Chapter 0652: Embroidered Pillow

Following the shop boy’s directions, Huang Long quickly arrived at Shinfeng City, where the Shinfeng Academy was now located. Back in the day, Shinfeng City was situated within the Dragon Speech Empire, but now it lay at the border between the Tanghai Empire and the Haryuan Empire. Standing above Shinfeng City for a long time, Huang Long finally descended from the heights.

Using his spiritual sense, Huang Long discovered that Shinfeng City still retained some of its original appearance, though it differed from before in that it now exuded a profound sense of ancient history. Yet Huang Long knew this was no longer the same Shinfeng City as before. Entering through the city gates, he walked slowly with the crowd. In terms of scale and influence, Shinfeng City was far larger than the previous Feide City.

The Shinfeng Academy was the largest academy on the Hengyuan Continent, with a long history. It had nurtured countless strong individuals, and its students were spread across various countries on the continent. Its influence was immense—even the three major empires regarded the Shinfeng Academy with caution.

It wasn’t long before Huang Long reached the Shinfeng Academy. Although the academy had many strong fighters and a formidable defense force, they completely ignored Huang Long. After entering the academy, he headed to its library.

The library was very quiet. Compared to the hustle and bustle outside, it felt like another world. Truly worthy of being the academy with the longest history on Hengyuan, just the thousands of bookshelves on the first floor made one feel as if they were in an ocean of books. Huang Long went straight to the second floor.

As he knew, the ancient books containing records of Hengyuan’s history were located on the bookshelves there. Upon reaching those shelves, he stopped and casually picked up the first book on the outside to read. At that moment, a stunningly beautiful woman dressed in purple robes also approached the bookshelves. When she saw Huang Long, she was taken aback.

Students at the Shinfeng Academy usually came to the library to study books related to combat skills and magic; those interested in history were extremely rare. She was an exception. Having been at the academy for so long, this was the first time she had met a peer with similar interests.

At that moment, Huang Long looked up and was also surprised. He clearly hadn’t expected to encounter such a beautiful woman. In terms of appearance, she and Susan each had their own merits—Susan was cold and elegant, while this woman was graceful and refined. Huang Long smiled, nodded, and continued reading.

The moment the Yellow Dragon raised its head, the woman was also stunned for a moment, clearly captivated by its elegant and graceful demeanor. Her beautiful eyes sparkled. After a brief pause, she regained her composure, her delicate face turning slightly red. She glanced at the Yellow Dragon once before walking over to read by herself.

Perhaps drawn by the Yellow Dragon’s aura, the woman couldn’t help but feel curious and kept glancing in its direction. She hadn’t noticed before, but now that she was observing, her brows furrowed. She realized that every time this person picked up a book, flipped through it, let the wind blow from the first page to the last, then put it back down before picking up another. At first, she thought he was choosing books, but soon realized that wasn’t the case. How could one choose books this way?! Hundreds of books and still not picking one?! Gradually, a mocking expression appeared on her face. Clearly, he wasn’t there to read—he was there to “show off.”

She was ranked among the top ten beauties in the academy, and with her prominent status, she had countless admirers. She had seen many such superficial men who looked good but were useless. These people always tried various ways to act cool in front of her to catch her attention. She categorized the Yellow Dragon among them.

Moreover, it was too coincidental. She had been here many times before and had never seen anyone interested in these history books, yet now she ran into him? Clearly, the Yellow Dragon had ulterior motives. He must have somehow learned of her whereabouts and came here specifically to wait for her. The more she thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, and her mocking expression grew stronger. If she was right, this “fancy pillow” would soon start looking for an excuse to talk to her.

For a while, everything was silent. If the Yellow Dragon had known what she was thinking, he would have been devastated. Back when he studied at Shinfū Academy, his speed reading in the library was famous throughout the school. In just a few months, he had read almost all the books in the library.

“I’ll let you act, let’s see how long you can keep it up,” she sneered inwardly.

Sure enough, after a while, the Yellow Dragon raised his head and looked at her, saying, “Miss.”

“Miss? You don’t recognize me?” Before he could finish speaking, the woman interrupted him, her delicate face cold. Recognize you? The Yellow Dragon didn’t understand why she disliked him so much. Seeing her disdainful gaze, he frowned, as if not recognizing her was some offense to her?

Actually, it wasn’t surprising that she felt disgusted when he continued to pretend not to know her and still greeted her. He was simply too famous—nearly 99% of the students at Shinfū Academy knew who he was.

Huang Long saying “Miss” now— isn’t that just continuing to act foolish?
“I advise you to focus on mastering combat skills and magic from now on. I, Videss, hate men like you who are all show and no substance!” There was unmistakable mockery in the woman’s eyes.
Huang Long was stunned, then smiled bitterly inwardly, somewhat understanding her thoughts. He shook his head— how could he, a supreme divine warrior, be considered by a mere girl as a man of superficiality? And she thought he was trying to “flirt” with her?
Earlier, Huang Long had simply thought she kept staring at him and wanted to say something. After all, a woman— and a beautiful one at that— staring at a man when no one else is around is somewhat impolite, right?
Seeing Huang Long shaking his head with a bitter smile, the woman thought he was smiling bitterly because she had exposed his behavior. Just as she was about to speak again, a shrill voice suddenly rang out, “Oh, isn’t that Miss Panna?”
Huang Long and the other person turned to see a blond young man walking toward them, looking surprised. Judging by his appearance, he was handsome and tall, and from his demeanor, he seemed to be from a prominent family.
When Panna saw the blond young man, she frowned, a look of disgust flashing across her face, but she said nothing.
The blond young man stepped forward, clearly not expecting anyone else to be there. He had thought he could find an opportunity to be alone with Panna, but Huang Long’s appearance made him feel disheartened.
“I’m Ippu. May I ask how this friend goes by?” the blond young man said to Huang Long with a smile, his eyes fixed on him.
Ippu was quite famous at the Divine Wind Academy—a top-tier warrior at level seven and a skilled fighter among the inner academy’s elite. He was confident that as long as the other person wasn’t stupid, hearing his name would make them scurry away, giving him a chance to be alone with Panna.
At that moment, Panna also looked at Huang Long with schadenfreude, eager to see how he would react upon hearing Ippu’s name.
To her surprise, however, Huang Long gave the blond young man a indifferent glance, ignored them both, and turned back to continue reading a book.
Both of them were stunned by his reaction. Ippu was even more furious— in front of his goddess, he had raised his status in hopes of making the other person back down, but they didn’t even give him a second thought!
It had been a long time since he had encountered such a situation. Ippu clenched his fists tightly.

At that moment, Panna gave Ip a teasing glance. It was the first time she had seen someone ignore Ip completely. Seeing Ip embarrassed made her feel much better.
“Well, this embroidered pillow is doomed!” Panna turned to look at Huang Long and shook her head secretly. She hadn’t expected him to care so much about face in front of her—still pretending not to hear Ip’s name and continuing to “look for books” here?
Even if he wanted to please her and present a good image, there was no need to go this far, Panna thought.
Of course, such a man’s life or death had nothing to do with her. Even if Ip killed or maimed him, she wouldn’t feel pity—in her eyes, he had brought this upon himself.
Panna’s teasing gaze only added fuel to the fire. Ip’s anger surged instantly, and he shouted, “Kid, you’re seeking death!” With that, he threw a punch at Huang Long.
Golden combat energy surged wildly, creating a howling sound. Among the seven types of combat energy, golden energy had the strongest attacking power. So although Ip was only at the peak of level seven, his attack power was comparable to that of an eighth-level fighter.
Although Huang Long appeared imposing on the surface, Ip wasn’t worried about his backing forces. He was a direct descendant of the Luo Ha family, the top family in the Tang Hai Empire. Moreover, he knew some of the powerful figures in the academy. Huang Long looked unfamiliar—clearly not from a prominent family.
Seeing Ip attack angrily, Panna frowned but said nothing.
Ip struck, but Huang Long seemed to ignore it and continued searching for books.
Watching Ip’s attack reach Huang Long’s back, Panna shook her head. Did he think this was a library and Ip wouldn’t dare kill him?
But just as she thought this, suddenly a crisp sound of a bone breaking came, and Ip was flung backward, blood spraying high into the air. When Ip hit the ground, his screams echoed through the space.
Panna’s mouth hung open in shock as she stared at Ip lying far away, unable to process what had happened. Then, she stiffly turned to look at Huang Long, who was still searching for books.
What was going on?! Panna swallowed hard.
She hadn’t seen him move just now, so how could Ip have been seriously injured and flung backward? At that moment, Huang Long raised his head and gave her a indifferent glance. Just that one glance made Panna’s heart tighten, and she stepped back in fear.
“Young Master Ip! Young Master Ip!” Suddenly, at that moment, several figures rushed in from outside, shouting. Clearly, Ip’s screams had alerted the Luo Ha family’s guards outside.