Chapter 0042: The Match Agreement

“Kid, we’ve seen all your activities in the library these days,” Tang Wudi said right away.
Yu Qi, sitting beside him, spoke up earnestly, “Child, your talent is better than others—that’s an advantage. But if you keep acting recklessly like this, even the best talent won’t help.”
Yang Zhen and Ren Zhongqing also spoke, admonishing Huang Long not to waste his talent due to laziness.
Huang Long remained silent. What was this? Lazy? He read tens of thousands of books every day. If all the books he’d read in a month were piled up, they would likely form a small mountain.
Although he hadn’t yet truly practiced magic or combat energy, he already understood the basic knowledge in these areas and was just waiting to put it into practice when he returned.
Seeing that Huang Long didn’t speak, Tang Wudi thought he had realized his mistake and felt relieved. Smiling, he said, “Alright, we’re not scolding you. You don’t need to take it to heart. Kid, when you go back, make sure to pay close attention to your mentor Lei Ke’s lessons.”
Yu Qi also said gently, “If you have any requests, you can tell us.”
Huang Long pondered for a moment before saying, “In a month, I need to go out for a while and return at the end of the year.”
He planned to finish reading all the books in the library within a month, then head to the Magical Beast Mountains to train and search for the magic sword that had been stolen.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing Huang Long’s words, Tang Wudi and the others looked displeased.
“What?! You brat, say that again! You dare to ask to go out just to play? This is an academy, not your home—you can’t go wherever you want!” Yang Zhen slammed the table in anger.
He had thought Huang Long had realized his mistake earlier, but now it seemed he didn’t even want to stay in the library and wanted to go out to play.
Even the usually gentle Yu Qi frowned. “This won’t do.”
In fact, Huang Long was merely giving Tang Wudi and the others a heads-up in advance. Whether they agreed or not, it wouldn’t change his decision.
After leaving the dean’s office, Huang Long didn’t go to his classroom—he still didn’t know where it was. Instead, he returned to the library and resumed his reading marathon.
Seeing this, Tang Wudi and the others shook their heads in sighs. This kid probably had no hope.
Back in the library, seeing thousands more shelves of books left unread, Huang Long calculated that it would take another half year to finish them. So, he changed his reading plan, choosing only a few representative books from each shelf.
Another month passed in this way.

In two months, Huang Long had read through nearly half of the books in the Divine Wind Academy’s library, especially all the nearly ten thousand books on the basics of magic and combat energy. When it came to theoretical knowledge, even powerful figures like Tang Wudi might not be able to surpass Huang Long.

When Huang Long stepped out of the library, the sun was shining brightly, but he ran into Little Witch Zhao Ying and Princess Linna of the Blizzard Empire. After two months apart, Little Witch Zhao Ying had grown a bit taller. Upon seeing Huang Long, she immediately said, “Uncle Huang Long, you’re really unacceptable! You’ve been slacking off by hiding in the library, skipping every single class for two months. I’ve already told Aunt Rong. Hmph, I wonder how your third aunt will scold you when you go back during the holidays!”

Looking at Little Witch Zhao Ying, who stood with her hands on her hips, clearly upset, Huang Long calmly replied, “I know.” Then he left, leaving her and Linna standing there in shock.

A moment later, as they watched Huang Long’s retreating figure, Little Witch Zhao Ying said angrily, “Sister Linna, look! That damn uncle is so annoying! I tried to advise him kindly, but instead, he gave me a rude look.”

Linna also looked regretfully in the direction Huang Long had gone and said, “Let’s go.”

After leaving the library and about to leave the academy, Huang Long suddenly heard a shrill voice, “Oh, isn’t that the super genius among our new students?” Then, several figures blocked his path.

Huang Long stared at them, narrowing his eyes.

Du Fei, the third son of theXier family, had entered the Divine Wind Academy ten years ago and was now a top-tier mage of level four. Compared to other geniuses at the academy, Du Fei’s talent was rather average. At sixteen, Du Fei was a head taller than Huang Long. He looked down at him arrogantly and then smiled at the people behind Huang Long, saying, “You know who this kid is, right? He’s that super weirdo who’s been hiding in our academy’s library, reading books for two months straight. You don’t know how amazing he is—he can read thousands of books in a day!” Then he burst into laughter.

The people around Du Fei also laughed.

A killing intent flashed through Huang Long’s mind.

Looking at Du Fei, who was laughing foolishly, Huang Long couldn’t help but think of that fat guy, Du Dongnan. Must Du Dongnan be feeling lonely down there by himself?

Du Fei and his friends’ laughter attracted the attention of other students, but it seemed everyone recognized Du Fei. No one dared to approach; they just watched from afar.

Du Fei stopped smiling and stared at Huang Long, saying with a vicious grin, “Super genius, I bet you’ve learned quite a bit of magic in the library these past two months. How about you challenge me to a duel on the arena?”
Shenfeng Academy prohibited private fights, but duels could take place on the arenas in each campus.
Du Fei was now a peak-level fourth-grade magician, while Huang Long was just a freshman who had entered the academy two months ago. In Du Fei’s mind, no matter how talented Huang Long might be, he couldn’t possibly be his opponent. If they fought on the arena, Huang Long would only end up being tortured by him, possibly dying in a way he wouldn’t even recognize.
Only someone as shameless as Du Fei would dare to make such a challenge!
Not only the onlooking students but also those around Du Fei found this utterly disgraceful and stepped back from him.
At that moment, the little witch Zhao Ying appeared out of nowhere and rushed over, saying urgently, “Cousin, you must not agree to him!” Worried that Huang Long might not realize the dangers of a duel, she added, “Dueling on the arena is very dangerous.”
Huang Long ignored the little witch and looked at Du Fei, who was smiling viciously, then nodded and said, “Okay, I accept your challenge.”
Du Fei was momentarily stunned, then his face lit up with joy. He had only been trying it out, but the other party actually agreed. Kids were just kids—they couldn’t handle pressure. Now, he would have his fun. Even if he didn’t kill the kid, he would beat him so badly that his mother wouldn’t recognize him.
“However, I’ll decide the time and place,” Huang Long said, changing his tone.
The joy vanished from Du Fei’s face as he said coldly, “Kid, are you trying to trick me? Do you want to set it for decades from now?”
“The time will be during the year-end holiday, and the place will be the arena in the palace of the King of Lutong,” Huang Long replied, narrowing his eyes.
As for why the year-end holiday and the palace of the King of Lutong, there was naturally a reason behind it.
Du Fei’s face turned happy again as he said, “Great!”
With only a few months left until the year-end holiday, it didn’t matter anyway. He could thoroughly torture this kid in front of the Huang family—wouldn’t that be even more satisfying? He was really looking forward to seeing Old Bear Huang’s reaction upon losing his beloved son.