Chapter 366

Under the night sky, the small black boat sped through the air.

This boat blended perfectly with the surrounding night; from the outside, one could not see its form at all, nor could one hear any sound.

It was like a ghost in the night.

"Cough, cough, cough—"

On the boat, Ye Zhao coughed violently and slowly opened his eyes.

"Awake?"

Chu San, who was controlling the black boat's flight, turned his head to look at him.

At this moment, Ye Zhao was in a tattered white robe, covered in bloodstains, with a large gash in the protective suit on his chest, looking very disheveled.

"The internal strength Li Fei drove into your body is very vicious and extremely harmful to the human body; your internal organs have already begun to fail. Before you woke up, I barely controlled the injuries with medicine; now you should hurry up and heal."

Chu San said.

Ye Zhao had a core-level self-healing extraordinary ability, and his own internal strength also had certain healing effects, so as long as he woke up, he didn't need to worry about the injuries.

A martial artist at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage still had strong vitality.

Ye Zhao lay there blankly for a while; the severe pain in his body brought him back to his senses, and the scene before he passed out immediately appeared in his mind:

That black figure standing by the lake, looking at him with such a disdainful gaze:

"In the future, when you see this Marquis, lower your head and behave yourself."

"Li Fei!!"

Ye Zhao gritted his teeth, triggering his injuries again, and coughed up blood.

Chu San looked at this peerless genius who was self-important but just had bad luck, and felt some sympathy:

"Don't think too much, heal your injuries well."

"..."

Ye Zhao was silent for a while, "Where are we going next?"

"Going to the provincial capital of Feng Province."

"What are we going to the provincial capital for?"

"Since we have already become enemies with Li Fei, such a terrifying enemy must naturally be eliminated."

Chu San said lightly.

Ye Zhao's eyes lit up: "How should we do it?"

Chu San did not speak.

Ye Zhao said to himself: "Li Fei is the Green-Faced Ghost, and the Green-Faced Ghost is the Blood-Faced Ghost. The Blood-Faced Ghost previously publicly raided the execution ground, hijacked the special train, and killed imperial officials! As long as we announce this news, Li Fei won't be able to be the Marquis of Jing'an, let alone the Blue Patrol Special Envoy; then it will be easy to kill him!"

Chu San shook his head: "You think too simply."

Ye Zhao was very unconvinced: "Isn't it?"

Chu San sighed: "Not to mention that the Blood-Faced Ghost case has long had a conclusion; this is Datong Prefecture's explanation to the central government. To overturn this case is equivalent to opposing the entire Datong Prefecture!

Even if you could find some solid evidence to prove Li Fei is guilty, Li Fei now has the Emperor's favor, and the Emperor has made it clear he wants to reuse him; he certainly won't move against him at this time because of such things."

Speaking of this, Chu San sneered:

"In the end, what do the things Li Fei did count for? How many of those powerful people are clean? How many haven't violated the laws of the Great Lan Dynasty? The only difference between them and Li Fei is that one is in the dark, and the other is out in the open."

Ye Zhao gritted his teeth: "Then how do we deal with Li Fei?"

Chu San laughed: "Such a sharp knife doesn't just threaten us."

Feng Province, provincial capital.

The newly built 13th university, Hongyi University, is located in the east of the provincial capital.

With one university already in Feng Province, the fact that Hongyi University was also placed in Feng Province actually suffered a lot of criticism.

Even though the Lu family had started planning more than a decade in advance for this, preparing the full support of a major martial arts sect and a newly promoted Grandmaster.

Later, following an order from the central cabinet, Hongyi University only set up a Wu Gong Department and no other subjects.

This barely allowed the uproar to subside.

Hongyi University was officially established in July last year and began enrolling students in September.

Unlike the other twelve universities, Hongyi University's enrollment is divided into two types:

One is the same as before, enrolling students from the Wu Gong Departments of local middle schools.

The other is enrolling those civilian students who have no family background and cannot afford high tuition fees.

For the second type of student, the school can waive their tuition fees and even provide them with certain subsidies.

But in return, these students need to experience more cruel tests!

Simply put, this is actually the model of a Jianghu sect.

If you join a sect and become an inner or official disciple, it is equivalent to selling your life to the sect.

The sect gives you resources, teaches you martial arts, and when needed, you have to put your life on the line!

And martial arts cultivation has never been a smooth path; there is a risk of losing control after absorbing implants, a risk of qi deviation when practicing martial arts, and one needs to actively experience life-and-death tempering to break through realms.

Almost all Jianghu sects in this world have bloody and cruel ways of tempering their disciples!

Even a Daoist holy land like the Daluo Sect requires its disciples to walk on iron chains to temper their character and will.

And beneath the iron chains is a bottomless abyss!

This is the essence of martial arts cultivation; one wrong step could lead to being smashed to pieces!

The previous twelve universities cultivated students who were all very precious, almost all children of the powerful, so naturally, they couldn't adopt this teaching model.

Prime Minister Ye Zean established a new university to try a new path.

Now Hongyi University has started a 'pilot', and the students enrolled in the second way all signed life-and-death contracts upon enrollment!

Hongyi University enrolled students in September, recruiting a total of 300 civilian students.

Now, just over five months later, 26 people have died, 11 are disabled, and 7 have had their implants lose control, with their bestial nature overwhelming their humanity, and they have been locked up waiting to be dealt with.

In contrast, the 100-plus children of the powerful are like the students of the other twelve universities, obtaining resources by completing tasks and enjoying the safest education model.

Students with two different family backgrounds and completely different growth experiences are in the same university, and the conflicts between them are deepening day by day.

"Zhang Yan, don't be ungrateful!"

On campus, beside a playground.

Several students surrounded one student.

The person surrounded was named Zhang Yan, a civilian student at Hongyi University.

The four people surrounding him were all children of the powerful, and one of them was a member of the Lu family!

Zhang Yan stood silently in place, not saying a word.

"Zhang Yan, don't think you're arrogant just because you have some ability. No matter how well you practice, in the future, you will at most get a chance to be a dog for us. This is the upper limit for people like you, understand?"

A child of the powerful said mockingly.

Zhang Yan's eyes moved upon hearing this, and he turned to look at the other party.

It was such a simple action, but it made the child of the powerful who was speaking feel as if he had been frightened, subconsciously taking a step back.

But soon he reacted, feeling insulted, and was furious:

"You motherf..."

He stepped forward wanting to attack Zhang Yan, but was stopped by a taller man beside him.

The man was named Lu Yiquan, a member of the 'Canglin Lu Family'.

Although not from the direct line of the Lu family, he was already more formidable than many children of the powerful.

Lu Yiquan looked at Zhang Yan, revealing a smile he considered kind:

"Zhang Yan, as long as you are willing to lose one match, you can gain my friendship. Are you really not going to consider it? You know, such opportunities are really rare."

Internal confrontation matches are held between the children of the powerful and the civilian students every once in a while.

This is a rule set by the Prime Minister himself; he wants to use this to compare the pros and cons of the two education models and prepare for the future.

Zhang Yan is one of the most outstanding civilian students in this batch, and Lu Yiquan and others found him, proposing that he intentionally lose to Lu Yiquan in the next confrontation match.

Zhang Yan and Lu Yiquan looked at each other; the other party looked at him confidently, waiting for his answer.

Zhang Yan twitched the corner of his mouth: "Actually, I'm quite happy to be able to come here to study."

"You should indeed feel fortunate."

"But watching my companions fall during training, I feel very sad in my heart; every time I train, I feel very tormented."

"What do you want to say?"

"Having been at this university for so long, do you know when I am happiest?"

"..."

"It's every time we have a confrontation match, because I can beat you self-righteous trash hard!"

"?"

Lu Yiquan was stunned, thinking he had misheard.

"You motherf..., you're courting death!"

The few companions on the side couldn't hold back and immediately rushed up to attack Zhang Yan.

And so, five young people started fighting on the playground.

They had all just entered the Body-Breaking stage not long ago, and their strength was limited; even if they had profound martial arts, they couldn't display them, so Zhang Yan was not behind the other four in martial arts techniques.

The final result was that he alone beat all four of them to the ground!

The commotion of the fight here quickly alarmed others, and a group of people ran toward them quickly.

"Brother Dayan, are you okay?"

The first to arrive were a group of civilian students.

Zhang Yan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a satisfied look appearing on his face, pointing at Lu Yiquan and the others on the ground: "They are the ones who are not okay."

"Brother Dayan is awesome!"

"Well done!"

"I've wanted to beat them for a long time!"

"..."

Soon, Zhang Yan left surrounded by the crowd.

Zhang Yan let everyone disperse first, and finally, only one young man remained by his side.

"Brother Dayan, you beat the Lu family's people this time, are you really okay?"

The young man asked with a worried face.

It would be fine if he had beaten other children of the powerful; after all, this is in a university, and the school wouldn't let the powerful outside reach their hands directly in.

But the Lu family...

Who doesn't know now that Hongyi University was established because of the Lu family?

Offending a Lu family member, I'm afraid it will be difficult to move an inch in this university!

Zhang Yan smiled indifferently upon hearing this.

He rubbed the head of his companion beside him:

"Don't worry, it's fine."

"Okay!"

The companion also laughed along.

In his eyes, Brother Dayan is the most formidable person.

"By the way, Brother Dayan, Zhang Changming almost lost control again today; we are all worried that if this continues, he will be taken away..."

The companion said suddenly, his expression downcast.

The so-called loss of control is the implant losing control, and the bestial nature hidden within erupting.

Zhang Yan, who was indifferent even after beating the Lu family's children, also had a downcast expression at this time.

A moment later, he looked at the sky in the distance and said:

"Do you know why those children of the powerful rarely have situations where their implants lose control?"

"Why?"

"It's not because their talent is better than ours, it's because they have had special medicine to nourish their bodies since they were young, and after they incorporate the implants, the medicine they take can also effectively suppress the bestial nature of the implants."

"Then why..."

"You want to say why these medicines are not given to us?"

"Yes."

"Hehe."

Zhang Yan sneered: "Because these medicines are very precious, and the quantity is limited."

"..."

"Do you know why Hongyi University's first batch of enrollment had 300 of us civilian students, but those children of the powerful only enrolled 100-plus?"

"Why?"

"It's not because the people above are willing to give us more opportunities, it's just because our lives are cheap."

"..."

"The resources used to cultivate one child of the powerful are enough to cultivate ten civilian students like us!"

"Brother Dayan..."

"Those powerful people control over 90% of the resources; people like us can only fight with our lives to have a glimmer of opportunity. This is the reality of this world!"

Zhang Yan looked at his companion, his eyes as cold as ice.

The companion looked at the murderous Zhang Yan before him and was a bit frightened.

"This world shouldn't be like this."

Zhang Yan patted his companion's shoulder and muttered.

Then he turned and walked in another direction.

"Brother Dayan, where are you going?"

"To the Lu family."

"Ah?"

"Talk to them."

"..."

(End of chapter)