Chapter 297: Blood Flowing Like a River, The Monster Cultivated by Liu Tianning

In the medical room of the Divine Wood Academy, the three siblings, Wen Weiqi, Xin Bojian, and Yu Gongzhi, reunited.

Xin Bojian whispered, "Junior sister, what's your reason for running away?"

Wen Weiqi patted her belly, "Childbirth."

Xin Bojian gave a thumbs-up, then looked at Yu Gongzhi, "And you, junior brother?"

Yu Gongzhi also patted his belly, "To bring her here for childbirth."

Xin Bojian, who was bandaged, remarked, "Junior brother is indeed quick-witted."

Yu Gongzhi shrugged, "How could I not be urgent? Liu Tianning's disciple has already cultivated a top-tier Dharmakaya. Although young, only just entering the Fourth Rank, he could easily beat me senseless."

"Contest the Great Dao with him? I haven't lived long enough!"

Wen Weiqi walked over and sat next to Xin Bojian, scrutinizing him. "Senior brother, why are you bandaged if your stomach hurts?"

"My arm is broken."

"Oh? You're quite good at pretending." Wen Weiqi playfully hit him.

"Don't touch me! It hurts!"

"Hiss, Senior brother, you really broke a bone?" Yu Gongzhi examined him with his Five Elements Observation technique, exclaiming, "Even a few of your intestines are ruptured. This… was it necessary to be so serious?"

"This time is different," Xin Bojian grimaced, slapping his thigh. "Liu Tianning has issued his ultimatum."

"He will complete his Dao Vow before the Myriad Dao Tree. This concerns not only him but also the direction of the Shangluo Academy for the next few centuries. How can we treat it lightly?"

Xin Bojian continued, "Of course, I don't have to face him directly, but his disciple is not someone to trifle with either."

"If the elders of the academy appoint us to fight, do we go or not?"

"Rather than embarrassing the elders and bringing shame to the academy later, it's better not to go at all."

"I'm doing all this for the greater good!"

Yu Gongzhi was touched. "Senior brother, your painstaking efforts are truly a model for our generation. I shall follow your lead immediately!"

"Thank you for the compliment, junior brother." Xin Bojian cupped one hand in the other as a bow.

Wen Weiqi, her face flushed, looked at the two and sighed, "I'm still not as good as my two senior brothers."

Their brazenness had surpassed even the bark of a thousand-year-old ironwood tree!

Yu Gongzhi found a handful of herb roots in several medicine chests.

"Junior sister, eat these quickly."

"Alright."

With that, Wen Weiqi and Yu Gongzhi chewed the roots of an herb called Cold Ice Essence Grass.

Immediately, their bellies rapidly swelled to their maximum size, then quickly deflated, and their vital energy plummeted to freezing point.

In an instant, both displayed symptoms of severe vital energy depletion, their faces turning ashen.

"Senior brothers, in this state, they surely won't nominate us, right?" Wen Weiqi gasped.

"Impossible," Xin Bojian chuckled.

"By the way, where are Zhao Xing and Liu Tianning now?"

"We can't fight him, but there's no harm in seeing him. Let's see what kind of presence Marquis Shenwei, who makes so many geniuses avoid his edge, truly possesses."

"They've already crossed the Luo River."

Shangluo Academy is located in Shangluo Commandery, Daoyuan Continent. Within its territory are the spiritual mountain called Shang and the river called Luo. This place is also the source of the Luo River. Like Kunyuan Academy, Shangluo Academy occupies most of Shangluo Commandery.

At this moment, Zhao Xing was no longer on Liu Tianning's Golden Dragon warship but on his own Silver Dragon flying boat. He stood at the bow, a canopy of three divine flowers, bestowed by the imperial court, shimmering above his head. He wore a splendid Five Energies robe, with the vital energies of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water revolving around him. His chest was embroidered with a Qilin treading the sea motif, and his sleeves bore cloud patterns. He wore golden woven cloud-treading boots, faintly golden cloud energy swirling around them, as if half a sun shimmered within the mists. His belt was a Bright Moon Belt, crescent-shaped, symbolizing Lesser Yin. Attached to his belt was a Marquis's Sword, along with a silver ribbon and a golden seal inscribed with the characters "Divine Might." His left hand held a Cloud and Rain Pearl aloft, while his right hand held a yellow scepter slightly lower.

Zhao Xing stood proudly at the bow, maintaining this posture for two hours already. There was no other way; he had come to Shangluo Academy as Liu Tianning's disciple to help his teacher ascend to power. He was Liu Tianning's first follower, the primary inheritor of his Dao! It was