Yao Yue, Guan Changyun, Zhang Mengfei, and the Cymbidium Purpurea returned to the Imperial Academy together.
This wasn't a big deal, but with the addition of the Cymbidium Purpurea, it caused a huge commotion.
There were four great beauties in the Imperial City and five great beauties in the Imperial Academy, but the Cymbidium Purpurea had taken the top spot in both rankings by herself. Moreover, she was the princess of the Imperial Academy. Her status was extremely noble and dazzling.
This caused everyone to look at Yao Yue's group of three in a different light.
Not far away, some of the disciples were pointing and whispering among themselves. Their eyes were filled with envy and jealousy.
"Why is Yao Yue's group walking with Princess Ruodie?
I heard that Princess Ruodie rarely gets close to men. "
"Isn't that right?
Is the number one beauty of our academy going to be taken by someone? That's impossible! "
"Yao Yue is the new champion, and he's extraordinarily handsome. It's normal for Princess Ruodie to look at him differently."
"He looks like a pretty boy. So what if he becomes the champion? Don't forget how many people in the academy are trying to court Princess Ruodie. Any one of them will be enough to make Yao Yue suffer."
"That's right. I heard that the top ten on the ranking list, Flying Snow Sword Xue Ming, is infatuated with Princess Ruodie. If Yao Yue's group gets close to Princess Ruodie, I wonder how Xue Ming will react."
Yao Yue's group of three didn't expect to return to the academy with the Cymbidium Purpurea. This would cause unnecessary trouble. However, with their current strength, they weren't afraid of anyone other than some powerful seniors.
Yao Yue returned to his courtyard, while Guan Changyun and Zhang Mengfei returned to their masters.
When Yao Yue walked towards his courtyard, he noticed that the Cymbidium Purpurea was heading in the same direction as him.
"Your Highness, is there anything else?" Yao Yue asked the Cymbidium Purpurea.
Whenever he thought of the Cymbidium Purpurea's suffocating face, his heart couldn't help but speed up.
However, his mind was currently filled with thoughts of raising his strength as quickly as possible. He didn't want to have too much interaction with the princess for now.
"I'm staying here as well!"
Replied the Cymbidium Purpurea. she paused for a moment before she added, "Not everyone can stay here. I'm surprised that your Sister is so nice to you. she actually arranged you to stay here!"
"Sister Qing?" Yao Yue asked in a daze.
"Your teacher!" the Cymbidium Purpurea rolled her eyes at Yao Yue.
Yao Yue scratched the back of his head and smiled embarrassedly, "Sorry, I didn't know how to react. I'll be going back then."
"Wait!" the Cymbidium Purpurea suddenly called out.
"Princess, is there anything else?" Yao Yue asked in return.
"How should we settle the matter of you taking advantage of me twice?" the Cymbidium Purpurea asked Yao Yue.
Yao Yue was instantly at a loss for words. With a slightly red face, he said, "That … that was a misunderstanding. Please believe me, Princess!"
He then added, "Wasn't it only once?"
When the Cymbidium Purpurea saw Yao Yue's blushing face, she could not help but chuckle. At the same time, she said, "You took off my veil, so this time counts as well!"
"What? That … that was Xiao Liuzi's doing!" Yao Yue tried to explain.
The Cymbidium Purpurea refused to back down and said, "I don't care. In any case, you took advantage of me twice!"
Yao Yue could only brace himself and ask, "What do you want then, Princess?"
"Hehe, I haven't decided yet. I'll tell you when I've decided," the Cymbidium Purpurea chuckled and walked towards a nearby courtyard.
Only then did Yao Yue realize that his courtyard was surrounded by the courtyards of three stunning beauties.
In front of him was his beautiful master, Situ Qing's courtyard, behind him was Situ Lian's courtyard, and behind Situ Lian's courtyard was Cymbidium Purpurea's courtyard.
He could not help but mutter inwardly, Isn't this too much of a coincidence?
He shook his head. Just as he was about to return to his courtyard, a sweet voice rang out, "Yao Yue, you're back, yet you're not even greeting your master. Have you been mesmerized by the beauties?"
Yao Yue stopped and looked in a certain direction. He saw a beautiful figure standing not far away, looking at him.
"Disciple greets beautiful master!
I was just about to greet master! "Yao Yue immediately went up to greet her.
"Don't give me that. I clearly saw you sending the princess off with eyes full of affection!" Situ Qing rebuked.
For some reason, when she saw Yao Yue and Cymbidium Purpurea standing together, she felt that the two of them were a perfect match, causing her heart to ache.
Yao Yue shrugged and said, "Beautiful master, what are you talking about? I have a family!"
"Yes, you have a family, but you're still so flirtatious. You men are all so vulgar!" Situ Qing reprimanded.
Yao Yue sighed softly. He could not be bothered to explain. He still needed to go back and treat his injuries. He quickly said, "Beautiful master, if there's nothing else, I'll be going back first. I was slightly injured earlier."
"You're injured?
What happened? "Situ Qing immediately approached Yao Yue and asked nervously.
A refreshing fragrance assaulted Yao Yue's nose, causing him to nearly faint from intoxication.
"I'm fine. Don't worry, beautiful master!" Yao Yue took a step back and replied.
He was already very familiar with Situ Qing. Although he called her master, he did not treat her as his master like other people. Instead, he treated her as a good friend.
Every time he looked at her beautiful face up close, his heart would involuntarily beat faster. Therefore, when she approached, he could not help but take a step back.
"Were you injured when the Asura Demon King appeared in the Long Estate a few days ago?"
Situ Qing asked when she saw how pale Yao Yue's face was. She also recalled the incident that happened in the Long Estate a few days ago.
Yao Yue did not want to talk about the Tiger Fang Hunting Group with Situ Qing, so he nodded and said, "Yes."
He was indeed injured that day and had almost died. However, he managed to survive.
"I heard that your wife was kidnapped by the Asura Demon King?" Situ Qing asked again.
"Yes. They are too strong, and my grandfather is far away at the border. No one can stop them!" Yao Yue replied with a gloomy expression.
"Don't worry about that. Your grand master and a few other elders have already gone to investigate their whereabouts. I believe that they will be able to rescue your wife soon!"
Situ Qing consoled. After a pause, she added, "Go back and recuperate first. When you have time, go and collect your reward. I will arrange for you to cultivate again later."
After saying that, Situ Qing turned around and returned to her courtyard.
Yao Yue returned to his courtyard and gave some essence herbs to Little Monkey and Little Black. After that, he entered his room and began meditating.
A few days ago, he had been severely injured in the Long Estate. Although he had mostly recovered, he was still injured by Shi Fuhu. If he did not fully recover from these injuries, it would definitely affect his future cultivation.
"Tiger Fang Hunting Group, I will destroy you all with my own hands!" Yao Yue swore in his heart.
Yao Yue drank the remaining thousand-year spirit spring water and consumed another essence herb to hasten his recovery.
Two days later, he finally felt that he had recovered to his peak condition. At the same time, the energy in his primary sea had also accumulated considerably.
If he wanted to increase his strength now, he could use the energy to break through his meridians at any time, allowing him to reach the strength of a late-stage mid-grade Origin Scholar.
However, he did not do so. He planned to continue suppressing the energy until his primary sea could no longer contain it. At that time, he would release the energy and break through to high-grade Origin Scholar.
During these two days, Yao Yue had also memorized the Heavenly Halberd Art's incantation.
After all, there was only one incantation. It was too easy to memorize it.
However, he did not start cultivating right away. Instead, he planned to find a real halberd weapon before cultivating.
After all, the broken halberd in his hand was incomplete. It would not be easy for him to cultivate it.
"Should I find someone to repair the broken halberd?" Yao Yue hesitated.
The broken halberd was only a third of the halberd's length. Although it was incomparably hard and contained an indescribable power, it was still incomplete.
"Before it was destroyed, it should be a King Weapon. If I want to repair it, I'll need to find a real King Weapon. However, I can give it a try. It can recognize its master!" Yao Yue pondered for a while and decided to drip his blood to see if the broken halberd could recognize him as its master.
Ordinary weapons didn't recognize their owners. However, for weapons that had reached the King level, most people would drip their Blood Essence into the weapon so that they could reach a higher level of compatibility with it. Only then would they be able to unleash the weapon's true power!
Yao Yue did not know if his method would work. After he found out that the broken halberd could absorb demonic blood, he had this idea. He wanted to try and establish a connection with the broken halberd.
Thinking of this, Yao Yue immediately took out the broken halberd. Then, he cut his finger and dripped his blood essence onto the broken halberd.
As the blood essence landed on the broken halberd, Yao Yue realized that the blood essence did not seem to be absorbed. Just as he was feeling disappointed, the broken halberd actually reacted!
Whoosh!
A beautiful flame shot up into the sky. The flame seemed to have turned into an unknown demonic beast that was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. It was quite strange.
At the same time, Yao Yue realized that the wound on his finger that had not yet healed had actually split open. The broken halberd instantly released a strong suction force that sucked out a lot of blood essence from his finger. The blood essence landed on the broken halberd.
As Yao Yue's blood essence landed on the broken halberd, some of the cracks on the halberd actually gradually healed.
At the same time, Yao Yue only felt dizzy. He did not expect that the broken halberd would actually devour its master. It was difficult for him to throw it away. It was tightly attached to his finger. Even with all his strength, he could not separate it from his finger!
"Oh no, is it going to suck me dry like how it sucked those demonic beasts?" Yao Yue suddenly thought of this and instantly became anxious.
He hurriedly channeled the power of his Primary Sea. At the same time, he activated the light spot on the top of his head. A strong demonic aura floated and there seemed to be many demonic beasts roaring behind him!
"Get out of my way!" Yao Yue screamed and threw the broken halberd away.