Chapter 12694
Chapter 12694
The next day, at the same training ground, Xia Qinghou and his companions returned.
Everyone stopped what they were doing: "What do you mean? You're going back on your word?"
However, when they saw the identity jade tokens on the waists of the group, everyone's expressions changed. Those were clearly the waist tokens of the Beast God Academy.
They had seen it before on Yuan Chu and Wei Zhishui's group.
"Did the Beast God Academy really accept them?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Many people immediately regretted not standing up with others yesterday, fearing they would be deceived.
Looking at it now, it's clear they missed a golden opportunity to defy fate!
"Brothers."
Xia Qinghou spoke loudly, his face glowing with triumph: "I've come back to save you."
"Save us?"
Everyone looked puzzled.
Xia Qinghou surveyed the entire room and said, word by word, "Do you know what kind of secret technique you are practicing? It's an abridged version! It's an incomplete version! It's a second-rate secret technique that the Heavenly Martial Hall deliberately emasculated!"
A roar erupted in the arena.
"impossible!"
Li Yu was the first to speak, his voice not loud but powerful: "My practice of the Three Forms of the Ephemeral Flower is based on a solid foundation, and the power flows smoothly without any stagnation!"
"That's because you're ignorant!"
Xia Qinghou sneered: "What move have you learned? You haven't even mastered the first move yet, have you? I've already mastered the entire Three Forms of the Ephemeral Flower. Do you think you have the right to speak, or do I have the right to speak?"
Li Yu choked for a moment.
The others were skeptical.
Xia Qinghou continued, "If any of you have even a little bit of knowledge in your families, go and look at the original version of the secret techniques you practice, and you should know what I'm talking about."
Someone in the crowd hesitated before stepping forward: "The Fire Spreads Here is indeed missing something from the Fire Spreads in My Family's Tradition."
Another person stepped forward: "My family's 'flower in the mirror' is also one."
As more and more people stepped forward to verify the accounts, the situation was on the verge of spiraling out of control.
The key point is that the people who stepped forward at this moment are all scions of powerful families with deep backgrounds. Their families possess the original copies of the secret techniques, making their statements very convincing.
"How could this happen? Why were they castrated before giving it to us?"
The entire audience erupted in uproar, and conspiracy theories proliferated wildly.
Xia Qinghou pressed his advantage: "The secret techniques taught by Tianwu Hall have had their most crucial tips removed, leaving only the most basic and worthless parts. Why?"
"Because someone is afraid that you'll grow up too fast and escape their control!"
"He wants you to stay in this small place for the rest of your lives, to be his free lackeys!"
Li Yu shook his head: "That's not how it is."
However, his voice was immediately drowned out by the doubts of many others.
“Xia Qinghou is right… No wonder I always feel that my cultivation progress is slow.”
"You get what you pay for."
"But even if there were cuts, it doesn't necessarily mean they're trying to harm us. Maybe there's some other hidden meaning?"
"What deeper meaning? Does he cut it out for your own good? Are you his own son?"
The chatter grew louder and louder.
Xia Qinghou felt smug as he looked at everyone's reactions; he had returned with a mission today.
Xia Qinghou stepped forward, his voice even more inflammatory: "Brothers, Lord Yuan Chu has given us three days. Anyone willing to join the Beast God Academy within three days will receive intensive training!"
"If it's more than three days, the opportunity will be gone."
"Furthermore, you'd better think this through. With the Beast God Academy protecting you, no one will dare to do anything to you."
"But if you miss this opportunity, you might not be able to leave Tianwu Hall later if you want to back out!"
Panic began to spread.
Some people wavered again, and more than a dozen people quietly left the queue and stood behind Xia Qinghou.
Xia Qinghou looked at the remaining people, his gaze suddenly rising to meet Lin Yi's, who had appeared on the high platform at some point.
"Should we stop them?"
Kong Qianqiu stood beside Lin Yi, a hint of worry in his eyes.
As the head instructor of Tianwu Hall, she cared deeply about this group of people. Now that they were being poached by others time and time again, even with her good manners, she could no longer tolerate it.
Lin Yi remained calm: "No need, let them be."
Yuan Chu's return this time must be carrying a mission from the Beast God Academy. If it's simply to undermine the Heavenly Martial Hall, then that's actually a good thing.
At least it's still under control.
If they resort to other underhanded tactics at any cost, that would be a real problem.
Xia Qinghou suddenly curled his lips and said to the crowd behind him, "Since you're leaving Tianwu Hall, you should at least show some basic courtesy and say goodbye, right?"
The dozen or so people who had just stepped forward looked at each other in bewilderment.
Finally, steeling their resolve, they addressed Lin Yi in unison, "We are determined to leave Tianwu Hall, and we humbly request Your Majesty's permission!"
All eyes immediately turned to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi glanced at Xia Qinghou, who had a provocative expression on his face.
Xia Qinghou felt both nervous and excited.
Normally, he wouldn't dare to provoke Lin Yi in public even if he had a hundred lives; he wouldn't even know how he died.
But today is an exception.
He possessed the Beast God Academy's waist token and had Yuan Chu's authorization and endorsement. If Lin Yi were to openly attack him in public, the Beast God Academy would have an excuse to intervene directly.
Tianjun has its own rules and is protected by the divine decree of the Creator God. Even if extraterrestrial forces like the Beast God Academy are extremely covetous, they dare not rashly make a move.
Sending Wei Zhishui and his group into the country last time was already walking a tightrope, and they ended up failing miserably.
If you want to intervene again, you need to get a good enough excuse.
Xia Qinghou's most important task today is to lure Lin Yi into a trap.
Lin Yi completely ignored the question.
"You can leave."
Lin Yi looked at the group behind Xia Qinghou: "The rules of Tianwu Hall were made clear before you entered. If you leave Tianjun, all the cultivation you gained here will be taken back by the Heavenly Dao."
Xia Qinghou laughed loudly: "Listen to this! He's starting to scare people! What 'Heavenly Dao retraction'? It's clearly a backdoor restriction of a secret technique!"
"Lord Yuan Chu said that the Beast God Academy has plenty of ways to break such a low-level control method!"
He looked at the crowd still remaining in the training ground: "This is your last chance. Those who are willing to come with me, hurry up and come over now. Lord Yuan Chu is waiting for you."
Another group of people wavered.
Li Yu stood there, watching the people around him leave one by one, hesitant to speak.
In the end, only fifty-six people remained on the training ground.
"Then we'll take our leave, Lord of Tianjun."
Xia Qinghou led a group of students and swaggered away from Tianwu Hall.
As he reached the door, he glanced back, a mocking smile playing on his lips.
The main hall of the Yuan family.
After listening to Xia Qinghou's report, Yuan Chu nodded in satisfaction: "Well done."
Xia Qinghou said regretfully, "It's a pity we couldn't lure him into attacking me. If we had, our Beast God Academy could have rightfully descended upon Tianjun." (End of Chapter)
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