Chapter 751: Big Ruckus (2)

The smile returned to Zhu Tiandao's face as he looked at Shang Tianjiao and Shan Xiong. "Truly a couple blessed by the heavens. With the support of Great Shang and Great Zhou, you'll probably reach the Invincible Realm in no time, Shan Xiong. Remember to visit us when you're free in the future. I heard what happened to your grandpa. My condolences. Your grandpa was only killed because he tried to snatch that character for you. That is fate, I suppose. Your character fusion must have been incomplete before his death. He wouldn't have resorted to such drastic measures otherwise."

Those words sparked further imagination in the minds of the experts present. Numerous thoughts appeared in their minds. Shan Tianhao was only aiming for the fifth principal's character because of Shan Xiong.

What was so special about the fifth principal's character? Had Shan Xiong been trying to fuse multiple characters? Did they need the fifth principal's character as reference? Was that why Shan Tianhao had so stubbornly tried to kill Liu Wenyan? That was actually the perfect answer to many questions these people had. And now, Shan Xiong had completed his character. That was why Zhou Polong had given up on the fifth principal's character.

One of the experts spoke through voice transmission, "Old Li, back when Shan Xiong challenged the multiple character faction in your academy, had he completed his character fusion?"

"I'm not sure, but I don't recall his character having so many abilities back then. That ability to turn his body illusory wasn't present previously."

Was that because Shan Xiong didn't have the ability? Or was that because his previous opponents had been too weak to require that ability? Nevertheless, the experts present couldn't help but start suspecting Shan Xiong.

Sure, they all knew that Zhu Tiandao was trying to guide them toward reaching this conclusion. But this conclusion was too reasonable to suspect. Could a single character possess so many abilities? That was impossible. Unless one fused multiple characters. Did the fifth principal do the same? Was the fifth principal's character also a fusion of multiple characters?

Had they found a way to directly fuse all the characters into one instead of using a character technique? What was that? Was that why they needed the fifth principal's character in the past but not anymore? One possibility after another surfaced in the minds of these people.

Seeing the look of contemplation on their faces, Zhu Tiandao smiled. Jiang Tao had the urge to give an explanation, but he eventually gave up. There was no way they would believe him. He was also afraid that Zhu Tiandao would get him killed if he dared to run his mouth. He would never forget that Zhu Tiandao was a ruthless schemer.

In fact, this was a shared trait of most prefects. Xia Longwu might not be a shameless schemer, but he was most definitely a ruthless person.

"Alright, everyone. Time for you to go back home. This is merely a spar between two youngsters. From spar, a friendship has bloomed. I won't say anything else. We can consider this a happy end for both parties. Shan Xiong, we still have some earthly source fruits in storage. You may take some with you. These fruits will come in handy when you're opening your acupoints all over again. Cultivate hard. Great Ming's body forging slot at the holy land is still unused. If you're interested, you can have it. Just consider that Su Yu's apology for hurting you. He should have learned to control his strength better in combat."

The surrounding experts and students were stunned to hear that. Holy shit! Was the prefect really giving that slot away? They were completely dumbstruck. Was Zhu Tiandao really looking so highly upon Shan Xiong? Or was this some sort of trick? But would he need to waste a holy land slot for a single trick?

That slot could only be used once per fifty years. And they wouldn't even receive any heavenly source fruits for the coming fifty years after using the slot. They could get two of those fruits every nine years. Thus, he would lose eleven fruits in total. Was he going to give that away just like that?

Even Shan Xiong himself was stunned. Earthly source fruits and body forging slot. Great Zhou's slot had been used, so he wouldn't get any from Great Zhou. Was Great Ming really giving him one?

"Prefect Zhu, you're too kind."

Due to his heavy injuries, Shan Xiong still couldn't think very well. But he was sure that Zhu Tiandao was definitely not offering this out of kindness. But his head was hurting too much so he did not think about it too much. He only said, "There is no need for that, Lord Prefect. Thank you for your kindness."

Zhu Tiandao smiled, "Don't worry about it. If you're interested, feel free to look for me. I'll be taking my leave."

After saying that, he vanished into thin air. After his departure, the area sank into silence. Not one of the experts present was saying anything.

Meanwhile, the students were whispering among themselves while stealing glances at Shan Xiong. Zhu Hongliang enviously said, "My grandpa sure is unfair. He would rather offer Shan Xiong these things than me. He is too biased toward geniuses. Not even Su Yu was given the slot."

Beside him, Xia Huyou laughed, "Brother Hongliang, we're rather ordinary in terms of talent. The slot is pointless for us. We're better off using divine and devil blood essence for our body forging. That works just as well as cultivating in the holy land. The slot is only suitable for someone like Brother Shan. Great Xia's slot was given to Huang Teng. Did I say anything?"

"Sigh. I guess you're right." Zhu Hongliang nodded, "It's fine to give it to Shan Xiong. I only hope that he will remember this favor."

"I doubt he will completely turn against Great Ming after receiving this benefit."

"..."

They were conversing softly, but the experts could hear every single word. Nevertheless, none of the experts said anything.

Shan Xiong's head was hurting terribly. But Jiang Tao could not afford to delay. He soared into the sky and sent a voice transmission over, "Let's go. We need to leave Great Ming. We must return to Great Zhou before words of what happened here spread."

They had to leave immediately. Jiang Tao didn't understand why their teacher had left without taking them along. He only knew that if Shan Xiong delayed until words spread, things would become very troublesome.

Shan Xiong's character had attracted way too much attention. A fusion character. A fake single character cultivator. His character was the same as the fifth principal's character. No, his character appeared even more mysterious. Everyone believed that Shan Xiong's defeat was merely an act for the sake of shifting all attention toward Su Yu.

What would the outsiders think? And what would the myriad races think? Damn it! They had to return to Great Zhou before the myriad races heard about this.

"Let's go!"

With Jiang Tao's order, the golden peng and the others soared into the sky as well. Seeing that they were leaving, Shang Tianjiao anxiously said, "Elder Jiang, you..."

Jiang Tao said, "My junior brother's injuries are quite heavy. He will visit you again when he is better. Or perhaps you can visit him at Great Zhou."

Shan Xiong was being carried by Jiang Tao. His head was hurting more and more so he could only say something simple, "Tianjiao, I'll be returning to recuperate. Don't worry about me. Don't be so rash anymore in the future. I know you did that for me...but...just don't be so rash. Can you promise me that?"

"Alright. I'll listen to you." Shang Tianjiao had no excuse to stop him from returning to recuperate. She said, "I'll find some time to visit you at Great Zhou."

"Alright."

After that exchange, Jiang Tao left with Shan Xiong in tow. The golden peng resisted his pain and hurriedly flew after them. He only returned to his original form after leaving the city. A wing was missing, so he had to form a source qi wing temporarily.

Those at the Sunmoon Realm could regrow their flesh from a single drop of blood. But he would need some time and a large amount of source qi to do so. This wasn't a suitable place for him to recover.

For now, his priority was returning to Great Zhou.

With the departure of Great Zhou's group, the old dragon glanced at the Source Soul Research Center before looking in the direction Zhu Tiandao and Niu Baidao had gone to. After a long while, he shook his head and laughed in amusement.

Great Ming was simply a lair of ruthless schemers. Every single one of them was strong and merciless. This was supposed to be just a spar, but they had forcefully turned it into an act by Shan Xiong. They had also successfully framed Shan Xiong as a super genius multiple character cultivator in hiding.

Was that really the truth? Not even the old dragon could be sure of that. A baseless assumption was the same as a cheap trick. But a reasonable assumption was not a cheap trick.

"Prince Huyou, time to go."

The old dragon decided to leave as well. This matter was definitely not so simple. More things might happen soon. Great Zhou would probably do something in response. And the myriad races would probably react as well.

Xia Huyou said, "Coming!"

He cupped his hands at Zhu Hongliang and said, "Brother Hongliang, I'll show you around if you visit Great Xia in the future. I'll have to leave. See you."

"Take care."

The two fatties seemed to be getting along very well. Before long, Xia Huyou left with the Great Xia group. The white dragon vanished right after leaving the city. As for the other visitors, not one of them decided to stay. All of them were in a hurry to leave, including those from the Knowledge Seeking Academy and War Shrine Academy.

They had to leave and report everything that had happened promptly. This was a major discovery. Was it really possible to fuse multiple characters into one character? Just what would that do? And how could one do that?

They had also confirmed that Su Yu was excessively strong. They had to report all these discoveries to their respective superior.