“What? You’re already making a pledge of marriage, yet you’re still afraid of being teased about it?” Xiao Wei said. He seemed to be in a good mood.
If news about an elder like him spending three days waiting for Xiang Shaoyun was to spread, all the disciples would be shocked. Every single one of the academy elders had the authority to select personal disciples, and each of them treated the disciples with complete indifference.
However, Xiao Wei had actually spent three days waiting for Xiang Shaoyun. One ought to admit that he had honored Xiang Shaoyun greatly. Xiang Shaoyun straightened his spine and replied, “Of course I’m not afraid. She’s already my woman. Nobody will be able to take her away from me.”
“That’s more like it. As a man, you have to act on your words,” said Xiao Wei with a gratified look. “Come with me. The principal wishes to see you.”
Xiang Shaoyun blanked out for a bit and asked. “Oh? He’s not going to punish me for something, right?”
He still remembered how the last time he had met the principal, they had parted on bad terms. He had been tossed to the Back Graveyard as punishment. It was something he still remembered even now.
“It doesn’t matter if he’s going to punish you. Do you dare to reject the principal’s summons?” Xiao Wei said, his tone stern.
“How would I dare? Fine, let’s go,” said Xiang Shaoyun with a look of someone prepared to throw all caution to the wind.
“Come on. This should be something good for you,” said Xiao Wei. They then left together.
Soon, Xiang Shaoyun arrived at the meeting hall once again. This time, there were fewer people. Only the principal and the grand guardians could be seen.
Xiang Shaoyun maintained complete calmness as he saluted them, “Greetings, principal and elders.”
“Alright, enough with the greetings.” A gold-haired old man appeared before Xiang Shaoyun and went straight to the point, “Kid, tell me. How have you fused nine powers together?”
Xiang Shaoyun had not expected that this was why they had summoned him. He blanked out momentarily before answering, “I just train, and train, and suddenly, they fused.”
There was no way he was going to tell them about his astral cosmos sea, or he would land himself in more trouble. If he did that, these geezers might just dissect him to study him. Naturally, his answer caused the elders to turn ghastly. Giving that kind of answer was the same as not answering.
“Kid, be honest. How did you do it? Fusing nine different powers is not the same as the Five Elemental Physique where the five powers can fuse together naturally. The five elements reinforce and counteract each other. However, it has always been impossible to fuse wind, lightning, light, and darkness with the five elements. That was why nobody has ever succeeded in cultivating nine powers,” said the purple-haired old man.
“That’s right. Kid, tell us. You will be the creator of a massive miracle, and we will be able to nurture even more powerful combatants in the future,” said the heroic man.
“Young man, we will award you 100 million contribution points. What do you think?” the beauty tried to entice him.
Xiang Shaoyun’s heartbeat accelerated when he heard the offer. He mused, Holy shit, how many years can that many contribution points last me?
Even the principal joined in, “Shaoyun, tell us. We won’t mistreat you.”
After thinking about it, Xiang Shaoyun answered, “It had really happened suddenly when I was training.”
His response made them even more impatient. None of them were three years old. They would never believe such a lie. They really wanted to study Xiang Shaoyun on the spot to find out how he had done it. They had plenty of ways to force the truth out of him. However, they were unwilling to do that since they didn’t want to make things difficult for the gravekeeper elder.
While they were in thought, Xiang Shaoyun put forth a request, “Lords, I wish to see the gravekeeper elder.”
They all blanked out, but then the purple-haired old man straightforwardly agreed, “Alright, that’s a good idea. We’ll take you to him.”
The others did not object. They knew the purple-haired old man had agreed because he believed Xiang Shaoyun would tell the gravekeeper elder the secret. Since the gravekeeper elder was basically an academy guardian, he would most definitely share the secret as well. Thus, they would all ultimately benefit.
The group went to the Back Graveyard with Xiang Shaoyun. Xiao Wei, who had witnessed everything, exclaimed inwardly, This kid sure is gutsy.
A trace of admiration rose within his heart. Which disciple would dare speak with the grand elders like that? Even elders like Xiao Wei showed extreme obedience before these grand elders, unlike this kid who dared to lie right in their faces.
Soon, they arrived at the Back Graveyard. There, they headed straight to the gravekeeper elder’s residence. This journey allowed Xiang Shaoyun to witness the academy’s imposing side.
Even their graveyard was incredibly extensive—each tomb was akin to a richly luxurious palace. Just from that, the amount of respect the Dragon Phoenix Academy accorded to their dead heroes was evident.
Before they could reach the gravekeeper elder’s place, they found the elder leisurely sweeping the ground before a certain tomb.
They all stopped and offered their greetings, “We greet the gravekeeper elder.”
Xiang Shaoyun was incredibly shocked to see all the grand elders salute the gravekeeper elder. He had never expected the gravekeeper elder to occupy such a high position. He had always thought that the gravekeeper elder was merely an extraordinary elder that was incomparable in status with these grand elders.
But now, it would seem he had been grossly mistaken. The gravekeeper elder stopped sweeping, glanced at them with his empty eyes, and spoke without opening his mouth, “Why are you bringing him here again?”
The gravekeeper elder did not usually speak. Even these grand elders had always thought he was blind and couldn’t speak. They had only learned that he could speak not long ago. He simply wasn’t willing to talk.
“Gravekeeper elder, Xiang Shaoyun requested to see you, so we brought him here,” said the principal.
“Oh. Fine, he can stay. All of you, leave,” said the gravekeeper elder as he waved his hand.
The grand elders and the principal did not dare to refuse and left.
But before leaving, the purple-haired old man said through voice transmission, “Gravekeeper elder, this kid has fused nine powers. I hope you can figure out the secret behind it. This will be a great contribution to the academy.”
