Fantasy, starting with a treasure bowl

"Hahaha! How dare you, you brat, spout such nonsense!"

Faced with Lu Feng's challenge, Cheng Xuyuan laughed loudly, a cruel and disdainful look on his face. "Fine! Very well...! Since you've chosen your own death, then I'll grant your wish!"

"You surnamed Lu, the academy competition in three months will be your death anniversary!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Xuyuan slowly withdrew his Yuan energy and turned to leave Mercury Peak, seemingly accepting Lu Feng's challenge.

"Master Cheng, wait for us!"

Seeing this, Liu Heng and the others were also stunned, and quickly followed.

"Master Cheng, please forgive my boldness, but why didn't you just cripple Lu Feng directly, instead of agreeing to his bet..."

Liu Heng gritted his teeth, then looked at Cheng Xuyuan in front of him and tentatively asked in a low voice.

After all, opportunity knocks but once.

If Lu Feng is allowed to escape now, he will likely become a scourge and threat to the Five Spirits Society in the future.

"Hmph, he's just a mere tenth-level Qi Opening Realm martial artist. At most, he can only show off his power in the North Courtyard. What's there to be afraid of?"

Faced with Liu Heng and the others' confusion, Cheng Xuyuan merely snorted coldly, his face still full of arrogance, "Let alone just three months, even if this brat were given another three years, he wouldn't be a match for me!"

"Besides, as a member of the Southern Academy, it would be beneath my dignity to attack a mere freshman from the Northern Academy in public. It would be better to wait until the academy competition three months from now!"

"This move will firstly demonstrate the prestige of the Five Elements Society, and secondly, it will deter the petty scoundrels from other branches, letting them know the consequences of offending our Five Elements Society...!"

Cheng Xuyuan crossed his arms and said arrogantly, clearly not taking Lu Feng's bet seriously.

After all, he was a dignified expert at the third level of the Spirit Soul Realm, while Lu Feng was just a minor martial artist at the tenth level of the Meridian Opening Realm. No matter how strong his talent and strength were, he was no match for him!

"I see, Master Cheng is indeed wise!"

Upon hearing Cheng Xuyuan's idea, Liu Heng and the others, who had been puzzled, suddenly understood and immediately praised him for his wisdom.

After all, what the other party said made sense. Even if Lu Feng were given another three months, he would not be able to cross the huge gap between the Opening Meridian Realm and the Spirit Soul Realm. In the end, he would only face death!

"Young Master Lu, you're just going to let him go like that?"

After Cheng Xuyuan and the others left, a wisp of Gu Canyang's remnant soul slowly floated out of the treasure basin and then appeared in front of Lu Feng, seemingly somewhat surprised by the latter's actions.

"With your current strength and cultivation level, if you were to go all out, you might very well be able to kill this person..."

A hint of doubt flashed across Gu Canyang's cloudy, yellowish eyes.

Although Lu Feng was clearly at a slight disadvantage in the previous exchange, it was not impossible for him to turn the tables and kill Cheng Xuyuan; he had at least a 70% chance of winning!

However, Lu Feng did not choose to go all out, but only defended throughout, which was one of the reasons why Gu Canyang was surprised.

"Ancient, a mere Cheng Xuyuan is no threat to me, and my target isn't just him..."

"Hmm? Could it be that you're thinking of...?"

Gu Canyang seemed to have thought of something as well, and his eyes narrowed again.

"That's right..."

Lu Feng's lips curled into a ruthless sneer. "Although Cheng Xuyuan is one of the high-ranking members of the Five Elements Society, he is ultimately just a slightly more capable lackey. If we want to completely eliminate the threat of the Five Elements Society, the only way is to deal with that bastard Xu Tianlong...!"

"Heh, I didn't expect you to have such a big appetite..."

Knowing Lu Feng's thoughts, Gu Canyang stroked his long beard and revealed a meaningful smile. "The bet is a pretense, the real intention is to fish for fish. You actually want to use this academy competition to wipe out the entire Five Spirits Society in one fell swoop. I admire your courage..."

At first, Gu Canyang thought that the other party was deliberately hiding his strength and trump cards, which was why he did not go all out. Now it seems that he underestimated Lu Feng's appetite. The latter's real purpose was to completely wipe out the Five Spirits Society!

"Have you almost used up your elemental stones again...?"

Calming his mind, Lu Feng circulated his Yuan Power to examine the storage space in his hand, only to find it completely empty, with only a few hundred low-grade Yuan Stones remaining. He couldn't help but sigh softly.

During this closed-door cultivation, although Lu Feng broke through to the tenth level of the Meridian Opening Realm in one fell swoop, he also spent nearly ten million low-grade spirit stones, which can be described as a huge consumption!

"Hey! We're running out of elemental stones! Looks like we need to find a way to get more..."

Lu Feng sighed, then put his storage ring back in the next moment and flew towards Baiqiu Peak in the northwest of Cangmang Mountain.

That place is where the main hall of Falling Star Academy is located.

As for Lu Feng's purpose in going to the academy's main hall, it was simple: to collect his monthly salary.

Although he was just a new student in the North Academy, his monthly salary was not much, only 100 contribution points. Even if all these contribution points were exchanged for low-grade spirit stones, it would only amount to a little over 10,000.

However, for Lu Feng, even the smallest mosquito leg is still meat, and it's better than nothing!

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The top of Baiqiufeng Mountain, in front of the college hall

A figure in a gray robe streaked through the air and landed steadily on the mountaintop, revealing a youthful face. The newcomer was clearly very young.

"Look, isn't that Lu Feng?"

"It really seems to be him! I didn't expect him to cause such a huge mess, and now he even dares to show his face in public. Is this kid truly fearless...!"

"Who knows! But we'd better stay away from this kid for now, otherwise if the Five Spirits Society targets us, we're finished!"

"I've heard that the five high-ranking members of the Five Elements Society are all senior students from the Southern Academy, and each of them is quite powerful. Among them, the leader, Xu Tianlong, is even a sixth-level Spirit Soul Realm expert. We can't afford to offend them!"

Seeing Lu Feng suddenly appear, some young students passing by couldn't help but whisper among themselves, their faces showing surprise. However, most of them stood far away, not daring to approach him even a step closer.

After all, the rumor that Lu Feng had a feud with the Five Spirits Society was common knowledge throughout the entire North Academy, and most of the young students passing by were from the North Academy. Naturally, they dared not approach the former for fear of getting into trouble.

Ignoring the strange looks from those around him, Lu Feng walked straight towards the academy's main hall, seemingly oblivious to everything else and focused solely on getting something for nothing.

A short while later, Lu Feng arrived at a window inside the hall and took out the Cangmang Token engraved with his name from his pocket.

"Hey buddy, I'm here to collect my salary for this month."

Lu Feng handed the Cangmang Token to a young man in a blue robe at the window counter opposite him, and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Young man, are you here to collect your salary? Please wait a moment..."

The blue-robed youth glanced at Lu Feng as well, his face slightly stunned. The next moment, he raised his hand to accept the Cangmang Token and then slowly placed it on a cyan stone artifact shaped like a millstone.

Click!

The Azure Token was perfectly inlaid in the center of the blue stone artifact, as if it were a natural creation, but it did not emit any spiritual energy reaction, and seemed to be just an ordinary identity token.

"Well, young man, you haven't met the requirements for receiving your salary yet, so this month's salary cannot be paid temporarily..."

Seeing this, the blue-robed youth shook his head slightly, then raised his hand again and sucked out the Cangmang Token from the center of the cyan stone artifact, returning it to Lu Feng opposite him.