Chapter 4874 — Thunder Academy
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"I don't know either..." Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao exchanged a glance and shook their heads. Neither of them had been in the East Continent long, and most of their time had been spent in quiet cultivation under the Divine Nun of the East Sea. Ears shut to the world outside, they knew a little of Morning Star Academy's affairs but next to nothing about the other academies.
"That one I know!" Lu Xiaozhong, trailing right behind the three of them, hurried over at these words, his face alight with the look of someone about to show off a treasure. "That academy's emblem—little Lu here knows it way too well. I even got in a fight with their people once, and on their home ground, no less!"
At that, everyone turned to stare. This fellow was something else—picking a fight on another academy's home turf and living to tell the tale? He must have the devil's own luck!
"That one was a close call. Lucky our Old Lu got there in time and dragged little Lu out from under their blades with all the strength he had, or I'd have been a goner. Tsk, tsk. Just thinking about it gives me the shivers!" Lu Xiaozhong recounted with a face full of excitement.
This time even Wei Zhao could not help rolling his eyes. With that eager, itching-for-another-round look on your face, you call that the shivers? From the look of you, you are dying for a rematch!
"You still haven't said which academy that is," Wei Zhao had to ask again.
"Oh, they're disciples of Thunder Academy. Their emblem's easy to recognize—three lightning bolts on a thunder pillar. A bunch of idiots just begging to be struck by lightning, that's what they are. Whoever designed that emblem must have been struck by lightning himself, haha!" Lu Xiaozhong said, cracking himself up.
"Thunder Academy?" Wei Zhao paused. Then it struck him that this place was called Thunder Plain Island, and this stretch of sea was called the Thunder East Sea. His heart stirred. "Could this be their home ground?"
"Half a home ground, I'd say. Thunder City sits in this Thunder East Sea, not far from Thunder Plain Island, by the look of it. That's where the headquarters of the East Continent's Yellow-Rank Academy Alliance is, one of the foremost cities in the Yellow-Rank Sea, and Thunder Academy is one of the largest Yellow-Rank academies," Lu Xiaozhong explained.
"So that's how it is!" Wei Zhao nodded in understanding. No wonder they had the nerve to take on two at once—one of the largest Yellow-Rank academies. Their foundations truly ran deep!
"Heh, riding on their academy's reputation, those Thunder Academy fools are downright overbearing! That time little Lu here tagged along with Old Lu to Thunder City for the excitement, and all I wanted was to buy a Gestation Golden Core. They ganged up on me just because they had the numbers. Was little Lu here going to take that lying down? I went at them on the spot. But the more I fought, the more of them there were, and I nearly died right there..." Lu Xiaozhong said with a chuckle.
Everyone was speechless. You picked a fight in Thunder City—of course the more you fought, the more of them there were! Any passerby you ran into might be somebody's relative or friend!
"They came at you just for buying a Gestation Golden Core? That's a bit too overbearing, isn't it?" Wei Zhao could not help frowning either. He had heard that sixth- and seventh-grade pills could only be sold to East Continent locals, but never that they could only be sold to the academy's own city. Such a trade barrier was far too much, far too overbearing.
No wonder they had come into conflict with Morning Pride and Soaring Cloud here. Such a domineering manner was bound to stir up trouble wherever it went. Which disciple of an East Continent academy was not proud and hot-blooded? Even if this was half their home ground, there would always be some who refused to bow their heads—it would be a wonder if there were no conflict at all. (To be continued.)