Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 525: The Wicked Complain First

Chapter 525: Chapter 525: The Wicked Complain First

Shi Hao left the Immortal Abode and wasn’t attacked by the Fire People from the Supplementing Divine Temple.

In fact, the adversary did wait for him for three days, but their patience only lasted that long.

Because the Fire People didn’t know whether Shi Hao had used some method to hide himself or had already fled far away.

So, three days were the limit of its patience.

However, Shi Hao hadn’t walked far before he discovered that the Supplement God Temple Level Fire Person had appeared again.

He promptly entered the Immortal Abode to dodge the threat once more.

This area was considered a safe zone by Self-Observation, and it was normal to occasionally encounter one or two Elemental Creatures from the Founding King Court, but why did the Supplementing Divine Temple appear here?

In this place, existences above the Great Sacrificial Heaven level wouldn’t easily make a move, and the Supplementing Divine Temple belonged to the highest tier.

Could it be... he had killed too many Elemental Creatures, which is why even the Supplementing Divine Temple had been drawn out to act against him?

Quite likely.

Shi Hao sighed, being targeted by such a formidable entity meant that his journey to the Elemental Cave had to end here.

What a pity.

He felt deeply regretful. While others saw this place as a slaughterhouse, he saw it as a paradise, where his cultivation could soar.

After the Fire Person left once again, Shi Hao left the Immortal Abode and started his return journey.

This time, it went smoothly. The Fire Person was still guarding behind him, not expecting him to suddenly quit playing, so naturally, it was impossible to launch a pursuit.

A mere three hundred li in depth, as long as one didn’t get lost, even if the terrain was complex, twisting and turning, it didn’t take too long to traverse.

Therefore, just over two hours later, Shi Hao returned to the entrance.

He went through a strict inspection. It was said that high-tier Elemental Creatures even had the ability to transform into humans for a short time, so a companion might not necessarily be an ally.

After proving he was purely human, Shi Hao was allowed to pass.

He wasn’t the earliest to leave the grotto, but he also wasn’t the latest, just a bit later than some.

Within the camp, everyone was discussing their gains or the strangeness of the Elemental Creatures and how difficult they were to kill.

Shi Hao was very low-key, merely resting in his own tent.

Three days later, the academy provided the students of Self-Observation with the longest stay; when the time was up, the academy would take the people back. As for those who hadn’t come out... those who died could only be dead, and the survivors wouldn’t be able to count on rescue but had to find their way out on their own.

Luo Jin led the team and brought the Self-Observation level students back to the Heavenly Palace Academy.

Counting them, there were noticeably one-tenth fewer people.

Although those who hadn’t returned weren’t all necessarily dead, without a doubt, a significant number had perished inside, which made everyone pack away their joyous mood and grow solemn.

If it was others this time, could it be oneself the next?

Every single one of them who was admitted to the academy was a genius.

So, such a fate could befall anyone.

Before long, everyone returned to the academy.

Next, it was time to tally up what everyone had collected.

This lifted everyone’s spirits considerably, treating the trip to the earthly grotto as a routine exploration of ancient relics—wasn’t that just as full of gains as well as danger?

Suddenly, the place to count Contribution Value was overcrowded, as everyone wanted to quickly convert their Elemental Cores into Contribution Value and then exchange them for items they desired.

This was done rather swiftly; with less than two thousand people, only the first day was overcrowded, and by the second day, queuing was basically unnecessary.

Shi Hao, of course, didn’t contest for a day’s time; he went on the second day.

He had only waited for one person before it was his turn.

"Are you Shi Hao?" There were four teachers at the exchange—yesterday there had been ten, but today there weren’t as many, so four were more than enough.

Shi Hao looked up and over, what was so strange about him being Shi Hao?

"Come with me." The teacher gestured to him.

Shi Hao followed him into a large hall, which was empty and eerily quiet.

The teacher asked him to wait a moment and then went to fetch a few others.

Dean Luo Jin of the branch school, Zhang Feng the team leader of the tenth group, Gong Jitong the team leader of the fourth group, and... Qian Jianxiong.

Huh?

Shi Hao was initially surprised, but then he suddenly realized.

Perhaps a villain had lodged a complaint first.

"Shi Hao, someone has accused you at the academy of attacking your companions to seize the Elemental Core—is this true?" Zhang Feng was the first to speak.

Shi Hao shook his head: "Of course not!"

"You heartless bastard!" Qian Jianxiong angrily pointed at Shi Hao, "Our team saw you surrounded by enemies and risked our lives to save you! And how did you repay us? By poisoning our food to hoard the spoils for yourself, which caused our combat power to plummet! If it weren’t for my vigilance, having eaten less, and using a Wind Riding Talisman to escape, your wicked deeds would have gone undiscovered!"

Tsk, tsk, tsk, he really is a scoundrel, turning a complete fabrication into a vivid tale.

Gong Jitong stared gravely at Shi Hao: "Do you have anything else to say?"

"Of course, I do," Shi Hao said with a smile, appearing utterly composed. "The truth is quite the opposite. I happened upon them in danger and helped them out, but they, envious of my greater harvest, turned violent toward me."

"I didn’t hold back, of course. I killed seven people, leaving only him. Heh, he managed to escape using a speed-boosting Talismanic Soldier."

Zhang Feng immediately snorted and said, "Gong Jitong, did you hear that clearly? It was your student who was ungrateful, not mine!"

"Nonsense, that’s entirely one-sided!" Gong Jitong immediately cursed loudly.

Although the students they recruited were not Direct Disciples but merely had a nominal teacher-student relationship, it was still shameful to have an ungrateful scoundrel emerge from one’s own ranks.

Therefore, they both hoped the other’s student was lying.

"Heh, and isn’t your word equally one-sided?" Zhang Feng retorted.

Indeed, both sides were left with only one person: one argued one way, and the other the opposite.

However, the fact that students had died was true, and certainly, one side was ungrateful; this had to be investigated, and it was impossible to muddle through and let the matter drop.

Luo Jin pressed down his hand, and as the authority of the Great Sacrificial Heaven, Gong Jitong and Zhang Feng both closed their mouths.

"Do you have any evidence to support your words?" Luo Jin asked Shi Hao and Qian Jianxiong.

What evidence could there be?

Qian Jianxiong immediately shook his head.

"I do," said Shi Hao with a smile.

Qian Jianxiong was taken aback. You do? How could you possibly have any!

Could this man have a way to record what happened at that time and then reproduce it?

No, no, no, that’s impossible.

Relax, relax, this guy must be bluffing to throw me off my game.

Qian Jianxiong forced himself to calm down and remained expressionless.

Shi Hao said with a smile, "The key to this matter is whether I saved them or they saved me. It’s quite simple, just look at my strength, right?"

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