"I can't go?" Luo Qiqi frowned. "Why?"
There was bound to be all kinds of dangers in the trial. Given how wise and powerful her teacher was, he should be able to ensure everyone's safety. Why would she reject him?
"H-he... is a hooligan!"
Yu Fei-er gritted her teeth.
"Hooligan? You're thinking too much. He won't be interested in you... "
Luo Qiqi was still wondering what kind of reason Zhang Xuan would give her, but she shook her head.
She had complete faith in her teacher's character.
Putting everything aside, just her appearance was one in a million, comparable to Princess Yu Fei-er. Yet, despite her beauty and her admiration for him, he wouldn't even spare her a glance.
Given how unruly you are... that's even more impossible!
"..." Yu Fei-er's vision darkened, and her body swayed weakly.
What do you mean? What do you mean by he won't be interested in me?
I'm not that bad either, alright?
You're a princess, and yet, you're saying that you won't be interested in me...
"Qiqi is right. Zhang Shi has extremely high standards. I've met his student, Wang Ying, as well, and she's much more beautiful than you. Yet, he's still indifferent to her, so it's likely that he won't be interested in you..." Xing Yuan nodded.
He was fond of Yu Fei-er, and seeing how outstanding Zhang Xuan was and how close he was with her, he couldn't help but look into it.
Not only did Zhang Shi have a student who was more beautiful than Yu Fei-er, he also had quite a few princess-level ladies courting him, but he was still unmoved.
As beautiful as Yu Fei-er was, her temper was simply too bad. He was the only one who could accept her, but if it was anyone else...
"What did you say?"
Gritting his teeth, he clenched his teeth. Yu Fei-er glared at Xing Yuan with widened eyes. "Xing Yuan, I dare you to say that one more time..."
"I..."
Xing Yuan trembled.
Seeing how frightened Xing Yuan was, Wu Zhen chuckled softly. However, before his smile could blossom, Yu Fei-er glared at him coldly. "What are you laughing at? Do you believe that I won't beat you up again? "
"..." Wu Zhen swayed weakly.
You can argue all you want, I'm just here to watch the show. What does it have to do with me...
"Alright, stop quarreling. I'll go invite the teacher. Fei 'er, you'd better not speak. If you make the teacher angry, I'm afraid that he'll make you pay again, or make you pour wine and massage his legs!"
Seeing that a quarrel had already broken out before they could even find the entrance to the underground chamber, Luo Qiqi shook her head.
"…"
Upon hearing the payment, Princess Fei-er recalled her identity as a maid and clenched her jaws tightly. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she couldn't bring herself to do so.
Everyone stopped arguing and looked ahead. At this moment, the battle between Zhang Xuan and the spirit beast was almost over.
More than thirty spirit beasts were lying on the ground, moaning in pain.
This time, the hunters didn't follow them. Otherwise, they would be lying down like them.
"Teacher!"
After pummeling those fellows to the ground, Zhang Xuan clapped his hands and was just about to leave when he suddenly heard Luo Qiqi walking over.
"Little Seven!" He smiled.
This group of people had seen it when they came over.
Anyway, he was trying to save them, so it didn't matter if he saw it or not.
"Teacher, this student has a presumptuous request!"
Luo Qiqi walked up to Zhang Xuan and bowed.
"Hmm?"
"We would like to invite teacher to participate in the academy's trial …" Luo Qiqi spoke of her thoughts.
"Trial?" Zhang Xuan waved his hands. "Forget it. I still have to meet up with Hong Shi and the others before heading to the Hongyuan Master Teacher Academy …"
"Hong Shi? They have already left! "
Luo Qiqi was taken aback for a moment before replying.
"Left?" Zhang Xuan frowned.
He, the champion of the examination, hadn't returned yet. Why would they leave?
"Indeed. In order not to delay the start of the semester, they used the flying ship of the Huanyu royal family to bring everyone away. When Hong Shi saw that you weren't back yet, he sought Pavilion Master Mo's approval before leaving …"
Luo Qiqi seemed to be well aware of this matter as she replied.
"Flying ship?"
Zhang Xuan was perplexed.
"Un. It's a transportation tool that only the empires have. It's usually used for war. It's driven by dozens of spirit beasts, and it can accommodate hundreds or even thousands of people!"
Seeing that her apothecary teacher had never heard of such a thing before, Luo Qiqi looked at him in bewilderment.
There was no master teacher in the empire who didn't know of flying ships. Given how knowledgeable Zhang Xuan was and how he had such a formidable teacher, how could he not have heard of it?
Zhang Xuan nodded in response.
He had been wondering about it all along. Given the size of an empire, it shouldn't be possible for them to send reinforcements for several years!
To think that such a thing existed!
To be able to drive dozens of spirit beasts and accommodate thousands of people at once … Probably only the royal family of an empire would be capable of such a feat.
"Right, teacher's students have also been brought away by Hong Shi and the others. They seem to have said that there's no need to worry about your safety as long as you're with Yang shi, and they'll be heading to the Hongyuan Master Teacher Academy to wait for you …"
Luo Qiqi continued.
Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly.
He didn't expect so many things to happen while he was unconscious for three days.
Everyone thought that Yang shi was a formidable figure and that he would be safe as long as he was with him. Yet, never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined that … the formidable Yang shi was a fake!
"Forget it!" Zhang Xuan shook his head.
He had thought that with Hong Shi and the others gone, Sun Qiang and the others would be in trouble.
Since they were heading to the Hongyuan Master Teacher Academy, all he had to do was head there.
He wouldn't have to worry about them anymore.
"What kind of trial is this?"
Since there was no point in returning to the Miryu Empire, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but ask Luo Qiqi.
"It's …" Luo Qiqi hesitated for a moment before replying telepathically, "It's … the underground chamber of 6-star blacksmith Wu Yangzi!"
"6-star blacksmith?" Zhang Xuan frowned.
"Un. Wu Yangzi is an extremely famous grandmaster blacksmith from three thousand years ago, and his smithing skills are unparalleled! He's known as the number one blacksmith in the past ten thousand years of Hongyuan Empire. He was the one who successfully forged the Divine Seal of Hongyuan Empire. "
Luo Qiqi said.
"Since he's a grandmaster blacksmith from the Hongyuan Empire … why would his underground chamber be here?" Zhang Xuan was perplexed.
Hongyuan Empire was at least a million kilometers away from here. Why would a grandmaster blacksmith be here?
"This …"
Luo Qiqi scratched her head awkwardly. "He … was abducted!"
"Abducted?"
A 6-star grandmaster blacksmith, whose cultivation had reached Saint realm, was actually abducted … Was this for real?
Besides, the Blacksmith Guild was one of the top guilds in the Master Teacher Continent. To make a move on one of their members … Who would be so daring as to make a move on them?
"Un. His smithing skills are indeed formidable … Most likely, he was abducted to forge a weapon for them. Due to this matter, the Mingshi Tang Empire and the Blacksmith Guild dispatched a large number of experts to search the entire Hongyuan Empire, but they were unable to find him … "Luo Qiqi said.
"It was only in the past few months that I found some clues after browsing through many ancient books!"
"You?"
Zhang Xuan was perplexed.
How could a mere 5-star primary master teacher, a Grade 2 student of the Master Teacher Academy, possibly find him when so many experts were unable to do so? More importantly, there was a gap of several thousand years between them!
"Actually … it's just a conjecture. Not only am I skilled in pill forging, I'm also fond of smithing as well … I admire Grandmaster Wu Yangzi from the bottom of my heart, and I even studied the [Zither Forging Technique] that he created … It's just that my heritage has been severed, so I wasn't able to learn it fully!"
Luo Qiqi explained. "Later on, I realized that there are weapons forged using this forging technique in the Miryu Empire. Thus, I began investigating the matter, and coincidentally, I found a map of the underground chamber. Thus, I applied to the Master Teacher Academy to grant me this opportunity. Of course, whether this underground chamber is really Grandmaster Wu Yangzi's, it's impossible to say for sure. "
Zhang Xuan nodded.
To be able to find clues from the forging technique, this Luo Qiqi was indeed a persistent person.
But that was to be expected as well. Otherwise, as a Grade 2 student of the Master Teacher Academy and a Transcendent Mortal 6-dan pinnacle genius, she wouldn't have acknowledged him as her teacher without any hesitation!
"Even though teacher hasn't reported to the Master Teacher Academy yet, he's already considered a member of the academy, so he's qualified to participate in the trial … Furthermore, this trial is only to find out whether the underground chamber is related to Grandmaster Wu Yangzi, so it shouldn't be too dangerous. As long as he succeeds, he'll be awarded two Academic Credits. This way … teacher will have something to rely on even before entering the academy! "
Luo Qiqi chuckled.
"Academic Credits?" Zhang Xuan was perplexed.
As the librarian of a master teacher academy, he had heard of this term in his previous life. Why would the Master Teacher Academy have such a thing as well?
"Oh, Academic Credits are something unique to the Master Teacher Academy. It's said that it was set by Kong Shi back then! Students can use Academic Credits to purchase better cultivation resources and higher level lessons … In fact, they can even use them to trade! Without Academic Credits, it'll be difficult for one to advance in the academy. In fact, in the Master Teacher Academy, spirit stones and Tutelage Jade Tokens aren't as valuable as Academic Credits! "
Luo Qiqi explained.
Everyone in the Master Teacher Academy was a master teacher, so there was no lack of Tutelage Jade Tokens, spirit stones, and the like.
"If I don't have sufficient Academic Credits … does that mean that I won't be able to graduate?"
Zhang Xuan asked with a bizarre look on his face.
"Of course not! Academic Credits are just an asset for students to exchange with one another, not something that one can rely on to graduate … How can I possibly refuse to graduate if I don't have sufficient Academic Credits? "Luo Qiqi replied.
Hearing those words, Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief.
He thought that it would be similar to the Master Teacher Academy in his previous life, where Academic Credits were compulsory for students to graduate. But from the looks of it … it was just that the names were similar.
"Teacher … do you want to join us? If this is really the underground chamber where Grandmaster Wu Yangzi was once imprisoned, there's a good chance that his heritage might be here! "
Luo Qiqi said.
"Heritage?" Zhang Xuan was taken aback for a moment. Suddenly, a thought struck him, and his eyes lit up. "I heard that blacksmiths specialize in physical body cultivation. If there's really his heritage here, could there be some kind of physical body cultivation technique?"
Even though his soul and body had already fused together perfectly, his physical body was still a little weak. If his soul were to break through the ten-meter barrier, there would still be some disharmony between the two. It would be best if there was a physical body cultivation technique that he could collect.
As blacksmiths spent their days in contact with cauldrons, ores, and metal, their physical bodies had to be extremely strong. Most blacksmiths would have their own unique physical body cultivation technique.
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