"To the Hudao Plaza?"
Dean Shangguan was taken aback.
"Yes."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Then, Ye Yunfei directly activated his Heavenly Shadow Robe, achieving a tenfold speed increase, and shot towards the Hudao Plaza.
"You wretched whelp, don't you even think of escaping!"
Seeing Ye Yunfei leave, Xiao Zuyuan couldn't help but roar.
Boom...
A massive blue palm, blotting out the sky and earth, reached towards Ye Yunfei to seize him.
Xie Changkong threw a punch that directly shattered this giant palm.
"Hmph!
Xie Changkong, let's see how much longer you can hold on!
We'll kill you first, then that wretch Ye Yunfei!"
Xiao Zuyuan sneered.
Accelerated by the Heavenly Shadow Robe, Ye Yunfei's speed was incredibly fast.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived within the Hudao Plaza.
"Let's go take a look as well."
Dean Shangguan and Dean Zhou exchanged a glance, then simultaneously used their movement techniques to arrive at the Hudao Plaza.
"If Hu Dao Shangren truly left a clone within Hudao Academy,
then the most likely place would be this Hudao Stele."
Ye Yunfei thought to himself as he arrived before the Hudao Stele.
The Hudao Stele towered into the clouds, appearing immensely grand.
According to legend, the Hudao Stele was a magical artifact of Hu Dao Shangren, which in the past had made powerful enemies from beyond the continent flee in terror at the mere mention of it.
Later, when Hu Dao Shangren left Hudao Academy, he left the stele within the academy, and inscribed all the cultivation techniques and martial arts he had collected in his lifetime into the body of the stele.
He also decreed that only students under the age of twenty-five were qualified to gain insights from the Hudao Stele.
These secrets were told to Ye Yunfei by Dean Shangguan.
Ye Yunfei sat cross-legged on the Hudao Stele, and his Soul Power immediately reached out to sense into the stele's body.
"Is Ye Yunfei gaining insights from the Hudao Stele?!"
Dean Shangguan and Dean Zhou, who had followed Ye Yunfei to the Hudao Plaza, were stunned by his actions.
With powerful enemies at the gates, this kid actually came here to gain insights from the stele!
"Perhaps, Ye Yunfei has his own purpose..."
Dean Shangguan said to Dean Zhou, glancing deeply at Ye Yunfei.
"This kid has always been this mysterious."
Dean Zhou nodded.
Thus, neither of the deans stopped Ye Yunfei.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the fierce battle continued.
Xie Changkong and the six Guardian Elders were still struggling to hold their ground.
As Ye Yunfei's Soul Power entered the body of the Hudao Stele, he saw numerous points of light flickering like a sky full of stars.
Each point of light was wrapped in a layer of Soul Restriction.
To read the contents of the light points, one had to comprehend and break this layer of Soul Restriction.
These Soul Restrictions were laid down by Hu Dao Shangren and were considered quite profound for warriors of the Tianxuan Continent.
Even if a Grotto-Heaven Realm expert came, they might not necessarily be able to break them.
Of course, the Hudao Stele had its limitations; those over twenty-five could not gain insights from it, so the Grotto-Heaven Realm experts within Hudao Academy had never had the chance to try.
However, for Ye Yunfei, these Soul Restrictions were far too crude and rudimentary.
Once his Soul Power entered the stele's body, he began rapidly breaking the Soul Restrictions that wrapped the surfaces of the light points and reading their contents.
Ye Yunfei's speed at breaking the restrictions was astonishingly fast.
Moments later.
He had already broken the Soul Restrictions of over five hundred light points.
Actually, Ye Yunfei had previously broken the restrictions on three hundred light points.
This time, he only needed to break the remaining two hundred or so.
Time flew by.
After a few more moments.
Finally.
Within the Hudao Stele, all the Soul Restrictions on every light point had been broken by Ye Yunfei!
"All the light points contain records of cultivation techniques and martial arts..."
Ye Yunfei felt a twinge of disappointment; he hadn't found what he was looking for.
"It seems I've come to the wrong place."
Ye Yunfei sighed.
Just as Ye Yunfei was about to withdraw his Soul Power from the Hudao Stele.
Suddenly.
Rumble...
The entire Hudao Stele began to tremble gently.
"Hm?"
Ye Yunfei's heart stirred.
In the next instant.
Within the Hudao Stele, those more than five hundred light points slowly converged and fused together, eventually forming the figure of a middle-aged man.
"So that's it!
What Dean Shangguan said earlier was indeed correct.
Hu Dao Shangren really did leave a clone.
Strictly speaking, it should be a Soul Clone.
It's just that this Soul Clone was dispersed into numerous light points; only after breaking all the Soul Restrictions on every light point would it coalesce into a complete Soul Clone."
Ye Yunfei inwardly noted.
This sophisticated method of dispersing a Soul Clone was something even Ye Yunfei couldn't help but admire.
"You are a student of Hudao Academy?"
The gaze of the middle-aged man within the Hudao Stele fell upon Ye Yunfei as he asked.
"Correct.
I am a student."
Ye Yunfei nodded in reply.
"Haha, good, very good!
I never expected that a student would actually be able to completely break all the Soul Restrictions I left behind.
What a wonderful surprise.
This shows your talent is exceptionally high.
You are a true genius."
The middle-aged man laughed heartily.
Needless to ask, this middle-aged man was the former strongest expert of the Tianxuan Continent, Hu Dao Shangren.
"Dean Hu Dao, right now, Hudao Academy is in grave peril.
Powerful enemies have invaded, seeking to seize the Hudao Stele."
Ye Yunfei spared no superfluous words and stated directly.
Within Hudao Academy, all the higher-ups referred to Hu Dao Shangren as Dean Hu Dao.
Because Hu Dao Shangren was the first dean of Hudao Academy.
"This is what happened..."
Next, Ye Yunfei quickly and briefly recounted the events to Hu Dao Shangren.
Of course, Ye Yunfei omitted anything about himself, simply saying that the enemies had barged into Hudao Academy to seize the Hudao Stele.
"Hmph!
How dare such a thing happen!"
Hu Dao Shangren's face darkened, and then his Soul Power immediately extended outwards.
Soon, he discovered the intense battle raging outside.
At this moment, Xie Changkong and the six Guardian Elders were completely at a disadvantage, their injuries growing more serious.
By now, the location of the fight had gradually shifted towards the Hudao Plaza.
Because the targets of those seven Fifth-Level Grotto-Heaven Realm experts were the Hudao Stele and Ye Yunfei.
So, during the fight, they had been charging towards the Hudao Plaza.
Xie Changkong and the six Guardian Elders, on the other hand, were desperately trying to block them.
"Haha, Xie Changkong, never thought that you, a dignified Grotto-Heaven Sixth Level expert, would end up forfeiting your life here today!
Once you die, Hudao Academy is finished as well!"
The seven Fifth-Level Grotto-Heaven Realm experts roared with laughter one after another.
Boom...
Amidst the fierce clash, a black-robed elder suddenly manifested a massive Spiritual Energy palm grabbing towards the Hudao Stele.
His name was Fengyun Chi, an expert of the Fengyun Family.
"Haha, old man Fengyun, trying to strike first, are you!
Not so easy!"
Lian Yankong of the Tianyan Sect laughed uproariously, also simultaneously manifesting a massive Spiritual Energy palm reaching for the Hudao Stele.
Boom...
In the blink of an eye, two massive Spiritual Energy palms, engulfing the sky and earth, grabbed towards the Hudao Stele.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei was sitting cross-legged in front of the Hudao Stele.
Dean Shangguan and Dean Zhou stood on his left and right, protecting him.
"We'll stake our lives on it!"
Dean Shangguan and Dean Zhou exchanged a glance, simultaneously stepping forward and unleashing attacks to strike those two Spiritual Energy palms.
"Mere Grotto-Heaven First Level, you dare block me?!
Scram!"
Lian Yankong sneered, his Spiritual Energy palm shuddering as it directly blasted Dean Shangguan and Dean Zhou flying.
Boom! Boom...
The other five Fifth-Level Grotto-Heaven Realm experts naturally refused to be left behind, and also immediately manifested five giant Spiritual Energy palms that rumbled as they grabbed towards the Hudao Stele.
Seven Spiritual Energy palms, reaching from different directions, grabbed for the Hudao Stele.
Xie Changkong and the six Guardian Elders were now pale-faced, their auras feeble, unable to block them!
It was at this moment.
"What despicable vermin dares to invade my Hudao Academy?!"
A voice akin to the wrath of the heavens resounded from within the body of the Hudao Stele.
Boom...
The entire Hudao Stele was instantly activated. A terrifyingly immense energy surged out from within its body.
Bang! Bang! Bang...
The seven Spiritual Energy palms were simultaneously shaken to pieces!
"Hu Dao Shangren has finally made his move.
Hudao Academy can safely weather this crisis."
In front of the Hudao Stele, Ye Yunfei slowly opened his eyes and murmured.