116: Chapter 116 Blocking the Road!

This lively spectacle of snatching up recruits came to an end with Su Lin's refusal.

Afterward, the various instructors, carrying a hint of disappointment, began introducing their respective academies to the other freshmen in detail.

About an hour later, the freshman ceremony concluded.

Everyone left the Shenglong University Grand Auditorium with their own varied feelings.

Although they hadn't been fought over by the various instructors like Su Lin, after hearing the introductions from the instructors...

...everyone was attracted to the powerful academies, though they still needed to meet the requirements to join.

Once they met the requirements and entered an academy, they could enjoy many benefits. For example, at the Sword Dao Academy, even ordinary students received many freshman gift packs upon joining, some of which contained equipment that would be quite valuable in the Imperial Capital.

Then there was the Divine Pill Academy, which offered even more freshman benefits; its advanced medicinal pills and alchemy techniques made everyone green with envy.

This was just the treatment for ordinary students. For a hot commodity like Su Lin, who was being fought over by the instructors, one could only imagine how many times higher his benefits were compared to ordinary students.

Everyone became jealous of Su Lin all over again, but even so, Su Lin actually didn't accept a single one? He rejected them all?

Everyone just felt that the gap between people was too vast; they simply couldn't understand Su Lin's way of thinking.

Gu Tianming was about to leave when Xue Chao, who was beside him, suddenly said to him.

"Brother Gu, should we go find Su Lin?"

Gu Tianming shook his head.

"Forget it."

"Why?"

Xue Chao was very surprised, as he had assumed Gu Tianming would also be eager to teach Su Lin a lesson.

Gu Tianming ignored him and walked straight out of the auditorium, leaving Xue Chao somewhat stunned.

However, Xue Chao did not leave. Instead, he gathered with four or five other freshmen, a sinister smile on his face as he looked at the seat behind where Su Lin had just departed.

"If Brother Gu isn't coming, the few of us are enough. We'll show Su Lin in a moment who the true pride of the Imperial Capital is!"

"Exactly! He is unworthy of his reputation. How can someone at the first level of the Divine Aperture even make it into the top fifty of the freshman leaderboard?"

"I think those instructors must be blind to fight over this piece of trash!"

The companions beside Xue Chao were all freshmen at the fourth level of the Divine Aperture Realm, while Xue Chao himself was at the fifth level. He was ranked thirty-ninth on the freshman leaderboard and was a true pride of the Imperial Capital.

"Only people like Brother Xue can be called powerhouses. What does that Su Lin count for, daring to steal so much of the spotlight?"

"When a tree stands above the forest, the wind will surely break it. This Su Lin is not far from his doom."

"A first-level Divine Aperture cultivator daring to be in the top fifty of the freshman leaderboard? He's in for a rude awakening. As long as we defeat him, we can become the forty-sixth on the freshman leaderboard. People have long been itching to make a move."

The group had already started discussing how to deal with Su Lin; they couldn't wait and wanted to strike right now.

As long as they could defeat Su Lin, their rankings would rise significantly. Rising even one place on the freshman leaderboard could yield great benefits.

However, they didn't know Su Lin's whereabouts. Just then, a figure walked over and asked tentatively.

"Do you want to know Su Lin's location?"

Everyone looked at the person behind them; he was also a freshman, with a cold sneer on his face.

"My name is Sun Pengfei. I know the route Su Lin's driver takes. I was at the administrative hall yesterday and watched him leave."

"Oh? You want to deal with Su Lin too?"

Sun Pengfei nodded and said matter-of-factly.

"Of course. Who wouldn't want to show him a thing or two? Come, come, I'll tell you their route right now. I've been waiting for a long time..."

The five or six of them immediately lowered their heads and began to confer.

As soon as Su Lin left the Shenglong University Grand Auditorium, he saw his driver waiting respectfully outside. Su Lin got into the car amidst the envious gazes of the other freshmen.

"Damn! A private car service? Why don't I get this treatment?"

"This is the exclusive driver for the Supreme VIP suites, of course you don't have it."

"I really wish Su Lin would give me a ride. Getting back to the dorms from here isn't close at all. Even the Zone 1 dorms are far, let alone the dorms beyond Zone 8."

Originally, Su Lin had wanted to give Liu Hao a ride, but Liu Hao said he needed to go elsewhere to find out more information, so he wouldn't be returning to the dorms yet.

Su Lin had no choice but to get in alone. Under the gaze of everyone, the expensive business car drove away from the scene.

Sitting in the comfortable, high-end car seat, Su Lin drank his milk tea and looked at the scenery of Shenglong University outside the window.

He hadn't really had a good look at the scenery of his university yet.

Now that he looked, he found that the scenery along the roads of Shenglong University was truly nice. All sorts of precious and beautiful flowering trees were already in full bloom, dancing like flowers in the breeze.

"Steward, how many years have you been at Shenglong University?"

Su Lin suddenly asked.

"Sir, I have been at Shenglong University for twenty years. Is something the matter?"

"How many milk tea shops are there in Shenglong University?"

"milk tea shops?"

If it were anyone else facing this question, they surely wouldn't know how to answer. But Steward He actually knew most of the information about Shenglong University; he even knew about the milk tea shops.

"As for milk tea shops, there are only two in the whole school. And I hear one of them is about to go out of business."

"Only two?"

Su Lin was a bit surprised. Shenglong University covered an area of ten million square meters and could easily accommodate one hundred thousand people; to think only two milk tea shops had opened.

Was that enough milk tea to go around?

Steward He continued to explain.

"Most students at Shenglong University don't like drinking milk tea. Someone who loves milk tea as much as you is quite rare."

"I see..."

Su Lin pondered for a moment. If everyone didn't like drinking milk tea, wouldn't opening a milk tea shop be a pure loss? But the main purpose of opening a milk tea shop was to make it convenient for himself to drink milk tea; whether others liked it or not didn't seem to matter to him...

Besides, it wasn't a given that everyone wouldn't like the milk tea he developed.

"Steward He, do you know the locations of those two milk tea shops?"

"Of course I do. Sir, do you want to go now?"

"No need. Just tell me first; I'll go later. For now, let's go home and rest."

"Very well."

Steward He began to introduce the locations and various pieces of information about the two milk tea shops. He even knew the information about the milk tea shop owners.

One of the milk tea shop owners was actually a somewhat famous academy genius from a few years ago. After accumulating a wave of credits, he opened the second milk tea shop in the school.

However, after this genius opened the milk tea shop, his martial path quickly became mediocre, which Su Lin found strange after hearing about it.

Suddenly, Steward He let out a soft exclamation.

Su Lin raised an eyebrow and asked.

"What's wrong?"

"A group of people has blocked the road ahead..."

Su Lin looked ahead and saw, several hundred meters away, five or six people standing right in the middle of the road, blocking their path forward.

Su Lin looked at them and felt they looked familiar. He recognized them immediately; the person standing in the middle seemed to be the one who had just been sitting next to Gu Tianming, mocking him.

There was another person he was even more familiar with: Sun Pengfei. At this moment, he was looking at Su Lin's car with a cold sneer, chatting incessantly with the person in the lead.

"Sir, what should we do? Should we turn around?"

"I know another route that can get us home, but it will take more time."

Su Lin smiled lightly, took a sip of his milk tea, and said.

"No need. Just drive straight through. Don't worry about them."

"Let's see who wants to get hit and die."

"Very well."

Hearing Su Lin say this, Steward He did not hold back at all. He slammed his foot on the accelerator. The people ahead looked unkind; it was clear they were up to no good.

They were all martial artists, so it was impossible for them to be killed by a direct hit. A normal martial artist would be able to dodge on their own when seeing such a situation.

Unless they were truly there to deliberately pick a fight.

The five or six people ahead saw the business car charging straight at them, and smiles of mockery appeared on their faces.

"Oh? They aren't afraid of us and even dare to charge over?"

"Hahaha, I was worried they might run away. Now they've walked right into the trap. How stupid."

"Do it!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The violent wind whipped up by the eruption of blood energy immediately bent the large trees on both sides.

Five or six martial artists at the fourth level of the Divine Aperture Realm suddenly attacked at the same time.

The surrounding crowd immediately stopped in their tracks amidst exclamations.