243 Three-Eyed Troublemaker (2/2)

”Well, what about civilians?” Bai Tianyi asked. Although they could easily kill people who did not have the bracelets, they could not very well go around slaughtering all the civilians again.

”Oh, they have been evacuated. Anyone who stays are fair game. No one will blame you for killing civilians if they've refused to leave. Also many of the bandits will disguise themselves as civilians so let no one without a bracelet go!”

”This place surely is different,” Hei Gou muttered, but a huge smirk was adorning his lips.

It was time to hunt!

”Let us get going,” Xue Wei agreed. They had been given a lot of information from Elder Sun. He had been incredibly friendly and helped them in every way he possibly could.

Xue Wei knew that no one was that friendly without having some ulterior motives, but he had had the impression, on an instinctive level, that those ulterior motives were not harmful to them.

The four of them exited the tent and walked through the camp. Many experts with three and a few with four eyes looked at them with the same disdain as before, but there was also curiosity in their eyes.

The curious gazes increased when they saw the black wristbands. They were only given to academy students, but to become a student of the academy one needed a superior talent. Generally speaking, one needed a minimum of three eyes or to be a Primordial Beast, but these four all had two eyes. Were all four of them Primordial Beasts?

But although Primordial Beasts were acknowledged as powerhouses, they were also quite rare. It was simply impossible for four to appear at the same time, so some of them had to be humans. But why would two-eyed humans be accepted in the academy?

Xue Wei and the others ignored the many glances and headed out of the camp, only to suddenly be stopped by a young man.

He seemed to be around Xue Wei's age, seventeen years old, and his face had a wide smile on it. This smile, however, did not seem to be genuine.

”New students?” he asked. Xue Wei, who had stopped in his tracks, looked at the young man. ”Yes,” he answered with a neutral tone.

”Why don't you show us why you were allowed to join this academy? Your Qi level seems rather high. I cannot even fathom it, so it must be above the Heavenly Warrior rank, but your spiritual energy is only at the sixth layer of the Ordinary Knight rank, and your friends have an even worse achievement than you.”

”To be honest, I am quite amazed by your ability to cultivate Qi to this level. Tell me honestly, are you a Primordial Beast?”

”I am not,” Xue Wei said casually. It was no lie; he was half Sovereign Beast and half human. No part of his bloodline belonged to a Primordial Beast - at least from what he was aware of.

”Ohh, you are not? Tell me, who is the strongest in your group?” the young man continued. Xue Wei looked at Lin Xiao and Hei Gou. When one considered their ranks, they were indeed the strongest in the group.

”Well, the strongest in our groups are a bit older than you,” Xue Wei said casually. ”Why don't I spar with you?”

Xue Wei was not dumb. He knew that this person wanted to cause problems as soon as possible. Accepting a spar was a way to calm them down.

Elder Sun had been lurking in the shadows, ready to step in to defuse the situation at any moment, but he quickly found that Xue Wei showed no fear of this person in front of him.

”I am an eighth layer Ordinary Warrior ranked three-eyed cultivator!” he said proudly. ”I am able to wipe the floor with a mere Qi cultivator.” He grinned, but Xue Wei just curled his lips into a slight smile.

Did this man really think that he could walk all over Xue Wei? Did he think that all Qi cultivators were weak? It was time to teach him a lesson.

Seeing the fearless eyes of Xue Wei, the three-eyed challenger frowned. Why would he be so confident in his own strength?

Still, when riding the back of a tiger, it was impossible to get off. He understood that he had started this conflict, so now he had to see it through to the end.

”This way,” he said as he led them towards a temporary sparring field that had been set up by the academy.

Many had heard what was going on and were curious about what had given this young man such courage when his spiritual energy cultivation was weaker than the other's.

Could Qi cultivation really count for something? Especially when they considered that he said he was not a Primordial Beast. If he was no Primordial Beast, how could he have strong Qi attacks?

Reaching the sparring field, which was actually just a fenced square, Xue Wei entered the field casually. The three-eyed troublemaker was feeling slightly nervous, but after considering the situation, he calmed down.

”You are just mystifying things for the sake of helping yourself,” the troublemaker said to himself and then shook his head and took a deep breath.

”There should never be a day where I am fearing a Qi cultivator!”