C31

Two hurried figures suddenly flew across the tranquil sky. The birds that were flying in the sky seemed to be frightened by these two figures. Their heads tilted towards the ground, but before they reached the ground, they flapped their wings and flew back up.

"Han Xiao, in two more days we'll be back at the academy. I'm sure that black robed man won't dare to chase us anymore." When he turned around and saw that the black shadow hadn't caught up to him, Xi Yun let out a sigh of relief.

"Senior, it's better to be careful." Although that uneasiness had disappeared, he still did not dare to vent his anger.

Hearing Han Xiao's words, Xi Yun also stayed silent for a moment before continuing to fly at Han Xiao's original speed towards the Abyss Ming Academy.

A day later, the gate to the Abyss Ming Academy appeared in front of them. Han Xiao and Xi Yun could be considered to be truly relieved, as the place that they had lived in for a few months now looked extremely familiar to Han Xiao. However, at this moment, he suddenly felt that the porcelain bottle containing the body devouring blood worm within his storage space began to violently shake, as if something inside was struggling to escape.

Gritting his teeth, Han Xiao sped up and quickly landed in front of the gate to the Abyss Academy. Although Xi Yun wasn't sure why Han Xiao suddenly sped up, he still descended to the ground and chased after Han Xiao.

The moment he stepped into the entrance, the trembling bottle suddenly calmed down, as if the shaking just now was Han Xiao's imagination. He lowered his head to look at his storage ring, then raised his head to look at the sky.

"Han Xiao, what are you looking at?" Xi Yun saw Han Xiao suddenly stand on the spot and look up at the sky as he asked.

"Senior, does our academy have some sort of barrier?" Han Xiao asked.

"Of course, every top power has a barrier." Xi Yun said.

"Oh, I understand. Senior, let's go find Principal Xiao and tell him what we met in the depths of the Hundred Nights Forest." Han Xiao said.

Xi Yun thought about it for a moment, then nodded his head and said, "Alright, let's go look for the dean."

Following the memories from last time, Han Xiao led Xi Yun around the academy to Xiao Zheng's main hall. When he pushed open the door, he saw Xiao Ke-er and a man wearing a blue robe embroidered with a few stars standing next to Xiao Zheng. The man looked to be around thirty years old, and although he was young, a strand of white hair gave him a sense of vicissitudes.

"Han Xiao." Seeing Han Xiao, Xiao Ke Er's face was full of joy. She didn't care about Xiao Zheng as she walked forward and grabbed onto Han Xiao's arm.

"Han Xiao, where have you been these past few months? I thought you were missing or out of school." Xiao Ke Er said, in dissatisfaction.

"Dean, Dean Leng." Xi Yun stepped forward and said respectfully, as if he wasn't the least bit surprised that Xiao Ke Er and Han Xiao were so familiar with each other.

"Ke Er, we can talk about this later. Han Xiao is the Star Glory Sect's Principal Leng Qing He. Principal Leng is someone who would not treat others specially just because of a person's talent." Xiao Zheng lightly coughed as he spoke.

Hearing the meaning behind Xiao Zheng's words, Han Xiao drew back his arm and respectfully said, "Han Xiao pays his respect to Principal Leng."

"How old are you?" Leng Qinghe asked coldly.

"Nineteen." Han Xiao respectfully replied.

"Nineteen years old and reaching the middle stage of the Soul Formation stage is still too slow." Leng Qinghe said coldly.

Han Xiao originally wanted to say that he was slow because he lacked resources when he was young, but after thinking for a moment, he didn't say anything.

One must know that in normal times, Leng Qing He was extremely cold and detached towards people, even when he had asked Leng Qing Ke to help supervise her cultivation, he did not say a single word to her, much less praise her. Even though today he had started to criticize Han Xiao, it was still a good start.

"Han Xiao, Xi Yun, what's the matter?" Xiao Zheng asked.

"It's like this, Principal. Han Xiao and I previously went to the Hundred Night Woods to take a mission to find the Soul Devouring Demonic Insect. In the end, we discovered that the Soul Devouring Demonic Insects in the Hundred Night Woods were actually all Blood Devouring Insects, and those Blood Devouring Insects were controlled by a black-robed man." Xi Yun said.

"What, Han Xiao, explain the situation in detail again." Hearing Xi Yun's words, Xiao Zheng's expression changed as he hastily spoke.

"Yes, dean." After Han Xiao finished speaking, he explained everything that Xi Yun and he had encountered in the Hundred Night Woods in detail, including how he and Xi Yun had been captured by the black-robed man and how they had escaped, "The ones in this bottle are the Blood Devouring Body Insects that we had secretly captured. Please ask the dean." As Han Xiao spoke, he took out the bottle and felt a gust of wind blow past him, and then he saw that the bottle was already in Leng Qing He's hands.

He directly pulled open the lid of the porcelain bottle and over ten black Blood Devouring Insects flew out. As soon as they flew out, they attacked Han Xiao and Xi Yun.

"Hmph!" Leng Qinghe coldly snorted when he saw the body devouring blood bugs. A golden thread appeared in his hand and flew towards the body devouring blood bugs, the tip of the golden thread was like a sharp sword that directly pierced through the wings of the blood insects. Han Xiao only saw a golden light flash in front of him, then he saw the body devouring blood bugs that were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.

"Headmaster, it seems that this is not just a Blood Devouring Body Bug." He glanced at the Blood Devouring Bug on the golden silk thread and said lightly.

"Bring this to Zhong Yu. As for the Hundred Nights Forest, you can go there again." Xiao Zheng said.

"Yes." After he finished speaking, Leng Qinghe took the Blood Devouring Bug and left.

After seeing Leng Qinghe leave, Xiao Ke made a face at the door, then once again went forward to tug on Han Xiao's arm and said, "Han Xiao, you're finally back. One must know that five days ago, it was the college entrance exam, and the new students have to pass the college entrance exam in order to participate in the student tournament in half a year's time."

"What? I clearly remember that one month later is the time for the CET." It was because he knew that there was still some time before the Grand Examination, that he was able to relax and leave.

That's because this year's student competition is a month ahead of schedule, so I've also moved ahead of schedule for the college entrance exam. However, don't worry, I've already informed the teachers about this so that you can come back and take the make-up exam. Xiao Zheng said.

"Han Xiao, don't think you can be at ease just because you're taking the make-up exam. My father can't be too biased towards you, so all the subjects you study must be completed by tomorrow, and each subject must be of the highest grade." Xiao Ke Er looked at Han Xiao sympathetically.

Hearing Xiao Ke'er say this, Han Xiao suddenly felt that tomorrow's exam would be very difficult.

After staying in the Principal's hall for a while longer, Han Xiao and Xi Yun left. They could be considered to have completed the Hundred Nights Forest mission this time. Xi Yun had obtained the high grade Soul Treasure armor that he wanted.

Returning back to the yard, Han Xiao completely ignored Xiao Lei Zi's question and directly went back to his room to take out his books to prepare for the exam the next day.

Han Xiao slowly closed the book in his hand and rubbed his aching eyes. After a simple wash, he headed out of the examination hall.

Arriving at the examination hall, Han Xiao saw that the teachers were already waiting there. Walking to the first row, he picked up the thirteen papers on the table and started writing.

The pen in his hand wrote extremely quickly, and he did not even have time to think about it, as he immediately filled in the answers for the questions. Even though Han Xiao had once been proud of his studies, he still felt a headache as he faced these thirteen papers, the tip of the pen rapidly drew across the page, filling in the papers one after another, and by the time he had finished writing the last test, it was already eight hours later. After finishing the questions, Han Xiao did not dare delay and quickly headed towards the Martial Palace.

When he arrived at the Martial Palace, the sword arts teacher was already there waiting for him. Before he could greet Han Xiao, he had already picked up a bamboo and attacked Jin Xiao, who was also fighting against him with the bamboo in his hand. After defending himself for a while, he used Han Xiao to pierce through Jin Xiao's sleeves and threw the bamboo to the side.

In the artifact forging room, Han Xiao did not have the time to say anything as he picked up the ingredients that were placed in front of him and started to use the Spirit Fire to melt the ingredients. Although Han Xiao knew that the materials that were produced were not pure, he did not care much about it now, and quickly placed the ingredients into the artifact model one by one, then quickly turned the flame in his hand into a liquid, urging them to solidify. After an hour, Han Xiao saw that the artifact model had solidified, he once again released the Spirit Fire and carefully controlled the Soul Fire to temper the artifact model in front of him.

Sweat trickled down Han Xiao's face, but he did not have the time to care about that. His eyes were glued to the artifact model in front of him. Although he was anxious, he still had to carefully take the last step.

When the night arrived and the earth once again enveloped Han Xiao's hand, the long sword in front of him slowly revealed itself. As the last wisp of fire disappeared, the long sword in front of him had already been refined.

"Teacher Jin Guang, Han Xiao's work has been completed." With that, Han Xiao felt his eyelids sink. Before he could hear what Jin Guang had to say, sleep beat him and his eyelids drooped.