"Hehe, let’s add some ’Even Nuns Go Wild.’ If Ye Xuan breathes in even a tiny bit, a statue would get horny. When dry tinder meets a blazing fire, how could he possibly resist?"
"Haha! This time, we’ll completely ruin that loser’s reputation and send him packing back home. This is revenge for last time!"
"Tsk, tsk. But seriously, that girl’s a real looker. Makes me want a piece of that myself. We’re letting him off easy."
"My dear young masters, we have plenty of fine girls at the Spring Wind Tower. You two must come and visit often. I guarantee I’ll arrange someone... *understanding* for you."
"Get outta here. A madam’s always a madam. Can’t help but drum up business, even now."
"Hehe, now we just have to wait for that brat to get back. Let’s get ready for the show."
The three of them crept out, closing the door behind them, and hid in a small grove of trees outside the dormitory area.
Ye Xuan finally managed to shake off Li Yue. He walked back with a look of utter contempt. ’What a piece of trash. I wouldn’t want her even if she was offered to me on a silver platter. Rubbing her soft body all over me while still trying to act all fucking innocent. If she weren’t a woman, I would’ve slapped her across the face for pestering me like that.’
"Hmm?" Suddenly, his brow furrowed. His powerful Profound Sense detected some movement.
In the bushes, Ma Bing and the other two were growing anxious. ’Why isn’t Ye Xuan here yet? That girl is really getting into character, dragging this out for so long.’
"’Just wait. He should be back any minute now.’"
"’Hehe, this time, Ye Xuan won’t even know what hit him.’"
The three were practically giddy with excitement.
THWACK.
Suddenly, a sharp pain blossomed at the back of their heads, and all three of them collapsed, unconscious.
’Hmm? That’s Liu Tong and Ma Bing, and some old woman. What are the three of them doing skulking around outside my dorm?’
Ye Xuan gave a cold smile. ’Needless to say, those three were definitely plotting something.’ He opened the door to his dorm room and quickly found an unconscious woman under his covers, along with the bottle of ’Even Nuns Go Wild.’ On Chen Xing’s bed, he found the letter that had been used to lure him away.
’So it was you, Wang Yue.’ Looking at the evidence, Ye Xuan instantly understood their scheme. He said coldly, ’Since you want to play dirty, then I’ll be happy to play a little game with you.’
He smirked, a sharp glint in his eyes.
The night was still. Wang Yue paced back and forth in front of the faculty building, his face a mask of anxiety.
WHOOSH!
Suddenly, a faint flare shot up from the direction of the men’s dormitory. It streaked into the sky and vanished in an instant, unnoticed by anyone.
The anxiety on Wang Yue’s face was instantly replaced by excitement. ’Haha, it worked!’
「A moment later.」
DONG! DONG! DONG!
The sound of gongs and drums echoed through the dormitory area of Xingxuan Academy, startling a crowd of male and female students who were getting ready for bed.
"What’s going on?"
"What’s happening?"
Students poured out of both the men’s and women’s dormitories, murmuring among themselves and asking what all the commotion was about.
Looking off into the distance, they saw Wang Yue leading several teachers, all of them rushing toward the men’s dormitory. A crowd of onlookers followed close behind. Eager to stir up as much trouble as possible, Wang Yue shouted as he ran, "Teachers, this is the low-level class dormitory! Ye Xuan is definitely in there! Hmph! A student of the prestigious Xingxuan Academy, bringing a girl back from the Spring Wind Tower! It’s a disgrace to our academy’s principles!"
The middle-aged man in the lead was the head of discipline for the academy’s lower-level classes. He was known by the nickname ’Iron-Hand Wuqing’ and was merciless toward any student who violated the rules. There was once a student who publicly harassed a female classmate. When Wuqing caught him, not only were the student’s parents called in for a severe dressing-down, but the boy himself was left bedridden for months. The incident left him with deep psychological scars. Although he wasn’t expelled, he voluntarily dropped out of the academy not long after returning.
His face was grim. "Wang Yue, is what you’re saying true?"
"Teacher Xuu, I wouldn’t dare lie to you! I saw it with my own eyes, along with Ma Bing from my class!" Wang Yue insisted, a venomous smile twitching at his lips. ’If I’m not mistaken, that prostitute is in Ye Xuan’s dorm right now.’ He was ecstatic. ’Haha, Ye Xuan, you loser! You’re finished!’
The other onlookers were also shocked. "What? Ye Xuan actually picked up a girl from the Spring Wind Tower and brazenly brought her back to the dorms? He’s completely out of control!"
If this was true, it would be the biggest news at Xingxuan Academy all year. The academy rules strictly forbade students from frequenting pleasure districts before graduation. Anyone caught would be expelled without question.
Many of the male students were secretly indignant. ’Damn it! I’ve dreamed of doing that hundreds of times but never had the guts. I can’t believe that bastard Ye Xuan actually went and did it. Well, serves him right for getting caught.’
"’Hehe, let’s go take a look. If the two of them don’t have time to get dressed, we might get to see something good.’"
A group of leering male students eagerly followed the main party from behind.
Meanwhile, many of the female students were chattering and cursing. "I can’t believe Ye Xuan is such a wolf in sheep’s clothing! Going to a place like the Spring Wind Tower... it’s just so disgusting."
"Senior sisters, what kind of place is the Spring Wind Tower?" one of the more naive junior students asked.
"Tch, who are you kidding? You don’t know what the Spring Wind Tower is?" a few of the senior girls scoffed, clearly scorning her naivete.
"Let’s go have a look. I hear the girls at the Spring Wind Tower are all gorgeous. I, for one, want to see what they really look like."
Like a swarm of bees, a large group of female students, also eager for a spectacle, followed them to the men’s dormitory. By this point, the teachers couldn’t control the crowd.
"Teachers, this is Ye Xuan’s dorm!"
Wang Yue had already dashed to the front of Ye Xuan’s dorm. Seeing the empty doorway, he felt a flicker of doubt. ’According to the plan, Ma Bing and the others should be waiting here.’ But at this moment, he couldn’t dwell on it. He pointed at the room and roared, "Teachers, this is Ye Xuan’s dorm!"
Teacher Xuu said with a grim face, "Wang Yue, you knock on the door."
"Yes, sir!" Wang Yue was practically vibrating with excitement. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. After knocking for a moment with no response, he shouted, "Teacher Xuu, the door’s locked from the inside! They’re not opening up!"
He then made a show of pushing hard against the door, confirming it was indeed bolted from within. There wasn’t a sound. He smiled viciously to himself. ’Hehe, looks like the ’Even Nuns Go Wild’ I gave Ma Bing’s group is taking effect.’
’Even Nuns Go Wild’ wasn’t just an aphrodisiac; it also worked as a powerful sedative. Wang Yue pictured Ye Xuan waking up, stark naked, surrounded by a crowd of teachers and students. ’What kind of expression will he have on his face? Haha, it’s going to be priceless.’
"Wang Yue, are you certain that Ye Xuan brought a girl from the Spring Wind Tower back to his dormitory?" ’Iron-Hand Wuqing’ Teacher Xuu asked again, his face like a thundercloud.
The student dormitories were private territory. Even teachers couldn’t just barge in without permission.
After all, many students used their dorm rooms for cultivation, and being disturbed during the process was extremely dangerous. If a student was startled out of their meditative state, they could suffer severe internal injuries. As the academy’s head of discipline, he would be held responsible for the consequences.
"Positive. Absolutely. 100% certain!" Wang Yue replied, brimming with confidence.
"Very well. Teacher Cheng, open the door," Teacher Xuu ordered coldly.
"Yes, sir."
A burly-looking teacher stepped forward and slammed a fist directly into the lock. A simple dorm room door was no match for a punch from an academy teacher. With a thunderous CRASH, the entire door was ripped from its frame and fell inward.
"Wh-What are you people doing?!"
A man’s shocked and furious roar came from inside the room, followed by silence.
"Ha! Something’s definitely happening in there!" The onlookers, especially the male students, heard the cry of alarm from within. Their eyes went wide as they strained to peer inside, hoping to get an eyeful.
"Dammit, move! Let me see!"
"What’s with all the shoving? Your dad in there or something?"
"Ow, my leg!"
"Who just groped my chest?! You animal!"
It was a chaotic mob scene at Ye Xuan’s doorway. People were pushing and shoving, but the crowd was too thick, and with the teachers blocking the entrance, no one could see what was happening inside.
At the front of the crowd, Wang Yue was the first to charge excitedly into the room.
"Haha, Ye Xuan, your day has finally—" He laughed, pointing into the room, ready to mock his rival. But when he saw the scene inside, his mind went blank. The color drained from his face, and he froze completely.
He stared in utter disbelief. "Chen... Chen Xing? What are you...?"
The teachers’ gazes shot past him. Inside the room, there was no sign of Ye Xuan or a girl from the Spring Wind Tower. There was only Chen Xing, sitting cross-legged on his bed. Startled by the sudden intrusion, he had blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and looked completely drained, clearly suffering from a severe cultivation backlash.
"This is bad!" Teacher Xuu’s face paled. In a flash, he was at Chen Xing’s side, pulling out a handful of Healing Elixirs and stuffing them into the boy’s mouth. He then pressed his palms to Chen Xing’s chest, channeling a powerful stream of Profound Qi into his body to mend his injuries.
A moment later, Teacher Xuu withdrew his hands. He turned to Wang Yue, his face dark and his voice practically dripping with venom. "Wang Yue, is *this* the girl you were talking about? Where are Ye Xuan and the woman from the Spring Wind Tower?"
"Th-that..." Wang Yue’s mind was reeling. He looked around for Ma Bing and the others to demand an explanation, only to realize they were nowhere to be seen. Then his eyes fell on the dorm’s inner chamber, and he latched onto it like a drowning man grasping at a straw. "Teacher Xuu, Ye Xuan must be hiding in the cultivation room!"
The more he said it, the more certain he became, his confidence surging back. ’You’re a clever one, Ye Xuan! Hiding in the inner room and leaving Chen Xing out here to cultivate as a diversion. Hmph, you almost had me fooled.’
With that thought, he rushed to the cultivation room and kicked the door open with a loud BANG.