479 Sword Techniques Originate from the Mouth II

Chen Changsheng began to understand. He said uncertainly, "The third swordreally is rather difficult. Based off what Su Li said, even he couldn't learnit. But the other two swords…" He was originally planning to say that when he was learning them, he didn'tfeel it to be difficult at all. However, upon seeing Tang Thirty-Six'scomplexion, he with great difficulty swallowed back down the second part of hisstatement. Tang Thirty-Six sneered, "The second sword is clearly a technique SuLi created to address the problem of your meridians, so how can we learn it? Asfor the first sword, it requires far too much calculation ability. Did youthink anyone could do it?" Chen Changsheng thought to himself, Lady Chujian's calculation ability is muchstronger than mine. Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and asked in an exceptionally serious tone,"Chen Changsheng…do you really not know that you're a genius?" Chen Changsheng considered the question. My memory is rather good, and as formy calculation ability, it should have been greatly strengthened in theMausoleum of Books. As for me being a genius… He shook his head. Tang Thirty-Six asked, "When we first met at the Heavenly Dao Academy, whatdid I say to you?" Chen Changsheng replied, "You said that I was a genius." Tang Thirty-Six patted him on the shoulder, "Believe me, I've never evaluateda person wrongly." Chen Changsheng thought about this but couldn't find a way to respond. Tang Thirty-Six added, "Right, you have to teach me the True Sword of theOrthodoxy and Toppling Mountain Staff." Puzzled, Chen Changsheng asked, "You're not even willing to glance at thesecrets of the Mount Li Sword Style, so why do you want to learn those?" "I'm a student of the Orthodox Academy, so it's only natural that I learn thesword styles of the Orthodox Academy. What would I do with the Mount Li SwordStyle?" Tang Thirty-Six looked at Chen Changsheng as if he was an idiot, thefact that he had praised him as a genius just a few moments ago alreadyforgotten. "In addition, since I plan to be the academy superintendent, if itcame out that I didn't know these two sword styles, wouldn't I be making a foolof myself?" In the past, the True Sword of the Orthodoxy was the basic sword style thatevery expert of the Orthodox Academy could use. It was by no means lacking inmight, but it didn't have many techniques. As for the Toppling Mountain Staff, it wasn't actually a sword style, butrather the staff style used in the past by the lecturers in charge ofdiscipline to punish disobedient students. Yes, Chen Changsheng would become Principal of the new Orthodox Academy andTang Thirty-Six would become the new Orthodox Academy's first academysuperintendent. The housekeeping supervisor for the new Orthodox Academy wouldbe Xuanyuan Po. Zhexiu was still recovering, but his position had also beentaken care of already. In the future, he would be responsible for teaching thestudents of the Orthodox Academy how to fight and the skill necessary tosurvive in the snowy plains of the land of demons. Of course, the OrthodoxAcademy still had a most exalted position left for Luoluo. It was the lifelongposition as honorary Vice Principal, and the rules of the new academy clearlystated that the Orthodox Academy would no longer appoint anyone to the seat ofVice Principal. On a certain day at the height of summer, the street outside Hundred FlowersLane was densely packed with people, while within the lane, colored flagsfluttered in the wind. After twenty years, the Orthodox Academy finally formally reopened. To many elders within the Orthodoxy, this was a grand occasion. It couldn't becounted how many old priests soaked the front of their gowns in tears. To the Bureau of Ecclesiastic Education, this was the greatest legacy leftbehind by the late archbishop and also his most cherished desire. Many priestsand officials were filled with happiness as well as a dull sense of grief. To the Imperial clan, this was the first time after so many years of silencethat they were finally able to make their voice heard to the rest of thecontinent. Although Chen Changsheng and Tang Thirty-Six definitely did notthink this way, this did not make them completely forget when Prince Chen Liuattended the ceremony that many eyes were watching them and that the DivineEmpress would perhaps soon learn of this danger, causing them to stroke a treein comfort and sigh with boundless regret. To the one hundred new students of the Orthodox Academy, this was thebeginning of their brand new lives and also their greatest opportunity. To the Tianhai clan and the new faction of the Orthodoxy, this was a ratherdangerous signal. As for Mo Yu, this…was a joke. "You being the principal is fine. In any case, it was His Holiness's sacredwords that arbitrarily decided it. Princess Luoluo is also fine, since it'sonly in name anyway. But for Tang Tang, that guy who can't even supervisehimself, to actually become academy superintendent? You don't think that he'smost likely going to take the students to get completely drunk and then havethem skip class every day? That black bear acting as housekeeping supervisor?You're not worried that even if Clear Lake Restaurant's head chef, for the sakeof money, cooked a massive number of dishes, he would eat it all up?" Mo Yu was laughing so hard that she was shaking. "And the most hilarious ofall is Zhexiu! Teach students how to survive? When the time comes, he wouldbury the students in the snow and say 'if you come out before seven days, youfail!' Hey, I have to ask, just how many coffins have you guys prepared?" This place was Chen Changsheng's room in the small building. He sat acrossfrom her, seeming rather exhausted. This exhaustion primarily had to do withthe fact that there had been too many things to do today. Of course, itassuredly had something to do with her teasing him to her heart's content aswell. Mo Yu's visit to the Orthodox Academy today was naturally to get in on the funand at the same time to see a comedy. She didn't make a formal appearance,instead waiting until everything had concluded before noiselessly appearing inhis room. However, for some reason, she had clearly dressed herself in anextremely fine fashion before coming. She was even more exquisite and beautifulthan usual, her beauty rather moving. "From the principal to its superintendent, of the current people in charge ofthe Orthodox Academy, not a one of them is actually over the age of twenty…areyou guys playing house?" Mo Yu's laugh was even more joyous and the golden flower stuck in her hairshook even more intensely. "Isn't this all because your faction forced us to?" Chen Changsheng didn'twant to hear this sort of teasing anymore, so he changed the subject. "Why areyou dressed so formally today? Was there an event at the Imperial Court?" Mo Yu was a little taken aback. She usually dressed like this. What wasdifferent now? Suddenly, she recalled that besides their first meeting in the Night Palace,the following meetings between her and Chen Changsheng had mostly been atnight, and it was often because she wanted to sleep on his bed or was alreadysleeping on his bed. At those times, she would naturally not put on makeup orwear any fancy clothes. She would only come after taking a bath, revealing herplain face. Presumably, there truly was an extremely significant differencefrom her appearances of the past. Upon thinking of this, she felt a little ashamed, but then she recalled thatthe last time she had come, Chen Changsheng had told her to bathe herself cleanbefore sleeping on his bed, and then she couldn't help but get a little angry.She gave him a hateful glare, then flew through the window like the wind,vanishing into the forest. Chen Changsheng thought in confusion, what Tang Thirty-Six said wasreasonable, females really are the most difficult-to-understand thing in theworld. I obviously didn't even say anything, so why did she suddenly becomeunhappy? He had not lied to Mo Yu. The Orthodox Academy had thought to enroll newstudents mainly because the pressure exerted by the Tianhai clan and the newfaction of the Orthodoxy had been too great, because there had been too manypeople wishing to challenge the Orthodox Academy. It was just that those wordsof Bie Tianxin accusing them of harboring evil motives and Tang Thirty-Six'ssubsequent promise from that day had already spread far and wide. As a result,many people, including the one hundred new students of the Orthodox Academy,were very curious to know just what the Orthodox Academy would do about it. On the early morning of the next day, the challenges that had ceased forseveral days began once more. The common folk of the capital that had restedfor several days quickly spread the news and came over with both their old andyoung. The gate of the Orthodox Academy once more became bustling beyondcompare. Last night, Chen Changsheng had prepared the list of opponents and had evengiven pointers to those new students that would go out to battle. He hadexpended far too much of his mental strength and so did not appear this time,remaining in the academy to rest. Tang Thirty-Six brought out thirty-odd new students and stood before the gateof the Orthodox Academy. Leaving aside everything else, just the sight of thosestudents all wearing orderly school uniforms made them seem very energetic andimposing. By this time, the first challenger had already walked up. Clasping his hands,he said, "Please instruct me." This person came from the Li Palace Academy, his level of cultivation at theinitial level of Ethereal Opening. He was very interested to know who the Orthodox Academy was prepared to sendout against him. Of course, he was keenly aware that he was no match for ChenChangsheng and the rest of his group, but seeing the current state of affairs,it was blatantly obvious that the Orthodox Academy intended to send out newstudents. It was just that it was obvious that none of the students behind TangThirty-Six had successfully entered Ethereal Opening. On what basis could theycome out and fight? Tang Thirty-Six couldn't care less for what he or the spectators were thinkingabout. Looking at the list in his hands, he announced, "Chen Fugui, stepforward." As his voice rang out, a new student pushed his way past his schoolmates. Thisstudent was not that old, but his body was incredibly strong and sturdy, justlike a smaller version of Xuanyuan Po. Without any sloppiness whatsoever, Tang Thirty-Six pointed at the challengerfrom the Li Palace Academy and asked, "Can you beat him or not?" The new student called Chen Fugui vigorously slapped his chest. "I have tofight him before I can know that." "Bold." Tang Thirty-Six seemed to be praising him, but there was no sense ofexcitement on his face. He smoothly and cleanly declared, "Then go fight him." "Okay!" that student called Chen Fugui yelled out. He leaped off the stonesteps like a fierce tiger emerging from the mountains, rushing at thechallenger from the Li Palace Academy. The challenger was startled by this noise, thinking to himself, could it bethat this is a hidden expert of the Orthodox Academy? As his mind shifted, hesaw that student seeming to pounce upon him like a tiger, then suddenlyassociated this with that Princess Luoluo of the Orthodox Academy, which hethen associated with the most frightening abilities of the White Emperor. Hisspiritual sense couldn't help but fall into disarray as he felt that thistechnique was extremely similar to that technique of legends. He subconsciouslyrevealed a hint of cowardice. Before a battle, one had to particularly make sure that their Qi was steadyand that their mind was in order. His mind was now in a small panic, and so hisQi naturally followed suit. Inevitably, his movement became somewhat slowed.That new student's fist was about the size of an earthen bowl and already rightin front of him. He was worried that this fist contained some sort of fiercetechnique and was afraid to firmly receive it. He swiftly retreated, but hissudden retreat was not enough to avoid the updraft from this student's fist.His face was struck by this wind, which felt rather raw and hot. The pain from this heat made him completely sober up. He astonishingly realized that although this student's fist style seemed veryberserk, it clearly had only the form and none of the energy. Moreover, thetrue essence imbued in those two earthen-bowl-sized fists was pitiful! This wasjust a normal student who had just entered the initial level of Meditation. Hehad actually treated him as some powerful enemy and had almost suffered a loss!This challenger from the Li Palace grew furious, angry at himself for hisfoolishness as well as his opponent's weak momentum. With a cry, he sent hissword slashing down. "Stop." At this moment, a voice rang out, calm and forceful. It was like it hadsomething important to say, at least something that was countless times moreimportant than this match.