Chapter 57 – Sealed (1/2)

Chapter 57 – Sealed

An elegant fragrance struck Ye Wei as he entered Lin Zi Yan’s front yard. Curious to find out what it was, he walked towards the mini flower garden to the side where the smell came from.

The source of the fragrance were purple tulips. They were surrounded by different exotic flowers. Ye Wei remembered seeing the same purple tulips embroidered on Lin Zi Yan‘s clothes and wondered what it represented.

Ye Wei took a deep breath and was refreshed by the sweet scent that reminded him of Zi Yan and her elegance.

He then turned around and looked up. The doors were shut, but Lin Zi Yan did once say that he was welcome to visit anytime. With that in mind, he walked up and gently knocked twice.

“What’s going on? Is she not home?” Ye Wei was puzzled because it was way after the last class of the day had ended.

All of a sudden a violent disturbance of Qi was felt by Ye Wei. He felt that it came from the second floor where her training room should be located. The wave hit him internally, and it disrupted both his Qi and blood circulation. The rusty taste of blood was in his mouth suddenly.

‘What was that? How come a Qi wave of that magnitude came from Zi Yan’s house?’

“She just became a Warrior less than a month ago. This is not something that came from Lin Zi Yan. These escalating violent Qi waves feel more like the clash of Qi in a battle!’

Afraid that Zi Yan was under attack, Ye Wei’s face turned ashen. He worryingly rushed towards the front door and tried to open it.

With a huge bang, the doors glowed. The runes inscribed onto the doors shone and repelled him. Ye Wei was knocked off balance and forced to take a few steps back.

These houses were secured by a runic system installed by the academy to stop unwanted persons from entering. Only authorized people could open the doors under normal circumstances.

Just like Ye Wei’s house over at Crouching Dragon Hall, without the correct combination of runes nobody below the condensed prime Warrior level could disarm the security system without the code.

Ye Wei started to panic. He could tell from the fearsome disturbance of Qi that was growing rapidly that it could turn the house into rubble if it was not stopped.

“What should I do?” Ye Wei frowned. He could not afford to lose Zi Yan.

‘This was not the time to hesitate!’

Ye Wei took a deep breath and stared at the doors. He remembered seeing Zi Yan opened this set of doors, and he tried to recall what exact she did on this very spot. He cleared his mind and followed his memory, Ye Wei placed his fingers onto the runes on the door and flicked them.

The doors made a clicking sound then opened up. “Yes!” Ye Wei screamed with joy. He felt lucky that his peripheral vision was accurate enough and that he could remember the code under stress.

He didn’t waste a second as he ran inside the room without even closing the doors.

It took merely a second for the four star Student to dash up the stairs. The closer he get to the training room, the more suffocated he felt. When he arrived in front of the training room, tides of pressure waves pressed against him so strongly he could hardly breathe. His body and mind were overwhelmed by the fearsome energy surge. He channeled his Qi to fight the outside pressure.