The Three Scions were ready to drag Li Qiye down with them. In their eyes, anyone would salivate before the existence of such a treasure. Plus, who would be dumb enough not to take advantage of the current chaos?
Li Qiye only smiled after hearing Rumination so the youth misunderstood: âTeacher, if you are interested, join us and reap the harvest.â
Li Qiyeâs smile became wider: âListen here, do you know what I hate the most? Traitors, such as yourselves!â
The three naturally didnât take this comment in stride. Six-sword said with disdain: âSince when are you so righteous? I doubt youâre not tempted by the treasure, itâs more like you want to take it all for yourself.â
Six-sword didnât give a damn about maintaining courtesy so he was much more blatant compared to the other two.
âEither way is fine.â Li Qiye chuckled: âIâm here right now so anyone else who wants the treasure is simply daydreaming.â
Freeskyâs expression sank: âTeacher, regardless of your intent, you better consider the circumstances. As the saying goes, a hero knows when to back off. Throwing your life away for no reason will waste all of your efforts in life.â
âYou think the three of you will be able to do anything? Only a group of clowns.â Li Qiye retorted.
Their expression became ugly since they were still geniuses at the very least. Freesky was already a one-totem High God as well so this contemptuous comment insulted them.
âSuch big tone, weâll see what you got?â Six-sword glared and shouted furiously.
The other two immediately stopped him. Freesky said: âTeacher, weâre only foot soldiers so youâre right, weâre completely insignificant. A little character like me canât get into your sight. However, there are emperors behind us, perhaps a twelve-will one. At that time, you need to carefully weigh yourself against the opponents.â
He relied on scaring Li Qiye with the emperors because the three of them werenât enough.
âSo what? Iâll deal with it when the time comes.â Li Qiye calmly responded.
Their expression darkened after hearing this. They got on the tiger and couldnât get off at this moment.
In the end, Freesky was still the most quick-witted out of the three. He cupped his fist at Li Qiye and said: âTeacher, you can think whatever you want. In short, we have delivered the message so our mission is complete. Weâll be going now, see you again.â
Freesky wanted to leave first because they didnât know Li Qiyeâs real power. Thus, they needed to deliberate with someone else and come up with a better plan before returning.
With that, he exchanged a suggestive glance at the other two in order to leave.
âWhy leave so soon?â Li Qiye blocked their path and smiled.
The three were naturally aghast at this development.
âTeacher, are you trying to kill students? Itâs a big crime to kill us just to monopolize the treasure.â Rumination smiled.
âKill it is then. Doesnât matter to me, whether it is to purge the academy of traitors or simply murder.â Li Qiye didnât care at all.
They didnât expect Li Qiye to be so unreasonable. Methods didnât work on him at all.
âBoom!â The three didnât waste words and took out their treasures.
With a loud explosion, imperial auras oozed out. Rumination and Freesky took out imperial weapons while the young king unsheathed his six swords.
âTeacher, are you trying to oppose the emperors? I know you certainly have an amazing background but when a twelve-will emperor gets involved, the academyâs fate is sealed, no one can change this.â Freesky uttered coldly.
âNo need to waste words, Iâll give you all a chance to attack first.â Li Qiye said flatly.
âKill him!â The three shouted and instantly attacked. The two imperial weapons were naturally powerful while the six swords united as one and unleashed a heaven-splitting slash.
âToo weak.â Li Qiye didnât bat an eye as his body exuded a dazzling radiance - the effect of two Immortal Physiques.
âBoom!â Stagnation Domain activated and everything became infinitely slow and heavy. The three were instantly suppressed.
âBam! Bam! Bam!â The three dropped to their knees at the same time while vomiting blood.
Despite the protection of their weapons, their bones were still breaking all the same.
âChallenging me with this meager power? Know your limit.â Li Qiye smiled and turned to look at the sky: âCome out now.â
Space fluctuated and Gu Qiheng appeared in that spot. He cupped his fist and said: âBrother Qiye, your techniques are amazing. I am lost in amazement.â
âTeacher Qiheng!â The group was ecstatic to see him.
Qiheng was not happy and scolded: âFools, you all need to be protecting the academy in times of peril, not to have greedy urges like this. A heavy punishment is well-deserved!â
âYes, we were wrong for being greedy, please give us a chance to redeem ourselves and work for the academy.â The three of them were smart enough and put on a look of repentance by lowering their head.
After seeing this, Qiheng turned towards Li Qiye and said: âBrother Qiye, theyâre young and foolish, seduced by the treasures. But now, they have realized their mistake so please give them a chance to redeem themselves.â
âAnd if I refuse?â Li Qiye smiled.
Gu Qiheng pondered and said: âWell, Brother Qiye, their crime isnât worthy of death. A matter like this should be left to the ancestors. How about I take them to the prison then deal with them after the disaster?â
âNo, I want to kill them right now.â Li Qiye continued on.
âBrother Qiye, punishing the students like this isnât in accordance with the academyâs rules.â Qiheng replied.
âRules? My words are the rules. Thatâs more than enough.â Li Qiye smiled.
Qiheng put on a dissatisfied expression and said: âBrother Qiye, you are being unreasonable right now. A teacher should obey the rules of the academy or the whole place will be lawless and chaos will be theâ¦â
âIâm an unreasonable person, got a problem with it?â Li Qiye interrupted him.
âI see.â Qiheng took a deep breath and formally responded: âIf thatâs the case, then please excuse me for doing my best to maintain the rules of the academy even if I hay to lay my life on the line. No one will be allowed to violate them!â
âSuch flowery words, even more pleasant than a song. Youâre quite capable to be able to put up a nice act all along.â Li Qiye nodded and praised.
The sarcastic remark infuriated Qiheng.
Li Qiye then flicked his finger and blew the three flying. They spewed out blood but still made it out and immediately hid behind Qiheng.
âTeacher, heâs unfathomableâ¦â Freesky quietly warned.