The Star-Shifting Prince’s Hunt

With a loud bang, Yang Chun slammed the table and stood up, his eyes wide with fury, gritting his teeth.

He enunciated each word: “What did you say? Who the hell is the leader?”

As the saying goes, enemies always meet on a narrow road. Of course, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but although Yang Chun and Murong Fan couldn’t be said to have a ‘murderous hatred over a wife,’ they were definitely love rivals.

Moreover, after the three from Dorm 322 had clashed with him in the first floor of the cafeteria and suffered a total defeat, such humiliation naturally made Yang Chun erupt like this.

But compared to the fiery, hair-raising Yang Laoer, Guo Hao and I exchanged a gloomy glance.

We secretly began devising countermeasures against this ‘Star-Shifting Prince.’

This bastard ranks fourth among Tianwu University’s top ten undergraduate experts.

That means, aside from the professors and graduate school veterans, only three people in the university have martial arts superior to his.

However, to protect and encourage the vigorous growth of the new generation on campus, a former principal had personally set a rule: any martial arts manuals, miraculous pills, or mystical beasts that appeared within Tianwu University—as long as they were unowned—could be contested by all undergraduates.

Graduate students and faculty had no right to participate in these competitions. Instead, they were required to help strengthen campus security to prevent outside experts from interfering, thus ensuring fair competition.

Because of this rule, at this moment, the only ones in Tianwu University who could suppress Murong Fan and stop them from hunting Xiao Qi were the three experts ranked above him on the ‘Top Ten’ list.

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“Second Brother, calm down for now. Put aside the grudges between you, us, and that Murong. The priority is to think how to protect Xiao Qi! With such a tough opponent leading them, even if you, Big Brother, and Third Brother join forces, it might be dangerous, and we might not be able to stop him.”

I thought for a moment and saw Yang Laoer’s furious face. He almost wanted to rush downstairs and fight Murong Fan again. So I gave this advice.

“Second Brother, Old Fourth is right. Xiao Qi’s safety is the top priority now… Besides him, part of the group are senior experts from his Northern Barbarian Academy, and another part are…”

Linghu Ruoxu heard my words and agreed. But unexpectedly, he trailed off at the end.

Listening to us, Yang Laoer couldn’t help but glance at Xiao Qi. She noticed his gaze, seemed a bit scared, and shrank behind Guo Hao.

Yet she couldn’t help but turn her big eyes to meet his, her large fox ears flattened sideways. She seemed afraid, yet also seemed to be asking for his help.

This instantly defused Yang Chun’s rage. His expression calmed a bit. Then he asked in a low voice: “Where are the rest from? Third Brother, speak plainly, don’t beat around the bush!”

Linghu Ruoxu gave a bitter smile and shook his head slightly. He answered softly: “The rest seem to be from our Five Mountains Academy. Judging by their clothes, they are probably from the Mount Song specialization…”

Mount Song is the central peak among the Five Mountains and the largest branch in the Five Mountains Academy. Historically, the deans and student council presidents of the Five Mountains Academy have mostly come from this lineage. It’s no exaggeration to say it’s the leader of the five.

The reason Linghu mentioned the clothes is that the Mount Song specialization favors yellow. Though they have no uniform, most students and teachers wear various shades of yellow—from bright yellow, golden yellow, to shit yellow.

Other colleges in Tianwu, including the other four specializations within the Five Mountains Academy, secretly call them the ‘Little Yellow Gate.’

So those brothers, dressed in yellow, flaunting around, must be how Linghu recognized their origin.

Jokes aside, if my memory serves me right, the Five Mountains’ Mount Song has a member among Tianwu’s top ten experts.

If that person also joins…

Thinking of this, I broke out in a cold sweat. But no one knew if that person was among these ruthless hunters. After all, capturing Xiao Qi, killing her, and taking her demon core would grant over a decade or even decades of internal cultivation. Such a temptation—which undergraduate at Tianwu wouldn’t be tempted?

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Linghu Ruoxu saw we were all at a loss, so he timidly suggested: “How about we find Senior Xiao Ru to discuss a plan? To deal with Murong Fan, she’s the best candidate now.”

Previously, when the three of them fought Murong Fan, although they ended up completely defeated, the ‘Star-Shifting Prince’ didn’t come out unscathed either.

The reason was that at the last moment, Senior Xiao Ru appeared and exchanged a blow with him, using the fierce Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms to scare him off!

The four of us who witnessed it still remember vividly. If any undergraduate we know can handle Murong Fan, it’s her.

I was the first to agree. Yang Chun, usually arrogant and wild, hesitated. Though his expression still showed resentment toward Murong Fan, with Xiao Qi’s life at stake, he had to set aside his stubbornness and slowly nodded in agreement.

But to their surprise, Guo Hao seemed to be looking down at something. He remained silent for a long time without responding.

When the three of them, along with the bewildered fox Xiao Qi, turned to stare at him, he hesitated and answered: “Well, this matter is a private affair of Dorm 322. It involves many people and is complicated. It might not be good to trouble Senior Xiao Ru.”

Hearing him vote against it, the other three exchanged bewildered looks.

Normally, besides me, Guo Hao had the best relationship with Senior Xiao Ru.

Just as they were puzzled, a series of vibrations came from my back pocket—a text message. I was about to take out my phone when Guo Hao loudly said: “Old Fourth… don’t check it yet… Let’s first discuss a plan and figure out what to do!”