Author note: Sorry for the short chapter last time, my friends. This is a longer chapter. I hope you like it.
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Yi Feng followed Mei as they walked towards Princess Rou's dwelling. Mei kept stealing glances at Yi Feng from time to time, and whenever she saw his handsome face, she blushed and her heartbeat accelerated. "He is so handsome, but we are both from different worlds; we can't be together." She sighed in dismay. "Enough, dreaming, Mei. Wake up to reality," Mei thought to herself and sighed in sadness.
Yi Feng looked amused at the expressions that Mei made. "This maid is cute when she makes these expressions with her doll-like face.". He chuckled to himself when he saw all these expressions she made and whenever she took a glance at him.
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After fifteen minutes of walking, both Mei and Yi Feng arrived in the front luxurious dwelling, which was quite bigger than Yi Feng's dwelling, which surprised Yi Feng for a second. "Well, she is one of the princesses of the Hidden Dragon Kingdom, so this is normal to have this kind of dwelling in the academy, but how did she hide her identity so well in the academy? I need to be on guard against her all the time. My gut is telling me she is not a simple princess.".
Mei knocked on Rou's dwelling door and said laudly "Young Master, Ye have arrived." The door of the dwelling then opened after a few seconds. The ones who opened the dwelling were the twin maids, Ya and Xiu. They cupped their fists to Ye Feng and said to him, "Welcome, Young Master Ye, please follow us to the lounge. Princess Rou will be with you shortly.".
Yi Feng nodded to them and followed them to the lounge. Mei also followed them to the lounge after she closed the dwelling door.
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Yi Feng sat in Rou's dwelling lounge, getting served wine and different delicacies by Mei, Ya, and Xiu.
After twenty minutes, Rou arrived with her two maids in the lounge to meet with Ye Feng.
When Ye Feng looked at Rou he looked at her with appreciation she was wearing a pink luxurious with golden lines in the side of her dress. Her hair was tied in a bun by a golden pin. A thin cloth made of silk covered the bottom half of her face .
She walked elegantly, sat on the opposite side of Ye Feng, and smiled charmingly at him. "Thanks for accepting my invitation, Young Master Ye. I hope my hospitality was to your liking."
Ye Feng gave Rou a charming smile, and she blushed when she saw his smile. "Thank you, Princess Rou, for your hospitality; I really enjoyed it." Rou smiled in satisfaction when she heard this, but she raised an eyebrow in surprise at what he said next. "The reason I accepted your invitation is because I am curious about something, so in order to satisfy my curiosity, I had no choice but to accept your invitation.".
Rou smiled in amusement and asked, "Has your curiosity been satisfied, Young Master Ye?" Ye Feng shocked his head negatively and answered, "Sadly, the only way my curiosity could be satisfied is if you answered my question honestly without trying to avoid my question, princess Rou.".
Rou narrowed her eyes for a second. "He is good. I thought he only excelled in cultivation. I underestimated him a lot. I didn't think he was this intelligent to trap me like that. I shouldn't have been overconfident in my intelligence." Rou took a quick glance at him and saw that he was looking at her like a hawk. "And trying to deceive him will be a wrong move too. I don't have a choice but to answer his question honestly.".
Rou gave a small smile. "Go a head, Young Master Ye. I will do my best to answer your question." Ye Feng smiled and asked, "What is your deal with the Zhang clan followers, and why do you want to get involved with them?"
Rou sighed and thought, "I have no choice but to tell him the truth." She looked deeply at Ye Feng, then turned to her maids and ordered, "You all leave us alone." The maids cupped their fists and left the lounge obediently.
Rou started to explain the skirmishes the Hidden Dragon Kingdom has with the Persian Kingdom and Andreas Kingdom. How does the Zhang clan have some dealing with the royal families of the Andreas Kingdom and the Persian Kingdom.
Rou also explained they can't deal with them openly right now because of three reasons: the first is that they need the Zhang clan's alchemy skills to strengthen the Hidden Dragon army; the second is that the Zhang clan is one of the noble clans of the Hidden Dragon Kingdom; they need concrete evidence to act openly against them; and the final reason is that the Zhang clan's influence is as strong as that of the royal family of the Hidden Dragon Kingdom. Right now, they will need to chop off their influence little by little.
After Rou explained the situation to Ye Feng, he looked stunned at all the information he had just received. Rou then looked at him seriously and said, "After what you did to Zhang Bo and Zhang Wei in the Dragon Forest, you helped us chop off Zhang clan influence in the academy without noticing.".
Ye Feng widens his eyes in realisation at what she is applying and says, "The expulsion of the Zhang clan followers from the academy." Rou gave Ye Feng a charming smile and nodded. "Instructor Zhao is a follower of the royal family; I am sure you met him." Ye Feng was surprised but kept listening to Rou.
"After what you did in the Dragon Forest to Zhang Bo and Zhang Wei, I was sure the Zhang clan would do everything in their power to get rid of you, so I ordered instructor Zhao to interfere when it is necessary.".
Ye Feng narrowed his eyes. "She used me as a pawn; how dare she?" Rou then continued, "I called you here in order to form an alliance to get rid of all the Zhang clan followers from the academy.".
Ye Feng chuckled coldly at Rou, which surprised her, and he stood up, then started to walk away. He said in a cold voice, "I refuse, princess. Have a good day. I will see myself out.".
Rou was stunned; she couldn't believe the answer he gave her. She was sure he would agree to work with her to get rid of the Zhang clan after what he experienced from the Zhang clan, but it seems she was wrong.
Rou then asked him the question that she desperately wanted an answer to: "Why? Don't you hate the Zhang clan after what you and your first brother experienced in their hands?"
Ye Feng turned around and glared at her. His eyes were like two sharp swords that could cut her soul into pieces. She shivered when she saw his eyes.
Ye Feng answered Rou coldly, "Listen well, princess, because I will not repeat myself. I hate scheming women like you who use others as pawns to achieve their goals." Rou kept shivering in fear under Ye Feng's glare. "The one responsible for hurting my brother had been dealt with by me, and I avenged my brother.".
Rou swallowed her saliva in fear as Ye Feng continued, "I don't care who rules the Hidden Dragon Kingdom or the struggle between the Zhang clan and the royal family." Rou was speechless, and Ye Feng continued, "As long as my clan is safe and the people I care about are safe, that's good enough for me.". He then turned around and started walking again. He then said again, "I will say it was a pleasure meeting you again, but I will be lying. I hope we never meet again, princess.".
Rou clenched her fist. She wanted to yell at him, but she controlled her anger, and she asked him coldly, "How about a deal then?"
Ye Feng stopped in his tracks and turned to Rou in surprise. "A deal?" Rou nodded and continued looking at him coldly. "Yes, I am sure you are the same as the rest of the cultivators who desire resources to increase their cultivation; in other words, greedy like the rest. I have a plan to get rid of the Zhang followers in the academy. But in order for the plan to be successful, I will need you to play your rule perfectly, and in return, I will reward you.".
Ye Feng smirked and said, "I will only agree to help you if you give me my rewards in advance, and the rewards must be 10 bottles of Soul Nourishment Pills, 10 bottles of Pure Cleansing Pills, and 10 bottles of Saint Concentrating Pills. Other than that, forget about me helping you.".
Rou gritted her jade like teeth and clenched her fist at what he said. Then she made up her mind: "Fine, tomorrow I will send one of my maids to deliver your rewards in advance, along with instructions that you need to follow." Ye Feng smiled and left Rou's dwelling.
After Ye Feng left, Rou cursed laudly "Curse you, Ye Feng.".
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When Ye Feng was meeting with Rou in her dwelling
On the south side of Azure Dragon Academy, in a large dwelling, 30 middle-aged men academy staff were in a large lounge inside the dwelling.
Many young women were totally naked and serving the 30 academy staff wine and delicacies.
The academy staff squeeze the young women's plump and round breasts. pinch their rosy nipples, slap the round bottom part of their body.
Some academy staff were kissing their cherry-like lips, grabbing their waists, and running their hands all over the young women's bodies.
Some were even rubbing the young women's private parts with their fingers and sucking on their nipples.
The moans of the young women were heard laudly as the academy staff were enjoying their time with these young women.
Suddenly, the door leading deeper into the dwelling burst open, and three handsome middle-aged men walked to the lounge.
The three men were wearing the azure robe of the academy staff of the Azure Dragon Academy.
One of them has long silver hair tight in a ponytail, black sharp eyes, a white complexion, and a slim muscular physique, and he is quite tall. His face shows an extreme amount of pride and arrogance.
His actual name is Zhang Bowen, the cousin of Zhang Bo and Zhang Wei. However, the Zhang clan hid his identity in order for him to infiltrate the Azure Dragon Academy and build friendly relations with the spies from the Persian Kingdom and Andreas Kingdom. His order from the clan was to assist the spies in any way possible. The name he goes by now is Song Chao. Only the two spies know his actual name. and identity
Next to Bowen is a long, purple-haired, middle-aged man. The man has purple eyes. He has the same slim physique as Bowen and the same complexion; his name is Zimo. His face is refined, reflecting his intelligence. He is the spy sent by the Andreas Kingdom to infiltrate the Azure Dragon Academy and collect information on the young talent of the Hidden Dragon Kingdom.
On the left side of Bowen is a muscular middle-aged man; he had a tan complexion, black short hair, and a long moustache. His face looks ferocious, and his eyes have ferociousness too.
His name is Tao, and he is a spy from the Persian Kingdom. He was sent to gather information on the young talent in the Hidden Dragon Kingdom too.
Bowen walked with the two spies and smirked arrogantly when all the academy staff and the naked woman stopped what they were doing when the three of them entered the lounge.
He looked sharply at the academy staff and asked, "Now tell me, I hope you finish off Ye Feng, the Zhang clan head. Keep demanding his head from me.".
All the academy staff looked away, not daring to look him in the eyes. The two spies narrowed their eyes when they saw the academy staff reaction.
Bowen got enraged at that: "You imbeciles how hard it is to get rid of Saint Master realm junior, ha." One of the academy staff said, "Brother Chao, calm down. The problem is that instructor Zhao and his friends always arrive when we are going to give him the finishing blow, and we end up fighting against him and his friends." Bowen, Tao, and Zimo listened carefully to what the man was saying.
The man has blond, long spikey hair, blue eyes, a fair complexion, and a slim build. He wasn't handsome; he looked ordinary. His name is Hong.
Hong continued, "The headmaster always arrives when our men are fighting Zhao and his friends, thanks to all the commotion they create when they are fighting our men. The headmaster then shattered some of our men's Saint Weapons and expelled everybody involved in the attack.".
The two spies narrowed their eyes at what Hong said, and Bowen got angry at Zhao. He then looked at the academy staff in front of him and said, "You morons, use your head before you attack. Ye Feng must have friends, bribe his friends with monster cores, and order his friends to get Ye Feng to one of the secluded training grounds that is far away from the Azure Dragon Eye tower.".
All the academy staff's eyes widened at what they heard from Bowen. He sighed at them, looked seriously at the academy staff, and said, "The Zhang clan reward for Ye Feng head had tripled.". All the academy staff looked speechless at the news, but Bowen continued, "I don't want us to waste more time than necessary on a mere Saint Master real junior; you will all attack him at once. The one who kills Ye Feng will not only receive the Zhang clan reward, but I will give him three of my toys of his choosing for a month". He pointed at the naked young women who are standing next to the academy staff.
All the academy staff who heard this looked at the naked women; their eyes shone with desire, and they gave a lustful grin.
They nodded to Bowen, and Bowen waved his hand lazily. "You all may leave. I want Ye Feng dead as soon as possible." They all nodded to Bowen and left.
After they left, Zimo looked at Bowen seriously and said, "We need to talk. Send those whores away.".
Bowen waved his hand at the young women, and they quickly left the lounge.
Zimo said seriously to Bowen, "Listen carefully, Bowen; our plans have been delayed. Thanks for the mess your cousins created. We can't delay our plans any longer, or me and Tao are going to risk being exposed as spies.".
When Tao heard this he got serious he narrowed his eyes too along with Bowen who asked Zimo "what do you suggest we do?"
Zimo sighed "I would have loved it if we won Ye Feng over, but your cousins screw this up for us." Bowen gritted his teeth and clenched his fist when he remembered that he was in this mess because of what those two did in the Dragon Forest.
Zimo continued, "The only option we have right now is to kill him as soon as possible; he must die this time. Failure is not an option. You saw his talent firsthand in the Azure Dragon Pagoda, the Dragon Forest, and the Fighting Arena. If someone like him is allowed to grow and mature, he will be our nightmare when we invade the Hidden Dragon Kingdom.".
Both Tao and Bowen narrowed their eyes at the thought of Ye Feng growing into his full potential. Bowen then made up his mind: "Alright, I will be joining the others when they attempt to assassinate Ye Feng.".
Zimo nodded with a smile. "That is a wise choice, but I will ask you to be careful of instructor Zhao; he has been keeping an eye on me and Tao a lot lately.".
Bowen narrowed his eyes and thought, "This is not good if they discover they are spies from the Andreas Kingdom and the Persian Kingdom. Things might turn bad for the Zhang clan.".
Bowen then got up and said, "I will be leaving in order to prepare to assassinate Ye Feng. I will see you both later.".
Both Zimo and Tao nodded and left too after Zhang Bowen left.