Chapter 288

Chapter 288: Ye Tianming’s Weakness!

Ye Tianming arrived at a place above the clouds. The Academy of Humanity was located on this expanse of clouds, with a towering grand hall standing majestically within them, incredibly impressive.

The Academy of Humanity had sixty-two students from all corners of the universe, of every background imaginable.

At this moment, sixty of the sixty-two students had arrived.

Because everyone knew that a new teacher would be coming today.

When it came to the teachers of the Academy, every single one of them was a legendary figure.

After all, those who could come here as students were all top-tier prodigies, so the teachers naturally had to be exceptionally outstanding — otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to command respect.

As for this new teacher, everyone was quite curious.

Zhou Qing had not directly told the students about Ye Tianming’s identity and background. In his view, whether Ye Tianming could ultimately fulfill the role of teacher was something Ye Tianming would have to prove himself.

When Ye Tianming walked into the classroom with Zhantai Zhan, sixty pairs of eyes snapped toward him all at once. Upon seeing how young Ye Tianming was, the students’ faces visibly showed astonishment.

This young?

Ye Tianming glanced at everyone, then looked at Zhantai Zhan and smiled, “Go find a seat.”

Zhantai Zhan nodded, then walked into the classroom and found a corner to sit down in.

Ye Tianming walked up to the podium. Looking out at everyone below, he smiled and said, “Hello everyone, my name is Ye Tianming, the new teacher at the Academy of Humanity.”

“Tianming?”

Below, a young man laughed, “New teacher, don’t you think that name is a bit too grand? Aren’t you afraid you can’t live up to it?”

The other students all burst out laughing as well.

Ye Tianming looked at the young man who had spoken. The young man smiled back at him without a trace of timidity — on the contrary, there was even a hint of provocation.

Ye Tianming smiled, then said, “Let’s go.”

The young man looked puzzled, “Go where?”

Ye Tianming said, “Outside. One-on-one!”

Whoosh!

The room instantly erupted in an uproar.

What the hell?

Damn!

A teacher challenging a student to a fight?

The young man was also stunned, clearly not having expected Ye Tianming to pull something like this out of nowhere.

Ye Tianming smiled, “I know — you all definitely don’t accept me, this young new teacher. I get it, I really do. After all, I’m so young, so what gives me the right to be a teacher? So I understand your provocation. Because if I were in your shoes, I’d do the same. But I want to be your teacher, and I want to earn your genuine respect, so let’s keep it simple — one-on-one!”

Saying that, he looked at the young man, “You’re up. We’ll go outside and fight one-on-one. Of course, just a fight alone isn’t that interesting, so let’s make a bet — whoever loses has to bark like a dog. How about it?”

Bark like a dog?

The classroom erupted in an uproar.

That bet… was truly enormous.

Whoever lost would never be able to hold their head up in the Academy again.

The young man stared at Ye Tianming, “Then let’s go!”

He wasn’t backing down one bit.

“Let’s go!”

Ye Tianming laughed as well, and with that, he walked toward the exit.

“Let’s go!”

Inside the classroom, the students all bolted out in a rush.

They absolutely loved watching a good show like this.

Zhantai Zhan also hurried out.

Soon, everyone gathered in a wide open plaza — the place where people usually meditated and cultivated, built atop the clouds. Looking out to either side, the sea of clouds churned and rolled, a truly spectacular sight.

The young man stared at Ye Tianming, “How do you want to fight?”

Ye Tianming smiled, “Just a normal fight. One round decides the winner.”

The young man nodded, “Fine.”

With that, he opened his palm.

Boom!

In an instant, the sea of clouds overhead began to churn violently, and then a bolt of ten-thousand-zhang lightning burst through the clouds.

A terrifying thunderous pressure swept down from the sea of clouds, as if it would crush heaven and earth to dust.

The Way of Thunder!

Dao-Establishment Realm!

And moreover, this Way of Thunder already carried the momentum of a “Settled Dao,” for within his thunderous might there was already the power of the Grand Dao Rankings.

As everyone knew, once a Dao was settled, one could draw upon the power of the Grand Dao Rankings.

The young man clearly wasn’t taking this lightly — from the very first move, he went all out, without any probing whatsoever.

And at that very moment, Ye Tianming suddenly extended one finger and pressed down gently.

Boom!

In an instant, every single person in the plaza had their cultivation completely reset to zero.

The Law of All Beings!

All beings are equal!

Because Ye Tianming’s current realm was zero, when he invoked this equality of all beings, everyone’s cultivation vanished in an instant.

Every single person!

Everyone stood frozen in place, like statues of clay and wood.

The plaza fell deathly silent.

The moment the young man’s cultivation was reset to zero, all of his Grand Dao power vanished without a trace in an instant.

At this point, Ye Tianming suddenly looked at the other students and said with an awkward smile, “Sorry, really sorry — I accidentally lost control of my power for a moment and reset everyone’s cultivation.”

Everyone: “…….”

Ye Tianming flicked his sleeve, and everyone’s cultivation returned to normal.

The students looked at Ye Tianming. There were no smiles on their faces now — only a gravity they had never felt before.

In that instant just now, it wasn’t that they hadn’t tried to resist, but it had been completely useless. Their Grand Dao power had been utterly ineffective against this Law.

All reset to zero!

Everyone’s hearts were shaken beyond measure.

In the shadows.

Zhou Qing and Muse both wore grave expressions at this moment — especially Muse, who stared fixedly at Ye Tianming, because in that instant just now, her cultivation had been reset to zero as well.

Zhou Qing said quietly, “It seems I still underestimated the Law of All Beings this kid created.”

The Law of All Beings!

He had naturally heard of it.

But at first, he hadn’t paid it much attention. After all, from the perspective of those here, the martial cultivation civilization of the True Universe was still somewhat on the weaker side. But having witnessed it with his own eyes today, he realized he had greatly underestimated this Law.

This Law could be said to be an unrivaled existence against anyone below the Circle-Drawing Realm.

On the plaza, Ye Tianming looked at the young man standing not far in front of him. The young man’s expression was subdued, “I lost.”

Ye Tianming smiled, “Just treat it as a joke.”

“No!”

The young man suddenly looked at Ye Tianming, “I, Zhou Munan, accept my loss… woof, woof…”

And with that, he actually started barking like a dog for real.

Ye Tianming was somewhat taken aback.

At this moment, none of the students laughed. They were still in shock.

Ye Tianming glanced at everyone and smiled, “Back to class.”

After returning to the classroom, the students all quieted down, with no one causing any more trouble.

This teacher might be young, but his strength was genuinely incredible.

At a time like this, if you still tried to stir up trouble, you were purely asking for death.

On the podium.

Ye Tianming looked at everyone and smiled, “This is also my first time teaching a class. Honestly, I don’t know what to lecture about, so how about this — today we just chat. Let’s talk freely. You can ask me anything, and of course I’ll ask you some questions too.”

Below, a young woman suddenly stood up. She looked at Ye Tianming, “Teacher, I’ve heard of you. You come from the True World, and you’ve defeated Yang Jia, the young lord of the Guanxuan Universe, three times. Is that right?”

Ye Tianming looked at the woman who had spoken. She wore a light purple dress, with delicate features, very large eyes, and a bright smile on her face — clearly a very lively person.

Ye Tianming nodded, “Yes.”

The woman smiled, “Teacher, the Law of All Beings — it’s a Law created for all living beings, right?”

Ye Tianming nodded, “That’s right.”

The woman blinked, “Then we’re also part of all living beings — does that mean we can learn it too?”

Everyone: “……”

Ye Tianming smiled, “You can learn it.”

The woman immediately said, “Then please teach me, Teacher.”

As she spoke, she gave a deep bow.

Everyone: “…….”

Ye Tianming looked at the woman and smiled, “What’s your name?”

The woman smiled, “My name is Bei Zhaohan.”

Ye Tianming smiled and said, “The Law of All Beings can be learned by all living beings, but there is one condition — the person learning it must be very kind-hearted. Otherwise, it will backfire on them. So, do you still want to learn?”

The Law of All Beings!

He naturally had to place restrictions on this Law. Without restrictions, the Law of All Beings could become a law of evil.

And in the future, the more widely this Law spread and the stronger it became, the stricter the restrictions would need to be.

“I see!”

Bei Zhaohan said with some resignation, “Then I can’t learn it.”

Ye Tianming asked, “Why not?”

Bei Zhaohan smiled, “I like to do as I please and don’t like being restricted. If killing someone in the future means I’d have to first pass my own moral judgment, that’s no fun at all.”

Ye Tianming: “…….”

At this moment, a young man suddenly raised his hand timidly.

Ye Tianming looked at him. The young man appeared gentle and frail. He looked at Ye Tianming and said, “Teacher, I’m willing to be a kind person. Can I learn it?”

The moment he spoke, the other students in the classroom suddenly went very quiet. They were clearly quite wary of this person.

Ye Tianming smiled, “Really?”

The young man nodded earnestly, “Really.”

Ye Tianming looked at the young man, “Teacher also has another special ability. Do you know what it is?”

The young man asked curiously, “What?”

Ye Tianming smiled, “Teacher also has a Dao called the Dao of Evil. Teacher can sense very strong, very powerful killing intent and malicious intent coming from you. Can you explain that?”

The young man was instantly stunned.

Before coming here, he had already learned that the Academy recruited based solely on talent and strength. As for one’s background, identity, personality, or moral character, the Academy simply didn’t care.

Of course, there were still certain rules of the Academy that had to be followed.

It was precisely because of this that many students at the Academy were, in truth, far from virtuous.

And this seemingly gentle and frail young man in front of him harbored an extraordinarily terrifying killing intent and malicious intent within him — the strongest among all the students present.

This was not a good person.

The gentle, frail-looking young man smiled faintly, “Teacher is truly impressive to be able to see even that. But I’m genuinely very interested in Teacher’s Law and really want to learn it. What can I do?”

Ye Tianming smiled, “I’m afraid that won’t be possible.”

The gentle, frail-looking young man looked at Ye Tianming, “Teacher, do you have a weakness? For instance… that young lady over there is really quite beautiful.”

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhantai Zhan sitting in the corner, smiling without a word.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly dropped to freezing point.

And the smile that had been on Ye Tianming’s face vanished completely at that moment.

Yet the young man continued to smile and look at Ye Tianming.