Chapter 23
"Dao Instructor? I'll go see what's up…"
Yun Xie smiled, completely at ease.
He remembered that something interesting had happened when Li Qi Ye became a Dao Instructor at the Martial Hall or whatever area it was at….
Feeling a small bit of exhilaration in his heart, Yun Xie happily jumped down from the Peak, which he now called the Village Peak, as a temporary name placeholder, and shot through the air, rocketing towards what he presumed was the Martial Hall…
A few Minutes Later….
"This isn't the Martial Hall? Dang, it!" Yun Xie whipped around, rocketing through the air in a trail of smoke and fire towards the actual Martial Hall, where Li Qi Ye would beat up a lot of children.
That was what he remembered. It was the cliche trope where a bunch of idiot disciples doubted him, so Li Qi Ye beat them up, all for the greater good….
Soon, Yun Xie arrived at the Martial Hall. It was a huge building, not as majestic as the Crow Peak, but still pretty cool. In front of it was a huge courtyard of sorts, surrounded by beautiful trees and plants. It would have been more serene if the sound of people being beaten to a pulp was not present….
"Bam! Bam! Bam!" Li Qi Ye no doubt about it….
Walking in, Yun Xie watched as a random disciple landed at his feet, beaten black and blue. A crowd of charging rebellious disciples were lunging at Li Qi Ye, who mercilessly beat them up with the Serpent Punishing Stick…
The spectating students were completely horrified, looking at the piles upon piles of limp-beaten disciples. Blood covered the ground and some people had their teeth knocked out, crying out in terror.
"Sen-Senior, we, we, we didn't rebel." A female disciple with wide eyes stepped back, waving her hands in the air.
Li Qi Ye smirked, twirling the stick before speaking dismissively. "My first class is very simple. It is to let you all know that anyone can challenge me; however, the result of challenging me will be as you all can see with your own eyes."
He mercilessly lunged forwards, hitting the rest of the scared disciples indiscriminately.
Lazily stepping by, Yun Xie tossed Li Qi Ye a dumpling, who nodded in appreciation. Some of the remaining disciples tried to run out of the Hall's courtyard, but Nan Huai Ren sighed, throwing them back into the "Lions Den"...
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Though against the disciples that did not rebel, Li Qi Ye went a lot easier on them, only bringing them to the ground, but it still must have hurt….
Yun Xie tossed another dumpling to Nan Huai Ren, who quickly bowed. Out of all the people in the sect, Nan Huai Ren, Li Qi Ye, and Li Shuangyan, and Protector Mo all knew of Yun Xie's culinary expertise. Even though they did not really have to eat much, it was still heavenly and filling….
After a while, Li Qi Ye sat back down on a chair and told the disciples some arrogant words, before speaking with Sectional Leader Zhou for a while. Zhou walked away disgruntled and Li Shuangyan and Yun Xie came over, but for different reasons.
Yun Xie…. Was just being himself, while Li Shuangyan coldly engaged in conversation with Li Qi Ye.
Li Shuangyan indifferently spoke scathingly. "You make enemies in all four directions, are you not afraid of others cutting you?", which was followed by some more arrogant Li Qi Ye "domineering" speeches.
Li Qi Ye suddenly revealed his Life Wheel, kicking out at Li Shuangyan, who was sent back a few feet. It was a kick from one who practiced the Hell Suppressing Physique or something plus a Kun Peng art so it was pretty strong.
After the conversation had finished, Yun Xie, Li Shuangyan, and Nan Huai Ren walked away. Li Qi Ye was off to Lonely Peak to do something else so they just decided to take a stroll.
"Huh…. Staying around Li Qi Ye is quite difficult…" Nan Huai Ren sighed. He was now sort of comfortable with talking around the two due to a mutual annoyance with Li Qi Ye's antiques. Not much Yun Xie, but they all still got along. Sort of funny, a Caretaker, a Princess, and a Random Mortal just chilling out, talking about the menial things in life.
Yun Xie smiled, his "Bandit King" plan was going well, and Dong Shenglong clone had already told the Jewel Kingdom the fake news.
"So…. Nan Huai Ren, how is the Outer Sect right now?" Yun Xie asked curiously.
"Ugh… Those guys…. The Elders are on and on about Sect unity but the number of factions that have popped up is a little unbearable." Na Huai Ren complained about the Outer Sect, with Li SHuangyan also a little curious. Though she was quite the prolific member of the Demon Gate Sect, she did not really pay attention to Outer Sect matters. It seemed they were more complicated than she had anticipated.
"Just last month, two of the factions got into a big fight, resulting in a few peaks benign destroyed…. I am the one who has to deal with it along with Pu Zhou, the other caretaker…."
They continued walking for a while, before making their way into a medium-sized training ground, where Yun Xie decided to set up a barbeque….
"Hey, guys… Wanna roast some meat here?" Yun Xie asked nonchalantly.
The other two immediately froze. That hot pot….. Was heavenly, the dumplings were too. Nodding, Li Shuangyan and Nan Huai Ren looked expectantly, as Yun Xie flashed a few hand signs creating a table and some chairs. He popped a huge iron grill into existence, with some spices and other ingredients.
"Katon: Fireball Jutsu!" Yun Xie blew out a huge ball of fire, which ignited the grill, and soon, the grid began to turn orange from the heat.