CHAPTER 196: CHAPTER 196: NINTH CANG CONTINENT, DEMON RACE BLOCKING THE DOOR

The disciples of the ceremonial guard from Purple Cloud Academy, after all, are only newly ascended Celestial Saints.

Now without Elder Yu Linzi’s backing, they feel no sense of security in front of a Grand Monk-like Emperor.

"At... at Purple Cloud Academy."

One of the disciples cautiously said.

"Uh, cough cough, I see..."

The Grand Monk awkwardly coughed twice, forced a smile, and involuntarily stepped back a few steps.

Just like a wolf ready to pounce, seeing someone with a shotgun, and deciding to walk away instead.

"Phew..."

The disciples of Purple Cloud Academy were relieved to see this, as it seemed these guys didn’t dare to act recklessly.

If the endpoint of the teleportation array was in the wilderness, this fake monk might indeed try something.

"Now that your Third Elder has fallen, does the promise you made still hold?"

Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes, yes, yes, no problem!"

One of the disciples quickly said, "The rules for selecting disciples this time were set by the academy. As long as one arrives at the White Jade Square, they can join the academy. As for the few Emperor seniors... no problem either!"

"In fact, once the cross-border teleportation array is activated, sending one person or sending a group of people is all the same. There’s no difference."

Clearly, Yu Linzi was taking a cut before; Emperors leaving the Fragment Continent didn’t cost anything.

This didn’t surprise everyone.

Qin Chuan asked, "We previously made a deal with your Third Elder. Now that he is dead, if we teleport to Purple Cloud Academy, what would their attitude be?"

Would they charge a toll?

"Rest assured, senior, there won’t be a problem."

The disciple gave a bitter smile and explained, "Our Purple Cloud Academy is a subsidiary of the Human Race Holy Hall, akin to a branch of the Human Race Holy Hall in the Purple Cloud Domain, and we operate very righteously."

"In general, when we find a Fragment Continent, if the Emperors within wish to enter the Main Continent to cultivate, we help for free, after all... everything is for the Human Race."

Whoosh!!

Several Emperors almost spat blood on the spot.

Turns out this was originally a free service of Purple Cloud Academy!

They thought Yu Linzi was making a backdoor deal for some extra cash; if that were the case, it would have been a win-win. But the truth is... they blocked the legitimate way and pretended to offer a shortcut!

In a word...

He stabs you, and you thank him for it.

"Truly... inhumane!"

An elder Emperor, half-buried and ready to look at the Main Continent, remained silent for a long time before squeezing out these words.

Previously, they thought Yu Linzi was quite remarkable and amiable, considering him a gentleman. But in the end...

Qin Chuan was not overly affected,

but through this incident, he gained a bit of understanding about the Human Race Holy Hall—it seems, it doesn’t appear to be a villainous force.

It’s righteous.

At least, to most people, it’s righteous. For the Human Race, the Human Race Holy Hall even functions like a government.

Committed to the development of the entire Human Race.

"Can we depart now?"

The Grand Monk asked eagerly.

"We can."

The leading disciple from Purple Cloud Academy nodded.

"Senior brother, what about the Third Elder..."

A nearby disciple reminded, if the Third Elder was not dead and they left early, they would surely offend him.

"It’s fine. Once we return and report this, the academy will certainly send strong individuals. If the Third Elder is still alive, naturally he will be brought back, and if he’s unfortunately fallen... the academy will avenge him."

This senior brother said.

Hence, that junior brother said no more.

"Honorable seniors, and fellow juniors, please!"

The nameless senior brother bowed slightly, performing a very standard ceremonial gesture, his smile warm, appearing almost radiant.

As splendid as summer flowers.

As a minor character without even a name, he hoped to make his only scene dazzling.

"Hmm."

Several Emperors nodded, stepped into the large pillar of white light, and the others followed suit, entering one after another.

...

Nine Cang Continent.

The sky is high, the land vast, the Heaven and Earth formidable!

Due to that Celestial Divine Object, over the past several thousand years, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy on Nine Cang Continent has continuously intensified, becoming incredibly dense.

As a result, besides the Human Race, almost all species on the continent have massively increased in size; flowers, grasses, trees, mountains, rivers, birds, beasts, insects, and fish have all magnified manyfold, even resulting in many new races.

Many ordinary beasts and plants have, through the nourishment of abundant Spiritual Energy, developed intelligence, transforming into humanoid forms, creating distinct races.

For a long period, the continent was a mosaic of hundreds of races, but over the last twenty thousand years, the major groups have been merging, forming three major races.

These are the Human Race, Beast Race, and Demon Race!

The Human Race Territory is immense.

And the Human Race Holy Hall has divided this vast territory into over a thousand domains, with the Purple Cloud Domain being one of them.

At this moment, inside the Purple Cloud Academy.

"Bang!!"

A figure shot down from the sky, crashing hard onto the ground, shaking the unbreakable Purple Cloud Square.

"Ha, is this the standard of the Human Race Academy? What a disappointment."

In the sky, a youth with black wings on his back sneered with disdain, his eyes sharp, featuring an aquiline nose.

"Ying Kong, don’t be arrogant, I will fight you!"

From Purple Cloud Academy, another disciple shot into the sky, but within seconds, he too plummeted back down, barely clinging to life.

"Who else?"

The young man with black wings sneered coldly.

"I’ll come!"

"Bang—"

"I’ll kill you!"

"Bang—"

"Let’s go together!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

A succession of indignant academy talents soared skyward, but fell back almost instantly, beaten and scattered.

Outside the square, many disciples gritted their teeth and clenched their fists, feeling deeply humiliated.

An academy which gathers the human prodigies of a domain, yet getting disgraced by a single demon race talent like this.

"Has Purple Cloud Academy no one?"

Someone angrily questioned.

"It’s not that we have no one, it’s just that the academy’s remarkable talents have cultivation too high, hence unable to participate in this battle."

"Sigh, in public duels with alien race talents, it can only be at equivalent realms. Ying Kong is a First Heavenly Layer Saint, while the academy currently lacks stunning First Heavenly Layer Saints, letting this wretch act arrogantly."

"Hmph! The Demon Race is truly cunning, clearly targeting our current lack of prodigious talents to come cause trouble!"

"Um... if I remember correctly, our academy’s talents also frequently go to the Broken Star Demon Realm’s demon academies to block doors..."

Purple Cloud Domain, being a peripheral region in the Human Race map, directly borders the demon race’s Broken Star Demon Realm.

The two races frequently clash.

Like the Human Race, the Demon Race also has territories divided into domains, and they have established their own academies.

It’s like compulsory education, a good system that every race needs to implement to grow strong.

And the Human Race’s Purple Cloud Academy and the Demon Race’s Shattered Star Academy, being neighbors, have always maintained an intense competitive relationship.

This competition, though fierce and often deadly, never breaks the rules, for... in the divine object protection war tens of thousands of years ago, all races united against outsiders.

Today, the three major races on the continent still share that divine object, maintaining friendliness overall.

Of course, this only means that the top-tier powerful entities among the three races don’t fight; the lower echelon of powerful ones still frequently have conflicts, under the guise that: competition among the three races is needed for development!

It’s normal.

After all, the path of cultivation is ultimately harsh; never mind other races, even within the same race, there’s often rivers of blood.

This time, Ying Kong, a First Heavenly Layer Saint from the Demon Race’s Shattered Star Academy, forcefully came to Purple Cloud Academy, blocking the spring!

"Is there truly no one competent in this session of Purple Cloud Academy? Such a disappointment!"

Ying Kong looked down upon all around with contempt, his words dripping with scorn.

"I’ll do it!"

"Bang—"

"I’ll kill you!"

"Bang—"

"All together now!"

A chorus of distressed talents launched skyward, only to crash back down in an instant, battered and broken.

Beyond the square, many disciples bit their lips, clenching their fists, feeling deeply humiliated.

To see Purple Cloud Academy, a gathering of the Human Race’s talents from a whole region, being so humiliated by a genius of the Demon Race.

"Isn’t there anyone who can fight in this year’s Purple Cloud Academy? This is utterly disappointing!"

Ying Kong looked down on all around him, his laughter cold and disdainful.

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