Chapter Eighteen: Establishing Authority

  The door was pushed open at this time.

  A sturdy young man, wearing a Taoist robe, walked in with a cold smile. His face was somewhat round and fat, his eyes were small like soybeans, and his nose was flat. When he smiled, there was a hint of ferocity. Seeing Xiao Chen sitting upright in the room, he hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Who are you?"

  Xiao Chen's current Taoist robe was bought outside and wasn't from the preparatory class, so he cautiously asked a question.

  "Rust, you're back...... He's a friend of mine......" Jetta stood up and said with a smile.

  He gave Xiao Chen a signal, wanting him to leave first. Xiao Chen remained motionless as a mountain, his eyes scanning the robust young man before saying calmly: "You're Rust, I'm Xiao Chen."

  Jie Tuo let out a mournful sigh in his heart, it's all over, it's all over. This Xiao Chen, who knows what kind of medicine he took during this time away, has actually become so tough and unyielding.

  "Xiao Chen." Ruster was stunned again, and then reacted immediately.

  "Oh, so you're Xiao Chen."

  Rust smiled with his eyes narrowed to a line, he had just entered the academy and taken over Xiao Chen's bed, naturally, he had also heard about this person's affairs, but he was one of the most useless people in the class, weak in strength and character, even more timid than Jie Te.

  "You're still alive."

  Rust spoke in a mysterious tone and walked over, lying down on the bed with his feet raised and eyes slanted, staring at Xiao Chen.

  Although he was new to the preparatory class, he was previously in his hometown of North Kingdom, also a marquis's son, an arrogant young master who had been spoiled since childhood. Coming to Tianxing Academy's preparatory class, with his older brother backing him up, he naturally didn't take Xiao Chen seriously.

  Xiao Chen didn't bother with idle chatter, walked over, suddenly grabbed the leg that Rusty had raised, and with a fierce pull, pulled Rusty's entire body to the ground. His back slammed against the ground with a loud "thud", causing Rusty to cry out in pain.

  "This is my bed, and it's also where you can sleep?" Xiao Chen said with a cold smile.

  "Ah! Looking for death..."

  Rust just now was caught off guard, never expecting that the weak and timid Xiao Chen would suddenly launch such a vicious attack on him. In an instant, his head spun with rage, his eyes turned red, and he bellowed loudly, about to jump up.

  Xiao Chen didn't wait for him to get up, and with one kick, he kicked Ruster down again as he was trying to get up.

  He stepped forward and kicked Rusty in the back.

  Although Lu Si was physically strong, he was trampled by Xiao Chen, who was half a head shorter than him, and couldn't get up. His four limbs struggled desperately, like a toad.

  Jie stood at the side, his eyes wide with wonder, completely stunned.

  He pinched himself hard.

  Good heavens, what...what's going on? Am I dreaming? Is this really Xiao Chen? The Xiao Chen from my memories who was always silent and never fought back or retorted?

  Shocked, overturned, thoroughly overturned, Jet couldn't say a word.

  At this time, the loud noise also attracted many reserve class students who lived next door to gather around, standing at the door. These people saw Xiao Chen stepping on Rust's scene and were shocked beyond words, whispering to each other.

  "Isn't... isn't that Xiao Chen?"

  "He's back...... Oh God, how did Rust get trampled on the ground."

  "Am I seeing things? Xiao Chen, this coward, actually dares to hit Rust."

  "Rustam relied on his brother Lukat and came to the college for a few days, being arrogant and beating several students, and being beaten was also deserved."

  Everyone was discussing it, but no one came forward to stop it.

  Xiao Chen was quiet and had few friends in class, while Luster had been arrogant since he arrived at the academy, so many people were secretly pleased to see him get beaten up.

  "Xiao Chen, let go, let go! Do you know who my brother is? My brother is Lu Kaituo. You dare to treat me like this, my brother won't let you off, he won't let you off..."

  "Luca, isn't it awesome?"

  Xiao Chen curled up the corner of his mouth and stepped on the ground with force: "You damn it, shut up!"

  "Ah..."

  Rust was trampled and let out a series of miserable cries. After being trampled for over a dozen times, Rust finally realized that if he didn't shut his mouth, he would suffer even more. He closed his mouth, but his lowered eyes were filled with resentment.

  "Alright, finally quiet. " Xiao Chen relaxed his feet, bent down, pulled Ruster's ear and said in a cold voice: "Now listen to me, hurry up and take your things away, by the way, all the things you threw away from me, return them intact, did you hear clearly?"

  Rust didn't utter a word.

  "Ah~"

  Xiao Chen exerted force on his horse's hoof, and Ruster cried out in pain, shouting: "I heard it clearly, I heard it clearly."

  "Alright, roll!" Xiao Chen kicked him in the waist, causing Rust to roll out two circles.

  Rust covered his waist, gritted his teeth and stood up. The few kicks from Xiao Chen were all aimed at the weak points of his spine, enough to make him ache for several days.

  He stumbled and walked towards the door.

  "Halt." Xiao Chen shouted.

  Rust was frightened out of his wits, his body shook violently, and he turned around in terror.

  "Take all your things away."

  Rust lowered his head and walked over, putting everything on the table into a bag and tying it with a quilt, dragging it on the ground. He hastily ran to the door before he had the courage to turn back and shouted venomously at Xiao Chen: "You wait!"

  Slamming out a harsh sentence, he rushed out in a hurry, afraid that Xiao Chen would chase him out again. However, he was walking too quickly and tripped over his own luggage. Thud, he fell into a dog's feces.

  The students surrounding the entrance burst into loud laughter.

  Rust doesn't even have the face to turn back, doesn't want anything including the quilt, gets up and runs out.

  Jie Te, at this time, Fang regained consciousness.

  Looking at Xiao Chen, who seemed to be fine, he was still shocked in his heart. Even with the drastic change in Xiao Chen's personality, a complex mix of emotions including fear, jealousy and loss surged up.

  Perhaps the weak and timid Xiao Chen was gone, he, Jie Te, originally had a weaker Xiao Chen to despise, to comfort himself, that he wasn't the most useless person.

  Now, the only reason, comfort is also gone, this complex emotion makes Jett silent.

  Xiao Chen glanced at the students gathered around the entrance.

  Knowing the painful beating of Rust, it will soon spread and the purpose of establishing prestige will be achieved.

  Originally, Rust didn't even have the interest to step on such a small ant, but he had to stay in the academy to cultivate. The previous Xiao Chen was too weak, and there were always people who came to mock him and ridicule him in the academy.

  Xiao Chen didn't have the patience, pinching each of these ants to death one by one. He had to use some tactics to shut them up.

  He patted his hand and said to Jie Te, "Jie Te, I'm going to the library. The afternoon class is cancelled." Then he walked out.

  The disciples at the door all shrank back in surprise and even fear.

  "This Xiao Chen is definitely going to be unlucky, Lu Si Te must have gone to find his brother Lu Ka Te, I heard that Lu Ka Te is about to break through and become a formal disciple, at that time he will be on a completely different level from us preparatory students."