"Humph, big empty words coming from a mere liar and traitor."
And just as William said this, another voice came, one he instantly recognised.
"Guanin… What brought you here?" William stopped as his path was blocked by a group of five, led by none other than Guanin.
"I heard such a funny story, about a weak and powerless porter who suddenly turned into a strong spirit master of bronze grade. Is it true?"
"What does this have to do with you?" William didn't answer him, as he simply stood in his place motionless, putting such an expression of ridicule on his face, while crossing his arms in a challenge.
He was in a bad mood already from what he suffered at the hands of the headmaster. And just when he was trying to get over this, Guanin came to act as a punching bag for his frustration.
If he had to fear Guanin before, then all this changed. The two of them were already in the same class, spirit masters of bronze grade.
William even suspected that Guanin's spirit power wasn't that much higher than his.
"I heard you are going to join the second year class. As the class vice president, I have to come and make sure this piece of news is just a mere joke."
"Humph! That's not up to you to decide," William didn't stop in his place for a single second, started to move forward, directly heading towards Guanin and his group.
"Fighting is forbidden in the academy!" and just as William moved closer, one of Guanin's men shouted in such a loud way.
"What? Are you scared?" and what he got back was a short laugh from William and such a mean comment. William forcibly pushed Guanin by the shoulder, making the latter's face change and become all red out of frustration.
Just a few days ago, William was a mere useless and powerless porter who would try to run away from any path Guanin would take.
And now? This porter dared to walk just through his group, even brushing his shoulder in such a daring way. So, he grew mad, and William didn't just stop there as he turned his head and added in mockery:
"Getting mad already? Tell me, what can you do about it? Run and cry to your mama? Hahahaha!"
And as he just said, what Guanin could do here? The rules of the academy were strict about any fight inside the walls of the academy.
"Just wait… A chance will present itself to me very soon… And I swear you'll regret that foul mouth of yours," And as William and his little entourage of two girls walked away, Guanin couldn't help but clench both fists. Even his veins popped up there.
"Young master, we have eyes over them," one of the men around Guanin leant over and whispered, "also we got an intel. They are going outside, going to visit the Long clan."
"Long clan?" Guanin's eyes flashed in such fierce light, "that's great! Spread this intel, let everyone know about this. Heavens will never show mercy to those unworthy! Call everyone on our side, let's show this little hot headed fool what's the difference between a stray dog and a real descendant of a strong clan like us."
Guanin muttered the motto of the traitors, while giving the order for his group to gather up. He didn't know how strong William became, but he wouldn't let his rage and arrogance get into his head.
After all, William was rumoured to kill a full team of the Golden Sky academy solo. And they were rumoured to be bronze grade spirit masters on top of that.
So, he didn't hurry to chase after William and the two girls until he received confirmation from other groups.
The true retaliation of the traitors in the academy against William was just about to begin.
But soon things started to die down once a higher order came to all the ready to move teams to stand down.
They got nothing but a simple message; Don't pursue them for now.
Guanin couldn't do anything against such an order. He knew other teams would retreat. If he was a little stronger, and if not for the rumours he heard about what William did, he would have gone alone and put William under test.
As for William, he went towards the nearest gate of the academy feeling more refreshed. He vented part of his anger and doing this to Guanin made him feel quite special.
Almost two weeks before, Guaning made him feel powerless and helpless. And now he returned the favour double.
He kept walking towards the academy gate while the two girls kept speaking and laughing about what just happened back there.
"Our big brother is really scary, hahaha! I swear his face turned ashen white back there," Tina was still enjoying what happened like a little kid.
As for Lina, she just motioned with her eyes for William to just ignore her. William knew Tina returned to act like the time when they roamed the forest together for the first time.
"Excuse me senior, I want to ask about something," and as the three took an hour and half to arrive at the nearest gate, William stopped in front of a disciple who was part of the patrolling guard unit there.
"A porter? Where is your master?" William didn't change his uniform yet, giving that older disciple the false impression.
"Ahem, I'm now a formal disciple of the academy," William gave a warning gaze to the two girls, especially when Tina was about to reflexively reply in her childish way.
If she was allowed to speak, things would grow bad without the need to.
"You… I never saw a disciple wearing the clothes of a porter before…" The disciple who was in year five at least, with such a tall stature and thin yet well built body, examined William as the latter examined him.
For the first time ever, William didn't recognise the disciple in front of him.