Chapter 299: Flourish and Prosper (1/2)

Having destroyed the formation, Xue Wei felt a lot better, but it was impossible for him to be forgiving towards the academy which had used his little sister as a soul power conduit to fuel their Soul Tower.

“Let us leave,” he said after having successfully obliterated the formations, and the others nodded their heads affirmatively. Their expressions were solemn as even they could feel the rage burning in Xue Wei’s chest.

When they landed on the top of the wall surrounding the forbidden area, they were surprised to see that not only were the guards present at the gate, but the academy’s principals and many officials from the court were there as well, all of them observing the wall, and hence the three of them.

They had been caught red-handed, trying to leave the forbidden area, but none of them panicked, all of them remained extremely calm.

“Come down from up there and let us talk about you illegally breaking and entering into the forbidden area,” the principal uttered in a friendly manner, daring not to speak too impolitely when he saw that the King was amongst the three of them, but within his eyes was a burning anger.

Looking at him calmly, Xue Wei said nothing, but his eyes showed his dislike towards the people of the academy.

Standing on top of the wall, he looked down upon the masses like an immortal descended from the heavens above, his entire being emitted a strong sense of disdain towards the world. He was like a prince that could not be sullied, or an emperor glancing at his subjects.

Everyone felt uncomfortable as they met his eyes. No one could help but shiver slightly and look away, and even the stronger experts were somewhat intimidated.

It was not because he was too strong on his own, but he had the strongest backing in the entire continent, not to mention he was cunning and able to turn a bad situation into one that favored him.

The principal saw that Xue Wei had no intention of answering him, flaring his temper up, but after looking at the King by the foreigner’s side, also looking quite aloof, he could only restrain the smoldering anger in his chest.

Seeing that they had already been discovered, they jumped from the wall and down on the ground.

The moment they landed, all the officials gathered around the King, fussing and looking her over as if they feared that she had suffered some grievances, or was seriously injured.

Only when they noticed that her clothes were somewhat dirty but all intact—and that her face had a healthy, rosy tint to it—did they breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

They scowled accusingly at Xue Wei and Hei Gou, clearly blaming these two outsiders for bringing their King on a mission that was completely inappropriate, but no one dared say anything out loud, out of fear of insulting the King.

The principal was unhappy. If it was just Hei Gou and Xue Wei, then he could have unleashed his fury, but after seeing the King present, he knew that it was impossible to say something in anger. He had to pretend that he was not upset.

“You should know that the forbidden area is forbidden. It is a place where you are not allowed to go, so why are you returning from there?” he asked while keeping his expression as neutral as he could manage despite his boiling emotions.

Xue Wei glanced at him, and then looked at the rest of the people present, all of them looking right back at him, curious about his excuse.

“If no one enters the forbidden area, then no one will know about the dark secrets of the academy,” Xue Wei stated casually, but his words were like dropping a stone into a lake, ripples erupting right away.

The principal was stunned at first before then his expression became unsightly.

“What are you talking about? Don’t just slander our academy because you feel mad at us for not standing up for you when you were being chased!” he said, trying to make it seem as if Xue Wei was slandering them. However, what Xue Wei said next was enough to cause a cold chill to run down the spines of everyone present.

“You say that I am slandering you, then why did I just have to destroy a Soul Reaping Formation in there? The person who was locked inside the forbidden area for thousands of years almost gave up her entire life for the sake of others’ improved cultivation.

“Is this how the Garden of Shadows is going to be treating its benefactors? The spirit that founded the academy had been locked up and used as a battery to fuel your Soul Tower.

“She worked to create an academy, and in return, the academy imprisoned and tried to kill her. She did her best to help, but the thank you she got was being locked within the forbidden area, never to leave, forever left to dwindle into nothingness.”

The principal was as shocked as everyone else when they heard the words of Xue Wei. They had never imagined that what fueled the Soul Tower was a living being—the person who had created the academy in the first place. What kind of ungrateful monsters were they?

The principal’s face alternated between red and white. Exasperatedly, he asked Xue Wei, “What did you say?” because he truly did not understand how his predecessors could do so. He knew nothing of this; he was only aware that the source for the Soul Tower’s power was within the forbidden area, but never had he imagined that the source was a spirit and was even the spirit that had created Garden of Shadows.

Everyone present was muttering to one another. They all felt shocked when they heard Xue Wei’s words, but no one doubted that he spoke with sincerity.

The King was standing next to Xue Wei and had not said anything to contradict him, silently approving of everything the youngster said, and thus shocking everyone present into believing him unquestioningly.

Xue Wei did not wait for the academy’s principal to say anything more. He and Hei Gou strode out from within the crowd and went to the courtyard where he found Luoluo, Bai Tianyi, and Lin Xiao awaiting their return.

“We are leaving,” he said coldly. “We are not going to stay within the academy for even a moment more.”

The others did not ask about what was going on; instead, all of them entered their rooms and started packing up their items as they were instructed.

Not long after, the group met up in front of the house, their things all packed in their storage treasures, and together they set out from the academy.