I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1666 - 105: The Imitator

Chapter 1666: Chapter 105: The Imitator

When faced with the inevitable, one must learn to understand and accept it, as this is the necessary realization toward excellence.

Only by giving it your all can you find that tiny, changeable part within situations that cannot be refused.

Clearly, these children from the Xu Family have been well raised, as even when scared to tears by Xu Changhao, they did not cry or complain.

Under the leadership of a dozen disciples from the Flame Sun Sword Sect, they followed the municipal official into The Academy in an orderly fashion.

Registering, class assignment, receiving school uniforms, bedding, stationery, lunch boxes, and then entering the dormitory, everything was so new.

However, when it was time for the Sword Sect brothers to say goodbye after settling the children, the first child, unsettled by the strange environment, started crying and clinging to the brother’s leg, triggering a chain reaction like waves.

After all, these were just children aged seven or eight. No matter how well-born or mature they appeared, being thrust into a strange environment for five years is enough to shatter all their bravery.

There are no familiar relatives here, no respected elders to watch over them, and even the brothers who brought them are leaving, how could they not feel sad?

But in Tang Luo’s view, these children cried so sadly still because Xu Changhao had scared them too harshly.

"Let them rest for a day first."

Hearing the loud cries from the back mountain, Tang Luo shook his head at Xu Changhao and said, "There’s no hurry in imparting knowledge and educating students."

"Since they have been sent to the mountain gate, I will let The Academy’s head make decisions."

Xu Changhao was calm and collected, picking up the white tea on the table and savoring it slowly, before praising out loud, "The tea aroma is delightful, with a wonderful aftertaste, excellent tea!"

"Just picked winter tea, strong aroma and rich taste, if the Sword Venerable likes it, in a little while The Academy will have someone send two kilograms to your ship."

Thinking that as the Sword Venerable of the Flame Sun Sword Sect, Xu Changhao would soon set off having delivered the people, hence Tang Luo was about to wave over a servant to give the instructions.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Xu Changhao, with a smile, waved his hand and said, "No need, no need, the Venerable can just come and find the headmaster when he wants to drink it."

"Hmm?"

Tang Luo was puzzled: "The Sword Venerable is not returning to Yuanzhou?"

"This time, besides sending the children to The Academy, the Venerable’s other major duty is to protect The Academy."

"Protect The Academy!?"

Tang Luo was somewhat surprised.

"It’s not that I mistrust the defense power of Unparalleled City, but the headmaster has a busy curriculum, and looking after the defense could be overwhelming."

Xu Changhao asserted seriously, "Therefore, this time the Venerable brought with him a dozen elite great sword masters from the Sword Sect, intending to alleviate the headmaster’s worries while the disciples are studying, and the headmaster mustn’t refuse."

"Having Sword Venerable’s disciples willing to oversee Unparalleled City’s defenses, The Academy is too pleased to refuse."

Tang Luo shook his head with a wry smile, "It’s just... how could a mere mountain rural academy deserve the trouble of the Sword Venerable’s supervision."

"It seems the headmaster is unaware of the big ripples he has stirred."

Xu Changhao smiled meaningfully, then took out a jade slip from his bosom and handed it over.

Tang Luo received the jade slip and scanned it with his divine sense; it contained intelligence about various sects in Zhongzhou. After scanning this vast array of information, which seemed as numerous as the stars at night, he finally understood why Xu Changhao was willing to lower himself and come to Unparalleled City as a defender.

"This is truly... quite unexpected."

After respectfully handing back the jade slip to Xu Changhao, Tang Luo remarked, "I originally thought that in this era of great contention, the Sacred Land Sects would make the first move, but it turned out that the various sects would take action first..."

The content recorded in the jade slip was vast, but undoubtedly the most important was the activities of several superior sects in Zhongzhou.

Perhaps the influence stirred up by Unparalleled Academy had provided these sects with a certain opportunity, and within just a few months, several sect-affiliated academies began to prepare across Zhongzhou, all waiting for a sensational opportunity to arise.

"Unparalleled Academy is the first academy in Xiehe to publicize the Soul Casting method and it is also the one that possesses the Five-turn Dragon Gate, but these can only secure a temporary lead."

Xu Changhao took back the jade slip and chuckled, "Xuanji Sect has already started to customize the Dragon Gates for each of the Sacred Land Sects; given the capabilities of those Daoist Priests in Xuanji Sect, the second generation Dragon Gates will definitely surpass the uses of a Five-turn Dragon Gate."

"But having the initiative is still having the initiative; Unparalleled Academy has gained massive prestige in a few months, and even if the sect-affiliated academies have higher-grade Dragon Gates, they can’t snatch away this prestige."

"So, they will definitely try all means to suppress and even affect the Academy. And based on my knowledge of those sects in Zhongzhou, in order to gain prestige, there’s nothing they wouldn’t do."

One can only sigh that there are really too many clever people in this world. What is the core competitive power of Unparalleled Academy? It boils down to the Five-turn Dragon Gate and the transparent teaching of the Soul Casting method and arcane techniques.

And such things are precious if called precious, yet common if deemed common.

For the aristocratic families, they neither have the means to purchase Dragon Gates nor are willing to undersell the Soul Casting methods and arcane techniques.

Naturally, all they can do is look on enviously and helplessly at the fame Unparalleled Academy has gained, even though they wish it would explode immediately, they must still present a friendly facade.

But for the sects, the initial advantages held by Unparalleled Academy aren’t considered absolute advantages.

As Xu Changhao said, since Xuanji Sect is willing to create Dragon Gates for Unparalleled Academy, they would surely be willing to do the same for the Sacred Land Sects.

As for the Soul Casting methods and arcane techniques, with the thousands of years of heritage that those superior Heavenly Sects in Zhongzhou have, they would surpass Unparalleled Academy by far.

In short, as long as the sects are willing to step into the world following the academy model, the current advantages of Unparalleled Academy would all turn into disadvantages.

Because excellence and inferiority are always determined through comparison; in the absence of choice, the only choice is the best, and Unparalleled Academy will soon become a symbol of inferiority simply because of such behemoth sects.

If it were someone else, seeing the hard-earned advantages about to vanish completely, they would undoubtedly become anxious and irritable.

However, Tang Luo showed no trace of emotion and even managed a smile after reading the jade slip.

This left Xu Changhao feeling incredibly perplexed, "The hard-won advantages are about to disappear completely, yet the Dean isn’t worried at all. Is there any countermeasure?"

"What countermeasure could there be."

Tang Luo said with a smile as he waved his hand, "Being able to laugh is simply because the worst-case scenario hasn’t happened yet. Although the various sects in Zhongzhou have decided to enter the world by running schools, most are only preparing a single academy, which shows a lack of confidence. If they were to fully implement it everywhere, then that would be a sight that the Academy couldn’t laugh at."

"As for the methods of suppression, they are really just the same few sets repeated over and over. It’s nothing more than trying to step on the reputation of Unparalleled Academy to rise higher. As long as they don’t really take action, there’s nothing to worry about."