Chapter 2145

Elder Wu could not stand such ungrateful people. They used the Wu family’s name but did things that hurt the family. So, Elder Wu said nothing more.

Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. It seemed everyone was satisfied with this handling. Since everyone was happy, it was decided. As for Wu Xiong and her group’s opinions, they didn’t matter at all.

She ordered Flame to supervise Wu Xiong and the others to organize the herb fields overnight. Then, she bid farewell to Elder Wu and the other two elders and left.

After watching Zhu Yanyi’s group leave, Elder Wu looked at Wu Xiong and said, “I will contact your parents. Let them bring money to redeem you.”

“Ancestor, I was wrong. Can’t you plead for me?” Wu Xiong’s face was pale. He knew he was likely doomed this time.

“You should be glad that students of the Sage Academy do not kill within the academy. If you had met students from the Yuanwu Academy, they wouldn’t care about the place. The principle of the strong respecting the strong always exists. They would have chopped your heads off, and we wouldn’t even know. So, do you still think I need to plead for you?” Elder Wu sneered.

“As cultivators, you should understand the principle of cause and effect. You occupied the results in other people’s herb fields and destroyed the herbs. Not chopping your heads off to use as night pots is truly too merciful,” Elder Wu said.

Elder Wu thought for a moment. “I will contact your parents in five days. Spend these days reforming yourselves.”

The Wu family absolutely could not have such unfilial disciples. So, Elder Wu decided to delay the notification. It wasn’t that he wouldn’t notify them, but he wanted them to suffer first.

Zhu Yanyi’s group didn’t know about Elder Wu’s move. If they had known, they would have called her an old fox for using them to discipline her own descendants.

Zhu Yanyi’s group returned to Ouyang Tianyun’s courtyard. Yu Qingyun had been watching the previous situation silently. Back in the courtyard, she seemed lost in thought.

Seeing Yu Qingyun like this, Ouyang Tianyun asked casually, “Qingyun, what are you thinking?”

“Is this a manifestation of the strong respecting the strong?” Yu Qingyun asked.

Ouyang Tianyun looked at Yu Qingyun for a while before nodding slowly. “Basically, yes.”

She continued, “Actually, there are many forms of the strong respecting the strong. It just depends on the environment and understanding. In your secular plane, you also follow the strong respecting the strong. For example, some people have good grades and become pillars of your country. Some have high martial arts skills and inherit countless teachings. Whether civil or military, whoever stands out is strong. But our definition of strong here is different. Most are those with higher cultivation and martial power.”

Mi Xiao snorted from the side. “Senior Brother Tianyun, you can’t say that. Take Junior Sister Yanyi. She not only has high cultivation and martial power but also a sharp mind. She often uses her brain to crush others.”

Hearing this, Zhu Yanyi was drinking Meng Po's soup. A mouthful went straight into her trachea. She coughed repeatedly. After a while, catching her breath, she glared at Mi Xiao.

“Senior Sister Mi Xiao, how can you say that about me? I am so weak. I never fight people casually, okay?” Zhu Yanyi pretended to be weak seriously.

“Stop pretending. Who here doesn’t know you? Besides, what’s the use of pretending? You never fight casually, but those who fight you are never easy to defeat. Anyway, I’ve figured it out. You are like a black sesame tangyuan. Black-hearted and腹黑 (two-faced).” Mi Xiao sniffed and answered seriously.

Zhu Yanyi was speechless. She casually picked up a piece of snake steak and started eating. While eating, she said, “Honestly, I found that after not coming to the academy for over a year, the atmosphere here seems to have changed. Of course, daily changes are positive. But now, I find the academy’s atmosphere very strange. It’s not positive at all. Instead, a bad vibe is emerging.”

This wasn’t Zhu Yanyi speaking randomly. Although she hadn’t met anyone on the way, she could still feel that the atmosphere here was different from a year ago.

“Why do you feel that way?” Bai Haochen asked in surprise.

Zhu Yanyi said, “According to the usual style of our Sage Academy, if we met someone like Wu Xiong, we would have found a way to deal with her long ago. We wouldn’t have endured it for Elder Wu’s face. I find it strange.”

Hearing Zhu Yanyi’s words, Bai Haochen took a sip of Meng Po's soup. Her fingers tapped slowly on the table beside her, as if thinking.

“It seems so. Now that Junior Sister Yanyi mentions it, I’ve noticed this problem too,” Mi Xiao spoke first. “When did we become so cowardly? People are bullying us right at our door, yet we let them bully us.”

Bai Haochen pondered slightly. “Could it be related to the Qixia Secret Realm we are going to?”

“The Qixia Secret Realm is opening?” Sikong Xuran asked.

Bai Haochen nodded. “According to reliable news, the opening time is set for next year. However, you fifty people who helped the Elf Tribe got a free quota. Others must participate in the public competition in three months. The total quota is two hundred and eighty. Originally, it was said that only one hundred and fifty quotas would be given. Later, because you took fifty quotas at once, the school discussed and decided to send two hundred and eighty people in total. Excluding your fifty quotas, there are still two hundred and thirty quotas this time.”

“Interesting,” Zhu Yanyi said, taking a sip of Meng Po's soup. “Since the original quota was only one hundred and fifty, and later expanded to two hundred and thirty, our fifty quotas are actually extra. We didn’t take up any of those quotas, right?”

“Exactly,” Yuan Yanqiu nodded in agreement from the side.

Zhu Yanyi snorted, her expression full of disdain. “Since we didn’t take up those shares, why are they jealous of us? Now, they watch others bully our herb fields and sweep the snow from their own doors. People like this, I think, are not suitable for the Qixia Secret Realm. In fact, they are no longer suitable to be students of the Sage Academy.”

Zhu Yanyi looked directly mocking.

If Zhu Yanyi hadn’t spoken out, everyone would have been fine. But once she said it, everyone present was stunned. They indeed hadn’t thought that much.

Ouyang Tianyun picked apart rabbit meat shreds and put them in a bowl. “Junior Sister Yanyi is right. It is really interesting. I always thought the character of our Sage Academy students was top-notch. That’s why we could persist for so long in the Linlang Training Ground.” Ouyang Tianyun’s tone was calm, as if stating a very ordinary matter.