Dismiss the Chief!
At the entrance to the Cabinet Hall, Ye Guanzhi did not say a word. He turned and left.
Old Zhang watched Ye Guanzhi’s departing figure and let out a soft sigh.
The news of Ye Guanzhi being dismissed as Chief quickly spread throughout the entire Guanxuan Academy. This news soon sparked strong dissatisfaction among the Literary Faculty faction. Thus, a protest organised by Literary Faculty students suddenly erupted within the academy.
But it was useless. It was soon suppressed.
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Middle Earth Divine Continent.
After Ye Guan and Ji Xuan left the Dao Sect, Ye Guan went to the Immortal Treasures Pavilion to find Qin Feng.
The fastest way to reach Qing Province was still through the Immortal Treasures Pavilion’s teleportation array.
However, when he arrived at the Immortal Treasures Pavilion, he discovered that Qin Feng had already been transferred back to the Guanxuan Universe.
At the entrance to the Immortal Treasures Pavilion, Mo Ya said gravely, “Young Master Ye, before Elder Qin Feng left, he asked me to remind you to be extremely careful of two groups of people. The first group is the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. The so-called Nine Heavens and Ten Lands refer to the nine great cave heavens and ten blessed lands. The aristocratic families and sects in these places have extremely deep foundations. Some have even been passed down for tens of millions of years.”
Ye Guan said gravely, “Is the Hantian Sect one of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands?”
Mo Ya nodded. “Yes.”
Ye Guan fell silent.
Mo Ya continued, “In addition, there are the Nine Great Provinces. The Nine Great Provinces are the nine provinces under the rule of the Guanxuan Universe. Middle Earth Divine Continent is one of them. Some forces in these provinces, although they have not stationed themselves in the Guanxuan Universe, possess strength that must never be underestimated.”
Ye Guan suddenly asked, “What about the Milky Way galaxy?”
Mo Ya said gravely, “The Milky Way galaxy is rather special. That place is an independent world universe. There exists an extremely powerful and mysterious force called the Galaxy Sect. Moreover, it is said that powerful restrictions exist there. Outsiders cannot easily enter.”
Ye Guan thought for a moment, then said, “Is there anything else?”
Mo Ya said, “There is also the Prodigy List. This is a ranking in the Guanxuan Universe. The geniuses on it are the most monstrous talents in the Guanxuan Universe, the absolute top prodigies. If you encounter any, you must never underestimate them.”
Ye Guan nodded. He had encountered that Liu Bing. He had to admit that his victory that day had been somewhat fortunate.
If he met him now, he would not fear him. However, he still could not harbour any contempt. After all, Yun Chen had lost precisely because of his own underestimation.
Mo Ya glanced at Ye Guan, her expression complicated.
She had never expected the situation to develop to this extent.
Originally, she thought Ye Guan would be able to enter the Guanxuan Academy. But now, Ye Guan was directly wanted by the main academy.
One could only say that fate plays tricks on people.
Ye Guan cupped his fists. “Miss Mo Ya, thank you. I have one more presumptuous request.”
Mo Ya said, “You want to use the teleportation array?”
Ye Guan nodded. “Is it possible?”
A trace of apology flashed in Mo Ya’s eyes. “Young Master Ye, I have just received news that from now on, the Immortal Treasures Pavilion has placed you on the blacklist. We will no longer provide services to you. Moreover, all your assets in the Immortal Treasures Pavilion will be frozen.”
Little Tower: “…”
Ji Xuan’s face immediately darkened. “This is ridiculous.”
Ye Guan shook his head with a bitter smile.
Being wanted by the academy was within his expectations, but being blacklisted by the Immortal Treasures Pavilion was something he had never imagined.
Of course, it was also normal.
After all, the Immortal Treasures Pavilion and Guanxuan Academy were in the same boat.
Mo Ya suddenly gritted her teeth. “Young Master Ye, I can activate it once for you.”
Ye Guan looked at Mo Ya. She said gravely, “Where do you wish to go? I will open the teleportation array for you.”
Ye Guan felt somewhat touched, but he shook his head with a smile. “Miss Mo Ya, I appreciate your kindness.”
With that, he turned to Ji Xuan. “Let us go.”
The two directly vanished into the distance.
In place, Mo Ya was stunned for a moment. After a while, she shook her head and sighed.
…
In the horizon, Ji Xuan looked at Ye Guan. “Why did you not agree?”
Ye Guan said softly, “If I agreed, we could indeed reach Qing Province the fastest way. But what about Miss Mo Ya? She would certainly be punished by the Immortal Treasures Pavilion. In the worst case, she would lose her life. In the lighter case, she would lose her job and her future would be ruined.”
He shook his head slightly. “We cannot drag others down because of ourselves. Moreover, Miss Mo Ya has helped me too much. If I dragged her down again, that would be somewhat immoral.”
Ji Xuan glanced at Ye Guan and smiled faintly. “That makes sense. It seems we can only travel to Qing Province on foot. Fortunately, it is not too far from here. We should arrive in a month or so.”
Ye Guan suddenly said, “Can we not rob a teleportation array?”
Ji Xuan looked at Ye Guan. “Only the Immortal Treasures Pavilion has a teleportation array to that place. Are you going to rob the Immortal Treasures Pavilion?”
Ye Guan thought for a moment, then said, “It is not impossible. We could rob some money along the way.”
Little Tower: “…”
Ji Xuan rolled her eyes at Ye Guan. “What are you thinking? If we rob the Immortal Treasures Pavilion, we are finished.”
Ye Guan was puzzled. “How so?”
Ji Xuan said gravely, “Right now, the Immortal Treasures Pavilion has only blacklisted you. They have not helped the Guanxuan Academy capture you, at least not officially on the surface. But if we rob the Immortal Treasures Pavilion, then it is over. We would definitely be wanted by them. Being wanted by them is far more terrifying than being wanted by the academy.”
Ye Guan was somewhat confused. “Why?”
Ji Xuan said calmly, “Because the Immortal Treasures Pavilion has an extremely powerful intelligence system. Once they issue a warrant for us, we would be discovered wherever we go. Moreover, the Immortal Treasures Pavilion is extremely wealthy. If they offer ten million immortal crystals to hunt us, do you believe that everyone in the universe would come to kill us?”
Ye Guan fell silent.
Ji Xuan shook her head with a smile. “One can offend the Guanxuan Academy, but one must never offend the Immortal Treasures Pavilion. This force has too much money. There is nothing they cannot solve with money. So, let us take a cloud ship to Qing Province instead.”
Ye Guan nodded. “Alright.”
Ji Xuan suddenly opened her palm. A beam of white light shot into the clouds above. The white light dispersed, revealing a cloud ship several hundred zhang long before the two.
Ye Guan looked at Ji Xuan. “You have one?”
Ji Xuan smiled. “A cloud ship is essential for escape. Let us go.”
With that, she led Ye Guan onto the cloud ship.
Ji Xuan activated the array. Soon, the cloud ship turned into a streak of white light and shot towards the horizon.
In no time, the two entered the starry sky.
Ji Xuan pulled out a star domain map. She studied it for a long while, then said, “We should not have taken the wrong path.”
Hearing this, Ye Guan’s face immediately darkened. “Are you sure?”
Ji Xuan grinned. “This is also my first interstellar journey, so I am not entirely certain.”
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. “We absolutely cannot take the wrong path, otherwise we really would be finished.”
Ji Xuan studied it seriously once more, then said, “I am certain. No problem.”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. “Good.”
He looked at Ji Xuan before him. Today, she was not wearing the small cotton jacket he had seen her in before, but a snow-white fur robe with a white cape over it. Perhaps feeling it was too plain, the hem of her cape was embroidered with several plum blossoms in full bloom, delicate and enchanting.
Silver hair, snow robe.
Ye Guan said softly, “Thank you.”
Ji Xuan looked at Ye Guan and smiled. “Thank me for what?”
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. “Thank you for your help.”
Ji Xuan smiled faintly. “No need to be so polite.”
Ye Guan hesitated for a moment, then said, “Miss Ji Xuan, if I may be presumptuous, what exactly happened between you and the academy back then?”
Ji Xuan was silent for a moment, then said softly, “My master wanted to treat me as a cauldron.”
Hearing this, Ye Guan’s brows furrowed.
Ji Xuan shrugged. “I reported him to the academy, but the academy did nothing. So I killed him. Just like you, after killing one person, countless troubles immediately followed. I decided to go all the way and slaughtered my way through the academy.”
She looked at Ye Guan and smiled. “Was I right?”
Ye Guan nodded. “Very right.”
Ji Xuan smiled brightly but said nothing.
Ye Guan said softly, “Later, when people from the main academy came to investigate, they must have learned the truth. But instead of seeking justice for you, they suppressed the matter, correct?”
Ji Xuan nodded. “Yes. For the Guanxuan Academy, this was a scandal. Therefore, after people from the main academy arrived, they decided to suppress it and place all the blame on me.”
She shook her head with a smile. “Our experiences are actually very similar. The reason I help you, apart from us being friends, is probably this as well. Anyway, I am someone who likes to act freely. It is that simple.”
Ye Guan said softly, “Only after leaving Nan Province did I realise how complicated this world truly is.”
In this period, too many things had happened. He himself had never expected matters to develop to this point.
Ji Xuan suddenly asked, “If you were given another chance, would you still kill the An family and the Zhantian Dao?”
Ye Guan said calmly, “Of course.”
He, Ye Guan, would never kill an innocent, nor would he spare a single person who deserved death.
The corners of Ji Xuan’s mouth lifted slightly. “I have no regrets either.”
She looked towards the depths of the distant starry sky and said softly, “Do you think that when we go to Qing Province this time, if the Human Sword Master truly manifests, will he uphold justice for you?”
Ye Guan was silent for a long while, then said softly, “I do not know.”
Ji Xuan smiled. “He should. If even the Human Sword Master is not just, then this world would truly be finished, would it not?”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. He gazed into the depths of the starry sky and thought, “Tower Master, are you there?”
Little Tower was silent for a moment, then said, “What is it?”
It was now a little afraid of this fellow.
This fellow often acted and spoke in unpredictable ways, forcing it to stay on full alert every time.
Ye Guan said softly, “Tower Master, this trip to Qing Province gives me a bad premonition.”
Little Tower was puzzled. “Why?”
Ye Guan said, “I do not know.”
Little Tower fell silent.
Ye Guan continued, “Do you think that if the Human Sword Master manifests, he might side with the Guanxuan Academy and strike me down? Or even kill me to eliminate future threats?”
Little Tower said gravely, “He should not.”
Ye Guan was puzzled. “Why?”
Little Tower said, “Although he is flashy and ostentatious, but…”
“Shut up!”
A mysterious voice suddenly said, “Idiot, he is trying to trick you again.”
Little Tower: “…”
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