76: Chapter 76 Even Power Must Make Way for Me

"Before I speak, I'd like to apologize to you. To ensure that Sister Leng finds a good teacher, I did some research on you beforehand.

I hope you can understand."

Facing an eighth-rank ability user who had also shown him kindness,

Su Mu's actions were indeed rude.

However, Principal Lin He didn't mind and simply nodded slightly, signaling Su Mu to continue.

"You are great; to advance in the path of medicine and save more people, you gave up all other means.

But if Sister Leng doesn't want to become such a person, I hope you won't force her."

Su Mu's tone was very soft when he said this, but exceptionally firm.

"Pfft!"

Principal Lin He suddenly burst out laughing.

"Who told you I have no way to protect myself? Don't I understand the principle of saving oneself before saving others?"

"But Teacher said..."

Su Mu realized he had let it slip and immediately shut his mouth.

"Old Yang really is a blabbermouth." Her tone was somewhat complaining.

But then she laughed cheerfully.

"I do require my disciples to give up the offensive means they've already learned, but that doesn't mean I don't have ways to protect myself.

Do you really think I can leisurely serve as the principal at Modu Ability University just because of my eighth-rank cultivation?

In twenty years of traveling the world, did I never encounter a single danger?

Or do you think I'm just an incredibly lucky person."

Suddenly, Principal Lin He's gaze became extremely sharp, even a bit dangerous.

"Everyone who wanted to kill me or harbored ill intentions toward me has been killed by me.

The reason everyone thinks I have no life-saving means is that everyone who has seen me take action is dead."

The air inside the villa seemed frozen; Su Mu felt it becoming very difficult to breathe.

*Buzz—*

Su Mu's head buzzed, and then he returned to normal.

"Of course, my combat strength is still quite a bit lower than experts of the same rank, like your teacher and me.

I'm afraid that even as an Advanced eighth-rank, I wouldn't be able to beat Old Yang at the Elementary eighth-rank.

But there's no helping it; the Wood-element ability isn't a very strong combat ability to begin with.

Combined with the need to learn healing Combat Techniques, my combat power is naturally much lower.

But in life, you can't have your cake and eat it too, right, 'Good Brother'?"

A voice like silver bells reached Su Mu's ears.

But that last "Good Brother" was full of teasing.

Su Mu felt a bit embarrassed by her words.

"Then you mean you'll also teach Sister Leng ways to protect herself, right?"

Principal Lin He crossed her arms and nodded.

Su Mu breathed a long sigh of relief, finally feeling at ease.

He picked up his juice and drank more than half of it in one gulp.

"Thank you, Principal Lin."

The last thing Su Mu was worried about was resolved; now he just had to wait eight days for his ability to upgrade to S-rank before he could come to officially become a disciple.

After chatting a bit more about the 'Ren and Du Meridians' from today's class, Su Mu prepared to leave.

"Wait! Take this back with you."

As she spoke, she took a space ring out of her own space ring, then took out a box and put it inside.

"This is a 20-cubic-meter space ring, and inside is a seven-colored flower. Take it back for my yet-to-be-official disciple to use together with you."

Su Mu took the space ring and cupped his hands in thanks.

"Then I'll thank you on behalf of Sister Leng."

After saying that, Su Mu left the villa and walked toward his own.

Principal Lin He picked up the A-rank Combat Technique Eye of Prediction from the table and glanced at the first page.

"He's quite affectionate and loyal, and his talent and Aptitude are both top-tier; it's just a pity he isn't wood-attribute."

Shaking her head, she sat directly on the sofa and lowered her head to study the Combat Technique.

"..."

In a basement in Kyoto.

A person in a black cloak and another in a red cloak stood facing each other.

"China has been developing too fast these past few years, and His Holiness the Pope is very dissatisfied with your work.

Especially since an S-rank Prodigy appeared this year."

A raspy male voice came from beneath the black cloak.

"It doesn't matter. No matter how many geniuses there are, they will all die in this University Ability Competition.

China just loves to gather a bunch of geniuses together, making it easy for me to kill them."

A sexy female voice came from beneath the red cloak.

"I still need to remind you that His Holiness's orders are to recruit that S-rank Genius to our church if possible. Don't just focus on killing."

"Asura! You talk too much. I don't need you to tell me what to do. Scram back to your West."

In an instant, a gale blew through the basement, lifting the red cloak to reveal a pair of fair, straight, long legs.

The black cloak was also blown up, revealing that the person beneath wore an eyepatch, with a terrifying long scar stretching from his forehead to his ear.

The gale grew stronger and stronger.

*Bang!*

A puff of smoke rose, and the basement gradually returned to silence.

Only the woman in the red cloak remained standing in the basement.

"Let me have some fun. I hope the competition organized by the Chinese authorities won't be too boring."

"..."

"Teacher! Were you looking for me?"

Su Mu originally wanted to return to the villa to give the space ring and the seven-colored flower to Sister Leng Jing.

But Yang Wendao suddenly sent Su Mu a message.

"Sit down first! I have something to tell you."

"Alright! Go ahead."

Su Mu walked straight to the living room sofa and sat down.

"I have to head out for a couple of days; something happened with your Fourth Senior Brother. I'm not sure if I'll be back before your University Ability Competition.

Tell your Senior Sister about it later."

Su Mu nodded; this was normal. If a disciple got into trouble outside, the teacher would naturally go to check.

Fourth Senior Brother—Su Mu had some impression of him. He was the only Senior Brother who hadn't taken first place in the Freshman Competition.

However, since Teacher didn't rush off immediately, it probably wasn't anything too serious, likely just something Fourth Senior Brother couldn't resolve on his own.

But not being able to go to Kyoto together to watch his two disciples participate in the University Ability Competition was still a bit of a regret.

"Another thing is that I just received news that Kyoto University has a foreign exchange student this year.

Supposedly, he also has an S-Rank Ability and might be your biggest rival in the individual competition."

Su Mu raised an eyebrow.

He really didn't believe there was a peer who could be his match.

"I doubt someone could be my opponent just based on an S-Rank Ability. Teacher, what else did you find out?"

Clearly, Yang Wendao had grown accustomed to his disciple's cleverness.

"This exchange student is a year older than you. To be precise, he should actually be a sophomore.

But for some reason, he was placed in the freshman class after transferring."

Yang Wendao spread his hands, looking helpless.

A knot formed in Su Mu's brow. "Isn't that against the rules?"

"It's not against the rules this year, but it will be next year."

Yang Wendao was also quite helpless.

"Sigh! It's all a game of power."

"It's good that you understand, but I want to tell you that no matter how great power is, it cannot surpass strength.

As long as your strength is sufficient, power will also make way for you."

Su Mu rolled his eyes.

"You make it sound easy, Teacher. I only awakened my ability less than three months ago. I need time to grow for that kind of strength!"

"Hahaha, it's good that you know you haven't fully grown yet.

For the short term, this old man can still shield you a bit."

The master and disciple looked at each other and smiled.