91. Conflict

"This is for me?" Ye Shi asked while holding a stack of talismans.

"Yeah!" Mu Chen said.

"Why are you giving me this?!" Ye Shi asked.

"The next practice of the Hundred Exercises requires the help of flames. The flames in this talisman can be kept for about a while. You can use it directly to help you cultivate, or you can try to ingest it. Although this flame is weak, its quality is not bad." Mu Chen explained.

Ye Shi carefully put away the stack of talisman papers, smiled brilliantly, and said, "I see."

Ye Shi took Mu Chen's arm and walked towards the academy.

"How does Senior Jing treat you?" Mu Chen asked casually.

Ye Shi nodded and said, "Very good! Except..." He fought with him over the cake made by Mu Chen, which was not very good.

Master Shifu even disliked the low spiritual energy in the cake. He said that the ingredients used were junk, and he also told Mu Chen to use better ingredients.

"Except?" Mu Chen looked at Ye Shi in confusion.

Ye Shi shook his head and said, "It's nothing! Mater shifu's pretty good, but he's a little greedy for food..."

Mu Chen rolled his eyes. How dare Ye Shi say that Jing Chiyan was greedy for food. But in the end, he said, "Glad to know that he treats you well."
............

"Ye Shi, you're going too far." Zhuang Yu stood on the stairs outside the academy, accusing Ye Shi with righteous indignation.

Ye Shi clenched his fists with a long face. Zhuang Yu was such a bitch. He had been avoiding Zhuang Yu again and again, but Zhuang Yu appeared in front of him again and again to challenge him.

"Zhuang Yu, what do you want?" Ye Shi glared at Zhuang Yu through gritted teeth.

Mu Chen squinted and stood beside Ye Shi, looking at Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu looked at Mu Chen, held his head high, and said indignantly, "Ye Shi, Ye Rong is your sister anyway! Even if you are Senior Jing's apprentice now, and your status is unusual, you should not be ungrateful, look down on your sister, and shouldn't attack your sister!"

Ye Rong stood pitifully beside Zhuang Yu. Around Zhuang Yu were his admirers, all of whom looked at Ye Shi with accusations.

Ye Shi looked at Zhuang Yu's upright look, his teeth rattled.

Bitch! Since childhood, Ye Rong had made many troubles to him. He was generous not to kill her.  Zhuang Yu didn't know anything. What made Zhuang Yu think that she could have the right to point fingers?

Mu Chen's eyelids twitched. In the book, Zhuang Yu was a young man with a sense of justice. He liked to help the weak and punish the bad and promote the good. Now, was Zhuang Yu protecting the weak?

Zhuang Yu stood on the stairs, looking down at Ye Shi, full of righteousness.

Ye Shi lowered his head, suddenly raised his eyes, looked at Zhuang Yu gloomily, and said with coldness, "Bitch, mind your own business!"

Zhuang Yu looked at Ye Shi, who was full of sarcasm, and was shocked.

There were a lot of students watching the excitement around, and Zhuang Yu's face burned when he felt the playful gaze.

"Ye Shi, you are hopeless." Zhuang Yu said angrily.

Ye Shi sneered and said anxiously, "I'm hopeless? You are unreasonable! So many men can't satisfy you? You now want women? Do you have an affair with her too? Good for you! Flirt with both men and women!"

Mu Chen: "..."

"You... you are talking nonsense." Zhuang Yu said with dissatisfaction.

"I'm talking nonsense. You have nothing to do with her. Why do you stand out for her? You are such a needy whore!" Ye Shi yelled.

Mu Chen: "..."

Zhuang Yu blushed and looked at Ye Shi with dissatisfaction. Ye Shi was always the wicked person who complained first. He beat his sister, but now he distracted the focus on him.

Zhuang Yu's eyes turned onto Mu Chen. But Mu Chen was looking at Ye Shi with concern, he couldn't help feeling upset.

Originally, according to his plan, he would stand up for Ye Rong, and Mu Chen would see Ye Shi's true face, and then would leave Ye Shi.

However, looking at Mu Chen's current situation, he didn't dislike Ye Shi at all. What's so good about Ye Shi? He's obviously so bad.

In terms of eloquence, the "innocent and kind" Zhuang Yu would not be Ye Shi's match.

"Ye Shi, you are going too far. I must teach you a lesson today." Zhuang Yu said seriously.

Ye Shi snorted coldly and sneered, "Oh, I'm so afraid of you! Bitch, bring it on!"

Mu Chen: "..."

Although Zhuang Yu saw himself as a noble man, he was mad after being stimulated by Ye Shi.

"You..." Zhuang Yu couldn't help but threw a punch at Ye Shi.

Ye Shi was pleasantly surprised when he saw Zhuang Yu's attack. What he was waiting for was Zhuang Yu's first attack. Fighting was prohibited in the school. But Zhuang Yu was the one who attacked first, he had a good reason to fight back.

Ye Shi was excited to fight back. Then the two quickly started a battle.

Jing Chiyan's fighting style was fierce and aggressive. Ye Shi had learned from Jing Chiyan for a period of time, and he was just as ruthless as Jing Chiyan.

Although Zhuang Yu looked weak, he was the protagonist who had a golden finger, and he was also a three-star martial art master. His strength was not weak.

"Bang." The two bumped their punches fiercely. The explosion caused by the collision of the palms shocked many people.

Ye Shi and Zhuang Yu were both exempted from the third round test. Many people doubted whether the strength of the two was qualified enough. At this moment, when the two made a move, the doubt in everyone's heart disappeared immediately.

The audience suddenly began to whisper.

"Young Master Lan, are we going to take action?" One of Zhuang Yu's admirers asked Lan Ruofeng.

Lan Ruofeng frowned. This was a battle between Zhuang Yu and Ye Shi. If they made a move, it would seem that Zhuang Yu was inferior to Ye Shi.

"Wait a minute." Lan Ruofeng said.

"Ye Shi is really rude and so ruthless." Zhuang Yu's other admirer couldn't help but said.

"Exactly." Lan Ruofeng said with narrowed eyes.

On the other side, the students watched the battle between the two with great interest.

"Ye Shi is amazing!"

"Zhuang Yu looks weak, but he is surprisingly strong."

"Although the strengths of these two are only three-star marital master, their combat power is comparable to that of five-star..."

 

 

............

As the two of them fought longer, Zhuang Yu got anxious as he couldn't win.

Ye Shi felt uncomfortable as he couldn't defeat Zhuang Yu.

As time passed, the gap between the two gradually became apparent. Zhuang Yu's elementary  level was similar to Ye Shi's, but Zhuang Yu's physical strength was a bit worse than Ye Shi's.

Ye Shi's physical quality was better than Zhuang Yu's, and even far better than Zhuang Yu's thanks to the Hundred Exercises.

Others didn't know Zhuang Yu's purpose for supporting Ye Rong, but Ye Shi did. Zhuang Yu said so righteously, but in fact, his only purpose was to make Mu Chen hate him.

Zhuang Yu has so many new and old lovers, but he still won't let Mu Chen go.

"Master Lan, Master Zhuang doesn't seem to be in a very good condition!" said a man beside Lan Ruofeng.

Lan Ruofeng frowned and watched the battle in silence.

Ye Shi slapped Zhuang Yu's face, and the crowd suddenly exclaimed.

Ye Shi narrowed his eyes. He knew that it was impossible to kill Zhuang Yu, but it was possible to embarrass Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu only felt that his face was burning. Ye Shi not only slapped him in the face, but also in his heart.

Looking at Zhuang Yu's swollen face, Ye Shi was happy.

Ye Rong stood aside in a panic. She originally just wanted to take revenge on Ye Shi, but the whole thing got way worse.

"Damn..."

A violent coercion shrouded Ye Shi, and Ye Shi found that he couldn't move.

A giant hand shrouded Ye Shi, and Ye Shi's face suddenly turned extremely pale.

"Shi Ziyu, you shameless bastard." A furious roar sounded immediately.

Mu Chen raised his hand and instantly triggered hundreds of flaming fire talismans and bursting talismans to block Shi Ziyu's giant palm. He ran over and carried Ye Shi to roll away.

"Boom." The talisman collided with the giant palm. Explosion sounded one after another. A deep pit with a diameter of three meters appeared where Ye Shi used to stand. 

Ye Shi stared blankly at Mu Chen who was holding him. Mu Chen spit blood on Ye Shi's face, and Ye Shi's eyes became watery.

A loud fight sounded.

"Senior Jing and Senior Shi are fighting." Someone shouted, and everyone's eyes turned to the sky at the same time.

"Shi Ziyu, you shameless thing! Shame on you for intervene in the fight of the juniors." Jing Chiyan gnashed his teeth and looked at Shi Ziyu.

"Jing Chiyan, if it wasn't for your apprentice being too ruthless, I wouldn't have done this." Shi Ziyu said with disapproval.

"Didn't your apprentice get a slap in the face? What's the big deal? Besides, how can he be as ruthless as you?" Jing Chiyan looked at Shi Ziyu with angry eyes.

Fortunately, Mu Chen responded quickly, otherwise Ye Shi would be seriously injured by Shi Ziyu's palm. And Ye Shi's talent would have been ruined.

However, Mu Chen surprisingly blocked Shi Ziyu's palm.

The two fought again. The battle between two marital kings was unimaginably loud.

"Stop it now!" A furious roar said.

Mu Chen squinted his eyes and said in his heart: It must be the chief dean!

Ye Shi hugged Mu Chen in a panic, and said, "Mu Chen, are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Mu Chen said. He was only injured by the aftermath of the explosion, and nothing serious.

"You bleed." Ye Shi said in disapproval.

Mu Chen secretly said: If you can see my blood, it means I am fine. If I can't get out the blood, it will cause internal injuries.

Zhuang Yu looked at Mu Chen with a gloomy face. What exactly did Ye Shi do to actually make Mu Chen risk his life to save him?

Mu Chen lowered his head, full of thoughts. In the original story, any cannon fodder that confronted Zhuang Yu would die miserably.

He did not do anything when Ye Shi and Zhuang Yu confronted each other because he wanted to see whether Zhuang Yu would still be as lucky as in the book after the plot had changed. In the end, Zhuang Yu was still the author's favorite one.

Xie Danyan looked at Mu Chen, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

"Danyan, what's wrong with you?" Cheng Wanbai asked.

Xie Danyan shook her head and said, "It's nothing. The fire talisman that exploded just now seems to have an aura of special flames."

"Special flame?" Cheng Wanbai asked in confusion.

Xie Danyan nodded and said, "Well, it's like a strange fire."

Cheng Wanbai laughed disapprovingly, "Danyan, you are mistaken. It's impossible."

Xie Danyan smiled reluctantly and said, "It should be my mistake."

 

 

92. Quarry

An old man dressed in a sackcloth linen robe walked out. The old man was not very good-looking, and the clothes were not good quality. However, as soon as he walked out, everyone immediately became solemn.

"Dean." Jing Chiyan and Shi Ziyu called out respectfully at the same time.

"Master Shifu, you are injured." Zhuang Yu couldn't help calling out nervously when he saw Shi Ziyu's bleeding arm.

Shi Ziyu glanced at Zhuang Yu and stopped what Zhuang Yu was going to say next.

Lian Chengkong looked at Jing Chiyan and Shi Ziyu with a bad expression, "You two, you are actually fighting for the disputes of the juniors. Shame on you!"

Jing Chiyan narrowed his eyes. Shi Ziyu was so ruthless. He clearly wanted to kill Ye Shi.

"What's going on? The academy doesn't allow infighting, don't you know?" Lian Chengkong looked at Zhuang Yu and Ye Shi and asked.

Disputes among the students in the academy were a common occurrence. If the conflict between Zhuang Yu and Ye Shi would not become a big issue, the academy will turn a blind eye to it.

When Shi Ziyu and Jing Chiyan got into a fight, Lian Chengkong had to interfere.

Lian Chengkong looked at Zhuang Yu and Ye Shi and asked, "Who attacked first?"

Zhuang Yu's expression changed, and he said nervously, "It was me, but..."

"Enough!" Lian Chengkong stopped Zhuang Yu, "No matter what reason you have, it is a serious violation of the school rules if you take action first."

Zhuang Yu bit his lips, lowered his head, and looked aggrieved.

Zhuang Yu turned his attention to Ye Rong. He did it for Ye Rong's sake. At this time, Ye Rong should stand up and say something for him.

Ye Rong was so frightened that she hid to the side without saying a word.

Looking at Ye Rong's face, Zhuang Yu felt disappointed. He kindly stood up for Ye Rong, and he got his master Shifu into the trouble. Now that he needed Ye Rong's defense, but Ye Rong looked so indifferent.

"Just now, who else fought?" Lian Chengkong asked with a long face.

"Me." Ye Shi frowned.

Lian Chengkong looked at Ye Shi and said angrily, "You are honest."

Ye Shi pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Is this person beside you also participating?" Lian Chengkong asked while looking at Mu Chen.

"No." Ye Shi hurriedly said.

"If he didn't participate, how could he get hurt?" Lian Chengkong said angrily.

Ye Shi wanted to say something, but Mu Chen stopped him.

"Even if you didn't take the first shot, but you also participated in the fight. You go to work at the quarry for a month as a punishment." Lian Chengkong turned his eyes to Zhuang Yu and said, "As for you, work there for three months. The three of you should learn your lesson there." 

As soon as Lian Chengkong finished speaking, Ye Shi immediately launched a voice message to Jing Chiyan.

When Jing Chiyan heard Ye Shi's voice message, he couldn't help laughing.

"Master, Zhuang Yu is a bitch and a slut. He wants Mu Chen. He can't be sent to the same quarry as Mu Chen."

Ye Shi's voice messaging skills were low. Although the students around him couldn't hear what he said, Shi Ziyu and Lian Chengkong heard it.

Shi Ziyu's face turned red and said, "You are hopeless." Shi Ziyu glared at Ye Shi with gritted teeth.

"My apprentice is hopeless? You should discipline your apprentice. If he hadn't been flirting with different men, my apprentice wouldn't have been so wary of him." Jing Chiyan sneered.

Shi Ziyu said angrily, "You..."

"Enough, both of you shut up." Lian Chengkong said angrily.

"Arrange him to the quarry in District 3. As for these two, go to District 2." Lian Chengkong said to the man of the academy law enforcement team.

When Ye Shi heard Lian Chengkong's words, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Dean, Mu Chen is injured. Please allow him to recover for a few days before going." Ye Shi looked at Lian Chengkong and said.

Lian Chengkong looked at Ye Shi, then glanced at Mu Chen lightly, and said disapprovingly, "Don't worry. It's just a minor injury. He will be fine." 

Ye Shi frowned and did not agree with him.

Lian Chengkong looked at Mu Chen and said, "What talisman did you use just now?"

Mu Chen bowed respectfully and said, "Fire Talisman and the Burst Talisman."

"It works well." Lian Chengkong said. Under such circumstances, to block Shi Ziyu's blow, Mu Chen was indeed a talent!

Mu Chen smiled shyly, and said, "Thank you for your praise."

Lian Chengkong looked at Mu Chen and said to the law enforcement team, "Take them away."

Ye Shi pouted and said in his heart, "This dean is emotional. He was praising Mu Chen a moment ago, but he changed a moment later.

As soon as Mu Chen and Ye Shi were taken away, the two presidents of the Talisman Guild came to visit.

Knowing that Mu Chen and Ye Shi were locked in the quarry by the Holy Star Academy, the two presidents had no choice but to leave.

 

Two days later.

There was a rumor that a new type of talisman had appeared in Saint Star Academy. It could help warriors absorb the sun essence fire from this talisman. Once the news spread, many came to Saint Star Academy to seek the master who developed the talisman.

............

Ye Shi looked at the stone mountain in front of him, full of depression and said: "We are going to move so many stones to that mountain!"

Mu Chen nodded and said, "Yes! We have to remove all these stones within a month, otherwise, after a month, we still can't get out."

Ye Shi sat on the stone, looked into the distance, and said, "Someone told me before that entering the Saint Star Academy is a blessing. Blessing? We are actually doing heavy-lifting work here, and without any pay."

Mu Chen: "..." Ye Shi complained mostly because there was no pay.

Mu Chen looked at Ye Shi and said, "This is for you."

Ye Shi looked at Mu Chen and said, "What is this?"

"This is my newly researched talisman, based on the traditional light body talisman. The function of the light body talisman is to make people's bodies lighter. Since people's bodies can be made lighter, then the stone should become lighter." Mu Chen said.

Ye Shi couldn't wait to put talisman on a stone beside him, and the stone immediately became lighter.

"It's lighter, a lot lighter!" Ye Shi said excitedly.

Mu Chen smiled and said, "Okay. Let's move quickly. Our task is a bit heavy."

Ye Shi nodded and said happily, "Okay."

............

"Uncle Master." Xin Ruge called Jing Chiyan.

"Ruge, it's you!" Jing Chiyan said with a smile.

"Uncle, are you worried about Ye Shi?" Xin Ruge asked.

Jing Chiyan nodded and said, "Yeah! Your little junior brother is a versatile. I don't know if he can get used to a place like a quarry."

Xin Ruge smiled and said, "With Mu Chen being with him, he will be fine."

"Mu Chen is really hard to see through!" Jing Chiyan said. A second-level alchemist and talisman maker, who only entered the academy, created the Spring Breeze and Rain Talisman, the Beast Spirit Pill, and now new type of fire talisman.

The two presidents of the Talisman Association came to ask about Mu Chen quite often, hoping that Mu Chen would quit the school and join the Talisman Association.

"I heard that many people want the dean to pardon Mu Chen." Xin Ruge said.

Jing Chiyan squinted his eyes. Mu Chen was innocent this time. In the battle between Ye Shi and Zhuang Yu, Mu Chen did not directly participate. What he did was blocking Shi Ziyu's blow in the end.

Thinking of Shi Ziyu, in Jing Chiyan's eyes turned cold in an instant. Shi Ziyu suddenly attacked. At that time, he was too far away to stop him. If it wasn't for Mu Chen, Ye Shi would be really in danger.

Shi Ziyu may have done it on purpose. If Ye Shi died, Zhuang Yu would stand out in the future.

Mu Chen usually seemed to be quiet, but at a critical moment, he was so brave to fight back against Shi Ziyu, a martial king. 

In an instant, Mu Chen exploded hundreds of talismans to successfully block a martial king's attack. Mu Chen's spiritual power might be stronger than imagination!

"Little Junior Brother is so lucky to have Mu Chen." Xin Ruge couldn't help saying.

Jing Chiyan frowned and said, "Mu Chen seems to be sincere about your junior brother..."

In fact, Jing Chiyan had never been very optimistic about Mu Chen, and always felt that Mu Chen was up to something as he got close to Ye Shi. However, after this time, Jing Chiyan changed a lot when he thought about Mu Chen.

"Do you know how your junior brother is doing?" Jing Chiyan asked.

Xin Ruge smiled helplessly, and said, "Uncle, you know that the quarry is the territory of Uncle Xiong. Even the headmaster can't get involved!"

Xiong Wei was a nine-star martial king, and his strength was the strongest among the four martial kings. Xiong Wei was not an easy person to get along.

As soon as Mu Chen was sent to the quarry, the Talisman School came. Lian Chengkong regretted it at the time. However, it was impossible for Xiong Wei to let Mu Chen go in less than a month.

"The people from the Talisman Association seem to visit frequently recently!" Jing Chiyan said with a smile.

"Not only the Talisman Association, the Alchemist Association, and even the Artifact Refiner Association come to visit." Xin Ruge said.

Special fire could be used by both alchemists and refiners. They were very rare. If talisman could really extract the sun's essence fire, then... Mu Chen was going to make a lot of money.

............

Ye Shi put a weight reduction talisman on the huge stone and rolled the stone forward easily.

A flame suddenly fell on the stone in front of Ye Shi, and the weight reduction talisman was burnt out.

Ye Shi raised his head and looked around in dissatisfaction.

A long, chubby old man, dressed in tattered and dirty clothes, with a half-human-high jug in his hand, appeared in front of the two of them.

"I hate those who play tricks. You are here to be punished! You look like you are here to enjoy your life!" The old man looked at the two with disdain.

Ye Shi looked at the person in dissatisfaction and said, "Who are you?!"

Mu Chen glanced at the visitor, glared at Ye Shi, and said, "Stone, don't be rude."

"You're polite. Is your name Mu Chen?" The old man took a sip of wine and looked at Mu Chen up and down.

Mu Chen nodded and said, "Exactly."

"Lian Chengkong wants to get you out of here. Do you know that?" the old man asked.

"Dean? Is he going to release Mu Chen?" Ye Shi asked happily.

"He wants to release your lover, not you. Why are you so happy? No one will accompany you when he goes out. Don't worry. Although Lian Chengkong wanted to let your lover go, but I refused." The old man said with a faint smile. .

Ye Shi: "..."