บท 59: Exacting Justice
บรรณาธิการ: Misty Cloud Translations
Soon after, a teacher walked inside. He had been a little surprised when he saw Sima You Yue, but he very quickly regained his composure and began class.
This class was on Geography and it happened to be about Pu Luo Mountain Range. After talking about the topography of the area, the teacher began to teach about the Spirit Beasts on the mountain. The entire class was focused on teaching the students about things like the characteristics of the various Spirit Beasts.
Sima You Yue turned serious upon hearing this, especially since she desired to accustom herself better to this world. Furthermore, on the Pu Luo Mountain Range, she had encountered some of the Spirit Beasts that the teacher had mentioned, so it wasn't too dry or boring.
Especially since the things that the teacher was talking about were pretty useful. If she had known about these things before she had ended up in Pu Luo Mountain Range, she would not have faced such difficulty when she encountered those Spirit Beasts.
Bei Gong Tang and her listened to these things extremely seriously but Fatty Qu and Wei Zi Qi, these two, had their minds wandering everywhere. They were barely listening to class and were very distracted.
With much difficulty, they managed to last till the end of class. The moment the teacher left, the two of them looked at Sima You Yue and immediately ran out. One of them went to look for Feng Zhi Xing while another ran towards the Academy Plaza.
Before he left, Wei Zi Qi even shouted at the classrooms, "If you want to see something exciting, come to the Academy Plaza!"
Being enticed by Wei Zi Qi's cliffhanger, everyone's curiosity had been aroused so they all headed towards the Academy Plaza.
He Qiu Zhi saw that everyone had left but she just sat unmoving at her seat. She had a kind of foreboding that this exciting news had something to do with her.
"Let's go." Sima You Yue and Bei Gong Tang were waiting inside the classroom. They saw that everyone else had left but He Qiu Zhi still sat at her seat with no indication of moving so they walked forward to say.
"I, I'm not going." He Qiu Zhi said, "I have something on, right, I have something I need to do so I'll be leaving first."
After saying this, she stood up and prepared to leave.
Sima You Yue immediately grabbed her collar, saying, "You're the main lead of today's show. If you don't go, this show will be incomplete, right?! Let's go."
"Sima You Yue, release me!" He Qiu Zhi heard what Sima You Yue had said and was even more reluctant to go. She twisted her body, wanting to break free of Sima You Yue's grasp.
But no matter how much she struggled, it was like she was held in a death grip that refused to budge.
Sima You Yue saw how restless He Qiu Zhi was and grabbed onto her hand, pulling it backwards. It hurt her so much that she grounded her teeth and roared, "Sima You Yue, what do you want to do?! Aren't you afraid of being expelled?"
"There's no point thinking about these little things." Sima You Yue increased the strength in her hand, "You think that I would deal with you personally? There's no way that I would give the Nalan Clan an excuse to expel me. Since I've said that you have to go, then you better not resist. Bei Gong Tang is not as easily appeased as I am."
He Qiu Zhi saw Bei Gong Tang, who was standing at the side, and gave up all thoughts of resisting.
These few months they've also started practice battles. If Bei Gong Tang said that her battle abilities were only ranked second, nobody would dare claim to be the first.
"Since you've chosen to harm me, you should have been prepared for a day like this to come." Sima You Yue smiled coldly as she said.
By the time Sima You Yue and Bei Gong Tang had finally brought He Qiu Zhi to the Academy Plaza, the Plaza had been filled with so many people. Aside from the new students, there were even a few seniors.
This Academy Plaza happened to be at the heart of the school and was a place that students definitely had to walk by after class. After hearing that something exciting was going to take place, everyone decided to stay back.
The people who were waiting to see the exciting show were standing there in twos and threes, as everyone wondered what exciting thing was going to happen today.
Nalan Lan and Murong An had came in together from class and there were even three of four other people who had came with them from their previous class. They were walking past the Academy Plaza when they were barred from walking along by Sima You Yue.
When they saw Sima You Yue, the faces of these two people turned black immediately. Murong An's face was even colder as he said, "Sima You Yue, why are you looking for me again?!"
"Sima You Yue, how can you be so shameless? I've just heard of your return but you immediately come to hold on to Master Murong." The people behind immediately began to rage.
"When did he ever have any semblance of shame? When did he not act like a dog, running over, every single time he met Master Murong."
Sima You Le had received news from Sima You Yue in the morning, telling him to come over to the Academy Plaza after school. Who knew that he would hear these people scolding his younger brother so he rushed over to these people who had been talking and immediately beat them up.
"You dare to curse at my younger brother, you're asking for death!"
"Ahhh!…" Those who had been on the receiving end of his punch were left sprawled on the ground, groaning about in pain.
"Sima You Le, are you looking for a fight?" Those people immediately helped their friends up.
"So what if I'm looking for a fight?" Sima You Le looked at the people who were glaring at him and he stood in front of Sima You Yue. He raised his chin as if he was taunting them to see who would dare step forward to fight with him.
Sima You Yue pulled at Sima You Le's arm, saying, "Fourth Brother, wasting your words on these imbeciles would only lower our own status, don't you think?"
"Sima You Yue, what did you say?" Some people hollered.
"Look, Fourth Brother, they don't even understand such simple words, if you continued to reason with them, it would be completely meaningless." Sima You Yue shrugged her shoulders. After that, she looked towards Murong An, saying, "Murong An, you're even more disgusting than they are. A narcissistic dog is the most vile of them all."
The activities on this side had long aroused the interest of many people. After hearing what Sima You Yue had said, everyone was incomparably shocked.
When had Sima You Yue learnt to speak to Murong An like that?!
"What did you say?!" Sima You Yue had called him a dog in front of everyone, and he was even a waste. This made him extremely furious.
"You were one from the start." Sima You Yue said, "I didn't even come to look for you today, but the moment you opened your mouth you asked me why I came to look for you, isn't that narcissism? Or are you saying that you've been enraptured by my charming good looks, hoping that I, this Young Master, had come to look for you for whatever reason?"
"Nonsense!" Murong An immediately refuted.
"Nonsense or not, I can't be bothered to argue with you." Sima You Yue saw that Fatty Qu had already brought Feng Zhi Xing over and the fatty who was the Teaching Director had also tagged along so she knew that the timing was just about to arrive, she said, "Nalan Lan, I came today to look for you."
"Look for me?" When Nalan Lan heard what Sima You Yue had said, her heart involuntarily started to pound. She convinced herself that it was impossible for Sima You Yue to find any evidence against her. Even if He Qiu Zhi accused her of doing anything, all she had to do was to refute it. As a result, her heart started to calm down again. She asked "Why are you looking for me?"
"Why is everyone gathered over here? Also, who is the one who asked us to come?" The Teaching Direction creased his eyebrows in question as he saw the large crowd of people gathered in the Plaza.
"Director, it was me who asked them to invite you here." Sima You Yue stepped two steps forward and said, "I have something that I want everyone in the Academy to help me judge."
Looking at Sima You Yue, the Teaching Director's eyes flashed with disdain and hatred, but he still asked, "What is it about?"
"Last time when we were choosing Spirit Beast Eggs, someone had harmed me and pushed me into the Fourth Teleportation Array. This is something that everyone knows. Now, I've already found out who is the one who hurt me. Initially, I wanted to find her for revenge but I thought of the rule that forbid me from taking revenge into my own hands, so I specially invited everyone here to help me be the judge."
"Who is it?" The Teaching Director had yet to say a word when Feng Zhi Xing asked.
He always had his suspicions. There were so many people, so why was she the one who entered the Fourth Teleportation Array. It turned out that someone had sabotaged her. Thinking of how she had almost failed to return, his clear eyes flashed with a coldness.
Sima You Le hatefully glared at the people around him. Since Sima You Yue had chosen this place to say it, the person who had harmed his brother was definitely around here.
Thinking of how there was someone who actually dared to harm Sima You Yue, his face revealed unrestrained malice.
"Fifth Brother, who was it that dared to harm you?!"
บท 60: Covering up
บรรณาธิการ: Misty Cloud Translations
"Fourth Brother, do not be anxious, I believe that the Academy will judge this fairly." Sima You Yue patted Sima You Le on the back. After that, she turned towards He Qiu Zhi, who was already so scared that her whole body was trembling, then turned again towards Nalan, who looked confident that nothing would happen to her. She said, "Nalan Lan, why did you hurt me?"
Sima You Yue's words caused the initially quiet Plaza to explode with conversation. Everyone stared at Nalan Lan with disbelief. The one who had harmed Sima You Yue was actually her?!
"Sima You Yue, don't talk nonsense. When did I harm you?!" Nalan Lan quickly refuted, "You went missing during the time where new students were choosing their Spirit Beast Eggs, but I am a senior student. How could I have harmed you? I wasn't with you when you went to the cave."
The Teaching Director nodded his head, saying, "Nalan Lan has spoken the truth. She's not a new student, how could she have harmed you?"
Sima You Yue looked at the way the Teaching Director was acting and realised that he was already going to be biased towards Nalan Lan.
"She might have had no way, but she made someone else do it. Right, He Qiu Zhi? You wouldn't have pushed me into the Fourth Teleportation Array for no reason right?"
When He Qiu Zhi was pointed out by name, her entire bottle involuntarily trembled. She raised her head and saw that everyone was looking at her and could not form her sentences properly.
"I, I…"
Nalan Lan looked at the way He Qiu Zhi was behaving then she looked at the Teaching Director with grief, saying, "Director, I really have no intention to harm Sima You Yue at all. If he lets He Qiu Zhi accuse me as the mastermind, I would really be hard pressed to defend myself."
He Qiu Zhi never expected that Nalan Lan would say this, so she stared at her in shock, her eyes flashed with anger and helplessness, saying, "Miss Nalan Lan, it was clearly you who told me that entering the Fourth Teleportation Array would definitely end in death. You asked me to push Sima You Yue in during the time where they were choosing Spirit Beast Eggs! But now you're pushing all the responsibility onto me!"
Nalan Lan acted as if she knew this was going to happen all along and said, "Everyone look, I told you all that she was going to to say this. I think that this is something that Sima You Yue asked you to say, right?"
"Isn't it just that you are very clear on what happened?" Sima You Yue smirked. She felt that the way Nalan Lan was acting really resembled a clown that was jumping up and down.
"Clear on what? Sima You Yue, I know that the relationship between our families is not that great, but you can't frame me like this!"
"Sima You Yue, just what are you planning to do?" Murong An hatefully glared at Sima You Yue, feeling that Sima You Yue was doing this just to get his attention but he was increasing disgusted by him.
"Why do you care about what I want to do?" Sima You yue looked at Murong An with disdain. Looking at the way he was acting, she knew he was being narcissistic again.
Feng Zhi Xing had finally regained his calm and said, "You Yue, you're saying that He Qiu Zhi is the one who pushed you into the Teleportation Array but it was under Nalan Lan's orders?"
Sima You Yue nodded.
Feng Zhi Xing looked at He Qiu Zhi and with a face covered with frost, he asked, "He Qiu Zhi, do you admit to your crime?"
He Qiu Zhi took a look at the way Feng Zhi Xing was behaving and immediately knelt down, "Master Feng, I never wanted to harm Sima You Yue, it was Nalan Lan who made me do it. If it was not for her ordering me to do it, as a new student, how would I know that there would be something wrong with the Fourth Teleportation Array?"
"The entire school knows that there's something wrong with the Fourth Teleportation Array, it's not just Nalan Lan. On what basis do you claim that it was her who told you to do it? Do you have any evidence?" The Teaching Director said, "If not, I could say that it was someone else who asked you to do it and you just want to cover up for the one backing you."
"My words are the very evidence! It was really Nalan Lan who asked me to do it!" He Qiu Zhi never expected that the Teaching Director would not believe what she said and was momentarily stunned.
Sima You Yue did not think that the current situation was anything out of her expectations. After all, this Teaching Director's surname was Nalan. He was part of the Nalan Clan, of course he would say things to the benefit of Nalan Lan.
"It is a given that your words do not count as evidence." The Teaching Director said, "If you have no other evidence, I have to cast the verdict for this issue."
"I…" He Qiu Zhi started at Nalan Lan unresignatedly. At the point of time, she never expected that Sima You Yue would be able to survive to return. Furthermore, whenever the two of them met in private, they only had verbal agreements. Of course she would not have any other types of evidences.
"Right now, I, the Teaching Director, will announce the verdict. He Qiu Zhi has caused harm to Sima You Yue, which has violated the law of our Academy that states you may not harm another student. As a result, He Qiu Zhi must leave the Academy. She will be expelled and will no longer be under the Academy's protection. After leaving, she is also not allowed to declare herself as a student of our Academy." The Teaching Director proclaimed.
"Don't, don't expel me!" He Qiu Zhi cried as she heard that the Teaching Director has expelled her just like this, "It was really Nalan Lan who asked me to do it, she's the real mastermind!"
"Nonsense, as of this moment you are no longer our student. If you continue to slander a student of our Academy, our Academy will not let you off lightly!" The Teaching Director hollered before turning around to face Sima You Yue, asking, "What do you think about this way of settling it?"
Sima You Yue was just waiting for the punishment that the Teaching Director would meter out against He Qiu Zhi before saying, "The punishment for the accomplice is very satisfactory, but the Teaching Director can also justly settle the main culprit."
When the Teaching Director heard what Sima You Yue had said, his eyebrows raised involuntarily, saying, "What do you mean?"
"I mean what I said!" Sima You Yue said, "Just now, you asked for evidence but you only asked He Qiu Zhi, you didn't ask me!"
"You're saying that you have evidence?"
"Yes I do. Zi Qi." Sima You Yue said as she looked towards Wei Zi Qi.
"Here." Wei Zi Qi took out the Sound Stone and handed it over to Sima You Yue.
Sima You Yue took the Sound Stone and turned to give it to Feng Zhi Xing, saying, "It's all inside here."
Feng Zhi Xing didn't expect that Sima You Yue actually had a Sound Stone. Of course, he knew how to use it and poured in some Spirit Power, causing the veins on the Sound Stone to move once again.
"Director, you should listen to this carefully." Sima You Yue smiled as she said.
"Save you? Say it, who have you provoked this time?" Nalan Lan's voice came out from the Sound Stone.
"It's Sima You Yue, he's returned." It was He Qiu Zhi's voice.
"Sima You Yue? You say that he's returned?"
"That's right, I saw him today at the Academy building. He's alive and well, he didn't die!"
"How can this be?! Are you sure it's him?"
The voices that came from the Sound Stone stunned He Qiu Zhi and Nalan Lan. This was the conversation they had when they were at the lakeside yesterday night at the Pavilion.
"It really was him! Miss Nalan, you said that entering the Fourth Teleportation Array would definitely mean death. It was only because I believed you that I pushed him in but now he has returned and even wants to take revenge on me. When I saw his eyes, I had goosebumps all over, he really wants to take my life! Miss Nalan, you have to save me. You're the one who made me do it!"
"What are you so uptight about! Even if that trash came back, what can he do to us?"
"He saw that I was the one who pushed him into the Fourth Teleportation Array! He will definitely come to look for me for revenge!"
"The Academy prevents students from mutually killing each other. If one had been found with intentions to harm another, once it was found out by the Academy, the person would immediately be expelled from Academy." Nalan Lan was calm, "As long as Sima You Yue has no evidence, he will have no way of doing anything to us. As long as you don't accept when he comes to you looking to battle, you will not be in any danger. Anyway, does that waste even dare to come to the Academy courtyard looking for trouble with you? Could it be that you can't even win over a waste?"
Listening up to this point, the students all started at Nalan Lan with shock. It was really her who had instigated He Qiu Zhi to do it!
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