Chapter 847: Yu Fei'er's Invitation

The Golden Origin Cauldron was a true sacred artifact, the guardian of the Master Teacher Academy, exceedingly proud. Although successive principals of the academy had the right to request its aid, none had ever made it acknowledge a master.

Even the previous old principal, who before his disappearance broke through the shackles of six stars to reach seven stars, could do nothing about it.

Not only was this thing arrogant, it was also especially lazy, sleeping for days on end. Getting it to help refine weapons was simply impossible.

Now they wanted it to help refine pills; everyone thought it absolutely impossible, never dreaming that things would change so quickly.

And 'Cauldron Cauldron'... Cauldron your sister!

You are a dignified sacred artifact, the guardian deity of the academy... Can you have some dignity?

Lu Feng was about to go mad.

Earlier, when he had invited it, it was as arrogant as could be, even threatening to smelt him into slag in no time. Now, it was rubbing its cauldron body against Zhang Xuan, looking as if afraid he might get angry...

The gap between people was just too great!

"Done!" Having subdued the Golden Origin Cauldron, Zhang Xuan smiled as he looked over.

Even if it was a sacred artifact, it certainly had flaws. With the Library of Heaven's Path taking action, he directly found them, and then promised to help it upgrade its grade. Subduing it was very simple.

"Principal... impressive!"

His face flushed red, Zhao Bingxu held back for a long time before giving a thumbs up.

He had no choice but to admire. This principal always exceeded expectations, astonishing everyone. Perhaps he truly could lead the Master Teacher Academy further and further, even making it the foremost among the four academies.

"Master, this fellow is bent on harming you. Should I smelt him into slag?"

Having been subdued, the Golden Origin Cauldron began to think for its master, sending a fierce intent, staring at Lu Feng not far away.

It had seen how cocky this fellow was earlier. As the master was the grandmaster, he might overlook the faults of a junior, but it would not.

"Senior..."

Lu Feng's face turned as pale as paper.

The Golden Origin Cauldron was the guardian sacred artifact of the Master Teacher Academy, its status equivalent to an ancestor. Even if it really smelted him into slag, even Master Mu could say nothing.

"Who's your senior? Call me grandpa!" the Golden Origin Cauldron snorted coldly.

"I..." On the verge of tears, Lu Feng hurriedly looked at Master Mu, hoping he would help uphold justice.

Master Mu shook his head: "Senior Golden Origin Cauldron is right. You falsely accused a master teacher and ruined someone's reputation. I will compile today's events into a detailed report and submit it to headquarters. Without a doubt, your position as dean of the Alchemy Academy will be lost, and you may even have your master teacher qualification revoked!"

"Revoke my master teacher qualification?"

His face instantly turned ashen. Lu Feng felt his legs go weak, nearly collapsing to the ground.

Having his position as Alchemy Dean revoked was expected, but once his master teacher qualification was revoked, his life's work would all go down the drain.

Seeing him like this, Master Mu sighed: "A master teacher teaches by precept and example, and serves as a model for others. For your own selfish desires, you falsely accused someone without ascertaining the facts, violating the requirements and ethics of a 'teacher'. I cannot help you with this matter; you have only yourself to blame!"

Having said that, he shook his head.

If they had listened to his words and not given Master Zhang a chance to explain, a great disaster would surely have occurred.

Keeping him would only make him a black sheep among master teachers; it would be better to expel him.

"Yes!"

His face turned deathly pale. This man, who just an hour ago was riding high, thinking the dean position was already in his grasp, a six-star upper-grade master teacher and half-step Soul Aperture realm expert, was now utterly dejected, devoid of any spirit.

In his contest with Zhang Xuan, he had lost, utterly defeated.

"Chen Chengxun, you listened to others' words and failed to distinguish right from wrong. From today, you are relieved of your position as Formation Dean, pending headquarters' decision!"

After dealing with Lu Feng, Master Mu turned to Chen Chengxun.

Although Dean Chen had not made a major mistake, colluding with Lu Feng to frame Master Zhang was no small offense.

"Yes!" Not daring to refute, Chen Chengxun nodded.

"As for Dong Xin, as a student of the Master Teacher Academy, instead of studying diligently and setting an example for new students, she participated in the academy's infighting, becoming a tool for Lu Feng to frame Master Zhang. Without ascertaining the facts, she reported to the academy, nearly causing a major mistake... From today, her student status is revoked. In other words, you are expelled!"

Master Mu waved his hand again.

Now that Zhang Xuan's innocence was cleared and he had become the academy's principal, those who had framed him had to be dealt with. Otherwise, if anyone could frame him at will, what kind of order would that be?

A principal must have dignity and status; not just anyone could slander him.

Although Dong Xin claimed to have seen it with her own eyes, the reason Lu Feng and Chen Chengxun were punished was because of her information. As a master teacher, reporting without verifying the truth of the matter was itself problematic.

She had to be severely punished.

"Yes!"

Her face dark, Dong Xin clasped her fists.

She had thought she had found Zhang Xuan's weakness and could give him a hard time, but instead... she had become a junior of the junior generation and was expelled.

Although leaving the academy, she was still a six-star master teacher, but... the connections she had built over the years in the academy all turned to ashes. With this stain, her future path of advancement would not be so easy.

"Among the four of us, Hu Yaoyao was the cleverest!"

She sighed.

The four societies competed with each other. Thinking back, Hu Yaoyao was the smartest, becoming Master Zhang's apprentice, instantly transforming into the principal's disciple... This identity would make everything smooth sailing for her future cultivation and higher-level assessments, and the others could no longer compare.

"Dean Zhang, is this handling acceptable?"

After dealing with these people, Master Mu turned around.

He did not address him as 'Uncle Master' but as 'Dean Zhang', indicating his stance: first, not to overstep his authority, and second, not to show favoritism.

"This... alright!" Zhang Xuan nodded.

In fact, according to his own thoughts, it would have been fine to just confiscate the spirit stones from the three and not punish them further, since they couldn't cause any trouble anyway. Now, with qualifications revoked and expulsions, he had nothing left to say.

"I still have matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave... Cauldron Cauldron, come with me!"

Knowing that staying would only be awkward, Zhang Xuan flicked his wrist, stowing the Golden Origin Cauldron into his storage ring, and took his leave from the crowd.

Returning to his residence, he sent Sun Qiang to the Xuan Xuan Society to invite Master Lu Dan and the others, while he himself went to the Alchemist Academy.

Earlier, when he had contacted headquarters, they said they would send the Continuation Grass; counting the time, it should be about due.

Arriving at the Alchemist Academy, he found his way easily, and indeed, the promised medicinal herbs had arrived a few days earlier.

It was said that the person delivering the medicine wanted to hand it to him personally, waited a day but couldn't find him, and had to leave disappointed.

Taking the Continuation Grass, he was about to return to his courtyard to check on Wei Ruyan's condition when Luo Qiqi came up to him.

"Teacher, you're back!"

Seeing him appear, Luo Qiqi's eyes lit up.

"Master Zhang!"

Behind the girl followed several people: Yu Fei'er, Xing Yuan, Wu Zhen, Ye Qian, and others.

At this moment, Yu Fei'er, Xing Yuan, and the others had all made great breakthroughs in strength, reaching the Unity Realm like Luo Qiqi.

It seemed Zhao Bingxu's marrow cleansing had greatly benefited them, and their recent seclusion had yielded remarkable progress.

"Not bad at all!"

Zhang Xuan smiled.

Although he had had some conflicts with these people before, after experiencing life and death in the underground palace, they had developed a different bond. Seeing them advance now filled him with relief and joy.

"Zhang Xuan, I said I would repay my bet when I came back. Here are three top-grade spirit stones; the extra is compensation for these days!"

Yu Fei'er stepped forward, handing over a jade box containing three top-grade spirit stones, their spiritual energy surging, their aura astonishing.

She had never won a bet with this Zhang Xuan, and had even become his maidservant. Although... she had never actually performed any maidservant duties, the bet was still settled.

As a princess, returning to the palace, and with her breakthrough to the Unity Realm, a few top-grade spirit stones were easy to come by.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony..."

As for spirit stones, the more the better for Zhang Xuan. With a flip of his hand, he stored them in his storage ring.

"Master Zhang, we've heard about what happened in the academy. Did the deans... give you a hard time?"

Xing Yuan and Wu Zhen looked at him.

When they emerged from seclusion, the most talked-about topic was this Master Zhang's affairs. He had caused several academies to be completely paralyzed, and even engaged in a life-and-death duel with a vice dean... In just half a month, this Master Zhang had stirred up more commotion in the academy than they had in several years.

"No," Zhang Xuan smiled, seeing their genuine concern.

"That's good!"

Relieved to hear that the academy had not made things difficult, everyone relaxed. Yu Fei'er came forward, biting her lip, hesitating for a moment: "My father wants to see you."

"Father? The Emperor of the Hongyuan Empire?" Zhang Xuan was startled.

Yu Fei'er was the Sixth Princess; her father was naturally the reigning emperor of the Hongyuan Empire.

"Yes," Yu Fei'er nodded.

"When?" Zhang Xuan was taken aback.

"He invites you... to attend tonight's banquet!" Yu Fei'er said.

"Why does he invite me?" Zhang Xuan was puzzled.

He was just a four-star master teacher. Although he had caused some stir in the academy, it shouldn't warrant a personal invitation from the emperor of an empire, should it?

"Prince Huai personally gave you a grand mansion, you want to take me as a maidservant, you've caused such a big commotion in the academy, and even emptied the entire Spirit Materials Pavilion... Naturally, Father wants to see you," Yu Fei'er snorted.

As the emperor of a first-class empire, if he hadn't heard about this Zhang Xuan, who had nearly torn down the entire imperial capital, he would truly be too incompetent.

Moreover, the other party had taken his daughter as a maidservant. Even if Yu Fei'er didn't mention it, as the emperor, he could find out.

"This..."

Zhang Xuan scratched his head: "Alright, but I need to refine pills. If I have time today, I'll come over..."

Since he was staying in the Hongyuan Empire, he couldn't avoid this first-class empire's emperor. Meeting him wouldn't be a big deal.

"It's settled then. The banquet is waiting for you, at the palace. Here's the invitation," Yu Fei'er said with a light smile, taking out an invitation and handing it over.

"Mm!"

Zhang Xuan casually took it and put it into his ring.

Taking leave of Yu Fei'er, Luo Qiqi, and the others, Zhang Xuan had just returned to his residence when he saw Sun Qiang rushing up to him with an anxious expression.

"Young master, something's wrong... The ten-leaf flower you planted in the courtyard has... all its colors changed!"

"Mm!"

Zhang Xuan casually took it and put it into his ring.