When Su Wenjing sensed that Li Tianying was heading toward his villa, he immediately knew that Li Yunxian must have caused a major disaster.
Otherwise, given Li Tianying’s personality, she would never come looking for him.
But in Su Wenjing’s imagination, the worst-case scenario was Li Yunxian tearing down the War Valley.
Having the War Valley acknowledge a new master directly… Su Wenjing truly hadn’t considered that possibility.
Li Yunxian really has a knack for shattering all expectations…
Now Su Wenjing wasn’t sure if this situation was worse, or if the War Valley being dismantled would have been worse.
“Given the current situation, Yunxian is probably frightened.” Li Tianying was still speaking on the other side, “We probably need to send someone to Pingnan to apologize and return the War Valley.”
Though this matter was absurd beyond imagination, Li Tianying didn’t see it as a big problem.
The principal of Pingnan was at the Nascent Soul stage, while Li Yunxian was only at Qi Refining… or maybe Foundation Establishment by now.
But in truth, there wasn’t much difference between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment; the gap between them and a Nascent Soul cultivator was still vast.
If the Pingnan principal wanted to take back control of the War Valley, it would be simple.
They just needed to make sure their own side, Tiantong, showed enough sincerity and proper attitude, so the other side wouldn’t be too offended.
—This was also the reason Li Tianying had come to find Su Wenjing.
Bringing along a high-ranking member of the academy was a show of goodwill.
Listening to all these naïve words from Li Tianying, Su Wenjing thought:
Whether or not ‘Li Yunxian is scared’ is another matter entirely.
Knowing the state of Li Yunxian’s divine sense, Su Wenjing had reasonable doubts as to whether the War Valley could actually be returned.
From Nascent Soul to Ascension, that’s a whole major realm apart.
Li Yunxian’s soul also had Merit Golden Light, making her soul even stronger than the average Ascension cultivator.
Just look at how Li Yunxian could always locate Su Wenjing’s soul instantly, and without giving him any time to react, immediately start smashing things… The difference was already quite obvious.
Of course, these things were not something he could say out loud.
What he should do now, as a high-ranking member of the academy, was to express his willingness to help when faced with an important technical staff member and core personnel asking for assistance.
Su Wenjing didn’t waste any words. Seeing Li Tianying’s optimistic expression, he said calmly, “Let’s go.”
Let’s face the storm!
Both of them were at the Soul Splitting stage, so in the blink of an eye, they arrived at Pingnan.
As soon as they landed at the entrance to Pingnan, a massive wave of divine sense swept over them.
With the War Valley incident, it was only natural that the people of Pingnan would be on edge when two powerful cultivators suddenly appeared.
It was only when they saw it was Li Tianying and Su Wenjing that the tension among the onlookers finally dissipated.
But a high-ranking figure from Pingnan immediately appeared before them.
He looked at the two with a puzzled expression and asked, “Why are you here?”
Li Tianying offered a professional, friendly smile and answered honestly, “My student was also in the War Valley earlier. She contacted me.”
It was normal for students from various academies to interact, so the Pingnan executive thought Li Tianying simply wanted to take her student home.
He chuckled and said, “It’s nothing to worry about. Our principal has already returned.”
“With a Nascent Soul cultivator guarding Pingnan, we’re quite safe.”
“Just wait for the results of the investigation to come out, then you can take your student home. No rush.”
After speaking, he glanced at Li Tianying, calculating in his mind, “If you’re still uneasy, why not go to the War Valley and check things out with us?”
As a master of artifact crafting, Li Tianying’s help would be more than welcome—especially after they’d already been busy for over an hour without making any progress.
Li Tianying cleared her throat, and seeing that there weren’t many people around, she lowered her voice and said, “I roughly know what’s going on.”
The other party was stunned, staring at Li Tianying in surprise. “You know?”
Then, realizing that Li Tianying often took part in the maintenance of top-grade artifacts at the four academies, it wasn’t surprising that she might know something others didn’t.
“So, what’s the situation now?” The other party immediately changed the question.
Li Tianying cleared her throat again. “My student accidentally took control of the War Valley.”
All the Pingnan teachers who heard this: “……?”
Everyone struggling with the War Valley instantly turned their attention to Li Tianying.
The Pingnan executive standing opposite Li Tianying eyed her somewhat embarrassed expression, finally confirming he hadn’t misheard.
He blurted out, “How old is your student?”
Li Tianying hadn’t expected him to focus on that, so she froze for a second before replying.
“Nineteen.”
The Pingnan teachers: “……???”
In the end, when Li Yunxian received the message and arrived at Pingnan’s main conference room, she was greeted by a group of this world’s great cultivators, all with bewildered faces.
Li Yunxian glanced at the group, then obediently went to sit beside Li Tianying.
At the same time, her voice rang in Su Wenjing’s ear.
“Why is Fu Ling here?” Li Yunxian asked curiously.
Su Wenjing had expected Li Yunxian to ask questions upon seeing him, but he hadn’t thought that would be her first one.
He didn’t answer.
He’d always been bossed around by Li Yunxian, but now, as the one here to rescue her, he finally had the chance to put on some airs.
Using a mysterious tone, Su Wenjing said coolly to Li Yunxian, “Aren’t you going to ask me how to clean up this mess?”
Li Yunxian’s reply was even calmer.
“Why bother worrying about the aftermath? Even if it’s not resolved, I won’t be the one at a loss.”
Please!
The War Valley is in her hands now.
Their lifeline was in her grasp, not the other way around.
What was there to be afraid of?
Not to mention, the world’s laws dictated that the righteous must not strike at their fellow righteous.
After skillfully wrapping things up in the War Valley, Li Yunxian had already figured out her situation.
So when the time came, she didn’t contact Fu Ling, who had sought her help, nor Su Wenjing, who held more power.
She didn’t actually need to solve this problem.
Instead, she reached out to Li Tianying.
If her teacher only found out about this later, without having a chance to help, she’d surely be unhappy—even heartbroken.
Still, Li Yunxian understood that no matter how clear her own mind was, she needed to show the proper attitude to the victims—namely, everyone in Pingnan.
She would cooperate as much as possible.
Su Wenjing watched the mix of innocence and tension, with a touch of timidity, on Li Yunxian’s face:
He couldn’t help but twitch his lips.
He wondered who was the real fox between himself and Li Yunxian.
Su Wenjing knew things were exactly as Li Yunxian thought.
Even if it couldn’t be resolved and the War Valley wasn’t returned, no one could do anything to Li Yunxian.
At Tiantong, Li Yunxian was the undisputed leader—if anyone touched her, the whole student body would rise up.
At Wenwu, Li Yunxian was Little Teacher Li, respected by all; none of the students would allow anything to happen to her.
At Jifa, after the Liang Xuan incident, the students felt morally inferior to Tiantong, and would definitely stand up for Li Yunxian if they heard of this.
And on top of all that, Li Yunxian was the strongest of all current students among the Four Academies—without question, the Mingri Zhixing.
If anyone tried to restrain Li Yunxian, Pingnan would have to face a full assault from students of the other three academies.
—And students this age were the most hot-blooded and impulsive.
And that wasn’t all.
Outside of the academies, Li Yunxian had developed a medicinal bath formula that benefited everyone.
If anything happened to her and word got out, the public would be outraged.
So the worst outcome for Li Yunxian would be that her future career path was settled in advance.
The one who held control of the War Valley was the Pingnan principal.
So once Li Yunxian cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, she would become the Pingnan principal herself!
Su Wenjing had thought he could take advantage of Li Yunxian’s confusion and show off in front of her.
Unable to keep up the act, Su Wenjing had to answer Li Yunxian’s first question with regret.
“Not just Fu Ling. All four academy principals are here.”
“They’ve been gathered in the capital these past two days for a conference on cross-realm exchange.”
Li Yunxian was about to ask what cross-realm exchange was, when Li Tianying’s few words helped smooth things over. At that moment, the Pingnan principal looked toward her and asked,
“You really gained control of the War Valley?”
Having never seen Li Yunxian’s troublemaking abilities, the Pingnan principal still couldn’t believe it.
He suspected that some foreign race might have given Li Yunxian a false impression that she’d gained control.
Li Yunxian replied obediently, “Mm. If you want proof, I can change the War Valley’s appearance.”
Before anyone could react, Li Yunxian finished speaking, and in their divine sense, the War Valley seemed to twist and shift.
On the once barren cliffs, stripped bare by countless battles, clusters of fresh flowers began to bloom.
Petals fluttered everywhere, a scene of poetic beauty.
In that moment, even the name “War Valley” seemed ill-fitting.
Perhaps it should be called “Hundred Flowers Valley” instead.
The Pingnan principal, who’d never known the War Valley could be decorated like this:
Had he really ever been acknowledged by the War Valley?
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