r18novel Chapter 67 Sleeping in the Open
Chapter 67 Sleeping in the Open
Dusk had fallen inside the academy.
The old dean took a teacup, put in some Longjing tea sent from his hometown, took out spring water picked from the Dasheng Stone, boiled it with a fire spell, poured it in, took a sip of the orchid-scented tea fragrance, and slowly strolled out with the tea, enjoying a rare moment of leisure in the day.
Turn left after leaving the office, and you'll find the youngest class, the Dingzi class.
The academy is a boarding school, but the students don't live in houses, but in caves—a remnant from the time when the Great Sage gathered his followers, probably for visiting friends to stay temporarily.
Of course, the old headmaster knew best that the academy did have boarding buildings at the beginning, but those buildings collapsed after only a few years. Those brats from Aolai were really...
Blowing away the floating tea leaves and taking a sip of tea, the old dean walked through the Dingziban cave complex.
The scene was a complete mess. A dozen or so boys, around seven or eight years old, were fighting at the entrance of the cave. They were all shirtless and in shorts, and they were fighting in a chaotic mess.
Some were tangled together, some were riding on each other's necks and beating each other mercilessly, some were stubbornly shoving each other's necks... They were basically all at the first or second level of Qi Refining. Although they were young, each of them was stronger than an adult. Several of them were already bleeding from their heads.
However, Guo Lichan only glanced at it, too lazy to stop or scold, and just walked away leisurely with his teacup in hand.
The freshmen are the ones who are beaten the most. According to the rules of Aolai, when freshmen enter the school, it is like prisoners entering prison. The students in the same class must first be divided into first, second, third, fourth, and fifth, and then they will learn a little about the rules.
Further along, in order, were classes C, B, and A. At the entrances to the caves of these classes, there were hardly any group fights; it was mostly one-on-one practice. Everywhere you looked, there were shouts of "Hey!" and "Ha!", and the crackling sounds of clubs clashing together…
Over the decades, Guo Lichan had come to realize that it was impossible to get these young men to live together peacefully. Because of the scarcity of resources in Aolai, it was common for different mountain villages to fight over game and steal crops, leading to deep-seated grudges and conflicts.
When the trainees first entered, many were like enemies, filled with hatred and quick to rage. They would seize any opportunity to fight, and when they did, they were all enraged, hitting hard. It was common for them to be lacerated and bleeding.
Therefore, the academy has only two bottom lines: no deaths and no injuries.
Shaking his head, the old dean continued walking forward. Not far ahead was the morning study area for the Earth Class. In the twilight, a hazy fluorite light shone, and one could vaguely see a dozen or so people sitting upright doing their problems on the area.
The old dean felt relieved to see that they had indeed put in the effort.
After the mock exam, the atmosphere in Class 1D changed again. Cai Fei got two perfect scores, and the students in Class 1D were proud. At least they no longer had to lower their heads when walking in the academy, and they could directly retort when the students in Class 1D made sarcastic remarks.
Since they could use Cai Fei to insult people outside, they naturally gave him special face back in Shiping. In addition, Feng Xiangguo and others were also promising candidates, which boosted the morale of the entire class.
Especially at night.
Many people would stay on the stone platform to memorize the texts and read Cai Fei's analysis; some even stayed up all night.
If Class 1D can produce three or four Group A students, Xingyue will probably be furious!
The old dean thought about it, and as soon as he thought of Xingyue, he immediately began to consider safety issues.
Haixing will be here in a few days, and everyone will have to go outside to guard the mountain then...
Why don't we just keep these promising students in the academy?
But at that time, the academy's defense forces will all be going outside, including myself, who will also have to patrol. Staying inside the academy would probably be even less safe.
The old dean took a sip of tea and felt a headache coming on. This time, Haixing was under a lot of pressure.
As the old dean strolled onto the stone platform, he was surprised to find a tent in one corner of the platform—someone had set up a nest there!
"Ahem... um..." The old director coughed a few times, pointed to the tent, and asked, "Excuse me, who... lives here?"
Several people raised their heads. Wei Yiye and Yu Qianqian stood up and were about to answer when the clever Li Fengping got up first and went to greet them, smiling and bowing to the old dean: "Your Excellency, have you heard of the son of Aolai?"
"The son of Aolai?" The old dean had a vague guess, but still couldn't help asking the question.
"I'll carve out the Heavenly Gate to make books my path, and cross the vast ocean to make my boat. You all promise me the cost of building this boat, and I'll promise you a piece of the Great Wilderness." Li Fengping casually recited a few lines of doggerel. This poem had already spread from Sushanfang to the academy, and these past few days it had been circulating in the Earth Class, becoming a tool for everyone to ridicule Cai Fei.
Li Fengping said, "There is a good-for-nothing who wants to lead the people of Aolai to the Great Wilderness to make a living and beg for food from all over Aolai. That is why he is called the Son of Aolai."
"Oh, it's Cai Feiyao." The old director was a little speechless. "Sleeping right here... isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
"Striving to the point of neglecting sleep and meals? Besides, there's no rule in the academy that forbids it." Li Fengping stood respectfully in front of the old dean, showing off her eloquence without any fear.
"It's not forbidden, it's just that... it's an eyesore..." Guo Lichan frowned, pointing to a cave not far below the platform. "It's not far over there, and there's a defensive array at the entrance. Can't we sleep there?"
"That's right, several girls rely on him for tutoring, and they often ask him about it at night. We have no objection to going to the cave, but these boys all say it's not allowed, saying things like men and women shouldn't touch each other..." Li Fengping shrugged helplessly, "Boys are too shy, and they're full of traditional moral ideas, it's really... sigh, it's really your teaching that's so effective."
"..." Guo Lichan was speechless. He glanced at the girl and asked, "What's your name?"
"Li Fengping, you see, it's very comfortable to sleep here. We've set up an isolation array for him, so no sound can get in and the cold dew won't touch him. As a cultivator, we can just lie down for a while. The earth is our bed and the sky is our curtain. We're even more diligent than those who study by the light of fireflies or snow. When we really pass the exam, it will be a good story, and it will definitely bring glory to the academy..."
Once Li Fengping started talking, she went on and on, and the old dean couldn't resist at all. After listening for a while, he raised his hand to indicate that she didn't need to talk anymore: "Alright, alright—I agree, okay? We're looking forward to you bringing glory to the academy."
The old dean, holding a teacup, stepped down from the stone platform. He paused for a few seconds as he passed the tent—there was a strange fluctuation of spiritual energy inside the tent, faint yet distant and lingering.
So he wasn't sleeping, but meditating?
The old dean thought for a moment, then walked over without using his divine sense to search. After seeing Li Fengping walk out, he waved again, signaling her to go back and do her homework. Then, while drinking tea, he slowly walked away.
The old dean's feeling was correct; Cai Fei was not asleep.
Just a few minutes ago, the distant Spirit Rhinoceros Wings suddenly alerted Fang Yingyue that her consciousness had entered a dream.
Foundation Establishment cultivators rarely sleep; meditation is their norm. Cai Fei naturally wanted to seize this rare opportunity, so he used exhaustion as an excuse and immediately lay down in the tent.
At this moment, Cai Fei was gathering all his consciousness and shrinking it into the remaining spiritual rhinoceros pattern on the forehead of the Mengji Beast.
After activating his supernatural power, Cai Fei's consciousness slipped into Fang Yingyue's dream through the Spirit Rhinoceros Wings, and was following Fang Yingyue at a distance on the edge of the dream.