Chapter 31: Shi Quan Asks for Guidance

"Xiao Quan, this is Furei, he is the captain of the Iron Guard Squad," Maerde said after introducing Furei.

Shi Quan nodded, looking at the dense crowd of fifty or sixty people, "Captain Furei, with so many of you..."

Furei said, "My Lord, we are your guards. Wherever you are, we are there. You don't need to worry about our food, clothing, housing, or transportation; we can take care of it ourselves."

"There is still half a month left in this semester. I plan to finish this semester at the academy before I make plans to go to Heaven Dou City."

Shi Quan stated his original intentions.

Why he said "original" was mainly because the commotion caused by the Iron Guard was a bit too large, and the news of his Millennium Soul Ring had also spread, so Shi Quan was considering whether to leave the academy even earlier.

After a brief discussion.

The Iron Guard soldiers temporarily stationed themselves at the Hou Shan of the academy.

With such a commotion, how could the people at the City Lord's Mansion not know? City Lord Xiao hurriedly brought people to the academy to understand the situation. After understanding the reason for the matter, City Lord Xiao chatted enthusiastically with Shi Quan for an hour before leaving with a look of reluctance.

A large part of the reason why Shi Quan was willing to stay and chat with this City Lord Xiao was because of his status. After all, he was the City Lord of Nuoding City. If they were on good terms, he could ask him to help look after his parents a bit when he was not in Shi Family Village in the future.

Deep in the night.

"With such a big commotion, what should I do if that guy Tang Hao comes to find trouble with me unreasonably?" Shi Quan rubbed his head with a headache. There were still two soldiers guarding his door. Now, no matter where he went, the Iron Guard soldiers would follow, which made him feel a bit irritable himself.

Plans could not keep up with changes. He did not expect the Iron Guard to be so ostentatious. Shi Quan was not only worried about attracting Tang Hao's attention but also afraid of attracting the attention of the Spirit Hall. If Xue Qinghe had not yet finalized things with the Spirit Hall, and he were to be captured by the Spirit Hall, then his plan to scheme for the Immortal Herb and the 100,000-year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone would all be disrupted, and that would truly be a huge loss.

"I can't stay at Notting Academy anymore." Shi Quan shook his head repeatedly. He was truly afraid that if Tang Hao saw so many armored soldiers and some string in his head went wrong, he might go crazy and hammer him.

Shi Quan sighed and said, "I can only explain it to the Dean."

"A-Quan, that Tang San is dreaming."

Shi Quan was just about to cultivate when he suddenly heard Xiaomeng's voice in his mind.

"Hmm?" Shi Quan's movements paused. Because he had never entered Tang San's dreamscape before, he had asked Xiaomeng to specifically keep an eye on Tang San and remind him as soon as he had a dream.

He had thought there was no chance left, but now that he was preparing to withdraw, Tang San had actually had a dream. Since that was the case, he had to go and take a look.

Enter Dream!

Shi Quan's ethereal figure rode on Xiaomeng, flew out gently, passed through the door and walls, and arrived at Dormitory Seven on the first floor.

He flew straight into the white ball of light representing Tang San's dreamscape.

"This is?" Seeing the scene in the dream, Shi Quan couldn't help but smile. It was actually the scene from the daytime when he revealed his Soul Ring. It seemed that his Millennium Soul Ring had quite an impact on him.

Shi Quan directed, "A-Meng, help me guide his dream toward forging."

Clang, clang, clang!

Before long, the scene in the dream changed to Tang San working in the blacksmith shop.

"A-Meng, continue to guide it forward, preferably to when he learned the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique."

Although the Chaotic Cloak was useless to him, he was still inevitably curious.

Perhaps because Tang San also missed his old man, Xiaomeng's guidance was exceptionally smooth. In no time at all, the image jumped directly to the blacksmith shop.

"Use the calves to exert force, connecting the strength of your whole body into a single whole; this is called full strength..."

Watching the various things in the image, Shi Quan watched with great interest. It had to be said that being revered as the strongest forging technique by the Clear Sky Sect had its unique aspects.

"A-Meng, try to see if you can guide the dream into his memories of the Tang Sect from his past life."

The environment in the dream began to change rapidly, traversing quickly. After a while, Xiaomeng's voice came, "It won't work. The content you mentioned should be the deepest secret in his heart. In his subconscious, he is very vigilant about this. Once triggered, he will wake up immediately."

Hearing Xiaomeng say this, Shi Quan couldn't help but frown and continued to ask, "Then can you guide out the part of his memory in his mind regarding the Immortal Herb?"

The memory of the Immortal Herb was the most important thing to Shi Quan, which was why Shi Quan had let Xiaomeng keep an eye on Tang San.

The Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture did not record these. If he could directly obtain all the memories about the Immortal Herb from Tang San's mind, that would be a huge leap forward. Perhaps he could obtain an Immortal Herb more suitable for him from Tang San's memories.

If he couldn't, then his target could only be placed on the few Immortal Herbs that appeared in the original work.

This was also Shi Quan's original plan before Xiaomeng appeared.

"I'll try." Xiaomeng's butterfly wings fluttered continuously, and a large number of light spots sprinkled into Tang San's dreamscape. The scenes in the dream changed constantly, and the light spots seemed to want to fix a certain scene, but they could never do so.

"That's enough, A-Meng." Shi Quan saw that Xiaomeng had already tried her best. There was no help for it; his current strength was limited, and Tang San had been reborn once, so his Soul strength and willpower were much tougher than ordinary people. Being able to see the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique and such was already enough to satisfy Shi Quan.

Whether he obtained the memory about the Immortal Herb or not was actually not that important, because he had detailed memories of the original work, and those few Immortal Herbs in the original work would also be of no small help to him.

Not obtaining it now did not mean there would be no chance later.

According to the plot of the original work, Tang San and Xiao Wu would stay at Notting Academy for another two years, until the end of the sixth grade, before leaving the academy. And he was preparing to leave early before the fourth semester was even over. He had a full two years to go to Heaven Dou City. With such a long time, Shi Quan did not believe he couldn't get the Immortal Herb.

When Tang San graduated and went to Shrek Academy, he would come back quietly, Devour the Blue Silver Emperor, and absorb the 100,000-year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone. Just thinking about it was delightful...

The morning sun rose.

Shi Quan had a detailed talk with Maerde for the whole morning and told Maerde his worries. Maerde did not blame Shi Quan, but just patted Shi Quan on the shoulder and earnestly gave him a few instructions, telling him to be careful in everything in the future.

After settling things with Maerde, Shi Quan returned to the dormitory to start packing. Although he had the Hundred Treasure Bag, it was hard to explain if this thing suddenly popped out, so Shi Quan only put some important things into the Hundred Treasure Bag, and most of his things were still packed in a bundle. Fortunately, he didn't have many things, and a single bundle was enough to pack them all.

"My Lord, are you preparing to leave the academy?" Seeing the luggage in Shi Quan's hand, the soldier at the door asked.

"Yes, go and notify Captain Furei, and say that I am preparing to leave the academy early." Shi Quan nodded.

"My Lord, please wait a moment, I will go and notify the captain." One of the soldiers said as he turned and walked down the dormitory building, while the other took the luggage from Shi Quan's hand. "My Lord, give the luggage to me."

"So heavy?" The soldier felt the heavy weight of the luggage as soon as he took it.

Shi Quan smiled and explained, "There are many books inside."

The soldier nodded in surprise. Shi Quan could pick up such heavy luggage without blushing or panting; then how great must his strength be?

"My Lord, you can rest for a while. It might take some time for the guard squad to march and assemble." The soldier reminded him.

"Let's go to the Playground and wait."

"No problem, My Lord."

The soldier carried the luggage and followed behind Shi Quan.

Just past noon, there were quite a few people on the Playground. As soon as Shi Quan appeared, he was the focus of everyone's attention. There was no help for it; the armored soldiers beside him were too conspicuous.

Shi Quan walked to the side of the Playground. From this position, he could just see the entire teaching building. Shi Quan's gaze looked toward the top floor of the teaching building; that was the location of the Dean's office.

Perhaps out of fear of the reluctance of parting, Maerde had already agreed with Shi Quan in the morning that he would not see him off.

Shi Quan knew that Maerde must be watching him from the office right now.

Since there would be no farewell, he would let his teacher take a good look at him.

Shi Quan stood quietly on the Playground, watching the students coming and going, sighing inwardly that if he did not have a system, perhaps he would also be one of these common masses.

"Shi Quan is leaving..."

"I just saw the soldiers at Hou Shan starting to pack their things..."

"He has two Soul Rings now; he must have applied for early graduation."

The students all around were whispering to each other.

Tang San, who had just walked out of Dormitory Seven, stared fixedly at Shi Quan on the Playground; he had originally been preparing to go to work at the blacksmith shop, but suddenly hearing the discussions around him, he noticed Shi Quan on the Playground.

The past events were still vivid in his mind; he had not forgotten the scene where Shi Quan had stepped on Xiao Wu and pinned her to the ground, and if he did not help Xiao Wu take revenge now, he did not know when he would be able to; however, he was very wary of those soldiers, but then he thought of the decadent and confused appearance of Yu Xiaogang last night, and his expression gradually became firm.

He wanted to help his teacher find the answer, and he also wanted to avenge Xiao Wu for that kick.

"Shi Quan!"

Tang San's loud shout interrupted Shi Quan's train of thought.

"Something up?"

Shi Quan looked unexpectedly at Tang San, who was walking toward him; why wasn't he going to hammer his iron, and what was he calling him for?

Tang San stared at Shi Quan, and as he approached, he said, "I would like to ask for your guidance."

"Guidance?" Shi Quan looked at the armored soldiers beside him, and looked at Tang San with a half-smile, "Looking for trouble with me again?"

Tang San shook his head and said calmly and patiently, "Shi Quan, your martial soul and mine are both Blue Silver Grass; since you can absorb a Millennium Soul Ring, you must have your own unique methods, so I would like to ask for your guidance; I apologize for the intrusion, and I hope you will forgive me."

Tang San's words could be said to be very polite, but how could Shi Quan not understand Tang San's character? Asking for guidance was fake; he was likely just trying to avenge Xiao Wu and wanted to teach him a lesson.

Shi Quan waved his hand and said bluntly, "If you know it's an intrusion, why are you still here? If I remember correctly, aren't you supposed to go to work this afternoon? You're that free? You'd better hurry up and go to your job..."

(End of this chapter)