Chapter 1289 Return to the Heavenly Path Institute (2)
Elsewhere-in an important place of the Rain Clan.
“He’s gone again?”
An old man—whose white hair almost filled up the entire room like a spider’s webwidened his eyes to such an extent that even the wrinkles on his face were flattened. He said in utmost shock, “How did he do it?”
The Rain Emperor and Emperor Que looked at him with a mix of shock and suspicion. They knew that Elder Yuan would never make any mistakes; it seemed to be an unprecedented situation.
“Did the Ancestral God of the Heaven Path Institute take action?” The Rain Emperor narrowed his eyes solemnly.
“He was last seen in the territory of the Heaven Path Institute according to our information…” Emperor Que’s eyes were glittering. If the Heaven Path Institute’s Ancestral God was involved, he must have witnessed the battle between him and Su Ping, and yet he didn’t feel anything. Is that the power of an Ancestral God?
He looked forward to advancing even more.
In the Heaven Path Institute.
The void was split open and Su Ping walked out to stand before the gates of the Heaven Path Institute; a lot of students wearing the school uniform were passing by.
He experienced a strange sense of familiarity. He smiled and went to the temple where he lived and cultivated.
“Huh? Who’s that junior brother?”
“Hush, don’t talk nonsense. His level is higher than yours, what junior brother? You should call him senior brother.”
“Why is he flying? Does he not know that all airspace movement has been forbidden because Master Zong and Senior Sister Tan are teaching today?”
Many students noticed Su Ping who was flying at the moment. They were surprised and unhappy; some were even gloating as they waited for the likely outcome.
“Stop!”
Soon after Su Ping flew toward his temple-a team of people wearing silver uniforms intercepted him. “Which academy are you from? What’s your name? Don’t you know that flying is forbidden today?” A silver-armored young man looked at Su Ping angrily. He didn’t bother being polite, even though he noticed how Su Ping’s aura was different from that of ordinary students; after all, no one without a powerful background could become a law enforcer in the Heaven Path Institute.
“There’s an airspace ban?”
Su Ping was stunned. “Why?”
“Why? Because Elder Zong is teaching today. Descend and report your name; the punishment won’t be severe if you’re a first offender. But if you’ve done this before… Humph!”
“Huh?”
Su Ping didn’t expect to run into such trouble the moment he got back. However, he liked the Heaven Path Institute; after all, the institute had once stepped in on his behalf, at the cost of offending the Rain Clan.
“Fine.”
Su Ping landed obediently and reported his name when they asked again.
“Su Ping? Let me see your badge. I have to confirm.”
Su Ping instantly handed over his token.
“Huh?”
The silver-armored enforcer checked the badge, only to discover that it was locked. He tried to open it, but he was informed that he didn’t have authorization to read the target’s information.
“What’s going on?” The young man was shocked and suspicious. He gazed at Su Ping, wondering why his clearance wasn’t good enough.
Except for mentors in the institute, only the honorable or the special students had higher permissions than him.
Such individuals either had powerful backgrounds or an extraordinary talent…
Noticing that the guy was staring at him, Su Ping asked gently, “Is everything in order?”
The young enforcer snapped out of his pondering and changed his attitude. “Sorry for wasting your time.” He then quickly led his squad away.
“Huh?”
Su Ping was puzzled, but didn’t give it much thought as he saw them leave. Since flying was impossible, he was forced to walk back.
He passed a square as he made his way toward the temple, where he saw that a lot of students gathered. There was an old man seated in the void with Dao Patterns surging out. He was giving a lecture!
Su Ping observed further and found that the old man was probably also a God Emperor. The pressure he sensed made him close his pores and instinctively become vigilant.
There are indeed a lot of powerful people in the Heaven Path Institute. No wonder they’re not afraid of a high-ranked clan, Su Ping thought.
He stood at the edge of the crowd and listened quietly.
The man’s interpretation was rather easy to follow. He parsed a Dao Glyph into 108 Dao Patterns and explained them one by one.
This is too detailed. He can probably only cover four to five Dao Patterns in a day. I’d have to listen for an entire month if I want to learn the entire Dao Glyph.
Su Ping had already grasped the Dao Pattern being taught by the senior. He saw how the guy droned away and felt a little bit bored.
He then looked around, only to discover that the other listeners were all devoted and fascinated.
A long time passed. The old man stopped after finishing three Dao Patterns and handed over the stage to a girl.
“It’s Senior Sister Tan!”
“Senior Sister Tan is a true role model of the Heaven Path Institute. It’s said that she’s already stronger than normal mentors after barely spending fifty years of studies here. She condensed four small worlds!”
“You don’t say. Senior Sister Tan is even on the Chaos Talents Rank.”
“Senior Sister Tan is so awesome. She’s explaining Dao Patterns along with Elder Zong. I couldn’t even understand, but Senior Sister Tan is able to teach us.”
“The differences between us are too many to count!”
While everybody whispered—the girl in midair raised her hand and pressed it down with a solemn attitude. All the students fell quiet.
The girl instantly sat down. She went over the three Dao Patterns taught by Elder Zong with examples and her own understanding, so that it would be easier for the students to follow.
Su Ping felt a headache when he heard her talk about the same topics. He had already found the previous old man boring with his roundabout explanations, and now that young girl turned out to be just as uninteresting.
Time to go.
Su Ping shook his head. Not wishing to stay any longer, he simply went up the mountain taking the stairs near the square.
“Huh?”
The young lecturer noticed from the corner of her eye how a man left the crowd; she couldn’t help but narrow her eyes. That kind of lecture didn’t happen every day; it was a benefit and an opportunity for all students.
The usual would be for many students to gather for such lectures. How come this guy left when I’m interpreting Elder Zong’s teachings?
Am I a terrible lecturer?
Being a top genius, she wouldn’t question herself that easily; the situation simply made her unhappy. She thought that her understanding was great and anybody with the slightest wisdom could grasp it in time if they followed her methodology.
The guy had probably left because he didn’t understand, or because he was too lazy.
A mere human being… Humph! The girl withdrew her gaze and no longer bothered to think about him.
Su Ping walked all the way back to his temple.
The bored maid was sitting outside the temple. Her eyes widened when she saw him return. “Y-You’re back?”
“Yes.” Considering how shocked she was, Su Ping touched his own face and asked, “Does being handsome mean something else to
gods?”
“Huh?” The maid felt lost, as she clearly didn’t understand what Su Ping meant. She snapped back two seconds later and said, “Everyone said that the Rain Clan killed you to avenge their prince. H-How did you come back?”
“On foot,” Su Ping said, “Did the word spread this far? Even you heard the news.”
“It’s all over the institute.” The maid suddenly thought of something and said, “Right, the elders said that you should go to the Elders’ Hall immediately if you come back. Wait, they asked me to hand you a message as soon as possible.”
In a flurry of movement, she found her badge and quickly activated it.
She quickly sent a message in godly language.
Dazed for a moment, Su Ping asked, “Why?”
“I don’t know.” The maid stored the badge and looked at Su Ping up and down as if he were an exotic creature.
Su Ping felt rather helpless under her gaze. He said, “Have you never seen a human being, or have you never seen one as handsome as me?”
The maid felt amused and chuckled for a bit, but soon her smile was gone. She explained, “The bigshots in the institute said that you made it to the Chaos Talents Rank; I just wanted to find out what a figure as talented as Senior Sister Tan is like.”
