Chapter 1461: Chapter 1462: Scheme
Within the Peach Blossom Source Forest.
The elite disciples and elders all took their seats.
Li Xiaobai also stepped forward, intending to sit at the prominent seat, but was stopped by several disciples.
“Halt, are you an Inner Elite Disciple?”
“No.”
“What is your cultivation level?”
“Transcendent Third Layer!”
Li Xiaobai said arrogantly, with his hands behind his back.
“Only the Transcendent Third Layer?”
“There is no seat for the weak, you can stand at the back.”
The disciple said coldly, as only elders and disciples with high cultivation levels had seats, not ordinary disciples.
Li Xiaobai was astonished, not expecting to be stopped, and took out an invitation, “Brother, take a closer look. This is penned by the Headmaster.”
“Where did this reckless youth come from, forging an invitation? Capture him!”
The disciples glanced at Li Xiaobai’s invitation, and a murderous intent suddenly rose in their eyes.
The invitation only had the word “invite,” without even a name or address, glaringly fake.
With a gesture, they immediately restrained Li Xiaobai, as those who could exert control here were Inner Sect Disciples, with the lowest cultivation level at the Immortal Platform Realm, not something a Transcendent Realm cultivator could resist.
“Thank you all for granting us face and gracing us with your presence. Today, our Heavenly God Academy celebrates the triumphant return of our elders and disciples, truly a fortunate event, and the core key of the forty-ninth battlefield is mastered by our academy’s disciples. It’s truly double happiness!”
“With the forty-ninth battlefield integrated into our academy, the academy’s foundation grows sturdier!”
Before Li Xiaobai could say more, Elder Huang on the high seat stood up, folded his arms with joy, and said.
“Hahaha, congratulations, congratulations!”
“Who is Cai Kun, truly worthy of being Elder Fen Tian’s disciple, indeed a hero among youth!”
Another elder joyfully said from the stage, after scanning around without seeing any disciple stand to give thanks, his brows couldn’t help but furrow.
After all they had said, the disciple didn’t even respond, truly lacking in etiquette.
“Who is Cai Kun, such arrogance not responding to elders!”
“Normal, after all, being the disciple who obtained the core of the battlefield, a bit of pride is justified!”
“But failing to respond twice is excessive; it seems a reprimand is indeed necessary!”
“Is he not showing up after so long? This seems somewhat inappropriate, doesn’t it?”
“In the end, just an outer disciple, thinking he can reach the heavens through some luck?”
The cultivators watched the elders in embarrassment and began to sneer and jest.
It was a perfect time to please the elders and suppress Cai Kun, an outer disciple who inexplicably achieved the core of the forty-ninth battlefield, gaining a battlefield, a feat to make all disciples envious and crazy.
Eager to suppress him, the chance came even before the banquet began!
“Brother, the elder has called for me, if you don’t let go, you’ll be in big trouble!”
Li Xiaobai looked at the disciples beside him and said cheerfully.
“Nonsense!”
The disciple snorted contemptuously.
“Where is Cai Kun?”
The scholarly Headmaster also furrowed his brows slightly, perhaps Cai Kun had been overwhelmed by the power contained in the letter, hence not showing up?
Yet, it also didn’t seem right, after all, this person
“Disciple is here!”
A voice came from the outer crowd, splitting the ranks to reveal the speaker.
Several cultivators stared in shock, dumbfounded at the person before them, unexpectedly it was indeed Cai Kun, talked about most fervently recently.
“The disciple arrived early but was overpowered by several elder brothers, even with the invitation couldn’t prove his identity, this invitation seems to have some issues!”
Li Xiaobai took out the invitation, smiling, and unfolded it.
“Bold!”
“Who permitted you to detain Cai Kun outside?”
“Today’s celebration banquet is meant to welcome Cai Kun back, yet such a thing happened, if word spreads, where is the face of our Heavenly God Academy?”
“Quickly invite Mister Cai Kun to take his seat!”
Before the scholarly Headmaster could speak, Elder Huang stood up angrily and chided.
Originally wanting to probe a bit, but unexpectedly disrupted by a few confused disciples.
“I thought Inner Sect Disciples were elite among elite, yet committing such a low-level mistake, blame lies not entirely on them, but on my lack of renown!”
Li Xiaobai wore a smile and leisurely walked to the seats, almost without hesitation, sat directly at the head seat among the disciples’ seats.
The venue quieted for a second, disciples stared at Li Xiaobai, all seats had designated numbers, the frontmost vacant seats were for True Disciples, not for ordinary cultivators. Cai Kun blatantly took the frontmost seat, was he challenging the dignity of the True Disciples?
“That’s Elder Brother Damo’s seat, yet he occupied it, isn’t he worried about angering him?”
“The True Disciples always arrive a step later; never thought someone would truly defy norms today!”
The cultivators whispered, their gazes at Li Xiaobai full of disdain, doubt, and schadenfreude.
“I have kept in mind what the elders said, in the future, I will diligently cultivate and shed blood for the academy!”
“Set a small goal first, then capture another battlefield!”
Li Xiaobai stood proudly, hands behind his back, full of arrogance.
“Disciples with ambition and ideals are fortunate for the academy; cultivate well to serve the sect in the future!”
The elders exchanged glances, unsure of Li Xiaobai’s intentions, and casually replied.
“Yet such ideals often are unrealistic fantasies, as academy disciples, one should be grounded. Capturing the forty-ninth battlefield is an achievement but doesn’t equate to strength.”
A few voices came from the crowd, several young men and women parted the crowd, bowed to the elders and the scholarly Headmaster, “Greetings to the elders, greetings to the Headmaster!”
“We disciples returned from completing a task and stumble upon such joyous news, we’re also happy, perhaps this one is Cai Kun?”
“As an outer disciple capturing a battlefield for the academy is indeed an impressive feat; Elder Brother thanks the disciples and elders on behalf of Cai Kun. However, your mindset seems off, overreaching. Luck doesn’t equal strength; cultivation should be cautious!”