Chapter 1540: Zheng Yang Appears

"She is the new president of the Spirit Awakener Guild, Wang Ying?"

"Yes, I've seen her before. Though young, her talent is unparalleled. It took her only a few months to successfully challenge the Spirit Awakening Tower..."

"She said she came to rescue her teacher... Could it be that this Zhang Xuan is also her teacher?"

"This, this... One student is the Poison Hall Lord, another is a peak Soul Witch, and yet another is the new president of the Spirit Awakener Guild..."

All the master teachers shrank their necks simultaneously, lowering their heads to look at the young man sitting motionless on the ground, their hearts churning with shock.

As nine-star master teachers, they knew that teaching students was not an easy task. Each of them had countless disciples, but few reached the same level as them—nine-star master teachers.

This Zhang Xuan, merely at the初期 of the Saint Domain Eighth Layer Voidgrasp Realm, showed no remarkable personal strength... yet all his students were major powers in their own right... How did he manage that?

Most crucially, these students, to save him, feared not even the Master Teacher Hall, daring to confront it head-on... What depth of affection could inspire such loyalty?

After all, though the Master Teacher Continent had strict rules on teacher-student relationships, there were plenty who betrayed their teachers or committed heinous acts... Normally, if a teacher faced such a situation, disciples could pretend ignorance and ignore it without blame.

After all, the Master Teacher Hall was the orthodox authority of the continent.

Yet these people, for their teacher, disregarded all rules, charging forward without regard for life or death...

What had this Zhang Xuan taught them to earn such unwavering devotion?

"President Wang, you should know who you are now attacking!"

Ren Qingyuan ground his teeth, "Gritting!" and snorted.

"Of course I know. The teacher's grace is as heavy as a mountain. No matter who it is, if they dare to attack my teacher, even at the cost of my life, I will fight to the end and never back down!"

The girl looked over, her expression calm.

"It seems they are right—this Zhang Xuan is also your teacher?"

Ren Qingyuan said.

"Indeed, Zhang Xuan is my teacher, who has given me a new lease on life!" The girl nodded.

It was Wang Ying, who had just arrived.

The houses within thirty thousand kilometers of the Ice Field Palace had all been successfully spirit-awakened by her and the elders of the Spirit Awakener Guild, causing such a commotion that it stunned everyone.

"This Zhang Xuan is incorrigibly unruly: he caused a ruckus at the Zhang family, severely injured Grand Elder Zhang Wuhen and dozens of elders; he caused chaos at the Saint Son Hall, heavily wounding Acting Hall Master Zhan Shi; finally, he ran to the Ice Field Palace, abducted the Young Palace Master, and destroyed countless buildings... Even if we set aside these charges, he taught a murderous maniac like the Poison Hall Lord, a profession as notorious as Soul Witch, and is now refining some artifact of the Heterodox race... These points alone make him an enemy of the Master Teacher Hall, unforgivable!"

Ren Qingyuan shouted.

"Murderous maniac? Notorious? Hah!"

Wang Ying sneered: "You say my junior sister Wei Ruyan is a murderous maniac. May I ask, who has she killed? Please state the names!"

"This..."

Ren Qingyuan was taken aback.

This Poison Hall Lord, upon arrival, had displayed overwhelming power, poisoning one strong expert after another, but these people were only knocked unconscious or injured—none had died.

In other words, she had indeed not killed anyone.

Even between hostile parties.

"You say my junior brother Lu Chong is notorious. May I ask... what evil deeds has he done to inspire such fear and outrage?" Wang Ying continued.

Ren Qingyuan was again speechless.

If this Lu Chong, a Soul Witch, had not appeared, honestly, he wouldn't even know of his existence.

From this alone, it was clear he had not committed any wrongdoing.

"What, speechless?"

Wang Ying sneered coldly: "A venerable master teacher, fair and just, upholding righteousness—since when do you make subjective judgments and jump to conclusions? You say my teacher abducted the Young Palace Master of the Ice Field Palace. Then let me ask you, do you know who this Young Palace Master is?"

"Who?" Ren Qingyuan frowned: "She is a pure yin constitution talent newly found by the Ice Field Palace. I heard they spared no expense to find her..."

"I don't know how much they spent, but I do know... this Young Palace Master, she..."

With hands clasped behind her back, Wang Ying looked over: "Is my senior sister!"

"Senior sister? You mean... this Young Palace Master of the Ice Field Palace is also Teacher Zhang's student?"

His pupils constricted, Ren Qingyuan quickly turned to look at You Ruoxin nearby, his face ashen: "Is this true?"

When reporting the situation, the Ice Field Palace had not mentioned this.

"This Zhang Xuan did teach Zhao Ya, but he impersonated Teacher Yang, deliberately caused trouble, destroyed the Ice Field Palace, and took away the Young Palace Master—these are facts beyond dispute! Moreover... he cultivates poison masters and teaches soul witch techniques, his intentions must be impure. I implore Teacher Ren not to be misled by this man's words..."

You Ruoxin hurriedly said.

"Impure intentions? Misled? Who gave you the audacity to speak of my teacher and senior sister like that?"

Whoosh!

Before You Ruoxin could finish, a loud shout came from afar, followed by a spear that broke through the air, instantly stabbing toward her chest.

"Ah..."

Her pupils constricted, her face turning deathly pale, You Ruoxin hastily retreated.

The power of this spear seemed to cut through space and time; before it even reached her, its force threatened to pierce her through. Though You Ruoxin was strong, she still found it hard to withstand.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Her palms churned continuously, forming hundreds of hand seals.

A crystalline light shield appeared before her, like crystal.

The ultimate defensive technique—the Extreme Yin Ice Wall!

Crack!

As the flying spear touched the ice wall, the latter crumbled like tofu, cracking within less than a breath.

"Hall Master Ren, save me..."

Knowing the ice wall would not hold, and that if the spear pierced through, she would be severely injured if not killed, You Ruoxin could no longer contain herself and let out a long cry.

"Hmph!"

Not expecting the sudden spear to be so powerful, Ren Qingyuan stamped his foot and teleported before her, pointing his longsword at the spear tip.

Ding ding ding ding!

The spear danced in the air, its tip pecking like a crane feeding, each strike landing on Ren Qingyuan's sword tip, like meteors colliding.

Stomp stomp stomp stomp!

His hand numb, Ren Qingyuan stumbled back several steps, filled with shock.

This spear had flown from who knows how far, pierced You Ruoxin's ice wall, and still repelled him... How strong was the one who threw it?

The doubt did not last long; a figure appeared in the distance like a gust of wind, his back straight, carrying a sharpness that could pierce the sky.

He reached out, grasped the spear, and his sword-like brows slowly swept over.

"Hall Master Ren, I'm taking my teacher away... You have no objections, do you?"