Chapter 79: You Don't Have a Strong Heart!

"Ridiculous! In the Danwu Academy, no one has ever dared to talk about killing so openly. You've got some nerve!"

Seeing Ye Yuan so arrogant, everyone found it laughable.

In the Danwu Academy, you could fight, you could even arrange a life-or-death duel, but no one had ever dared to speak of killing so brazenly.

In their eyes, Ye Yuan was naturally putting on a show, trying to scare them off with threats.

Ye Yuan twirled his sword and said coldly, "Since that's the case, there's nothing to discuss. I'll have to finish off the watchdogs before dealing with the master."

With that, Ye Yuan didn't hesitate. He thrust his sword and charged into the group.

Executing the Falling Flower Drifting Sword, his entire body became a blur, weaving among them.

These stewards were all at the ninth layer of Yuan Qi, nearly invincible in the Danwu Academy except for heaven-ranked students and Lin Tiancheng, who was at half-step Liquid Realm.

But at this moment, they lamentably found that they couldn't even touch a corner of Ye Yuan's clothes.

Ye Yuan's movements were agile and ethereal, like falling petals, leaving no trace.

These steward students were, after all, at the ninth layer of Yuan Qi, three minor realms above Ye Yuan, so defeating them wasn't easy.

Ye Yuan could have used brute force against them, but he didn't want to reveal his trump card too early.

In the entire academy, apart from Feng Ruoqing seeing him use Eightfold Wave when he killed Zhang Heng, no one knew he could use it.

Lin Tiancheng was at half-step Liquid Realm, almost a full major realm above Ye Yuan. It wouldn't be good if he learned of Ye Yuan's trump card in advance.

Using the Falling Flower Drifting Sword saved Yuan Qi and lulled the opponent into complacency—why not?

Though Ye Yuan was furious, he hadn't lost his reason.

Having lived two lives, if he lacked even this much cunning, he would have lived in vain.

The Falling Flower Drifting Sword was created in imitation of falling petals, emphasizing following the wind and nature, being graceful and natural, and very economical with Yuan Qi.

Of course, the Falling Flower Drifting Sword had its flaw: insufficient attack power.

But in this situation, Ye Yuan didn't need high attack power.

Using his agile and graceful footwork, he occasionally inflicted injuries on these students, and over time, their combat effectiveness dropped significantly.

"Ouch! My arm!"

"Ah! My thigh!"

Cries of pain rang out incessantly. Unbeknownst to them, these steward students had all sustained considerable injuries.

"What kind of monster is this guy? At the sixth layer of Yuan Qi, he's this strong!"

"Stop! Stop! We surrender!"

"Yes, stop! We surrender!"

Once one person took the lead, the others' spirits collapsed, and they quickly laid down their arms.

Having broken through to the sixth layer of Yuan Qi, Ye Yuan could hardly find an opponent within the Yuan Qi realm.

Ye Yuan naturally wasn't insane enough to kill everyone. Seeing their willingness to back down, he expressionlessly dropped his sword and walked toward the inner courtyard.

Grabbing a student working in the inner courtyard, he forced him to lead the way to Lin Tiancheng's residence.

Ye Yuan kicked open the door, but the room was empty—Lin Tiancheng was gone.

The back window was wide open; Lin Tiancheng had clearly escaped from there.

Ye Yuan sneered, took out a stick of soul-tracing incense, grabbed a book from the desk, lit it, and the incense turned into a wisp of smoke, drifting away with the wind.

Martial artists have strong souls. Places they frequent retain their soul aura, and soul-tracing incense can identify and track this aura.

Powerful martial artists can conceal their soul aura when fleeing, so soul-tracing incense isn't very useful. Ye Yuan had only studied it for fun in his past life.

But Lin Tiancheng clearly didn't know how to conceal his soul aura. No matter where he fled, it was useless.

…

Ye Yuan's performance truly surprised Lin Tiancheng. Seven or eight ninth-layer Yuan Qi cultivators, and he had defeated them like cutting through vegetables!

Though he didn't think Ye Yuan could actually defeat him, at least Ye Yuan now had the strength to contend with him!

Lin Tiancheng was the typical bully who feared the strong, so he chose to flee.

Ye Yuan had already caused chaos in the Miscellaneous Affairs Office. Once the instructors learned of this, he would surely be expelled, so there was no need to fight to the death with Ye Yuan.

He was now going to the back mountain to report to the instructor!

"What a brainless fool! So what if he's a genius? Isn't he still being toyed with by me, Lin Tiancheng?" Thinking of his cleverness, Lin Tiancheng couldn't hide his smug smile.

In his smugness, Lin Tiancheng didn't notice a wisp of smoke circling above his head before disappearing.

The next moment, Lin Tiancheng's smile froze on his face, because his path was blocked—by none other than the detestable Ye Yuan!

How is this possible?

How did he know I was here?

Ye Yuan stood before him, expression cold, not hiding his murderous intent.

For some reason, looking into Ye Yuan's eyes, Lin Tiancheng felt fear in his heart.

"Ye Yuan, don't push me too far! Do you really think I'm afraid of you?" Lin Tiancheng roared, trying to mask his guilt.

"Wasn't it you who pushed me? Congratulations, you've successfully angered me. And the price is... your life!" Ye Yuan said slowly, without any emotion.

"Haha, you're so ignorant! Have you forgotten where this is? The Danwu Academy has never allowed students to kill each other; violators are executed! Do you think you can defy the academy rules alone?" Lin Tiancheng laughed loudly.

Ye Yuan shook his head and sighed, "You're just like that guy from the herb garden, treating the academy rules as your shield, right? It's because of rules like these that you dare to lay hands on those close to me, isn't it?"

Hearing Ye Yuan's sigh, Lin Tiancheng suddenly felt a chill rise from the depths of his heart, an ominous feeling lingering.

"You... what did you do to Zhang Heng?"

"Don't you already know the answer?" Ye Yuan said calmly, as if it were a trivial matter.

Lin Tiancheng shrieked like a cat with its tail stepped on, "You... you really killed Zhang Heng? You actually dared to kill! Are you crazy? You'll be executed! Hahaha, Ye Yuan, you're dead!"

Ye Yuan sighed again and said, "How pathetic. Always talking about academy rules. No wonder you can never pass the earth-level advancement assessment. Because you... don't have a strong heart!"

Lin Tiancheng shuddered. Ye Yuan's words struck his soul, exposing his weakest point!

"You think being the chief disciple of the Miscellaneous Affairs Office is glorious, but it's actually a sign of weakness. How many students who passed the earth-level assessment came from the Miscellaneous Affairs Office? When I came to kill you, you let your subordinates die for you, and then you fled without even fighting. You were going to tell the instructor about my rampage, weren't you? You're nothing but a coward! Someone like you can never become a true strong one."

Ye Yuan's words were like hammers, pounding Lin Tiancheng's spirit, making it hard for him to breathe.