Jing Chen is the young master of Jingxue Palace, which is located in the Xuanling Empire. Not long ago, Jing Chen represented the Xuanling Empire in the Academy Alliance Competition and secured second place.
If they were the dean of the Xuanling Empire Academy, there’s no way they would have agreed to let Jing Chen transfer from the Xuanling Empire Academy to Tianqi!
After all, Jing Chen is no ordinary student. His cultivation has already reached the Saint Spirit Master stage, making him one of the top students!
The High Priest looked at Jing Chen and asked, “Did your dean personally approve this?”
“Yes,” Jing Chen nodded. “My father spoke to the dean, and the dean agreed right away.”
As for what his father said to the dean, Jing Chen admitted he didn’t know. When he mentioned it to his father, his father simply said to leave it to him and not to worry about anything else.
After listening to Jing Chen, the High Priest’s mouth twitched slightly.
Unlike Feng Jiuyuan’s father, who would often reprimand Feng Jiuyuan, Jing Chen’s father adored him. This was evident from the fact that he casually gave Jing Chen a divine artifact like the Dragon Chant Zither.
“I’ll be living here from now on too,” Jing Chen said, looking at Huang Quan.
Huang Quan looked at him, somewhat amused, “Isn’t the Xuanling Empire good enough for you? Why did you come all the way here?”
“Because you’re here,” Jing Chen replied.
Huang Quan raised an eyebrow, “So you came here because of me?”
“Yes,” Jing Chen nodded seriously, his expression earnest.
Seeing Jing Chen’s serious demeanor, Huang Quan thought for a moment and then understood why Jing Chen had come to the Tianqi Empire because of her.
The Dragon Clan.
This was the only reason Jing Chen would actively seek her out.
“You arrived before us, so you should have everything settled, right?” Huang Quan asked.
“Everything is settled,” Jing Chen replied.
“I’ll go get settled in first. We can talk more later,” Huang Quan said as she entered the courtyard.
Jing Chen watched her leave, and after Huang Quan completely disappeared from sight, he turned to the High Priest and said, “High Priest, my father asked me to inquire about something with you.”
High Priest: “What is it?”
Jing Chen: “My father wants to know what the relationship is between Huang Quan and Crown Prince Di Qin. Is it true, as the rumors say, that she is the future Crown Princess?”
The High Priest looked at him and asked, “Why does your father want to know?”
Jing Chen replied, “My father said that if Huang Quan is not someone the Crown Prince favors, he wants to introduce someone to her.”
The High Priest responded, “…Tell your father not to bother.”
Jing Chen agreed with the High Priest’s sentiment and nodded, “I’ve already told him that before, but he didn’t believe me and insisted I ask you. Now that I’ve asked, I’ll let him know later.”
With that, Jing Chen entered the courtyard.
The High Priest watched Jing Chen’s departing figure and sighed.
Introduce someone to Huang Quan?
Does Jing Chen know that he is the one meant to be introduced to Huang Quan?
…
After organizing her own room, Huang Quan went to the small courtyard next door and chose a room for Nangong Mian, then began to tidy it up.
While she was cleaning, Huang Quan noticed Jing Chen coming out of one room and going into another, repeatedly. Eventually, he even carried a bucket of water into one of the rooms, seemingly to clean it.
But… her room was next door, and Jing Chen had already chosen his room. The room he was now cleaning was her third brother’s. So why was Jing Chen cleaning that room and putting bedding inside?
When Jing Chen came out again, Huang Quan asked, “Jing Chen, why are you cleaning that room?”
Jing Chen replied, “I’m cleaning it for Feng Jiuyuan.”
Huang Quan: “…”
Feng Jiuyuan is actually coming too!
No, she could understand Jing Chen coming, but why was Feng Jiuyuan coming?
Feng Jiuyuan was different from Jing Chen. Jing Chen spent half the year seriously attending classes at the Xuanling Empire Academy and the other half at Jingshu Palace. But Feng Jiuyuan spent the entire year in Jiuyuan City and had never attended the Xiwou Empire Academy. Even this time, for the academy competition, he was only registered with the Xiwou Empire Academy.
If the competition hadn’t required that “only academy members” could participate, Feng Jiuyuan definitely wouldn’t have been affiliated with the Xiwou Empire Academy.
He would have participated directly.
This showed that Feng Jiuyuan disliked attending the academy. Of course, his own strength and his family’s influence meant he didn’t need to go; he could learn everything at home.
Since he disliked going to the academy so much, why was he coming now?
And not just to any academy, but to Tianqi Empire Academy, which was far from Jiuyuan!
Huang Quan thought about it and couldn’t resist asking, “Why is Feng Jiuyuan coming too?”
Jing Chen replied, “I don’t know either.”
“He asked me earlier if I was coming to Tianqi Academy. I don’t know how he found out, but when he asked, I told him yes,” Jing Chen said. “Then he said he was coming too. We made a deal that if he got here before me, he’d clean my room; if I arrived first, I’d clean his.”
“Why don’t you just ask him why he’s coming when he arrives?” Jing Chen suggested. “I’m actually quite curious too.”
“Because Feng Jiuyuan really doesn’t like going to academies.”
Huang Quan raised an eyebrow, “Did something happen?”
“Yes,” Jing Chen responded. “His eyes are different from others’. When he goes to the academy, those students start talking when they see them. You probably know a bit about his personality—if he’s in a bad mood and hears those comments, he’ll act, and… usually, he doesn’t leave his opponents alive.”
Gossiping behind someone’s back and bringing disaster upon oneself might be seen as deserved, but the consequences should be within a certain limit. If the punishment is too severe, people will start thinking the person who acted was too harsh.
Just a few words behind your back? Is it really necessary to kill over that?
Not only do the students think this way, but the teachers also believe that Feng Jiuyuan goes too far. However, Feng Jiuyuan is used to acting as he pleases, and with Jiuyuan City backing him, the academy can’t handle him, and the teachers don’t dare to do anything either. Eventually, Feng Jiuyuan stopped going to the academy altogether.
In his own words, it’s just too boring.
After listening to Jing Chen, Huang Quan understood and then looked at Jing Chen, saying, “You’ve probably encountered this kind of situation many times too.”
“Yes.” Jing Chen nodded. He seemed to think of something, and a smile appeared on his usually cold face. “But I don’t get angry. Whenever they say something about me, I tell them, ‘I’m just growing slowly, not that I won’t grow up. When you’re old, and I’m just reaching youth, seeing someone your own age looking so young while you’re aging, wouldn’t that make you mad?'”
“Whenever I say that, they can’t come up with a reply,” Jing Chen continued. “Eventually, they stop talking.”
Huang Quan’s mouth twitched slightly. Who would’ve thought…
You’d think he was an otherworldly little fairy, but it turns out this little fairy is quite good at retorting.
“That’s pretty good,” Huang Quan laughed. “But Feng Jiuyuan wouldn’t use that approach.”
“True,” Jing Chen agreed.
Huang Quan said, “Let’s keep cleaning up. After we’re done, we can go out and grab something to eat.”
And so, the chapter ends here. Happy reading! ^0^
