Li Chui, who had been spectating the battle, sighed. She didn't want to see the senior students get humiliated anymore.
"Enough, just give up, even if you could defeat them today. What will you do in front of them in the future after they break into the soul realm? Or do you think Jiao Min will help you?"
Li Chui's words made the students realize their mistakes. Jiao Min was an outstanding magician, yet he didn't make a move and let them fight alone. They were ten against three, and in the blink of an eye, half of them fell, and the worst part was they realized that Jin was playing with them and didn't even fight seriously.
"I give up..."
"We apologize for our rudeness."
One of them raised his hand, announcing his surrender. The rest followed him, only to find themselves apologizing and their hearts cursing Jiao Min, who tempted and dragged them into this losing battle.
"Your apology won't benefit me. Show your sincerity and leave twenty-five spirit stones before you leave."
Since they wanted to bully him, he would do the same to them and make them taste their own medicine, but they were senior students who only got ten spirit stones a month, which is why they came here in the first place, someone shouted in protest.
"And from where do we get Twenty-fi—"
Before he could finish his words, a magic circle shone in red beneath his feet. When it comes to money, Jin is ruthless.
The student's eyes widened, and his face turned pale after recognizing the explosion magic to fake a smile on his face and said.
"Well, I wanted to say that we don't have that many spirit stones. How about five spirit stones and some energy-gathering pills from each one of us."
"I feel that I am generous today, so I will accept your offer."
Jin signaled to Lian to gather the resources from them, then he turned toward the troublemaker Jiao Min, but Jiao Min was smiling as he stared at the elders who were running towards them.
Someone spoke in a hoarse voice.
"What's going on here?"
Li Chui's face suddenly changed when she recognized them.
"Punishment Committee."
Before they could hear the answer, the Punishment Committee turned toward Jin and gave him a look of contempt.
A man in his forties in a silver robe and behind him two people in similar robes with white masks covering their faces slowly examined the youths who had been fighting a moment ago.
"He is Jiao Ti Yi, from the Punishment Committee. What did brings him here?"
Li Chui wondered why they were here, fights among students are common, and the Punishment Committee would not act on such a trivial matter.
"What's going on here? Why are these boys lying on the ground?"
Jiao Min bowed and greeted them, "Uncle… I mean, sir, this person called Tai Jin attacked the senior students and forced them to hand over their spirit stones."
"What nonsense, this isn't—"
Lian interjected angrily, but Jin signaled to her to be silent. The moment Jiao Min called out someone from the Punishment Committee, my uncle, he realized the secret of the malicious smile that was on his face this whole time, it was clear that he had planned for this with his uncle, and stating the truth of what happened wouldn't change anything, Jin looked at the elder and said
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"We had a fight, but it's not what you think. The girl with the fan just overreacts."
"Who do you call a girl?"
Jiao Min yelled angrily, but Jin ignored him and continued to speak.
"If I wanted to steal them, I would do it less violently and more effectively. Why don't I show you a live example of how to do that?"
Jin closed his eyes and focused on increasing his mana. Ten circles of explosion magic flashed red and appeared on each student's neck when he opened his eyes. Of course, he didn't have the strength to execute that many magic circles, most of them were just an illusion, but that was enough to make his point.
Along with the magic circles, he unleashed his aura filled with killing intent and started to speak slowly and calmly, his voice was terrifying and sounded as if he was whispering to each one of them in their ear at the same time, the students felt chills sweeping through their body, and cold sweat poured from their foreheads which shook their depths, and paralyze their minds.
"From today onwards, you will carry out my orders, you will never disobey me, and if you do, remember this... I neither forget nor forgive."
The students' hearts stopped beating from terror. None of them had witnessed such a killing intent before. Even if they were older than Jin, they were still immature youths with no life experience, unlike Jin, whose years of war and killing made him mature early.
The fat young man fainted again, but the rest remembered everything they had heard about his fight against Tang and his mates. At first, they thought it was a bit of an exaggeration, but now they realized that what they had heard didn't come close to the truth at all.
Jin canceled his aura and the magic circles, then turned toward the elder with a smile on his face.
"What do you think? Isn't scaring them easier and faster than hitting them?"
"Who exactly is this boy? How can a child have such a killing intent like this?"
The look of contempt on the elder's face turned into confusion and fear. While he was still thinking about how to deal with Jin, Jin continued to speak as if he had done nothing.
"And before you ask me what had happened between us, I will tell you in advance. It was an exchange of experiences. I am trying to get the honorary student position. Therefore, I help the students by exchanging some experiences with them. Isn't that what happened?"
Jin's question to the students did not bear the form of the question at all. A few moments ago, he threatened them that he would neither forget nor forgive. If they opposed him now, he would make sure to make their lives hell, so they all spoke at the same time.
"Yes, sir...we were just exchanging experiences."
"Exactly, he warns us about our mistakes."
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Jiao Min was a superior magic student from a prestigious family. A short while ago, his spiritual power appeared. Because of it, he found an opportunity to raise his family's prestige by becoming a disciple of the great magician Ni Bo Sai. But the surprise was that another person with stronger spiritual powers than him appeared.
He was someone who was able to harness a powerful spiritual tool like the spirit mirror to summon his spirit form, but due to the lazy personality of the great magician Ni Bo Sai, it was impossible for him to go by himself to ask Jin to become his disciple. Therefore, Jiao Min wanted to take advantage of this time before Jin knew that the great magician was looking for a disciple.
His plan was very simple, and it was to get Jin into a fight, then his uncle would intervene to punish Jin with a temporary dismissal. Of course, Jin would not be expelled permanently due to a fight between the students, but that was enough to get Jin out of the academy, and then he would be taken care of by the Shin family, which was impossible for them to forget what Jin had done to their son Tang.
Black lines appeared on Jiao Min's forehead, after all this planning, Jin quickly turned the matter in his favor, but Jiao Min didn't want it to end easily, so he shouted at them.
"What mistakes are you talking about? And how can a student who has not yet broken into the soul realm be able to give you advice?"
Jin smiled and started pointing out their weaknesses, ignoring Jiao Min once more.
"You fat one, without mentioning your cowardice and your fainting every time, you have high mana, so how can you not distinguish between illusion and reality? And you, the fists owner. You have four arms; can't you leave one to defend yourself? And you, the spear owner, your weapon is medium range, so why do you fight in a close range with your opponents?"
Jin continued to admonish the students and reveal their mistakes professionally, which made everyone confused. Jin indeed has little experience in growth techniques, but it was different when it comes to the basics of combat.
In his previous life, his modified body had not accepted any growth technique, so he used all his time to master the principles and the basics of melee combat and even managed to master some martial skills to perfection.
"This is where our lesson ends today. Don't hesitate to ask me in the future if you have a problem."
Jin ended his lecture calmly. Someone with his experience wasn't going to be shaken by simple tricks. In a minute, he had made up a new story to suit him and continued to tell it in their hearing.
Jiao Min's plan failed. However, his uncle smiled at him, indicating that he didn't have to worry, and said.
"Anyway, we're here for another reason, Mr. Tai Jin. You are required to come with us to the Punishment and Discipline Committee for violating the laws."
Li Chui asked in amazement.
"He officially joined the academy an hour ago, so when did he break the rules?"
The elder ignored her question and indicated to the masked people behind him to bring Jin. In a moment, the two of them disappeared to appear behind Jin. From behind the mask, one of them said.
"Please follow us calmly. The Head of the Punishment Committee will inform you of your charges and give you a chance to defend yourself."
"Why not? I have nothing to hide."
When Jin knew that Jiao Ti Yi was not the committee head, he sighed and was no longer interested in the matter.
Whatever reason they called him for, he would find a way to solve the issue, he didn't want to leave the academy yet, but if they angered him, he wouldn't mind killing them all before leaving.
Li Chui asked Lian and Du Bai to stay with Jin while she set off to tell the blonde elder Zi Yun what was happening.
Jiao Ti Yi looked at his nephew and said with a smile.
"Don't worry. You will be Ni Bo Sai's disciple. This time, the charges against him aren't just a ridiculous fight between students; it's a murder case."