I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1686 - 125: Instructions Before Heading to the Pass

Chapter 1686: Chapter 125: Instructions Before Heading to the Pass

Ever since the aggression against Tang Luo in Longzhou, Tang Luo had been busily running around, devoting all his time and energy to handling external affairs, resulting in a stagnation of his own martial cultivation.

The Master said, "Reviewing the old to understand the new makes one a teacher indeed."

However, for cultivators at the level of grandmasters, teaching contents of Foundation Building is definitely a luxury expectation for achieving the King’s certification.

This type of problem, which stumps ninety-nine percent of exceptional individuals, requires immense imagination and creativity to possibly be realized.

Therefore, Tang Luo needed a quiet environment to focus on thinking.

The urgency stemmed from his accumulation of Spiritual Power.

Since his body reformation in February ’86 in Chaochang, he hasn’t made any mistakes.

After seven years of accumulation, his Spiritual Power wrapped around the Star Core had already exceeded 237,000 points, and in two more years, he would have completed all the accumulation needed for the Fierce Realm stage, ready for King’s certification.

But the gap between theory and practice is probably as big as between the hand and the brain.

Till now, Tang Luo didn’t know the specific steps for the King’s certification; he could only roughly guess that the path to the King’s certification would probably be related to one’s soul.

Once he had this guess, the door to seek help was completely closed. Given the peculiar nature of the soul in the black ball, his path to becoming a King was destined to be different from everyone else’s; even if a King openly shared their own path, the help would be extremely limited.

In the end, one has to walk their own path, so after reading a huge pile of ancient texts without finding the answers he wanted, Tang Luo was already planning to go into seclusion.

It’s just that there were a lot of things to deal with at the newly established academy, which delayed this till today.

Now that Yun Xiu has returned, he can finally entrust the matters without worries and go into seclusion in the mountains.

With the Yun Clan’s disguise technique and Yun Xiu’s current realm, as long as there is no conflict, even the Flame Sun Sword Master would not notice the change when facing Yun Xiu.

Because the appearance of the academy’s dean was one of the false identities designed by Yun Xiu; he was just using it.

Now with Yun Xiu playing the role, she would be more like the dean than he ever was.

The next day, the dean returned to Unparalleled City, summoned a meeting at the academy, and planned to take over the Earth Class brought back by his wife.

The wife initially disapproved, but under the dean’s firm stance, she had no choice but to hand over the class and promised not to interfere with the internal affairs of the academy any more.

To Du Ting, who truly knew the dean’s identity, it seemed like the Lord was disciplining the wife, since, in his eyes, women should manage household affairs and not make public appearances.

Like the wife leading a trade fleet and being away for half a year, which man could rest easy?

But this was the Lord’s family affair, it wasn’t appropriate for subordinates to comment extensively, and now things were developing as he imagined, which seemed quite reasonable.

No one suspected that the dean’s direct confrontation with his wife was a performance. After all, they too thought that women’s involvement in important affairs like managing a school was inappropriate, and the dean was merely voicing out what they themselves wanted but dared not say.

Although the wife was closer to the Lord, in this matter, they would definitely stand by the dean’s side.

Perhaps seeing the attitude of everyone in the meeting hall, the wife, knowing she was isolated, left indignantly; after her departure, the dean calmly announced the end of the meeting and then left hastily.

The current status of Unparalleled Academy is not only the center of Lingjiang and Longxi, but also the new focus of the entire martial arts world of Xiehe.

It’s unknown how many spies from Wind Media are stationed in Unparalleled City, and they are not here to consume - each person uses their utmost ability to infiltrate the academy.

If they cannot get close to the upper or middle layers, can’t they get close to the lower ones?

After all, to maintain the normal operation of an academy with more than ten thousand students, various miscellaneous workers are indispensable.

For the simple residents of Unparalleled City, they lack the judgment to discern spies.

Even though due to their position they can’t leak any major secrets, as more and more information about the academy is revealed by servants in the kitchen, pharmacy, wardrobe, and equipment room, the academy’s secrets become fewer and fewer.

A conflict has arisen between two important figures of the academy, leaving the municipal officials anxious and uneasy.

Such baseless rumors spread quickly, which greatly puzzles Yun Xiu, who had sent her husband into seclusion in the mountains.

"Everyone inside the city and academy are my husband’s subordinates and followers. From what I’ve observed these days, they have been loyal and faithful. Why can’t they tell the truth openly instead of putting on this act?"

"We need to provide a reasonable explanation for your withdrawal, otherwise the royal spies can’t help but dig deeper into the academy."

Tang Luo explained: "It’s already tough enough to teach and mentor, and to fight wits with these spies would be too draining. It’s better to find an excuse to step back."

"Moreover, it’s not that I don’t trust these loyal municipal officials, but I don’t trust accidents."

"Revealing identities only to the three elders of the Du Family and the great craftsman Ou Yu, besides their sense of belonging and loyalty to Unparalleled City, the more important thing is their cultivation levels."

"Practitioners at the Martial Ancestor Realm are already difficult for regular spies from Wind Media to manipulate, but other municipal officials aren’t necessarily so, have you noticed the changes in the city during your return?"

Recalling Shen Dafa’s proud introduction during the tour, Yun Xiu suddenly realized: "Are you referring to those prominent families in the city?"

"Smart."

Tang Luo took Yun Xiu’s hand, sitting down on the neatly cleaned stone bench, praising: "The spies from Wind Media are not terrifying at all; their identities are almost written on their faces, and even if their backgrounds are sound, they cannot escape the eyes of the municipal officials."

"However, those families who enter Unparalleled City under the guise of ’construction’ are different. For municipal officials, the forces that enter Unparalleled City through legitimate channels and help build our home together can easily blur boundaries."

"They are human too; they need social interactions, especially for those mid-level administrators in the city hall, who need friends of equal standing. Nowadays, how many municipal officials have these families, who enter the city under the guise of ’aid’, befriended?"

"So, my lady needs to be especially careful these days. Through subtle influence, many families influence the municipal officials to suggest improvements to the academy, and many proposals that seem beneficial to the academy conceal the families’ convenience and expectations."

At this point, Tang Luo could only helplessly shake his head. He had initially accepted the aid from these families because Unparalleled City was short of manpower and needed rapid development.

However, while he was using others, they were not idle either, arranging their best talents for the assistance work in Unparalleled City. Undoubtedly, the charisma and demeanor of these people is exactly what many municipal officials aspire to, how could they resist not befriending them.

"But husband, since they are willing to show goodwill to the academy, why can’t we accept them? Although most prominent families are scoundrels, if they are willing to provide resources, wouldn’t it be a good thing for the academy?"

"If we could truly coexist peacefully, I would also be willing."

Tang Luo smiled and said: "But the ultimate goal of Unparalleled Academy is bound to conflict with the families; if the connection is too deep, it would be very dangerous."