Chapter 1524 - 1504: Seeing Ghosts?

After Yang Xiao and the others left, Chu Tian's six underlings hurriedly gathered around him, carefully lifted him off the ground, and placed him onto a nearby sofa.

Chu Tian groaned a few times and cursed angrily:

"You're all worthless. When Yang Xiao attacked me just now, each of you stood there dumbfounded, not one of you lifted a hand to help me. I've wasted my kindness on you guys."

The six underlings lowered their heads in shame.

One of them said softly:

"Boss, don't be mad. Yang Xiao attacked so quickly, and he had you pinned down. None of us dared to make a move, fearing it would provoke him to kill you."

"Hmph, a bunch of good-for-nothing cowards."

Chu Tian cursed out loudly, aware that against Yang Xiao, his underlings were useless, especially with Xing Zhe, an Emperor Level expert, by Yang Xiao's side.

He just felt aggrieved inside with no way to vent, so he vented it on his underlings.

After a few curses, Chu Tian felt slightly relieved.

"Get me a glass of water."

"Yes, Boss."

A quick-witted underling poured him a glass of water and handed it to Chu Tian while another promptly helped him sit up to drink.

After drinking a glass of water, Chu Tian's mood improved a bit. He also took four Healing Elixirs earlier, which were working on healing his injuries.

After some time of self-healing, the pain in his body lessened significantly.

Chu Tian glanced at his underlings and said:

"Go help me call Chi Long."

One underling promptly said:

"I know Chi Long well. I'll go find him."

"Yes, I have urgent business with him. Tell him to come here, no matter what."

"Yes, Boss."

The underling quickly dashed out of the room to find Chi Long.

The remaining underlings surrounded Chu Tian and whispered:

"Boss, are we just going to let Yang Xiao off like that?"

"Let Yang Xiao off?"

Chu Tian's expression turned fierce as he gritted his teeth and roared:

"Not even if I die! Between me and him, it's either he dies or I do!"

"Boss, what do we do now?"

"Let Yang Xiao have his moment for now. Once I recover, I'll plan how to eliminate him. In the meantime, send someone to investigate Yang Xiao's background at the academy. See where he's from, what support he has,

this time, I intend to wipe out his entire clan to quench my rage."

...

Yang Xiao and Xing Zhe exited the management building of the Advanced Academy Department.

Xing Zhe gave Yang Xiao a thumbs up and said happily:

"Yang Xiao, when you beat up Chu Tian just now, I felt avenged. It was more satisfying than killing him."

"Haha, I wouldn't kill him in a fit of rage. If I were to kill him, I certainly wouldn't do it within the academy; I'd be waiting for the academy to punish us. I'm not that foolish."

"Yang Xiao, do you really plan to challenge Chi Long? Chi Long ranks thirty on the Wuji Academy's combat power list. His combat power is impressive, especially his poison cultivation technique, which is hard to counter. I admit I'm no match for Chi Long; you should consider this carefully."

Yang Xiao smiled faintly and replied:

"If you can't beat Chi Long, does that mean I can't either?"

Xing Zhe chuckled awkwardly and said:

"I realize you're powerful, but it's crucial to be cautious. Besides, Chu Tian will surely inform Chi Long in advance, and he'll be prepared to deal with us. This lowers our chances significantly. I genuinely worry about you."

Yang Xiao patted Xing Zhe's shoulder, laughed, and said,

"Alright, stop worrying about me. Let's set this aside for now and go find Barro to regain the authority of our Identity Jade. We also need to approach the academy leadership to restore our student status and revoke the disappearance notice."

Xing Zhe nodded and said:

"We were declared missing by the academy for some time. This matter falls under Director Lin's jurisdiction, who manages student affairs."

The two headed to the academy's office building to find Chief of Guards Barro.

Barro said,

"Xing Zhe, I've already reported your situation to Director Lin. He wants you to find him and report your situation."

Yang Xiao and Xing Zhe proceeded to Director Lin's office.

Upon seeing them, Director Lin was initially stunned, then stood up and walked towards Xing Zhe, somewhat excitedly saying:

"Xing Zhe, you're alive! How did this happen? How did the nuclear generator at 101 cultivation field explode? Oh, I thought you two were dead and felt regret for a long time."

Xing Zhe has been at the academy for two to three decades, and most of the leadership knew him.

Director Lin didn't know Yang Xiao but glanced at him, guessing his identity.

Xing Zhe immediately said:

"Director Lin, sorry for worrying you,

We don't know what happened. We were cultivating in the underground tunnel at 101 cultivation field when we heard a loud noise and the ground shook; then we blacked out.

When we woke up, the tunnel had collapsed, and Yang Xiao and I were buried underneath..."

Xing Zhe repeated the lie he told to Barro yesterday.

Director Lin listened and was astounded.

"Well, you're back, and living is the most important thing. I've reinstated your student status, you can cultivate at the academy as before."

"Thank you, Director Lin."

Yang Xiao then asked:

"Director Lin, can we get our villa back?"

Director Lin paused and said:

"Your situation is a bit unique; I've rarely encountered similar cases before.

According to academy rules, students missing for three months are considered to have withdrawn automatically, and the academy revokes all benefits.

Your villa has been taken back per regulations and rented out again.

To reclaim it from the current occupant would be challenging."

"It wasn't our fault; we were trapped underground after an accident."

"I know it wasn't your fault, but academy policy is hard to change.

Unless the current tenant agrees to return the villa to you, the academy can't help.

Anyways, it's just an Evolution Energy Hot Spring. What's special about it for you? You can visit the cultivation field several times instead."

Yang Xiao wanted to say more, but Xing Zhe quickly said:

"Alright, thank you, Director Lin. We'll follow academy policy; goodbye."

Director Lin nodded.

Xing Zhe led Yang Xiao out of Director Lin's office and towards the outside of the office building.

"Xing Zhe, are we just letting the villa go like that?"

"What else? Asking Director Lin to get it back for you?"

"Can we at least retrieve our personal belongings from the villa?"

"That should be possible. If your personal items are still there, you can go to Villa No. 68 now to retrieve them."

Yang Xiao and Xing Zhe flew towards the villa area together.

Their former villas weren't far apart; Xing Zhe headed to his own, while Yang Xiao went to Villa No. 68.

Yang Xiao pressed the doorbell at Villa No. 68. After a moment, a purple-clad beauty emerged from the villa.

Through the Defensive Light Curtain Gate, Yang Xiao could see it was Mei Lan, who he had once competed with for the villa.

Mei Lan was radiant, her features strikingly beautiful. As she approached the gate and saw Yang Xiao outside, she was stunned.

"Isn't that Yang Xiao? I thought he was missing, dead at the 101 cultivation field? How has he suddenly come back? Is it a ghost?"