Chapter 51: Rupture

Autumn and winter season, the end of the year is approaching, and the annual year-end competition of Tianyuan Academy is just around the corner. The academy students are even more diligent, each one retreating and practicing hard, striving to advance their cultivation a bit more before the competition, intending to be amazing at the year-end competition.

The gatherings of several student associations in the academy are more frequent, and the exchanges and competitions between them are much fiercer than in the past.

In a student courtyard, a dozen or so extraordinary young students gathered here, the leader was none other than Nie Xing.

"Everyone, the end of the year has arrived, and in three days it will be the year-end competition, I don't know if you have made preparations!"

Nie Xing looked solemn, scanning the scene. Around him were all the backbone of the Skull Society, the worst was the late Gathering Essence Realm cultivation.

"President, don't worry. I, Liu Yang, haven't been mixed for nothing this year, my early Tendon Refining Realm cultivation is advancing slowly, and I will definitely be amazing at the year-end competition!"

Liu Yang shouted loudly, high-spirited, shaking the people around with surprise.

"Liu Yang, you performed well this year. I heard you had a bet with that Lu kid, do you have any confidence in the year-end competition?"

Nie Xing looked casual, but there was a solemnity in his eyes. He had seen Lu Fan's methods originally and completely, and didn't dare to underestimate him at all.

"Hehe! That trash, I'll take him down, President don't worry!"

Liu Yang chuckled, looking gloomy, his eyes full of viciousness and hatred, not hiding it at all. He had been retreating for the past few days, and the last time he saw Lu Fan was at the Wulian Hall training, and he didn't know Lu Fan's methods.

"Liu Yang! That Lu Fan is not an ordinary character, I think the bet should be forgotten! Or I will mediate for you, turning hostility into friendship!"

Yang Sheng couldn't help it, kindly reminding.

However, as soon as his voice fell, Liu Yang's expression sank, his gaze crossed, looking hostile, saying: "Hmph! Yang Sheng, what do you mean by this? You mediate for me, could it be that you think I'm not as good as a piece of trash?"

Yang Sheng froze slightly, then realized, the other party had just come out of retreat, and I'm afraid he didn't know about the day's events.

He was just about to open his mouth to explain, but Nie Xing on the side snorted coldly: "Yang Sheng, it seems your heart is not here! When you joined my association that day, it was just for our monthly allowance of three Origin Stones!"

Yang Sheng was stunned, then his expression changed, full of humiliation. Nie Xing's mocking words were merciless, continuing to satirize:

"Hmph! Now that you have also advanced to the Tendon Refining Martial Master, I think finding a big family to be a watchdog and begging for pity is also qualified!"

Yang Sheng bit his lip tightly, his eyes full of blood red. He joined the Skull Society, indeed intending to seek shelter here, but he had been loyal and dedicated in the past, and he had taken on all kinds of things in the association, and his output was not small.

Never expected that after getting along for several years, Nie Xing didn't take it to heart at all, and now with such insulting language, if he didn't give him an explanation, he wouldn't let it go today.

"Nie Xing, I respected you in the past, and I asked myself that I was worthy of the association. I can ignore those words just now, but you must apologize to me publicly, otherwise..."

Before he finished speaking, Nie Xing smiled sinisterly, mocking: "Otherwise what? Just relying on you, you want me to apologize to you? You are just a dog raised by my Skull Society, do you really think I ever treated you as a human being?"

"Hehe! Some people just don't know their own strength, and really think that just by being with us all day, they are a character." Liu Yang added fuel to the fire, where was there any face left, spitting a mouthful of saliva, and said again: "Bah! Don't say the President, even I, Liu Yang, am enough to beat you up!"

The people around also realized, each one staring at Yang Sheng, although they didn't say any insulting words, but the mocking gaze had already taken a stand.

"Crack!"

Yang Sheng clenched his fists tightly, the veins on his forehead exposed, already on the verge of exploding. But thinking that the year-end competition was approaching, if he lost control at this time, Nie Xing would definitely not be soft. With the other party's confidence, he wouldn't leave any hands, and if he was seriously injured, I'm afraid...

"Endure! I endure!"

He recited inwardly, took a light breath, then loosened his fists, and turned slowly, about to leave.

"You want to leave so easily, do you really think my Skull Society is a charity hall, where you can come and go as you please?"

Nie Xing smiled sinisterly, punched out, his middle Tendon Refining Realm cultivation erupted, fist strength condensed into Gang, bombarding Yang Sheng's back.

Yang Sheng's face was horrified, True Qi lifted, but it was too late. The fist Gang bombarded his back, and his whole person was like being hit by a big hammer, his flesh and skin cracked, and his bones and tendons broke. His body was like a kite with a broken string, smashing toward the outside of the courtyard.

"Bang!"

Dust rose, blood spread. He spat several mouthfuls of blood in his mouth; if it weren't for his solid foundation and strong bones in the past, I'm afraid he would have died.

"Hmph! This trash rolled away, let's continue!"

Nie Xing's mocking and insulting words came from the courtyard, Yang Sheng endured a breath, trembling and climbing up. He was lost and left this place.

Wulian Tower second floor, Xiao Ling'er had been absent-minded these days; although she stayed in the Wulian Tower all day, she had no heart to practice. Ordinary people, even if they slept in the Wulian Tower, would have some progress.

But she had treasures all over her body, protecting her without any dead ends. Those ten times the gravity were nothing at all, at most consuming some True Qi, and had no effect at all.

Just at this moment, a thin young man with a thief's eyebrows and rat's eyes walked over, smiling and saying: "Miss Ling'er, the person you want me to pay attention to has appeared!"

Xiao Ling'er froze slightly, then was overjoyed, urgently saying: "Where is Lu Fan? Tell me quickly!"

The thin young man rubbed his hands, winking, staring at Xiao Ling'er's beautiful appearance, looking eager, and said: "He just returned to his residence, my subordinates are still watching, you will see him as soon as you go!"

Xiao Ling'er only then came back to her senses, wiped off the earthy yellow bead chain on her hair, and threw it out directly, saying: "This earth-type protection chain is also given to you, now you should say it!"

The thin young man was overjoyed, grabbed it, and looked at it with joy, his thief's eyebrows and rat's eyes, his entire mind was placed on the yellow bead chain, and he said slowly: "He just returned to his residence, my subordinates are still watching, you will see him as soon as you go!"

Xiao Ling'er heard this, with a look of joy, and was about to step away, but her body suddenly sank. Without the protection of that earth-type protection chain, ten times the gravity approached her body, and with her late Gathering Essence Realm cultivation, it was a heavy burden.

With a moan, Xiao Ling'er gritted her teeth, her pretty face full of malice, walking step by step. Clearly, it was only a dozen feet away, but it was as far away as the ends of the earth, and it took a cup of tea time before she left this place, full of sweat.

Lu Fan had just returned from Shanjin Town, and the restrictions in the house had clearly been moved, but the means were a bit high, and it should be the traces left by the academy elders coming to peep.

He didn't take it to heart; these things were already in his expectations. He packed up slightly, then took out a Universe Bag, opened it, and a pile of Origin Stones poured out.

"Boom!"

The Art Refining Crystal Furnace smashed out, and the Energy Gathering Array operated slowly again, and in a blink of an eye, the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi reached ten times that of the outside world. It didn't stop there, then increased by another twenty percent, reaching twelve times the Origin Qi of the outside world, before it barely stopped.

Lu Fan sniffed slightly, only feeling his whole body was comfortable, True Qi operated on its own, and couldn't help but grin and say: "A million gold coins exchanged for eight hundred low-level Origin Stones, this deal is worth it!"

He went to the East City halfway and exchanged these Origin Stones from a firm. The ratio of Origin Stones to gold coins was about one to one thousand, but the exchange had to be discounted, and a million gold coins only exchanged for eight hundred low-level Origin Stones.

Just at this moment, "thump, thump, thump" knocking on the door came from outside the house, suddenly waking Lu Fan.

He was "chased" by the Tianwu people when he left last time, and he still had lingering fears. He wasn't afraid of these people, just found it troublesome.

"It won't be those people from last time, right? Secretly tailing me, wanting to stand up for Wang Wu?"

He shook his head slightly, didn't perceive much at all, and had already discovered that there was only one person at the door. The aura was just average, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

"Come in!"

With a clear shout, a seal surged out, the door opened slowly, and a girl in purple clothes walked in, panting, it was Xiao Ling'er.

Xiao Ling'er ran all the way here, plus the heavy burden in the Wulian Tower, at this moment her breath was chaotic, and her clothes were soaked with sweat, slightly messy. The delicate figure of the girl who had just developed slowly outlined, with a different kind of temptation.

"So it's you! What do you want with me?"

Lu Fan only glanced slightly, then didn't look at Xiao Ling'er again, sat cross-legged, and began to form seals and practice toward the gathering array in front of him.

Xiao Ling'er originally saw Lu Fan with joy, but now seeing Lu Fan's attitude, her eyebrows frowned, staring at Lu Fan with hatred: "Lu Fan, what is your attitude? People heard you came back, and ran over to see you, why are you ignoring people?"

Lu Fan frowned, glanced at the other party absent-mindedly again, and said indifferently: "I'm not too familiar with you, if you have something to say, say it, I'm going to practice!"

His attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away made Xiao Ling'er, a little girl, feel very uncomfortable. On weekdays, who around her didn't coax her. But this Lu Fan was neither salty nor light, completely different from his peers.

Her heart suddenly lost balance, widened her eyes, and complained to Ye Fei: "Lu Fan, people came over just to remind you that the Tianwu people are looking for you, let you be careful!"

Lu Fan heard the concern in the other party's words, and his attitude just now seemed a bit inappropriate. His expression couldn't help but soften, pointing to the only empty space in the house, and said softly: "Oh! I know! Looking at your panting appearance, why don't you sit there and rest for a while!"

Xiao Ling'er was slightly happy when she heard this, and only then noticed the extraordinary nature of Lu Fan's house. Abundant Heaven and Earth Origin Qi was actually more powerful than the public area on the third floor of the Wulian Tower. More importantly, there was no gravity array, and she wasn't tired at all.

It was just that the next moment, her expression became awkward. Lu Fan sat on the bed on his own, and the empty space he pointed to was a dirty ground. She had been pampered since she was a child and had never received this kind of treatment.

Lu Fan didn't notice, closed his eyes, and directly fell into cultivation.

Xiao Ling'er finally had no way, glared at Lu Fan twice in anger, and could only sit cross-legged on the ground. Then the abundant Origin Qi surged around her, and she slowly fell into calm, breathing and meditating.