Chapter 2441: Chapter 2445: Self-Exile
"Ah, right."
The young man in a black shirt suddenly thought of something and spoke again, "What’s your name?"
Jiang Chen was momentarily stunned, a hint of amusement appearing in his eyes, and he replied softly, "Student Jiang Chen."
This teacher is really... judging a student without even knowing my name?
Suddenly recalling the words of the young man in a black shirt earlier, Jiang Chen’s expression shifted slightly, ready to say something.
"Oh oh, Jiang Chen, I’ve remembered. My name... you can just call me Black Shirt Teacher."
The young man in the black shirt recalled something, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, and having finished speaking, he seemed to realize Jiang Chen had something to say, and immediately closed his mouth.
"Black Shirt Teacher, I..."
Jiang Chen hesitated briefly and said softly, "You’ll know shortly."
The young man in the black shirt was slightly taken aback, a hint of confusion in his eyes.
Hu Yiqiu heard this and showed a complex expression.
Jiang Chen didn’t continue, turned around, and went to the alchemy cauldron, gently patting it.
Swish swish swish!
Three fragrant elixirs flew out from the cauldron.
"Multiple pills in one batch?!"
"It’s really the Ancient Alchemy Art!"
"It actually is real!"
"One God Concealing Pill with two patterns, and two with one pattern! This..."
The Pill Masters exclaimed in surprise, their gaze towards Jiang Chen filled with fervor.
Jiang Chen glanced at the elixirs in his hand, a hint of doubt in his eyes, "Shouldn’t there be a pill tribulation?"
The crowd was momentarily stunned, puzzled. Yes, seven-grade elixirs with pill patterns are supposed to have a pill tribulation!
"Oh, I happened to come across it and casually dispersed the pill lightning!"
The young man in the black shirt spoke softly.
Dispersed, dispersed?!
The crowd was instantly dumbstruck, once again staring blankly at the young man in a black shirt.
However, this time Elder Zhu, Taiyuan, Su Ruoyun, and Jiang Chen did not remain dumbfounded. Elder Zhu and the others knew of the young man’s abilities, while Jiang Chen thought of the combat skill "The Sword of Thunder Tribulation."
With a slight nod, Jiang Chen took out three jade vials from the space ring and placed the elixirs inside, then stepped forward to Wu Xianxia.
"Hu Teacher, this God Concealing Pill with two patterns should be enough to help you recover from your injuries!"
Handing over a jade vial to Wu Xianxia, Jiang Chen spoke softly.
"Having you as a student is the wisest thing I’ve done in my life!"
Wu Xianxia smiled with comfort, reaching out to take the jade vial.
Jiang Chen smiled lightly, turning his gaze to Hu Yiqiu, and handed him another jade vial, "Master, keep this one, and I’ll use the remaining one for myself."
"Alright!"
Hu Yiqiu nodded heavily, a hint of melancholy in his eyes.
Jiang Chen’s heart sank slightly, but he said nothing, put away the jade vial, and stepped towards Yun Tao, "Senior, give me your identity jade."
"Oh."
Yun Tao responded, taking out the identity jade and handing it to Jiang Chen.
"Young Master."
A voice called out, Yan Hu stepped forward to Jiang Chen’s side, handing over his identity token as well.
Jiang Chen paused, turning to look at Yan Hu, who stared directly into his eyes.
The two exchanged a look, Jiang Chen smiled slightly, patted Yan Hu’s shoulder, and accepted the identity token.
Yan Hu showed a relieved smile, knowing if Jiang Chen hadn’t accepted it, he wouldn’t know what to do.
The crowd looked at Jiang Chen curiously, puzzled by his intentions.
Jiang Chen touched his identity token and Yan Hu’s on Yun Tao’s, then returned it to Yun Tao.
Yun Tao accepted the identity token, looking at Jiang Chen with a gaze full of reluctance.
"Senior, it seems you guessed it. In the future, when I’m not around, take good care of Master. If we meet again and I find Master has lost weight, I won’t forgive you. You can’t beat me now!"
Jiang Chen spoke with a smile.
"Rest assured, I’ll definitely take good care of Master. You, you should also take care of yourself, be careful; the outside isn’t like the academy!"
Yun Tao nodded heavily, gently advising.
"Outside? What do you mean?"
"Where is Jiang Chen going?"
"No, why don’t I understand?"
"Why does this feel like a farewell?"
The crowd muttered in confusion.
The young man in the black shirt’s expression changed slightly, his brow furrowed.
Jiang Chen ignored the surrounding murmurs, turned to Taiyuan Chancellor, holding his and Yan Hu’s identity tokens in one hand, and crushed them heavily.
Boom!
A burst of cracking echoed, the two identity tokens shattered into powder, falling from Jiang Chen’s fingers.
"This..."
"What is he doing?"
"How could he crush the identity tokens?!"
The crowd exclaimed in shock, their eyes showing disbelief.
The amount of shock they’ve encountered these past days is more than in a year, it felt like their hearts couldn’t take it much longer!
Taiyuan Chancellor’s expression changed, his brow furrowed deeply, speaking gloomily, "Jiang Chen, do you know what your actions mean?"
"I know, self-destructing identity tokens is akin to self-exile. From now on, Hu Zi and I are no longer students of Changling Academy!"
Jiang Chen spoke indifferently.
"Self-exile!"
"He’s leaving the academy?!"
"Is this because of these days’ events?"
"Isn’t this a bit too intolerant?"
The Pill Masters frowned collectively.
Lin Guanghui’s eyes shifted, he shouted, "Jiang Chen, what do you mean? Are you looking down on Changling Academy?"
When these words echoed, the crowd’s expressions changed.
"Looking down?"
Jiang Chen glanced at Lin Guanghui, "If you can think of that, you’re the one looking down on Changling Academy!"
"You..."
Lin Guanghui was stifled, his face darkening instantly.
"Give me a reason, just because of these days’ events?"
Taiyuan Chancellor spoke solemnly.
His master had just accepted Jiang Chen as a student, reasonably speaking, calling Jiang Chen Taiyuan Chancellor’s junior might not be inappropriate. Now, his junior wanted to self-exile from the academy, putting Taiyuan Chancellor in a difficult position!
"Yes!"
Jiang Chen nodded lightly, speaking indifferently, "Peering into another’s Sea of Consciousness is a mortal enemy; prying into another’s inheritance is also a mortal enemy. Yet these two mortal enemies passed by lightly with you. Do you think that’s reasonable?"
Taiyuan Chancellor was at a loss for words, unable to find anything to say.
The crowd fell into silence; at this moment, no one tried to dissuade Jiang Chen, not even Su Ruoyun spoke.
Sang Zhenye and Wu Xianxia exchanged glances, both showing a bitter smile.
Hu Yiqiu clearly anticipated what Jiang Chen intended; he didn’t utter a word to dissuade, making it inappropriate for the two to try and persuade.
Moreover, they understood Jiang Chen, originally hadn’t expected things to develop like this. Now, the two understood Jiang Chen’s thoughts.
Because of the treatment received these days, Jiang Chen’s innate pride could never let go completely, carrying on as if nothing had happened and continuing to cultivate in the academy.
The young man in the black shirt’s eyes showed understanding, glaring fiercely at Taiyuan Chancellor, anger glimmering deep in his eyes.
