a Great Rune Master erupted suddenly. He had only used five percent of his strength earlier.

This time, his spiritual power was completely released, like a net, covering the sky and earth, airtight.

"Bad!"

Ling Yao's expression changed. Her attack earlier looked easy, but it wasn't like that at all. The other party hadn't used his full strength, but she had been forced to counterattack.

Li Qingshan was clearly truly angry. The spiritual storm was formless and shapeless; unless she used a finishing move to kill the other party, she couldn't stop this attack.

Killing a fourth-tier Great Rune Master—not to mention Elder Bai wouldn't stand idly by, even the old monsters in the Academy were probably watching the situation and would never let her act recklessly.

"A dog jumping over a wall in desperation!" Lu Fan looked ferocious. Knowing he was no match, he didn't hesitate or retreat for a second, flipping the crystal furnace in his hand and smashing it out.

"Spiritual storm, right? When your Grandpa Lu used this move, you weren't even born yet!"

Ye Fei stood in mid-air, laughing wildly at the sky.

"Bang, bang, bang."

Three consecutive palms struck his chest, and three mouthfuls of heart blood were spat out, merging into the art refining crystal furnace.

In an instant, the art refining crystal furnace swelled a hundredfold, as if it were going to burst the entire hall.

The spiritual storm struck it, only shaking the furnace body slightly before dissipating.

Li Qingshan's expression changed drastically, filled with horror, so scared his legs went soft, "This is impossible? Is he trying to self-destruct the profound artifact?"

Elder Bai was also anxious upon hearing this. If a fourth-tier profound artifact self-destructed, all the students here would die in vain. Even if he barely protected himself, he would definitely be sanctioned by the Academy's Elder Council afterward.

"Little brat, don't mess around!"

Ling Yao was terrified and couldn't care about anything else. Her Martial King cultivation erupted, and she arrived in front of Lu Fan, cutting off his connection to the art refining crystal furnace.

This kind of abrupt interruption caught Lu Fan off guard, and the fourth-tier profound artifact backlashed, severely injuring his body.

"Puff."

He spat out another mouthful of blood and passed out. His consciousness was hazy, feeling only that it was so soft, so warm. ===== CHAPTER 21 =====