A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 774 - 760: Morning Meeting
The Great City.
Lower City District, Reservoir Block.
From a room half submerged in the river, piercing screams could be heard.
Inside the room, an elderly man in his fifties was shedding blood tears as he rolled on the ground, his skin bulging and sinking.
Flesh sprouts grew from his skin in patches.
"Ah, ah, ah, it hurts, it hurts me to death, it hurts me to death." The screams continuously poured out from the elder's mouth.
Two men nearby looked terrified.
Witnessing their leader's horrid condition, they could hardly imagine who was on the other side of the Blood Mirror.
After a long while.
The man finally calmed down, wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth, his eyes filled with deep resentment.
"What's happening, Boss Yue."
The two men immediately came over, handing him a towel and warm water.
Boss Yue took the towel and basin, wiped off the fresh blood from his body, sat by the table, and slowly took a breath.
"The Great City, the Great City wants us completely destroyed."
As Boss Yue wiped the blood off his body, he said, "Soon, we might face the Great City's pursuit.
However.
The Tower of Enlightenment can only monitor the range of the Upper City District.
The Lower City District is still beyond their surveillance, plus there's a shortage of manpower in the city, we're still safe for now.
Hmph.
Since they leave us no way out, we'll carve a bloody path to survival.
Liu Er, Liu San, the Great City is not our home, the City Lord may claim he doesn't care about anyone's past.
But.
He leaves us no escape.
From the start, we only have one path, if we don't have our own territory, our own country, then wherever we go we'll just be at the mercy of others!"
Boss Yue said coldly.
The two men beside him also tightened their faces at this moment.
"Have you made contact with the people from the Life Sect? Have they delivered what we need?"
Boss Yue looked at Liu Er beside him.
"Contact has been made, and they're ready to deliver tonight."
"Good, we'll act tonight."
Boss Yue slapped the table, setting the time for action.
...
Finally managing to deal with the two Deputy Directors, Baiyu returned to his dormitory, his heart unable to calm for a long time.
The Ice City had left.
But he didn't leave along with it.
Baiyu initially thought of settling Ice City before returning to holy Purple Crystal School to study.
After all, within the ruins.
No one knew about his affair with the Warring Kingdom.
When he narrowly escaped death then, he might be subjected to some investigations, but once they found nothing, they'd have to drop the case.
Moreover.
Leaving together with the Ice City, even if he didn't return, it would be fine.
Anyway, there must be many good things in Ice City, and the Warring Kingdom that survived during the Frost Imperial era might even possess training methods for Golden Blood.
But now.
All plans have been disrupted.
Baiyu was completely unsure about how the Ice City was developing, whether it had reached his Count territory, if it had landed safely, and if there was a secure transfer with Qiong Xue.
These were all very important.
If unresolved, it could result in a disaster.
But now.
While he's at holy Purple Crystal School, he simply can't connect with East Victory Imperial. In the Great City, there aren't many places to access the internet.
And.
Even if he could access it, it would surely be monitored.
"But with Erza on my Count territory, nothing should go wrong," Baiyu pondered in his heart.
His Count territory, though remote, was located within the East Prosperity Imperial.
The Warring Kingdom wouldn't dare act recklessly.
Thinking about this, Baiyu slowly breathed a sigh of relief, yet not personally overseeing the matter still caused him unease.
Early the next morning.
Upon waking up, Baiyu received a notice for an emergency assembly.
Ordinarily, unless significant issues arose, the academy wouldn't require students to gather, so when Baiyu arrived at the campus's small square, a large gap surrounded him.
The students all distanced themselves from him.
Even their gazes held a hint of fear.
Soon.
Another Deputy Director of the academy, Director Tang, took the stage.
He cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, as you may already know, our academy suffered a major blow last night.
A teacher defected.
Moreover, they mercilessly attacked the students they took on their mission.
This marks a significant failure for our Symbol Research Academy, and every student should learn from this incident.
Furthermore.
We will report to the school authorities, demanding stricter evaluations of teachers to prevent such tragedies."
After this opening, Director Tang delved into a lengthy discourse, educating students on safety knowledge.
Of course.
Most of the students were already aware of the events faced by the Symbol Research Academy and Investigation Academy during this relic exploration.
This incident was no secret within the school.
Hence everyone's gaze towards Baiyu was filled with curiosity and a touch of fear.
Escaping like this.
Something ordinary students couldn't achieve.
The entire morning was occupied by this assembly, and it wasn't until the end that Director Tang spoke about the matter that Baiyu felt was the most crucial from the morning meeting.
"Next month, there will be a freshman academy competition, and our Symbol Mark Research Academy has consistently ranked second to last.
This year, due to fewer freshmen, maintaining our previous rank is sufficient."
Director Tang was very conservative.
The Symbol Mark Research Academy's combat abilities weren't strong; they didn't care much for these competitions, let alone winning rewards.
Later, the school would host non-combat competitions.
That was truly their arena.
The students around were indifferent to this, Level Four and Level Three students had no connection to this matter.
Level Five students.
The academy had only a dozen, and likely only Baiyu was interested.
The other students couldn't care less; choosing the Symbol Mark Research Academy surely wasn't for those skilled in combat.
Therefore.
After Director Tang explained the matter, not a single person registered.
Director Tang wasn't surprised; it had always been this way in previous years, where just a few students were picked to go through the motions.
Seeing no one register.
Director Tang wrapped up the morning meeting.
Before long, Baiyu found Director Tang's office, "Director, I want to participate in the competition."
Tang Changtian looked at Baiyu with surprise, then recalled Baiyu's recent ordeal, smiling:
"Come, sit down and let's talk.
Our academy happens to need some powerful combat students.
Baiyu, now that you're back, Director Wu and I both intend to cultivate you."
Director Tang brewed a cup of tea and brought it to Baiyu, "The holy Purple Crystal School's competition is divided into combat and scholarly categories.
This time it's a combat competition.
In terms of combat, our Symbol Research Academy has never done well.
If you can achieve good results, apart from the original rewards of the competition, our academy is also willing to offer separate rewards.
Whatever you need now, let me know."
