CHAPTER 124 - THE EMPEROR IS NOT AFRAID BUT HIS EUNUCHS ARE WORRIED TO DEATH
Translated by Luxican
Edited by madghost
When Yun Sheng and co arrived at the treatment room in a hurry, it was already ablaze.
By the time the fire was extinguished, Chu San, who had been brought to the treatment room not long ago, was already burned to death.
The corpse, burned beyond recognition, was carried out.
The cause of the fire was said to be a sudden explosion of one of the magic arrays which set the whole room on fire.
Several instructors rushed over and examined Chu San's corpse, discovering that he had suffocated to death in the fire!
In Chu San's dormitory, a book about black magic was found, proving that Chu San, a wind magician, who had failed to pass the academy's intermediate student assessment twice, was resentful of the academy and secretly purchased Ghost Aphids in preparation for retaliating against the academy, and placed them in the scholarship Students Herb Field.
The whole thing was quickly wrapped up as Chu San's corrupt intention, trying to harm the academy, and having no connection with the Fighting Association in the slightest.
Cheng Lian even rushed to the Academic Affairs Office with her members and apologized to the school in the name of the Fighting Association. Very remarkable and noble on the surface.
The entire blame was completely shifted onto Chu San.
"He was killed and then set on fire to erase all traces." Yun Sheng made her judgment after seeing Chu San's body, while speaking privately with Gu Feng and Qi Gubian.
Although his body had been extensively burned, Chu San's mouth and nose were clean. If he had truly died of asphyxiation, there would have been a large amount of soot around them.
"That's the Fighting Association's usual trick, you won't be able to fight against the Association by yourself." Compared to Gu Feng's apprehension, Qi Gubian appeared much calmer.
He had been at the Magic Academy longer than Gu Feng and Yun Sheng. To Qi Gubian, the Royal Magic Academy wasn't necessarily much cleaner than a place like the Wanlong Gambling House, which was filled with dragons and snakes.
Mentor Mei Li also asked Yun Sheng about the matter.
Yun Sheng shrugged the things off, but in her heart, she was now even more wary against Cheng Lian and her minions.
She had thought that the Fighting Association was just a common bully. She had never expected that would even mercilessly resort to murder and arson.
After hearing this, Mentor Mei Li didn't say whether she believed her or not, she only cautioned Yun Sheng in a long-winded manner, "Don't start any head-on conflicts with the Fighting Association, it's not only the Song and Cheng Family you will have to look out for, even the Royal Family. That Cheng Lian is also a two-faced character, she has been internally selected as candidate for princess consort, you aren't her match."
"The Royal Family?" Yun Sheng didn't expect that there would be such intricate relationships in such a small Fighting Association.
Mentor Mei Li answered in a serious tone, "Yun Sheng, you have only been in Yujing City for a short time, there are some things you don't need to know, but some things should be clear. In Yujing City, there are a few powers you shouldn't mess with carelessly!"
Due to her relationship with Yun Canghai, Mentor Mei Li's attitude towards Yun Sheng was mixed with a special type of love and care, in addition to the normal attitude of mentor and teacher.
There were some things that she had planned to tell Yun Sheng only after she became an intermediate student. But after what happened with Chu San, Mentor Mei Li also discovered that Yun Sheng was a sensible and intelligent child, and she was more wise than others of her age.
"In Yujing City, there are several powers that you must not provoke under any circumstances. One is the Royal Family, one is the Association and the other is the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall," Mentor Mei Li said slowly.
The Royal Family's dignity must not be insulted, any commoner knew this.
As for the Medicine Association, it was clear why it could not be provoked as it was the continent's renowned medical core.
But what about the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall?
"About the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall, it has to do with your grandfather, the Martial King Old General Yun Bahe. The Wu Xuan Peerless Hall has trained many of the Great Zhou Empire's generals, it could be said that half of them emerged from there. It's also rumored that the reason the Royal Family has been supporting the Royal Magic Academy in the last years is to suppress the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall. Yun Sheng, promise your mentor, that you will never clash with Cheng Lian and the others again, or else your father's identity could be exposed." Mentor Mei Li, even as a magician and a tutor of the Magic Academy, was already justifiably angry at the banality of the Royal Magic Academy.
If it wasn't for the fact that she was a Magic Potion Master and needed a large number of resources to do her experiments and could only rely on the Royal Magic Academy, she would have left long ago.
Now Yun Canghai and his only offspring had no one to rely on, and were exiled from the General's Mansion.
Mentor Mei Li was afraid that Yun Sheng's immense magic talent would fall into the hands of some shady powers because her father was a once-famous Black Magician.
When Yun Sheng heard this, she couldn't suppress a bitter smile. She is afraid that Mentor Mei Li would be disappointed, if she knew that she had already offended the Medicine Association a few months back, as well as the Royal Family behind the Fighting Association.
"Mentor Mei Li, I can only promise you that I will not offend anyone from now on. But if one day, the Fighting Association has the intention to harm the people related to me, I will not care if the Royal Family is backing it, or the entire Great Zhou Empire. I, Yun Sheng, will never bow down." Yun Sheng's small face, at that moment, shone with an overpowering aura.
Mentor Mei Li felt breathless.
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After the Chu San incident, the Fighting Association seemed quiet for a while.
Neither Song Xiangru nor Cheng Lian sent someone to harass Yun Sheng anymore.
Several months passed, and Yun Sheng successfully completed the first herb harvest of the Scholarship Students Herb Field. Due to her skillful care with the Gathering Clouds, Earth Spikes and Devil's Thorns spells, the herb field that Yun Sheng was in charge of had the best harvest since the establishment of the Magic Academy.
More than sixty percent of the herb field's rare herbs had reached second grade and thirty percent first grade.
The academy, upon learning this news, gave Yun Sheng a generous reward of a two-year exclusive scholarship, in addition to adding twenty points to the 13th Potion Teams, which made Mentor Mei Li very, very happy.
After the harvest, there would be a two-month break to restore the fertility of the soil, which also meant that Yun Sheng could have a short break now.
During this period, apart from Yun Sheng, even Qi Gubian has entered and exited the academy's library many times, constantly reviewing for the final exam.
Thanks to Yun Sheng's special background in her previous life, she remembered the names and effects of the various magic potions the Potion Department could offer at rocket speed, which made Gu Feng jealous to death.
Disregarding the need to remember all kinds of information about the many classes, Yun Sheng spent most of her time in the Magic Tower.
Shortly after Bobo's Magic Card Theft incident passed, the academy treated it as an ordinary lost valuable incident.
So, Yun Sheng entered the Magic Tower once again, but this time she didn't dare to let Bobo bounce around anymore. With help of the Magic Tower cheat, Yun Sheng was finally able to fuse the Devil's Thorn Spell with her Healing Spirit Needle, which greatly enhanced the effects of the original, and came with a paralyzing effect.
Her Intermediate Spell Earth Escape also improved a lot, and now she could instantly move in a ten meters radius.
Half a year passed, in another half a month, Yun Sheng and the 13th Potion Team were about to challenge the final exam of the Royal Magic Academy. Except that Yun Sheng suffered a small interruption yet again.
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