Chapter 343: Instructor Identity
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Yin Qingleng knew very well that his proposal would buy him a lot of time in preparation for what was to come.
Although Lu Wang's aptitude was not bad, it would take at least three to five years for him to advance from his current rank.
With such a long period of time available to him, Yin Qingleng could make more preparations.
Yin Qingleng was confident that at that time, the Ice Feather Institute would be completely under his control.
"That is too long."
Jiang Xu responded.
However, his objection was not that strong this time.
Hearing this, Yin Qingleng's heart stirred. He knew that Jiang Xu had already agreed with his idea, but he had to make more compromises with Jiang Xu's side.
"Don't worry, this process won't take long. I will also help Lu Wang's growth."
Yin Qingleng said meaningless words.
Everyone knew that Yin Qingleng's words were definitely not true.
"Mmm…"
Jiang Xu pondered for a moment and slowly said, "Acting Institute Head Yin, your proposal is not too outlandish, but since Young Master Lu Wang is the successor to the position of institute head, even if he has not officially inherited the position of institute head, he has to take on some responsibilities for the Ice Feather Institute, right?"
"So, I hope that Lu Wang can obtain all of the duties of an instructor, and his status must be ranked above all the instructors. In addition to that, he will not be under your orders, but he can give orders to other instructors."
Jiang Xu's tone was firm.
"Huh?"
Gu Chixing and the other instructors on Yin Qingleng's side frowned when they heard this.
If Yin Qingleng agreed to this proposal, it meant that they would be under Lu Wang, a rank three arcanist.
At that time, even if they were only compliant in appearance but disobedient in heart, they still had to bow down to Lu Wang.
"Sure."
While Gu Chixing and the others were still whining in their hearts, Yin Qingleng answered readily.
"In the future, Lu Wang will be the young institute head of the Ice Feather Institute. He will have all the power of an instructor, and all the instructors will listen to his orders. In addition, he can also ignore my orders."
Yin Qingleng knew very well that apart from Lu Wang being an instructor, the other conditions were nothing to him.
It was meaningless for Lu Wang to be able to order around the instructors and refuse to listen to his orders.
The factions on both sides had been divided. The instructors in his faction might seem to be on his side, but at the critical moment, they still had to stand on his side.
Moreover, with Jiang Xu, Xu Siqi and the others around, he couldn't order Lu Wang to do anything to begin with.
"Okay."
Jiang Xu said, "In addition, I have another request."
"More?"
Yin Qing raised his eyebrows. "Go ahead."
"I hope that the Ice Feather Institute will have another instructor."
Jiang Xu said.
"Who is it?"
Yin Qingleng asked.
"Xu Ning."
Jiang Xu looked at Xu Ning.
"Jiang Xu, aren't you pushing your luck?"
It was Gu Chixing who spoke this time. "He is an outsider. Moreover, joining the Ice Feather Institute is already an exception. However, you still want to make him an instructor? You are too much!"
Jiang Xu's expression remained unchanged. "I will guarantee with my reputation that after Xu Ning joins the Ice Feather Institute, he will contribute to the Ice Feather Institute. Once he does something unfavorable to the Ice Feather Institute, I am willing to pay with my life!"
Jiang Xu spoke seriously.
"You…"
Gu Chixing was speechless again, so he could only look at Yin Qingleng and wait for Yin Qingleng's answer.
Yin Qingleng looked at Xu Ning.
He knew that Xu Ning was a helper invited by Jiang Xu.
"Xu Ning…"
Yin Qingleng was actually a little afraid of Xu Ning.
Xu Ning was already a rank four arcanist at such a young age.
Although there was no direct evidence, he suspected that
the pursuers he had sent out and not yet returned might have died in Xu Ning's hands.
"Okay, I agree."
Yin Qing thought for a while before finally deciding to compromise.
Although he was a little afraid, Yin Qingleng knew that Jiang Xu would only give in if he agreed to this request.
Moreover, as long as Xu Ning was in the Ice Feather Institute, he had plenty of opportunities to deal with him.
"Alright, Xu Ning is now a new instructor of the Ice Feather Institute!"
Jiang Xu raised his voice.
After the two sides reached an agreement, there was no point in continuing the meeting, so both sides left.
"Institute Head, this gives Lu Wang's faction two more instructors on their side. Their power has also increased a lot…"
Gu Chixing and Yin Qingleng were alone together, so he quickly voiced his concerns.
"There are twelve instructors in the Ice Feather Institute. There are only five people on our side, but there are seven people on their side…"
"It's fine…"
Yin Qingleng waved his hand. "As long as I can occupy the position of institute head, the advantage lies with us. That kid Lu Wang won't be able to advance to rank four within three years. Over the next three years, I have many ways to suppress him and completely control the Ice Feather Institute."
Seeing Yin Qingleng so confident, Gu Chixing was relieved.
"But that outsider Xu Ning doesn't seem to be a simple character."
Gu Chixing said.
"He really is not a simple character…"
Yin Qingleng and Gu Chixing had the same opinion. "So, we have to find a chance to get rid of him."
"It shouldn't be easy to get rid of him."
Gu Chixing gave a worried look.
When Yin Qingleng heard this, he smiled sinisterly.
"It is indeed inconvenient for us to attack him, but if we use someone else…"
Yin Qingleng seemed to have a plan.
"You mean…"
Gu Chixing also realized what was going on in Yin Qingleng's mind and his expression became serious.
"That's right."
Yin Qingleng nodded. "I will contact them later and ask them to assassinate Xu Ning."
"But if this matter is exposed, we will lose everyone's support, even the people on our side…"
Gu Chixing was worried.
"What are you afraid of?"
Yin Qingleng sneered. "We can even scheme against the Old Institute Head, so there is no need to mention Xu Ning."
"Hsss…"
Gu Chixing looked panicked when he heard that.
He quickly looked around, his heart beating fast.
If news of them plotting against the Old Institute Head spread, it would be troublesome.
Once that happened, the entire Ice Feather Institute would see them as eyesores, and there would be countless troubles in the future.
"Calm down."
Yin Qingleng patted Gu Chixing's shoulder. "Send some people to keep an eye on Xu Ning."
After saying that, Yin Qingleng left.
Gu Chixing's forehead was full of sweat. He still felt afraid and had some lingering fear when he thought about the assassination of the Old Institute Head.
But now that he was in cahoots with Yin Qingleng, he had no choice.
After standing still and calming himself for a long time, Gu Chixing left..
Chapter 344: Rank Five
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Over the next few days, Lu Wang's side and Yin Qingleng's side stabilized on the surface, but there were still some clashes in the dark. However, both sides were relatively restrained, so there was no open conflict.
As for Xu Ning, he did not participate in any conflict. He spent more time gathering resources.
Because he had become an instructor of the Ice Feather Institute, with the support of Jiang Xu and the others, Xu Ning obtained nearly 15,000 units of energy in just three months.
That amount of energy was enough for Xu Ning to advance his realm to the fifth rank and advance his arcane techniques.
The arcane techniques in the Arcanist World were different from the techniques in the Martial Arts World.
In the Martial Arts World, different techniques could not be linked together.
But in the Arcanist World, if the arcane technique he mastered and the arcane technique he wanted to cultivate had the same attribute and activation mechanism, he could directly advance a lower level arcane technique to a higher level arcane technique.
This was reflected in the mechanism of the Martial Arts Panel. Xu Ning could use high-level arcane techniques to replace low-level arcane techniques. In this way, he would consume less energy during the advancement process.
Three months later.
Xu Ning used the accumulated energy to advance his realm.
'Martial Arts Panel!'
After Xu Ning advanced his realm and arcane techniques, he opened the Martial Arts Panel.
…
Name: Xu Ning
Realm: Rank Five Arcanist
Arcane Technique: Storm Barrier, Corrosive Rain, Gravitational Spiral
Remaining Energy: 370 units
…
'This time, my strength has advanced quite a bit!'
Xu Ning was very satisfied with his improvement.
In addition to his advancement in realm, his arcane techniques had also become stronger.
Wind Barrier was upgraded to the Storm Barrier, Arrow of Corrosion was upgraded to Corrosive Rain, and Gravity Field was upgraded to Gravitational Spiral.
This allowed Xu Ning's combat potential to reach the strength of a rank six arcanist.
'The advancement of an arcanist is still very different from the advancement of a martial artist…'
The advancement of an arcanist's rank purely increased the quality and strength of an arcanist's power, allowing them to explode with greater power when using an arcane technique.
But for the advancement of a martial arts artist, every minor realm was different from each other.
'Now that I have advanced to rank five, I don't have to worry about Yin Qingleng's potential threats in the Ice Feather Institute…'
Xu Ning thought to himself.
When he interacted with Yin Qingleng in the past, Xu Ning could feel Yin Qingleng's hidden murderous intent towards him.
In the Arcanist World, the gap between ranks was far greater than in the Martial Arts World, thus it was much more difficult to kill enemies above their rank.
Moreover, in the past, Xu Ning's arcane techniques had not improved yet, so he was not confident in killing enemies above his rank.
Therefore, Yin Qingleng's existence was a threat to Xu Ning.
But now that his strength had improved, Yin Qingleng was no longer a lethal threat to him.
'I should tell Jiang Xu, Xu Siqi, and the others that I have advanced to rank five…'
Xu Ning thought in his head.
He knew that after advancing to rank five, he would completely break the balance between Yin Qingleng's side and Lu Wang's side.
Of course, Xu Ning was willing to help Lu Wang get the position of an institute head in advance.
One reason for this was because of Jiang Xu and Lu Wang's resources. If they hadn't found a way to give him resources, he wouldn't have advanced so quickly.
Secondly, once Lu Wang became an institute head, he would receive more resources in the future.
After all, the subsequent advancement consumed a lot of energy. It would take 120,000 units of energy to advance from rank five to rank six, which
which was almost ten times more than the energy required to advance from rank four to rank five.
However, this was basically the cost of advancing from the mid level void realm to the high level void realm in the martial arts world.
After advancing to rank five, Xu Ning walked out of his courtyard and went to find Jiang Xu.
Xu Siqi and Lu Wang were both in Jiang Xu's study.
The three of them were discussing something with solemn expressions.
"I can feel that something is wrong with Yin Qingleng recently…"
Jiang Xu said, "He is getting more and more ruthless towards us. He seems to want to expose the conflict and start a war between the two sides…"
"Yes, I feel the same."
Xu Siqi immediately said, "He seems to have something to rely on. It is as if he wants to increase his resistance in preparation to attack us."
"Then what do we do?"
Lu Wang sat on the side. After hearing this, he was a little panicked.
He was still a rank three arcanist, and it was still a long way from him to advance to rank four.
"We are almost certain that Yin Qingleng will definitely not let Young Master advance to rank four safely, then obediently give up his position…"
Jiang Xu said, "He will definitely come up with certain methods before you advance to rank four. We can't rule out the possibility that he will do something to you. Although you are under the protection of the other instructors and me, Yin Qingleng has still tried to assassinate you before."
"Mmm…"
After Jiang Xu finished speaking, the atmosphere between the three was a little tense.
Although their forces were similar in the competition at the Ice Feather Institute, on Yin Qingleng's side, he was a rank five arcanist, which was quite an oppressive force to them.
"Brother Jiang."
Right at this moment, Xu Ning rushed over.
He was already familiar with Jiang Xu, so he just pushed open the door and entered.
"Young Institute Head Xu."
Xu Ning greeted the other two.
Xu Ning had already sensed that the two of them were also in the room.
It was great timing as Xu Ning could tell them the news of his advancement to rank five to everyone.
"Xu Ning?"
After seeing Xu Ning come in, the three of them all stood up and were quite polite to Xu Ning.
After three months of getting along with each other, they also discovered that Xu Ning was sincerely on their side.
"I came here today to tell the three of you something."
Xu Ning said, "I have advanced to a rank five arcanist."
"You have advanced to a rank five arcanist!?"
Jiang Xu, Xu Siqi and Lu Wang were stunned at first, then they were overjoyed.
Xu Ning used this opportunity to slightly release his rank five aura, allowing the three of them to sense his strength.
"Sure enough, you are rank five!"
Jiang Xu and Xu Siqi looked at each other and laughed.
Lu Wang stood aside and was a little excited.
At the same time, he looked at Xu Ning with a hint of reverence in his eyes.
He was similar in age to Xu Ning, but Xu Ning had already advanced to a rank five arcanist before he even touched the threshold of rank four.
"Xu Ning has advanced to rank five, which means that we have enough combat power to fight against Yin Qingleng!"
Jiang Xu's heart trembled with excitement.
Prior to this, he was still worried about the oppression of Yin Qingleng's realm, but now that Xu Ning was a rank five arcanist, his worries were solved.
Xu Ning had made up for their biggest weakness..