Chapter 17: Ancient Relic’s Gossip Talk!
"Reruns of Ancient Cultivation History TV shows in Qinghai nation" was not an easy topic to cover, and Zixuan understood this.
Despite that, he knew the ins and out of cultivation history, and was an advocate.
Although they didn't have that many history classes, it was still mandatory for them to study at home or else they wouldn't be able obtain their graduation certificate later in their school years.
Examples like Zhen Jie and Misaki were just like this, and often studied at home. Whether it was martial arts or cultivation daos, it was still a long process.
Xero however, was different. Ever since he was born, his intelligence was beyond this world. In fact, it linked back to ancient times, his IQ transcended cultivation wisdom itself. Additionally, he was born with photographic memory, and he first showed signs of this at the age of two, when his father was playing a memory card game with him, and Xero accurately flipped all the same cards instantly!
So he basically knew everything about Qinghai's seven-thousand year old history, and he figured that listening to gossip from Ancient Relic time to time was good for the mind and body.
To him, it was best to hide his intellectual capacity and prowess. His go-to plan was just to show up to school, listen, nod, and that should be it, and maybe even ace the tests and get average scores. Just to blend in, and keep this up until graduation.
When Zixuan was talking about something that irritated him a bit, Ancient Relic's flow of talking never stopped, like the endless stream of rivers.
"After all, it can't be denied that these ancient tv films and shows also had competitors like External Breach, Yin and Yang formidability and the Yang Family Area, these were just the tip of the iceberg and the Yang Clan showed how its clan could make a lasting impact on the state."
When some students that were below the dais heard what Ancient Relic said, they smiled knowing that the time of gossip talk is about to begin.
"… I heard that two students here were ambushed by assassins last Saturday?"
Xero knew what was coming and sighed knowingly.
Speaking about the Grand Paradise incident, there was no one in the last two days that didn't know about the situation. Hell, even No. 89 High School and No.88 knew about it, and it was spread like crazy over the weekend!
The fact that Aoi Misaki, the Young Miss of the Yunhua Lotus Group was targeted and almost assassinated, put huge concern on the higher-ups and administration.
The instant after Misaki had encountered that attempt, Misaki's parents funded the upgrade of the school's security system and guards, and even sent some of their best bodyguards who were at-least at Golden Interior Stage. Patrol on the school grounds, security cameras, and swat teams guarding the entrance of the school whenever classes start, it was like the f*cking White House!
Shadow Emblem's first mission had failed, but they showed no signs of giving up. Whatever the case, it seemed that the leader held some kind of grudge against the maiden.
To safeguard their students, teachers of No. 90 Cultivation High had trained themselves vigorously these last two days… Except the hamburger muncher!
As the supposed God of Gossip who had been on the school for three years, he had a well established flow Han Jue could just dream to match.
His way of digging up gossip was inconceivable.
"As most of you know, the Shadow Emblem organization is very powerful and much mysterious. The leader of the whole thing has not been caught yet. And the assassins they send out are comparable to cultivation sages."
Ancient Relic sighed before continuing — his time for gossip talk is about to begin.
"But the person pulling those strings, is in fact in our country. Our school's amazing graduate; Odd Akira, had previously sent out attempts to destroy the organization. He sent out an amendment letter to the General Accounting and Assembly of the 100 Academies, and obviously they found the idea satisfactory. So, they gathered one-hundred Golden Interior stage masters."
Zhen Jie could not help asking after that cliffhanger, "Xuan, what happened then?"
"Of course, they… failed." Zixuan shook his head as he spoke with a tone of regret.
"It was a failed attempt. And once again, the Shadow Emblem proved its invulnerability. Everyone at that time had the same motive — to catch thieves and people that escaped the law. After Operation Order of Merit was given the green light, more than a hundred cultivators whilst flying on their swords, swarmed the Shadow Emblem leader's apartment. But when they got in… He or she had escaped!"
Students gasped in unison after that last part.
Teacher Sheng Zixuan was worthy of his two hard earned titles. He had profound knowledge about literature and history, and his words displayed them. Students would feel refreshed after his gossip, and the way he talked made them seem as if they were in the gossip internally. Like a movie scene except you're in it. Even bloody scene talk made the girls yelp.
After that last part, he let out a long sigh. "Though Operation Order of Merit failed its mission, it hadn't been entirely useless. It even let Qinghai's Anti Terrorism HQ point up and advance their systems, and they even managed to determine the leader of the Shadow Emblem's gender."
Zhen Jie teased, "Heh, gender? The leader is probably a furry."
Xinyan retorted, "No! The leader is most definitely a mangaka!"
Han Jue threw a dismissive hand, "No, the leader is an animal lover."
Zixuan personally revealed the right answer, "Shortly after the swarm, they burst into the bedroom. Apart from makeup products and bikini bottoms that were scattered on the bed, the only thing that stood out were the 34D… cough cough"
As he cleared his throat, he left that metaphor hanging. "I'll leave that for the boys to picture, but I mean it, No gooning in Class Advanced! I don't want to clean the tables, and I have other things to attend to other than scrubbing nut."
Checking the time on his watch, he packed his things from the dais and shamelessly put a dougan in his pocket as walked past the board, but he stopped at the door and said, "Make sure you review the latest unit chapters. We're gonna need them next week."
Immediately, as he exited the classroom, praises were heard.
After that… An unexpected challenge came from a certain organization!
That afternoon, No. 90's vanguard headmaster received a letter of challenge from Shadow Emblem?!