Chapter 52 – Conflict (1/2)

Chapter 52 – Conflict

“What now?” The less privileged students in the classroom had their eyes set on Ye Wei, some of them were happy for him, but most of them were rejoicing when they heard of his misfortune and then were jealous of his recent fame.

Ye Wei was the punching bag of junior class three, whoever was having a bad day would lash out at him verbally and sometimes even physically. Being at the bottom of the class, that kind of bullying was not justified, but it was common; his classmates would look the other way and talk about it during breaks.

Who would have thought that this one star Student had the potential to become a Runemaster? Some of Ye Wei’s classmates were happy that he finally got out of the toxic cycle of being bullied while the others were envious that Lin Zi Yan was on his side since he showcased his newfound talent. Some people can’t be happy about the good fortune of others.

The rest just liked the drama. They looked forward to what the tutor had to say about how Ye Wei skipped school for three days in a row, and if Du Ming Ze was going to continue bullying him now that school was starting again.

At this time, only the upper class and martial families had heard about what happened in the Ye family arena a few days ago. The vast majority of South Star students were oblivious of the duel, and how even the Du Patriarch was afraid to cross Ye Wei now. They thought the Du family was still what they were before the break.

“Ye Wei skipped school three days in a row! Xiao Qi is definitely going to bring it up during the class meeting and make it sound worse than it is. I wonder what his punishment will be!”

“But he is Lin Zi Yan’s pet now. I don’t think he will be punished that much. He will probably just get detention or something like that. Du Ming Ze might give him a rough time though!”

“He brought it onto himself, all he did was answered a couple of questions correctly. Do you really think he will get lucky again? The monthly assessment is in two weeks, and he is still a one star Student! Ha ha! I look forward to seeing him getting the worst grade again!”

The quiet gossip continued as the class was hesitant to tease him openly, but they couldn’t wait to see how the drama was going to unfold and laugh at him when everything goes south.

Cao Ning waved, “Ye Wei! Come over here!” He was worried sick. Having sat next to Ye Wei in class for years, he was one of the few real friends Ye Wei had.

When Du Ming Ze and his little gang raided Ye Wei’s room, Cao Ning was close by Ye Wei’s dormitory, so he saw them entering Ye Wei’s room and heard the noise they made.

“What’s up?” Ye Wei hid his anger and replied with a casual smile. He walked to his seat and sat himself down, slightly confused about Cao Ning’s anxious tone. Ye Wei saw Cao Ning as his closest friend in class; he was not going to let his negative emotions affect their friendship.

“How can you be smiling?” Cao Ning covered his earnest face with his hand frustrated by Ye Wei’s carefree attitude.

“What’s up? We’re having a class meeting soon that’s what!” Cao Ning was struggling to empathize with Ye Wei as he continued to rant in a serious tone, “You know about our class tutor’s temper! You skipped school without telling anyone, three whole days! Do you think he will let you off?”

Cao Ning was a bit grouchy from having nothing but studying and training on his schedule for the past few days. His eyes were slightly bloodshot from the lack of sleep. “The monthly assessment is in two weeks, and you’re skipping school while we were preparing for it during class! Miss Zi Yan saw something in you from what I could see… Aren’t you afraid to let her down? What would she think if you came in last again.”

““Oh! About that…” Ye Wei rubbed his nose and replied with an awkward smile. He had completely forgotten about it.

The assessment was split into three parts. Part one was a rune knowledge test. Part two was a cultivation level check, and part three was a real combat test. Thinking about it, Ye Wei was not worried about any aspects of the assessment. He passed Master Yi’s written exam with a perfect score. He couldn’t yet compete with the other gifted kids of his age due to his late start, but his four star cultivation was more than impressive when stacked up against everyone else in his class. Furthermore, Ye Wei’s body had been strengthened by cosmic energy, the high Myst level cultivation formula, and Fiery Sun Quencher pills. He didn’t know it yet, but he could probably beat a five star Student in a duel.

Cao Ning patted Ye Wei’s shoulder and said, “It is pretty tight, but you still have two weeks, you should start caring about it! Miss Zi Yan knows about your situation. I don’t think she expects you to do that well, but at least don’t come in last. You could really use a teacher on your side right now!” Ye Wei had a moment of clarity, but Cao Ning misinterpreted his facial expression as a blank out due to panic.

“Coming in last?” Ye Wei smiled bitterly. He was agitated by the frustrating memories of coming last throughout the three years he was at South Star Academy. ‘It won’t happen again…’ He thought.