Chapter 819: Lu Feng Loses His Mind

"Ran away on its own? What do you mean, ran away on its own?"

Lu Feng and the other four vice deans were all stunned.

Six-star alchemists, after refining pills, would keep some for personal use and sell the surplus. These medicines were usually placed in the medicine hall, where designated teachers sold them at uniform prices.

This middle-aged man was the one in charge of that.

The entire wealth of all six-star alchemists in the Alchemist Academy could be said to be staked in the medicine hall, and now you come running to tell us the pills ran away on their own...

Are you kidding?

"They really did run away on their own..." His lips trembling, the middle-aged man was frantic but didn't know how to explain.

Having become a teacher at the academy, he possessed the strength of a six-star master. For someone of such strength to speak incoherently showed how shocking the incident was to him.

"What exactly happened?"

His face darkening, Lu Feng couldn't help but bark: "Explain the matter in detail!"

"It was like this: I was in the medicine hall checking the pills when suddenly... these pills flew up, shot straight out of the room, and... just disappeared..."

The middle-aged man hurriedly said.

"The pills flew away on their own?" The five deans were all dumbfounded.

Sixth-grade pills, like spirit-grade weapons, already possessed their own spirit, but without being bound to an owner, how could they run around on their own?

And binding pills to an owner was even harder than binding weapons. Even the alchemist who refined them would find it difficult, let alone an outsider!

The key point was... binding so many pills at once was completely impossible!

"Did anyone enter the medicine hall before the pills flew up?"

Thinking of something, Lu Feng quickly asked.

"A young man around twenty came in, said he wanted to look around, and touched every pill... But he didn't buy a single one, stayed only a short while, and left!"

After a moment's thought, the middle-aged man said.

Not many could afford sixth-grade pills, and only this one person had come that morning, making him easy to remember.

"A young man around twenty? Did he look like this?"

Lu Feng pointed a finger, and his true qi immediately manifested a portrait of a person in the air—it was Zhang Xuan.

Having reached the Saint realm, true qi could accomplish many unimaginable things; manifesting a portrait was one of them.

"That's him!" The middle-aged man quickly nodded.

"As I thought..."

They all staggered, and Lu Feng nearly went mad.

He had been worried all along that this Zhang Xuan would turn the Alchemy Academy into the same miserable state as the Physician Academy, and had taken all kinds of precautions. Yet the man hadn't collapsed a single building!

Instead... he had ransacked their lair!

To refine these sixth-grade pills, the entire Alchemist Guild had spent countless resources and consumed vast amounts of materials. In fact, several deans, including themselves, had been heavily in debt before the pills were sold.

And now... with a touch of his finger, he had bound all these pills and taken them away...

This was going to bankrupt every six-star alchemist in the Alchemist Guild!

If the alchemy building collapsed, as long as they had money, it could be rebuilt, and the Master Teacher Academy and Alchemist Guild would share some of the cost. But with these pills gone, not only would the deans be left penniless, they would have no capital left to teach students...

Lu Feng clutched his chest.

My heart, my lungs, my liver...

"Let's go take a look!"

They hurried to the medicine hall. When they saw the empty room, their faces turned as white as paper.

The pills had flown away on their own, and without solid evidence, even if they confronted Zhang Xuan, if he didn't admit it, they couldn't do anything!

"That young man who came to touch the pills... where did he go? Do you know?"

Unable to hold back, Lu Feng looked at the middle-aged man again.

"He... seemed to have gone to the alchemy classroom!"

After a moment's thought, the middle-aged man nodded.

"The alchemy classroom?" Lu Feng staggered again: "It's over!"

Ignoring everything else, he rushed straight out, and the other vice deans, as if seeing a ghost, quickly followed.

The alchemy classroom was where alchemy lessons were held, and all students learning alchemy were there.

If that guy went there and started lecturing like he did at the library entrance... damn it, the entire Alchemy Academy would probably have no one left!

When he went to the Artifact Refiner Academy and Physician Academy, although he collapsed buildings, he made those two academies more famous and attracted more people to learn those professions.

But if he did the same as at the library entrance... everyone would come to drop courses, all teachers would lose their students, and the Alchemy Academy would exist in name only!

In an academy, students come first. A teacher without students can't be called a teacher!

Damn it!

Not only did he take all the sixth-grade pills, but he also wanted to drive away all the students...

This was cutting off the very roots of the Alchemy Academy!

Lu Feng clutched his chest again.

My heart, my lungs, my liver, my bladder...

The vice deans sped like a hurricane, reaching the alchemy classroom in a dozen breaths. One look and they all nearly cried.

The once bustling alchemy classroom was now as deserted as a sparrow's nest, with only a handful of people left, almost no one.

The great hall that held tens of thousands seemed emptied, not even a ghostly shadow in sight.

"Teacher Wu, where are the students? The students who were here?"

After searching around, they finally found a teacher, and Lu Feng couldn't help but approach him.

Teacher Wu, Wu Tian, a six-star alchemist and an elder of the academy.

"Dean, you've come at just the right time. I was planning to bid you farewell..."

Instead of answering his question, Teacher Wu said while packing his luggage.

"Farewell?" Lu Feng stiffened, his face full of anxiety: "Is it because of that Zhang Xuan?"

"Yes!"

Nodding, Wu Tian smiled: "I just listened to Teacher Zhang's lecture, and it was an epiphany. I've already taken him as my teacher. From now on, I will no longer serve as an elder of the Alchemy Academy but will become an ordinary member of the Xuanxuan Society! I'll focus on cultivation and strive to break through soon!"

"Taken him... as your teacher?"

His lips twitching, Lu Feng nearly spat blood.

This Wu Tian, who could lecture tens of thousands at once, held a high position in the Alchemy Academy. Such a figure... had actually taken Zhang Xuan as his teacher?

Are you fucking kidding me?

Not only that, but he was going to become an ordinary member of the Xuanxuan Society... member your sister!

The Xuanxuan Society was just a student organization in the academy. What was an elder like you doing there?

"Alright, no more talk. Farewell..."

With that, Wu Tian finished packing and turned to leave.

"Elder Wu, wait... You've taken Zhang Xuan as your teacher, but what about the other teachers? Our alchemy classroom has over three hundred and forty teachers. Where have they all gone?"

Seeing him about to leave, Lu Feng quickly called out.

Although you are an elder and important to the academy, as long as the other teachers remain, losing one or two doesn't matter. But why is this place empty? Not only are there no students, but not a single teacher can be found?

"Oh, those teachers took him as their teacher even earlier than I did. They're a sly bunch; they've already run off to listen to the lecture at the Xuanxuan Society. I won't chat anymore, or I'll fall behind in the course..."

Waving his hand, Wu Tian's eyes showed determination, and he walked further away, his figure soon disappearing.

"They've all... taken him as their teacher?"

His body swaying, Lu Feng plopped down on the ground, losing all deanly demeanor and poise.

Damn it!

Not only did he take the pills and the students, but he also took the teachers as disciples...

If I'd known, you might as well have collapsed our Alchemy Academy. Now that both students and teachers are gone, what's the point of keeping the academy...

Lu Feng and the four vice deans all felt like crying.

"Dean, if you hadn't insisted on meddling in You Xu's affairs, I think... our academy would have at most collapsed. Now... what do we do?"

Vice Dean Zhou on the side couldn't help but speak up.

"This..."

Tears streamed down Lu Feng's face.

Before, if someone said the academy would collapse, he would have beaten them up. But now, if that were the case, he would be overjoyed!

The Alchemy Academy was called the best in the Master Teacher Academy because it had many students and many teachers, and thus he could become the head of the Ten Elders and acting dean...

Now, the entire academy was left with just a few deans, a bunch of leaders without followers, probably even worse than the Jinghong Academy!

What kind of mess was this!

Heart, lungs, liver, bladder... even the exit of the bladder couldn't help but ache...

"Let's go take a look. I don't believe that a student like him can truly make our Alchemy Academy's three hundred teachers and sixty thousand students so devoted!"

Frustrated, Lu Feng gritted his teeth and stood up again.

No matter what, he was a six-star upper-grade master teacher, a super figure on the verge of breakthrough. To make him admire a young man under twenty? Dream on!

"Alright!"

Seeing his insistence, Vice Dean Zhou said no more, and the group followed behind, chasing after the Wu Tian who had walked off ahead.

After walking for nearly twenty minutes, they arrived at the freshman district, the headquarters of the Xuanxuan Society.

From afar, they saw a sea of people, a dense mass of heads, countless in number.

At the gate, three fourth-year students stood guard, some holding long spears, others wielding broadswords, full of spirit.

They were Ying Qin, Bai Mian, and the others who had lost the bet earlier.

Behind the gate, a fat man sat on a stool, holding a bamboo basket, his thick legs swinging back and forth. Seeing them arrive, he immediately came forward: "Oh, if it isn't Dean Lu? Want to go in and listen to the lecture? One high-grade spirit stone per person. Fair and square, no cheating."

"What did you say?"

Lu Feng's face twitched, and he nearly exploded.

"Dean Lu Feng, since we're all elders of the academy, I won't stand on ceremony and will call you Senior Brother. Senior Brother Lu, Teacher is now imparting the subtleties of alchemy. If you want to enter, you have to pay. That's the rule, and it's also a sign of respect for the teaching profession. Sun Qiang, Uncle Sun, is just following the rules. As juniors, let's not make things difficult for my uncle!"

Hearing the argument, Zheng Yang came out, clasped his fists, and said.

"Senior Brother? Sun Qiang... Uncle Sun? And juniors..."

Lu Feng's vision went dark.

Damn it... since when did I become a generation younger than this fat man who knows nothing but collecting money?