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”Hahaha, that makes it even simpler. We’ll just take them down directly in a bit. We’re all reasonable people here, let’s not use the Bone Demon.”

After getting Shen Lang’s affirmative reply, Zhou Feng felt as if he had just drunk divine nectar, a feeling of comfort that seeped into his very bones.

Everyone rolled their eyes. ’This is what he calls being reasonable?’

’Who was it just now who said they’d use the Bone Demon if he couldn’t do it?’

Zhou Feng completely ignored everyone’s eye-rolling. Suppressing his ecstasy, he said, ”Elder Sun, about the other thing you mentioned... you said Shen Lang brought a Flying Spiritual Artifact into the trial? You think the Flying Spiritual Artifact that Miss Shui Qingwu of the Shui Family and the others used to fly back during the Beast Tide was brought in by Shen Lang?”

Sun Qing sneered. ”If he didn’t bring it in, did he really forge it on Celestial Pillar Peak?”

He continued, ”Of course I wouldn’t dare disbelieve Miss Shui Qingwu’s words, but neither she nor the people from the Twin Dragon Sect are willing to say a word about what happened on Celestial Pillar Peak. All they’ll say is that Shen Lang crafted a Flying Spiritual Artifact in a moment of crisis, allowing her and the Twin Dragon Sect members to escape. This whole story is full of holes. Perhaps they’re just lying out of gratitude to Shen Lang for saving them... Don’t tell me you, Zhou Feng, also believe that brat Shen Lang could create three Flying Spiritual Artifacts in such a short time?”

Zhou Feng fell silent.

The matter of the Flying Spiritual Artifacts was indeed strange. Shui Qingwu and the others had only spoken about the Beast Tide and Shen Lang forging the artifacts. They refused to say anything else, which was very odd.

Setting aside how they managed to survive such a Beast Tide, the claim that Shen Lang had forged Flying Spiritual Artifacts was already sensational enough to be unbelievable.

Besides someone like Xue Dangdang, with her mysterious family and strange background, neither Tayun Academy nor Celestial God Academy could produce even one or two Flying Spiritual Artifacts.

The Artifact Refining Institute Director, Mo Liusheng, was considered a grandmaster of Artifact Refining, yet even for him, forging a single Flying Spiritual Artifact was an impossible task.

A sixteen-year-old boy, no matter how smart or talented, could not possibly create three Flying Spiritual Artifacts in such a short amount of time.

Anyone with a working brain would assume that Shen Lang had brought the Flying Spiritual Artifacts with him and was just pretending he had made them, which was how he enabled the people from the Twin Dragon Sect and Shui Qingwu to escape Celestial Pillar Peak.

Ordinarily, this wouldn’t have been a big deal. The key issue was that this was happening during a trial, and Sun Qing and his group were intent on making an issue of it, giving the people from Tayun Academy a massive headache.

No matter how much Zhou Feng liked Shen Lang, he couldn’t bring himself to believe that Shen Lang could really create three Flying Spiritual Artifacts in one or two hours.

Even if they were relatively low-grade Flying Spiritual Artifacts.

It was simply too incredible!

Just then, Tutor Qin Hun of Tayun Academy stepped forward, a displeased look on his face. ”Shen Lang, even though the higher-ups hold you in high regard now, secretly bringing a Flying Spiritual Artifact into the trial is a major taboo! If Celestial God Academy files a complaint with Jialan Academy, the spots we’ve earned might all be revoked! You need to give a reasonable explanation for this matter!”

The entire crowd erupted in an uproar.

Those were words that should have come from someone from Celestial God Academy. For Tayun Academy’s own Qin Hun to step out and be so ”impartial” made things interesting...

Shen Lang’s expression darkened. He turned to face Qin Hun and said grimly, ”You. What is the meaning of this?”

The moment Qin Hun stepped out and spoke, all eyes immediately focused on him, and everyone started murmuring amongst themselves.

Meeting Shen Lang’s icy gaze, Qin Hun shivered but forced himself to continue, ”Do you not understand what I mean? It’s a good thing if you can bring glory to the academy, but if you do it by cheating, you won’t be the only one to suffer—so will our Tayun Academy! Jialan Academy might punish us, not only revoking our rewards but even affecting our allocated spots! This is a very serious matter!”

He paused, then repeated, ”This is a very serious matter!”

The corners of Shen Lang’s mouth lifted slightly, and his bones let out a series of CRACK, CRACK sounds, but he didn’t say another word in his defense.

Beside him, Xue Dangdang looked ready to go over and beat someone up, but he pulled her back.

Watching Qin Hun’s antics, Zhou Feng felt an impulse to rush over and slap him to death.

However, what the scoundrel said did have a certain logic to it. And with everyone watching, there was little Zhou Feng could do, leaving him feeling extremely frustrated and anxious.

’That bastard Qin Hun must have some grudge against Shen Lang to dare speak up for Celestial God Academy... I’ll deal with him after we get back!’ Zhou Feng decided inwardly.

After Qin Hun’s accusation, even the faces of the people from Tayun Academy turned a little grim.

If Shen Lang could defeat the people from Celestial God Academy and bring honor to Tayun Academy, that would naturally be a great thing.

Not only would they secure this trial’s rewards, but they would also gain extra guaranteed spots at Jialan Academy.

”But Shen Lang absolutely, positively should not have brought a Flying Spiritual Artifact to the trial! Even that Little Witch Xue Dangdang had her Flying Spiritual Artifact confiscated, let alone him!”

”Now things are troublesome. Of all the excuses that brat Shen Lang could have used, why did he have to say he refined the Flying Spiritual Artifacts himself!”

”But it is really strange. Flying Spiritual Artifacts are incredibly expensive. How could Shen Lang possibly afford one? Could Xue Dangdang have given it to him?”

”If he had just said Shui Qingwu brought the Spiritual Artifact, there wouldn’t be all this trouble.”

On Tayun Academy’s side, not a single person believed Shen Lang could refine a Flying Spiritual Artifact.

After all, the claim was simply too outrageous.

Meanwhile, over at Celestial God Academy, the group that had been anxious just moments before finally broke into smiles. They sneered at Shen Lang, eager to see him make a fool of himself.

Seeing all the accusations pointed at Shen Lang, with no one believing him, yet Shen Lang himself remained utterly unconcerned, Shui Qingwu could finally bear it no longer.

”Shen Lang created three Flying Spiritual Artifacts to save us! I and the people from the Twin Dragon Sect saw it with our own eyes. It’s absolutely true!”

Shui Qingwu’s voice was filled with coldness, her gaze locking onto Qin Hun like a sword.

Over at Celestial God Academy, Sun Qing chuckled coldly and said, ”Words spoken out of gratitude by Miss Qingwu and the people from the Twin Dragon Sect, who were rescued by Shen Lang, don’t prove anything. Shen Lang, how do you plan to explain yourself? If you cannot prove that you created those Flying Spiritual Artifacts, then your qualification for this trial will be immediately revoked! You must leave the premises now! As for Tayun Academy’s rewards for this trial and so on, well, we’ll need to have the people from Jialan Academy arbitrate that, hehehe...”

After a long silence, Shen Lang finally laughed. ”Arbitrate? Arbitrate my ass! You don’t believe I can refine Flying Spiritual Artifacts, right? Fine, that’s simple. I’ll just refine one for you right here and now, in front of all of you.”

”Shen Lang, you—” Before Zhou Feng could stop him, Shen Lang had already finished speaking. A bitter taste filled Zhou Feng’s mouth, and he sighed again and again.

Sun Qing clearly hadn’t expected Shen Lang to respond like this and was momentarily stunned.

He had thought Shen Lang would spout some other nonsense to try and brush the matter aside.

”Woah!”

The people from both academies burst into a clamor at the same time.

No one believed Shen Lang could refine a Flying Spiritual Artifact...

Getting them to believe Shen Lang could refine a Flying Spiritual Artifact was less likely than getting them to believe the sun could rise from the west.

So not a single person had expected Shen Lang to walk right into the trap and claim he would create a Flying Spiritual Artifact in front of everyone!

This was no joke!

In front of so many old masters, there was no room for carelessness, and it would be impossible to fake it!

If he failed, not only would Tayun Academy lose all face, but Jialan Academy would also reclaim the rewards for this trial, not to mention those coveted Jialan Academy spots...

Shen Lang was just an insignificant guy, always treated as trash in the past. It would be one thing if he alone was disgraced, but to drag Tayun Academy down with him and cause such a huge loss was unacceptable.

”Isn’t he just asking for death?!” The people from Tayun Academy sighed one after another.

As everyone wore different expressions, a figure blurred, and a pained cry rang out.

Everyone was startled. They focused their gazes, only to be stunned by what they saw.

Qin Hun lay on the ground, blood continuously spilling from his mouth, with Shen Lang’s foot pinning him down, unable to move.

”I was willing to let go of what happened a few years ago, but I’ve warned you many times, and still you provoke me again and again! A person’s patience has its limits. Did you really think I wouldn’t dare to kill you?”

Shen Lang’s voice was bone-chillingly cold, causing everyone who heard it to shudder.

Zhou Feng’s expression changed, and he shouted coldly, ”Shen Lang, what are you doing! We’ll discuss Tayun Academy’s internal matters when we get back. Let go of Qin Hun now!”

The group from Tayun Academy looked bewildered. None of them had imagined that Shen Lang would be provoked by Qin Hun at a time like this and lash out in anger!

More importantly, with Shen Lang’s level of cultivation, how could he have kicked down Qin Hun right in front of Zhou Feng?

Although Qin Hun was a Talisman Refiner, his cultivation wasn’t bad; he was around the Qi Martial Realm Fourth Heaven.

Yet Zhou Feng hadn’t even had time to react, and Qin Hun had taken the full force of the kick. He was still spitting blood and couldn’t break free!

On the other side, the people from Celestial God Academy were beaming with joy. Nothing could make them happier than seeing this kind of internal strife within Tayun Academy.

At this moment, Wooden Zither Tutor stepped forward and sighed. ”Shen Lang, let’s talk this out. Tutor Qin Hun did go a bit too far, but he is a tutor at Tayun Academy, after all. Even if you won’t give him face, you should at least leave some for our academy.”

Shen Lang glanced at Wooden Zither Tutor, his expression softening slightly. He said coldly, ”I don’t like to provoke others, but if someone provokes me, I will never let them off! This scoundrel has provoked me time and time again. If it weren’t for his status as a tutor, I would have crippled him long ago! When the Xu Family sent people into Tayun Academy to kill me before, it was this scoundrel who helped them hide beneath my dorm, intending to kill me on the spot! Face? If I weren’t giving face to Tayun Academy, I would have slit his throat with a single cut long ago!”

”What? Such a thing happened?!” Zhou Feng, Wooden Zither Tutor, and the others were shocked.

”Shen Lang, your business with Qin Hun is between you two! Don’t you dare slander our Xu Family! When did the Xu Family ever send people to kill you!” Xu Qing, who had been hiding in the background, suddenly popped his head out and said with great ”indignation.”

”Get lost!” Shen Lang retorted, sending a palm strike through the air.

SMACK!

Even though Xu Qing was a good seven or eight meters away from Shen Lang, he had no chance to dodge the palm strike. A crisp slapping sound echoed as Xu Qing screamed, tumbled several times in mid-air, and then fell to the ground with a THUD.

”Palm Wind that materializes and holds its form without dispersing! Th-that’s... Isn’t that only possible for someone at the Spirit Martial Realm or higher?” The crowd gasped in astonishment.