"With the foundation of extraordinary knowledge preliminarily established, the next step is to fully engage in true extraordinary cultivation."
"Qi Yuan Fivefold. To improve, one still needs..."
Fang Ming walked along, returning to the dormitory.
As soon as he entered, Fang Ming's gaze swept across the room, and he sensed that the atmosphere was somewhat off.
Huang Cheng, one of his three roommates, a cold and somewhat reclusive youth, was lying on his bed, his hand wrapped in bloody gauze.
He seemed to be injured.
Fang Ming observed his expression and did not sense that Huang Cheng was in great distress. Instead, he looked somewhat pleased on his face.
So he asked Lin Feng, who was nearby, "What happened?"
Lin Feng said with a complex expression, "What else can I say? In the practical training field, Huang Cheng got into a conflict with someone from another class. It started with verbal abuse, and then... Brother Huang Cheng made the first move. As a result, he injured the other person, and the other person also injured him."
"It's just... such an impulsive act."
Before Fang Ming could react.
Huang Cheng said with a resentful tone, "Impulsive? How could it be impulsive? After repeated insults, should I have just endured it?"
"What do they think of us? Do they think they are superior? Heh, I'll make them get the lesson they deserve!"
"Do they really think I dare not resist?"
"This is not called impulsiveness!"
Huang Cheng was both resentful and relieved.
He continued to vent, "They still think they are so great. There are more than ten classes in the first year of the academy. They are not in the same class as us, but they are still inferior classes. Why can't we resist?"
"These bastards... Heh, they are more heavily injured than I am."
While Huang Cheng was still venting, Lin Feng quietly said to Fang Ming, "Huang Cheng was too impulsive. He was in the wrong for striking first, and he even launched a surprise attack when they weren't paying attention... He was in the wrong."
"He might have vented his anger, but this incident, I feel, has bad implications and might lead to future problems."
"The other party might seek revenge, and this matter won't end here."
Fang Ming took Lin Feng's words to heart.
What he said made sense.
Regardless of whether what Huang Cheng did was right or wrong.
His actions were considered a sneak attack from behind, directly assaulting someone.
If he could have won in a direct confrontation, it would have been better, but this sneak attack...
Even though he won now, with Huang Cheng using a sneak attack to engage in a brawl, and the other party's injuries being more severe than his...
It seemed like a victory.
But would the other party really not seek revenge?
It was hard to say, which was why Lin Feng called it too impulsive.
Fang Ming felt that the current situation had two possible developments.
One was that the other party was intimidated by Huang Cheng's actions, and the matter ended there, with them accepting their losses.
The second was that the other party was not convinced and would retaliate again.
Lin Feng believed that the situation was more likely to slide towards the second scenario.
And now...
Rumble.
A violent knocking sound came from outside the dormitory.
It made Fang Ming feel that the situation had indeed already slid towards the second scenario.
"Open the door?"
Another roommate, An Ping, was about to open the door.
Huang Cheng's face showed a hint of fear.
He, who had felt relieved and pleased earlier, now, without even seeing anyone, just hearing the sound, felt a creeping fear.
Lin Feng sighed.
An Ping had already opened the door.
More than ten people rushed in from outside.
Fang Ming looked up and saw more than a dozen youths, all wearing the same Purple Cloud Academy student uniforms, charging in.
They were all students from the inferior classes of the first year.
Fang Ming estimated their strength. Using his qi sensing, these youths ranged from Qi Yuan Sixth Stage at the lowest, to Qi Yuan Eighth Stage at the strongest.
Their cultivation was roughly comparable to the people in this dormitory.
The only difference was the numbers.
"Huang Cheng! You attacked me without reason. How do you intend to resolve this matter?"
Fang Ming saw that among the dozen or so people, a youth with blood-soaked gauze wrapped around his head stepped forward. He appeared to have injured his head, and his injuries were much more severe than Huang Cheng's.
However, with the backing of so many people accompanying him, this youth dared to stand directly in front of Huang Cheng and question him.
When Huang Cheng first saw the large group enter, he was somewhat fearful. But when he saw the person he had injured standing before him and questioning him, he was not going to back down.
"What do you mean without reason? You were the one who verbally insulted me first."
Huang Cheng mustered his courage to retort.
The atmosphere in the dormitory instantly froze.
The next moment, fluctuations of qi erupted.
Lin Feng shook his head helplessly and cursed, "He still won't back down in this situation? Don't you see so many people outside? Would it kill you to bow your head temporarily?"
Physically, he directly blocked in front of Huang Cheng, the ripples of his protective qi rising, intercepting the qi attacks of several of them.
"Stop! Let's talk things through, no need to fight."
Lin Feng stood on Huang Cheng's side, still wanting to maintain peace and avoid conflict.
However, Lin Feng's cultivation and strength were not much higher than those on the opposing side, so he naturally couldn't block the qi attacks of too many people.
The dozen or so people on the other side, seeing that Huang Cheng still refused to back down, also became enraged. Immediately, dozens of qi attacks flew out, and dozens of Level Thirteen offensive techniques struck towards Huang Cheng's side.
An Ping, standing to the side, dodged the range of everyone's attacks, remaining silent, with no intention of intervening.
For him, whoever caused the trouble should resolve it themselves. He had no obligation to fight and risk his own interests for others.
Fang Ming, standing by, sighed when he saw this scene and finally intervened.
If he didn't intervene, this camaraderie would be almost non-existent. For Fang Ming, this matter was a simple task that he could easily resolve.
Thump!
Fang Ming, drawing upon the extraordinary basic knowledge he had learned over the past month, used the qi in his palm to directly strike the protective qi of one of the opponents, piercing through it and creating a flaw.
Although that opponent was at Qi Yuan Seventh Stage, two stages higher than Fang Ming, with the exquisite techniques honed over countless years combined with his learned extraordinary knowledge, Fang Ming disabled him in a single move.
"You..."
The opponent on the other side, clutching his stomach which was injured by Fang Ming, was filled with disbelief.
He could sense that the power of Fang Ming's qi attack was not high, at most Qi Yuan Fifth Stage. According to logic, it would have taken at least dozens of moves to break his protective qi.
Yet, he was defeated in a single move, his protective qi directly broken.
He lost his combat effectiveness.
What kind of masterful and exquisite technique was this?
It allowed me to lose my combat effectiveness so quickly?
The opponent on the other side felt that although Fang Ming's cultivation and strength were not very strong, his skill in technique was god-like, almost unstoppable.
Only one thought remained in his mind: he had never heard of such a powerful person in this dormitory before. How could someone with such strength be in such an ordinary dormitory?