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Chapter 44: The protagonist’s little sister planted a kiss in public, and someone snapped.

“You…?”

Yu Sheng was stunned by the curse.

When he remembered who stood behind that person, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

“Did you hear me? Tell his ancestors to wash up and wait at home.”

“Being noticed by Senior Brother Ning is already a blessing for your whole bloodline.”

“Haha, don’t forget to record it in your family genealogy!”

Wang Teng and the others showered him with biting ridicule.

When they cursed someone, they showed no mercy, especially when the troublemaker’s target was Ning Bei, the man they admired from the bottom of their hearts.

How could they allow anyone to insult the god in their hearts?

“You… you’ll regret this!”

Both terrified and furious, Yu Sheng spat out the threat and turned to leave.

Their entire exchange had been broadcast through the amplification stone on stage, stirring an uproar in the stands.

“Did Heavenly Martial Academy take gunpowder pills this year?”

“First they flamed Qitian Academy, now they’re trash-talking Great Yu Academy; do they really think no one will settle accounts with them later?”

“They come last every year; maybe they’ve decided to just give up.”

“Do they even realize what consequences that kind of self-sabotage brings?”

While the crowd was buzzing, a lone figure suddenly stepped onto the platform.

Instantly, exclamations surged through the hall.

“Whoa, look, isn’t that Yu Xuan?”

“Yu Xuan? The mysterious number-one of Great Yu Academy, the prince’s son?”

“Why would the Little Prince be on stage; is he joining the tournament too?”

“See, even if you want to throw the game you should know your limits; now they’ve angered Great Yu Academy’s top monster onto the stage.”

In a flash, every eye locked onto the young man.

At the same time, the arena reached an unprecedented fever pitch.

Yu Xuan’s aura was simply blinding; prince’s heir, academy’s top disciple, the greatest prodigy in history…

Any one of those titles was jaw-dropping!

People had only heard his name and rarely seen him; no one had imagined that such a monster would actually take part in the academy tournament.

It was a dimensionality-reduction strike against the tournament itself!

“Senior Brother Yu.”

As soon as the youth took the stage, the disciples of Great Yu Academy hurried forward to pay their respects.

Yet Yu Xuan did not spare them a glance.

His calm gaze fixed meaningfully on Ning Bei and Qin Jiujiu.

“Senior Brother Ning, do you have a grudge with him?” Wang Teng asked in surprise. “Why does it feel like he’s hostile toward you?”

“Be careful later.”

Ning Bei warned.

He could now confirm that the mastermind behind Yu Sheng was most likely Yu Xuan.

But the man was not a Child of Destiny, and Ning Bei had never met him; why would he bear hostility toward him?

Could it be?

Ning Bei turned to the girl. “Jiujiu, do you know him?”

“No.” Qin Jiujiu shook her head and added, “But Qin Yu’s mother once tried to marry me into the Prince’s estate, and I think the intended partner was him.”

“Oh?”

Ning Bei’s lips lifted slightly.

If so, everything now made sense.

Meeting Yu Xuan’s calm stare, Ning Bei raised the corner of his mouth and suddenly wrapped an arm around Qin Jiujiu’s fragrant shoulders.

“?”

Yu Xuan’s expression shifted and he clenched his fists.

Crack…

The floor beneath his feet splintered under the surge of his power.

“Senior Brother Yu?”

Yu Sheng and the others beside him were at a loss.

“Ning Bei?”

Qin Jiujiu fluttered her long lashes and looked up, puzzled, at the man holding her.

Ning Bei kept his eyes locked on Yu Xuan and said, “Jiujiu, bring that little mouth over here; I want a kiss.”

“Huh? Right now?”

Qin Jiujiu’s heart raced and her face flushed.

There were just too many people around.

“Yes, right now.”

“Um…”

Under the scorching gazes around her, Qin Jiujiu felt mortified; given her personality, not feeling embarrassed would have been strange.

Even though her heart was about to jump out of her chest, once Ning Bei insisted, she did not hesitate. “Coming~”

She rose on tiptoe and offered her moist lips to Ning Bei.

Mua~

Ning Bei did not hold back; he sealed her cherry lips with a kiss.

Boom!

At the sight, Yu Xuan completely froze.

A powerful force burst from his body and blasted Yu Sheng and the others backward.

Whoosh!

The crowd gasped. “What’s going on? Why did the Little Prince suddenly lash out at his own people?”

The three Grand Preceptors who had been chatting also turned their eyes over.

“Enough nonsense, start the matches!” Yu Xuan ordered Yu Tong.

“…”

Intimidated by the youth’s status and strength, Yu Tong ended the conversation with his two old friends without another word.

Duang!

The gong announcing the start of the tournament sounded the next instant.

As in previous years, lots would determine the order, and advancement would follow a round-based system.

After the drawing concluded.

The enormous platform was then divided by formations into three separate rings.

The presiding elder picked up the amplification stone and announced the names for the first round.

Coincidentally, the first round featured three disciples from Heavenly Martial Academy, who would face two disciples from Qitian Academy and one from Great Yu Academy.

The arrangement sent the whole arena into roaring laughter.

“Heavenly Martial Academy is so unlucky.”

“Haha, they’re weak already, and now they have to send up three fighters in round one.”

“I bet they’ll set a new record for the fastest exit this tournament.”

“…”

Faced with the jeers, Wang Teng and Zhao Ming, who were up first, promised Ning Bei, “Senior Brother Ning, we won’t let you down.”

“Act carefully.”

Ning Bei nodded with a smile.

He still had confidence in the two men’s strength.

By now the three Grand Preceptors were seated together at the most prominent spot in the arena.

Yu Tong could not help laughing. “Brother Wuyue, we have nothing against Heavenly Martial Academy; the drawing was perfectly fair.”

“No need to explain, Brother Yu,” Xu Yunyang added sarcastically after glancing at Wuyue, “Could the drawing even be rigged? And what would be the point? Blame Heaven itself for wanting Heavenly Martial Academy to go home early.”

“Hey, you shouldn’t say that,” Yu Tong scolded Xu Yunyang in mock seriousness. “Brother Wuyue is miserable enough; don’t rub it in.”

“Right, right, my bad.”

Xu Yunyang laughed heartily. “Wuyue, you don’t mind, do you?”

“Heh!”

Wuyue snorted and could not be bothered to answer.

Yet soon, not only Yu Tong and Xu Yunyang stopped laughing; the laughter in the arena gradually turned to astonishment.

“Wait, how did the guy from Great Yu Academy lose to that Wang Teng?”

“Look at ring two… Zhao Ming also beat the Qitian Academy fighter.”

“Holy crap, Heavenly Martial Academy won two matches?”

The spectators could not hide their shock.

None of them had expected the perennial bottom-feeder to take two wins right out of the first round.

Was this really Heavenly Martial Academy?

“What?”

Even Yu Tong and Xu Yunyang looked as if their worldviews had been shattered.

The disciples who had lost were not the weakest in the tournament; on the contrary, they were solidly above average.

While the two were still confused, Wuyue knocked on the table. “Look me in the eye and speak!”

“…”

Yu Tong and Xu Yunyang exchanged a glance, both twitching at the corners of their mouths.

“Don’t get cocky,” Xu Yunyang grumbled. “You sent up your two strongest in the first round; winning again will be hard for Heavenly Martial Academy.”

Yu Tong chuckled. “No wonder Brother Wuyue is so calm. Looks like you gathered some fine seedlings; you must have poured in plenty of resources.”

“Not at all.”

Looking rather smug, Wuyue said, “I let them roam free most of the time; Ning Bei has been guiding them. Tell me, do Grand Preceptors have to micromanage disciples’ cultivation? Then why appoint a chief disciple at all?”

Yu Tong: “…”

Xu Yunyang: “…”

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