Chapter 482: Li Feiya’s Absurd Actions
Hearing what I said, the other party instinctively frowned, but quickly relaxed again because they were confident they wouldn’t be caught.
However, I wasn’t wrong; we indeed had the power and obligation to act, and they had no right to drive us away. If they started something, it would eventually backfire on them as a violation.
But determining violations and filing complaints are incredibly difficult, akin to them acting under the table; unless they admit it themselves, it’s almost impossible to be classified as cheating.
It’s not that such things can’t be uncovered, it’s just that every academy turns a blind eye. If we took it seriously, we’d really lose.
After a few exchanges of sarcasm, I finally began to show some difficulty.
In fact, the Earth Vein Identification Technique had already organized most of the information, but generating “video and audio” of past events requires even more time to calibrate. From the text descriptions, it was clear they had manipulated the situation in a very discreet way.
After all, what they were doing was simply “transmitting information.” By utilizing the rhythm of the Holy Light with a specially designed decoding reference, they could convey simple coordinate information.
The crux of the problem was that their agreed-upon decoding key was specially designed, not a widely recognized decryption password. They could easily use this to deceive, and their Holy Light indeed had a natural instinctive behavior in its rhythmic actions.
Even if we successfully reported them, they still had many other means to transmit information… unless… we conducted lie detection on the examinees, but that was impossible. No students had proactively reported in this complaint process. Just my word alone, even if I presented the Earth Vein Identification Technique’s visuals, wouldn’t directly analyze who the beneficiaries were, not to mention conducting a lie detector test on everyone; this joint examination wasn’t something I could do as I pleased.
Moreover, the main point was that I didn’t want lie detection methods to proliferate, and the restrictions within the rules couldn’t be laxed either.
After all, who hasn’t cheated? Everyone has to show their cards, and we all have dark hearts, except… perhaps the Sea Tribe members; maybe they’ve just been soaked in water for too long.
In a joint examination, everything is innocent until proven guilty; without evidence, it truly doesn’t work. Let alone the case where no examinee actively reports, lie detection cannot be used on students as it affects their assessment status.
“Let’s go. The methods used by the other party are a bit tricky; if this continues, we’d just be creating trouble for ourselves.” I quietly said to Li Feiya while holding my phone.
I then glanced at the request for help she sent on the phone. Lin Yi and Aidalin had no intention of joining her in causing a scene.
I wanted to leave as soon as possible; those two Holy Angels were constantly exuding a powerful “pressure,” just like that elf before, and it was giving me a headache.
“Huh? Wait, Xiao Han, you don’t have a solution?”
“Where do you get the confidence that I would have one?” I looked at Li Feiya helplessly, wondering how she could have such a high opinion of me.
And how did Li Feiya make Teacher Lina’s life so difficult? It couldn’t just be because of her reckless behavior…
“Xiao Han, you’re so smart. You became a teaching assistant at such a young age; your brain should work better than mine, right?”
“Just because of that…” I slapped my forehead, feeling somewhat helpless. But, to be honest, my brain was indeed working a bit better now.
“You two, since it seems like you have some disagreements, how about discussing elsewhere? We are conducting a patrol here, and it will naturally ensure the fairness of this joint examination.” At that moment, one of the Holy Angels spoke up.
“I hope you do what you say and don’t do anything self-defeating, like sending out strange rhythms with those bird wings and strange rings, while your exam candidates happen to know some decryption code and obtain peculiar geographic coordinates. If I discover any shenanigans, I will absolutely have my school’s instructor take those rings off your heads!”
At this point, I didn’t divulge anything further. Since I couldn’t stop what they intended to do, I made a half-hearted revelation of their situation, even without needing evidence to make them cautious, as they would think I had discovered something. My main goal was still to have them be a little more restrained.
Yes, we had no evidence, but I brought up their cheating ideas. If they continued passing information this way, someone would definitely notice the discrepancies.
“You!” After I pointed it out, the guilt from their actions made them appear a little uneasy, but as missionary angels, they managed to keep their expressions in check, with hardly any flaws showing.
However, this didn’t stop the live broadcast from capturing close-ups, and just earlier, I noticed the abnormal flow of Earth Vein information close to that Holy Angel.
Most likely, it was a close-up focused on that individual’s facial features. I’m sure many seniors outside had noticed the anomaly, and even the proctors had seen it, but they wouldn’t act just because of that.
“Don’t slander us casually!”
“Just kidding! If you believe me, then I guess I’ll have to believe it too.” I mocked them with a smile and directly took out my flying broomstick to sit sideways. “Li Feiya, it’s time to go. What’s there to discuss with the bird people? If their mouths aren’t good for anything, there wouldn’t be so many Holy Light Churches and ascetics in the world. Why bother challenging their jobs?”
“Xiao Han, you’re right. Um, if I outdo them, I can make Holy Light Churches worldwide change their names to Li Feiya Churches!”
Li Feiya understood. My earlier words definitely poked at the core of their actions. In other words, what I said earlier was pretty spot on. Though she was reluctant to let them succeed, she was now more curious about it.
So she threw verbal jabs at those bird people and turned to take out her flying broomstick to follow me.
“Xiao Han! Don’t run so fast! Are we really just going to run away like this?”
“What else?”
“But just now, your expression clearly showed that you knew what they did, right? Why not report them?”
“I know what they did, but reporting them… I don’t have enough confidence that it would succeed.” As I spoke, my gaze subconsciously glanced towards the perspective of the Earth Vein. Even at high speed, the live broadcast was still following us…
Wait… even though it was night, the live broadcast shouldn’t be focused on us teaching assistants.
While I was internally complaining, I thought I might as well play along for now since I couldn’t change the reality.
“Even so, we could at least make things hard for them. Xiao Han, you shouldn’t just let them continue like this. By the way, how did you notice? Didn’t you just arrive?” Soon, Li Feiya found a blind spot and immediately asked.
“Oh, I knew because of a magic spell.” I casually replied.
“Magic spell? What spell is so amazing? Prophecy? Deduction? Or mystical predictions?”
“It’s just a derivative effect of a special spell. I haven’t encountered any of what you mentioned.”
“Alright, alright.” Seeing I didn’t elaborate after two times, Li Feiya didn’t press further. She knew I had such means, but she was curious. “Then Xiao Han, can you know what I did today? Just use your method.”
“You…” I pondered for a moment and silently used the Earth Vein Identification Technique on her. From her tone, it felt like she had done something strange and was showing off.
“Is it difficult? Or does this method have any limitations?” Li Feiya asked expectantly.
“You…” After a short while, I finally understood what she was up to.
She had blown it up—oh no, she had paralyzed that flying tree of life and d*ath from Aphhemia Academy!
But to be fair, that tree of life and d*ath didn’t fall; it was consistent with the elves’ claims.
What’s more critical was… she hadn’t even been recorded for a violation; she just received a severe reprimand…
Since the tree of life and d*ath did not belong to the examinee’s tools in this joint examination, and at the time of the incident, there were no examinees on it, plus she did it “unintentionally,” all of these led to the disaster caused by the violent dispersal of the protective teams.
Furthermore, the emergency defense of the illusionary world spell ensured that the real-world tree of life and d*ath didn’t suffer any accidents.
Although there was no record of a violation, she was still seriously reprimanded by both the elf and witch academy instructors. It felt like… if Teacher Lina hadn’t argued with solid reasoning, she could have been marked for a violation right at the beginning of the joint examination.
I began to understand Teacher Lina’s feelings; she could indeed stir things up more than I did…
“You really are worse than I am at causing trouble. Haven’t you been put on the wanted list by the Elf Academy yet?”
“Xiao Han, you actually know?! Li Feiya was both surprised and delighted at that moment because this matter had been suppressed, preventing her from spreading it around. Even though the live broadcast had exposed it, they were not allowed to let it influence the examinees’ mentality within the examination.
“However, you did well. Not long after you left, a rude elf with nostrils flaring came looking for trouble, but I managed to talk her out of it.”
“Really? No wonder… It seems I was right! Xiao Han, you’re too merciful. That guy was clearly looking for trouble; how did you manage to talk her down? You should have taught her a lesson! If anything like this happens again, I’ll help you deal with it!” Li Feiya was a bit surprised that they came looking for trouble before her; this was too much!
“Just take care of yourself and try not to end up at the review conference after this joint examination; otherwise, it’s embarrassing for me to watch.”
“Review conference? Am I afraid of that? Believe it or not, I can write a ten-thousand-word reflection report right now. When I run into some annoying guy again, I’ll pull it out and show them. That intimidation is way more effective than their sneaky ways!”
“Ah?”
I looked at Li Feiya in shock.
But thinking it was Li Feiya made it less surprising. I felt I understood why the academy doesn’t let her leave; this kind of punishment feels a bit light…
“Xiao Han, just imagine me slapping the report out. Would the other side panic? As long as the method works, it doesn’t matter if I’m really doing something bad. I’m just using violence against violence. Besides, my reputation points are good, and I’ve never been marked for a violation, so why fear anything?” As Li Feiya spoke, she took out several pieces of parchment from her storage equipment, one of which had already been written on for quite a while, visibly over a thousand words…
“Because I ran out of regular paper, I used the parchment for signing witch contracts. Let’s see if they’re scared. This is also allowed by the rules as a counterbalancing method! If the rules don’t prohibit it, that means it’s usable. Xiao Han, you shouldn’t be unaware of this, right?”
“Of course, I know.” But I had never seen anything so absurd from her. If I were her opponent, I would undoubtedly break the other side’s defenses, as we were merely trying to quietly do a bit of what we could while she shamelessly engaged in wrongdoing!
Getting beaten would only count as one violation, while the others’ determination could lead them to be struck three times!
Who wouldn’t be scared of such crazy behavior?
“By the way, Xiao Han, where are we headed?” Li Feiya suddenly asked.
“To the attached island where the Witch Academy was originally located. Can’t you tell?” If it weren’t for leaving Li Feiya behind being too inappropriate, I would have teleported directly. Of course, more importantly, I had some questions to ask.
“Ah, then shouldn’t we inform those regarding the Holy Angels’ situation…”
“Stop! We cannot do anything illegal!” I immediately interrupted Li Feiya’s mention of unlawful actions, after all, the live broadcast perspective hadn’t disappeared yet.
This was practically self-exposure!
“What’s there to be afraid of? We’re just talking between the two of us. Are we afraid the footage will be broadcasted? What’s there for us teaching assistants to fear? This is so boring.” Li Feiya said nonchalantly.
“Even if there’s no live broadcast, we shouldn’t be doing that, understand? We should trust the students of our academy. Compared to those bird people, we’re merely lacking a bit of inherent advantage. Once they break through that attached island and enter the main island, it’ll be the beginning of calamity for other academies.”
“Xiao Han… No, I can’t adapt to you speaking like this! Have those bird people muddied your mind? What nonsense are you saying? Our witches don’t make trouble; should we still obey the rules?”
“Idiot! Not following the rules means you can only cause trouble three times. Following the rules allows endless possibilities for mischief. Do you understand?!” I glanced towards the live broadcast perspective again; it still hadn’t disappeared. It seemed that steering the topic elsewhere was timely; besides, I had questions to ask her.
“Forget it, let’s not talk about that. I want to ask you something.”
“Oh? A question from a junior? Go ahead~ If I know, I will definitely tell you!”
“I want to ask about the pressure or aura emitted by those two Holy Angels earlier; what exactly is that?” I organized my language and asked.
Actually, I had wanted to ask this earlier, first with that elf and then with the other academies’ instructors while dealing with the eliminated examinees. That kind of pressure was even more terrifying.
Clearly, the instructors from the Witch Academy were friendly and had no aura at all.
At first, I thought it was some kind of power from the Elf Academy, but since other academies, including the Beast Academy, also had that pressure, it couldn’t be a specific power but rather a common means. With the different power systems of each academy, I couldn’t find any commonalities in this regard.
So, this was a perfect opportunity to ask about that Holy Angel’s pressure.
“Pressure? Aura?” Li Feiya looked puzzled at first but quickly realized it. Then, an indescribable aura erupted from her. This anomaly instantly tightened my body, and the power of Body Techniques forced me to control my body and resist this heart-pounding force.
“Is this it?”
“Yes…” I stepped back a little, speaking sternly.
“This one? This is the pressure of life levels, oh~ I almost forgot, Xiao Han you—uh-huh—hehe…” Li Feiya spoke as if it were obvious.
But she quickly caught on. Since the other party had only enrolled for less than a year, no instructor ever discussed such things with her. Suddenly, she felt a sense of pride as a senior!
“The pressure of life levels?” I asked out of curiosity.
My thirst for knowledge urged me to understand more about this.
I understood the concept of life levels and knew it related to advancing to extraordinary, but I didn’t know it could be used this way.
