Along a long stone staircase, Zhang Ruochen travelled straight towards the bottom of the Purple Cloud Spirit Mountain, preparing to head to the **Yard.
The **Yard was located in the south-west direction of the Everlasting Academy, a direction guided by the compass, so no matter what, Zhang Ruochen had to go and check it out.
“Senior Brother Lin Yue, wait for me.”
Zhao Han’er turned into a fragrant wind and chased after Zhang Ruochen from behind, flying down to Zhang Ruochen’s body and blocking his path.
She pursed her lips in a very apologetic manner and bowed to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “I’m sorry.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at her, knowing very well in his heart why she had to say she was sorry, he just nodded gently and said, “It’s alright, go back!”
To Zhao Han’er, her previous misunderstanding of Senior Brother Lin Yue was a heavenly matter. However, to Zhang Ruochen, it was just a small matter that was never even on his mind.
When Zhao Han’er saw that “Lin Yue” was so cold towards her, her heart became even more sad and she continued to chase after him, closely following Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen could tell that Zhao Han’er was secretly in love with “Lin Yue”.
Since he wasn’t the real Lin Yue, he naturally wouldn’t mess with Zhao Han’er, lest he cause unnecessary trouble. Therefore, he just walked his own way without saying a word.
The two of them walked down the Violet Cloud Spirit Mountain one after the other.
When Zhao Han’er saw Zhang Ruochen travelling in the direction of the **Institute, all of a sudden, her eyes revealed some sadness as she whispered, “Senior Brother Lin Yue, are you going to find Senior Sister Han Qiu again?”
Zhang Ruochen stopped abruptly, revealing a thoughtful expression, and in his mind, a stunning silhouette emerged.
Han Chu?
Which Han Chu is it?
Zhang Ruochen also knew a Han Chu, it was during the Heavenly Demon Ridge when the other party was the daughter of the Yun Tai Zongfu Patriarch and possessed a Dark Physique.
At that time, Zhang Ruochen had suggested that she should worship the Two Element Sect and learn the Two Element Sect’s Zhen Zong Code, the Taiji Innate Dao.
This was because, only by cultivating the Taiji Innate Dao could she control the darkness power in her body, otherwise, as her cultivation level grew higher, the darkness power in her body would also grow stronger.
In the end, the expanding power of darkness would probably devour herself.
Could it be that Han Qiu had really travelled thousands of miles to come to the Falling God Mountain Range and worship the Two Element Sect?
Although Zhao Han’er’s words had evoked memories of Zhang Ruochen from several years ago, Zhang Ruochen still didn’t think it would be that coincidental.
There were countless disciples in the Two Element Sect, so how could he have met Han Qiu?
Based on what Zhao Han’er said, Zhang Ruochen was able to hear that the previous one, Lin Yue, seemed to know Han Chu.
Zhang Ruochen happened to be unsure of what excuse to use to head to the **Institute, and when he heard Zhao Han’er’s words, he nodded his head and said, “That’s right, I am indeed going to look for Senior Sister Han Qiu.”
Zhao Han’er said, “Senior Brother Lin Yue, aren’t you not afraid of not being afraid of being like the previous times, having the bones of your arms and legs broken by Senior Sister Han Qiu and being thrown out of the **Yard?”
“”Zhang Ruochen said.
Although he was quite surprised, Zhang Ruochen remained calm and said, “I just went to catch up with Senior Sister Han Qiu, why would she strike at me?”
“Senior Sister Han Chu doesn’t like you at all, so why would you you even bother to make a fool of yourself? Last time, Senior Sister Hanchu already let it be known that as long as you still dare to go to the **Institute**, she won’t show any more mercy.”Zhao Han’er said.
Zhang Ruochen roughly understood that he reckoned that the previous Lin Yue coveted Han Chu’s beauty and wanted to pursue her. However, the method that Lin Yue used might have been a bit clumsy, thus angering Han Chu.
Not only did he fail to get Han Chu, but he also left a bad impression on Han Chu and was beaten up by her.
In just a short moment, Zhang Ruochen roughly guessed the cause and effect.
Right now, Zhang Ruochen could only hope that the previous Lin Yue did not provoke too many enemies, otherwise, his days in the Two Element Sect would probably be very difficult to be peaceful.
But what goes around comes around, Zhang Ruochen had only just arrived outside the ** Courtyard when he heard a conspiratorial voice, “Hehehe! If it isn’t Lin Yue, the Eternal Life Courtyard’s Inner Sect Senior Brother, what’s the matter, you still dare to come to the **Courtyard?”
Zhang Ruochen turned around and looked behind him.
Only to see a group of Inner Sect disciples dressed in green-coloured dao robes, marching from afar, more than a dozen of them in total.
Their collars and cuffs were embroidered with a cyan-coloured three-leafed flower, showing that they came from the Shangqing Palace.
The Three Palaces and Seventy-two Courts of the Two Element Sect were honoured by the Three Palaces, and the Seventy-two Courts were ranked in order.
The overall strength of the Everlasting Academy was ranked 66th amongst the 72 academies, so it could be said that the ranking was quite low.
Although Lin Yue was the Inner Senior Brother of the Eternal Life Courtyard, the disciples of the Shangqing Palace didn’t even put him in their eyes.
One of the leaders, named Pang Long, looked quite young, probably in his twenties, appearing handsome and dashing, holding a two-foot-long jade flute as he walked up to Zhang Ruochen and gave him a sneering stare.
Zhao Han’er revealed a timid expression and tugged on Zhang Ruochen’s sleeve, signalling him to hurry up and leave, not to provoke Pang Long.
Zhang Ruochen had come to the **Institute with a serious matter to attend to, so of course, it was impossible for him to leave just like that.
“We are all disciples of the Two Element Sect, why can’t I come to **Yard?”
Zhang Ruochen stared at Pang Long somewhat breathlessly, shook his head, and marched straight towards the gate of the **Yard,.
Pang Long’s face sank, he didn’t expect Lin Yue to be so bold that he actually dared to ignore him. Moreover, he actually dared to go to the **Yard?
Pang Long’s strength was ranked third amongst the inner disciples of the Two Element Sect, and ranked ninety-eighth on the Heavenly Ranking.
Lin Yue’s total ranking among inner disciples was the three hundred and eighth, after ranking 300,000th on the Heavenly Ranking.
Han Qiu’s total ranking among inner disciples was the eighteenth, plus she was a disciple of the Jinlan Sage and possessed heavenly beauty, so naturally, she had many suitors in the Two Element Sect.
Pang Long and Lin Yue were two of them.
During the clan competition, Pang Long had taught Lin Yue a hard lesson, and since then, when Lin Yue saw Pang Long, it was like a mouse seeing a cat, and he would immediately be scared and flee.
Where there was Pang Long, there was no Lin Yue.
But today, “Lin Yue” actually did not have the slightest bit of fear, and even ignored his warning and was about to walk into the ** courtyard.
“Lin Yue, is this kid eating bear heart and leopard guts, how dare he go against Senior Brother Pang?”
“So it seems that he didn’t take Senior Brother Pang’s last warning to heart.”
“Lin Yue is also too insouciant to come and mess with Senior Sister Han Qiu. Senior Brother Pang, I’ll go teach him how to behave.”
Pang Long’s identity background was very unusual, and the inner disciples present naturally tried their best to please him.
A young man with a golden sword on his back rushed out and hurriedly caught up with Zhang Ruochen in front of him.
A teasing smile appeared on his face as he pinched his two fingers together and white true qi surged out from his fingertips, forming a three-foot long true qi sword.
The golden sword man’s name was Hao Feng, and his overall ranking as an Inner Sect disciple was the one hundred and eighty-second, and his strength was a great deal more powerful than the previous Lin Yue.
“Swish!”
Hao Feng’s stance was extremely fast, instantly rushing behind Zhang Ruochen and stabbing his sword towards Zhang Ruochen’s vest.
Zhang Ruochen stopped his steps and sighed darkly, “The trees want to be quiet, but the wind is not.”
Standing with his feet in place, Zhang Ruochen did not turn around, he also condensed a True Qi sword and casually swung it behind him.
A seemingly casual sword, but it contained infinite sword Dao subtleties.
An astonished look appeared on Hao Feng’s face, only to feel thousands of sword shadows, overwhelmingly surging towards him as if they were going to devour him.
“How is that possible?”
Hao Feng didn’t dare to continue charging forwards and immediately retracted his sword to resist.
At the same time, he stepped on his footsteps and sprinted backwards explosively.
“Gimme!”
A sword light slashed past Hao Feng’s cheek, leaving a two-inch long bloody gash in the position above his cheekbone.
A drop of blood, flowed out.
Zhang Ruochen, still with his back to his body, dispersed the True Qi Sword and said indifferently, “This sword just now is considered a small punishment, if there is a next time, don’t blame me for being merciless.”
Hao Feng was shocked by the power of Zhang Ruochen’s sword just now, and stood in place, his eyes appearing a little dull, obviously unable to react.
Pang Long, who was standing in the distance, did not see the subtlety of the sword that Zhang Ruochen had just used.
He only saw that Zhang Ruochen casually swung out a sword, breaking Hao Feng’s sword technique, and, the tip of the True Qi Sword had even slashed Hao Feng’s face.
One of the inner disciples let out a flirtation and laughed, “Hao Feng, have you just been focusing on making out with your several pretty senior sisters lately, and have you deserted your sword technique?”
Hao Feng took a deep breath and gradually slowed down, his face became grave and said, “Lin Yue’s strength, it’s very uncomplicated, he seems to have become much stronger.”
“What’s not simple? I think you were just too gullible just now, that’s why you were broken by his sword stance.”Pang Long said in a cold voice.
“Swish!”
Pang Long executed a subtle stance, and with a flash of his body, he transformed into a series of silhouettes, stopping in front of Zhang Ruochen’s body.
He didn’t believe that “Lin Yue’s” cultivation could rise to the level of defeating Hao Feng in a short period of time.
Pang Long’s gaze was cold and craggy as he re-sized Zhang Ruochen and laughed disdainfully, “You know what I hate the most?”
Zhang Ruochen frowned and said, “What kind of people?”
“People who don’t think for themselves.”
Pang Long laughed and added, “Lin Yue, you’ve been getting a lot of fame lately, and it’s said that even the Black Market One Piece Hall’s Phantom Blue Star Envoy was killed by you. You think you’ve become famous in one fell swoop and you want to show off in front of Senior Sister Han Qiu?”
“It’s just a pity that no one would even believe that you were able to kill the Phantom Blue Star Envoy, it would only make people think that you’re a stupid person who’s being used.”
The news that Lin Yue had killed the Phantom Blue Star Envoy had indeed travelled back to the Two Eyes Sect and had caused a great sensation.
However, everyone knew that Lin Yue’s cultivation level was only the Great Circle of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, so no one believed that he could kill the Phantom Blue Star Envoy at all.
Everyone preferred to believe that the Phantom Blue Star Envoy had died in an internal fight amongst the higher echelons of the black market.
As for Lin Yue, he had been completely used by the forces of one of the black market’s parties, and he had taken the blame for killing the Phantom Blue Star Envoy.
Such a person, wasn’t he still a fool?
