The Sea Wind Emperor froze for a moment.
Indeed, after the terrifying aura Lin Yun had just revealed, he truly dared not refuse.
“Lead the way,” Lin Yun ordered.
“Very well,” the Sea Wind Emperor could only reply with a smile.
Lin Yun continued, “One more thing. Arrange for people to protect Wen Jing properly. While I am away, if she loses even a single hair, your Sea Wind Empire will cease to exist.”
“Yes, yes, yes,” the Sea Wind Emperor nodded repeatedly with a forced smile.
Faced with Lin Yun’s unfathomable strength, how could he dare utter a word of dissent?
He immediately turned and instructed, “City Lord, did you hear that? Arrange thorough protection here. If anything goes wrong, I will hold you personally accountable.”
“At your command,” the Yan City lord replied at once.
Lin Yun turned to Wen Jing. “Wen Jing, I have matters to attend to and must leave now.”
“Master, then… will you come back?” Wen Jing asked timidly.
“It depends on the circumstances. Practise diligently and remember what I told you,” Lin Yun said.
After giving his instructions, Lin Yun followed the Sea Wind Emperor out of the inn and then out of the city.
On the way, the Sea Wind Emperor had already sent a message to the Heavenly Academy dean, informing him of everything that had happened.
The dean replied, ordering the Sea Wind Emperor to bring Lin Yun to him first. He wanted to meet this mysterious figure in person.
…
The Heavenly Academy existed within a separately created space.
The Sea Wind Emperor led Lin Yun directly into it.
The main hall of the Heavenly Academy.
“Senior, the Heavenly Academy dean is in the grand hall ahead,” the Sea Wind Emperor said.
“Then let us go in.”
Lin Yun walked straight into the hall.
Inside the hall.
The Heavenly Academy dean sat at the front, eyes closed, reclining on his throne.
Six immortals from the Heavenly Academy stood on either side.
After receiving the Sea Wind Emperor’s message, the dean had summoned these six, all powerful figures within the academy.
This was their territory, after all. He fully intended to set a “Hongmen Banquet” here.
The Sea Wind Emperor had already given the dean a detailed account of Lin Yun’s actions. For someone who dared to show contempt for the Sea Wind Empire and the Spirit Academy, the dean had no intention of letting him leave easily today.
On the Star Blue Continent, no one except the Spirit Academy could challenge the Heavenly Academy’s authority.
He planned to offer Lin Yun two choices: submit and join the Heavenly Academy, or never leave alive.
As one of the top three strongest beings on the Star Blue Continent, the dean certainly had the confidence to make such a plan.
Only when Lin Yun entered did the dean slowly open his eyes.
“Fellow daoist, I have heard something of your deeds in Yan City. Yet before today, I had never heard of you. If you are a reclusive immortal, you have hidden yourself remarkably well,” the Heavenly Academy dean said, sizing Lin Yun up.
“That is unimportant,” Lin Yun replied calmly.
“Then let us discuss something that is. I hear your strength is profound. I would quite like to spar with you. What do you say?” The dean gave a faint smile.
He called it a spar, but in truth he wanted to test Lin Yun’s true power this way.
If he could defeat Lin Yun, he would not let him leave the Heavenly Academy alive.
“A spar? I suggest you do not,” Lin Yun said with a smile.
“I see no problem with it,” the dean replied.
“Very well, then. I shall indulge you,” Lin Yun said, the corner of his mouth lifting slightly.
Lin Yun was perfectly aware of the dean’s intentions. He simply wanted to gauge his strength.
While Lin Yun could intimidate him with aura alone, a display through combat would clearly be far more effective.
“Good! Since you agree, let us step outside the hall and spar,” the dean said, rising at once.
Lin Yun said nothing more and walked straight out.
Outside the hall.
The Heavenly Academy dean and Lin Yun faced each other. The Sea Wind Emperor and the other immortals stood on either side, watching.
“Fellow daoist, I do not know the extent of your power. Once I strike, I will not hold back,” the dean said with the arrogance of one in authority.
Lin Yun smiled. “No matter. Use every ability you possess.”
“Your tone is bold indeed. In that case, I shall show no mercy!”
As the dean’s words fell, his powerful Dominion Realm aura instantly swept forth.
On the Star Blue Continent, a realm like this was enough to rank among the top three.
