Journey to the West: The Mountain Shaker

Chapter 26 Earth Class

Amidst the clamor, no one noticed that one day in early March, Cai Fei, who called himself the son of Aolai, had quietly become a formal student of Aolai Academy.

Aolai, as the name suggests, means "the proud come, the humble go".

Some people say that the "arrogance" in Aolai is actually the same as the "unruly" in Aolai.

The origin of its name is long lost to history, but this island was first a penal colony for criminals, then a gathering place for monsters, and finally the site of Sun Wukong's rebellion. The term "unruly" is absolutely fitting.

Such a wild and unruly place naturally warrants the use of etiquette and law to restrain it.

After quelling the rebellion of the Seven Demons, the Heavenly Court immediately established the Aolai Academy on Flower Fruit Mountain.

For the past century, the Heavenly Court has sent only Confucian cultivators to Aolai. In addition to teaching the four arts of cultivation, they have devoted more energy to teaching their students how to practice the law, learn etiquette, and cultivate their character.

The Heavenly Court had good intentions, and the teachers they sent down in the first few years were very serious. But unfortunately, these teachers were mostly from the literary cultivation school. They may be knowledgeable and have high moral character, but their combat ability, which is the most crucial factor, was mostly trash.

In Aolai, where strength is paramount, a teacher without combat power is a joke, and so Aolai Academy quickly became a joke as well.

Less than ten years after its establishment, Huaguo Mountain became a hell for teachers, and Aolai Academy became a notorious black school throughout the entire Heavenly Realm. Students disregarded school rules and regulations, and could chat, joke, and eat melon seeds without restraint in class...

This year's "Earth," "Black," and "Yellow" classes were even more extreme than previous years. Perhaps out of anger at the collaboration between the academy and the Star Moon Sect, or perhaps out of resentment at being excluded from the top-tier classes, the students in these classes not only showed disrespect and contempt for their teachers, but they also began to verbally abuse and even physically assault them...

The most outrageous of these is the "Earth" class, which is mainly composed of teenagers from the central region of Aolai. They are known for their fierce and unruly nature. In just one month, this class has driven away three school leaders and more than a dozen teaching assistants.

Left with no other choice, the academy adjusted its teaching staff and invited the semi-reclusive old advisor, Long Hen, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, to take over the "Earth" class and serve as its head teacher.

Longhen is nearly 200 years old. He was seriously injured in the "Battle of the Seven Demons" in his early years. Although he is tall and his body has been hunched over for many years, his cultivation at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm is still there. When he gets impatient, he can scare a large group of people with a single intimidation spell. With him taking over, the "Earth" class immediately became much more obedient.

Unfortunately, Longhen was too weak. In the first few days, he was quite diligent and punished a few of the ringleaders with ruthless methods, which turned around the class discipline in one fell swoop.

But after seven days he felt a bit tired. After half a month, the old man appointed several class leaders to manage the daily work, and then he only patrolled once every morning and evening, and did not go out to patrol at other times.

The group of unruly students in Class 1D immediately revived. The class leader appointed by Longhen only took attendance and dared not interfere in anything else.

So during class, some students slept and others played, and after class, it was common for them to split into groups to insult each other, fight, and brawl. Apart from no longer verbally abusing or assaulting teachers, everything else remained the same as before.

However, the academy was content. They didn't expect anything from them anyway, and as long as they didn't cause any major trouble, they didn't bother with them.

As usual, Xiu Longhen arrived early that day.

It was raining, but the protective array of Huaguo Mountain had its own rainproof function, so no matter how the wind and rain blew outside, the mountain was as warm as an indoor room.

The sky was still dark, and dawn had not yet broken, but the small hill where the Earth Class was located was already full of students. Old Longhen sat upright in front, and everyone was quiet.

More than sixty people sat on a stone platform that was several dozen feet in circumference. Without Longhen's prompting, everyone was already sitting cross-legged, facing the sunrise, breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

At this time, the sky was not yet bright, but the sunlight was gradually rising, and the spiritual veins within the mountain had been activated, with the spiritual energy gradually becoming richer.

Regardless of purity or concentration, the spiritual energy produced by the second-level spiritual vein of Huaguo Mountain is far superior to that of ordinary spiritual fields. Cultivation in such an environment is twice as effective with half the effort, which is the main reason why the people of Aolai are willing to send their children to the academy.

You should know that the tuition alone for the academy is 10,000 yuan a year, and other miscellaneous expenses add up to another 5,000 or 6,000 yuan. Aolai is poor, and not many people can afford this amount.

The academy has been established for a hundred years, and to this day, the enrollment rate of eligible cultivators is only about 10%. Therefore, no matter how unruly the young people who can get in are, they will definitely be diligent in their cultivation at this moment - they can't afford to waste this money!

Longhen was very satisfied. After half an hour, he stood up and said, "If there is anything, report it immediately. If not, leave."

One by one, the students stood up. A very few greeted him, but most ignored him and left noisily, calling to their friends.

Longhen didn't care; he didn't expect these people to be polite or cause trouble.

He planned to stand there for a while as usual, and then return to the cave to continue refining elixirs.

At 187 years old, he was nearing the end of his life. None of the younger generation of the Long family were promising, so he had to try his best to refine some valuable pills to leave a foundation for future generations.

Suddenly, a very smart-looking boy walked over. He was a student in the class, but he couldn't remember his name.

As I get older, I don't have a good memory, or rather, I'm too lazy to remember these people.

Of all the successors, he could only name three or four of the most outstanding ones in this class, and this one was clearly not among them.

"Master Long, I have some thoughts about the class, and I hope you can support me." The boy handed over a piece of paper, his attitude respectful and slightly shy, but overall composed.

Longhen took it and glanced at it briefly; it was an application form.

The boy applied to be the class's discipline officer, to act on his behalf and manage the class's discipline.

They've got guts!

But if so many teachers at the academy can't do it, how can a little kid like you do it?

Moreover, his cultivation level is only at the fourth level of Qi Refining!

Seeing the old man's slightly puzzled expression, the spiritual energy within the young man's body suddenly changed, and the luster of his Yintang acupoint shone brightly, revealing six beams of azure light—he was actually at the sixth level of cultivation!

Concealing Breath Technique!

The fourth and sixth levels are both at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and their ability to conceal their breath at the same time is not particularly rare. However, the fact that this young man's breath concealment technique could deceive Longhen makes his control over the spell extremely rare!

Driven by curiosity, Longhen followed his heart and extended a divine sense, which circled the young man's dantian.

Nine Dantian!

The development of this type of dantian is very slow in the early stages because the control of the spirit is relatively weak during the qi refining stage. If all nine spirits enter the body, it is easy to go into qi deviation and become possessed by demons.

Generally speaking, such cultivators will give up most of the nine spiritual roots and only choose the strongest few. This means that their cultivation speed will be very slow, especially compared with cultivators with single or double dantian. They are often only one-third as fast as the latter, or even less.

However, this young man had all nine kinds of spiritual energy in his dantian, and he was not afraid of qi deviation, so he chose to absorb them all!

No wonder his cultivation has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. With such a dantian, his speed is outstanding, even outside of Aolai Island!

Whose son is this?

Just as Longhen was about to ask more questions, he noticed that curious students had already gathered around him.

Let's find out what's going on first.

Longhen pondered for a moment, then subtly withdrew his divine sense, picked up the application form, and said calmly, "This is a matter of great importance; please allow me some time to consider it."

The young man bowed and turned to leave.

Longhen stood there for a while longer. When no one else seemed to have any problems, he summoned his flying sword and rode away. When he was almost at the cave, he suddenly remembered that he didn't know the boy's name. So he took out the paper and looked at it again.

Applicant: Cai Fei.