Chapter 134: Tell Xie Haichao to Come Out

The freshman year is only one year long. If you waste several months at the Heaven's Book Academy—a place teeming with geniuses—even if you were originally the strongest, stagnating for even a few months would relegate you to the bottom tier of the freshman class.

This Xie Haichao is clearly trying to ruin Ou Hu’s future!

Anger surged within Lin Fan. He took a Life Essence Pill from his storage ring and handed it to Lin Hongyi, saying, "Wake Ou Hu up and have him take this Life Essence Pill."

Hongyi nodded and walked over to Ou Hu. In an instant, her snow-white fingers tapped him countless times.

*Pfft!*

Ou Hu coughed up a large mouthful of blood and slowly opened his eyes. At first, he looked dazed, but then, monstrous killing intent flared in his eyes. He shouted, "Xie Haichao, I’m going to kill you!"

"Let's go. I’ll take you to kill him."

Lin Fan walked up to Ou Hu and looked at him seriously. "Swallow the Life Essence Pill. I will take you to kill him myself, and I will let you watch how he dies!"

"Alright!"

Seeing Lin Fan and looking at his surroundings, Ou Hu realized he was lying on a bed in the Quiet Valley Residence. He felt a sudden jolt of realization; he must have been unconscious for quite some time after being severely wounded.

But hearing "Brother Fan’s" words and seeing the Life Essence Pill handed over by Hongyi, he didn't hesitate for a second and swallowed it. Having taken Life Essence Pills before, he naturally knew their effect.

During the twelve days Lin Fan had been in seclusion, his negative emotion points had increased by over a hundred million. These came not only from those he had offended in the past but also from eliminated students and families, as well as students who had boasted they would challenge him but couldn't find him.

Half an hour later, Ou Hu had fully recovered. He stood up and looked at Lin Fan, who smiled and said, "Let’s go. It’s time to avenge you and the others, Bei Han."

Lin Fan’s lips curled into a chilling smile. He walked out of the Quiet Valley Residence, with Ou Hu nodding and Xiao Beihan and the others exchanging glances before following behind him.

In front was Lin Fan’s somewhat slender figure; half a step to his side was Lin Hongyi, and they followed in their wake.

"Hey, isn't that Lin Fan, the top-ranked freshman? Word is that all the freshmen are looking for him to challenge him. Does he actually dare to come out?"

"Keep your voice down. The freshmen this year are too monstrous; we can't afford to provoke them!"

"True, they are not to be trifled with. Normally, most first-year students should be in the Body Tempering Realm, and after a month or two of cultivation, they move to the Qi-Induction Realm. Once they reach the Qi-Pulse Realm, they enter the second year, and those in the Pulse-Opening Realm enter the third year. But most freshmen this year are already in the Qi-Pulse Realm, and quite a few are even in the Pulse-Opening Realm—that’s third-year strength!"

"Exactly! Look at us second-years; most of us only have ten or twenty apertures in the Qi-Pulse Realm, while the freshmen are not a bit weaker than us. If it weren't for the fact that they just joined the academy and have only just started studying cultivation techniques and martial arts, we might have been able to rely on our techniques to win, but now we can't keep up!"

"Nothing we can do. It’s just this special year. The core disciples of all the major families were sent here, hoping to make a name for themselves. In previous years, many core disciples wouldn't even come to the Heaven's Book Academy."

"Yes, and haven't you noticed? The martial arts, cultivation techniques, alchemy books, and Qi-refining books in the Library Pavilion have all increased significantly. Many of them are powerful techniques that have been broken down into levels and placed separately. Even the merit points required to view books have been changed so that you only need them to enter the pavilion itself, all to help them grow!"

"True, we never had such treatment. Back then, we had to struggle to accumulate merit points for a good technique or martial art, just to get a higher-level token to study on a higher floor. But for them, they can learn immediately, even if the techniques on each level are different!"

"Enough, let's see what they're doing. They look aggressive; this shouldn't be anything simple!"

"Right..."

Many second-year students in the academy recognized Lin Fan and began whispering. Seeing the look on his group's faces, they curiously followed along.

Since this year’s freshmen enrolled, they had felt a severe sense of crisis. The Heaven's Book Academy used to recruit every three years, with the Body Tempering Realm as the entry limit.

Back then, most of them enrolled while in the Body Tempering Realm, reaching the Qi-Induction Realm through training. They then had to break through to the Qi-Pulse Realm within three years to enter the second year, otherwise, they would be held back to study with the next batch of freshmen.

But this year, they had only been cultivating for a year. While many had stepped into the Qi-Pulse Realm, their strength within that realm wasn't high. Even the older students who hadn't broken through to the Qi-Pulse Realm were left behind in the first year, representing the bottom tier of strength.

Because most of this year's freshmen were already in the Qi-Pulse Realm, those below that realm were a rarity.

It must be said that this batch of freshmen was ferocious. It was rumored that a while ago, Jiang Tao, who was in the top hundred of the second-year students, tried to teach an "ignorant" freshman a lesson to show off his seniority. Instead, he provoked a monster from the freshman class who was in the Pulse-Opening Realm and was almost beaten to a cripple, having to be carried away.

However, one couldn't really blame them, as they weren't truly "old" students; they had just enrolled one year earlier than the new batch.

The truly powerful ones, the real upperclassmen, were the second-year veterans and the third-year seniors.

The second-year veterans were generally no lower than the late stage of the Qi-Pulse Realm, with an average at the peak of the late stage, and there were many in the Longevity and Spring-Gushing Realms as well.

As for the third-year seniors, the ones who had entered the Pulse-Opening Realm most recently had been there for a year, while the longest-tenured ones had been there for seven or eight years, having traveled a long way down the path of the Pulse-Opening Realm. They were not comparable to these students who were forced into becoming "old" students.

After all, the Heaven's Book Academy originally recruited every three years. Deducting the students who were promoted to the second year in just one year, the second-year veterans had actually been training in the academy for four years, and third-year veterans had trained for at least five or six years, with some there for seven or eight!

The Heaven's Book Academy had the Mind-Clearing Tower, powerful martial arts, formidable techniques, various training facilities, and the best teachers. No one knew exactly how strong those true veterans were.

But one thing they did know: those true veterans could easily crush them, even if they were in the same realm!

Along the way, not only were second-year newcomers following, but some second-year veterans also came to watch the excitement. Of course, Lin Fan had been blocked by countless freshmen along the way who jumped out to challenge him. He accepted them all through his token, only to send them flying with a single strike.

By the time he arrived at the Haichao Society, founded by Xie Haichao, he had already swatted away over a hundred people, and his negative emotion points had increased by over thirty thousand—a drop in the bucket compared to his current total.

The Haichao Society was also established in one of the areas designated for student guilds at the Heaven's Book Academy. The academy allowed students to form various guilds and compete with one another; the academy treated the students like insects in a jar.

Whether it was freshmen, second-year veterans, or third-year seniors, guilds existed among all of them. In the Heaven's Book Academy, besides the few geniuses who relied on themselves, most students belonged to some faction. These guilds were like the embryonic forms of future powers.

Of course, the moment these students stepped out of the academy gates, these embryos could very well become massive, powerful entities!

The Heaven's Book Academy had built a secret realm with an internal space specifically for these guilds, where they could rent space from the academy.

Because the Heaven's Book Academy was so powerful, every guild had a gate. Crossing through it led into the guild, though the gate was actually a formation that no one would notice.

"Who goes there? This is the Haichao Society. Who dares to trespass?"

Guarding the entrance to the Haichao Society were two freshmen at the peak of the Qi-Induction Realm. Seeing Lin Fan and his aggressive crowd approaching, they immediately shouted.

"Get lost!"

Lin Fan’s lips parted slightly as he swung a palm. The two freshmen at the peak of the Qi-Induction Realm didn't even have time to react before they were swatted over thirty meters away!

*Bang!*

The gate connecting to the Haichao Society’s secret realm was kicked open by Lin Fan, revealing the interior.

Inside was a large hall where over a hundred people were sparring. Seeing the gate kicked open, they all turned around with furious expressions.

"Who is it? Who dares to trespass on the Haichao Society?!" someone shouted.

Lin Fan lifted his eyes slightly and said indifferently, "Call Xie Haichao out!"