
Inside the academy, everyone's attention was on Fang Yuan.
Their expressions showed shock, fear, ridicule, and indifference.
Fang Yuan did not pay attention to these people. He looked at the academy elder with a stern expression, with his finger pointing towards the fainted guard.
"Reporting to the elder, these two guards had impure motives, cunning intentions!"
"They broke into my room when I was in the precarious moment of breaking through to the intermediate stage."
"As everyone knows, the cultivation of Gu Master cannot be interfered with. Especially when one tries to break through to higher realms."
"A momentary interference will not only cause a breakthrough failure, but their aperture will also be broken."
"Thank God my luck was good, because by the time they broke in, I had already broken through to the intermediate stage."
"Yet!"
Before the masses reacted, Fang Yuan continued, "The two had not admitted their previous mistakes."
"To my surprise, they bragged shamelessly about wanting to be rude to me, even scolding our clan ancestors, lying that the act of interfering with my cultivation was the decision of an honorable elder."
"Your disciple did not believe so, and refused angrily. Both of them have powerful Martial Arts, and I must fight before I finally defeat these two people."
"But considering they are the guards of the academy, your students did not directly kill them. I just cut off one of his arms, and the other guy's leg."
"Despite considerable blood loss, they are still alive. That is my report on this matter, please uphold justice for me, esteemed elder!"
Therefore, he cupped his fists towards the academy elder.
His tone was urgent, saying a lot of information, and leaving no room for others to interrupt.
After he finished, the surrounding people slowly started to react.
"What Fang Yuan said earlier, I didn't catch him."
"I think he said he broke through to the intermediate stage!"
"How could it be, he was just a C-class scum, to think that he actually broke through to the intermediate stage first."
"He must be lying, he's afraid of the academy's punishment, so he's lying!"
The students discussed loudly.
When compared to Fang Yuan's breakthrough to the intermediate stage, the lives of the two guards were no longer important.
They were not members of the Gu Yue clan, who cared if they lived or died?
"You said break through to rank 1 intermediate stage?" The voice of the academy elder was ice-cold, his expression unforgiving.
"Fang Yuan, this is not a laughing stock. If you admit your mistake now, I can still take into account that this is your first mistake and treat you softly."
"If you want to keep lying and trying to cover up your mistakes, then I can tell you now, lies are easy to spot."
Fang Yuan did not explain himself further, he laughed lightly and said to the academy elder, "Please check, elder."
Even without his words, the academy elder had already moved forward.
He placed his hand on Fang Yuan's stomach, putting his spirit imprint into it. Immediately he saw the inside of Fang Yuan's aperture.
Inside the aperture, there was no Gu.
Spring Autumn Cicada had hidden himself. Gu rank 6 was far superior to the academy elder who was only rank 3, so if it wanted to hide, it would not be found so easily.
As for the Liquor Worm, Fang Yuan had placed it into the wine jar in the dormitory, and had not brought it.
The academy elder with his eyes closed, could see the copper green primeval sea, calm like calm water.
The primeval essence droplets inside were all emerald green from the intermediate stage primeval essence.
Looking at the aperture wall, the white-colored aperture wall glowed with reflected light as if everything was made of water.
A burst of water flow quickly moved along the wall.
Water wall!
'He actually broke through to the intermediate stage, how is this possible?!' The academy elder shouted in his heart, there was shock under his calm expression.
But he tried to hide it to the best of his ability, his face still expressionless.
A moment later, after he digested this fact, he withdrew his hand, speaking in a serious voice, "This is indeed an intermediate stage."
The students had held their breaths, waiting for the results.
The verdict of the academy elders caused a huge commotion in the academy.
The students were filled with confusion and shock, each of their faces showing tremendous disbelief.
Fang Yuan was only C-class, but he was the first to break through to the intermediate stage, this was contrary to common sense!
To cultivate the Gu Master and break through the realms, the most important aspect was talent. How is this possible, class C was the first to break through?
How will this make a grade A talent, a class B it feels!
"It!" Gu Yue Fang Zheng's face was pale.
He was still confident last night, but now that reality was in front of him, he was unable to accept such a fact and fell to the ground.
Gu Yue Mo Bei clenched his fists, and Gu Yue Chi Cheng hatefully clenched his teeth.
The academy elders could not be easily fooled, so how did Fang Yuan manage to do so?
Instantly, all the young people stared at Fang Yuan, having one question in their hearts, with that C-class talent, how could he break through?
The hearts of the academy elders were also filled with doubt.
Under such great confusion, he ignored the idea of suppressing Fang Yuan and asked directly, "Fang Yuan, I hope you can explain this, how you can break through to the intermediate stage."
Fang Yuan laughed silently, "Heaven rewards hard workers, and as a result of persistent training, I managed to break through smoothly."
"Lied!"
"Tsk, if heaven appreciates hardworking, I'll be first long time!"
"Staying and practicing? Some time ago, I still saw him walking around the shopping district."
The students were not satisfied with such an answer.
"Is that so?"
The academy elder replied neutrally, his gaze staring at Fang Yuan, exuding pressure.
Fang Yuan's expression was honest, making eye contact with the elder fearlessly.
His body was bathed in blood, his linen shirt was in a mess, as if he had gone through a fierce battle.
A pair of black eyes was like a ravine, showing a kind of peace, indifference, and even hiding a hint of amusedness.
Seeing such gazes, the hearts of the academy elders wavered.
'This Fang Yuan, he is not afraid, not surprised, not threatened, and not surprised, how could he be interrogated by me here?'
'With his C-class talent, being the first to break through to the intermediate stage, there must be a secret.'
'But since he is unwilling to say so, as the academy elder, I cannot interrogate him forcefully.'
'It seems I can only investigate this personally.'
Thinking of this, the academy elder withdrew his gaze and his cold expression became softer.
Yet Fang Yuan did not let the matter pass, "Your disciples are frightened, esteemed elders. How are you going to deal with these 2 guards?"
"They lose a lot of blood, if not treated immediately, they may die."
'Frightened? You?' The academy elder retorted in his mind.
His eyebrows cringed inside.
'But how should I finish this?' The academy elder could not help but feel troubled.
He quietly began to think.
Fang Yuan considered all the changes in the expressions of the academy elders. He laughed internally, the academy elder must be very troubled right now.
These two guards, they were only outsiders, their lives were as cheap as grass. In normal times, no one would care if they died.
But now that the situation was different, they were sent by the academy elders. If they were to really die, the academy elder would lose his reputation!
Thus, the guards could not die, the academy elder would save them.
The part that really troubled the academy elders was Fang Yuan's decision.
In his initial plan, Fang Yuan first ditched, and then killed the guards. This could be said to be against his teacher, being arrogant and selfish.
According to the rules of the clan, he would be thrown into prison, contemplating his guilt within.
But when adding the matter of Fang Yuan's breakthrough to the intermediate stage, this mistake became quite different.
Fang Yuan ditched and killed the guards because he was cultivating. It makes sense.
The most important part was, he managed to break through to the intermediate stage, and become the first in this class.
This allows him to be on the side of reason.
What Fang Yuan relied on to break through to the intermediate stage, this secret would be discussed later.
Winners win all, losers lose all, the world only cares about the results. No one would rebuke that outstanding junior.
The academy elder could not execute any punishment on him.
What is the academy for?
This was to nurture the outstanding Gu Master, and inject fresh blood into the clan.
Now that we have an aspiring young man, you as the academy elder still want to look for trouble with him?
It will ignore your role!
Like a student who gets good grades, as a teacher he should encourage and praise him, instead of punishing and denouncing.
A teacher who punishes and scolds a student for his good achievements is not a teacher who will ever be recognized.
Perhaps the other elders would secretly cause trouble for Fang Yuan because they were afraid of Fang Yuan's future prospects, or because of past grudges and grievances.
But he himself, the esteemed elder of the academy, could not do such a thing!
Since he was in charge of the academy, he had to be impartial, at least on the surface.
It's rules!
"Did I let him go like this? It's not easy to find his weakness."
The academy elder was furious. He knew in his heart that all the young people in the academy were merely spectators of this matter.
They could only see this matter as entertainment, but unable to see the important point in this, they were unable to feel the excitement in this battle!
In fact, this was the one time where he as the academy elder, fought against Fang Yuan's students.
First he held the rules, and was determined to punish Fang Yuan, removing his powerful image in front of the other students.
Furthermore, Fang Yuan replied!
His actions might seem rash, but it was straight on the matter, and on the grounds of breaking through to the intermediate stage, he regained his argument.
As for those 2 unlucky guards, they were merely sacrificial pawns involved by the battle of wits of both.
"This Fang Yuan, he is too cunning! If he really killed those two guards, I can still avenge him for this reason."
"Although his talent was poor, with such meticulous and experienced methods, it was unbelievable that he was only 15 years old. The worst part is, I can't retaliate."
"No wonder at that time, the clan had rumors of its wit wit wit wit wowing!" The academy elder suddenly realized, he had lost.
His defeat due to his status, he was the elder in charge of the academy.
This is his strength and weakness.
A person's strength is also a person's weakness.
Fang Yuan had understood this logic long ago!
The academy elder was helpless and frustrated.
He had asked Fang Yuan to explain, and actually Fang Yuan's explanation was full of gaps and easily exposed.
These guards were chosen by the academy elders themselves, they would not be rash and retarded to scold the ancestor of the Gu Yue clan.
Fang Yuan's words were deliberate, it was a blatant accusation, trapping and setting a trap in front of the other party!
The academy elder was clear about this, but he knew that he was unable to continue the matter.
It's entrapment.
As soon as he checked, the truth would be revealed, and how would he handle this matter?
If he did not punish Fang Yuan, the two guards would be pitifully framed.
As the academy elder, if he did not handle impartial matters, how could anyone believe him?
If he punished Fang Yuan, it would suppress and show jealousy at the talented ones!
To suppress a clan junior to a servant who was not part of the clan, this would trigger the unhappiness of the clan.
So, the best way to resolve this was to pretend to see nothing, and treat these two guards as outcasts.
Acknowledging that they had made a huge mistake, as well as praising Fang Yuan.
This way, the clan would be satisfied, and the deluded guards, without any additional information, would consider this impartial.
If he were to handle a matter like this, it would give the academy elders the greatest advantage.
Logic told the academy elders that this was the way to handle it. But emotionally, she could not accept it by lying down.
This Fang Yuan is too cunning!
Not only did the academy elder fail to suppress Fang Yuan, but he himself became a stepping stone for Fang Yuan, humiliated in public!
Fang Yuan did not show the slightest respect to him and dared to oppose him like this in public, causing this esteemed academy elder to suffer such humiliation and frustration.
The point is, in the future if these two guards felt angry and wanted to reveal the truth, as the academy elder, if he wanted to maintain his image and position, he said, he should be the first to step up and press them.
But this was all caused by Fang Yuan!
What kind of feeling is this?
For example, it would be like Fang Yuan spitting on the face of an academy elder, but the elder himself still had to praise him and at the same time, clean his mouth.
If anyone wants to show that there is spit on his face, he should be the first to silence that person.
This feeling of grievance, was almost unbearable for the academy elders.
There was a growing urge in his heart to give Fang Yuan some hard slaps!
But finally, the academy elder stretched out his hand and patted Fang Yuan on the shoulder.
"Good boy."
The academy elder's face dimmed like calm water, forcing words out of his mouth.
"That's all thanks to the academy's nurturing." Fang Yuan replied clearly.
The corner of the academy elders eyes twitched.