Chapter 225 – If Only the Boss Were Here! Melancholy Xu Xingchen!

“You’re looking for death, kid!”

The Ghost Officer leading the procession with gongs roared, his Ghost Qi chilling as he glared at Ye Sheng. How dare someone block the patrol envoy’s procession?

“Step aside, now!” The Ox-Head and Horse-Face guards, holding soul-hooking chains, also spoke in deep, muffled voices, eyeing Ye Sheng warily. Could this be an attempt to free the prisoner?

Facing the group of Ghost Officers, Ye Sheng remained composed and smiled. “I wish to see the patrol envoy.”

As he spoke, his gaze shifted to the young woman inside the crimson sedan chair behind them.

“Do you think the patrol envoy is someone you can see just because you want to?”

Another Ghost Officer was about to scold him when the crimson sedan chair drifted forward.

“Why do you want to see me?” Yan Wushuang sat inside the sedan chair, dressed in blood-red robes. As a 5th Revolution Ghost King, her aura was as profound as an abyss.

Especially since she was also a student of Fengdu University, making her far stronger than ordinary Ghost Kings!

Even a 5th Revolution Ghost King Patriarch from a Great Aristocratic Family would likely be suppressed by Yan Wushuang in a single encounter. The captured 5th Revolution Ghost King was a prime example.

Most people would find it difficult to remain calm and composed in her presence.

Yet Ye Sheng seemed entirely unfazed by her cultivation level and status, boldly blocking her procession.

“I’m just hitching a ride!” Ye Sheng said with a smile, stating his purpose directly.

This reason left Yan Wushuang momentarily stunned!

This kid had stopped her just for that?

“Where are you going?” Yan Wushuang raised an elegant eyebrow, finding it amusing. Few dared to speak to her like this.

“To Fengdu University!” Ye Sheng was equally straightforward, flipping his hand to reveal a small golden booklet in his palm.

It was none other than the Fengdu University admission letter.

Fengdu City was simply too vast, and hitching a ride would save him a lot of trouble.

“An admission letter? Are you a new student this year?” Yan Wushuang glanced at the golden booklet in Ye Sheng’s hand and recognized it as a genuine Fengdu University admission letter. She couldn’t help but pause in surprise.

At the same time, her gaze toward Ye Sheng quickly softened, the sharpness in her eyes fading away.

Since he was a new student, he could be considered one of their own!

Students of Fengdu University were extremely united when outside, as long as they weren’t in direct competition.

“Little junior, come! Sit in the sedan chair…” Yan Wushuang smiled gently, even patting the spot beside her inside the sedan chair, inviting Ye Sheng to sit with her.

“Well…” Now it was Ye Sheng’s turn to hesitate. Yan Wushuang was asking him to sit right next to her, and the space inside the crimson sedan chair wasn’t particularly spacious.

Yan Wushuang pouted. “We’re all part of the jianghu—no need to stand on ceremony. Besides, if you don’t sit… you won’t be able to keep up with the procession’s speed later.”

Hearing this, Ye Sheng acted decisively, stepping directly into Yan Wushuang’s sedan chair. If she didn’t mind, why should he?

This scene left the group of Ghost Officers dumbfounded. Since when had their patrol envoy become so accommodating?

At the same time, it also stunned the patrons in the nearby tavern.

“Wow~! So this kid is actually a student of Fengdu University?”

“And he even climbed into the patrol envoy’s sedan chair…”

The patrons stared wide-eyed.

The Elder sharing the table was also stunned. This out-of-towner was actually a student of Fengdu University? And here he had been boasting for so long.

The young man beside him froze in place. This unsophisticated country bumpkin was actually a student of the sacred place he so admired.

He was attending the affiliated martial arts school of Fengdu University. Did that mean Ye Sheng might one day substitute-teach his class?

If that day ever came, how awkward would it be?!

The patrol envoy’s procession set off again, with minor ghosts clearing the way ahead, forcing the living to step aside.

The entire procession also sped up, vanishing swiftly into the distance like a fleeting shadow.

This made Ye Sheng understand why Yan Wushuang had said they couldn’t keep up with the procession’s speed—it was indeed too fast. Yan Wushuang was using the power of a Ghost King to propel the entire group forward.

“Fengdu University, I’m coming…”

Inside the sedan chair, Ye Sheng sat close beside Yan Wushuang. The proximity was so intimate that he could even feel the warmth emanating from Yan Wushuang’s body.

…

At this moment, the gate of Fengdu University—a top-tier institution in the Federation—stood tall and majestic like the Southern Heavenly Gate, radiating boundless light!

This gate could be considered a sacred place that every young person in the Federation yearned for, but only a very few could truly step through it, and each of them was an elite among elites!

Within Fengdu University, there stood a crimson pagoda that pierced the heavens and reached the earth, emanating endless bloody light. This light seemed capable of penetrating space, casting its glow into all heavens and worlds.

This tower was called the Reincarnation Tower.

In the Life-Death Realm on the first floor of the Reincarnation Tower, all the new students of Fengdu University had gathered.

There were quite a few students, hailing from various provinces across the Federation!

All of them were elites!

They stayed together in groups, led by the ‘Provincial Top Scholars’ of their respective provinces.

Nanming Province was naturally among them, though their situation didn’t seem very favorable.

“If only our boss were here!” Xu Xingchen lay on the black soil ground, hands cushioning the back of his head, gazing blankly at the thick, heavy dark clouds in the sky.

This Life-Death Realm formed its own Minor World, with a gloomy sky shrouded in dark clouds.

Yet, at intervals within the thick cloud layer, beams of light shot down, illuminating the land below.

To be precise, they illuminated the massive black stone steles.

“These ‘Life-Death Steles’… our Nanming Province hasn’t managed to secure a single one!” Shangguan Jianyun stood tall, staring intently at the enormous steles, each bathed in light.

These steles stood out starkly against the black earth, and there were quite a few of them, but every one was already occupied.

In front of these steles, students from various provinces had taken over and sat gathered around them.

One by one, they looked up at the steles, though it was unclear what they were observing.

Meanwhile, the over one thousand students admitted from Nanming Province sat there staring helplessly, having failed to claim even a single stele.

Tang Hongyi sat cross-legged nearby. Dressed in red, she was charming and delicate. Hearing this, she smiled bitterly and said, “There’s no other way. With our strength, we simply can’t compete with the other provinces for these Life-Death Steles.”

“But this can’t go on!” Shangguan Jianyun frowned.

The Life-Death Steles were immensely useful and were also known as ‘Enlightenment Stones.’

By sitting and observing them, the steles would manifest the moves and all details of the Skills one had learned.

Observing these steles could double the efficiency of increasing Skill Proficiency!

That alone would be significant enough.

More importantly, they could assist in Skill fusion, helping to create one’s own unique ‘Fusion Skill’!

The importance of Fusion Skills needed no further elaboration.

To step into the ‘Beginner-Tier Giant’ level, one required at least one ‘Fusion Skill.’

Back when the woman with the fire-red longbow fought Ye Sheng, she fused 108 skills into one, creating her own ‘Fusion Skill’.

It was through this that she became a ‘Beginner-Tier Giant’!

Subsequent combat power increases, such as reaching Intermediate-Tier Giant and High-Tier Giant, require even stronger and more complex Fusion Skills!

Even the Peak Tier can be reached, as long as the Fusion Skill is powerful enough.