324: Red pill

Luo Jiang Academy, third year Trainees' General Group.

This group was actually usually used only for notifications, as the Upper, Middle, and Lower Academies each had their own groups.

Ding-dong!~

"What's this?"

"Li Fangnan, why did you post a landscape photo?"

"Where is this? It's quite a nice shot," a female Trainee said.

"I know. From this angle, it must have been taken at the South Gate Air Port," someone replied.

"Look at the dot in the middle of the picture," said Li Fangnan.

"A dot? What do you mean?"

"Li Fangnan, out with it."

"I guess... is it some kind of flying Yao Beast?"

"How is that possible? Not to mention how rare flying Yao Beasts are, even if there were one, it couldn't be above the academy; it would have been slain long ago."

"It looks like the back of a person?"

"Li Fangnan, stop being so mysterious. You didn't secretly photograph some female dean or teacher, did you? Watch out, or you'll get beaten up."

In their understanding, only a few teachers or deans at Luo Jiang Academy had the power to take flight, and a guy like Li Fangnan had no reason to photograph a male teacher.

Thus, it wasn't unreasonable to assume it was a female teacher or dean.

"That man is back!!" Li Fangnan said.

"Pervert!" someone said.

Li Fangnan was startled. "Lin Ye, you know?"

"Yeah. I didn't know before, but I do now. Li Fangnan, I didn't believe it when others said it before, but now the evidence is conclusive. If you're not a pervert, what are you? To think you'd secretly photograph a man."

"Ugh..."

"As expected, rumors don't just come out of nowhere."

"No wonder he's always inseparable from Li Hu."

"Li Fangnan, your interests are quite unique."

"But don't worry, I won't discriminate against you. Li Fangnan, I actually really admire your courage—the courage to expose yourself."

Li Fangnan: "..."

"Xiao Weiqing is back!!" Li Fangnan said, quickly stopping the mudslinging, or else he'd be labeled a pervert regardless.

"What?"

The Trainees were shocked.

"Xiao Weiqing is back?"

"For real?"

"When?"

"Didn't he go to the Azure Dragon Training Camp? Did his Second Awakening succeed?"

Suddenly.

The group chat exploded, drawing out a bunch of lurkers.

"Reply quickly." @Li Fangnan

"Li Fangnan, Xiao Weiqing is where? We have no idea," an Upper Academy Trainee said.

Upper Academy Trainees kept spamming the chat, including geniuses like Qin Tian and Fei Xiaobao.

Li Fangnan: "Haven't you all seen it?"

"See what, my foot?"

"Li Fangnan, can you stop seeking attention? Where did you see him?"

"You've all seen it too," Li Fangnan said again.

"All seen it?"

"You're sick, Li Fangnan."

Everyone was cursing Li Fangnan.

"Holy crap!! Li Fangnan, no way... I'm getting goosebumps. Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"Zhou Ye, what do you mean?"

"Can you stop being so damn mysterious?"

Zhou Ye said: "Above!"

"What above?"

"Are you two performing a double act here?"

Zhou Ye said again: "In the middle of the picture above!!!"

Zhou Ye took a screenshot of the photo Li Fangnan had posted and zoomed in, trying to make the figure in the center as clear as possible.

"This!!"

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"Don't mess around; this joke isn't funny."

Zhou Ye said: "It's not me saying it, it's Li Fangnan."

"Li Fangnan?"

"Stop the nonsense, or watch out for a beating," Qin Tian said.

Li Fangnan said: "Zhou Ye's guess is right. That is Xiao Weiqing."

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"Say that one more damn time!!!"

Boom~~~

The group chat was completely overturned, with hundreds of messages per second.

Li Fangnan couldn't even keep up with reading them.

Finally.

Li Fangnan sent only one sentence: "I saw it with my own eyes. Xiao Weiqing took flight and flew toward the Upper Academy."

"Yes, you heard right. Xiao Weiqing took flight and flew toward the Upper Academy. That photo is of his back."

"In other words, that monster has entered the Seventh Realm."

Boom~!!

The group chat was like an earthquake, leaving everyone stunned.

Soon, someone refuted.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"It must be some kind of flying treasure. I don't believe it!"

"It really is impossible. There's no such record in Blue Star's history. Even Senior Dongfang Hao couldn't do it back then."

"Well said. Either there's something special about Xiao Weiqing's Second Awakening that gave him the ability to fly—many Fifth Realm Spirit Cultivators can hover briefly—"

"Or he's stepping on a Flying Sword. Doesn't Ye Sanding's awakening weapon allow him to hover for a few seconds?"

"Believe it or not. When Xiao Weiqing flew away, there was no burst of energy." Li Fangnan stopped looking at the chat. Even after two hours, he, like the other Trainees, still couldn't believe it.

He had sent a message to Xiao Weiqing earlier, but Xiao Weiqing never replied.

No reply meant tacit admission.

Otherwise, given Xiao Weiqing's personality, he would have definitely denied it.

And that was indeed the case.

Xiao Weiqing was also in the group.

Seeing what Li Fangnan posted and the group's reaction, he was helpless.

Private messages from Upper Academy Trainees were about to blow up his Wristband, so he simply blocked private messages and ignored them.

Unexpectedly.

At that moment, his Wristband rang.

"Old Headmaster?"

"You're back?"

"Yes."

"Come over for a bit."

Next to Ning Xing's small courtyard.

This was where the academy had provided for Xie Zhiyuan to live.

Compared to Ning Xing's courtyard, Xie Zhiyuan's was even simpler, with a decor style closer to the Old Era.

"Old Headmaster."

"Have a seat."

The two sat down.

Xie Zhiyuan brewed some tea.

After handing a cup to Xiao Weiqing, Xie Zhiyuan drained his own in one gulp, chewing the tea leaves a couple of times before swallowing them as well.

"This tea is good; you should try it too."

Xiao Weiqing: "..."

He now knew who Ning Xing had learned that tea-drinking habit from.

Xiao Weiqing took a sip. He wasn't actually very fond of tea and couldn't tell the good from the bad.

"Wei Lan should be fine now, right?"

Xie Zhiyuan asked, though he could already tell from Xiao Weiqing's expression.

"Yes, she's fine."

"That is good." Xie Zhiyuan didn't ask further.

"Old Headmaster, how is your Divine Body?"

"It can only recover slowly."

Actually, Xie Zhiyuan could have completely revealed his current situation to the Great Xia higher-ups; Great Xia would surely spare no effort to help him recover his body.

However.

While in the Demon Realm, Xie Zhiyuan had communicated with Xiao Weiqing that they should lie low for a while upon returning to Blue Star.

Azure Dragon Island's attitude had always been unclear, so it was always good to keep a trump card.

Furthermore.

Xiao Weiqing had never forgotten the Azure Dragon Divine Envoy. Since he was back, he was determined to kill him.

And Xie Zhiyuan was undoubtedly the best helper.

"Old Headmaster, this is for you."

Xiao Weiqing took out a red Medicinal Pill; it radiated pure energy.

"This is...?"

Xie Zhiyuan was shocked. This Medicinal Pill contained such massive energy that it was visible to the naked eye.

"I obtained it inside the Illusory Moon Secret Realm."

"Did gods really once exist within the Illusory Moon Secret Realm?"

Xie Zhiyuan was quite well-traveled and knowledgeable, but absolutely no one on Blue Star could refine such a Medicinal Pill.