CHAPTER 821: CHAPTER 601: GREAT DEMON MISSION

However, the murder within the Golden Academy caused quite a bad impact. This matter indeed reached the ears of Dean Sun Boxiu, and he contacted Li Yi immediately the next morning.

At the moment, Li Yi was recuperating in the Cultivation House, supplementing his lost Qi-Blood by consuming a large number of elixirs, and then continued to nurture Divine Blood to fill the acupoint.

Sun Boxiu made a call directly, which made him open his eyes and wake up.

Seeing this call, Li Yi guessed what it was about and immediately answered it.

"Li Yi, it’s me, Dean Sun Boxiu." A somewhat familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Dean, contacting me so early in the morning, what is the matter? I need to seize the time to cultivate and don’t have time to chat with you. If you’re bored, you can go to the Golden Academy and chat with some female students." Li Yi directly said.

"Li Yi, you know why I’m calling you. Experts of your level in the Golden Academy are uncontrollable elements; rules don’t apply to you. However, you can’t blatantly kill a student within the Golden Academy," Sun Boxiu said with some annoyance. "Rules were finally established, and if they’re easily broken, what will happen next?"

Li Yi, however, replied, "Dean Sun, words cannot be said like that. Back then, I was almost killed by Du Bai Zhi in the Golden Academy, and at that time, I wasn’t guilty enough to die. Didn’t Du Bai Zhi dare to strike? Later in the base of the Sixth World, I was almost killed by a master named Huo Hong... Why didn’t you, as the dean, step in at that time? Now it’s my turn to act, and you start to manage me."

"Is there such reasoning in the world."

Upon hearing this, Sun Boxiu immediately said, "Though you suffered a lot before, to put it unpleasantly, as long as you weren’t dead, it’s not severe, and I couldn’t step in to handle them. Now, that student named Xu Jie is dead, so I must step in to deal with this."

"No matter. If you, dean, want to deal with me, I’ll simply leave the Golden Academy." Li Yi said.

"Li Yi, don’t be impulsive. I’m here hoping to properly handle this matter, not to make you leave the Golden Academy," Sun Boxiu said urgently, not at all willing to let a skilled person like Li Yi leave.

Moreover, as far as he knows, several honorary professors within the Golden Academy, such as Wu Yong, Li Yue, all seem to have deep connections with Li Yi.

If Li Yi departs, maybe those honorary professors might leave as well.

In this case, the Golden Academy would suffer huge losses.

"Dean Sun, how do you plan to handle this properly?" Li Yi asked.

"Recently, the Demon God Realm is causing a lot of trouble; Great Demons frequently invade Earth, causing considerable casualties. Some top experts of the Golden Academy have been dispatched to Tianchang City. I remember you are a cultivator from Tianchang City, right? How about this, you help eliminate a Great Demon, and this matter will be settled. How about that?" Sun Boxiu said.

"You want me to eliminate a Great Demon?" Li Yi’s expression darkened.

The Great Demons of the Demon God Realm possess frightening power; they can face Tri-Floral Realm cultivators head-on without being disadvantaged. When I was in the Golden Academy, Wu the Taoist fought with a Great Demon; his strength was in One Flower Realm, yet he was defeated.

Only when Xuan Yuezi made a move did we defeat it.

But if a Great Demon wields a Divine Weapon, like the Divine Wood Great Bow in its hands, even a strong expert like Xuan Yuezi could face death.

Although my strength has improved greatly, wanting to kill a Great Demon beyond my level is not just difficult.

Perhaps only when reaching the Chao Yuan Realm, leveraging the Sixty Acupoints and powerful mana, plus a Dao Artifact, Divine Bow, could one attempt to contend with an ordinary Great Demon.

But now, this undoubtedly sends me to die.

"Dean, just say if you want me dead. The strength of Great Demons is no secret, almost crashing the Golden Academy back then. Besides, I merely killed a deserving student, not committing a heavenly crime. This is something I can’t do, and I feel instead of fighting with Great Demons, it’s better to fight with you, dean. Maybe by accident, I defeat you and become the dean." Li Yi said.

If he had to choose between a Great Demon and the dean, he would undoubtedly choose to eliminate the dean.

"Li Yi, I just proposed it, not saying you need to complete it now. You can cultivate for a few years and then fulfill it. If not feasible, call several strong experts to besiege a Great Demon together, kill it, and the credit can be yours, regarded as giving me face as the dean. How about it?"

Sun Boxiu kindly persuaded again.

Unlimited time, unlimited number of people?

Li Yi touched his chin; hearing this, killing a Great Demon didn’t seem so difficult. If calling Xuan Yuezi, Wu the Taoist, Tu Daoist, Qian Daoist, Nun Liu, and several Tri-Floral Realm experts, a Great Demon would only flee in panic.

"Li Yi, I’m not making it difficult for you but want to smoothly resolve this matter. You wouldn’t want to see Tianchang City destroyed by Great Demons, right? As long as you protect Tianchang City, sooner or later, you’ll fight Great Demons, so my punishment doesn’t hurt you; it’s merely providing an explanation outside."

Sun Boxiu continued explaining, "If others hear you’ve been assigned to deal with Great Demons, surely they’d feel the rules within the Golden Academy are strict, making them reluctant to defy them in the future."

"But anyway, you’re still benefiting. I kill someone and get to deal with a Great Demon, then if someone else kills in the Golden Academy, would they also need to deal with a Great Demon?" Li Yi said.

"Currently, the Earth’s situation is changing instantly. I can only focus on the present; who can foresee the future? Li Yi, help me, consider it a favor owed. How about it?" Sun Boxiu said.

Hearing this, Li Yi thought it over and finally said, "Since you, dean, say so, what else could I say? I’ll take on the Great Demon issue, and indeed I need to make a trip to Tianchang City."

"That’s good." Sun Boxiu visibly breathed a sigh of relief. "Then I won’t disturb you, goodbye."

After speaking, he immediately hung up the phone.

Li Yi couldn’t help but shake his head.

Being the dean of the Golden Academy doesn’t seem easy. Sun Boxiu is quite prestigious and powerful, yet he has to lower his face and status to beseech me. It’s quite touching to see.

But he knew that Sun Boxiu was doing his utmost to maintain the current situation.

At least the Golden Academy must not fall into chaos.

This is a place for nurturing cross-boundary experts; it is where hope lies.

It is precisely because of this that each time the Golden Academy suffers an invasion by external enemies, it is immediately rebuilt.

"But I’m still too easygoing, that’s a Great Demon after all." Li Yi couldn’t help but click his tongue. Although this matter wasn’t urgent, it was still very difficult. Without backing, who knows how long it would take to complete.

However, through this, he also realized that Dean Sun Boxiu must have guessed the true identities of Wu the Taoist, Xuan Yuezi, and others.

After all, their first moves were always Tao Skills. Although they disguised themselves as Earthlings and had no identity issues, they didn’t bear the marks of the Evolution Method, so being exposed was only a matter of time. Sun Boxiu just hadn’t pointed it out yet.

Right now, Earth lacks experts. No matter who the expert is, as long as they are willing to stand on Earth’s side, they are Earthlings.

After accepting this task, Li Yi found himself a bit restless.

He wasn’t thinking of completing the task, but rather wanted to see the situation on the Demon God Realm’s side, because Tianchang City was indeed very close to the Demon God Realm and easily affected. Once Great Demons act, they can impact an area of hundreds of miles.

"Let’s go back to Tianchang City and have a look."

Li Yi thought for a moment, then walked out of the Cultivation House. He decided to take the Cultivation House formed by Tianyi Palace with him, as Tianyi Palace was originally left behind for experts like Wu the Taoist who had just returned from crossing worlds to restore their powers.

Now, after such a long time, their powers must have been fully restored. There was no point in leaving Tianyi Palace behind, so it was better to carry it along.

That way, he would have a safe place to stay wherever he went.

"Cloud Riding."

A Xiangyun appeared under Li Yi’s feet, lifting him gently into the air, then transforming into a stream of light, flying towards Tianchang City at an amazing speed.

With his increased power, his current speed surpasses that of the Thunderbolt Fighter from before, covering over a thousand kilometers to Tianchang City in no time.

Tianchang City hadn’t changed at all; it remained bustling, with no signs of any impact.

Moreover, since the last reconstruction, the city seemed to be expanding.

The former abandoned districts were now home to many people, and areas once marked as dangerous no longer posed any threat.

Li Yi first went to the old location of Ghost Street.

This was a cross-boundary point leading to the Four Seas and Eight Continents. Now the danger here had been eliminated, and more Evolvers were appearing nearby.

However, he saw that this entire area was cordoned off.

It didn’t seem man-made, but rather the result of a Tao Skill.

Massive walls enclosed the entire area, including several high-rise buildings and all of Ghost Street, and a powerful mutant beast guarded it. Any Evolvers approaching would be warned away, and if they forced entry, they would be attacked by the mutant beast.

"It’s Good Wings."

Li Yi saw the enormous mutant beast lying atop the abandoned building.

It was precisely the Good Wings he had tamed before.

When he crossed worlds back then, he left Good Wings behind to recuperate in Tianyi Palace.

However, upon returning, Li Yi didn’t see Good Wings at the Golden Academy. He hadn’t expected it to have returned to Tianchang City.

Perhaps it sensed Li Yi’s aura.

Good Wings let out a cry and swiftly flew over, accompanied by the sounds of wind and thunder.

Compared to before, Good Wings had grown. Now its size was over eight zhang tall, like a small building, yet its large frame didn’t seem cumbersome but rather remarkably agile.

"As expected, it’s truly a species from the Barbaric World, with resilient life force and incredible potential. Now it’s still considered in its juvenile phase, with vast growth potential." Li Yi thought to himself as he reached to stroke Good Wings’ enormous head.

"I remember besides Good Wings, there was also that Niu Niu. I wonder where it went."

He then looked around, but saw only Good Wings, not Niu Niu.

Indeed, an untamed mutant beast is less obedient.

Niu Niu wasn’t so easily disciplined, but fortunately, it was very smart and didn’t cause any trouble, so Li Yi didn’t bother to manage it further.