"Gu Zhenhun!?"
"Senior Gu?"
"Ah!"
Seeing Gu Zhenhun being instantly sent flying, over a dozen onlookers couldn't help but gasp.
Gu Zhenhun.
One of the elite students of Qingyuan Academy, a master of the True Refinement Second Stage. With his cultivation alone, he ranked in the top hundred of the entire academy.
But now, he had been knocked into the air by Lu Qinghe, who had shattered his meridians and crippled his true qi with a single sword strike?
"Wuwuwu!"
Half of Gu Zhenhun's face was blood-red, his teeth were largely broken, looking extremely miserable. But his face was filled with anger.
Apart from anger, there was also fear.
Fear of Lu Qinghe, who had shattered his own offensive and sent him flying with a single strike.
If it happened again, he wouldn't be able to dodge that strike.
...
"Stop making noise!"
At this time, the commotion outside seemed to catch the attention of the person causing the destruction, and soon, a young man in the elite student uniform of Qingyuan Academy walked out.
When he saw Lu Qinghe at the door, his eyes lit up. "Oh! Who is this? Our Qingyuan Academy's number one talent Lu Qinghe, Senior Lu! Senior Lu, why do you have time to visit our senior student dormitory area today? Weren't you diligently studying your arithmetic society."
Lu Qinghe glanced at this young man.
Qin Huailin, an elite student of Qingyuan Academy, ranked thirty-first.
"Oh, oh, oh, sorry, I seem to have forgotten. This room seemed to belong to Senior Lu." Qin Huailin said in a somewhat sarcastic manner.
"Crack."
At this moment, the sound of items being shattered came from inside the room.
A young man of similar age to Qin Huailin was allowing a fine white jade sword case to fall to the ground and shatter.
Lu Qinghe looked at this newly emerged young man.
Luo Xiao.
An elite student of Qingyuan Academy, ranking in the top ten, at sixth place.
"Sorry for breaking your things, I believe Senior Lu, who is rich and generous, won't mind." Luo Xiao said with a calm expression.
As he spoke, in front of Lu Qinghe, he picked up a crystal jar representing the glory of being first in swordsmanship competition and allowed it to fall to the ground again...
"Crack!"
The crystal jar shattered into four pieces.
"Right, Senior Lu Qinghe?" Luo Xiao said. Calling him "Senior" with a tone of indifference, a sense of entitlement, and a condescending attitude, everyone could see that this was the deepest ridicule of Lu Qinghe.
For a moment, everyone stared at Lu Qinghe, waiting for his response. Especially Gu Zhenhun, who had just been beaten almost beyond recognition, was filled with resentment.
"Do you mind?" "Of course, at least we will be a little quieter, not let everyone in the building know," Luo Xiao teased.
"Oh." Lu Qinghe responded calmly, then added, "Please continue."
"Huh!?" A hint of interest appeared in Luo Xiao's indifferent look. Then he said to Qin Huailing and another person in the room, "Since the top expert of Qīngyuán Academy, Lu Qinghe, has chosen to ignore, what are you waiting for."
"Heh heh, Senior Lu, you really have grace," Qin Huailing said and then walked into Lu Qinghe's room, no longer limiting himself to throwing things around. With a sword in his hand, he unsheathed it and struck the wardrobe on the wall.
"Bang!" The wardrobe shattered. The sword flashed, and the clothes inside turned into shreds.
"I believe Senior Lu won't mind this, right?" After recklessly damaging the wardrobe, Qin Huailing turned to glare at Lu Qinghe, looking him up and down, chuckling.
And Lu Qinghe's response was just two words. "Continue!"
"Do you think I dare not?" Qin Huailing swung his sword again, and with the rotation of his true energy, the bookshelf shattered, and the many books stored on it were all ground into dust by the sword light.
"Senior Lu wouldn't mind this, right?" "Continue."
"Bang!" The bed was wrecked. "How about this?" "Continue."
"Rip!" Some valuable calligraphy, paintings, and sword manuals were all torn apart.
"It's fine, isn't it?" "Continue."
...
In the room, one by one, items, decorations, and practical items were destroyed under the swords of Qin Huailing and another student, Yan Wuchi.
Soon, the entire dorm room had become a mess. At a glance, the ground was covered with broken clothes, books, furniture, personal belongings, and there wasn't a single usable item left.
"This is the top swordsman of Qīngyuán Academy, bah," some onlookers sneered at Lu Qinghe, indifferent to what they saw.
"If it were me, even if I couldn't win, I would have to go and fight with them. The former top expert of Qīngyuán Academy? Is this what he has become, a coward!?"
The students who had seen Gu Zhenhun's fate didn't mock, though at this point, even their eyes towards Lu Qinghe began to show some disdain.
*Clap clap clap.* After seeing everything had been nearly destroyed, Luo Xiao finally applauded, looking very appreciative of Lu Qinghe, "Good! Good! Truly worthy of being the top expert of Qīngyuán Academy, the top expert, deserving of the name, the top coward, hahaha!"
Lu Qinghe looked at the smiling Luo Xiao, his face also showing a faint smile.
"Finished smashing things?" "Finished, not sure if there's anything Senior Lu would like to advise."
"Nothing to advise, but you've destroyed so many of my personal items, should we talk about compensation now? I've been short of money lately."
Lu Qinghe's tone was as calm as ever.
"Short of money?" "Compensation?" Luo Xiao, Qin Huailing, and Yan Wuchi looked at each other. Soon, Qin Huailing stepped forward and said with a smile, "Short of money, of course short of money, this, we all know. Since you bring up compensation, then we definitely won't treat you unfairly, after all, we're classmates."
When it comes to this, a bronze coin had already appeared in his hand.
"A bronze coin is sufficient, right?"
"Senior Qin Huailing doesn't need to be so stingy. A bronze coin isn't even enough to buy a steamed bun. I'll be generous and offer another one, making it two bronze coins, enough for you to have a meal. Lu Qinghe, shouldn't you be grateful to me?"
Yan Wuchi stepped forward, also took out a bronze coin from his bosom, mocking without restraint.
*Snap!*
However, the bronze coin he took out didn't even last a moment before slipping from his hand, rolling and landing at his feet: "Sorry, my hand slipped and I couldn't hold it. Could you please pick it up yourself? Thank you."
Yan Wuchi said, with an air of courtesy and mockery.
"Heh..."
Lu Qinghe glanced at the three of them, and showed no intention of continuing to dawdle with them. He calmly said, "I can't remember the exact cost of buying these things, but if you want to buy all these things, I can roughly calculate how much time is needed. According to the time spent, the three of you need to compensate me with three hundred gold, one hundred each, just splitting it evenly."
"Three hundred gold, a good idea."
A cold smile appeared at the corner of Luo Xiao's mouth.
"One hundred gold per person, that's just right. I've been saving money recently to buy the Moon Cold Sword at the Divine Armory. I don't have much money on me, but I do have one hundred gold. However...I clearly have money, but I just won't give it to you. What can you do with me?"
Qin Huailing had a provocative smile on his face as he inquired.
"Haha, I don't have a hundred gold on me, but my jade pendant, sword, and other things, added together, are also worth a hundred gold. Want it? Come and get it! Hahaha!"
"As you wish."
Lu Qinghe said, and stepped forward.
Sword in hand...
Drawn!
"Hahaha, I've been waiting for you to make a move. This is more like a man! But unfortunately, to attack me, you're asking for death!"
"Yan Wuchi, just break his limbs, his life is to be left to Senior Beihanzhen."
Luo Xiao stood to the side and gave a calm command.
"Understood, I won't compete with Senior for the prey!"
*Swish!*
As Yan Wuchi spoke, the sword in his hand had already turned into a cold light, stabbing out.
However, although Lu Qinghe had only just recovered his cultivation to the first level of refining reality, during his time on Earth, he had forcefully reached the realm of a grandmaster in refining qi into the divine, using his profound sword skills to strike down the first strongest, Yi Yingying of the Eastern Academy. How could he be compared to Yan Wuchi, who was ranked outside of the top fifty of the Qingyuan Academy?
*Bang!*
Flames leapt skyward.
The sword thrust by Yan Wuchi was instantly deflected, and in the next moment, Lu Qinghe's sword had turned into a stream of light, piercing through Yan Wuchi's wrist.
"Ah!"
A sharp scream came from Yan Wuchi's mouth.
A single sword!
It had unexpectedly severed Yan Wuchi's tendons!
"Yan Wuchi!"
Seeing Yan Wuchi carelessly attacked and injured by Lu Qinghe, Qin Huailing shouted angrily, "Lu Qinghe, you have some nerve!"
*Clang!*
Amidst the stern shout, the sword was unsheathed.
"Hmm?"
Compared to Yan Wuchi, Luo Xiao, who was ranked sixth in Qingyuan Academy, keenly felt that Lu Qinghe's sword was extraordinary. Thinking about the Ancient True Soul, who was still lying in the corridor, groaning in pain with most of his teeth knocked out, his hand unconsciously gripped the sword hilt.
"Shooting Star."
Qin Huailing's sword attack was completely within Lu Qinghe's expectations. With a turn of the sword, it transformed into nine sword shadows, like shooting stars flashing through the void.
"Petty tricks! Let me break them!"
With a burst of shouting, Qin Huailing unleashed the pinnacle of his second-level refining reality cultivation, and on the sword's edge, one could almost see the flow of sword light.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
Among the nine sword shadows, only three clashes were heard.
Three out of nine swords, combined in threes, shook Qin Huailing's sword technique back, and then, like a startled swan, it thrust forward, instantly attacking to within a finger of Qin Huailing.
"Qin Huailing, be careful!"
*Clang!*
Luo Xiao, who had been keeping an eye on Qin Huailing's safety, finally made a move.
With the third-level refining reality cultivation, he immediately swept out a powerful force of true energy when he unsheathed his sword, causing the myriad sword shadows that Lu Qinghe had unleashed in his attack to waver slightly.
"Luo Xiao, I've been waiting for you!"
Lan Qinghe let out a low drink.
Opponent?
Qin Huailing and Yan Wuchi, who were both at the Lianzhen Double Realm, were simply not worthy opponents. Among the three, the only one who posed a threat to him was Luo Xiao.
The sixth-ranked student of Qingyuan Academy, Luo Xiao, was at the Lianzhen Triple Realm.
"Outer Meteor!"