Chapter 51 – Return To South Star (2/2)

‘Unfortunately, obtaining them was easier said than done, Welkin leaves are simply too rare. Their rarity means Master Yi’s influence would not make the search any easier. Even if he managed to get ahold of some and wake up cousin Zhong, a full recovery of his Sentient is not guaranteed. If his Sentient didn’t fully recover would cousin Zhong be able to accept that…’ Ye Wei was distracted by the countless possibilities.

“I will do everything I can to help your recovery cousin Zhong, and I will find a way to fix your Sentient!” Ye Wei looked at Ye Zhong as he mumbled and closed the door.

Ye Wei then returned to his room to finish packing. With the help of some guards, he loaded his luggage into the horse carriage and left for South Star Academy soon after.

Ye Zheng Qing wanted Ye Wei to take the quicker and more comfortable beast carriage back to school because a legacy apprentice deserved a bit of luxury, especially now that Ye family was financially secure. The Ye Patriarch could afford to get Ye Wei a new beast carriage.

However, Ye Wei turned it down. He didn’t want to be too flashy and draw too much attention, so he opted for an ordinary horse carriage.

South Star Academy students were mostly from ordinary families. Martial families preferred home education as they usually had an established system to train the youngsters, unless it was an unusual circumstance.

In Ye Wei’s case, he had to go to South Star Academy because the Ye family’s system would not work on someone with a red Sentient; for Joe Yin, the Joe family’s system was too rough and physical for girls.

And all the other marital families’ children and talented South Star students were there under the same instruction: “Learn the Pole Star Finger!”.

Only three powers had possession of high level Myst stance in Green Moon City; they were the City Lord, Master Yi, and South Star Academy.

The City Lord’s Myst stance was passed down from the Zhou Dynasty under the strict order directly from the royal family that it shall never be taught to outsiders; Master Yi’s Myst stance was passed down from the Holy Conservatory, and he would only teach it to his legacy apprentice.

The only way for a civilian to learn a Myst stance was through South Star Academy. The founder of South Star created the stance in his youth. Every top ranked students had one chance to challenge the Emerald Flaming Maze, and the stance was passed down to whoever could get through the gauntlet perfectly. In the recent decades only a handful of student overcame the challenge and got their hands on this powerful stance.

“Thank you! You can just drop me off here!” Ye Wei got off the carriage and gave the coachman a nice handful of silver.

“Greatly appreciated!” The coachman smiled and respectfully bowed towards Ye Wei. With the generous tip, he would buy a bottle of fine rice wine at The Drunken Hermit when he got off work. ‘Unbelievable! Even with this kind of fame, little Wei is still so caring and kind!’ The Ye family’s uprising made the Ye mansion as busy as a marketplace, to the point where people from martial families were even starting to bribe the Ye’s servants for inside information.

The students at South Star had not seen each other for a whole week, and a lot of them were excited to see each other again, so they had stayed at the school gate to chat and catch up.

Ye Wei was only carrying two hand size suitcases, which allowed him to slip through groups of students without anyone noticing. He then followed the crowded path back to his room.

All classes had a mandatory meeting on the evening students return from their break. Ye Wei’s plan was to finish unpacking his room and tidy up before heading to the meeting; however, after seeing the state of his room, his plans were going to have to change. As he stepped foot through the door and looked around him, he became furious. His fists were clenched, and his knuckles cracked.

The table was in pieces, and the floor was covered by ripped clothes. His blanket and bed stank pungently of piss.

‘Who did this!?’ Ye Wei said fumingly.

‘Was it Xiao Qi?’ The first person he suspected was the infamous class bully. ‘No… no, It can’t be him, he stopped being irritating to me ever since I answered those questions correctly in Yi Yan’s lecture. He doesn’t have the courage to come after me. But I don’t see who else would do it!’ He was convinced Xiao Qi was guilty, or at least had something to do with the vandalism.

‘Whoever you are, I will make you pay!’ Ye Wei was not in the best mood. If he wanted it his way, he would have stayed by Ye Zhong’s side until he heard from Master Yi, Lin Zi Yan, or anyone to bring news about the Welkin Leaves.

Ye Wei took a deep breath then left his room.

Ye Wei slammed the classroom door open only to find out Xiao Qi was not there.

The students from martial families were wealthy, and they usually went out together for food at a random restaurant close to the academy, whereas the students from ordinary families would stay in the classroom and chat.

With both his parents working at the academy as senior instructors, Xiao Qi was probably enjoying a cage of dim sum with his friends.