"Trash Vown?"
Zayn got utterly enraged. The young boy clearly viewed Zayn as below him and also called Vown trash. Never did Zayn let people make fun of the people closest to him. As Vown was Zayn's teacher he counted as the closest person in the current world.
"Who the hell are you to call my teacher trash?"
The young boy started to smile. His smile hid a vicious intention. "I am Flint from Burning Heart!" He looked towards Zayn, hoping for a big reaction.
The Burning Heart Family was a powerful Martial Family. They focused on fire-based cultivation techniques and made a name for all fire qi cultivators inside the Thunderlord Empire. Nearby the Green Leaf City was a branch of the Burning Heart situated. Flint was from there. Even though it was only a branch, the name of the Burning Heart Family still instilled fear on many cultivators.
"Burning Heart? What's that?"
Normally, Flint would receive many reactions from other students, after learning of the fact that he is from the Burning Heart Family. These reactions were mainly reactions of fear. Only one time did he receive a confused reaction. Zayn was the second person that was confused after knowing of the Burning Heart Family.
This enraged Flint. He saw his Martial Family as the strongest in the world and himself as their lead character. Not knowing about the Burning Heart Family was a direct slap to Flint's face.
"The Burning Heart Family is the strongest family in the world. How could you, a 1-Star Body Refinement Realm Cultivator, know about the prestige of my family. No wonder Vown picked you as his direct student. Trash seeks Trash!"
"Trash? Again, with this arrogance… Burning Heart? Flint? What the hell is wrong with your names? It seems like a 10-year-old named them. Do you think that it sounds cool? Don't make me laugh!"
"You… YOU! Don't think that I won't use force on you even though you are trash!"
As their argument heated up, many people assembled on the third floor. They heard noises coming from above and wanted to check it out. All of them surrounded Zayn and Flint, but no one dared to intervene. From what they could hear, they knew that Zayn was in the right.
Everyone knew that the rooms belonged to Vown's direct students. Teacher Leaf also knew of the fact that the rooms did not belong to his direct students. But he thought that Vown would never accept a direct student, so he had the audacity to take in more direct students than allowed. This resulted in the current situation. The room belonged to Zayn now, but no one dared to offend Flint and the Burning Heart Family.
The argument heated Flint up. He was on the receiving end, in front of all the people around them, losing his face in the process.
"You will regret talking to me like that!"
Flint's Fist at once attracted the qi in the environment. A flame formed around his fist.
"The Fire Fist! A secret Martial Skill created in the Burning Heart Family." a young boy in the surrounding commented.
"Do you still dare to talk like that?"
"OH NO! A FLAME! I am afraid… Seriously did you think this lousy Martial Skill will scare me?"
"…"
Everyone was speechless. The Fire Fist was far stronger than the Finger Pistol, they learned at the enrollment test. Not only that, it was also far harder to comprehend it. Displaying it would easily scare all the first-grade students.
Even though everyone knew that Martial Skills could not be used as an attack in the Body Refinement Realm, its display was enough to scare them off. The display was a sign of strength. Having a strong Martial Skill and comprehended it, showed off their talent. And no one wanted to infuriate someone far stronger and more talented than him.
For Zayn, it was only a display. Vown explained to him that Martial Skills could not be used in the Body Refinement Realm, so Flint could not attack him with his Fire Fist. Knowing that Zayn knew it was just a display nothing more. Why should he be afraid?
"That's enough Flint!" an unknown voice appeared out of the crowd. In a flash, he appeared in front of Flint.
"Ryu! What the hell do you want?"
"Ryu? Don't forget that I am your senior brother!" A gush of qi flew towards Flint, bringing him to his knee.
"Ryu, do you want to offend my Burning Heart Family?"
"Burning Heart Family? I don't care about that! We are inside the academy and I am your senior. Now if you dare to talk one more time that disrespectful to me I won't go easy on you!" Again, a gush of qi flew towards Flint. This time it was more powerful and violent than before and impacted him in his stomach. Making him fly a bit up and then fall again to his knees.
"…I…I am sorry… Senior brother." Unable to breathe calmly, Flint apologized and laid on his knee there. He was visually terrified. No one ever dared to treat him like that. Even though he was terrified, he was also burning with the desire to kill his senior brother.
'Wait until I am older! I will revenge this scene. You will die miserably!' Flint was still under the impression that he was the most talented person in the world. Under his impression, the only reason he lost was due to their age difference, but he would easily get stronger than his senior brother given enough time.
"Look, I am sorry for Flint's behavior. Don't worry the room belongs to you.
So, you are Teacher Bolt's first student… Interesting!" A mischievous smile appeared on Ryu's face.
"Thank you? Well, yeah, I am Teacher Bolt's first student."
"Hahahahaha. How about you enter your room and rest for a while, we can talk later."
"Sounds like a plan to me!"
As Zayn walked towards his room, Flint's voice ringed again.
"Wait… Senior Brother, I know you want to hand over the room to him, but the room was specially assigned to me by Teacher Leaf. What do you think he will say to that?" Flint still seemed in pain, but he did not want to hand his room so easily over.
"I think Teacher Leaf would say nothing to this matter. He trusts my judgement. Still, I can see your point. How about a small competition for the room? The winner gets the room."
"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Flint thanked Ryu happily as if he already won the competition. Under Flint's impression, there was no way he could lose to a 1-Star Body Refinement Realm Cultivator in any way.
"What about you?" Ryu looked towards Zayn, again a mischievous smile appeared on Ryu's face.
"Nope! The room belongs to me. In no way would I want to lose it!"
"…"
"I understand. The room belongs already to you, the competition wouldn't reward you in any way. Either you lose your room, or you keep it, there is no additional reward for you, right?"
"…Yeah, that's exactly what I meant."
"All right! Then that's easy. Flint, Teacher Bolt's student puts his room at stake, you should also put something of equal or higher value at stake."
"I should put something at stake? There's no way I could lose! Why should I?"
"Exactly that's why you should put something at stake. If you think you will win no matter what you can easily put something at stake."
Flint was in deep thought. He was 100% confident that he would win the competition, but Teacher Bolt's student would not compete unless he put something at stake. So, in order to show off and regain his face back, he knew that he had to put something amazing at stake.
"Fine! If you win, I will give you the Fire Fist."
Silence. Only silence reigned. Everyone was speechless. The Fire Fist was far more valuable than the room. Not only was it more valuable, it would also create a huge commotion if it was known that it was put as a stake. Everyone knew that Flint was confident about winning the competition and why shouldn't he be. He was a 6-Star Body Refinement Realm Cultivator and the most talented in the first grade. His intelligence was also far higher than any of the senior students. Only a handful of people could compete in intelligence against Flint. But to dare put the Fire Fist as a stake. There was only one word to describe this action. Arrogance.
"The Fire Fist? Huh… Well, it's all right as a stake." Zayn brushed the stake off as if it would be nothing, but he was the one that was the happiest about the stake. 'ANOTHER MARTIAL SKILL! Fuck yeah! I don't need Vown to get Martial Skills.'
"Well, as Teacher Bolt's student has a weaker cultivation than Flint, how about we let him decide what to compete in. It only has to do something with cultivation, everything else is pointless. Do you agree, Flint?" Ryu stood there as the mediator. He directed the conversation between both of them.
"Yeah, we can compete in anything you want. I will win no matter what!"
"Anything I want…Hmm…" Zayn thoughts started going crazy. He wanted to win no matter what.
He did not have any battle experience at all and Vown told him that 6-Star Body Refinement Realm Cultivators were too difficult for him right now. So, a normal battle would be out of the question. What else was there for Zayn to compete in?
His only choice was a competition in Martial Skills. The only thing besides the Infinite Star Arts he really learned. The Fire Fist and the Thunder Fist seemed for him nearly identical in comparison. And he saw Flint using the Fire Fist and only one flame appeared. If it was similar to the Thunder Fist his chances of winning was 100%.
"Let's compete in Martial Skills!"
The crowd was again speechless. Both contestants instilled them with shock after shock.