Watching the angry Wenren Lan, Ye Xuan shook his head with a smile, “Visiting you and setting up the academy aren’t in conflict!”
Wenren Lan glared at Ye Xuan, about to speak, when Wenren Yi tugged her arm and said, “You’re the clan leader now, watch your words!”
Wenren Lan, expressionless, said, “Everyone, leave!”
The Wenren clan experts: “…”
Wenren Lan frowned, “Can’t you understand? We need to talk privately!”
The crowd: “…”
Eventually, everyone left. Wenren Lan was now the clan leader, appointed by the Wenren ancestor, and no one dared oppose her.
But the former clan leader, Wenren Yun, lingered.
Even now, Wenren Yun was reluctant, unable to accept his daughter taking his position as clan leader.
Yet he knew he couldn’t change it!
The ancestor’s decision was final, and all he could do now was mend his relationship with his daughter.
Wenren Lan glanced at Wenren Yun, displeased, “Dad, can you not disturb us? Go do what you need to!”
Wenren Yun’s face darkened, “I’m your father!”
Wenren Lan frowned, “I didn’t say you weren’t, just don’t bother us!”
Wenren Yun hesitated, then said, “You’re the Wenren clan leader now, remember your status! Don’t let emotions for a man cloud your judgment, you…”
Wenren Lan sighed softly, “Dad, do you think he’d care about our Wenren clan?”
Wenren Yun froze.
Wenren Lan shook her head, “Someone who even an Upper God Realm ancestor fears, would he care about our clan’s modest assets?”
Wenren Yun glanced at Ye Xuan beside her, silent.
Wenren Lan shook her head, “Leave.”
Wenren Yun looked at Ye Xuan again, gave a self-deprecating smile, and turned to leave.
After Wenren Yun left, Wenren Lan looked at Ye Xuan, silent.
Ye Xuan smiled, “Why’re you staring at me?”
Wenren Lan was quiet for a moment, then said, “You should go! My sister and I will handle the academy.”
Wenren Yi grabbed Wenren Lan’s hand, shaking her head, “Don’t be like this!”
Wenren Lan, expressionless, turned and vanished.
Wenren Yi sighed softly, then looked at Ye Xuan, smiling, “Young Master Ye, can we talk?”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Of course!”
Wenren Yi said softly, “She likes you!”
Ye Xuan smiled slightly, “I can tell!”
Wenren Yi asked, “Do you like her?”
Ye Xuan shook his head with a smile, “Miss Yi, she only likes me, she doesn’t love me. Like and love are different.”
Wenren Yi looked at Ye Xuan, “Her like is love!”
Ye Xuan was about to speak when Wenren Yi added, “You have quite a few women, don’t you?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Wenren Yi said softly, “This girl’s got a fiery temper, she’d never share you with other women. And you’re smart, you’ve already figured that out, so you don’t want to get involved. But your charm is just too much!”
Ye Xuan laughed, “Am I that charming?”
Wenren Yi nodded, “Rich, handsome, strong, with a powerful background, and you know how to please women! Most importantly, you’ve got boldness. When you saved me back then, you were so commanding, that’s probably when she fell for you!”
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then laughed, “Now that you mention it, if I were a woman, I’d fall for myself too!”
Wenren Yi: “…”
The small tower suddenly said, “Little Master, can you have some shame?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Wenren Yi suddenly shook her head with a smile, “Young Master Ye, I forgot to mention! Your most terrifying trait is your shamelessness!”
Ye Xuan’s face darkened. Was his lack of shame that obvious?
Wenren Yi smiled lightly, “Do you like Lan?”
Ye Xuan thought, then said, “I don’t dislike her!”
Wenren Yi’s expression froze.
The small tower sighed softly, “Damn, Little Master, do you know how scummy that sounds?”
Ye Xuan said calmly, “What else should I say? I really don’t dislike her!”
The small tower was speechless.
The Great Dao Pen suddenly said, “We can’t let this guy near the Milky Way!”
Before Ye Xuan, Wenren Yi shook her head with a smile, “Young Master Ye, you…”
Ye Xuan laughed, “Miss Yi, do you like me?”
Wenren Yi was slightly stunned.
Ye Xuan asked again, “Do you?”
Wenren Yi was silent for a moment, then said, “I don’t dislike you!”
Right after, she froze.
Ye Xuan smiled, then said, “I’ll come back to see you another day!”
With that, he placed a storage ring in Wenren Yi’s hand, saying, “This is for founding the academy. I’ll send people to help you later!”
Then he turned and left.
Wenren Yi looked at the storage ring in her hand, silent.
At that moment, Wenren Lan appeared beside her, looking into the distance, “Sis, do you like him?”
Wenren Yi gave Wenren Lan a look, “Silly girl, you…”
Wenren Lan turned to face Wenren Yi directly, “You’re always like this, never facing your true feelings.”
She looked into the distance, saying softly, “Isn’t he a hundred times better than that Mu Wen?”
Wenren Yi was silent.
Wenren Lan added, “Don’t carry any emotional baggage. You never had anything with Mu Wen anyway.”
Wenren Yi smiled slightly, “Silly girl, he’s far beyond us! What you see of him now is probably just the tip of his true strength. And he’s surely surrounded by many exceptional women.”
Wenren Lan said calmly, “So what?”
Wenren Yi sighed inwardly, a trace of worry in her eyes.
…
After leaving the Wenren Clan, Ye Xuan returned to Qing City.
With the Qingxuan Sword, going anywhere was effortless!
Upon returning to Qing City, he was shocked.
Qing State had undergone earth-shaking changes!
Now, Canglan Academy had become Guanxuan Academy, a supreme superpower in Qing State, unmatched.
With Guanxuan Academy’s help, Qing State’s martial civilisation had skyrocketed.
Ye Xuan arrived at Guanxuan Academy, once Canglan Academy, and a wave of familiarity washed over him.
Ye Xuan smiled slightly, looking up as the sound of students reading echoed from within.
He went straight to Canglan Hall, where hundreds of students sat cross-legged, the earlier reading coming from them.
At their front, a man was teaching!
None other than Mo Yunqi!
Ye Xuan looked at Mo Yunqi, smiling slightly. The once flamboyant and immature Mo Yunqi was now mature and steady!
He’d grown!
Ye Xuan suddenly recalled his early days at Canglan Academy!
Those were truly happy times!
And Ji Anzhi, Xiao Qi, Bai Ze…
So many memories!
Ye Xuan’s smile grew brighter.
Just then, Mo Yunqi, who was teaching, seemed to sense something and looked up at Ye Xuan. Seeing him, Mo Yunqi paused, then smiled, “Back already?”
At that, the students turned around. Seeing Ye Xuan, they were stunned, then hurriedly stood and bowed respectfully, their voices trembling, “Greetings, Dean!”
Dean!
The students were thrilled.
Ye Xuan was so mysterious!
He rarely appeared at the academy, and many students had only heard of him, never seen him, making him a legendary figure. Now, they never expected the legendary dean to return.
Ye Xuan glanced at the students, smiling, “No need for formalities!”
The students stood, curiously sizing up Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan laughed, “Am I handsomer than the statue?”
He’d noticed a large statue of himself at the foot of the mountain, very grand!
Hearing Ye Xuan, the students burst into laughter.
Just then, a girl of about sixteen or seventeen ran up to Ye Xuan, looking at him, “Dean, you’re a sword cultivator, right?”
Ye Xuan nodded, “Yes!”
The girl blinked, “Can you show us?”
Her face was full of anticipation.
The other students shared the same look.
Ye Xuan laughed heartily, “Sure!”
As his voice fell, he opened his palm, and the Qingxuan Sword shot into the sky. Entering the clouds, it trembled violently. Suddenly, countless swords across Qing State quivered, then turned into sword lights soaring upwards, converging above Guanxuan Academy like a river. In an instant, hundreds of thousands of swords gathered overhead!
At that moment, all the powerhouses in Qing State turned to look at Guanxuan Academy!
That man was back!
At Guanxuan Academy, the students looked up at the hundreds of thousands of swords, awestruck.
Though Qing State’s martial civilisation had advanced, true sword cultivator powerhouses were rare, and none were as strong as Ye Xuan!
Suddenly, Ye Xuan willed it, and the hundreds of thousands of swords shot into the starry depths, shaking the entire galaxy.
Ye Xuan pressed his right hand down, and the swords plummeted from the stars, tearing the sky apart.
Seeing the swords descend, the students below panicked, retreating, but when the swords were a few hundred feet above the academy, they all stopped in unison.
Seeing this, the students sighed in relief!
Ye Xuan’s lips curled, and with a wave of his sleeve, the swords turned into lights and vanished into the horizon.
Returned to their owners!
Ye Xuan opened his palm, and the Qingxuan Sword returned to his hand. He looked at the girl, smiling, “Cool or what?”
The girl nodded vigorously, “Cool!”
Ye Xuan laughed heartily.
Just then, the small tower said, “Little Master, I want to show off too!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
