âYes, Marshal!â One of the guards stepped forward and confirmed. âAnd that woman said she wanted to revoke Young Masterâs registration qualification!â
âRevoke Young Masterâs qualification?â Marshal Haotianâs anger soared, piercing a hole in the sky.
âThatâs right, Marshal; that woman also said to detain the Young Master and...â the guard hesitated when he reached this part.
âAnd what after that? Spit it out!â Marshal Haotian snapped.
âYes, Marshalâ that woman said to first detain Young Master and then summon you to go and collect him back before publicly apologizing to the Academy!â The guards quickly revealed everything in a shaky voice.
At that time, Xiong Meiqi did say to detain Huang Xiaolong and let his familyâs elders to come and bring him back after publicly apologizing to the Academy. But, what Xiong Meiqi wasnât aware was that Huang Xiaolongâs âelderâ happened to be Marshal Haotian.
âWhat?!â Marshal Haotian stood up in anger, the hard-as-rock side chair turning into scattered powder.
âAlso, the man wanted Senior Fei Hou to be beheaded to deter the public!â the other guard added.
Behead Junior Brother to deter the public?
Marshal Haotianâs fury reached a point of no return and he bellowed, âRelay this Marshalâs order: ten infantry brigades to march onto the Cosmic Star Academy!â
Ten infantry brigades, thatâs one hundred thousand soldiers!
One hundred thousand soldiers to pressure the Cosmic Star Academy!
This greatly shocked the two guards.
âWhy arenât you moving quickly?!â seeing the two of them was still standing in the room, Marshal Haotian yelled aloud.
âYes, yes Marshal!â The two guards ran out to relay the order in a frantic.
âIronclaw Condor!â after the two guards left, Marshal Haotian called loudly towards the sky above and a huge gray condor appeared above the Marshal Mansion, letting out a loud sharp cry that rang out several li away.
All the mansionâs guards and servants looked up at the condorâs figure and each of their expressions changed: something big is going to happen! Only for grave and serious matters would the Marshal summon the Ironclaw Condor.
âAll Marshal Mansionâs guards of Eighth Order and above, gather at the square!â Then, everyone in the mansion heard Marshal Haotianâs booming voice.
âYes Marshal!â
At the same moment, silhouettes flashed and disappeared from different corners of the mansion, heading to assemble at the square in the Marshal Mansion.
A pre-war tension spread throughout the mansion.
Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou who were in their own yards also heard Haotianâs voice.
âLetâs go and take a look.â Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou arrived at the square and saw Marshal who was ready to lead one hundred thousand soldiers to the Cosmic Star Academy.
In an instant, Huang Xiaolong understood what Marshal Haotian planned to do.
âWait!â
âYoung Master!â seeing Huang Xiaolong in the square, Marshal Haotian leaped off the condor and saluted.
âHaotian, I donât want the matter to become bigger.â said Huang Xiaolong after he thought about it for a momentâ for both Huang Xiaolong and Marshal Haotian, it wouldnât be a good thing if things spiraled out of control.
Huang Xiaolong knew that his recommendation letter was given to Haotian by Cosmic Star Academyâs Principal which proved their good relations. If Marshal Haotian led such a large infantry to the Academy, it surely would turn their friendship awkward, and at that time, the conflict would be harder to resolve.
Furthermore, they were in the Royal Cityã ¡such a big movement would harm Marshal Haotianâs reputation.
âYoung Master!â Haotian wanted to say more, but Huang Xiaolong shook his head and insisted with a finality in his voice: âThis matter ends here.â
âThatâs true, Senior Brother, since Young Master is alright, forget this issue,â Fei Hou persuaded.
Haotian stood still without speaking; then, he took a deep breath and finally spoke, âYes, Young Master, Haotian obeys!â Subsequently, his right hand waved to disperse the gathered guards, withdrawing his marshal order.
A while later, Huang Xiaolong, Fei Hou, and Haotian were seated in the main hall.
âSovereign, you are the Asuraâs Gate Sovereign, but here in the Luo Tong Kingdom, you were repeatedly placed in dangerâ please punish this Subordinate for this sin!â when all three sat down, Haotian suddenly fell to his knees and said those words.
Huang Xiaolong quickly held Haotianâs arms, âHaotian, quickly stand up!â
âRequesting Sovereign to punish this Subordinateâs crime!â Marshal Haotian remained kneeling on the floor.
Huang Xiaolong shot Fei Hou a helpless look, and Fei Hou followed through by saying, âSenior Brother, since Sovereign asked you to stand, then stand up; after all, the fault lies not with you!â
Marshal Haotian hesitated for a second before he finally got up: âThank you Sovereign!â
Asuraâs Gate rules were extremely strict; if this happened in the past, if Huang Xiaolong was injured under his jurisdiction territory, the punishment for him would leave anyone quivering in fear. Although he might keep his life, however, his martial cultivation would have been destroyed.
Of course, Huang Xiaolong wasnât hurt in any way.
Seeing Haotian stand up, Huang Xiaolong asked, âAny news about Elder Yu Ming?â Huang Xiaolong heard Fei Hou mention that their Master went to Mohe Kingdomâs Royal City, so he requested Marshal Haotian to search for Yu Mingâs news.
âReplying to Sovereign, there is yet any news of Master; Subordinate fears Master has already left the Mohe Kingdom Royal City.â Haotian replied with respect.
Huang Xiaolong felt a trace of disappointment, still, he had expected this result. Yu Ming went to the Mohe Kingdom for some matters, so after three years, it was hardly possible for him to remain there after so long has passed.
His Master, Ren Wokuang, left something for him in the Asuraâs Gate headquarters, and it was something vital to Huang Xiaolongâs Asura Tactics cultivation. So, he wanted to ask Yu Ming where the headquartersâ location was.
This seemed like a privileged information, as even Marshal Haotian didnât know the location.
A while later, Huang Xiaolong went back to his courtyard from the main hall.
When he stepped into the yard, a small figure sprinted into his arms.
âLittle guy, where did you run off to these past few days?â Huang Xiaolong chuckled as he inquired, not dodging the figure.
Of course, this little figure was the little violet monkey.
The past few days Huang Xiaolong didnât see a glimpse of the little guy anywhere.
âHaa Haa Haa!â Perched on Huang Xiaolongâs shoulder, the little violet monkey started to gesture vigorously while squeaking.
Watching the little monkey, Huang Xiaolong laughed to himselfâ probably, in this world, only he could tell what it was trying to say. In this Martial Spirit World, beast cultivators needed to breakthrough into the Xiantian realm before they could speak the human language. Without a doubt, this little monkey had many days ahead of him before it could speak, so it could only gesture to communicate with him.
Afterwards, Huang Xiaolong let the little violet monkey play by itself while he walked into the room, took out the cold jade bed and started to practice; since he advanced to the Sixth Order, the speed he absorbed the netherworld spiritual aura had increased again.
The twin dragon martial spirits behind him had grown a circumference bigger, the black dragonâs scales shone a glittering black and the blue dragonâs gleamed a royal blue.
Three days soon passed.
During these past three days, other than practicing, Huang Xiaolong was able to stabilize his new strength. His battle qi laced with the netherworldâs spiritual aura ran smoothly in his meridians.
âFinally, the first day of school.â Huang Xiaolong walked out from his room, the morning sunlight warming his body.
First day of school!
Not long after, Huang Xiaolong left the Marshal Mansion with Fei Hou and four guards, heading in the direction of Cosmic Star Academy. Marshal Haotian added two more guards to protect Huang Xiaolong after the previous incident.
Soon, the six of them reached the Academyâs gates.
Since the Academy had started, Fei Hou and the four guards accompanied Huang Xiaolong until they reached the front gates.
Huang Xiaolong passed through the gates alone and after inquiring from the passing teachers and students, he walked in the direction where his class was.