Chapter 2336: Chapter 2340: Let’s Split the Loot
Just when everyone was silently standing by, a student from Qing Hai Academy lying on the ground signaled Elder Meng in the air, shaking the ring on his hand.
Elder Meng caught a glimpse of the student on the ground out of the corner of his eye, and his mind stirred. He shouted in a low voice, "Jiang Chen, as a mere student, what right do you have to interrupt when the elders are speaking? Is this how Changlin Academy teaches students, to disregard seniority and disrespect elders?"
"It’s none of your business how Changlin Academy instructs its students!"
Hu Yiqiu spoke in a deep voice, coldly glaring at Elder Meng.
"Elder Jiu, I would like to ask Jiang Chen to answer!"
Elder Meng glanced at Hu Yiqiu, then looked back down at Jiang Chen: "Jiang Chen, aren’t you quite articulate? Tell me, what is the punishment for disrespecting elders at Changlin Academy?"
"Fine, I’ll tell you, but... let me first get what I deserve, and then we can have a good chat!"
Jiang Chen grinned, cupping his fist and bowing to Elder Meng, but the expression on his face showed no respect whatsoever.
"You... I am asking you a question, and you dare to do something else, isn’t this also a mark of disrespect?"
Elder Meng’s face changed, shouting loudly.
"Elder Meng, you have gone too far!"
Lu Zhichen flashed in front of Elder Meng, staring coldly at him.
With Jiang Chen’s reminder, everyone also realized that Elder Meng was deliberately engaging Jiang Chen in conversation to delay time, as there were only a few minutes left until the assessment ended. If he kept talking a bit longer, the time would be up, and those who hadn’t handed over their Space Rings to Jiang Chen would automatically advance to the next phase.
Swish swish swish!
Jiang Chen glanced mockingly at Elder Meng, his figure rapidly flashing as he swiftly collected all the Space Rings from the students on the ground.
These people were either unconscious or seriously injured even if awake, utterly powerless to resist, only able to watch helplessly as Jiang Chen took away their Space Rings.
"Elder Meng, now we can have a chat. Do you still wish to have one?"
Jiang Chen strung the rings together on a red cord at his waist, raising his head to look teasingly at Elder Meng in the sky.
Elder Meng’s face darkened, glaring fiercely at Jiang Chen.
Shush shush shush!
At this moment, several figures leaped over from a distance, saluting the elders in the sky before jumping to Jiang Chen’s side.
"Junior Brother, only a few of us are left from Changlin Academy!"
Yun Tao spoke in a harsh tone, glaring hard at Elder Meng and the others in the sky.
"Jiang Chen, impressive, you managed to handle so many?"
Fire Phoenix glanced around in astonishment at Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen smiled slightly, offering no further explanation, glancing at the few of them with a slightly somber expression.
When Jiang Chen launched his revenge, he had Yun Tao and the others wait for Sang Zhirou to finish refining her Primordial Spirit before seeking out academy members to ensure they weren’t disqualified, but it seemed to have little effect.
Now, only six people from Changlin Academy had arrived: Lei Kai and Fire Phoenix at the Divine Infant Realm Peak, Yun Tao and Sang Zhenglong at the Late Divine Infant Realm, Jian Wuheng at the Mid Divine Infant Realm, and Sang Zhirou at the initial stage of the Divine Infant Realm.
Lei Kai and his companion sensed the strong fluctuations here as the assessment time was nearing its end, curious, they came to take a look, coincidentally encountering Yun Tao and his group.
"Seven, this is perhaps the fewest number of us to ever pass the admission assessment from Changlin Academy, isn’t it?"
Jiang Chen spoke in a low voice.
Yun Tao and the others fell silent for a moment, before all looking up at Elder Meng and the others in the sky, their eyes filled with resentment.
Hu Yiqiu and the others also wore sour expressions, as Jiang Chen said, it was indeed the fewest number to pass the assessment since Changlin Academy obtained its branch title!
"But some academies have even fewer passing!"
Jiang Chen grinned, looking up again at Elder Meng and the others: "If I’m not mistaken, out of all thirteen academies, only Qing Hai Academy and Fengchen Academy have three students left at the Mid and Late Divine Infant Realms, the others have all been eliminated!"
In the sky, Elder Meng and the others had fierce tremors of their eyelids.
"Did someone of the same realm actually escape you?"
Yun Tao looked at Jiang Chen in surprise.
"Not escape, I just didn’t find them. Looks like Qing Hai Academy and Fengchen Academy know some hidden places."
Jiang Chen gently shook his head, casting another glance at Elder Meng and the others, looking meaningfully at Yun Tao: "The assessment area is this large, in three days, I certainly couldn’t cover it all. But why did only people from these two academies manage to hide?"
"Even those two guys with a bounty on them from Earthwalk Academy were found, yet people from these two academies managed to hide, and so well. Why didn’t they let these over fifty people hide with them?"
Upon hearing this, all the elders in the sky’s expressions changed, all looking at Elder Meng and the other three.
Yun Tao’s eyes darted, feigning mystery as he said: "I heard that the Small Alliance targeting our academy this time was organized by Qing Hai Academy and Fengchen Academy."
"Oh, understood!"
Jiang Chen nodded slightly, looking curiously at the group of elders in the air, speaking blandly: "So some people were being used as pawns!"
"Nonsense! What are you blabbering?!"
Elder Meng’s face changed dramatically, angrily shouting out, looking at Jiang Chen with an icy killing intent!
Elder Chen from Qing Hai Academy and two elders from Fengchen Academy also showed changing expressions, frowning tightly, coldly glaring at Jiang Chen below.
"Nonsense? Well, just assume I’m talking nonsense then!"
Jiang Chen gave Elder Meng a faint glance, turned to Yun Tao and his group: "Now, let’s divvy up the spoils!"
Shaking the over two hundred Space Rings in his hand, Jiang Chen unceremoniously began dividing them up.
The students on the ground and Zhang Lai in the air were all looking at Jiang Chen angrily; this guy was actually dividing the Space Rings he snatched from them right in front of them, a resounding slap in their faces!
"Elder Lu, his actions amount to cheating! Their qualifications should be revoked!"
Elder Meng looked up at Lu Zhichen, speaking gravely.
"Every year in the admission assessment, things like this happen. The academy nurtures capable students who help their peers; this too is part of the assessment. Capable students were also cultivated by the academy, what’s the cheating in that?"
Lu Zhichen responded matter-of-factly.
"But he took so many..."
Elder Meng couldn’t finish his sentence.
If he took a lot, that’s because he has the skills. Also, who told you to provoke him, why didn’t he take from others?
He specifically targeted you guys; don’t you have a clue why?
