By the time Zhou Yuan, Yaoyao, Su Youwei and the rest rushed to the Jade Spirit Waterfall, it was already flooded with people. All the students from the five cla.s.ses of the Great Zhou Inst.i.tute had gathered here. For a time, it was a boiling cauldron of voices, bustling with noise and excitement.
Zhou Yuan's group pa.s.sed through the crowd and arrived at the very centre. Their gazes swept about, only to find a steely-green-faced Chu Tianyang and Xu Hong standing in front of the former.
Behind Xu Hong was Qi Yue and Liu Xi.
When Qi Yue saw Zhou Yuan rush over, he could not help but reveal a slight smile towards the latter. However, his smile was filled with a toying sensation.
Chu Tianyang also caught sight of Zhou Yuan but did not say anything. He merely stared at Xu Hong with a steely-green face of anger, his fists clenching so hard that cracking noises could be heard as he said in an icy voice, "Xu Hong, don't go overboard. The Jade Spirit Waterfall time allocation has been decided long ago. How can it possibly change at your whims?!"
"Hehe, what is headmaster Chu saying. The Jade Spirit Waterfall is the most important cultivation treasure land of our Great Zhou Inst.i.tute and we naturally want to utilise it as efficiently as possible."
Xu Hong looked at Chu Tianyang and slowly said, "In the past, the A cla.s.s was the strongest cla.s.s of our Great Zhou Inst.i.tute and we naturally had nothing to say with regards to them using 6 hours of the Jade Spirit Waterfall."
"But what about now? The A cla.s.s has already been suppressed by our B cla.s.s for two consecutive years and is no longer the leader of the cla.s.ses. Since that is so, isn't 6 hours a little unjustifiable?"
Cold light flashed in Chu Tianyang's eyes as he retorted, "The Jade Spirit Waterfall allocation was determined by his majesty back then. If you have any objections, go look for his majesty."
Xu Hong did not seem to mind these words as he smiled and said, "Ever since the Great Zhou Inst.i.tute was established, we have been free to decide the matters of the inst.i.tute and even his majesty will not interfere. Hence, there is no need for headmaster to use his majesty as a s.h.i.+eld."
He had long cast his lot in with king Qi, something that naturally substantially diminished his respect for Zhou Qing.
"You!"
Chu Tianyang was furious. A ferocious look surged in his eyes as he suddenly took a step forward. His body immediately shook as a crimson red aura soared from his the top of his head.
The crimson red aura was akin to a hundred foot long red cloud. Incomparably hot, it hovered in the sky above Chu Tianyang as a crimson red glow spread, causing the air in the area to turn blistering hot.
A powerful pressure swept outwards at this moment, causing all of the students' expressions to change drastically as their legs began to tremble.
"So this is a Heaven Gate stage expert? It is indeed terrifying. Qi that breaks through the Heaven Gate is powerful enough to move mountains and split the land!" Reverence emerged in the eyes of the many students. The Genesis Qi they were able to use at the Channel Opening stage was akin to a drop in the ocean when compared to a Heaven Gate stage pract.i.tioner like Chu Tianyang.
Behind Chu Tianyang, Zhou Yuan's face was also filled with astonishment as he glanced at the overbearing crimson red Qi. His heart shuddered as he thought, "Is this the Genesis Qi that Chu Tianyang has cultivated, the grade 3 Crimson Sun Qi?"
There were 9 grades of Genesis Qi. The better the Genesis Qi cultivation technique, the higher the grade of the cultivated Genesis Qi.
Currently, the highest level Qi cultivation technique in their Great Zhou royal treasury could only cultivate grade 4 Genesis Qi.
"Humph, want to fight? Do you really think that I am afraid of you?!" Xu Hong's eyes turned frostier when he saw Chu Tianyang's actions. The former also stepped forward as an equally powerful Genesis Qi burst out from the top his head like a shooting star.
This Genesis QI was akin to a silver torrent and was filled with bone-piercing coldness. An aura of coldness unfurled, causing frost to grow on the surrounding ground.
Grade 3 Genesis Qi, Silver Frost Qi!
As the two Heaven Gate stage experts faced each other, a suffocating pressure spread, causing the numerous students present to feel a surge of fear, afraid that they would be caught in the aftershocks.
After all, a battle between Heaven Gate pract.i.tioners was nothing like the childish fights of Channel Opening stage pract.i.tioners. It was a stage where even the slightest move would cause mountains to crumble and the earth to split.
