Thinking of Elder Han, Grandmaster Ma felt a headache.
If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't acted against Fang Chen, his punishment wouldn't have been so light. He would only have a year's worth of resources deducted.
In Grandmaster Ma's opinion, this punishment was already very light, so he rejoiced.
Then he looked at Elder Wu. As the main culprit, if it weren't for the fact that he was one of the important Elders of the pill workshop, he definitely wouldn't have just grounded him for ten years.
So when he had finally walked out of the whirlpool of that matter, that stupid teacher Jin had actually dragged him back into it. Grandmaster Ma had fiercely reprimanded teacher Jin.
"Teacher Jin, as a teacher, how can you treat your student like this?" Grandmaster Ma's expression was grave and cold.
Teacher Jin was completely dumbfounded. The script shouldn't be like this. Shouldn't Grandmaster Ma be helping him expel Fang Chen? Why was he reprimanding him?
"Grandmaster Ma, Fang Chen, he …."
Teacher Jin still wanted to explain, but Grandmaster Ma waved his hand to stop him. His expression was filled with displeasure as he coldly said, "I know Fang Chen very well. He's not like what you're saying."
"Teacher Jin, you targeted a student because of your personal grudge. I will report this matter to the higher-ups. You'd better take care of yourself." After saying this, Grandmaster Ma glanced at Fang Chen and then hurriedly left the tenth class.
Teacher Jin hastily chased after him.
Crash!
At this time, the entire tenth class was in an uproar. Wei Guang and the others were even more shocked.
"How is that possible? Why is Grandmaster Ma speaking up for him?"
"Furthermore, Grandmaster Ma didn't even ask for the reason before directly reprimanding teacher Jin."
"Could it be that Grandmaster Ma also doesn't like teacher Jin's character?"
Several martial artists beside Wei Guang were shocked and began to discuss spiritedly.
Zhang Qiang and Xu Yang were even more shocked. Grandmaster Ma had actually reprimanded teacher Jin for Fang Chen. Just what was going on?
Of course, the most shocked were Xiao Fang and the others.
However, after their shock, their faces were filled with smiles.
"Fang Chen, you're really something. Even Grandmaster Ma is speaking up for you." Xiao Fang walked over to Fang Chen's side and laughed.
"Fang Chen, I really admire you," He Jingwei said.
Qing Jingtong and Sun Qiwen also grinned and laughed.
This time, it was really satisfying. Looking at Teacher Jin's face, they felt incomparably happy.
Ever since entering the Five Elements Academy, Teacher Jin had been targeting Fang Chen and looking down on Fang Chen. Last time, because Fang Chen had publicly slapped Teacher Jin in class, Teacher Jin held a grudge against him.
This time, he seized the opportunity to fire Fang Chen.
Expelling a student was a cruel thing for a student.
This was the Five Elements Academy. Every student had gone through untold hardships to enter the Five Elements Academy. Once they were expelled, all their previous efforts would be in vain.
When Teacher Jin said that she wanted to expel Fang Chen, Xiao Fang and the others were also very anxious.
However, the situation had suddenly taken a one hundred and eighty degree turn, causing them to be incomparably excited.
Not only had Fang Chen not been expelled, but Grandmaster Ma had also reprimanded Teacher Jin. That was truly satisfying.
The way Wei Guang and the others looked at Fang Chen had greatly changed.
After Teacher Jin left, the class ended. Fang Chen didn't pay attention to them and left the tenth class.
Xiao Fang and the others also followed Fang Chen out of the tenth class.
"Fang Chen, where are you going?" Xiao Fang asked.
"I'm going to cultivate," said Fang Chen.
He Jingwei and the others all nodded. Only by diligently cultivating would they be able to survive in the Five Elements Academy.
"Alright, let's go cultivate together," said Sun Qiwen.
At this moment, Fang Chen suddenly raised his head and looked at Xiao Fang. He asked, "Do you know of any places in the Five Elements Academy that can cultivate metal concept?"
Xiao Fang's eyes flickered when he heard Fang Chen's words. He looked at Fang Chen and said, "Fang Chen, you want to comprehend metal concept?"
Fang Chen nodded. If he wanted to cultivate metal attribute sword arts, he had to comprehend metal concept.
For the sake of the legendary Five Elements Sword Art, Fang Chen decided to give it a try.
Although he knew that it was already too late to comprehend metal concept, he wouldn't know if he would succeed without trying.
"I've heard of a place before," He Jingwei replied after hearing the question.
"What place?" Fang Chen's eyes brightened.
"It's said that our Five Elements Academy has five extremely special mountain peaks. They are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and each of them contains a Five Elements formation.
Under normal circumstances, it's very difficult to enter these five mountain peaks. You have to pay Spirit Stones to enter, "said He Jingwei.
Fang Chen was extremely excited when he heard this.
"Alright, I'll go first."
Fang Chen turned and left after learning the location of the Five Elements Mountain.
After a short while, Fang Chen arrived at the edge of one of the Five Elements Mountain peaks. From the edge of the mountain, he could see that in the center of the Five Elements Mountain, there were five mountains that were neither tall nor short.
Looking at these five mountains from afar, there was nothing special about them.
However, standing here, Fang Chen could clearly feel that the auras emitted by the five mountains were completely different.
The first mountain on the left emitted an extremely cold aura. This should be the Water Mountain.
Beside it, the mountain emitted an extremely hot aura. This was the Fire Mountain.
The other three mountains also emitted completely different auras. Fang Chen's gaze was fixed on the Gold Mountain.
The Gold Mountain was filled with an extremely dense metal attribute aura. It gave off a domineering and fierce feeling.
"Good place." Fang Chen's eyes flickered as he said in a low voice.
After that, Fang Chen left the mountain and headed to the Gold Mountain.
However, he was stopped at the foot of the Gold Mountain.
"You have to pay enough Spirit Stones to enter the Gold Mountain," an elder said loudly.
"How many Spirit Stones do I have to pay?" asked Fang Chen.
"Every two hours, you have to pay 10,000 Supreme Grade Spirit Stones," said the elder.
Fang Chen nodded. He then paid 100,000 Supreme Spiritual Stones and went up to the Gold Peak.
As soon as he stood on the Gold Mountain, he immediately felt a dense metal concept enveloping the entire mountain peak.
"This is the metal concept?"
The metal concept was sharp and domineering.
Fang Chen deeply felt the power of the metal concept on the Gold Mountain.
Fang Chen saw that there were many futons on the Gold Mountain. On some of the futons, there were some figures sitting cross-legged.
"There's actually someone comprehending the metal concept here," said Fang Chen inwardly.
Fang Chen chose a futon and sat down cross-legged. He closed his eyes and began to comprehend the metal concept.
Although this was his first time coming in contact with the metal concept, Fang Chen's comprehension of the metal concept was much smoother due to his experience with other concepts.
Fang Chen wasn't in a rush. At the beginning, he was only trying to communicate with the metal concept. He wanted to thoroughly understand the metal concept. Once he understood the metal concept, he would begin to comprehend it.
Just like that, time passed by bit by bit.
In the blink of an eye, sixteen hours passed. Fang Chen paid the Spirit Stones, which was enough for Fang Chen to cultivate for four hours.
However, at this moment, a figure came up from the bottom of the Gold Mountain. When he looked at Fang Chen's position, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
BOOM!
This cultivator's entire body emitted an icy aura. His hand suddenly grabbed the surrounding metal concept. He clenched his hand into a fist and punched out at Fang Chen.
Fang Chen, who was in the middle of comprehending the metal concept, suddenly sensed a powerful attack approaching. His eyes suddenly opened, and he urged his sword body to send out a punch.
With a bang, his fist blocked the martialist's attack.
"Why are you attacking me?"
Fang Chen's expression was a bit displeased as he coldly asked.
When a cultivator was cultivating, the biggest taboo was to be disturbed by others. This cultivator in front of him had actually launched a sneak attack on him while he was cultivating. This made him very angry.
"Brat, don't you know that the seat you're sitting on is mine?" The cultivator grinned and spoke sinisterly.
This action startled the other cultivators who were comprehending the metal concept. They opened their eyes and shook their heads when they saw the newcomer.
"Brat, that seat is Senior Brother Jin Yuanliang's fixed seat. You better move away," one of the cultivators reminded him.
"Yeah, Senior Brother Jin Yuanliang hates it when others occupy his seat," another cultivator said.
Jin Yuanliang was an expert ranked 35 on the Combat Tablet. He was considered a top genius in the Five Elements Academy.
Everyone knew that he had been comprehending the metal concept, and he had a fixed seat on the Gold Peak.
Therefore, every student who came to the Gold Peak did not dare to occupy his seat.
However, Fang Chen did not know that. When he saw that such a good seat was empty, he immediately sat down cross-legged and started comprehending.
He did not expect that he would attract such trouble.
"These seats are first come, first served," Fang Chen said.
"I'll give you one more chance. Get lost," Jin Yuanliang said coldly.
His body was surrounded by a dense metal concept. Fang Chen could tell at a glance that Jin Yuanliang's metal concept had already reached the second minor realm.
Fang Chen frowned and thought for a moment. In the end, he still moved away.
The main reason was that Jin Yuanliang was too strong. Even if Fang Chen used the chain formation, he would not be able to trap Jin Yuanliang.
He was no match for Jin Yuanliang now. He would wait until he was strong enough to take revenge.
Seeing Fang Chen move away, Jin Yuanliang sneered, "Trash."
After saying that, Jin Yuanliang sat on the futon. Fang Chen found a futon in a corner of the Gold Peak and sat down cross-legged to continue cultivating.
If Fang Chen was willing, he could ask Elder Han for help. With Elder Han's support, he would definitely stand up for him. Even Jin Yuanliang would not dare to offend Elder Han.
However, if he always looked for someone to back him up, he would never be able to grow.