CHAPTER 11: OVERFLOWING FIRE ELEMENT!

ORIGINAL Author: Chaos

SPINOFF Author: Vester

“Next, Mo Fan!”

As people were admiring Mu Bai magnificently seizing the crown, it was finally Mo Fan’s turn.

_The development is the same as before, huh... Then there must be a shadow pebble placed somewhere below the appraisal stone..._ Mo Fan thought.

He felt like he was in a movie watching and realising everything from past... As the events kept on happening, his memories which were dormant started resurfacing one after the other.

He felt really nostalgic about all this... It was in all honesty quite cute, that the proud Mu Bai would fall this low just to embarrass him~

Mo Fan had a playful smile on him the entire time as he walked up towards the appraisal stone~

...

“Are you alright?” Mu He whispered as he watched Mu Bai walking over.

“I did what you told me to,” Mu Bai seemed like a scheming woman as he replied sinisterly.

“I’m doing this for the good of Mo Jiaxing. By directly sweeping his son out of here, I’ll save him the trouble as a parent tirelessly worrying about him. His son wasn’t someone who was suited to study magic from the beginning, yet, he still had to force his way in,” Mu He said.

Mu He and Mu Bai naturally had ways to deal with Mo Fan.

Before the examination, Mu He had used his powers as the school director to carefully scheme something.

The bald examiner was one of Mu He’s people. Thus, the order of the examinees was something Mu He had arranged.

As soon as Mu Bai finished his exams, it became Mo Fan’s turn. After Mo Fan finished his examination, it would be the time for resting and announcement of grades. Thus, within this short break, one could secretly pull a trick. For example, when Mu Bai had placed his hand on the Star Appraisal Stone, he could slip in a Shadow Stone into it.

The effects of the Shadow Stone were very simple. When the Star Appraisal Stone was emitting its radiance, the Shadow Stone was capable of absorbing a part of the energy, causing the Star Appraisal Stone’s radiance to dim by a lot.

So if Mo Fan was barely able to reach the C grade, then this tiny Shadow Stone the size of a grain could lower Mo Fan’s grades to a solid D.

Either way, he’s just trash. Who cares if we make him look like complete and utter trash? There really was no need for the school to waste its resources on a person like that, expelling him from the school benefitted not only the school, but also his family.

Mu Bai had already smiled so much that his face seemed completely distorted.

How are you, Mo Fan, going to avoid losing all of your face this time?

…

“Mo Fan, that sounds familiar.” At this time, Mu Zhuoyun slowly opened his mouth.

“Big Brother, he is the son of Madam’s driver,” Mu He reminded Mu Zhuoyun.

At that moment, the Mu Zhuoyun whose eyes that seemed like ice and snow this entire time suddenly began to turn.

In truth, he had already taken notice of Mo Fan. It’s just he was in doubt. How come the second he got here, it was Mu Bai’s and Mo Fan’s examinations?

Mu Zhuoyun took glance at Mu Ningxue to his side.

Mu Ningxue quickly recovered her tranquil manner, acting as though she was looking at the mediocre students from before, without any fluctuation to her emotions.

Mu Zhuoyun’s eyes gave rise to some satisfaction.

A kid will always have a time where they are rebellious. Once they grow up, they will no longer be that childish.

“Let’s watch then. He also counts as one of our Mu Family, at least, he was.” Mu Zhuoyun’s manner of speaking was indifferent as he said this.

Mu Zhuoyun was also very clear on the fact that a driver’s son was incapable of being any good, thus, letting Mu Ningxue watch was also beneficial. This kind of person was common within the small Bo City, they would leave our world sooner or later. Mu Zhuoyun didn’t want this kid, Mo Fan, to remain a scar within the heart of his precious daughter.

…

On the other side, Mo Fan was listening to what these people were talking about. But he simply didn’t cared~

He had already walked to the front of the Star Appraisal Stone, and just like the people before him, he placed his hand on the Star Appraisal Stone.

“To be honest, I’m really thankful that he is here. He can save me from setting the standards lower, this way, I won’t be too miserable,” a failure of a student said.

“Third Brother, I also got a D. Don’t worry, we can leave the campus together in a natural manner.” Said his classmate, Xiao Bing, who was a Water Element from the same dorm.

“Whether he can receive a D is hard to say.”

“Yeah, he probably didn’t make any progress on his cultivation.”

In the same class, Zhoumin, who also possessed the Fire Element, was attentively watching Mo Fan.

She wanted to know whether he studied or not. A person who clearly had a higher talent in the Fire Element than her being expelled from the school, this made even Zhoumin feel it was somewhat a pity. At same time, she couldn’t help but loathe Mo Fan, a person who didn’t put effort into improving himself.

“There’s light, there’s light coming…..”

“The radiance seems really weak, it feels like it’s even weaker than a D grade.”

On the Star Appraisal Stone, the radiance felt extremely bashful. It was simply unable to escape from the inside of the Star Appraisal Stone.

However, the radiance on the inside had a relatively strong light. It seemed as if the light was being concealed by a shadow; simply unable to escape from the inside.

“Shit, something isn’t right.”

“That light….it doesn’t seem to be a D!”

“Really? Grade C??” The dorm mate, Xiao Bing looked at it in astonishment. He seemed unable to believe that Mo Fan was actually able to cause a C grade Fire Element radiance to appear on the Star Appraisal Stone.

We said that we would leave the school in a natural manner, but you receiving grade C would barely meet the qualifications.

What about the trust from one failure to another failure?

...

“Is it C?”

“No, that’s not right, the radiance is still slowly spreading.”

The examiners were also puzzled. The other examinees had quickly finished their tests, however, this student’s radiance was weak in the beginning, but then it started to slowly become stronger. It went from D to C, and it was still growing stronger even after reaching grade C.

“B! This is definitely B!!”

“Holy cow, a comeback, the failure is doing a comeback!!”

“That must be a mistake. I only received a B, how could this guy possibly get a B?” The other Fire element user, Huang Feifeng, almost cried.

Zhoumin received an A, and that puny little kid called Da Niu also received a B. Out of the four Fire elemental students, only he, Huang Feifeng had received a C. How was he going to receive Mrs. Tangyue’s affections now!

Xue Musheng’s eyes immediately began to brighten.

As the homeroom teacher, his biggest fear was for someone in his class dragging down the average. Today, all Xue Musheng asked out of Mo Fan was for him to not be publicly expelled, it had not happened for the past three years. If this Great Buddha didn’t do that, then he could drag down the average as much as he wanted!

What Xue Musheng never thought of was that this kid would suddenly emerge with a B!!

The average of the class was roughly B-.

The Great Buddha had unexpectedly increased the average grade, this something he could not even dream about.

The current Xue Musheng was happier than seeing an A grade student!

The discussion volume this time wasn’t any lower than the chatter about Mu Bai before. After all, Mu Bai was the person who everyone knew had good grades, whereas Mo Fan was the well-known dreg out of the dregs.

The dreg suddenly seized a B, there were too many people who didn’t expect this outcome!

“How is this possible…how is this possible!” Mu Bai was flabbergasted.

His uncle, Mu He, watched this scene while feeling completely speechless.

What kind of situation is this, that kid got a B??

“Mu Bai, did you really place the Shadow Stone there? The absorption rate of that Shadow Stone is really strong, a person who can receive a C would be turned into someone who can’t even get D,” Mu He whispered to Mu Bai.

“I did place it, I definitely placed it there.” Even if Mu Bai made a mistake on his examination, there’s no way he would make a mistake on that part.

The Shadow Stone was definitely placed there, but how did this guy get a B??

Wasn’t this guy drifting between C and D? Don’t tell me that he was concealing his strength, and then let it all out on the last examination to reach a B?

C is passing grade, whereas B would be quite good!

Who could imagine that a failure who was supposed to take the penalty that hadn’t been given for three years would suddenly turn into a good student?

“Mhm, this grade was well within expectations.” Mu Zhuoyun’s tone was indifferent as it carried a sense of mocking.

His own daughter was almost taken away by this kid???

If this really happened, then he would have been ridiculed by all of the people under the heavens.

“Alright, let’s move on to the next class.” Mu Zhuoyun didn’t want his daughter to pay too much attention to this kid, thus, he said this to the crowd of people.

“Big Brother, this Mu Bai…” Mu He wanted to continue talking.

Mu He was not satisfied with this outcome. Today’s plan was to let Mu Bai show off his skills in front of the clan and receive the attention of the Family Head. The other one was to let Mo Fan suffer a tragic end. However, the two outcomes hadn’t been attained, how could he just let them leave like that?

“Oh, distribute a bit more to their family during the New Year to show encouragement,” Mu Zhuoyun replied.

As Mu Bai heard this, he was completely stunned.

What the hell was ‘distribute some more to them during New Year’s’ ???

Who the hell wanted that charity-like money, what he wanted was attention. What he wanted was for the Mu Family to focus on supporting him. What he wanted was the Stardust Magic Tool. What he wanted was the colossal cultivation resources which the Mu Family distributed to their direct descendant!

“This…Big Brother, I think…” Mu He was dissatisfied and was going to negotiate again but he suddenly caught a pair of eyes looking in his direction.

...

_Bruh~ You really think a puny Shadow Stone will be able to stop my Fire Element which has ×2.5 base buff of Blessing of the God’s seal?_ Mo Fan looked at Mu Bai and Mu He.

He smiled in a cunning way.

They both flinched at the same time! They were startled!

“Did... Does he know?!” Mu Bai’s voice started stuttering. He was quite the scaredy cat and this was probably his first time doing something illegal!

“D-Don’t be stupid! And don’t look so scared we won’t get caught even if he knew! Act Natural!” Mu He whispered while sweating a little!

Just as everyone else were discussing how Mo Fan had hidden his strength a girl standing in front suddenly pointed out,

“Wait! Look the radiance is not stopping at B!”

Everyone suddenly turned towards Mo Fan’s direction as he smiled haughtily towards everyone.

The radiance began to intensify, and the scarlet radiance looked as though it was burning from within.

It spread around the Star Appraisal Stone, and began to leak out of it! Slowly but steadily a Flame sprouted out from the appraisal stone.

More Flames quickly emerged and Encapsulated the whole Appraisal Stone, it looked like a ball of fire the size of a soccer ball.

“This…this radiance!!!” The first one to reveal an incredibly surprised face was precisely Mu Zhuoyun.

The Principal, Vice-Principal, the Disciplinary teachers, and the School Directors also widened their eyes.

“The flame... The appraisal stone is covered in flames!” The homeroom teacher, Xue Musheng was thoroughly flabbergasted.

After being a teacher for so many years, he had seen the radiance overflowing from the stone many times, but he had never seen an Element covering the stone before. How could he not see the meaning behind this unusual Phenomenon?

In this entire school, only Mu Bai had achieved the state of overflowing radiance but this Mo Fan who was considered a dreg had achieved something no one had achieved in their whole school’s history.

Overflowing radiance was only a phenomenon with light of the element flowing outside and noting more.

But Overflowing Element was something different, and on a whole new level.

The Appraisal Stone itself was unable to contain the enormous elemental energy inside it. So, the excessive energy started flowing outside and took its form!

The puny Shadow Stone placed under the Appraisal stone was not able to absorb anymore of the elemental energy from Mo Fan’s Spirit Grade equivalent fire, was turned to dust releasing the fire element stored inside it which in turn made the Appraisal stone shine even brighter!

It now looked like a mini sun, in the palm of Mo Fan.

...

_Holy Shit!!!_

The surrounding students from other classes, and the students from the eight class were all trampled to near death by the word ‘Holy Shit!’ in their hearts.

_Overflowing Element, this really is overflowing Element!_

A student who was considered a weak-minded dreg had actually achieved the state of overflowing Element!!

“S... No it’s SS!”

“It... No! How is it possible for a student who only awakened his element a year ago.”

The school directors were astonished. Mu He, Mu Bai and Mu Zhuoyun’s faces contorted. They were in disbelief that something like this was even possible.

Even Mu Ningxue and Tang Yue were dumbfounded as they stared at him in wide eyes with their mouth agape.

Tang Yue first had some doubts regarding the Appraisal test for Mo Fan, but now, looking at his test her doubts were blown away~ She stared at his confident and charming smile and something inside her moved!

Ba-Dump!

Her heart skipped a beat! Tang Yue was startled!

The examination of the other classes had basically ended. Due to the last examination of the eighth class having some drama, many of the people began to gather around them, including the top students of the other classes.

At this time, Mo Fan accidentally became the focus point of everyone.

Crazy. The bald headed Director Wang and the other two examiners had gone crazy. The classmates who thought that Mo Fan would get swept out of the school had also gone crazy.

Shit, this is the real malfunctioning of the Star Appraisal Stone. How could that guy’s cultivation be at this kind of level??

“It’s an illusion, it must be an illusion!”

“I refuse to believe it, I REFUSE to believe it!!” The water element student Xiaobing was wailing like a ghost.

_What happened to us leaving the school together??_

_Let’s forget about the fact that you didn’t honour your title as a failure of a student, but you even became a Divine student. This time there will be no one who will stop me in my way, this daddy, I will jump into the river. If Mo Fan can become a Divine student, then I, a Water Mage probably can drown to death?!_

For a person like Mo Fan that didn’t have any particularly special talent, or a family property, receiving a B was already quite normal.

However, he achieved overflowing element, the overflowing element of the Fire element. That was already in a different level from Mu Bai, who had received resources from his family.

For some reason, Mu Ningxue’s heart bloomed with a sunshine that was like the overflowing element coming from the Fire element.

“That really causes one to feel extremely shocked. I almost missed out on an even more remarkable student,” a school director exclaimed in admiration after seeing this event.

“That’s right. I don’t dare to imagine what kind of disaster would be brought over if we were to only give him a B while also causing our school to lose out on such a prominent Magician.”

“Better late than never! He can surely lead our Tian Lan School’s Team during the team battle against different schools during the third year Interschool competition!” Principal Zhu said with confidence!

Hearing this Mu Bai became so jealous that he didn’t even bother putting up a front anymore!

All this time, everyone had been thinking that the most outstanding Fire elemental student in class 8 was Zhoumin. But to everyone’s surprise, this Mo Fan was even more remarkable. The most important thing was that he had always been calmly cultivating, not having the need to compete nor laying himself bare to others. This kind of temperament was very suitable for becoming a mage.

The other Fire Elemental user, goody two shoes girl Zhou Min, looked at this. Her small face was clearly showing her disbelief.

This student who she always loathed for not making progress… he was actually stronger than Mu Bai?

She had actually been making a mistake this entire time?

All of their shock and disbelief was actually far inferior to the defeated look on Mu Bai’s face.

His expression couldn’t even be described as an expression, it was practically a whole distortion. Even his cramping facial muscles were twitching.

What was worse than being completely flipped over by the person they hated the most?

The dog of a henchmen, Zhao Kunsan rubbed his eyes over and over again. However, what he saw was still the same. He was now kinda glad that he didn’t provoke Mo Fan after getting beaten up by him.

“SS!”

“SS!”

“SS!”

“Final result is ‘SS’!”

The highest score in school was S. However, everyone was very clear on the fact that the magical capabilities similar to Mo Fan’s Stardust were probably not recorded in the High school before, so they made an exception of the student who cultivated so diligently after some discussion and gave him the highest possible grade you can get at First Year.

“Mo Fan, do you wish to continue the exam?”

“Naturally!” Mo Fan gave the examiner a slight smile.

_Now that I think about it, Man, if it wasn’t for the world changing, then I would’ve already have reached this level during the High School examination. Fortunately, the outcome is still good!_

Mo Fan walked towards the practice area.

“Fire Burst!”

His entire aura was moving. After Mo Fan said his incantation, his whole bearing was very self-confident.

A searing aura frantically spread from the central point of Mo Fan’s body, washing over the cheeks of hundreds of people. The feel of the scorching heat was very distinct.

The Fire Star orbit quickly mobilized around Mo Fan’s body after he finished the alignment of the stars. He purposely slowed down his Casting. He casted the spell within 2 seconds.

The obtrusive scarlet red and the furious fire!

The flame scuttled forth from the half-clenched hand of Mo Fan, just like a vicious and impatient animal.

“Go!”

As he waved his hand, the flames streaked across the exam grounds like a dazzling scarlet fire arrow. It accurately made its way into the human-shaped puppet’s body.

“ _Burn!_ ”

He raised his hand up high. After a second of silence, the vicious fire suddenly blasted forth from inside the puppet’s body.

The puppet burst apart and was devoured by the particularly destructive flames before the blasted pieces touched the ground.

Mo Fan’s face was smiling, and his confidence was soaring.

This was Fire Burst, the fire he was in control of! There was no need to mention its charm!

After finishing all of this within 5 seconds, Mo Fan turned around.

Every single person was dumbstruck.

The teachers, students, directors, they hadn’t even completely recovered their senses from the SS grade he had gotten from his previous examination. However, then they saw Mo Fan’s extremely smooth and handsome demeanour of casting of Fire Burst.

There was no hesitation, and neither was it forced. Additionally, the speed he had completed it at was even faster than most of the experienced basic mages.

The Fire Element’s basic spell was much more violent than the Ice Element’s. That was why the reaction of the people was much more intense than Mu Bai’s Ice Spread after Mo Fan finished the casting of Fire Burst. Not only was it Mo Fan’s beautiful turnaround, but it was also because of the boundless power of his Fire Element aura.

“Give your marks,” Mo Fan glanced at the astonished examiners as he said this in a natural manner.

“S!”

“S!”

“S!”

The grades for the casting test were immediately announced.

As expected, Mo Fan’s grades were a lot higher than Mu Bai’s.

Mu Bai was already so angry that he felt as tho continued ugh he was about to get a heart attack. If this, then he really would stop breathing!

How could it be like this, this didn’t conform with the script!!

Both of the scores were higher than Mu Bai’s!

“Is this really the Mo Fan that we know??”

“This really is the most amazing turnaround in history. He became a divine student in just a second, it’s really blinding my dog eyes!” Xu Qinglin said.

Xue Musheng’s mouth had a crooked smile.

He didn’t care about the enmity between Mo Fan and Mu Bai. His class suddenly popped up a student with the SS grade, and his grades for the activation test were the highest. If everything went well, then wouldn’t he be Number One in the entire school?

_From last place all the way to first place. I’m afraid there’s nothing more shocking than this, it’s like a dream._

_Other than him being Number One, Mu Bai should be able to settle steadily into second place._

Thus, the first and second-ranked students were in his class. This would give him a promotion!

“As expected of the Mu Family. Brother Mu Zhuoyun, you really had our small-scaled Mage Organization have an eye-opening experience. If I remember correctly, this Mo Fan is the son of the driver at your manor. Being in a large, noble family sure is great, you even unconsciously influenced a preeminent student in Bo City!” said Deng Kai from the Hunter’s Union.

Mu Zhuoyun looked at Deng Kai.

Deng Kai was in the upper echelon of the Hunter’s Union as he was an Advanced Hunter! And at same time, he was also a director of Tian Lan Magic High. Amongst the school directors, his cultivation was the highest at Intermediate Level, and his strength was also the greatest, he was capable of hunting Warrior Class monsters on his own!

As a school director, Deng Kai was praising, and the other school directors were continually sighing.

“You can’t help but admire that. A son of a driver is already this amazing, he’s comparable to the magic seedlings which they have carefully raised!”

Mu Zhuoyun was slowly coming back to his senses from being shocked.

He really didn’t think that this Mo Fan would have this kind of ability. Right now, he even heard praise coming from the people in his circle, his face immediately lit up.

As his mood got better, Mu Zhuoyun’s heart also began to ponder.

Mu Ningxue had carried the flag for the family for many years. However, the other direct successors and branch disciples all required support from the family. Only this way were they able to consolidate power within the family.

The Mu Family were very short in Mages who specialized in the Fire Element.

Although this kid had done things that had caused him to feel incomparably angry, he was just young and inexperienced. It had already been so many years since then, there was no need to continue investigating it. It was about time to give some benefit to this kid so he would start to serve the Mu Family.

He would definitely not approach Mu Ningxue. However, he could send him to his eldest son, Mu Jiangming, and nurture him into an remarkable Fire Element henchman. That was not a bad plan.

A talented person still needed to be recruited!

Mu Zhuoyun stroked his beard, feeling somewhat happy. After seeing Mo Fan exiting the examination ground, he opened his mouth to say, “Mo Fan, come here.”

Mo Fan who was feeling quite ecstatic, suddenly heard the coarse voice calling for him.

He expressionlessly turned in the direction of the voice.

_Right... This happened..._ Mo Fan totally forgot about this...

After some hesitation, he walked over in front of the other directors and stood face to face with Mu Zhuoyun.

Mu Zhuoyun had an utter disdain in his eyes which was not concealed at all for Mo Fan.

Mo Fan on the other hand stared right into eyes without a shared of emotion.

Mo Fan was 5cm smaller than Mu Zhuoyun in height as the latter was 180cm.

Mu Zhuoyun, “Humfph!”

“What?” Mo Fan asked without giving a little bit of respect.

In front of others, Mo Zhuoyun would have a whiff of the prestige of a King, causing them to feel even afraid to breathe in front of him.

Mo Fan was different. Other than raising a beautiful daughter, to him Mo Zhuoyun only emitted the aura of an old scoundrel, and his authority was so questionable outside of Bo City, that he literally was just a dog in Beijing most of the time after Bo City’ calamity.

“Our Mu Family received some cultivation resources for the Fire element a while ago; unfortunately, most of the people in the manor are Ice elemental users. Your fire-elemental talent is not bad at all; your cultivation even surprised me. Thus, I’d like to give these resources to you. From now on, when you’re not attending classes, you may cultivate with Mu Jiangming,” Mu Zhuoyun said as he stroked his beard.

These words were said in public!

From Mu Zhuoyun’s point of view, doing this also gave Mo Fan a lot of face!

The branch disciples within the manor scheme, wanting to display their abilities to me; yet, I don’t even give them the slightest bit of attention. A person like Mo Fan, who isn’t even a disciple of the Mu family, receiving this kind of opportunity is simply a huge leap in fortune!

In this society, there would always be some exceptions. With him being the Head of the Mu Family, he couldn’t just be narrow or small minded and only pay attention to the disciples within.

“Brother…this…how could this be? Mu Bai’s talent is even better. Perhaps he was just a bit nervous today; thus he wasn’t able to display his utmost abilities. Also, he is from our family, to begin with…..” Mu He was extremely shocked; he hastily spoke to Mu He.

After Mu Bai, who felt as though his heart had been pierced by thousands of arrows, heard this, he seemed as if he were a corpse being viciously whipped all over. It was a hideous appearance!

[EMOTIONAL DAMAGE ×3]

Damn, that was the opportunity to become an inner disciple which Mu Bai was looking for!

Mu Bai racked his brain so that he could erase the title of being just a branch disciple. Only after becoming a true core disciple of the Mu Family would he receive even more generous cultivation resources and no longer be that half a young master who freeloads under someone else’s roof.

It doesn’t matter if he didn’t receive it, but it was taken away by the person he hated the most!

This corpse was so pissed off; it almost resurrected!

“I have already made the decision. Mu He, you do not need to speak anymore,” Mu Zhuoyun waved his hand, his face maintained that slight smile as he looked at Mo Fan.

What’s wrong; are you getting too happy?

Hurry up and thank this Master for his kindness?

Mu Zhuoyun was relatively pleased with the fact that he could forget the former enmity and recruit the student who had no background. It seemed like he was a very understanding ruler.

…

“Mo Fan, why are you still startled? Hurry up and thank Master for his good grace,” Xue Musheng hastily urged Mo Fan.

Zhang Xiaohou, and his classmates were admiring him to no end.

In the past, Mo Fan was just a small, insignificant thing that one wouldn’t be able to find in the sea of people. In just a flash, he had become Mr. Perfect!

Mo Fan looked at Mu Zhuoyun... After hearing what he had to say, it seemed he wanted me to become a henchman for the Mu Family...

He ruffled his hair a little bit and stopped as he looked at Mu Zhuoyun.

Sigh...

“I respectfully decline.” Mo Fan’s crisp and clear voice rang out as he gave a slight bow, turned around and started walking down the stage.

Everyone who saw his smooth actions were dumbfounded, especially Mu Zhuoyun and Mu Ningxue!

Everyone including students, teachers, directors and principal’s mouth were agape.

They stared at the student who proceeded to climb down the stairs.

Everyone was able to clearly hear these words; however, their expressions were filled with confusion.

What???

He... Respectfully decline??

He declined Mu Zhuoyun’s offer in front of all of us like it was nothing???

Heavens, this Mo Fan has gone crazy!

Mu Zhuoyun heard this very clearly. He ferociously blew his beard as he carried a bit of rage and replied, “Your next few words better be a good explanation, or else…”

He had given a lot of face to Mo Fan in front of everyone despite what he had done. But this little bastard dared to decline me? ME?!!

And that too in front of everyone?!!

He will pay!!

Mo Fan stopped in his tracks and looked behind after hearing Mu Zhuoyun’s words.

“I don’t have the right to decline?” He turned his head towards the principal and asked.

“Eh?! Ah... Y-You do have it, but we wanted to hear your explanation about why you want to decline such an offer...” Principal Zhu replied in an awkward tone.

He couldn’t really force his student into doing something he didn’t liked as a principal after all.

“My... Reasoning is it?” Mo Fan asked.

“Y-Yes.”

“It’s quite simple actually, just think about it. If I’m capable of doing what I did without anyone’s help today, why do you think I would need anyone’s help in the future? I know my capabilities, my strengths better than anyone present here.

And first of all, he didn’t even bothered to ask for my opinion and just declared what I’m supposed to do, as if I worked for him... So what obligation do I have to do what he says? Or what? Are you going to use your authority and suppress me again?

Besides everyone else might’ve forgotten what had happened, but I didn’t! What I did 3 years ago was indeed not praiseworthy, but I don’t regret it one bit and I’ll do it again and again!” Mo Fan turned towards Mu Zhuoyun at his last sentence and said.

The Principal, the school directors, director Deng Kai, Mu He, Mu Bai, Zhao Kunsan, Xue Musheng, the students, as well as Mu Ningxue were completely shocked.

“You!—” Mu Zhuoyun was so angry but he was cut off again!

“ALSO!” Mo Fan walked in front of Mu Zhuoyun and stared at him with a hostile expression.

“Let me ask you, why did you beat up my father for my mistakes three years ago?” Mo Fan asked, his aura was murderous.

Mu Zhuoyun’s face was exceedingly gloomy at this point.

Creak~

Beneath Mu Zhuoyun’s feet grew a frozen, firm crystal ice. The cold aura emanated from the person’s anger was pervading throughout the air!

Mu Zhuoyun was angry, really angry!

He didn’t know how many years it had been since someone spoke to him like this. Calling him the tyrant of Bo City wasn’t completely wrong. The high tiered people of the same generation, the Principals of the Magic schools, the high-status people from Magic Association, and even Deng Kai from the Hunter’s Union would always treat him with respect. Even the people from the manor would be unable to breathe when they were in front of him. Who just gave this kid, Mo Fan, the guts to talk to him like that??!!

The aura filled the grounds.

A frightening ice ground!

The grounds filled with sand and grains were completely frozen into a solid ice crystal in just a few seconds with Mu Zhuoyun in the centre!

The icy aura was vicious. The hot, summer day suddenly became winter. The training grounds also turned into an ice floor, like a gigantic mirror!

This mind-blowing scene scared the school’s students and caused them cry out in fear!

The training ground turned into an ice floor in just an instant. Mu Zhuoyun didn’t even cast any magic; he only relied on his aura to freeze the entire training ground.

Comparing Mu Bai’s previous, small Ice Spread, Mu Zhuoyun was simply a huge monster, incomparable.

“Zhuoyun, control your mood. This is a school, and there are also students with no defensive capabilities,” The school director who was also from the Hunter’s Union, Deng Kai, suddenly stood up, standing between Mu Zhuoyun and Mo Fan.

As Deng Kai stood in between them, Mu Zhuoyun’s intimidating power became somewhat weaker. However, the people in the surroundings were still intimidated to the point where they had difficulties breathing.

As Deng Kai stood in between them, a few people who could still move and Ms. Tang Yue’s pace came to a halt.

Tang Yue didn’t permit Mu Zhuoyun to harm her students, even if she wasn’t a match for the Mu Zhuoyun, the Ice elemental Family Head.

“Mo Fan you-you shameful thing! What are you saying?! Immediately apologize to Mr. Mu Zhuoyun!” Mu He said with great anger.

Was this Mo Fan stupid beyond redemption or something? He even had the guts to act like this in front of Mu Zhuoyun! Was his family tired of living?!

“Why? What did I say that was disrespectful to you? The principal asked me for my reason, so I said it.” Mo Fan said with a smile.

“BULLSHIT! How dare you mock me!” Mu Zhuoyun was getting really pissed off by this bastard kid, so much that he directly began to swear.

Mo Fan’s fearless gesture was currently being displayed in great detail.

“You’re overestimating yourself! You think just because you scored the highest marks, you have the authority to say whatever you want?! It seems that I was quite lenient on you and your father three years ago!

I should’ve personally trampled your father’s head under my foot to make sure there were no loose ends.

You asked me why did I beat your father for your mistakes? Because he deserved it for raising an ungrateful shit like you!” Mu Zhuoyun pointed at Mo Fan and shouted furiously.

Mo Fan was not planning to go any further and just leave quietly but when he heard Mu Zhuoyun’ words, his eyes turned Blood shot! After all, Mo Fan had quite the temper from a young age. It would be more weird if he didn’t get angry right now.

A Silver and Scarlet glow emerged in his eyes and quickly encapsulated his right hand! He was ready to punch the old bastard in front of him anytime now!

He had fused Space Element and Fire Element together! If he punched a Defenceless Advanced Mage from so close, he wouldn’t die but it would cause quite a bit of damage to them.

Mu Ningxue who watched everything from the side-lines but her lip in frustration. It was true that what Mo Fan said was not that disrespectful but she knew better than anyone how big her father’s hubris was.

But she still couldn’t do anything despite that, if she tried to help Mo Fan, it might affect the both of them negatively. The trust she had gained after so long would crumble right away in an instant!

Nevertheless she still felt that she needed to do something to pacify the situation in a way which would not harm the both of them!

“Mo Fan, you really are shamelessly daring! We could randomly grab a core disciple from the current Mu Family and he’d be able to beat you down with a single move, if you continue offend us”

“That’s right, we don’t even need to use core disciples. I, Mu Bai could duel you in magic. If you lose, then you must kneel down and apologize to Master Mu!” At this time, Mu Bai came to life and jumped down to be used as a dog by Mu Zhuoyun.

Mu Bai and Mo Fan were peers, it would be a fair duel. _Let’s see what other excuses you’ll have!_ , thought Mu Bai.

With this, Mu Bai would beat Mo Fan to death and firmly ease Master Mu Zhuoyun’s resentments.

Right now Mo Fan couldn’t even hear what the others were saying, Mu Zhuoyun’ words were constantly resounding within his head, about him trampling his father’s head personally.

Mo Fan’s chest heaved up and down in anger, just as he was about to knock the shit out of the old bastard...

“Not necessary.” An icy, arrogant voice resounded.

Everyone’s gaze immediately turned toward the voice that spoke up.

The person who said this was precisely Mu Ningxue. Who would’ve imagined that Mu Ningxue would make a move at this time?

Mu Ningxue came between her father and Mo Fan. Her gaze was like an ice mountain that carried a bit of anger.

The person she was angry at was naturally Mo Fan.

“Since you said my father only knows how to bully the younger generation…since you said that my father used his authority to suppress you, and you relied on your own cultivation to develop your magic…

“In that case, I’m the same age as you, I’ll compete with you!” In Mu Ningxue’s tranquil voice was an icy power.

“Ningxue??” After Mu Zhuoyun saw his own daughter come out, the anger on his face changed into astonishment.

As Mo Fan saw that it was Mu Ningxue who was facing him, his anger subsided a little...

Tsss...

A red smoke visible to everyone emerged from Mo Fan’s hand! His spell dissipated.

_W-was he... Going to cast a spell at Master Mu?!_ Mu Ningxue and the other authorities were shocked.

When did he even cast his spell?! Why didn’t we see it???

“Ningxue, I am enough to deal with this guy, there’s no need for you to…” Mu Bai promptly said with a smile.

“My father has been thoroughly humiliated. My father can be magnanimous and not bother with this sharp tongued little thief. However, I, as his daughter, simply will not let the person who has humiliated my father off! We’ll settle it by using an impartial Magic Duel!” Each and every word said by Mu Ningxue was sincere, there was not a hint of hesitation in her voice.

“Good, well said! This icy, lofty and unyielding character makes us, the older generation very gratified! As expected of the number one genius of Bo City! Having an outstanding talent at such a young age while having the ability to distinguish between right and wrong!” School Principal Zhu immediately began praising her.

Currently, the argument and cursing had been seen by the entire school. If they were able to direct this ugly affair towards a fair Magic Duel, that would naturally be the best option. If they really were to expel this student called Mo Fan, it would be meaningless. It would cause the school to lose a genius. Being able to take the number one spot in Tian Lan Magic High meant he was indeed a good seedling.

After Principal Zhu praised her, Director Deng Kai also patted Mu Zhuoyun’s back as he said, “Brother Zhuoyun, having you deal with this rude kid is not necessary at all. Naturally, you can’t return to when you were 16 to duel him, proving whether he’s better than you when you were young. It’s better to let your daughter Mu Ningxue take your place in this matter and silence this kid that does not know the immensity of heavens and earth.”

Mu Zhuoyun didn’t say anything as he just stared at Deng Kai.

As Deng Kai saw that Mu Zhuoyun was still able to control his temper, he gave a slight smile before he walked in front of Mo Fan and said, “Mo Fan, right? As the person in charge of the Hunter’s Union within Bo City, I really am not sure on whether your actions today can be described as you being young and inexperienced, or just simply stupid. However, you should apologize to Mu Zhuoyun for your hot-headed action, the contributions he has made to Bo City are far beyond what you can comprehend.”

“How much money did he feed you?” Mo Fan turned around and asked with a smile.

“Wha?!” Deng Kai was stunned and speechless and immediately and amount came up in his mind.

His face was flushed red!

“Y-You crazy bastard!!” Deng Kai immediately howled. He was acting like a calm adult when suddenly his whole demeanour changed at Mo Fan’s simple sentence!

Mo Fan completely ignored Deng Kai and gently pulled Mu Ningxue by her hand which was pointing at Mo Fan, who was standing between him and Mu Zhuoyun aside.

She was startled and felt as if he didn’t took her seriously. He confronted Mu Zhuoyun again.

“Hey Old Bastard, let’s make a deal!”

“Old Bast—?!” Mu Zhuoyun was never in his whole life ever insulted like this in front of everyone by someone so younger then him.

“Considering what happened between me and Xuexue, she’s bound to go easy on me as we were a thing.

So! On that note, to have an 'Impartial' Duel, I will face off against your family’s dog Yu Ang!” Mo Fan said as held Mu Ningxue’ hand.

As Mu Ningxue heard this, her forehead creased.

“Okay! I Accept!! My adopted son, Yu Ang, is the same age as you. I’ll have him duel you!” Mu Zhuoyun immediately said without hesitation.

“Or…” Mu Ningxue wanted to say something.

Mu Zhuoyun glared at Mu Ningxue not giving her a chance to speak, turning toward Deng Kai and saying, “Deng Kai, I know you tend to look after the younger generation. However, even you saw this kid speaking so rudely to us. I have taken a step back, letting him have a chance to measure his ability with my adoptive son, Yu Ang. If he loses, then this kid will kowtow to me until I’m completely satisfied. If he wins, I will apologize to him and his father. The lousy matter from three years, I, Mu Zhuoyun naturally did not place in my eyes!”

As Mu Bai and Mu He heard this, a smile suddenly emerged on their faces.

_Yu Ang, let Yu Ang deal with it!_

“Not Apologize! A full blown traditional K.O.W.T.O.W!!” Mo Fan added.

“As you wish, I will kowtow to his father!” Mu Zhuoyun said with arrogance.

Mu Zhuoyun knew that Mu Ningxue’s sudden stance was most likely to help this kid exonerate himself.

How could Mu Zhuoyun possibly let Mo Fan off the hook so easily? Even if Mu Ningxue wholeheartedly wanted to help him dissolve this matter, he would definitely not suppress his tone. He quickly took chance of the opportunity Mo Fan granted him.

Yu Ang was the cultivation lunatic of the Mu Family. Whenever someone mentioned this person, their whole body would feel a chill. If they were to let Yu Ang handle this matter, then it was guaranteed that Mo Fan would suffer a miserable death!

“The regulations of the Magic Association state that both of the parties involved in the Magic Duel need to be 18 years old. Thus, allow me, Zhu Cheng, to act as a witness for this matter. The day when Mo Fan and Yu Ang have both reached the age of 18, they will engage in a Magic Duel!” Principal Zhu said sincerely.

Mu Zhuoyun coldly harrumphed .

Mo Fan nodded his head, “I was not planning to do anything today, but it can’t be helped since this old bastard provoked me so much, I promise you in the name of duel I will trash Yu Ang so much that even his father won’t be able to recognise him~”

As Mu Zhuoyun heard Mo Fan still slandering him, he was so enraged he blew into his beard.

_Wait and see. During the Magic Duel at the age of 18, we’ll make you lose your pride and cover your body with wounds!_

The Magic Association, the Hunter’s Union, and the Magic Schools. These organizations unconditionally protected the Magic students. However, as soon as they reached 18, they came of age. Magicians would then have to hold responsibility for their own actions.

At the moment, Mu Zhuoyun had no need to lower himself to the same level as a sharp-mouthed kid. In two years, when he had come of age, Mu Zhuoyun might as well let him hover between life and death.

…

Mu Zhuoyun had gotten so angry that he already left. The Principal and the others naturally followed behind him.

As Mu Ningxue was also about to leave, she noticed there was a note in her palm which was held by Mo Fan. She opened the note which had “Please Be There” written in it.

She looked at Mo Fan who was already walking down the stairs. She wanted to say something while at same time, she didn’t know what to say.

Mo Fan knew Mu Ningxue was helping him.

Her trying to deal with this matter personally was far better than Mu Zuoyun personally dealing with it. If someone of Mu Zhuang’s level were to make a move, they would bring a deadly strike against Mo Fan and his family.

Unfortunately, her plan was seen through by her father, Mu Zhuoyun.

Mu Zhuoyun knew that Mu Ningxue would be lenient. The cultivation madman of Mu Family, Yu Ang, would deal with Mo Fan. Mu Yu Ang was very obedient to Mu Zhuoyun. If Mu Zhuoyun wanted Mu Yu Ang to kill Mo Fan, Yu Ang would do it without hesitation!

Mu Zhuoyun had no reason to be lenient toward a little thing that dared to swear at him. For now, he would just let Mo Fan pass the time at the school in ease for two years. Once Mo Fan graduated, Mu Zhuoyun would have him see that going against the Mu Family was just asking for trouble!

…

The disturbance finally calmed down and petered out.

All of the students looked at the Mo Fan who had been turned into a Divine student as they were reminded of his actions just now. None of them knew what to say.

This Mo Fan was crazy!

Against the Mu Family, a magic family household, and a noble one, who could pull out anyone and still be able to pressure Tian Lan Magic High…

What made this extremely clear was the fact that Mu Bai, an Elite student within Tian Lan Magic High, was just a branch disciple within the Mu Family!

Although Mo Fan’s performance today had indeed startled everybody, however, that did not mean he had the qualifications to provoke a colossal family like the Mu Family.

(Sigh) Originally, he could’ve become a dragon. Now, there was basically no difference between him and trash.

Who didn’t know of the Mu Family being the largest in Bo City? If you offended the Mu Family, then how could you continue to survive in Bo City?

Within the school, there was barely the holy ground to protect you. Once you were out in society, you would definitely be dealt with until you had become a tragic sight!

Wilful, why was he so wilful? The opportunity so many people were hoping for was dropped by Mo Fan’s wilfulness, leaving behind a colossal foe.

…

“Brother Fan, you are too cool. We are scared to death by Master Mu Zhuoyun, only you would call him an old bastard over and over again. Haha, in fact, many of us also call him an old scoundrel on the inside.” Zhang Xiaohou’s temperament was somewhat shy, but he had a particular adoration for Mo Fan.

Mo Fan was the king of the children within this area of the city. Back in the days, he could gather masses with a single call, even Zhao Kunsan mingled with Big Brother Mo Fan. Only after that incident did Zhao Kunsan start to rely on Mu Bai, and many others no longer dared to play with Mo Fan.

Zhang Xiaohou was devoted to Mo Fan. No matter what kind of over-the-boundary thing Mo Fan had done, he would still lift even his feet to clap in admiration!

Zhang Xiaohou knew of the matter from three years ago. And now that he had seen Mo Fan striking back without hesitation or fear, he began to admire Mo Fan even more. He would never be as bold as Mo Fan in his lifetime!

“Ah, I feel really good today. When I go to the cafeteria later, I’ll get an extra fried egg.” Mo Fan patted Zhang Xiaohou’s shoulder as he felt a flush of success, before walking towards the cafeteria.

“Haha, if you saw the looks on Mu Bai and Zhao Kunsan, then you’d definitely feel even better,” Zhang Xiaohou said as he vented his resentment.

That henchman, Zhao Kunsan, had really been beaten until his face had swollen up. Xiaohou bet Kunsan couldn’t even dream of Mo Fan’s cultivation being higher than his by more than a level.

Whereas Mu Bai, there’s no need to say more about that. All he did was act like someone he was not and assault the poor on a regular basis. And what was the result of that? In the end, the Wise Martial God, Brother Fan, still got rid of him.

Forget it. Mu Bai really was trying to curry favour with Mu He like a son. He just wanted Mu He to help him enter the Mu Family’s inner court, and cultivate together with the core disciples…

In the end, that old scoundrel didn’t even take a look at him at all. Instead, he was fixated on Mo Fan. What really stupefied people was that Mo Fan had directly thrown away what Mu Bai dreamt of like it was trash, while at same time, he even made the old scoundrel lose face. Refreshing, it was truly refreshing!

Xiaohou didn’t understand what that old scoundrel, Mu Zhuoyun was thinking. Three years ago, the old scoundrel had already experienced Mo Fan’s viper tongue and vicious temperament. Yet, today, he attempted to dismiss the former debt, which merely resulted in Mo Fan, who didn’t hide any of his cards, slandering him greatly.

He reckoned Mu Zhuoyun’s blood pressure today had risen by a lot!