Looking at those smiling faces, Mu Yun raised his glass and downed it in one gulp.
In his past life, he was a Celestial King who rose to the position of supreme power. After his rebirth, he was now an academy instructor.
The battle with the Advanced Class 3 suddenly made him realize that cultivation didn't necessarily mean struggling alone to become the strongest.
Being with these young men and women, his heart gradually felt younger.
"Damn, I'm only nineteen now, why do I think of myself as so old!"
"What?" Qin Mengyao, standing beside him, heard Mu Yun muttering and asked, puzzled.
"Nothing, nothing!" Mu Yun laughed and said, "Drink, drink! Today, we won't leave until we're drunk!"
In his previous life, he followed the path of martial arts.
But in this life, Mu Yun was destined to walk a different path.
He had family, a lover, students, and friends—all precious to him on his path of martial arts.
"A bunch of bumpkins, all they have is money to drink in this hall!"
Watching Mu Yun and the others frolicking in a corner of the hall, Shao Yu muttered under his breath as he passed by, heading straight for a private room on the second floor.
"Hmm?"
Mu Yun's hearing was exceptional; he naturally heard Shao Yu's curse.
"It's him?"
Seeing Shao Yu head upstairs, Mu Yun remained silent. In this moment of joy, he couldn't be bothered with a few flies.
"Big brother, weren't we supposed to arrive in half a month? Why are we here earlier?"
Arriving at a private room on the second floor, Shao Yu asked expectantly upon seeing his older brother, Shao Ming. Shao
Ming, dressed in a gray long robe with his long hair tied back, looked handsome and had a faint smile on his face, gesturing for Shao Yu to sit down.
"I've come here because things have taken a turn for the worse!" Shao Ming said earnestly. "You must remember what I'm about to say!"
"Yes!" "
I'm certain that at least one expert at the fifth level of the Spirit Aperture Realm will perish in the Wind Ridge Cave of the Northern Cloud Mountains this time!"
"Fifth level of the Spirit Aperture Realm?" Shao Yu was taken aback.
Above the tenth level of the Physical Body Realm is the tenth level of the Spirit Aperture Realm. Every martial artist at the tenth level of the Spirit Aperture Realm possesses incredibly powerful and surging true essence within their body.
"Well, I originally planned to enter the Wind Ridge Cave this time to try my luck and cross the tenth level of the Physical Body Realm to enter the Spirit Aperture Realm. That way, I'd have some status within the inner sect, and you'd benefit greatly from it when you join!"
"However, I'm not the only one who knows this. Tang Mingyang, Tie Shanhu, and Ba Yude also know this news. These three will probably arrive in Beiyun City soon. The place where that fifth-level Spirit Aperture Realm expert fell must contain his life savings stored in his spatial ring. If they get their hands on it, then it will be very difficult for us brothers to survive in the inner sect!"
"I understand, brother!"
Shao Yu said earnestly. "This time, I've already called a few good buddies from the outer sect. Don't worry, if those three dare to come, we'll make sure they can't survive in the Beiyun Mountains!"
"Come on, drink, drink, drink..."
"Instructor Mu, you've already drunk so much, that's not enough!"
...
"Hmm?"
Hearing the arguing coming from downstairs, Shao Ming's already irritable mood worsened, and he couldn't help but frown.
"Big brother, those guys down there are really annoying. I'll take some men to quiet them down!"
"This is Beiyun City after all. We can't let them think that we Holy Pill Sect disciples are arrogant and domineering!" Shao Ming instructed.
"I understand!"
Shao Yu chuckled and said to a young man beside Shao Ming, "Senior Brother Ku Li, come with me!"
"Me?"
Hearing Shao Yu call him, Ku Li was stunned. He looked very thin, but he was, after all, a ninth-level Spirit Realm martial artist.
In his eyes, those guys from Beiyun City downstairs were at most seventh or eighth level martial artists. Asking him to take action was really underestimating him!
"Hehe, I know what Brother Kuli is thinking, but there's this so-called genius instructor from Beiyun Academy down there. Today, he even defeated an eighth-level Core Formation Realm martial artist with only a seventh-level True Essence Realm martial artist!"
Shao Yu chuckled. "Today, I only pointed out the shortcomings in his swordsmanship, and he started boasting that he's nothing but a bullshit genius from a sect, inferior to their academy!"
"Alright, Shao Yu, you don't need to add fuel to the fire. Kuli, you go down with him and see what's going on. A little lesson won't hurt, so these academy people don't think they can act lawlessly just because they rely on the Nanyun Empire."
"Yes!"
Kuli showed great respect to Shao Ming.
"Hehe... Mu Yun, this time, let's see if you don't embarrass yourself!"
Shao Yu sneered inwardly.
Kuli was one of the earliest inner disciples to follow his elder brother. Kuli, at the ninth level of the Spirit Connection Realm, was not comparable to the so-called genius Diao Yadong from Beiyun Academy.
There's going to be a good show soon!
"Hey, can't you guys keep it down?" Ku Li walked out of the private room, leaned against the stair railing, and sneered, "I can hear you guys from the private rooms on the second floor. If you don't have money, don't come to places like this, okay?"
Looking at the group of young boys and girls on the first floor, Ku Li really couldn't muster any fighting spirit.
He had originally planned to teach them a lesson, but seeing this
, he decided against it.
Upon hearing Ku Li's words, Miao Xianyu, Mo Yang, Qi Ming, and the others were slightly taken aback, then stared at him wide-eyed.
"Drink!"
Suddenly, Mu Yun shouted, raising his wine cup.
"Drink! Drink!"
In an instant, the group raised their cups again, completely ignoring Ku Li.
Seeing this, Ku Li felt as if he had been slapped hard across the face, his cheeks burning red.
Ignored? Not
only that, but there were also many people sitting on the first floor, yet they completely ignored Mu Yun and his group's boisterous laughter and shouts, acting as if they hadn't seen anything.
"Brother Kuli, you might not know this!"
Shao Yu stepped forward and said, "See that icy beauty? That's the pride of the Qin family in Beiyun City. That Mu Yun is the adopted son of the Mu family patriarch and their mentor. That Miao Xianyu is the granddaughter of Master Miao. And that Mo Yang is the young master of the Mo family business!"
"They are all prominent young nobles in Beiyun City, with very powerful backgrounds!"
"Pah! A bunch of bumpkins!"
Ku Li spat and sneered, "I, Ku Li, have never seen such arrogant country bumpkins. Looks like I'll really have to make a move today!"
With that, Ku Li walked down the stairs and went straight to the table where Mu Yun and the others were.
Without a word, Ku Li plopped down, picked up a glass of wine, and gulped it down.
"Brother, we don't seem to know each other, do we?"
Actually, Mu Yun had already noticed Ku Li and Shao Yu whispering to each other, but he was in a good mood today and didn't want to bother.
But now that they had clearly come to provoke him, if he didn't make a move, he'd be a coward.
"So what if I don't know you?" Ku Li snorted. "It's just a drink with you, how much is it? I'll pay!"
"Hey, you..."
"Sit down, Mo Yang!"
Seeing Mo Yang lose his temper, Mu Yun shouted, "This friend said he'd pay, so he'll pay. This drink costs a thousand low-grade spirit stones, brother, pay up!"
Pfft...
Before Mu Yun could finish speaking, Ku Li spat out a mouthful of wine.
"A thousand low-grade spirit stones? Do you
think I'm stupid?!" "Isn't it?" Mu Yun smiled. "If you're not stupid, who would go to someone else's table to drink for no reason?!"
"You're playing me!"
Hearing Mu Yun's words, Ku Li understood immediately.
"Playing you, so what!"
"You good-for-nothing illegitimate son, do you really think you can act like a tyrant in Bei Yun City just because of your family? Today I'll teach you a lesson!"
Good-for-nothing illegitimate son!
It seems Shao Yu really has a lot of anger in his heart.
Hearing Ku Li's words, Mu Yun's face immediately darkened.
Swoosh...
But before he could make a move, two whooshing sounds suddenly rang out.
With a flick of her jade-like finger, Qin Mengyao conjured two ice spikes, instantly pinning Ku Li's hands to the ground.
His hands suddenly immobilized, Ku Li tried to lift his feet, but Qin Mengyao wouldn't give him the chance.
*Whoosh! Whoosh!*
Two more whooshing sounds rang out as Qin Mengyao flicked her finger again, and two more ice spikes nailed Ku Li's feet to the ground, rendering him immobile.
Mu Yun had firsthand experience of just how terrifying Qin Mengyao was after awakening her Ice Phoenix Divine Soul.
He had no doubt that if Ku Li dared to move, his hands and feet would be severed from his body.
"Dare to slander him again, and I'll cripple you!"
Hiss…
Hearing this, Mo Yang, Qi Ming, and the others smacked their lips, unable to utter a single word.
Previously, Qin Mengyao's reputation at Bei Yun Academy was that of an icy beauty instructor.
However, recently, as Qin Mengyao grew closer to them, they realized that she wasn't as cold and aloof as the rumors suggested; on the contrary, she was very approachable, and would even blush occasionally when they joked around.
But today, Qin Mengyao's words made them realize that Qin Mengyao wasn't as she seemed on the surface.
Perhaps she was only so petite and charming in front of Mu Yun.
"You..."
Ku Li wanted to say something, but feeling the cold breath on his neck, he just swallowed.
"Hehe... Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!"
Just then, a light laugh came from the stairwell, and Shao Ming, with his hands behind his back, gracefully descended the stairs.
"Big brother..."
Shao Yu hadn't expected that his attempt to teach Mu Yun a lesson, which failed in destroying his core, would instead make Ku Li lose face.
He never imagined that Qin Mengyao, who was beside Mu Yun, was so unfathomable.
Ku Li was a ninth-level Spirit Realm martial artist, yet he couldn't even withstand a single blow from Qin Mengyao, and was directly controlled to death, unable to resist even slightly.
"I think this is a misunderstanding. My brother here is impulsive and has offended everyone!"
Shao Ming cupped his hands and said with a smile.
"I see!"
Mu Yun chuckled and said, "In that case, we will naturally release them after the compensation!"
"Compensation?"
"That's right, a cup of wine and a thousand low-grade spirit stones. Do you think the disciples of the Holy Pill Sect would renege on their promise?"
Mu Yun chuckled and reached out his hand.