Lin Tianlong glanced at Kou Chengzhi. Although he was a bit worried about Kou Chengzhi, thinking about the numerous powerful forces they would have to face, he still summoned up the courage to speak. "Elder Kou, I know you've been kind to Feng Yuqin from the start. After all, every one likes talented students. But Feng Yuqin's current situation has exceeded what our academy can handle. Are you sure our Mountain and Sea Academy can really withstand the competition with so many forces?"
"So we should just give up?" Kou Chengzhi retorted coldly. "Does that mean that if someone comes after you in the future, we can choose to abandon you after weighing the pros and cons?"
Lin Tianlong was rendered speechless.
If he were in such a situation, how could he hope that the people from the Mountain and Sea Academy would abandon him?
They must do their utmost to save him.
After all, he was an elder of the Mountain and Sea Academy.
And Feng Yuqin had just arrived at the academy. She had made no contribution to it at all.
Instead, the academy's people had to step forward to protect her.
Was that right?
"So, you don't want the academy to abandon you in such a situation, do you?" Kou Chengzhi could tell what Lin Tianlong was thinking just by looking at his expression. "If so, what right do you have to ask the academy to abandon Feng Yuqin? Just because she's new to the academy?"
"Yes, she's just arrived at the academy and hasn't done anything yet." Lin Tianlong said assertively. "Moreover, I can't let you all face so many forces at once."
A mocking smile curled up on Kou Chengzhi's lips. He sneered, "Because you don't have the ability to draw the attention of all the forces."
As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Tianlong's face instantly flushed. "Elder Kou, your words are a bit too much."
Kou Chengzhi snorted. "What? Do you mean you can draw everyone's attention on your own?"
Liu Yu remained silent.
The other teachers looked at each other in bewilderment.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Tianlong's face darkened, while Kou Chengzhi's gaze fell in the direction where Feng Yuqin was.
Liu Yu slowly said, "Anyway, let's wait for the dean to show up. He'll make the decision. All we need to do is keep an eye on things until then."
After absorbing the power of lightning, Feng Yuqin had actually upgraded again.
She had reached the second stage of the Minor Perfection realm.
Everyone who practiced knew that it was extremely difficult to upgrade after reaching the Minor Perfection realm.
Since Feng Yuqin had already shocked them so much before, their surprise was not as great this time after she reached the second stage of the Minor Perfection realm.
As time passed, the lightning tribulation descended again.
"Xiaoying, Xiaojin, do you know any way to suppress my strength and prevent myself from upgrading?" Feng Yuqin had tried to suppress the speed of her strength advancement right after absorbing the lightning.
But she had absorbed too much lightning, and the Purple Thunder Pearl was on the verge of being burst by the dense spiritual energy.
She could no longer suppress it.
It used to be easier to suppress before reaching the Minor Perfection realm.
Now, due to the Purple Thunder Pearl and the Minor Perfection realm,
she was a bit... unable to suppress it.
And there were so many people watching outside.
She didn't want others to know about her continuous upgrades.
Especially continuous upgrades in the Minor Perfection realm.
It was already too high - profile to attract the lightning tribulation.
If she were to upgrade continuously, she was worried that she wouldn't be able to handle it.
"I'll do my best." Xiaojin frowned. "But master, I think it won't be easy to suppress."
"Moreover, judging from the current situation of the Purple Thunder Pearl, it can convert the absorbed lightning into spiritual energy." Xiaoying said. "This spiritual energy will accumulate in your dantian, and once it's full, you'll upgrade."
This also surprised Xiaoying and the others.
Because after their master obtained the Purple Thunder Pearl, she had an extra treasure for condensing spiritual energy compared to others.
It could allow their master's strength to improve faster.
"Try your best to suppress. If you can't, then just upgrade." Xiaojin said. "The sixth tribulation cloud is coming."
"This lightning tribulation... is really never - ending." Feng Yuqin was quite helpless.
Although the lightning tribulation could bring her many benefits,
there were also many people eyeing her covetously outside.
She wasn't sure about the exact situation of those people.
But she knew that if she was too high - profile, it was easy to attract villains.
All she wanted now was to keep a low profile.
Boom!
The sixth lightning tribulation descended again.
Everyone saw that this sixth lightning tribulation was more powerful than the previous ones.
Then they saw Feng Yuqin quickly absorbing the lightning.
The thickness and power of each bolt of lightning were increasing,
but Feng Yuqin was fine.
She was still absorbing the lightning safely.
Seeing this, many people were envious.
"I think there must be a powerful treasure on Feng Yuqin that can absorb lightning."
"I saw the people from the Mountain and Sea Academy go to give her treasures before. Could it be the treasures they gave?"
"It doesn't seem like the treasures they gave. It's not like no one from the Mountain and Sea Academy has ever gone through a lightning tribulation before, but they never had such good treatment to get so many treasures to resist the lightning tribulation."
Feng Yuqin didn't know how these people were speculating.
Because at this moment, she couldn't care less.
The power in the Purple Thunder Pearl had accumulated to the brim again.
She was trying to find a way to suppress it.
Xiaoying glanced at the Purple Thunder Pearl and said worriedly, "Master, this Purple Thunder Pearl has helped you upgrade at least three or four levels. So even if you upgrade one more time, it should be okay."
"Xiaoying is right, master. You don't need to suppress it anymore. Just upgrade, because I sense there's one more lightning tribulation." Xiaojin's words stunned Feng Yuqin.
"Th - there's still one?" Feng Yuqin thought this was the last one.
"Yes, it should be the last lightning tribulation." Xiaojin said. "So you should upgrade to the third stage of the Minor Perfection realm now, and then store all the next lightning energy. Wait until you leave this place before upgrading."
"That's the only way." After saying that, Feng Yuqin began to upgrade.
The spiritual energy around her soared in the next moment.
"Look, Feng Yuqin has upgraded again."
"Is this the suddenly soaring spiritual energy?"
"Yes, but where did she get this spiritual energy?"
"Could it be that she was suppressing herself from upgrading before?"
"Why would she suppress it? Isn't it good to be able to upgrade?"
"And the way she deals with the lightning tribulation is also very strange. She can directly absorb the lightning and be fine."
Amid the discussions of the people, Feng Yuqin's strength finally broke through to the third stage of the Minor Perfection realm.
Feng Yuqin saw that the energy in the Purple Thunder Pearl had decreased by more than half, and it was no longer as uncontrollable as before.
If there was another lightning tribulation, she could store the energy in it again and wait until she was in an uninhabited place to break through next time.
Anyway, in the Minor Perfection realm, she shouldn't encounter another lightning tribulation.
She hoped that there wouldn't be another wave of lightning tribulations in the Great Perfection realm.
Otherwise, it would cause another sensation, and she would really feel annoyed.