Chapter 240

Chapter 240: A Disobedient Dog!

Guan Xuan Dao!

　　Storming Guan Xuan Dao!

　　The entire Gu Zhou Guan Xuan Academy was shocked. Someone was actually storming Guan Xuan Dao?

　　You have to understand, storming Guan Xuan Dao generally means someone has been wronged. Who was the last person to storm Guan Xuan Dao over an injustice?

　　Ye Tianming!

　　And the impact of that incident was undeniably massive. Afterward, every academy in Qing Zhou was implicated.

　　And now, the same thing had happened in Gu Zhou.

　　Every senior figure at Gu Zhou Guan Xuan Academy was shocked, and they all mobilized at once. In no time, every top leader had appeared at Guan Xuan Dao.

　　Leading them was an elderly man — none other than Gu Yue, the headmaster of Gu Zhou Academy.

　　Gu Yue stared at Yang Jia on Guan Xuan Dao in the distance, his expression extremely grim. “What’s going on?”

　　The examiner beside him looked rather uncomfortable and quickly explained the whole sequence of events.

　　After hearing it, Gu Yue turned and gave the middle-aged man from the Zheng family a cold look. The latter’s expression was equally unpleasant — he hadn’t expected Yang Jia to be so bold as to go straight for Guan Xuan Dao.

　　”We can’t let him storm Guan Xuan Dao!”

　　At that moment, an elderly man beside Gu Yue said in a low voice, “This matter carries too much weight.”

　　Gu Yue’s expression was terrible. Regardless of whether this young man could make it through Guan Xuan Dao, the whole affair was a massive negative mark against them.

　　Because they were all subject to evaluations, and with something like this happening at their academy, those above would certainly take notice. It would cost them heavily in their assessments.

　　Gu Yue immediately appeared before Yang Jia and smiled. “Young man, don’t be so impulsive. If there’s something to discuss, let’s talk it through.”

　　Yang Jia said, “And you are?”

　　Gu Yue smiled. “I’m the academy headmaster.”

　　Yang Jia said, “The Zheng family abused their power for personal gain and forcibly took my spot. I had no choice but to take this path of Guan Xuan Dao……”

　　Gu Yue smiled and said, “I’m already aware of the situation. Don’t worry, we’ll give you justice. Come out first, alright?”

　　After a brief silence, Yang Jia said, “Fine.”

　　With that, he stepped off Guan Xuan Dao.

　　Gu Yue felt a wave of relief. “Wait here for a moment while we handle this.”

　　Yang Jia nodded.

　　Gu Yue then led the senior figures back into the main hall. Inside, his expression was extremely dark. “What does everyone think?”

　　An elderly man said in a low voice, “We can’t touch the Zheng family.”

　　Silence fell over the room.

　　Of course they couldn’t touch the Zheng family!

　　Although the Zheng family was only a third-tier clan, one of their women had married into the second-tier Tuogu clan, and she had even borne a son for the Tuogu clan — a son who was now the Tuogu clan’s heir apparent.

　　That was precisely why the Zheng family had risen to become a third-tier clan.

　　Moving against the Zheng family was the same as disrespecting the Tuogu clan. And the Tuogu clan……. the Tuogu clan had some history with the Yang family!

　　How could they dare take that risk?

　　And beyond that, setting everything else aside, the Tuogu clan alone was not something they could afford to provoke. After all, the Tuogu clan had people in both the inner and outer cabinets of the main academy. One word from the Tuogu clan, and every one of them could forget about ever entering the outer cabinet.

　　Offending the Zheng family for the sake of a minor clan’s descendant……. that was clearly a very bad deal.

　　”So what do we do?”

　　Another academy elder asked, “That young man is clearly someone who doesn’t know his place and is extremely stubborn. If we don’t give him an answer, he’ll probably go back to storming Guan Xuan Dao…….”

　　”Just get rid of him?”

　　Someone suggested.

　　The moment those words came out, Gu Yue at the head of the group immediately furrowed his brow. He glanced at the elder. “The Zheng family hasn’t given us anything. Why should we clean up their mess?”

　　The elder gave an awkward smile. “It was just a suggestion. The Zheng family may only be a third-tier clan, but they have ties to the Tuogu clan. I actually think we could do them a favor and earn some goodwill.”

　　Gu Yue shook his head. “That kind of goodwill is neither here nor there — it’s meaningless. Let the Zheng family handle this themselves.”

　　Another person nodded in agreement. “There’s no need to clean up after the Zheng family. We take in this young man first, then let the Zheng family deal with him on their own. The Zheng family already has a grudge with him over this matter, so they definitely won’t let him go. Whatever happens in the future, our academy can wash our hands of it.”

　　Gu Yue nodded. “That’s what we’ll do.”

　　With that, he looked at the elder beside him. “Old Cheng, go see him. Tell him he’s now a disciple of the academy, then assign him some task at random, and notify the Zheng family afterward.”

　　The elder known as Old Cheng nodded. “Understood.”

　　With that, he turned and left.

　　In the main hall.

　　Old Cheng looked at Yang Jia before him. “From this moment on, you are a student of our Gu Zhou Academy.”

　　With that, he handed Yang Jia a token.

　　Yang Jia took the token and asked, “And the Zheng family…….”

　　Old Cheng said, “We’re already handling the Zheng family. It just takes a little time. Don’t be impatient.”

　　Yang Jia glanced at Old Cheng and nodded.

　　Old Cheng continued, “There’s a letter here that needs to be delivered to the capital of Gu Zhou. Every student who first enters the academy must complete an initial task — this is yours. It’s just a formality, very simple.”

　　Yang Jia looked at Old Cheng and nodded. “Alright.”

　　With that, he took the letter, then turned and left.

　　Old Cheng watched Yang Jia walk away and gave a slight shake of his head.

　　Rather than taking a carriage back as before, Yang Jia made his way to the academy’s cloud ship dock. He purchased a ticket for a cloud ship back to Gu Zhou, but just as he was about to board, his brow suddenly furrowed. After a brief silence, he boarded anyway — but a short while later, he disguised himself and got back off.

　　After disembarking, he watched with his own eyes as the cloud ship flew out of Guan Xuan Academy. He was planning to take a carriage back, but just then, a tremendous boom suddenly rang out across the sky.

　　Boom!

　　The cloud ship suddenly exploded, shattering into countless fragments that scattered across the sky.

　　Below, witnessing this scene, Yang Jia’s expression instantly turned extremely grim. In that moment, he was truly shaken.

　　He had considered that the academy and the Zheng family might try to kill him, but he hadn’t expected them to destroy the entire cloud ship.

　　There were over a hundred people on board!

　　Yang Jia stared fixedly at that stretch of sky. “How dare they……. how could they dare…….”

　　He truly hadn’t imagined that the people below could be so utterly lawless.

　　And this was only a third-tier clan.

　　What was most terrifying was that Gu Zhou Guan Xuan Academy had clearly already colluded with the Zheng family.

　　Utterly lawless!

　　Yang Jia took a long, deep breath. He turned and glanced at the academy not far away. He didn’t go back — instead, he quietly slipped away from the academy grounds.

　　He knew that the academy was no longer a place he could stay.

　　As for Guan Xuan Dao, he understood all too well that the other side would never give him another chance to storm it.

　　Not only that, but staying here would certainly put his life in danger.

　　After descending the mountain, he didn’t even take a carriage. At the same time, he immediately found a place to cultivate the Guan Xuan Universe Method, particularly the technique for concealing one’s aura. He needed to hide every trace of his presence.

　　Two hours later, he emerged from a mountain cave. By then, his own aura had been fully masked. This time, he planned to go directly to the main academy.

　　Meanwhile, on the other side.

　　The Zheng family.

　　”He wasn’t on the cloud ship!”

　　Inside the hall, an elderly man said darkly.

　　Not far away, seated at the head position was a middle-aged man — none other than Zheng Xiao, the current head of the Zheng family.

　　Zheng Xiao stared at the elder before him. “Over such a trivial matter, you went ahead and destroyed an entire cloud ship. Fools!”

　　The elder quickly said, “Family head, rest assured. We handled this beautifully. The cloud ship was old and fell apart due to mechanical failure — it will never be traced back to us.”

　　Zheng Xiao shook his head. “When I call you fools, I’m not talking about destroying a cloud ship. I’m talking about the fact that after destroying a cloud ship, you still failed to eliminate him!”

　　The elder was speechless.

　　Zheng Xiao slowly closed his eyes. “That young man dared to storm Guan Xuan Dao……. which means he’s not someone who fears death. And after boarding the cloud ship, he got back off — clearly, he had already realized we wouldn’t let him go. So tell me, what do you think he’ll do now?”

　　The elder looked somewhat puzzled. “What will he do?”

　　Zheng Xiao stared at him. “He knows full well that Gu Zhou is no longer safe for him. He will certainly go to appeal — to the main academy!”

　　The elder’s expression instantly darkened.

　　Zheng Xiao continued, “His family is still here, aren’t they?”

　　The elder was momentarily stunned, then immediately said, “Understood.”

　　With that, he turned and walked away.

　　Zheng Xiao watched the departing elder with an expression of utter contempt. “A bunch of useless trash, can’t even handle something this small!”

　　The real world.

　　After taking charge of Guan Xuan Academy, Ye Tianming had done nothing for the past few days but read and familiarize himself with the cabinet.

　　The cabinet currently had thirteen elders in total, along with sixty-nine other cabinet members. At his suggestion, Miss Ding had also been admitted into the cabinet. Beyond that, he had established his own inner circle, named the “Guoshi Pavilion” — though for now, it had only one member: Miss Ding.

　　On this day, Ye Tianming convened a cabinet meeting. Everyone in the cabinet was present, including the young lord Xin.

　　Inside the cabinet hall, everyone was watching Ye Tianming, curious about what this “young master” intended to do.

　　Because after Yang Jia had come to the real world, he had never once convened a cabinet meeting.

　　Xin Gongzi was also present.

　　Ye Tianming said, “I have a few things to inform you of. First, I intend to nominate several people for the outer cabinet. Here is the list…….”

　　With that, he gave a light sweep of his sleeve, and a folded document instantly appeared before each person.

　　Inside the documents were several names — An Yan, Fa Zhen, Fang Yu, and others were all included.

　　Seeing this, everyone was stunned.

　　Xin Gongzi suddenly stepped forward. “Young master, this doesn’t follow protocol and cannot be carried out…….”

　　Ye Tianming turned to look at Xin Gongzi. “I’m informing you, not asking for your opinion.”

　　Seeing Ye Tianming’s forceful manner, Xin Gongzi was momentarily taken aback. Before he could speak, a follower beside him immediately said, “Young master, the young lord is right. This doesn’t follow protocol. We can’t just do as you say. You’d better discuss it with Xin Gongzi first, and then…….”

　　Ye Tianming gently pressed down with his right hand.

　　Boom!

　　The man who had spoken was instantly crushed to his knees by a terrifying force.

　　Everyone was startled.

　　Ye Tianming slowly walked up to the kneeling man and looked down at him. “This Guan Xuan Academy belongs to my Yang family, or……”

　　At that, he looked toward Xin Gongzi. “Or does it belong to you?”

　　Xin Gongzi stared at Ye Tianming for a moment, then said, “It naturally belongs to the young master.”

　　Ye Tianming fixed his gaze on Xin Gongzi. “I don’t like dogs that don’t listen……”

　　With that, he suddenly broke into a smile. “I meant him, not you. Don’t take it the wrong way.”

　　Everyone: ……