The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 644 - 455: The Failed Calculation

Chapter 644: Chapter 455: The Failed Calculation

As the deputy dean of Golden Academy, Sun Boxiu understood better than anyone that these Nascent Soul Realm cultivators represented the various sects and factions of Xuanxian Continent. Although their numbers appeared small, offending them would mean offending all the forces behind them, and the consequences would be utterly unpredictable.

Li Yi killed more than a dozen Golden Core cultivators and two Nascent Soul cultivators today. To be honest, it was well done.

If no cultivators from Xuanxian Continent were killed, they would only consider Golden Academy an easy target, and their audacity would grow unchecked. So no matter what, Li Yi must be protected. If he were just slain by the opposing side like this, then there would be no point in operating Golden Academy anymore—it could be disbanded on the spot.

The hearts and minds of people are currently the only support Golden Academy can depend on.

If people’s morale is lost, then the Soul Realm, Spirit Power Realm, and even Spirit God Realm experts at Golden Academy would likely fall into despair, and cross realms to leave one by one, never returning.

"Taixian Weng, if you insist on doing this today, all the evolvers of Golden Academy will accompany you to the very end. Perhaps our overall strength isn’t even close to yours, but if a full-scale realm war starts, we can summon a god to cross realms and intervene. Worst case, both realms are destroyed together."

Sun Boxiu had been holding in his anger for a long time and erupted in a furious shout at this moment.

These words immediately made Taixian Weng’s face change.

What Taixian Weng feared most was the divine protection Earth had. The last cross-realm intervention delivered a world-shaking strike capable of destroying Xuanxian Continent—it was no joke. If not for that power, they wouldn’t have come to Golden Academy with such a mild attitude and would have long since pillaged opportunities throughout the realm.

After conducting further investigations, Taixian Weng knew that minor disturbances like killing a few evolvers from Golden Academy wouldn’t escalate into a realm war.

"Dean Sun, your words are too severe. You must know that when Li Yi returned from across realms, he killed more than a dozen of our Golden Core cultivators from Xuanxian Continent. I, this old Daoist, have been helping suppress this matter all this time. But those Nascent Soul cultivators have tempers too—they desire to challenge Li Yi. Previously, Chongxu Taoist of Purple Qi Palace faced Li Yi and was slain, yet I said nothing. Similarly, Chenyangzi of Dan Ding Sect was also cut down by Li Yi, and still, I endured patiently."

Taixian Weng sighed at this moment and said, "Unfortunately, this evolver of your academy acts far too ruthlessly, engaging in duels and life-and-death battles without mercy. Having killed so many already, this matter can’t be explained away with mere words. What’s more, Li Chengyu, the Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator of Sword Control Sect, also openly challenged Li Yi, and Li Yi accepted."

"In such circumstances, Dean Sun, if you insist on canceling the duels and protecting Li Yi, this old Daoist will truly be powerless."

His tone was tactful, giving the impression that it was Xuanxian Continent’s people who were aggrieved and that it was Golden Academy’s evolvers who were aggressive, killing so many to provoke public outrage.

Sun Boxiu retorted, "More than a month ago, several of your Golden Core cultivators disregarded the rules and joined forces in an attempt to assassinate Li Yi. Furthermore, one of your Golden Core cultivators even crossed realms to continue the pursuit. Now that Li Yi has returned across realms, settling scores is only natural. Not only him, but if you continue causing chaos within Golden Academy, in the future when Earth’s experts return across realms, they will also settle accounts with Xuanxian Continent. Our evolvers on Earth may not match the strength of Xuanxian Continent, but if we fight to the end, annihilating an entire realm is not impossible."

"Taixian Weng, don’t let greed for petty gains invite calamity. You cultivators pursue eternal life and immortality, but your actions are moving in direct opposition to this goal. To use the words from Earth, your behavior is asking for death."

He had long since seen through the true nature of those from Xuanxian Continent.

They called themselves cultivators, but in truth, were nothing but bandits and tyrants.

Nevertheless, Sun Boxiu also understood that the reason they acted this way was because Earth’s evolvers were still too weak and unable to deter external threats. Human nature was what it was—simple as that.

Thus, the more this pressure mounted, the more Golden Academy needed to assert its strength.

Endlessly demonstrating weakness would only encourage others to push their advantage further.

Taixian Weng narrowed his eyes, seemingly weighing options, then quickly smiled and said, "Since Dean Sun has spoken so seriously, this old Daoist will go so far as to risk his reputation to persuade the disciples of the major sects to hold back. However, this old Daoist is but one person, weak and alone; whether or not this reduces conflict remains to be seen. Nevertheless, Dean Sun must understand that this old Daoist genuinely wishes for mutual harmony and harbors no malice."

"That would be best." Sun Boxiu’s expression softened slightly at this moment.

Taixian Weng bowed, then flew toward the Nascent Soul cultivators and began transmitting messages via Divine Sense.

"Golden Academy is determined to protect Li Yi. Your recent actions have truly been excessive. If you don’t exercise restraint, it’s likely that war will break out sooner or later. You all hail from great sects—I cannot control you—but your sects received immortal decrees. If things spiral out of control, the consequences are yours to bear."

He first distanced himself from responsibility, ensuring that blame wouldn’t fall on him when trouble arose.

"Senior Taixian Weng, this is unlike your usual style. They scare us with a few words, and we’re supposed to back down? If a fight really breaks out, what can Golden Academy do to us? Even if they exhaust all their experts, they might not necessarily defeat us," Yuan Ye responded forcefully.