I Truly Am The Villian

Chapter 60: Chapter 60 Try Hitting Me Again

The warm and enticing aroma of steamed buns wafted through the air as the young students who had come to enroll at Heaven Tiger Academy rose early, dressed neatly, hung their swords, and shouldered their long blades.

They were ready to take the first step that would change the fate of their lives.

To enter Heaven Tiger Academy, and then to make a name for themselves.

Xu Zimei and his two companions finished getting ready and headed straight for Heaven Tiger Academy.

At this time, Qingfeng City was bustling with activity; the closer one got to the academy, the denser the crowd became.

Although Heaven Tiger Academy was a branch of Heavenly Dao Academy, it wasn’t just a single institution. Xu Zimei knew that there were no fewer than ten such academies in the Extreme West Region alone.

Across the entire Eastern Continent, the number of academies even exceeded one hundred.

These academies were the most formidable. They taught without discrimination, and no matter what your identity or race, as long as you could pass the academy’s trials, they would instruct you wholeheartedly.

Just think about it, Heavenly Dao Academy has been around since the Wild Desolation era, through to the Era of Emperors, and in that time, it’s impossible to know how many powerful figures have emerged from it.

Whenever the academy has needed them, with a beckoning of its arms, all these former students would step forward to support, such a terrifying force.

Many even believe that in terms of heritage, Heavenly Dao Academy is much stronger than many Imperial Rule Immortal Sects.

……

“Brother Cheng, I never imagined after our last farewell that you and I would have the chance to meet again.”

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“Brother Fan, I wish you a triumphant success on this journey to the academy.”

Within the lively crowd, those talented disciples who had known each other from before greeted one another.

In front of the academy gates, twin white tiger statues carved from Mysterious Iron rock stood lifelike and imposing.

Though they were inanimate, they emitted an aura of regal beastly power around the clock, looking as if they would come to life at any moment.

Directly in front of the academy, the aspiring young students lined up neatly in two vertical rows and then walked towards the inside of the academy.

Xu Zimei and his group also followed the procession into Heaven Tiger Academy.

All the disciples had been arranged on a very spacious open ground.

The parents who had accompanied their children were also gathered on both sides of the area, making the whole scene rather chaotic and noisy.

Heaven Tiger Academy’s enrollment doesn’t look at one’s cultivation level, they only test for two things, talent and the way of the heart.

Cultivation level, because prospective students come from different backgrounds with varying resources from childhood, cannot directly gauge a person’s potential.

The methods that rely on competition, where everyone fights it out, and those with the stronger fists enter the academy, are the lowest form of tests.

……

The students stood on the open ground, gazing into the distance at the true inner court of Heaven Tiger School.

There were mountains that soared hundreds of feet high, shrouded in white mist,

Disciples from the inner court riding flying Monster Beasts, soaring with outspread wings,

Buildings that were grand and majestic, academies that were meticulously arranged, with iron towers a hundred stories high, and also mountain peaks shaped like swords.

All the boys and girls longed for a glimpse inside the academy; if they passed the test, that place would become their cultivation grounds for the future.

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“Elder brother, why are we here?” Xiao Guizi asked in confusion.

For Xiao Guizi, who had grown up in True Martial Holy Sect, this Heaven Tiger School indeed seemed quite ordinary.

The True Martial Holy Sect could rival the Heavenly Dao Academy and naturally looked down upon this place.

“I’m here to get something,” Xu Zimei replied with a smile.

The group was chatting, when suddenly they saw a youth wearing a white robe, sporting a shifty appearance, approaching Xu Zimei and the others.

He looked at them and asked with a smile, “You’re also here to enroll at Heaven Tiger School, aren’t you?”

“What is it?” Xiao Guizi frowned and asked.

“Let me introduce myself; my name is Liu Ye, just like you newcomers,” the youth said with a confident smile. “You might have just arrived at the academy and are probably unclear about the situation inside, so let me explain a bit.

Just like us freshmen, when we first arrive at the academy, we’re bound to be oppressed and targeted by the older students. After all, wherever there are people, there are rivalries. You understand this, right?

So, us newcomers must stick together for warmth and unity.

My cousin is a student from a previous cohort here at the academy, and he’s quite well-known. He has set up a group called Wind and Rain Gate.

To put it simply, it’s a small community. If we freshmen join the Wind and Rain Gate, by paying just twenty Spirit Crystals a month, he can protect us from being bullied.”

Watching the young man prattle on, Xu Zimei and the others couldn’t help but find it amusing.

So he’s trying to scam money, huh!

“Forget it, we’re not interested. Whether we can even pass the academy’s tests is another matter,” Xiao Guizi said, shaking his head in refusal.

“I can tell you have extraordinary talent, and there should be no problem passing the academy’s tests,” the youth declared with conviction. “Right now, each of you only needs to pay twenty Spirit Crystals to join the Wind and Rain Gate.

If you miss this opportunity, the cost to join later will be more than this.”

“I said we’re not interested, and I don’t want to repeat myself,” Xiao Guizi said indifferently.

“What’s with the attitude? Wait until you’re inside the academy; you’ll see what’s coming for you,” the youth said with an ugly expression, huffing, “Unappreciative fools.”

As the youth turned to leave and prepared to swindle someone else, Xiao Guizi kicked him from behind, sending him sprawling to the ground.

Then he, together with Lin Ruhu, stepped forward and started laying into the youth.

“Try hitting me one more time,”

“Smack!”

“Looking for trouble, are you? Want me to call for help?”

“Smack smack!”

“My cousin is a second-year student at the academy; he won’t let you off.”

“Smack smack smack!”

……

“Guys, I was wrong; please stop beating me.”

“Smack smack smack!”

“Can you guys save me some face?”

“Smack smack!”

“Daddy, please spare me.”

“Smack!”

Xu Zimei stepped forward to pull Xiao Guizi and the others back, watching the youth with interest and asked, “Your cousin is a second-year?”

The youth’s originally white robe was now covered with footprints, and even his face bore several irregular shoe marks.

He nodded vigorously like a pecking chicken.

“How could you do this? Even when you hit a dog, you should look at its owner,” Xu Zimei said to Xiao Guizi sternly, “Let’s go beat up his owner instead.”

“Take me to see your cousin,” Xu Zimei said to the youth.

……

The open ground where the seeking disciples currently stood was strictly speaking, just a place where Heaven Tiger Academy tested new students.

It couldn’t be considered the interior of the academy, and the item Xu Zimei wanted to retrieve was inside the academy grounds.

Wanting to enter the academy without bothering with these meaningless tests, he needed an older student to show the way.

The youth’s cousin was named Cheng Feng, and at the moment, besides the new students on this open ground, there were also some older students who had come to watch the excitement.

These older students, just like the youth’s cousin, wanted to recruit for their own organizations, and these fresh juniors were the best candidates.