You're Strong But Now You're Mine

Le Yu stopped and blinked at Cha Huan. Cha Huan pushed him away, took off his hood and mask, revealing an elderly, calm face: "Finally caught my breath, this Blood Essence Stone is really disrespecting the old, doesn't even know to be gentler."

"Did you do it on purpose?"

"Say what you will, the Spirit Condensing Pill, the Immortal Palace plan, the Immortal Blood, they were actually targeting me."

Cha Huan glanced sideways at Le Yu: "It's not that I look down on you, but whether it's the seven Palace Masters or you seven Scabbards, or other Imperial Academy students and teachers, none of you have the qualifications to entice the other side with an Illusion Divine Weapon as bait."

"The target of the other party has always been the Sword Holder."

"The difficulty the other party wants to eliminate is not the Imperial Academy, just me."

"You are just hostages tied to his chariot."

Le Yu: "Since you know, why do you still want to join the game?"

Cha Huan said lightly: "Since he goes to great lengths to play a game with me, I'll play along."

"Besides, if they can't handle me, this game means I win, and you hostages can naturally be released safely."

"What if they can handle you?" Le Yu asked.

Cha Huan looked at him with a look of stupidity: "Even I can't withstand it, you still don't know to run quickly? At that time, what sword quest or position fight do you care about, just take your Sword Master and leave Yanjing to find a good place to settle."

"Hey hey, you old man stop slandering me, I do have a fiancée."

"You don't have to marry just one wife, Martial Artists with three wives and four concubines are plentiful." Cha Huan said, "Isn't Shuiyun Palace with you in that kind of relationship?"

"No! How can you, an old bachelor for decades, have so much to say?"

"I'm not single now, but speaking of which, you really don't seem to like women..." Cha Huan muttered.

Le Yu couldn't be bothered with him: "You also know the other party wants to eliminate you, yet you jump in openly, isn't it a bit... brainless?"

"Didn't I say it before? The best way to face conspiracy is to walk in openly." Cha Huan said, "Besides, do you hope I sit in the Platinum Tower, watching you charge forward?"

"I am the principal."

Cha Huan reached out to pat Le Yu's shoulder, smiled: "Even though all of you combined aren't as valuable as me alone, I'm your elder, so naturally I have to protect you."

"You didn't call 'principal' all those times for nothing."

"And these years of mine haven't been in vain either."

Le Yu sighed: "But..."

"You dare look at me with such an expression, I think you're looking down on me." Cha Huan reached out to flick Le Yu's forehead hard, sneered: "Don't forget, standing in front of you is me, Cha Huan!"

"Don't underestimate me, kid!"

With that, Cha Huan took off the black robe and stored it away, his feet lighting up with golden threads, stepping into the night without looking back, moving away with the grace of a worldly pure immortal.

Le Yu watched with admiration growing in his heart, until he noticed that Cha Huan was not returning to the Platinum Tower, but heading towards the Imperial Court.

So is the principal going to drag his weakened body to find an old lover for sympathy, and ask if there's a Divine Weapon that protects souls?

Thinking of this, Le Yu couldn't help but find it amusing, took off his disguise and returned to the teacher's dormitory. But before he had gone far, he heard footsteps and a call from behind.

"Professor Qin."

Le Yu turned around, raised his eyebrows: "Oh, isn't this Fairy Li?"

Li Ying walked awkwardly up to Le Yu, laughed: "Professor Qin, don't mock me..."

"Hey, do you still consider me your teacher? I thought after Li Ying stepped out on the first step of shedding the mortal and transforming to an immortal, you'd look down on us ordinary folks..."

Although she had heard from Ming Shuiyun before that Qin Le Yin was really annoying, Li Ying didn't expect he could really be so annoying, listening to him made her hands itch. She held back for a while, finally couldn't help but say: "Alright, alright, it's my fault this time, I acted on my own, I was wrong, I'll accept punishment, okay? You can punish me however you want!"

"Do anything you want?" Le Yu asked.

"Do anything you want!" Li Ying said resolutely.

"Really anything?"

Upon hearing Le Yu ask again, Li Ying blushed, glanced at Le Yu, thought for a moment and still nodded shyly: "Anything you want!"

"Then, can you..." Le Yu whispered in her ear: "...get first place in all subjects at the end of semester?"

Li Ying was stunned, shook her head: "Can't do it, killing all classmates in the same grade just for grades, I couldn't do such a thing."

Goodness, 'study hard' has never appeared in your choices has it.

Le Yu was both amused and exasperated, said coldly: "Indeed, such punishment is impossible for you."

Before Li Ying could relax, Le Yu added: "After all, you may not even live till the end of the semester."

"Ah? Professor Qin, don't scare me!"

"Scare you?" Le Yu sneered, revealing some intelligence about the Blood Essence Stone to her: "Your Spirit Marks are already in the Blood Essence Stone, and not just you, the six classmates you brought, Teacher Yan, Teacher Ning, me, and the principal's Spirit Marks are all in there. One wrong move, we might collectively pass away some night, then the Imperial Academy exams have to be canceled."

Li Ying started trembling: "No, it's not that serious, right?"

"There is some good news." Le Yu said: "Because it's a soul attack, we should be able to keep the whole corpse. I heard the Spirit Burial Chamber of Commerce deals in this kind of business, you can now book a supreme deluxe funeral there."

Li Ying's face turned pale, stumbling while she walked suddenly, possibly because she had sent offerings of Primordial Spirit just now and felt weak, had to hold on to Le Yu's hand.

She looked down, shaking, after a while suddenly spoke with a voice like a mosquito: "I'm sorry."

"What did you say?"

Li Ying's voice carried a hint of tears: "I'm sorry."

"It's common sense to look at others when apologizing!"

Li Ying raised her head, revealing a face full of grievance and pity, eyes tearful, looked at Le Yu and then instinctively shifted her gaze, sniffed: "I'm sorry!"

"Ah, now you finally know fear? Hmm?" Le Yu saw on Li Ying's face regret, grievance, shame, fear and other emotions, wanting to take this chance to educate this bold student who acted on her own.

After all, Li Ying was part of his team, having such a disobedient teammate who ran around not knowing might cause trouble, Le Yu naturally wanted to stop her 'solo action' feature in advance.

But for some reason, he suddenly remembered Cha Huan's words just now.

Le Yu sighed softly in his heart and extended his hand to Li Ying.

Li Ying thought she was going to be hit, closed her eyes in fright, not daring to use Spiritual Power to resist. She didn't feel pain, just her forehead lightly flicked.

She opened her eyes, saw Le Yu stroking her head.

"Forget it, you don't have to worry, go back and eat and sleep well. Even if something really happens, the mastermind isn't likely to target a student like you."

"If the sky collapses, there will be taller ones to hold it."

"The principal will protect you." Le Yu said: "I will too."