Chapter Six: Tian Nan Fu

  "Big sister, why don't we just ride the Purple Cloud Crane directly into the Academy!" A young man said to a beautiful woman beside him in a town leaning against the Tian Nan Prefecture on Mount Cang Ling.

  "The rules of the Academy, if you're caught by the Enforcement Team, you'll be in big trouble. Those people are ruthless and there are many experts among them, don't offend them for no reason!" The beautiful woman said with a slightly serious tone, while another man beside her also spoke seriously, "Third Brother, don't underestimate the Enforcement Team, most of the high-level graduates who choose to stay in the Academy after graduation are in the Enforcement Team, and there are not a few martial arts masters among them!"

  The young man who was asking the question softly said "oh" and didn't say anything else. It was exactly eighteen days that Xu Hua and his two companions had been traveling, and they finally arrived at Mount Taicheng.

  Dà Cāng Lǐng is very large, not smaller than the entire country of Dān Guó. There are no cities here, only small towns. Dà Cāng Lǐng has three major powers: Tiān Nán Fǔ, Zhuī Mìng Lóu, and Huān Lè Gōng. Each of these three major powers has strong martial artists, with Tiān Nán Fǔ being the strongest. It can be said that more than two-thirds of Dà Cāng Lǐng is under the control of Tiān Nán Fǔ.

  Of course, in the Great Cang Ridge, there are still many small forces and many powerful scattered cultivators. The most famous one is called Hèn Tiān Old Man. It is said that he has already reached the middle stage of Wǔ Zūn (Martial Honored). Precisely because of his existence, Tiān Nán Fǔ was unable to unify the entire Great Cang Ridge.

  After arriving at Panshi Town near Tiannan Prefecture, Xu Hui and Xu Lang let Ziyun Bird go first, and the three of them walked towards Tiannan Prefecture on foot.

  As for the advice from his elder sister and second brother, Xu Hua deeply agreed that a school's disciplinary squad couldn't be weak, or else how could they keep these students in line? With Xu Hua's temperament, he wouldn't provoke trouble without reason, so there was no need to worry about the disciplinary squad. However, if someone from the disciplinary squad were to provoke him, Xu Hua would not be afraid; he would do as he pleased, and what could the Martial Emperor do to him? Although he had yet to fully recover, how could he possibly fear an ordinary Martial Emperor?

  Before long, the three of them arrived at Tian Nan Prefecture. The entire Tian Nan Prefecture was situated on the edge of the Great Cyan Ridge, leaning against the Taihang Mountains. The entire academy was quite large, winding deep into the Taihang Mountains. It could be said that more than half of Tian Nan Prefecture was within the Taihang Mountains, which was truly impressive! With ferocious beasts roaming the Taihang Mountains, Tian Nan Prefecture's ability to establish its academy within the mountains was a testament to its greatness.

  Entering the school, it was far from what he had imagined. Along the way, he only saw a few dozen people scattered around, which didn't match the grandeur of the school at all. Xu Hua looked at the two people beside him with confusion, and they obviously understood his confusion.

  "Third brother, although this place also belongs to the school, it's not where the students are. Keep going and you'll see!" The two of them walked as they spoke.

  Xu Hua nodded, thinking to himself: "The founder of this school is not simple either! He actually built the school in the Taihang Mountains. Looking at the layout, it seems that the last direction of the school has already reached the middle ring area of the Taihang Mountains. It's quite interesting."

  Under the leadership of Xu Hui and Er Ren, they walked for nearly half an hour before arriving at their destination.

  "Xu Lang and Xu Hui, you're back so soon!" Two young men in their twenties walked towards them from the opposite direction, greeting the three of Xu Hua.

  Xu Hui and the other person also saw the person waving at them, with a smile on their face, apparently having a good relationship. "Ah! You've been home for two days and rushed back, what are you doing here? Don't you have a task to complete?"

  "Ah, never mind. We finally saw a decent mission and it was snatched away by those Tiger Gang thugs." The two of them had iron-gray faces and clenched fists, clearly still fuming with anger.

  Xu Lang's face was shocked, "What's going on? How could the Tiger Gang dare to openly rob my Qing Gang's mission just a few days after I left? The Tiger Gang's strength is at most comparable to that of my Qing Gang! What does Mu Feng want to do?"

  "Xu Langxue, you don't know that in the few days since you and your senior sister left, the leader of the Tiger Gang has already become a martial arts master!" The two looked at each other with helpless expressions.

  "It's like this when I first entered Wu Huang, it's just like this!" Xu Hua muttered softly.

  It wasn't until then that the two of them noticed the young man standing next to Xu Shijie, and then looked at Xu Hui. "Xu Hui, who is this?"

  "Ah! My third brother, this time when you go back, bring him to the school as well to study!" Xu Lang looked at his own third brother's expression and only then did it improve. As long as his third brother was willing to take action, whatever Tiger Gang or Sword Gate would have to step aside!

  The two nodded and said to Xu Hua: "So it's Young Master Xu, but what you just said can't be taken lightly. The Academy is not like a family clan, if the Tiger Gang hears about it, you'll be in trouble."

  Xu Hua nodded, not saying anything, but thinking to himself: This Tiger Gang actually has some conflicts with the gang that my sister is in. It seems that next time we meet, I'll have to teach them a good lesson. But for now, since I'm new here, it's better to first get familiar with the school rules.

  "Alright, don't underestimate my third brother, he's not weak! Third brother took this token to register at the academy, big sister and second brother had something to do so they left first, if there's anything else just contact us." Xu Hui handed a black token to Xu Hua, then took the two of them away. They didn't worry about Xu Hua not passing the academy's assessment at all. What a joke, with third brother's strength that could kill a fourth-stage demon beast, who wouldn't be able to pass?

  After everyone left, Xu Hua wandered around by himself, entangled in his own thoughts, and had actually forgotten to ask where the registration place was. In the end, under the leadership of a kind student, he finally found the so-called registration place.

  Pushing open the door, a strong smell of wine wafted out, and the sound of burping echoed in Xu Hua's ears. Xu Hua's heart skipped a beat, what was going on! The teachers at the academy wouldn't all be like this, would they?!

  Two people were lying in the house, completely unaware of Xu Hua's arrival. At a glance, Xu Hua knew that if he didn't wake them up, there was no way they could sign up today! After thinking for a moment, Xu Hua stomped his foot heavily on the ground, and the massive force caused the bluestone floor inside the house to crack open.

  BOOM!!!!!

  The huge sound of the rock cracking open suddenly woke up the two people who were originally asleep.

  "Earthquake! Run for it!"

  What a pair of treasures, the man on the left rubbed his blurry eyes vigorously. Then he slapped the head of the man next to him and said: "Don't talk nonsense, how could it be an earthquake? Isn't everything fine?"

  The man on the right was apparently awakened by him, and it wasn't until then that Xu Hua's figure appeared in his eyes.

  "Hey kid, what's your business here disturbing our office?"

  Xu Hua was even more speechless, obviously he was sleeping, but he said with a straight face that he was working in the office, and what's more, he said it with a serious tone, too hypocritical. So Xu Hua said in a bad mood: "Enlist!" At the same time, he threw the black token given by his elder sister from his arms.

  The two of them looked at the object in their hands, which was a recommendation token for inner disciples from the Academy, and nodded.

  "Come and hit me, even if you have an inner disciple's recommendation token that doesn't meet the standard, it can't let you join the school!"

  Whoosh!

  Xu Hua was unimpressed with what the two were doing and took a big step forward, punching the man who had spoken.

  BOOM!!!!!

  Another man looked at his companion flying backwards and opened his mouth wide!

  "Ah! You little thief, you actually launched a sneak attack!" The man who had fallen to the ground patted the dust off his body, his face filled with anger as he rapidly rushed towards Xu Hua.

  Just as the man's fist was about to hit Xu Hua's chest, Xu Hua moved, one hand, just one hand, firmly grasped the man's fist, preventing it from moving forward even an inch.

  Of course, Xu Hua didn't use his full strength either. After all, these two were just late-stage Wu Wang, and it wouldn't be good to beat them too badly! "With your current strength, you can pass the core disciple assessment!" Another man looked at Xu Hua as if he was a monster.

  Xu Hua let go of his hand, "Ah, you're really ruthless! My fist feels like it's going to shatter." The man who was released looked at his somewhat swollen fist and shouted loudly, constantly jumping up and down on the spot.

  "Come fill out some information and you'll be an official student of Tiān Nán Fǔ!" Another man took out a paper and a pen.

  "Name" "Xu Hua"

  "Age" "Eighteen"

  "What! Eighteen!" The two exclaimed in surprise. Xu Hua, although young, had matured a lot after spending two years in the Earthly Fire, looking like he was in his twenties. Originally, the two thought that with such strength at twenty-something, his future achievements would be boundless. Who would have thought that this kid would say he's only eighteen? This is unbelievable! Although they were only a few years apart, the gap between them was immense.

  "The school will investigate if you speak nonsense, and in the future, the school will trouble you!"

  Xu Hua glanced at them lightly and said slowly: "You can go check it out yourself!"

  The two people's hands trembled constantly, but inside they were infinitely delighted. The school has finally gotten a prodigy! They must report to the principal! After calming down, they first finished filling out the forms.

  "Martial arts hierarchy!" "Late-stage Martial King!"

  In fact, Xu Hua's martial arts level can only be considered as a late-stage Wu Shi, after all, he has not yet opened up the mysterious gate in his body to become a Wu Wang. However, his actual combat power has reached the Wu Huang level, and in order to avoid trouble, he said that he was a late-stage Wu Wang.

  Things progressed quickly, and after filling out some basic information, Xu Hua was taken by the two to a separate small courtyard. According to what these two said, this was the Academy's sponsorship for geniuses.

  After everything was settled, Xu Hua prepared to lie down and have a good rest for the night, starting his formal academic life tomorrow. For the past three years, his heart had always been tired, now he wanted to relax himself thoroughly, temporarily forgetting all the unpleasantness of the past, and enjoying the present. The Blood God Palace had Luo Cheng in it, so he didn't need to worry at all, and the Xu family was also very mysterious, similarly not needing him to worry.

  In life, you will inevitably encounter various hardships, sorrow and pain, resentment and hatred. If you get stuck in them, your life will be ruined. What should be let go must be let go, enjoy life well, or it's a waste of a lifetime.

  The two of them quietly entered the depths of the school and informed the higher-ups about all this.