Chapter 641: Exchanging injury for injury

Guan Xilin didn't retreat. Instead, he countered and met him head-on. The mystical energy in his body burst forth. He leapt like a tiger, shaking his fists and attacking that teacher.

After tempering himself abroad numerous times, he had already cultivated his whole body ruthlessly. This teacher was at odds with him over words, then started using his fists. He was taking unfair advantage by using his real strength of Martial Ancestor rank. Even if Guan Xilin could not fight, how could he shrink back?

"Bang!"

The two men threw down their fists one after another. Their breaths and power collided violently. Guan Xilin drew back several meters away, but the teacher also withdrew two steps.

The teacher raised his head in shock, both astonished and embarrassed. It was a disgrace that a student dared to take action against him and shook him back two steps!

"Young fellow, I will teach you a lesson today!"

The teacher shouted angrily. Once again, he swept toward Guan Xilin. When he moved, mystical energy aura, visible to the naked eye, swirled over him like a maelstrom. Its roaring sound, like the raging waves in the sea, rushed toward the crowd with a violent crash.

"Hiss! Not good!"

Several people nearby gasped. One of them stepped back, looked around swiftly, and ran away.

Seeing the teacher's flowing energy was even fiercer than his punches, Guan Xilin's eyes sank. This time, he did not face the attack head-on. He dodged quickly, evading the attack as much as possible.

However, after all, his opponent was a teacher with the strength of a Martial Ancestor rank. It was difficult to compete as his strength was at Martial Master rank, especially when the pressures came rushing at him like the bite of a fierce tiger. If he had not been outside for several months, he would not even have the chance to make a move in the face of a Martial Ancestor.

In the present situation, he knew that his strength was limited. If he wanted to hurt the other side, he must exchange an injury for an injury.

Then, when he dodged, he exposed a flaw. It was normal for the teacher to spot this flaw. After all, he was a great martial arts teacher. What's so surprising about it?

That Martial Ancestor ranked teacher also saw this flaw. With a sneer, he punched Guan Xilin hard in the chest. But at this time, Guan Xilin dodged and hit the teacher in the ribs with his fists vigorously. The teacher was shocked and dismayed, but it was too late to retreat.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The sound of fists accompanied by the sound of bones breaking echoed into the ears of several people nearby. Those people got startled and opened their eyes incredulously. They stared blankly at the scene in front of them.

The teacher should have hit Guan Xilin on the chest with his two punches, but he could only graze his arm. The small bone in his arm should have been broken under the heavy blow.

The teacher was also making a rapid retreat. His head bowed in disbelief and his hand stroke his broken rib. He didn't expect to get hurt in the hands of a student. His rage was boiling. With cold and angry eyes, he suddenly looked at the young man in black who had retreated a few meters away.

Exchanging injury for injury would not simply result in minor injuries if one was slightly careless. This young man was simply reckless and extremely daring! He even dared to hurt a teacher! If today he couldn't put him flat on the ground, how would he stand in the academy in the future?

Fury was mixed with mystical energy. The startling aura made several students couldn't help but try dissuading him.

Chapter 642: Inverting right from wrong

"Teacher, please quell your anger. Don't lower yourself to this level."

"Right, Teacher. You're a great man, don't commit a demerit because of a petty person. Don't bother about him."

"Teacher, no matter what, you should stop this squabble. Please stay your hand!"

"Don't fight anymore. It will be a big deal if you keep on fighting."

"Shut up!"

When the teacher heard those voices trying to dissuade him, he swept a harsh glare and yelled with a growl. The thunder-like voice carried a powerful pressure that made those people's faces turn pale. They didn't dare to open their mouths again.

"This child is so arrogant that no one else matters. If I don't teach him a good lesson today, I would have been a teacher in vain!"

He shouted angrily and spoke with a righteous and imposing tone, not knowing how ridiculous it sounded to others. Just as he was about to strike again, a voice came.

"Hurry up, they're fighting. That young man will get killed!"

The crowd saw that it was the man who had slipped away before. It turned out that he went to find a teacher to come to the rescue.

The teacher saw the scene far away and was slightly surprised. From being pulled by the hand by the student, he quickly leapt to the front of the crowd. He looked at the teacher, who was furious and covered his ribs with one hand, and asked with a slight surprise, "What's going on? I heard you got into a fight with the student who registered for the assessment?"

When he heard about this matter, he initially thought that the young male student was playing tricks on him and didn't want to go with him to take a look. Here, the two men were really at daggers drawn. Did the teacher and the student throw a punch at each other? That's truly low.

"Hmph!"

Seeing that the one coming was a teacher of the academy, the teacher who fought with Guan Xilin snorted heavily. He pointed at Guan Xilin. "He's too arrogant and his act is way too unbridled! He dared to block me while I was still unprepared and hurt me secretly. So disgraceful!"

Hearing this, a few young men who watched the scene from the beginning to end were shocked. Wasn't this teacher too excessive, inverting right from wrong?

Guan Xilin only smiled. When he was outside to temper himself, he'd seen all kinds of characters. This teacher was completely lacking in virtue, spouting nonsense by inverting right and wrong. It's not surprising that he would say something like that.

"No, no, it's not like that." The young man who went to find a teacher for help hurriedly said. But just when he opened his mouth, a ruthless gaze was fixed on him. That look was grim and sinister like poison, making him unable to speak for a time.

"Teacher He, please don't mind this until I teach this boy who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth a lesson. Let's talk again later." The teacher made up his mind to get even, regardless of the other teacher's presence. His breath soared and his figure swept out with fists raised to attack Guan Xilin.

"Stay your hand!"

A loud cry, like a clap of thunder, came from the sky. A mighty pressure jolted the teacher backwards and prevented him from attacking with a killing move. People looked up in surprise at the thunderous voice and saw an old man come approaching.

"Deputy, Academy's deputy ...." The teacher turned pale and panicked.

"What's going on here? As a teacher, how can you hit students?" The old man landed steadily. His sharp gaze flitted toward the teacher's hand, hung powerless behind the young man in black. Then he turned back his attention to the teacher's face that had now turned pale.

The young man who went to get help heard the teacher addressing the old man. He knew that the old man was the academy's deputy headmaster. He said quickly, "Deputy headmaster, this teacher beats people without distinguishing right from wrong!"

When he heard that, the deputy headmaster frowned and his expression became profound. "Be careful when you speak! What on earth is going on? If there is any deception, it's bound to be severely punished."

Chapter 643: I have no intention of entering Nebula Academy

When he heard that, before waiting for the others to speak, that young man immediately said everything out from the beginning to the end. Finally, he said: "And when I saw that the situation wasn't right, I quickly ran to look for any teachers in the vicinity. Luckily, I found this teacher and pulled him over. If not for this teacher's timely help to stop them, this young man would be seriously injured. From what I saw, that teacher had no mercy at all in his strikes."

Seeing that he had told everything, the others also chipped in: "Yes, that's right. As for the punch before, that teacher had used no less than fifty percent of his strength but luckily that was deflected and landed on his shoulder. Otherwise, if it had landed on his chest, he would not be able to get out of bed for at least half a month and even though he had broken that teacher's ribs, he cannot be blamed for it. It was all in self defence and whoever in his place would have done the same."

The only difference was that they did not have that same courage and strength of that black robed young man.

After listening to their explanations, Teacher He who stood by the side looked at Guan Xilin with a surprised expression. Even that deputy headmaster also turned to look at him as a glint flashed by his eyes.

"Our Nebula Academy's enrolment happens once every three years. Although the regulations state that it is only for a day, even if the sky had turned dark, the remaining people should not be excluded from the enrolment assessment. This would disappoint all the top talents who came here from afar."

The moment he finished his words, he said: "How about this! Teacher He, take over these few promising young men and help them register for the assessment."

"Yes." Teacher He nodded.

The moment the few of them heard his words, they were overjoyed and their faces were beaming with smiles.

"As for Teacher Wang, you have handled this matter wrongly. You will be punished to reflect on it for one year and have your pay deducted. Do you have any objection?" The deputy headmaster's gaze landed on him.

Teacher Wang gritted his teeth but he could only answer, "No, I do not have any objections."

The deputy headmaster nodded his head and looked at Guan Xilin. He smiled at him and said, "You can still exchange blows with the teacher, in terms of strength and mind, you have already passed. There is no need to take the assessment, you can directly enter the Mystical Division? As for your injury, in a while, Teacher He would bring you to take care of it."

He felt that his arrangement and punishment were all sufficient and he immediately exempted the assessment for that black robed young man. He thought that he would definitely see an expression of joy and gratitude in his eyes. Who knows, that young man looked back at him indifferently and said: "With such an unscrupulous and shameless person as a teacher here, there is no need for me to enter such a place. I have no interest in studying at Nebula Academy any more."

The moment he said these words out, one by one, jaws started dropping open. No one had expected that this young man would actually give up such a rare opportunity to enter the Nebula Academy! Moreover, he did not speak out earlier to clarify anything but with just a few words, he had hit the heart of the words that the others did not dare voice out.

"You, you, you..."

Teacher Wang's face flushed red as he glared at him. If not for the deputy headmaster, he would have taught him a proper lesson!

The deputy headmaster also looked at Guan Xilin with a startled gaze. He did not think that this young man who would actually dare to say such words and the moment he had finished speaking, he immediately turned to leave. The deputy headmaster had initially wanted to speak out but he was brushed off just like that and that young man had gallantly walked out with these words: "I also returning this thing to you."

Next, with a 'clank', a token was thrown onto the floor.

The moment the deputy headmaster saw this, he could not help but widen his eyes. With a glance, he immediately recognized it as the start of them and that he had given to that red robed youth called Feng Jiu. He immediately called out, "Wait a moment."

Chapter 644: He is my brother

However, Guan Xilin had no intention to stop and he continued walking as if he did not hear anything at all.

Both Little Jiu and him had the recommendation letter from the black market. With that recommendation letter, even if they were from a ninth grade country, they did not need to compete for places with the other ninth grade countries and could directly come to register for Nebula Academy.

In addition to this recommendation letter from the black market, Little Jiu had also given him that star token and told him that if that recommendation letter did not come in handy, he should use the star token. Although he accepted it, never once did the thought of entering the Nebula Academy directly without going to the assessment pass his mind.

It was because he wanted to rely on his own strength and also wanted to see how far his own strength had reached. If he could not enter his own strength, then it would not be too late to use the star token.

However, the largest and most infamous Nebula Academy throughout the sixth to ninth grade countries had actually such unscrupulous characters as teachers. With such characters as teachers who did not care about right from wrong, and even revealed such malicious killing intent towards a student, he had to say that he was extremely disappointed with Nebula Academy.

"Wait a moment, wait I say." When he saw that he did not stop at all, the deputy headmaster quickly chased him from behind.

The few other young men did not recognise the star token so they had no idea what Guan Xilin threw out. However, the two other teachers recognised it immediately and when he saw the star token, Teacher Wang's face turned ashen and beads of cold sweat started forming on his forehead.

And as for Teacher He, he had on a bewildered expression. He did not expect that this young man actually had star token.

The deputy headmaster stopped Guan Xilin and looked at him carefully. Looking at him from head to toe, he did not see any semblance of that red robed youth so he asked, "What is your relationship with Feng Jiu?"

When he heard his question, Guan Xilin turned to look at the deputy headmaster and replied after a moment: "He is my younger brother."

His younger brother?

The deputy headmaster looked at his face again and say that he had large eyes with thick brows, he was handsome and built was large. He could not relate that beautiful youth with this heroic young man before him. He could not help but ask, "The both of you do not look very much alike? Could it be that you are half brothers with different mothers?"

When the other young men heard the deputy headmaster's question, they were a little dumbfounded. What was happening? Whether or not they had the same mother, what business of it was his?

When Guan Xilin heard his question, he looked at the deputy headmaster a little strangely and replied, "His father is my foster father."

"Oh? So this is the case."

The deputy headmaster was enlightened. No wonder he felt that there was no resemblance between the two, it was because they did not share the same blood. Looking at this young man before him, he pondered for a moment before he asked: "What is your name?"

"Guan Xilin."

"Ha ha ha, actually have the same surname as this old man!" He smiled and patted his strong shoulders with appreciation and said with an amiable smile, "This old man's surname is also Guan. Looks like we have affinity. Come, come, let's go to a side and have a good talk."

"There is no need to. There's nothing to talk about." He replied coldly and was just about to leave.

"Wait, wait, wait!" The deputy headmaster stopped him again and sighed: "Your temper is very similar to Feng Jiu though. Are you dissatisfied with this old man's punishment of Teacher Wang? Wait for a moment."

As he said that, he was trying to appease him and not let him leave as he turned to look at Teacher Wang who had turned white and was drenched in cold sweat. In a stern voice, he said: "Go back and pack your things. Leave by today! Nebula Academy does not need such a character as a teacher!"

Chapter 645: From a ninth grade country?

When he said that out, it shocked everyone as they looked at him incredulously.

Teacher Wang had his eyes wide open as he slumped onto the ground listlessly. All colour was drained from his face as he looked at the deputy headmaster. He wanted to say something but no words came out.

He then turned his head over to look at that hateful young man. He felt bitter in his heart, if not for him, how would he end up like this? He had been fired from Nebula Academy and his future was ruined! It had broken his path to riches!

"Why are you still here?!" The deputy headmaster glared at him and yelled out once again.

Teacher Wang gnashed his teeth and took a deep breath before he stood up. He glared at Guan Xilin fiercely before he turned to leave begrudgingly.

He swore that he would exact vengeance for today!

Guan Xilin took another look at the deputy headmaster. Never would he have thought that he would actually fire that teacher just like that. Afterall, all the teachers in Nebula Academy had been meticulously selected after going through many layers of screening. They all had a certain degree of strength to be able to stand out and yet the deputy headmaster just kicked him or just like that.

With all that had happened, he lowered his eyes and how gaze wavered. He remained silent all this while.

"Ha ha ha, we can have that talk now right?" The deputy headmaster looked at him and when he saw him nod his head, he then said to Teacher He who was standing by the side : "I will leave those few typing men to you, as for this..."

His gaze landed on Guan Xilin and he chortled before he continued his words, "This old man here will personally settle his matters."

"Yes."

Teacher He replied respectfully add he saw the deputy headmaster lead that young man called Guan Xilin away before he retracted his gaze. He then helped with the registration for those that remained.

After they entered a courtyard, while the old man was bandaging Guan Xilin's wounds, he asked, "How about that younger brother of yours? Since he gave you the star token, what about him? Is he not coming?"

"He's already here."

"What? He's here already? How can that be? This old man had already been to the Spirit Division and couldn't find him. There's also no record of him right here in the Mystical Division."

The old man stroked his beard and the more he thought about it, the frown in his brows deepened. When he had first met that youth, he had been anticipating the day he joined Nebula Academy. He had a feeling that if he were to join Nebula Academy, he would definitely bring glory to Nebula Academy!

When Guan Xilin heard him muttering to himself, he was startled as well.

Little Jiu was not at the Spirit Division? Nor the Mystical Division? Then could she be at the Pharmacy Division? Or perhaps the Alchemy Division? She said that she would come so that means she would definitely do so. He wouldn't be surprised if she was already in the academy.

He had already a rough idea from his own speculations but he didn't reveal any of that. He only said: "Since he said that he would come, then he most definitely will. All deputy headmaster needs to do is to check out for a bit."

"Do you think that this old man hasn't done so? There's no record of him in these two divisions, how do you expect me to check anything?" He sighed deeply as he passed Guan Xilin an enrollment form to complete.

"Just fill up all your details and you'll officially be a student of the Mystical Division. If you have any questions in the future, just look for a teacher. If it still can't be settled then come look for this old man. Don't just rely on your fists all the time and fight with a teacher. In the end, the person who's at the losing end is you."

When he heard his concern, Guan Xilin looked up at him and replied with a 'mn' before he took the form from him and started filling it up in earnest.

"Deputy headmaster, it's done." After a short while, he had already filled up the form and returned it.

The old man picked it up and skimmed past the information but when he saw that he had written down 'ninth grade country', he was stunned for a moment before he looked at Guan Xilin with a mystified expression and clarified, "You..you're from a ninth grade country?!"

"Yes."

Seeing him reply in such a straightforward manner, the deputy headmaster was at a sudden loss of words. Never would he have thought that this remarkable young man before him would actually be from a ninth grade country. Didn't they say that ninth grade countries couldn't produce any outstanding talents?

Chapter 646: There's only you

In the end, the deputy headmaster looked at him with a new found appreciation and said in an encouraging tone: "Work hard and learn as much as you can in the academy. To be able to stand out amongst so many talents, it only goes to show that you are very outstanding."

He then continued on, "Later, you simply need to report to the Mystical Division. Just look for Teacher He, he'll arrange everything for you. Also, if your younger brother Feng Jiu comes looking for you,remember to inform this old man."

"Yes." Guan Xilin nodded and when he saw that his wound had been completely bandaged up, he then turned to bow with gratitude before he made his way to the Mystical Division.

The very next day, Feng Jiu had already prepared everything early in the morning and after she had a simple breakfast, she made her way to the Alchemy Division.

Today was the orientation for new students and she was looking forward to it. Although she had a few accomplishments in Alchemy, but no one had ever guided her. If she were to have someone guide and advise her, perhaps she would be able to take a big leap in Alchemy much faster than fumbling through it on her own.

With her heart filled with anticipation, she took quick and light steps towards the Alchemy Division. She arrived half an hour later but discovered that it was empty and not a single soul could be seen. She thought to herself that perhaps she was too early hence she took a leisurely stroll around. She peered into those alchemy rooms and found that each of them were furnished with an alchemy furnace.

"Why is it so messy? That's weird, why does it look as if these alchemy rooms have not been used for a long time?" She muttered to herself and after exploring all the Alchemy rooms, she returned back to where she came from and waited.

After another half an hour passed, she was still the only person standing there and a gust of wind blew past, blowing up all the fallen leaves and a feeling of desolation crept into her heart.

Yet after another half an hour had passed by, which by now she had already found a place to sit but she had on a strange expression. Why wasn't there a trace of anyone else? This wasn't right, after waiting for so long, she was the only person who had arrived.

Just as she was still trying to figure it out, she suddenly heard the sound of people talking and when she turned to look at the source of the voices, she saw that it wash the same two teachers whom she had met yesterday. While strolling over, they were immersed in their conversation.

When the two of them saw Feng Jiu who was sitting there in a daze, they immediately stopped talking and looked at her in bewilderment. One of them quickly asked, "Feng Jiu, how long have you been waiting here?"

This child, why was he waiting here all alone on his own? Looking at him sitting there all alone in this vast yard...sigh! This silly child! This child was really too naive, if there wasn't anyone, why didn't he just go look for Steward Sun and ask? They could only blame it on themselves for not explaining things to him yesterday.

"Good morning teachers."

The moment Feng Jiu saw them both, she stood up and walked over. After she reached them, she smiled and said: "Steward Sun mentioned that today is the orientation for new students so I came earlier to have a look. But after waiting for a long while, I haven't seen the figure of anyone else. It's great that both teachers have arrived."

When they heard her words, they both smiled gently at her. They did not come here today for the new student orientation but because they had something urgent to attend to. But now that things have turned out this way, they couldn't very well say it out.

Therefore, one of them coughed awkwardly and said : "Oh! Sure, let's tell you more about some of the basics in alchemy."

"Teacher, don't we need to wait for the other students?" She asked him with wide eyes, her heart filled with curiosity.

"Hahaha, there's no need to." The other teacher waved his hand in dismissal as he revealed a friendly and warm smile. "In the enrollment this time, you are the only student who had been admitted."

When she heard his words, she was so startled that she looked at him incredulously and pointed to herself : "There's...there's just me?" How could this be? They held the enrollment once every three years, how could she be the only one who had been admitted?

Chapter 647: Gone

"Mmm hmm, we are extremely stringent in our student selection." That teacher replied with a straight face. After coughing out lightly, he continued on, "As for the other divisions, or of a thousand students, they would select one. For us, we select one out of ten thousand. Entering our Alchemy Division is no easy feat."

After he said that, he patted her shoulders and looked at her with a face filled with hope : "That is why, you have to work hard and you can be the hope of our Alchemy Division."

"Ah? Ho...hope?"

She looked at them with a strange expression as a foreboding feeling started to well up in her heart. She could not help but ask: "That...teacher... How many students are there in the Alchemy Division?"

The moment that question came up, the two teachers could not help but exchange glances before they straightened out their expressions before they looked at her.

"Feng Jiu, let us tell you the truth! In the Alchemy Division..... You are the only student!"

Sure enough...

She twisted her lips. Ever since she entered the Alchemy Division, she felt that it was strange. What closed door seclusion, what mission, they were all rubbish! In fact, there were no other students at all!

"Cough...cough!"

One of the teachers coughed awkwardly and said, "It's like this, our Alchemy Division used to have a lot of students before, but because our enrollment happens only once every three years and those that had been selected were truly too few and those that had been selected could not endure it and some left only after one year, so that's it... Gradually, the students in the Alchemy Division thinned out."

"Well, but you don't have to worry, there are still alchemy teachers in the Alchemy Division. In addition to the two of us, there are several other teachers and even an ancestor ranked Alchemist in our midst. Work hard and you will have a chance to meet one another in the future."

"Come, come. This cosmos sack is for you, once you go back and have a look, you will understand. If there's anything that you don't understand, you can use the jade slips inside to send us a message and ask us."

So, they stuffed a cosmos sack into her hands and explained some simple steps of alchemy with her and let her go back to study it on her own.

Feng Jiu took the cosmos sack to her own cave dwelling and only felt that her head was all muddled. She entered the Alchemy Division and thought that she could learn directly from the famous teachers and watch them refine. But who knows, they were simply asking her to study on her own!

As she walked on in a daze, she found a place to sit down and looked at the things in the cosmos sack. Seeing that the contents inside were the basic steps of alchemy, there were two jade slips and a small bag of seeds.

She looked at seeds for a moment and thought that it would be better to plant some spirit vegetables instead, so that at least she didn't need to wait too long to harvest them to eat it for herself.

So, instead of heading back to the cave dwelling, she changed her course and went down the mountain, thinking about going to the stall to see if they sold any vegetable seeds. But who knew, when she arrived, she saw that the stall had been removed. .

"What happened? Yesterday it was still there? Was it demolished today?" She stood there with a dumbfounded expression. The mountain where the Alchemy Division was located on was so big, yet there was only such a small stall in this place. Now, it had been demolished? What if she wanted to buy something?

Steward Sun came from afar and saw the lone figure of a youth standing in a daze. He asked apprehensively: "Feng Jiu? What are you doing there?"

"Steward Sun...this..." When she hadn't finished talking, she saw him laugh.

"You're looking for the stall? It has already been removed, new orders from above had arrived and there are a few major changes. Now there are no longer any stalls in the entire academy. There are only places open for barter trade. If there's anything you want, you have to exit the Alchemy Division and head towards the foot of Verdant Mountain to exchange for items."

Chapter 648: Myriad Beasts Mountain Range

After hearing his explanation, her first response was to ask, "Steward Sun, how long will it take to get to the Verdant Mountain from here?"

"The Verdant Mountain is located at the central juncture of all the divisions in the academy. So, it takes two or three hours the fastest to walk from here. But if you have flying magical artifacts or swords, it will be faster than walking."

"I got it." She sighed softly, then turned around and walked back.

Her airship was too luxurious and eye-catching. Of course, she couldn't use it. She obtained several flying magical artifacts from the black market but she set them aside for her father. As for the flying sword, it's unnecessary to think about it. She couldn't ride it without foundation building.

Seeing Feng Jiu turning around and left, Steward Sun paused for a moment and shouted. "If you don't have those, as long as you have five thousand contribution points, you can use them to exchange with a flying magical artifact at the academy's Sky Building."

Feng Jiu stopped moving and looked back at him with her eyes glowing. "You said that there's a place in this academy for magical artifacts' exchange? Does it have all kinds of magical artifacts? Is there anything else besides those things?"

"There are countless treasures in the academy's Sky Building. Have no fear that you won't be able to find whatever you want. Only fear that you don't have enough contribution points." Steward Sun smiled. Then, he also gave a reminder. "Students can only make exchanges there."

"We can't pay for it?"

Steward Sun glanced at Feng Jiu, the corner of his lips drawn. "Do you think Nebula Academy is short of money?"

"Five thousand contribution points? My jade card seems to have only one hundred points. So, I have to do a task?" She was somewhat surprised. She just got into the academy! She hadn't even used the pill furnace, yet she had to rush on a mission in order to get contribution points?

At this moment, she finally knew why all the students in the Alchemy Division had gone away. As it turned out, it was such a thing...

Nevertheless, she finally went to the task inspection site to see which tasks were easy and had many contribution points. After taking a look, she focused on the top few tasks.

The first was to escort goods, requiring a Great Spirit Master to do this work. It had five hundred contribution points. The second was to collect the fire crystals of the one-horned flame beasts in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range. Each fire crystal received five hundred points of contribution, the time period given was one month.

In an instant, she became interested in the second task. The one-horned flame beast was a seventh-rank spiritual beast. It's very difficult to catch due to its speed. Each one-horned flame beast could only produce one fire crystal a year. But there must have been more than one such beast in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range. With a large number of contributions, it was easy to collect five thousand points.

She immediately made up her mind to take up the task. She registered her name at the taskbar and returned to her cave dwelling. She did not intend to take Old White with her and even called out the Cloud Devouring Beast inside the spatial space. She planned to let them guard the cave dwelling and get their own food.

After getting ready, Feng Jiu briefed the two beasts over and over again. Then she left the Alchemy Division in high spirits. Feng Jiu headed for Myriad Beasts Mountain Range according to the map instructions...

Shortly after her departure, Guan Xilin heard that she was at the Alchemy Division and came to look for her. After some inquiry, he found her cave dwelling. However, he saw that it was impossible to enter the area because the formation was active. Instead, he saw Old White and Cloud Devouring Beast around the cave dwelling.

"Cloud Devouring Beast, where's Little Jiu?" He asked this question since he knew that the Cloud Devouring Beast, a peak level Beast Saint, could speak.

The Cloud Devouring Beast, lying lazily on the grass, glanced at him and answered, "Mistress has gone on a mission and will be back in a month."

Chapter 649: Pilfering Food

Guan Xilin was surprised. She was out to do a task just now?

He was aware that this academy required all kinds of contribution points. However, she probably didn't need them much, did she? Even if she needed it, she shouldn't be in such a hurry, right?

After a short pause, he asked, "Did she say where she went? Why does it take a month?"

"She didn't say." It lay still and did not pay any more attention to him.

Guan Xilin didn't ask any more questions. There was usually no concern for her safety in the academy. He wanted to talk to Feng Jiu, but now he had to wait for a month.

"Then I'm leaving. When she comes back, tell her that I came over and that I'm in the Mystical Energy division. I'll come to see her when I have time." After leaving the message, he turned around and left. He didn't pay attention earlier in his hurry to find her, but now he found out that she lived in a far-flung location.

Since he entered the Alchemy Division area, not only did he not meet its students, but it was also very difficult to find Steward Sun. Compared with the bustling and prosperous Mystical Energy Division, this was just like a forgotten place.

At the same time, Feng Jiu, who was going to the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range alone, was getting ready to climb over the mountains. Suddenly, an appetizing aroma of meat came with the breeze, halting her steps.

"Smells good!" She gulped, her eyes lit up.

These two days, she had eaten some pastries from the spatial space. She didn't even drink any soup. When she smelled the aroma, her saliva overflowed. She followed the direction of the aroma.

As she followed the scent, she saw a wooden board hanging outside a courtyard with the words "fire hearth kitchen, no admittance". She couldn't help swallowing her saliva.

This was the place to prepare meals for the academy's teachers!

When she smelled the aroma, her stomach started growling. She didn't feel hungry before, but now she was famished.

She stretched her neck to take a look and restrained her breath. She saw that only two people were busy in the big kitchen. It seemed that the two men were cooks and everything was handled by their hands. But outside the kitchen, there were more than a dozen assistants bringing the prepared meat and vegetables inside. When she saw the kitchen table was laid out with various cooked dishes, she eventually could not help going around to the back of the kitchen. While nobody noticed, she stealthily jumped in from the window and hid under the table.

When she furtively looking around, she saw that the two cooks didn't pay any attention to this side at all and the assistants outside couldn't see this area. So, her one hand quietly reached out to the table, picked up a roast chicken on the table and stuffed the plate inside the spatial space.

While hiding, she moved and gently took the big stew goblet's lid off. The two cooks were talking. She promptly took out a container that could fit a pigeon in it quietly, filled it with meat stew to the brim, and hid it inside the spatial space.

When she saw that less than half of the stew was left, after some thoughts, she scooped some water from the side and pouring it in. Mm, when it's continuously being stewed, although it tasted a little mild, it was still soup.

The newly arrived Young Master Mo Chen is so picky about food. We sent twelve dishes at noon and they were returned almost untouched. The headmaster also told us that we had to do it carefully. This job is really not easy to do!"

"That's all right. He'll be satisfied with the eight treasures spirit pigeon soup we've been stewing since morning. Try taking a whiff. The lid of the goblet's saturated with the aroma."

Chapter 650: Fateful encounter, atop and under the tree

The cook closed his eyes and took a deep breath, inhaling the soup aroma in the air. He had an intoxicated look on his face.

When Feng Jiu heard that, her lips curved and she quickly put the lid on the goblet. She took a lot of things. It was estimated that every teacher was getting the same things. Only a few items had only one thing. For those, she could not take all of them, but only half a portion.

Finally, after scooping a full ladle of spirit rice, she slipped away from the back.

"Mm? How come there's only one marinated trotter remained for the deputy headmaster?"

"How come the headmaster's spirit meat sauteed with matsutake mushroom is less than half? I remember there was a platter full of the dish."

The other cook laughed when he heard him. "Have you become forgetful? Nobody dares to enter here randomly. With both of us here, it's even more impossible to steal things in the kitchen."

The two of them were cooks, but they were also cultivators at the foundation building stage. Who dared to steal things in the kitchen under their eyes?

"Mm, that's so. Maybe I'm mistaken." The cook smiled. He shook his head and went to look at the big goblet of soup. When he opened the lid, he saw that the vapours had not risen. With some surprise, he looked down at the fire with a strange expression on his face.

He remembered that the soup had been ready a moment ago. However, after it had been continuously warmed up, why did it not even have a little steam now?

Feng Jiu left the kitchen and headed for the direction of the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range. She drew her breath and swept past at a very fast speed. In a flash, she disappeared in the mountain forest until she came to an uninhabited place. Then she took the things stolen from the kitchen out of the space and laid them on the ground.

"Who would ever think that my spatial space was used for this." She sighed softly. Seeing the dozens of dishes and a goblet of stew in front of her, she laughed so hard until her eyes were invisible from view.

"Isn't this divine justice? Students can't afford to eat these, while teachers eat these rare foods such as spirit meat, spirit ginseng, spirit chicken, and others. Who should I share these with? Sigh!"

She shook her head with a look of triumph. Then she rolled up her sleeves and drank the fragrant soup first. When it entered her mouth, a strong and dense aroma accompanied spirit energy spreading out from the tongue tip. After a few mouthfuls of soup, she felt its spirit energy also went toward her meridian and nourished the green lotus raised in her meridian.

"Tsk, tsk. How fragrant! Isn't this what Young Master Mo Chen going to drink? Hey hey, the soup is already at my place, you'll just drink my mixed water! "

She did not know that a figure in white sitting atop the big tree behind her, looking quietly at her under the tree.

A pair of serene and indifferent eyes were watching the youth who came to sit cross-legged under the tree and took out more than a dozen dishes from the spatial space. Some of the dishes were whole and some were two dishes in one. When he saw the youth drinking the soup satisfactorily while uttering the last sentence, there was a glimmer in Mo Chen's eyes.

He watched the youth rolled up his sleeves, tore off a chicken leg and ate it while muttering, "I'm starving to death. I've not eaten a good meal like this since entering the academy." He couldn't help but be astonished.

The young man recognized that he was the youth in red under the tree outside the academy, but he did not expect to meet him here for the second time, again under the tree. But this time, he saw him stealing food here.

Chapter 651: You drink the soup first

"Sigh! I'm regretting it so much! There's nothing in the Alchemy Division. It's so pathetic that there are so few people there, not even one person to converse with. Not to mention the food. Father and grandfather would feel sorry for me if they know that I'm starving here."

While talking aloud, Feng Jiu bit the chicken leg in her hand and ate it up quickly. Then she tossed the bone right away and picked up the trotters cooked in soy sauce to gnaw on.

Perhaps because he saw the youth underneath the tree gobbling food with such an excellent appetite that Mo Chen's stomach started growling.

This sound was not loud at all. But at this moment, it rang so clear, in Feng Jiu's ears it was like thunder. It startled her to instinctively look up toward the tree. Once she took a glance, she was so astonished that her hand dropped the trotter on the ground. The meat inside her mouth was not swallowed properly and made her choke. She had a coughing fit.

"Cough cough cough..."

She patted her chest and stood up. She wanted to curse the man who was hiding here without anybody knowing and scaring people. But when she recalled the things she had just said, she suddenly felt a guilty conscience. Then she calmed down, suppressed her anger and grinned.

"Are you hungry, too? Come down and eat together. I have so many things!"

Mo Chen saw the youth underneath the tree changed his expressions so rapidly, from being flustered to getting angry and then finally feeling guilty. His eyes shifted slightly, but he didn't go down from the tree. He was quietly sitting and quietly watching.

Aware that she was ignored, Feng Jiu smiled. "Are you a student the Spirit Energy division? We've met before outside the academy in the exact position, above and below the tree. It's truly a fated encounter!"

Indeed! She escaped here to eat the stolen food, but she would still meet people by accident. But this immortal man's strength apparently was way above her, she didn't even know when he came. When she thought that she had previously taken things out of her space under his eyes, she was diffident.

He probably didn't realize that her spatial space was different from an ordinary space.

Time seemed to be at a standstill. Feng Jiu, under the tree, felt her face turned stiff from smiling. She did not see any response from the person above. After quite a while, just as she was thinking about whether she would jump up on top of the tree and hand the food directly to him, the immortal man in white leapt gently and stood steadily in front of her.

Her eyes lit up, she pulled him toward the grassy area where the dishes were placed and pushed him to a sitting position. "Sit down, sit down, I'll give you the soup. The soup tastes good. I heard from the kitchen people that it was prepared for some Young Master Mo Chen. I just drank a bowl. It's really good."

As she said this, she ladled a bowlful of soup excitedly and then handed it over to him with both hands. However, when she saw him sitting on the grass, the immortal man in white turned his head slightly and looked at the two greasy handprints on his white sleeve. She froze and smiled in embarrassment.

"That, this, I did not do it deliberately. I was too excited."

Yeah, she was so agitated because she was caught stealing food. He had to be dragged in to be her partner in crime. She didn't believe that after he drank the soup, he would tell others what had happened today.

However, he stared at the two greasy handprints on the sleeve for a long time and then glanced at the oily handprint on the shoulder. She finally couldn't help saying, "Otherwise, what about you drink the soup first. Take the robe off later. I'll wash it for you."

Chapter 652: Mistake

Once the words were spoken, the man dressed in white looked over at her.

"Oh, I don't mean anything by that, I just thought that since it was my hands that dirtied it, I should help you clean it." She sneered as she handed over the bowl of soup in her hand, her voice gentle as she continued: "You should drink the soup first! The soup won't taste nice once it's cooled."

Mo Chen looked at her then stretched out his long arms to take the bowl of soup from her and took a sip.

Upon seeing this, Feng Jiu quietly sighed out a breath of relief. She sat down beside him and gave him the other chicken thigh saying: "Come, come, eat more!"

Mo Chen looked at young boy holding the chicken thigh but did not reach out to take it. He had never eaten anything like this in his life. He did not know how to describe the feeling of using his hands to eat.

Feng Jiu knew exactly what was going through his mind, he had never eaten food in this manner before. She smiled and said: "The food tastes more delicious eating it in this manner. It is definitely not the same as eating food with chopsticks. You will understand once you have tried it."

Seeing this, Mo Chen hesitated for a moment and reached out to take the food. He did not take a big bite like Feng Jiu, but took small bites each time instead.

Feng Jiu laughed heartily and placed a pair of chopsticks in front of him so that he could use them to eat when the other dishes arrived and she helped herself to another piece of meat. There was a mess left on the grass after an hour.

Mo Chen thought that this was quite impolite as he would never normally leave the dinner table in such a mess. Even if this was not a table, it was still unrefined to do so. When he saw the youth had dug a hole and buried all the mess, he was quite surprised.

"There is a little stream up ahead, let's go there to wash our hands!" After Feng Jiu had buried the bones and dishes, she clapped her hands together and walked towards the little stream.

She washed her hands and her face in the stream. As she was just about to look for a place to rest, she was handed a robe.

"You need to clean it."

The voice was gentle like the flowing water of the mountains, clear and sweet.

She turned her head slightly and looked up from behind the robes that she held up. She looked at the man who stood in front of her, his hands held out the robe to her. He was only wearing his inner robe and his expression was indifferent as he looked down at her.

"Oh, okay." She answered and turned around to wash the robe in the stream. However, it was probably better that she had not washed the robe, once she washed it.....

Feng Jiu's forehead broke out in cold sweat as she looked at the robe. The more she washed it, the dirtier it became. She didn't dare look back.

Behind her, Mo Chen looked at Feng Jiu's back with indifference, and then up at the sun setting in the sky. After a while, he heard the sound of fabric tearing. He looked back at the youth who held his robes and stared at them in a daze.

He walked over to take a look, and what he saw made his eyes open wide with surprise.

He saw that the handprint on his silk robes had been somewhat washed away, but there was also a large tear in his robes. He had no idea how the youth washed his robes. He was speechless as he stared at his robes.

Chapter 653: Following behind

"This..." She looked at him in embarrassment: "Or, maybe I could buy you a new robe instead!"

"You won't be able to afford it, this is made from silkworms that spit out silk once every three years."

Feng Jiu's lips twitched as she looked at him and she asked awkwardly: "Then, then what can I do? It's already damaged."

"You said you are from the Alchemy Division." His voice was calm as he looked at her.

"Oh, yes. I have just started there, I can't make pills yet." She replied quickly as she thought that he wanted her to make pills knowing she was in the Alchemy Division.

Mo Chen looked at Feng Jiu and with a flick of his hand, a piece of paper appeared: "Help me find the five spirit herbs and materials written on this."

Feng Jiu did not take the piece of paper from him. She frowned and said: "If you want these, why don't you go to the redemption point? How am I supposed to find them for you here in the deep forest? Besides, I have things I need to do! No matter how valuable you robe is, it is just a piece of clothing. At the very most, I will give you ten of them in compensation! Sky silkworm is not as precious as ice silkworm. After I leave the college, I will find some for you."

"I need these fresh, and there are none at the redemption point."

She looked at him puzzled. Fresh?

She reached out for the paper and glanced at the list written down. When she saw the list, her eyes widened and she said irritatedly: "These are third grade and above spirit herbs and materials, are there any third grade materials here? Even if there are, it won't be easy to find! This blue spirit snake is a ninth order poisonous snake, its body only as big as a chopstick and its speed like lightning. You want the blue scales from its body to make the elixir, how is that possible?"

"And this double treasure deer blood, do you know how precious they are? Deer blood! You might as well use my blood! I have to look for these things just because I ruined your robe. If I could find these things I would save them for myself, not give them to you." She looked at him like he was an idiot then crumpled the piece of paper and stuffed it back into his hands.

"I can't be bothered with you anymore. You've drank the soup and ate the meat, you are my accomplice in stealing food, I am not afraid that you will complain." She snorted and walked past him.

"See you later!"

There was a cheerful voice in the distance, Feng Jiu was not bothered about that the sky was darkening and walked towards Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.....

Mo Chen watched the figure of the youth walking towards Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, his eyes glimmered. In actual fact, he had only wanted him to find the ingredients for him, he would do the actual collecting. However, he was not given a chance to finish speaking. The youth's attitude had surprised him.

As he watched the youth head towards Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, he recalled him mentioning that he had things to do. It must be why he was headed there. In that case.....

He glanced at his robe that was thrown onto the floor, then proceeded to follow the youth to Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.

Feng Jiu turned back to make sure the man with the white robe was not following her, once she was sure he was not behind her, her heart lightened and hummed a tune. She did not stop walking, her pace extremely fast.

A figure in white walked out slowly from behind the trees, watching the strange pace and speed of the youth. Surprise showed in his eyes as he followed quietly.

Chapter 654: Cold and Strange Mo Chen

The first rays of the morning sun peeked through the leaves. Feng Jiu was about to turn over when she remembered she was sleeping on the tree. She stopped herself in time and yawned instead.

"The air in the forest is so good!"

She blinked and listened to the morning breeze blowing through the leaves, the birds chirped away at the top of the trees. She felt at ease. But at this moment, she caught sight of the person who sat quietly on the tree next to her, looking at her. She fell to the ground in shock.

She held on to the branch and patted her chest as she glared at him: "Why have you followed me? Do you not make any sounds at all? Do you not realise you could have scared me to death?" She had not expected to open her eyes this morning to see this guy.

However, in her eyes, this guy was not the disgraced immortal she had first met. The feeling was more like a wandering ghost, always appearing by her side without her knowing it. How many times has it been now?

"I need your help."

Mo Chen spoke calmly, his eyes looked towards the forest: "In there, we can find the five spirit herbs and materials that I want."

"Don't joke with me. You are far more superior than me, why would you need my help?" Feng Jiu waved her hands: " Out of the five things you need, four of them need to be obtained from the spirit beasts. Don't get me involved, I don't want to lose my life!"

Mo Chen looked at her: "You don't have to catch the beast, you just need to collect it for me."

Feng Jiu scrutinised him: "Aren't you from the Spirit Division? Why would a student from the Spirit DIvision need to find these medicines? Or are you from the Pharmacy Division? No, you don't have the smell of medicine on you. Which division are you from?"

Mo Chen did not reply and only said: "You ruined my sky silkworm robe."

When she heard this, Feng Jiu's mouth twitched but she could not speak. Suddenly, she found that this man was indeed utterly disgraceful. Had she not tried to wash his robes? Did he need to complain about it time and again?

"Fine, I will stop asking. Satisfied? You say are catching the beasts yourself and I am only helping you, but I have my own things I need to do! Don't bother me if there is nothing else." She snorted at him and landed on the ground gently. She looked at her surroundings, then sat down on the ground, took out some herbs and started to mash them up.

It was too much trouble to look for the one-horned flame beast in the large forest. If she were to let it come to look for her instead then it would be much easier to retrieve its fire crystal.

Upon seeing the young boy sat on the ground mashing herbs, he was startled and asked: "How long do you need?"

"About half an hour." She replied without lifting her head.

"After half an hour, come with me into the centre of Myriad Beasts Mountain Range." The materials that he was looking for were all in that part of the forest, there was nothing outside of it.

"Okay, I know. I have to go there too." She said, her hands handling the herbs with speed.

After about half an hour, with two bottles full of herbs stuffed into her sleeves, she stood up and said to the person stood there watching her the whole time: "Let's go!"

Mo Chen walked with the young boy seeing that everything seemed to be handled well and his instructions were being followed. However, he had only taken a step and his sleeve was tugged by the youth.

He did not look at him but at the hand that held on to his sleeve.

"Relax, my hand is clean!" She rolled her eyes: "You aren't thinking of just walking in are you? You don't have a sword?"

Chapter 655: A Teacher?

Mo Chen looked at the youth, like he had only just remembered the incident about his dirtied sleeve. A green jadecoloured bamboo flute with a jasper tassel appeared in front of him and he was about to step on it. Just as he was about to call to the youth, he discovered that the youth was already staring at the flute by his feet, and he even reached out to touch the tassel on the flute.

"This flute is beautiful, is it made of bamboo? Where is it made? This shade of green is so eye-catching!"

Once Feng Jiu's eyes landed on the flute, she could not bear to look away. The flute grew in size and there was a spiritual presence coming from the flute. Even if the man in white had stepped on the flute, it would not have mattered. The flute had come alive gently swaying, it was beautiful to watch.

Mo Chen was about to call him when he saw the flute swaying. The youth had already jumped up and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Let go."

He frowned, he never liked being touched by anyone. He kept being touched by this youth, even though he had not felt repulsed, but he did not like it. Especially since he had ruined his robe.

"I can't let go. What if I fall down after I let go? I can't fly." Feng Jiu looked at the flute and thought to herself that it would be pretty nice to have something like this to hang on her waist.

Mo Chen raised his eyebrow and said: "Hold on to the edge of the sleeve." When he finished speaking he saw the youth had already gripped on tightly to the edge of his sleeve, his eyes staring firmly at the flute on the ground.

Seeing this, he said nothing more. He used his spiritual energy and stepped onto the flute and they flew towards the center of the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range....

This was the first time she had stepped on an aircraft and flown in the sky. The whistling wind blew across her face, unlike being in a spaceship where there is a shield. There is also the worry about the possibility of slipping off the aircraft, but it was an exciting feeling.

"What are you looking for in here?"

Feng Jiu was deep in thought when she heard the man in white ask her a question, so she replied: "To collect the fire crystal from the one-horned flame beast in order to earn contribution points." She then asked with curiosity: "Why do you need those medicines? Are you a student from the Medical Division? Or the Spirit Division?"

She was very curious indeed.

The person in front of her did not speak, as if he had not heard her question. His gaze remained fixed ahead, until they reached the center of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, then he landed them onto the ground.

Feng Jiu leapt onto the ground and watched as the man in white picked up his flute and placed it around his waist. Did he keep it in the Spatial Space?

As she was still thinking about it, she saw him raise his hand and created an enchanted circle. Her eyes narrowed.

He was not a student!

Even the top students at Nebula Academy could not place an enchanted array so easily.

"This enchanted array can protect you. If you encounter any danger, just come in. The spirit beasts in the forest cannot enter it." After he spoke, with a twitch of his toes, he disappeared right in front of Feng Jiu.

"Hey....." Feng Jiu shouted, but saw that the man was nowhere to be seen in the forest, he had disappeared.

"He is a teacher? Are there such young teachers in the college" She groaned but did not give it any more thought. She walked out of the enchantment to prepare her entrapment plans.

However, the moment she walked out of the enchanted array, a pair of bloodthirsty eyes glared at her through the leaves of the trees. When she was about ten meters away from the enchanted array, multiple dark shadows leapt out towards her.....

Chapter 656: Ninth Order King Beast

"Hey!"

There was a low pitched roar and one of the shadows rushed at Feng Jiu. Its sharp claws ripped through midair. Feng Jiu had sensed the danger behind her and dodged to the side immediately, then looked back with a smile.

"I wondered what you were! So it's the ninth order king beast!"

She smiled as she looked at the six headed king beast which had nearly surrounded her. This beast had a body of a dog, a cow's horns, sharp teeth and claws like a wolf, and a layer of black scales that resembled fish scales. The beast was about one metre tall and was looking at her, licking its mouth and drooling.

In the next moment, the beast at the front and back leapt towards her, their mouths opened wide as they attempted to bite her with their sharp fangs. She reached into her shoe and took out a dagger, then leapt onto the back on one of the beasts. She drove the dagger with mysterious breath into the most lethal spot of the king beast's head.

"Swoosh!"

"Ah Wooooooo!"

The sound of the blade piercing through the flesh of the beast as accompanied by the howl of the beast. The beast collapsed onto the ground the moment Feng Jiu pulled out the dagger.

The fifth order king beast stepped back, the breath in the air solidified, the whistling air flowed through sharp like a knife. It was not inferior to the Martial Ancestor Masters. If it were any other student who was surrounded by five or six beasts from the ninth order, they would not be still stood up at this point.

Feng Jiu, with her strange speed and strength, was able to subdue the ninth order king beast with one fatal blow.

However, these beasts have now wisened up. After she had killed four more beasts, she had jumped onto the back of one of them and held on to its horn with one hand, her dagger in the other hand. She was about to stab the beast when she saw another beast leapt towards her with no fear of death. It slammed into her and scratched her hand causing her dagger to drop from her hand.

She fell from the beast's back from the impact to her body. At this moment, the king beast ran wildly towards her. As if it was trying to kill her by brute force. Not only that, but the beast behind her was doing the same.

In that moment, she was unable to react. She could only hold on to the beast's horn tightly and tried to get her dagger. However, with all the wild knocking against the trees, she was unable to steady herself. She was only just able to grab onto the other horn.

"Damn!"

The branches scraped past her body and her robes were ripped. There was burning pain and fresh blood oozed from her skin.

The king beast ran at high speed and swerved about as if to try to throw her off its back. As the beast ran out of the forest, she heard the sound of water from afar and could not help but be surprised.

"Damn it! Stop!"

Right in front of them was a torrent of water, so turbulent that you could not see the bottom. If one were to fall in...

She made a split-second decision and jumped down from the king beast's back immediately. But at this point, the beast that was following them from behind slammed into her the moment she jumped off the king beast and pushed her towards the torrent of water......

Chapter 657: For You

Her heart stopped as she felt the impact of her whole body being slammed against the beast. Even if she had tried to stabilize her body, she couldn't do it. As she stared at the torrent of water in front of her, she couldn't even scream.

She was thinking, once she fell into the water she could enter the Spatial Space. That way, she could at least preserve her life. However, just as the thought entered her mind, a white figure flashed past and pulled her to safety by her collar.

Embarrassment crossed her mind and it took her awhile before she came to her senses. When she did, she saw the sleeve of the man in white wave up and with a visible spiritual force he swept the two beasts into the torrent of water.

"Oh!"

Frightened screams could be heard but they were drowned out in an instant. She looked at the torrent of water but could only hear the waves that swallowed the beasts.

"You dare to provoke the ninth order beast king? Do you not want to live?"

There was anger in Mo Chen's eyes. If he had not heard the commotion and rushed back, the youth would have died right here!

Feng Jiu touched her nose and replied: "I didn't go provoking them, rather they besieged me and I couldn't run into the enchanted circle!" She had not expected things to turn out like this. She didn't even fear the sacred beast. She would be a laughing stock if it was known she nearly died at the hands of several ninth order beasts.

Mo Chen glared at the youth then swished his sleeves and walked away.

Seeing this, Feng Jiu sighed and followed him: "Thank you for saving me."

The person in front had not even acknowledged her and continued to walk on forwards.

Feng Jiu ran alongside him and asked: "Were you not going to catch a beast? How did you hear the commotion on this side? Are you a teacher? A teacher from the Spirit Division?"

Mo Chen was silent the whole walk back to the enchanted circle. However, when he saw the corpses of the four beasts in front of the enchanted circle, there was a glimmer in his eyes as he turned to ask the youth: "Did you kill them?"

She scratched her head, looked left and right then asked him: "Do you see anyone else here?"

Mo Chen looked at her deeply. The knife wound was right in the middle of the fatal point, edges of the wound were neat. The speed and control of the knife must have been fast and subtle or it could not have been done.

This youth was always surprising him.

"Enter the enchanted circle to tend to your wounds. Don't wander anywhere else." He watched Feng Jiu enter the enchanted circle before he turned and walked away.

Feng Jiu bandaged up the wounds caused by the branches. After she watched him walk away, she looked at her surroundings and walked out of the enchanted circle. She dragged the corpses of the beasts into the enchanted circle and began to dissect off the useful parts of the beasts. Once she had finished with the corpses of the beasts, the man in white appeared. She was surprised to see that he had caught two one-horned flame beasts.

"For you." He drew up another enchanted circle to contain the beasts then turned around and left again.

Feng Jiu blinked a few times in shock and looked at the two one-horned beasts trapped in the enchanted circle. Then she looked at the man in white walking away. She was speechless.

She went over to the other enchanted circle and used her dagger to dig out the fire crystals. She looked at the two beasts trapped in the enchanted circle, and her eyes lit up as a bold thought crossed her mind.

Chapter 658: Condensed Fire Crystal

The property of the one-horned flame beast was fire, that's why they could create fire crystals every year. However, these fire crystals were usually swallowed by the one-horned flame beasts to add to their source of fire. If she could ignite the fire in their bodies, would they be able to create fire crystals in less than a year?

Well, she could try.

Herbs that ignite fire were not particularly precious, just a few herbs with fire properties should be able to achieve this effect. Once she knew what she needed to do, she went back into the other enchanted circle and got to work.

After about half an hour, pills about the size of a dragon's eye appeared in her hands. It looked like mud and did not smell of medicine or herbs. On the contrary it smelled a bit like meat.

"Come here, eat this!" She squatted outside of the enchanted circle and held out two pills. The two beasts glanced at her, snorted and turned their heads away. However, when they caught a whiff of the smell, they couldn't resist turning back to her. They swallowed it whole quickly, as if afraid of eating slowly.

Feng Jiu observed the two beasts after they ate the pills. Initially they had no reaction. However, after a few breaths, they started pacing around the enchanted circle. The top of the beast head where it stored fire crystals gradually filled up with a stream of air. The airflow was concentrated with spiritual energy and slowly conglomerating to form a little crystal.

When she saw the speed of crystal formation, Feng Jiu's eyes opened wide with surprise. She had increased the dose, but she had not expected the crystal to form so quickly!

In just a few breaths, a fire crystal had formed on the top of the beast's head. After about seven or eight pieces of crystals had been formed, the fire property in the beasts gradually subsided.

Feng Jiu was stunned, then laughed out loud happily. Her eyes twinkled brightly as she looked at the dozen or so fire crystals the two beasts created. She could just imagine all the contribution points being awarded to her. She fed the two beasts more pills and squatted down to collect more fire crystals.

When Mo Chen came back, he saw the two beasts in the enchanted circle half dead, their bodies were thinner than before, and their fire properties were barely existent in their bodies. Then he saw the youth sat outside the circle counting.....fire crystals?

Seeing the number of fire crystals in front of the youth, a feeling of dread came over him. There were only two one-horned fire beasts, at the most there would only be two fire crystals. Why were there so many fire crystals in front of him? Where did he get them?

"Oh, you're back?" Feng Jiu looked at and saw that he had a blue spirit snake wrapped around his left hand and his right hand held on to a double treasure deer that was not moving. Her eyes lit up at the sight.

"You actually managed to capture them so quickly? Wow! This is a blue scaled snake! And the double treasure deer is rumoured to have exceptional speed. You actually caught it?" She gathered up her fire crystals and hurried over to him, excited at the snake and deer in his hands.

Mo Chen gave the youth a strange look, but did not ask how he obtained so many fire crystals. With a wave of his sleeve, two ropes appeared and tied up the snake and deer. He said: "Don't go near them." He removed the enchanted circle around the one-horned fire beasts and placed on around the snake and deer just in case.

The two one-horned fire beasts looked at her in fear once the enchanted circle was removed and fled. Her eyes narrowed. Was their dying act just a pretense?

Chapter 659: Sixth Grade Soul Elixir

Mo Chen also looked at the fleeing beasts in surprise. Not at the fact they could run for their lives, but the fear in their eyes when they looked at the youngster.

He saw the surprise in the young boy's eyes when he turned around. He left him with some instructions then turned around and left again.

After about an hour, Mo Chen appeared with two more beasts he had captured. He looked at the young boy sat in the enchanted circle making pills and said: "When you're done over there, come and help me."

Feng Jiu raised her head and looked at him, then packed up after moulding the last pill with exceptional speed. She washed her hands then walked over to him. She saw that he had brought back the two ninth order beasts he had killed earlier. She looked at the two beasts and asked: "How can I help?"

"Remove all the parts I need for the elixir, and when I tell you to, then you take the blood of the double treasure deer." After he left her instructions, he walked away from the enchanted circle, whipped out a pill furnace out of thin air and began his preparations.

She got excited at this and immediately got to work. She scrapped the blue scales off the blue spirit snake, removed the fat from the three coloured beast.....

An alchemist! She had yet to see an alchemist make elixirs since her entrance into the academy. It was not easy for her to meet one. She had to see for herself how his methods differed from hers.

On the other side, Mo Chen used the fire element from the earth to heat up the furnace. He entered the mountain range for the sixth grade soul elixir pill. The elixir had to be made using the fire from the heart of the earth. Some of the ingredients had to be added to the mixture fresh. Take the blood of the double treasure deer for example, the blood taken had to be warm while it was added to the mixture. That's why he came to Myriad Beast Mountain Range.

Feng Jiu did as she was instructed and removed all the parts required for the elixir, then went over to his side to watch him work. She saw that he had ignited the fire from the heart of the earth, and could not help but be surprised. He was not only able to use the fire from within his body but also able to ignite the fire from the earth. However, if the fire from the earth was not controlled properly, it would become worthless. That's why not many people would use the fire from the earth to make elixirs.

Since he dared to use the fire, he must be extremely confident of success. With such confidence, was he an alchemist master or alchemist ancestor?

There was firewood under the furnace burning away. He had used the willow branches as firewood. Her eyes glimmered in surprise. She watched the man in white with deep concentration as he added the ingredients into the furnace. His skilled approach was one she had never seen before and she was indeed impressed.

After half an hour, the smell of medicine drifted out from the furnace and spread through the forest. It attracted a number of spirit beasts and ferocious beasts. The beasts were unable to get closer because of the enchanted circle. They were unable to break through the enchanted circle and could only pace around the outside of it.

"Get the double deer blood!"

Mo Chen's forehead was covered in sweat as making the elixirs had used up much of his spiritual energy. He was only focused on the medicine in the furnace at this point and had not even turned his head when he shouted instructions at Feng Jiu.

"Okay!"

Feng Jiu turned around and went to the double treasure deer that was tied up and made a small cut with her dagger. She retrieved half a bowl of blood and returned to Mo Chen's side. She watched as he used his hands to magically add the blood into the mixture, not a single drop was left in the bowl.

She took a step back as she watched him complete the final stages of condensing the elixir. At this time, there was a loud thunderous roar that sounded out through the sky, like a thunderous cry......

Chapter 660: Unable To Refine Pills

She looked up startled and stared at the billowing clouds and thundering sounds filled the sky. She couldn't help but look at the man in white, secretly excited.

He was refining fifth grade and above medicinal pills!

To alchemists, pill recipes were precious, in her spatial space she had quite a few recipes, and most of them were common recipes. However, fifth order and above pill recipes were rare and rarely seen. Therefore, she was unable to determine what sort of medicinal pill he was refining.

When she saw the turbulent skies, she thought that he was at the last stage of condensing the pills and it would soon lead to the final stage of the refining process. However, another half an hour had passed, thunderous sounds continued sounding through the sky, but it had not struck.

As she stood by the side observing, she felt like her heart was going to pop out from excitement. The ingredients had been put into the furnace, and they were all considered extremely precious. It looked like he had only prepared enough for one does, if he failed...

Even though she was not the one refining the pill, but she was even more anxious that he was.

Another hour had passed. At the same time that Mo Chen retracted his hand and took a step back from the furnace, three heavenly thunders shot down into the furnace. After that, the surrounding was restored to its previous calm. There was now only a rich fragrant scent of medicine that spread through the air....

It was done? The pill was complete?

She looked on in shock as she watched him wave his hand once, and the pill flew out from the pill furnace, just one.

"This is a sixth grade medicinal pill!"

She exclaimed as she looked at the pill marks and spirit energy that emitted from the pill. And then ...and then she froze.

spirit energy..... Pill marks.... This, this.... How could she have forgotten such an important thing?

spirit energy! She had spirit energy in her dantian but she could not condense it! Once spirit energy entered her body, it was immediately absorbed to nourish the green lotus seed. Without spirit energy, she was unable to refine pills!

Dear God!

How could she have been so silly? How could she have only just realized that she was unable to refine pills? When she had made the Longevity pill, she had not eaten the lotus seed. Afterwards, she had only cultivated mysterious breath, and when she left Phoenix Empire she was on an air ship controlled by spirit crystal.

Once she had arrived here, all her spiritual energy was used to nourish the lotus seed. She had thought that she would be able to wait till the lotus seed bloomed. Since she was unable to cultivate her spiritual energy, she concentrated on her mystical energy instead, it was no big deal.

That was why she had not applied to enter the Spirit Division or the Mystical Division, but entered the Alchemy Division instead. She had forgotten that she needed spirit energy to refine pills!

No wonder she had felt a bit odd on the day of the assessment, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong. That day, the two tutors had only asked her two questions about refining pills, and had not tested her spirit energy!

It's over..... It's over this time.....

How could she have made such a big mistake? If she could not condense her spirit energy, how could she refine pills? It was just her luck that she was the only student in the Alchemy Division, if they found out...

When she thought about this, her head hurt.

She did not realize that her body was not totally without spirit energy, after all, her dantian stored all her spirit energy. After so many years of practice, even though she could not condense her spirit energy, there was still spiritual energy within her body. It was precisely because of this that the two teachers and even Mo Chen did not expect that she was not able to condense her spirit energy.

Mo Chen glanced at the youth beside him who had gone stiff and his expression pale. The youth was just stood staring at the soul elixir pill in his hand like the sky had fallen down on him. It made him feel a little sorry for him.