Chapter 297: Very Dirty

The Guanxuan Academy in Nanzhou was thrown into an uproar upon hearing of Nalan Jia and Ye Guan's visit.

Ye Guan had already become a hero in the eyes of the Guanxuan Academy students long before his identity as the Sword Master's son was revealed, and it was all thanks to Ye Guan's amazing feat of defeating the reigning Qingzhou.

One could even say that Ye Guan had become a god-like figure in the eyes of the students rather than just a hero. Nanzhou had never become the champion of the martial contest and defeated Qingzhou, but Ye Guan had done it.

It was exactly because of what Ye Guan had done that the denizens of Nanzhou could explore the world while feeling proud of Nanzhou. In other words, Ye Guan's feat had instilled confidence in the hearts of Nanzhou’s younger generation.

In addition, Ye Guan's prestige reached even greater heights once his true identity was revealed.

The students and tutors of the Guanxuan Academy in Nanzhou gathered at the gates of the academy early the next morning upon hearing the news. Even the handymen and janitors had gathered to greet Ye Guan and Nalan Jia.

As a result, there was a seemingly boundless sea of people before the gates of the academy, and they didn't mind the heat as they looked up at the clear skies in rapt anticipation.

Academy Chief Song Fu stood at the helm of the crowd.

Ye Guan had become the Academy Master of the Guanxuan Academy, while Nalan Jia had become the Pavilion Master of the Immortal Treasures Pavilion. The two were at the summit of the Guanxuan Universe, but they were once students of the Guanxuan Academy in Nanzhou!

Aside from excitement, Song Fu also felt gratified. He was relieved and gratified that he hadn't chosen to betray Ye Guan at the time when he had become a wanted fugitive of the Main Guanxuan Academy.

If he had made the opposite choice, he would have been lying six feet in the ground at the moment with weeds growing on his tombstone.

Buzz!

The buzzing of a sword pervaded the skies, and a dazzling sword light streaked across the clouds.

Ye Guan was here!

The dazzling ray of sword light struck the ground before everyone. When the light dimmed, the figures of both Ye Guan and Nalan Jia were revealed.

One was dashing and handsome, while the other was exceedingly beautiful.

They were a match made in heaven!

Ye Guan and Nalan Jia exchanged glances and shook their heads with a smile. They were a bit surprised to see so many people waiting for them, and they felt that the welcome was a tad bit too grand for them.

Song Fu hurriedly bowed and exclaimed, "Greetings, Academy Master Ye! Greetings, Pavilion Master Nalan!”

"Greetings, Academy Master Ye! Greetings, Pavilion Master Nalan!” The people behind Song Fu followed suit, and the combined volume of their voices was so low that it made the ground quiver ever so slightly.

Ye Guan smiled and said, “Please don't stand on ceremony.”

With that, the people looked up at Ye Guan and Nalan Jia with excitement in their eyes. Everyone had heard about what they had been through together, especially about how Ye Guan had inexplicably lost his cultivation base, but Nalan Jia had stayed by his side despite that.

Their romance had long spread throughout Nanzhou, and a popular mindset was born among the people of Nanzhou, which said that one should avoid being too pragmatic and avoid burning bridges just in case.

If Nalan Jia had decided to deal with Ye Guan pragmatically and burned the bridges between her and Ye Guan, the Nalan Clan's status at the moment would have been drastically different than their status today.

Song Fu suddenly said, “Come on, let’s enter the Academy and talk.”

Ye Guan replied, “Sure.”

The people behind Song Fu walked over to the side and created a path for them to enter the academy.

Song Fu led Ye Guan and Nalan Jia toward the great hall, but a young man abruptly charged out. He stood in front of Ye Guan and Nalan Jia for a few seconds before he knelt down and said, “Nan Feng greets Academy Master Ye and Pavilion Master Nalan!”

Nan Feng!

Ye Guan was slightly taken aback. He wasn't familiar with the young man at all. He was about to say something when Song Fu explained, “He's from the Nan Clan—he belongs to the same clan as Nan Xuan.”

Nan Xuan! Ye Guan was familiar with the Nan Clan. After all, there was some enmity between him and the Nan Clan while he was still a student at the Guanxuan Academy in Nanzhou.

Ye Guan stared at Nan Feng and asked, “What is it?”

"Academy Master Ye! My Nan Clan has truly offended you at the time, and there is not even a single day since then that we haven't regretted our actions!" Nan Feng said, “I implore you to forgive us!”

"Forgive you?" Ye Guan frowned. “I've long forgotten about the enmity between me and the Nan Clan. Are you guys in trouble or something?”

Nan Feng wanted to say something, but he stopped himself in time; he seemed afraid of revealing the truth.

Song Fu sighed and said, “The entire Nan Clan became public enemy number one since your identity was revealed. Many aristocratic families and clans have joined hands to suppress them in the name of seeking justice for you.

"Since then, the Nan Clan has been in a difficult position.”

After a few moments of silence, Ye Guan said, “Did the Nan Clan ever attempt to avenge Nan Xuan by attacking the Ye Clan?"

"No," Song Fu replied, “Clan Leader Nan Mo visited the Ye Clan to apologize for what Nan Xuan had done to you rather than take revenge."

Ye Guan nodded at that. His gaze fell on Nan Feng, and he said, “My enmity with the Nan Clan ended upon Nan Xuan's death. No one should target you guys anymore so long as you don't attract the ire of the public by committing evil deeds."

Upon hearing that, Nan Feng fell to the ground and kowtowed.

His voice was trembling as he exclaimed, “Thank you, Academy Master! Thank you!”

Nan Feng had risked his life to step up. If Ye Guan didn't pay him any attention, the result would have been disastrous. Silence was ambiguous, after all, and those aristocratic families and clans could make their own interpretation of it.

However, Nan Feng was unwilling to see the demise of his entire clan. If he had stood by and had done nothing, his entire clan would have soon been dismantled by the aristocratic families and clans, so he decided to take a gamble.

Incredibly, his gamble had paid off.

Ye Guan suddenly asked, “Your name is Nan Feng?”

“Yes!” Nan Feng replied almost immediately.

Ye Guan smiled and said, “You’re brave, I like it.”

With that, he walked up to Nalan Jia, who was already all the way in front.

Song Fu looked at Nan Feng and smiled lightly at him before following behind Ye Guan and Nalan Jia.

Nan Feng heaved a sigh of relief before he turned around to leave. He had to return to the clan and tell them the good news—their clan was no longer doomed!

“Academy Chief Song, are you facing any difficulties at the moment?” asked Ye Guan.

Song Fu smiled and replied, “No, not at all.”

Ye Guan was slightly surprised.

"The Main Guanxuan Academy has been taking good care of us since your identity came to light. Really, we're not experiencing any difficulties at all," Song Fu added.

The Main Guanxuan Academy was rather sensible when it came to doing things. Ye Guan had come from the Guanxuan Academy in Nanzhou, so the Main Guanxuan Academy would be in trouble if they didn't take care of Ye Guan's alma mater.

Ye Guan nodded at Song Fu's words and said, “All right, you can go ahead and attend to your own work, Academy Chief. I'll go and walk around with Little Jia.”

”All right.” Song Fu nodded and left.

Nalan Jia suddenly said, “I still haven't seen Master.”

Ye Guan nodded. He also didn't see Fei Banqing in the crowd earlier.

“Let’s go!” Nalan Jia said. She grabbed Ye Guan’s hand, and they vanished into thin air. They had decided to come to the academy to visit Fei Banqing.

Moments later, the pair arrived at Mount Banqing.

Fei Banqing was wearing a long black dress, and her long hair fluttered in the strong breeze. Her demeanor was elegant, without even the tiniest trace of ferocity, but Ye Guan was well aware of his tutor's personality.

She was a hot-tempered woman with a penchant for kicking the balls of those daring enough to offend her.

Fei Banqing smiled at Ye Guan and Nalan Jia.

“There were too many people, so I didn't go down to welcome you two. You're not going to hold it against me, right?” Fei Banqing said.

"What are you saying, Master?" Nalan Jia walked up to her and said, "It's supposed to be the other way around, so it's fine.”

Nalan Jia grabbed Fei Banqing’s hand and asked, “Master, shall we talk inside?”

“Sure!” Fei Banqing replied and erupted into a grin.

Nalan Jia was the Pavilion Master of the Immortal Treasures Pavilion and the wife of the Guanxuan Academy’s Academy Master, but in Fei Banqing’s eyes, she was still her precious disciple!

The two walked into Fei Banqing's residence.

Ye Guan was about to follow them when Nalan Jia turned around to look at him.

“We're going to have a girls' chat. Are you a girl?" she asked.

Ye Guan shook his head and said, “All right, I'll go.”

With that, Nalan Jia and Fei Banqing disappeared into Fei Banqing's residence.

Ye Guan had nothing to do, so he started looking around before walking into his own residence. Ye Guan still had vivid memories of the time he had spent here, and he was stupefied to see that his residence was sparkling clean.

Ye Guan smiled to himself and sat down cross-legged.

He slowly closed his eyes and inwardly asked, “Senior?”

The mysterious lady replied, “What is it?”

"I've been thinking about it since you revealed your affiliations, and I think the reason you're following me must be related to both the True Universe and the True God. Am I right?" Ye Guan asked.

The mysterious lady didn't reply.

Ye Guan went silent and entered the tiny pagoda. However, he didn't enter the world in the tiny pagoda to cultivate but rather to read.

He decided to read the ancient books that the True God had collected over the years. The collection was composed of hundreds of millions of books, and Ye Guan was astounded to find books from various genres as well as various civilizations.

"Senior," Ye Guan suddenly said, “I guess it's obvious, but I think the True God loves to read.”

"Yes," the mysterious lady replied, “She loves to write books as well.”

"She writes books?" Ye Guan asked, stunned.

“Yes, she once traveled across the vast expanse and has even visited the Milky Way. Ever since her visit to the Milky Way, she acquired a penchant for writing her own books, but she never really had readers aside from us sisters."

"Is she a good writer? What does she write?" Ye Guan asked.

“Her books aren't for men...”

“What do you mean?”

“They're a bit… inappropriate.”

Ye Guan was baffled. Inappropriate?

Unfortunately, the mysterious lady's words got Ye Guan even more curious.

Ye Guan asked, “Can I read one of her books?”

"It's better if you don't…" the mysterious lady muttered.

“Why?”

“The content is really… what should I say? Very dirty.”

Dirty? Ye Guan was confused. However, he didn't insist and decided to open one of the ancient books that the True God had gathered. He flipped over the pages and was shocked to find a ton of annotations on every page.

The annotations were evidently full of emotions, and some were quite ruthless. It didn't take Ye Guan long to realize that these annotations were made by the True God.

Most of the annotations contained only one word—dumbass.

However, the annotations got more and more out of hand as Ye Guan flipped the pages. In the end, his head started to hurt, and he forcibly flipped over to the last page of the book.

Toward the end, the annotations got a lot longer and insulting, and the afterword even had an annotation that said—dumbass, you know you can't write a book, so why did you even bother writing, you fucker!

Ye Guan was rendered speechless at the annotation, and his opinion of the True God changed drastically.