Chapter 144: Disciples of the Upper-House
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
On the day of their departure.
More than 500 Long Breath Stage disciples of the Nine Yang Academy gathered outside the east gate of Dragonside City.
A deacon was announcing the names of the team members.
The disciples were divided into three groups of about 180 people each.
Disciples of the four levels were distributed equally.
Unfortunately, Lin Shen wasn’t with Yang Zhongyi and Su Nian. The two of them were on another team.
It was a boisterous scene.
The disciples were either excited or nervous about the upcoming war. They gathered in groups of twos and threes and chatted loudly.
However, not long after, the discussion was suppressed by a low whistle.
A large shadow suddenly fell from the ground, almost enveloping the crowd.
Everyone looked up in shock and realized that three huge objects had appeared in the sky.
They were three towering pagodas!
The tower was divided into seven floors. It had six corners, vermilion pillars, round windows, and exquisite golden bells hanging on the eaves, each with a lifelike divine beast stone sculpture sitting on it. There was a Qi-Gathering Copper Calabash at the top of the pagoda.
The majestic pagodas slowly descended from the sky. The clouds at the bottom of the pagoda shone with auspicious clouds, making one dazzled.
To be honest, Lin Shen had guessed many ways to head to the Dragon Abyss Mountain Range. He thought they would either ride flying spiritual beasts or go through a temporary teleportation array. However, he never expected the Nine Yang Academy to directly mobilize flying Dharma treasures!
This kind of pagoda that could fly in the air was definitely of a higher grade than an enchanted armament. It was a true Dharma treasure!
While Lin Shen was very surprised, the surrounding disciples also sighed repeatedly.
Not long after, the three towers landed on the ground at the same time.
Just as the disciples were wondering how to go up, they saw the Copper Calabash on the top of the three pagodas spew out dense fog at the same time. The fog reached the disciples and turned into clouds that surrounded them. They floated up toward the pagodas.
In a short while, more than 500 disciples had all ascended the three towers.
As soon as he landed and stabilized himself, Lin Shen sized up his surroundings curiously.
He was currently on the first floor of the tower.
This place had been set up as an open-air martial arts arena. At a glance, it was extremely spacious.
There were already more than 20 people standing in the middle of the martial arts arena.
It was obvious that five people among them were leaders.
Two stood in the front and three at the back.
The two people standing at the front were about 40 to 50 years old. They had extraordinary bearings and were hale and hearty. From their attire, they were undoubtedly the tutors of the academy.
The three people standing at the back were young men in their twenties.
“It’s Senior Brother Xie Jingsheng!”
“There’s also Senior Brother Jiang Hao and Senior Brother Mu Chuanhua!”
“In that case, these three Senior Brothers will be leading the team this time!”
“We’re quite lucky. These three Senior Brothers are all extremely powerful, especially Senior Brother Xie Jingsheng. He’s publicly recognized as one of the top three disciples in the upper house!”
Hearing the discussions around him, Lin Shen fell into deep thought.
After learning from Yang Zhongyi that the disciples were led by the upper-house disciples, he specially went to find out more about the latter.
Therefore, he had an impression of the three people in front of him.
Standing in the middle was a tall young man with a smile on his face. He was the Xie Jingsheng that everyone was talking about. In his third year in the academy, he had become one of the top ten disciples in the upper house. This year, he had directly reached the top three. Be it talent or strength, he was second to none in the academy!
More importantly, this Senior Brother Xie wasn’t from an aristocratic family but was a true commoner!
As a result, there was a saying in the academy that if Xie Jingsheng was born into an influential family, then the head of the top ten disciples in the upper house would probably not be Shen Zening, but him!
Standing on Xie Jingsheng’s right was Jiang Hao. He was dressed appropriately and looked arrogant.
On his left was Mu Chuanhua. He was fat and had a warm smile on his face, making people think of Maitreya.
“Silence!”
One of the two tutors standing at the front suddenly spoke.
His deep and sonorous voice immediately suppressed the discussions of the disciples.
The pagodas instantly fell silent. All the disciples shut their mouths and looked at the two tutors.
Seeing this, the tutor nodded in satisfaction and said in a deep voice,
“The operation to eliminate the spiritual beasts of the Tiger Tribe will be coordinated and directed by the three upper-house disciples. Unless you’re surrounded by a large number of spiritual beasts, Master Shi and I won’t interfere. Good luck!”
After saying this, the two tutors left the first floor without any hesitation.
In the following period of time, they would hold down and preside over the lowest level of the pagoda. Unless the disciples were in danger of being wiped out, they wouldn’t interfere.
This war was also a form of training for the disciples!
After the two tutors left, Xie Jingsheng stepped forward and waved his hand with a smile.
“Junior Brothers and Sisters, don’t be nervous. Take a seat.”
Many seats had already been placed in the martial arts arena.
At the head of the table were Xie Jingsheng, Jiang Hao, and Mu Chuanhua.
The other disciples sat on the left and right sides according to their levels and ages.
Lin Shen had been in the academy for the shortest time, so he was sitting at the end of the Earth-rank disciples.
As they were divided into three teams, there were only more than ten Heaven-rank disciples and a little over thirty Earth-rank disciples here.
Without exception, these people were all senior students who had been in the academy for three to four years. They were already familiar with each other.
Hence, Lin Shen was especially conspicuous among them.
Immediately, he attracted strange gazes. There was curiosity, Envy, and even faint hostility..