"Hehehe …" A smile appeared on that unfamiliar face. With just a smile, this extremely ordinary face suddenly became lively. It was clearly an unfamiliar face, but it gave off a familiar feeling. It was the feeling of Guo Youdao, the Dean who bragged about surpassing the Big Four. He seemed to be very incompetent, but he also seemed to have some ability.
"Who are you?" Chu Min stood up and asked. There was a hint of wariness in her expression. She and Guo Youdao had known each other for more than 20 years, and they could be considered friends. She had never thought of Guo Youdao as someone who deceived the world. But now it seemed that her understanding was far from enough. This guy's degree of deceiving the world was far more excessive than what people usually accused him of. Compared to his identity as a "thief", what was his background in the Big Four?
"Can we stop talking for a while?" Guo Youdao said. His expression was only revealed for a moment because of the smile. When he said this, Guo Youdao seemed to have let out a sigh of relief, and his entire person suddenly became a little dispirited.
"Do you think that I blocked that attack easily?" As Guo Youdao spoke, his clothes suddenly tore open. Fresh blood, as if it had been suppressed for a long time, suddenly burst out from the countless wounds and fell to the ground like fallen leaves.
Such a strange scene stunned the few of them. When they looked at Guo Youdao again, he became even more dispirited. His previously striding figure suddenly became hunched, and even his fake face suddenly became wrinkled.
"Dean, you …" Siffin walked up anxiously.
"Enough with the idle talk. Follow me first." Guo Youdao had always been very casual, so much so that the college he founded had unprecedentedly loose rules. At this moment, his tone was extremely unquestionable.
Everyone stopped talking and continued to follow behind Guo Youdao in silence. Soon, they arrived at the side of the mountain behind Zhenfeng College. The towering cliff was so bright that one could see one's reflection. However, Guo Youdao did not stop. He took a leap and actually stepped onto the mountain wall.
"Watch my every step and keep up." Guo Youdao said without turning his head. In the blink of an eye, he had already jumped up and down three times, continuously jumping between the mountain walls.
The others hurriedly followed. However, it was impossible for Morin to do such a thing. Furthermore, he had suffered the most severe injuries from Wei Zhong's Wind Lightning Strike because his body was the weakest. But this time, they didn't bother Lu Ping and the others. Chu Min personally carried him and jumped up along the mountain wall as if they were walking on a flat plain.
The few of them jumped higher and higher, gradually feeling the mountain wind begin to howl around them. Su Tang's Blood Force Soul was connected, and his momentum was steady. He wasn't affected much. Although Lu Ping's Soul of Force was not as pure as the Soul of Cry, it was at least at the level of Connection. In addition, the speed at which his Soul Power circulated was different from ordinary people, so he was able to quickly adjust himself after encountering a few situations.
Siffin, on the other hand, was beginning to feel the strain. His Soul of Force was still in the Perception realm. During the time he went to Zhiling City to cultivate, after completing the Soul of Essence Connection, his Soul of Force had only increased by one tier. Currently, he was at the fourth tier of Perception. With his usual sharp observation skills and precise use of Soul Power, Siffin was able to deal with it easily at first. But at this height, the fierce mountain wind made it difficult for him to control it.
Seeing that Guo Youdao was still jumping up freely, he didn't know if he was going to reach the top of the mountain. The higher the altitude, the stronger the wind. Siffin sighed in his heart, but he didn't want to burden the others. Just as he was about to say something, the mountain wind that was giving him a headache suddenly disappeared.
What?
Siffin was slightly stunned. Chu Min's voice sounded in his ear, "Continue."
Siffin looked up and saw Chu Min carrying Morin with one hand and waving the other. Just like that, the mountain wind was blocked. This little trick of controlling the wind was as easy as eating for Chu Min.
Siffin didn't have time to say anything and hurriedly followed.
Just like that, they passed through the mountain wind. Just as they were about to reach the sea of clouds, Guo Youdao bent down and disappeared from the mountain wall.
The few of them jumped up and realized that this was a natural crack in the rocks. It was more than two meters high and spacious. It could easily accommodate ten or twenty people.
After Guo Youdao landed here, he heaved a sigh of relief. With a wave of his hand, the unfamiliar face disappeared. The familiar face of Guo Youdao finally appeared in front of everyone, but he still looked dispirited. This wave of his hand couldn't wipe away the countless wounds on his body.
As soon as Siffin came up, he immediately collapsed to the side. Even though Chu Min had dispelled the gale for him, the continuous and accurate jumps from such a high altitude still consumed a lot of his energy. After all, he was injured by Wei Zhong's Wind and Thunder Strike just now.
The great power of Su Tang's Blood Power was revealed at this moment. Her body's endurance was great, and her previous injuries were only light. This time, it was a test of her body's jumping ability. Her condition was the best. Even Lu Ping couldn't compete with her.
But the stronger one was Chu Min, who had a higher realm. She carried Morin and dispelled the strong wind before Siffin could. She was doing three things at the same time. After jumping into the crack, she didn't even pant. She threw Morin to the side and immediately moved on to the next topic.
"Tell me, who are you?"
"I'm Guo Youdao!" Guo Youdao's face returned to normal, and his usual tone and expression returned. But after saying this, he turned around and pointed at his back. "But, I'm also a Thief."
He admitted his identity, but at this moment, the word "Thief" was no longer on his back. After the mountain wind blew along the way, his clothes were even more tattered. A beggar by the roadside would be a hundred times better dressed than him.
Underneath the tattered pieces of cloth were wounds that couldn't be covered, as well as old skin.
The Dean … was very old.
This was the first time that Lu Ping and the others had such an impression. Although they heard from some old teachers that Guo Youdao already looked like an old man when he founded Zhenfeng College, all the students didn't think that he was that old. Maybe this had something to do with the way he handled things. Old people were usually more disciplined and serious, but this was never seen on Guo Youdao. No matter how old he was, the founder of a college who dared to shout "surpass the Big Four" seemed to have the temperament of a newborn calf that was not afraid of tigers.
"Dean, sit down and rest!" Su Tang said. At this moment, Guo Youdao was really like a tired old man who needed to sit down and catch his breath after taking a few steps.
"Rest, yes, I need to rest." Guo Youdao took two deep breaths and found a rock to sit on.
"You're a Thief?" Chu Min's tone was full of suspicion. In fact, not only her, but Lu Ping and the others also couldn't associate the current Guo Youdao with the current powerful person who made people tremble with fear. Speaking of which, pretending to be a "Thief" was really something that the Dean would do. At this moment, it was not surprising that he continued to play a prank.
"Yes, I'm a Thief." Guo Youdao reiterated again, "A Thief who deceives the world."
"So it's not fake." Chu Min rolled her eyes.
Guo Youdao smiled and looked at Chu Min. "What realm do you think I'm in?"
"You?" Chu Min didn't think for too long. Obviously, she already had a judgment. "Twenty years ago, I couldn't say for sure. But today, it seems that you're only in the Four Spirits."
"In other words, the Four Spirits. Hahahaha." Guo Youdao let out a hearty laugh like a young man. "I say, you're only in the Three Spirits!"
"Do you believe that I won't throw you down?" Chu Min glared at him.
"Ahem." Guo Youdao didn't say anything else. Obviously, he didn't doubt Chu Min's words. He turned his head to look at the bottom of the cliff. What he saw was the Zhenfeng College that he had single-handedly built.
"Yes, I'm in the Four Spirits. But the world has always thought that I'm in the Five Spirits," Guo Youdao said slowly.
"You mean …" Chu Min continued to stare, but this time, she was staring in shock.
"I'm a thief," Guo Youdao said. "But in reality, I'm not the thief that everyone thinks I am."
"You've always been in the Four Spirits realm, but everyone has misunderstood that you're in the Five Spirits realm." Chu Min understood what he meant.
"That's right," Guo Youdao said.
"How is that possible!" Chu Min was shocked. What kind of gap was there between the Four Spirits realm and the Five Spirits realm? Some superficial fellows might be mistaken, but for the entire world to think so, it was truly inconceivable.
"Because of my superpower," Guo Youdao said.
"Your superpower?"
"It allowed me to do a lot of things that seemed unimaginable," Guo Youdao said.
Chu Min suddenly thought of something. Just now, Qin Qi's impenetrable attack had been pierced through by Guo Youdao like a paper window. Then, with a wave of his hand, Guo Youdao had thrown Qin Qi away. The strength he had displayed at that moment made people think that he was someone who had reached the Five Physical Spirits Realm and could easily crush a Four Physical Spirits Realm expert.
But the truth?
Guo Youdao's body was full of wounds, and his clothes were so tattered that it made people embarrassed. That was the truth. He wasn't able to completely block that attack, and the wounds on his body looked more like he had forced his way through. But it was the truth that he threw Qin Qi away. That seemed even harder than blocking Qin Qi's attack, right?
"Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun," Guo Youdao continued, "Rush, Cry, Strength, and Spirit, the Four Spirits realm." As Guo Youdao said that, he suddenly raised his right hand. Everyone thought he was going to demonstrate, so they stared at him. But then, they heard a "pa" sound from the left. On the stone wall on the left, there was a palm print.
"This kind of diversion is considered a superpower?" Chu Min was speechless.
"Look carefully!" Guo Youdao gestured for Chu Min to look carefully at the palm print.
"It's his right hand …" Siffin, who had always been observant, was the first to notice it. In other words, Guo Youdao didn't use his right hand to attract everyone's attention like Chu Min had thought. When he struck with his left palm, everyone saw him raise his right hand to the right, but in reality, his right hand hit the stone wall on the left.
"Lu Ping, what did you hear?" Guo Youdao looked at Lu Ping.
"There was a sound … but I couldn't tell what it was …" Lu Ping said.
"There was a difference. You're not good enough," Guo Youdao said.
Lu Ping nodded. "I'm not fast enough."
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