"He Tianwei, what do you want to do? If you're dissatisfied, go to the academy, don't stand here blocking the way!"

Yun Tao shouted angrily, his gaze toward He Tianwei filled with icy coldness.

"Go to the academy? The dean and the four Great Elders, along with the two supervising elders, all stand by you. What good is it for us to go to the academy?"

With sarcasm, He Tianwei looked at Yun Tao and the others: "Look, the dean's son, Elder Wine-crazed's two disciples, with such connections, would the academy cancel the rewards because of our advice?"

"No!"

A cold voice sounded, and a somber old man appeared beside everyone.

"Elder Sang!"

"Elder Sang!"

A group of disciples bowed and saluted Sang Zhenye.

Sang Zhenye coldly looked at He Tianwei and said sternly: "Are you dissatisfied with the academy?"

He Tianwei's expression slightly changed. He gritted his teeth and thought quickly before nodding heavily: "Yes, I think the academy is unjust!"

"Then you can leave, I approve your departure from the academy, or I can expel you from the academy!"

Sang Zhenye spoke coldly.

He Tianwei's heart trembled fiercely, and his eyes showed a touch of panic. He stammered: "Elder Sang, I didn't mean it that way."

"What is the seventh rule of the academy?"

Sang Zhenye looked at He Tianwei indifferently, with no emotion in his eyes.

"The, the seventh rule..."

He Tianwei's face turned pale, stammering, not daring to answer.

"Anyone spreading harmful words against the academy or inciting students to oppose the academy will be expelled, and in severe cases, their cultivation will be abolished."

A cold light flashed in Sang Zhenye's eyes: "He Tianwei, make your choice!"

"Elder Sang is going to expel He Tianwei?!"

"Is it that harsh?"

"Isn't it too extreme? Can't we even speak about the academy's injustice?"

"This favoring is too blatant, isn't it?"

Everyone in the hall whispered, casting increasingly unfriendly glances at Jiang Chen and the others.

"Elder Sang, is the academy going to become unreasonable like the Sect?"

Upon hearing the crowd's words, He Tianwei's heart secretly rejoiced. His expression suddenly became solemn, and he shouted righteously: "We come to the academy to have a fair and just place to cultivate. If the academy can't even accomplish this, then we..."

"Then you can leave, no one forces you to stay in the academy!"

Sang Zhenye interrupted He Tianwei directly.

He Tianwei's face suddenly became quite ugly, his body lightly trembling. He had anticipated angering the academy's high ranks but hadn't expected Sang Zhenye to be so direct, actually wanting to expel him.

A group of students trembled, looking at Sang Zhenye with eyes of fear, especially those who had ridiculed Jiang Chen earlier, their faces becoming even paler.

However, there were some students who frowned, their eyes showing a hint of dissatisfaction, their gazes at Jiang Chen and the others full of disdain.

Several instructors in the Task Hall also looked at Jiang Chen and the others with complex expressions, hesitating to speak, evidently having opinions about the academy's temporary changes to the task reward.

The atmosphere in the Task Hall became subtly peculiar for a moment, everyone mechanically handling their tasks, their attention focused on the entrance on Sang Zhenye and the others.

Sweeping a glance at the surrounding students, Jiang Chen took a deep look at He Tianwei.

What was he trying to do? Was he deliberately trying to undermine the students' sense of belonging to the academy? Or was he merely trying to evoke their dissatisfaction with me?

He Tianwei had already cultivated to the Divine Infant Realm Peak, he shouldn't be so unable to control his mindset, right?

Or... was there another purpose?

Also...

Jiang Chen suspiciously glanced at He Tianwei, what gave him the courage to challenge Elder Sang directly? Was it just because of the task reward? That doesn't quite make sense, does it?

"Elder Sang."

With slight hesitation, Jiang Chen approached Sang Zhenye and bowed in salute: "Could you tell me what the task reward is first?"

"You don't know?"

Sang Zhenye asked in surprise, glancing at Yun Tao and the others.

"Elder Sang, I wanted to give Junior Brother a surprise, so I haven't told him yet!"

Yun Tao explained.

Sang Zhenye lightly nodded, smilingly looked at Jiang Chen: "Jiang Chen, this time because of you, the academy eradicated a force attempting to enslave our affiliate family. We've specially rewarded you all with the qualification to train in the Five Elements Dao Treasure Secret Realm!"

"What?"

"Someone tried to enslave the academy's affiliate family?!"

"Is it the Shangluo family? No wonder they'd take such strange actions; turns out they were coerced!"

"This involves the academy's reputation, Jiang Chen and the others' contributions are indeed significant!"

Several students spoke in astonishment, their eyes toward Jiang Chen and the others softened considerably, at least no longer filled with contempt, although envy still overflowed.

He Tianwei's eyes showed surprise, he didn't know about this either.

Sweeping a glance at the surrounding people, He Tianwei gently frowned. If everyone accepted such rewards because of this, then today's questioning in blocking the path was all in vain, and he had offended the academy's upper ranks, possibly being expelled.

He Tianwei's eyes showed panic, with a trace of regret emerging internally, he shouldn't have been so reckless, at least he should've first understood why the academy broke the rules to change the reward before causing trouble.

"Five Elements Dao Treasure Secret Realm? Is it the Dao Treasure from the academy's Five Great Opportunity Locations?"

Jiang Chen asked Sang Zhenye in surprise.

"Yes, that's the Five Great Dao Treasures."

Sang Zhenye nodded: "How? Are you satisfied with this reward? It was worthy of you since you almost died in Hui City, right?"

Yun Tao hurriedly ran next to Sang Zhenye, staring directly at Jiang Chen's face, Jian Wuheng and others eagerly huddled closer.

Everyone in the hall slightly paused, confusion evident in their eyes.

"Oh."

Jiang Chen nodded slightly, understanding why the crowd reacted so strongly.

The Five Elements Dao Treasure Secret Realm, from the name alone, assuredly was saturated with the aura of the Five Elements Great Path, having an exponential effect on comprehending the Five Elements Great Path.

A warm current flowed through his heart; when Yun Tao and the others mentioned that this changed reward was related to him, he was somewhat indifferent, but now he realized.

The others were all cultivating single or dual pathways; if the reward was only for them, sending them to the Sword Dao Treasure for cultivation would suffice, which is the academy's Golden Origin Pearl collection spot. The reason for opening the Five Elements Dao Treasure Secret Realm is because he comprehended the Five Elements Great Path!

Upon figuring this out, Jiang Chen felt a sense of responsibility; regardless of He Tianwei's intentions, he couldn't let him exploit this against the academy.

"Junior Brother, aren't you surprised?"

Yun Tao didn't see the expression he expected, looking at Jiang Chen in surprise.

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