Chapter 266: Chapter 266: The Restorer, Fake Lu Chao?
In the eyes of the entire Beast Flame leadership, it was all Lu Chao’s fault. Why did he have to pass every test they threw at him?
If it weren’t for Lu Chao, they wouldn’t have had to resort to such underhanded tactics.
"If it wasn’t for the Fake Lu Chao, this situation would never have happened. That son of a bitch deserves to die!"
The deans of the Inner Courtyard continued to roar in fury...
Suddenly, they all thought of Fan Changcun. They rushed to find him and began to curse him endlessly. The commander of the Chaotic Hundred Countries was his grandson, and now a Fake Lu Chao had appeared to wreak havoc on their perfectly good Beast Flame Academy.
"Fan Changcun, I want you to take your troops immediately and intercept Marquis Longyin, your grandson, and the others!"
"I want you to become a bandit leader and make sure a whole swath of them dies on the way back to the Dragon Flame Kingdom."
The Dean of the Tiger Institute said, glaring viciously at Fan Changcun, "Or else, believe it or not, I’ll take that old life of yours!"
Fan Changcun looked at the crowd of deans with perfect composure. His heavily wrinkled eyelids lifted slightly.
Suddenly, he shot to his feet...
"I’ve got it! I’ve thought of a way to break through the 6th Floor of the Forbidden Land."
"This time, I’m certain I can break through. Maybe there isn’t even a seventh floor after this, and I’ll have solved the whole thing."
After a short pause, Fan Changcun looked back at the Dean of the Tiger Institute and asked, "Are you coming with me?"
Fan Changcun hadn’t answered the Dean of the Tiger Institute’s question at all. He had only said that he had a way to break through another floor of the Azure Flame Forbidden Land.
Instantly, the Dean of the Tiger Institute clutched his chest, his True Qi roiling chaotically throughout his body.
He couldn’t threaten Fan Changcun at all. As long as the man offered a way to crack the Azure Flame Forbidden Land, any threat was useless.
Besides, Fan Changcun was so old he wasn’t afraid of death in the slightest.
"If you’re not coming with me, fine. I’ll go by myself."
Seeing the Dean of the Tiger Institute remain silent, Fan Changcun silently turned away again.
Although he was in a state of semi-imprisonment, his permitted area of activity included the Azure Flame Forbidden Land. His house was near the Forbidden Land, and he could enter it to make attempts at any time.
And the moment he turned, a divine light blazed from his aged eyes...
’That boy, Lu Chao... he’s managed to secure his footing in the Dragon Flame Kingdom.’
’All the young Descendants of Azure Flame will finally be completely safe. This is wonderful, truly wonderful.’
A faint glint of tears appeared in his eyes. He had been worrying constantly about Lu Chao and his Descendants of Azure Flame.
After all, Lu Chao still possessed the Life-taking Bone. Things would be very difficult for him.
But Marquis Longyin’s announcement proved that Lu Chao and the Descendants of Azure Flame had fully integrated into the Dragon Flame Kingdom. In the future, Lu Chao would surely represent the Dragon Flame Kingdom, sweep through the Hundred Countries, and then sweep through the Great Wu Empire...
Fan Changcun slowly walked into the Forbidden Land.
He said in a low, deep voice, "Ancestors of the Azure Flame Sect, we were destroyed because of the Life-taking Bone, and we shall be reborn because of it. I will hold fast to the belief that the Life-taking Bone is the true Heavenly Destiny Bone!"
The Beast Flame leaders watched Fan Changcun disappear into the Forbidden Land, and one by one, they started cursing again.
Just then, the Dean of the Fox Institute exclaimed in surprise, "Wait, how did we lose the revival battle? Did someone leak the questions?"
At her words, the Beast Flame leaders immediately grew wary, looking at each other...
However, the Dean of the Lion Institute immediately frowned...
"Even if the questions were leaked, we shouldn’t have lost."
"After all, the Azure Flame Seven Walls were divided up. The Dragon Flame Kingdom only has one-seventh of it."
"Let’s go investigate at once. Maybe we can find proof that Marquis Longyin and his people cheated. Then we can strike back."
And so, the Beast Flame leaders hurried off to investigate.
The result, however...
The questions hadn’t been leaked. No one from the twenty University Institutes had said anything. However, some of the Small Institutes that remained at the Beast Flame Academy reported that last night, Marquis Longyin had taken dozens of their students to the Seven-Wall Ancient Mansion.
Inside, there were fourteen restoration diagrams left behind by Dongfang Ren and a certain expert from the Dragon Flame Academy, which they were allowed to observe and study.
The Beast Flame leaders rushed over to the Seven-Wall Ancient Mansion...
But the restoration diagrams had all been erased by Marquis Longyin, leaving only fragmented, messy traces behind.
"Marquis Longyin and the others were gambling on the questions, and he guessed right."
"Even so, the twenty University Institutes shouldn’t have lost. The Small Institutes only observed them for a single night."
"The University Institutes didn’t have much time to study either! General Dean Zeng was worried about the questions leaking, so he only gave the University Institutes one night as well. But they’re still useless for losing! The prestigious University Institutes lost to students from the Small Institutes!"
One by one, the Beast Flame leaders began cursing out the students of the University Institutes, thinking they were all completely useless.
Then they discovered another problem: all of the Small Institutes that had won the revival battle had observed the Dragon Flame Academy’s restoration diagrams.
Those who had only observed Dongfang Ren’s all lost.
"Dragon Flame Academy again! It’s always Dragon Flame Academy! Damn them to a thousand cuts!"
The Beast Flame leaders once again roared endlessly.
If the Small Institutes hadn’t won by a landslide, Marquis Longyin wouldn’t have been able to so openly and righteously announce the Dragon Flame King’s decision.
"Who from the Dragon Flame Academy was it that restored those diagrams of the Seven Walls?"
"Who could it be, other than Sun Shijin?"
All the Beast Flame leaders felt it must have been Sun Shijin who restored them...
But a vice dean immediately reminded them in a low voice, "The Fake Lu Chao spent the three days after the second trial with Marquis Longyin, while Sun Shijin was under our surveillance the entire time."
As soon as these words were spoken...
The hairs on the necks of the Beast Flame leaders stood on end. They all shook their heads. "It can’t be the Fake Lu Chao. It must have been Marquis Longyin himself who restored them."
The Beast Flame leaders were completely unwilling to believe that a Fake Lu Chao, someone only at the Innate Realm, could restore the Azure Flame Seven Walls.
If it wasn’t Sun Shijin, then it could only be Marquis Longyin himself.
He must have just lied to the Small Institute students, telling them it was an expert from the Dragon Flame Academy who did it.
"It was definitely Marquis Longyin. It can’t be the Fake Lu Chao."
And so, everyone came to thoroughly hate Marquis Longyin, while some of the Small Institutes were already filled with regret. Why had they only observed Dongfang Ren’s diagrams?
In short, the Beast Flame Academy had fallen into chaos just after it had opened.
...
「Meanwhile...」
Including Dragon Flame Academy, all the Small Institutes preparing to head to the Dragon Flame Kingdom packed their things and set off immediately.
Marquis Longyin laughed loudly. "When we return, there will be a piece of the Beast Flame territory that belongs to us!"
Everyone clenched their fists tightly.
Next, the Dragon Flame King would surely enter negotiations with the Six Great Flame Countries.
At that time, the newly established Beast Flame Academy might no longer be divided into an Inner and Outer Courtyard, but would instead form two rival academies.
When that happened, the entire Beast Flame Academy complex would also be split in half.
「On the road back to the Dragon Flame Kingdom...」
Marquis Longyin looked at Lu Chao and asked, "Brother Lu Chao, do you think Zeng Quan will try to intercept and kill us on the road?"
Lu Chao smiled faintly...
"He wouldn’t dare. Right now, he must be rushing back to the Saint Bone Zheng Family as fast as he can."
"But when we return, it’s hard to say. If the negotiations with the Six Great Flame Countries fail, they will most likely move against us ruthlessly."
