High Martial: I Use Everything as Swords

"It means that whoever did this wasn’t just using brute force."

"They were ’designing’ the Energy."

"That kind of control and imagination over Energy structures is far more terrifying than simple Destructive Power."

"If Han Feng really did this..."

Su Qinghe took a deep breath. "Then his Talent for Rune Architecture is probably ten times greater than his Talent for piloting!"

Hearing this, Chen Beixuan, who was on the shore, showed a smug expression.

"So? Do you believe me now?"

Chen Beixuan floated down slowly, his hands behind his back.

"The kid already displayed this kind of Talent in that ’Ghost’ fighter."

Lei Zhentian stared at the scorched earth beneath his feet, silent for a long moment.

Suddenly, he slapped his thigh so hard the ground shook.

"What a talent!"

"Damn it, he’s a born Combat Mage!"

Lei Zhentian’s eyes gleamed, his expression like a hungry wolf that had just spotted a plump lamb.

"Old Chen, let’s make a deal. This kid’s talent is wasted in your Flight Academy. Let him transfer!

Have him come to my Combat Academy! I’ll mentor him personally!

I’ll give him direct access to the Combat Academy’s most treasured secret, the Ancient Method Rubbing of the Body Refining Secret Collection, the ’Undying Body’!

And I’ll throw in a Tier Four Upper Grade ’Po Jun’ Heavy Sword as a welcoming gift!"

Before Chen Beixuan could speak, Su Qinghe, standing nearby, interjected coldly.

"Lei Manzi, stop trying to lead a good student astray.

With his talent for such fine, Microscopic control, he’s going to learn how to swing a hammer from you?

What a colossal waste!

Han Feng should come to my Rune Academy!

I will personally guide him on how to perfectly integrate Spirit Rune Armor with his Artifact Manipulation Technique!

The Unique Copy of the ’Ancient Sword Formation Fragment’ in our academy’s collection will be made available to him! And I’ll give him a spot in next month’s Kunlun exchange conference!"

The two of them, nearly one hundred and twenty years old combined, stood at the bottom of the muddy crater, arguing until they were red in the face over a student who was still asleep.

On the shore, the housekeeper Old Liu cowered in the bushes, trembling.

’How are these two high and mighty deans, usually so aloof, acting like they’re haggling over cabbage at a vegetable market?’

"Enough!"

Chen Beixuan finally cut in, looking at the two whose argument was growing more and more heated.

"Stop fighting. He’s a core member of ’Project Torchwood’. His official status is with the military; neither of you can poach him."

"Besides..."

Chen Beixuan gestured at the complete mess around Yingyue Lake. "The problem right now isn’t where he’s going, but how to clean up this disaster.

The ornamental fish in this lake were Spirit Seeds the old headmaster specially brought back from the Celestial Pool. Now they’re all cooked."

Lei Zhentian pursed his lips. "If they’re cooked, they’re cooked. We can just fish them out for a midnight snack."

Su Qinghe shot him a glare and looked at Chen Beixuan, her expression turning serious.

"Old Chen, this incident cannot get out.

A third-year student who has mastered a self-created Magic of this magnitude... if the outside powers find out, he’ll be in big trouble."

Chen Beixuan nodded, the smile fading from his face.

"I know. That’s why I locked down all information about this area immediately."

He turned to look at Old Liu in the bushes.

"Old Liu."

Old Liu shuddered and scrambled over.

"Here! Your orders, Dean Chen!"

"Nothing happened here tonight."

Chen Beixuan’s tone was placid, yet it carried an unquestionable authority.

"There was a minor accident during the data transmission phase of a high-energy particle containment experiment, codenamed ’Corona,’ from the Spiritual Energy Technology Academy.

It resulted in a partial leak of high-temperature plasma, which rushed into Yingyue Lake through the cooling pipes and caused a steam explosion.

All related data has been encrypted and sealed by the military."

He paused, his deep gaze falling upon Old Liu. His voice dropped lower, carrying a hypnotic, suggestive quality.

"As for what you saw... that so-called Fire Dragon was a light refraction phenomenon caused by high-energy plasma interacting with the air after a magnetic containment failure.

You were frightened and your eyes were playing tricks on you, understand?"

Old Liu recognized every word of that explanation individually, but when put together, it sounded even more fantastical than the "Fire Dragon" he had just seen.

But his survival instinct made him nod his head like he was pounding garlic, his voice tinged with tears.

"I understand! I completely understand! This old man’s eyes are just failing him, I didn’t see a thing!

It was just a ball of light, yes, a blinding ball of light! No dragon, definitely no dragon!"

Chen Beixuan nodded in satisfaction.

With a flick of his wrist, a black token engraved with complex Runes appeared in his palm.

As he infused it with Spiritual Power, an invisible wave instantly rippled out to cover the entire Yingyue Lake area, smoothing out the residual violent Energy fluctuations in an instant.

"Let’s go."

After doing all this, Chen Beixuan took one last look at the villa, which stood perfectly silent in the night.

"When he wakes up,"

Chen Beixuan turned around, a foxy smile returning to his face.

"I’ll have the logistics department draw up a detailed ’Accident Damage and Environmental Restoration Assessment Report’ and have it delivered to him."

Chen Beixuan counted on his fingers, calculating methodically as a scheming glint flashed in his eyes.

"Hmm... those several hundred ’Red-Scaled Dragon Carp’ the old headmaster had air-freighted from the Kunlun Celestial Pool at great expense... now that they’re dead, we’ll have to charge him for each one at the market price for a Tier Three Spiritual Material.

The core node of the ’Calm Heart and Clear Spirit Array’ at the bottom of Yingyue Lake was destroyed. He’ll have to foot the bill for the repair materials.

Rebuilding the entire lake’s ecosystem, that’s a huge sum. And also..."

He glanced at Old Liu, who was still trembling beside him.

"...a loyal employee has suffered severe psychological trauma in the line of duty. This ’workplace injury compensation for mental distress’ will also be added to his bill."

The smile on Chen Beixuan’s face grew wider and wider.

"Someone who dares to eat over ten million Contribution Points worth of Elixir Pills like they’re candy... I imagine our wealthy genius...

...certainly won’t mind making a small, insignificant ’little’ contribution to the school’s environmental protection and humanitarian care efforts, right?"