Lin Xiao smiled brightly. Something like this was barely any challenge. He had already encountered several life and death's situation back in the village. Raising his head, he looked at the teacher. "But if I pass, I want you to resign."

What?

Everyone looked at Lin Xiao in disbelief. They were startled that a student dared to ask for something like that. Didn't he realize that the repercussion of what he said would be something very big?

Teacher Su Luo laughed. "You dare to bet with me, Brat?"

"Yes. I don't mind even if we sign an agreement in case you want to back off." Lin Xiao shrugged.

Princess Lan Yi Hua was stunned. She looked at Lin Xiao and wanted to open her mouth. If they signed an agreement, neither side would be able to break it off no matter what they want. It was simply a death sentence to the loser side.

"It's fine, trust him," Sui Wenyan sent sound transmission to Princess Lan Yi Hua.

The princess turned her head to look at Sui Wenyan but the latter simply smiled and shrugged. While Sui Wenyan didn't know Lin Xiao for that long, she knew that it would be impossible for Lin Xiao to say nonsense. If he dared to say it, it meant that he had certain confidence that he would be able to pass.

As for how… that would be for later.

Teacher Su Luo laughed. "Fine. As long as you don't regret it, Brat."

"I'm sure you'll be the one to regret it."

Under the eyes of all the students, Teacher Su Luo took out a paper of agreement and signed her name. She passed it to Lin Xiao, beckoning for him to read the content. If there was nothing that he wanted to add, he could sign it.

Lin Xiao read it and it was crystal clear. It was simply bet agreement between the two of them and if one of them lost, they have to be ready to pay for what they had agreed. He signed it then passed it to the teacher.

"Alright, I don't need to attend your class, right? Let's go."

Let's go?

While the students were stunned, they saw three people following behind Lin Xiao. Not only them, Princess Lan Yi Hua was also hesitant at first before she started to follow Lin Xiao.

"They're following him?"

"Madness."

"Yeah, did they want to be kicked out of the academy too?"

"Isn't the basic class compulsory?"

At the edge of the training field, Princess Xiao Yue watched the commotion. The corner of her lips curled up. She was thinking of ways to make her sister leave willingly. To think that there would be such a convenient situation. What a dumbass of that brat to get close to her sister.

They were only seeking their doom.

After a few seconds of silence, some people started to speak.

"Well, it's not like the class is of that much use. The basic of Qi is already taught to almost all of us back then."

"True, it's better to use the time to train other things."

"Agree."

Three young men stepped forward then left the training ground, making the others stumped. Looking at their appearance, it was clear that they were either commoners or people with low background. After all, they didn't have uniform when they entered the academy back then.

A young lady that was wearing bright red fiery dress was also looking at the commotion. At first, she only wanted to listen in to the group nonsense and felt that they were right since there was no one who could say what kind of future was held for them. Many tried to make their way to the stronger and more influential for their future.

But who could give guarantee?

No one.

"Hmm, I, Fan Ling, didn't like the thought of putting down people with low background. So what if we don't have good background? Fruitful encounter can happen to anyone, regardless of the background," her voice rang out as she began to step out. Her eyes were sharp as she glanced back. "I'll be going, Teacher. No need to fret because I don't think I need your class either."

Teacher Su Luo was stunned. She looked at Fan Ling with disbelief. "Miss Fan, you're…."

"I'm leaving."

Fan Ling was known to be very blunt and had short temper. Since Fan Family was also a big family in the capital city, no one dared to go against this young lady except if they have enough background.

If the three young men who chose to follow Lin Xiao back then were ordinary young men, this young girl was someone with good background. It was inconceivable that she would be willing to follow them.

"You want to leave with those trashes?"

"Trashes?" Fan Ling laughed. She looked at the teacher before her. "Don't you already know that my grandfather built Fan Family from nothing? In my eyes, you're simply belittling people who might achieve big in the future. Who knows what the Heavens planned for them."

"You…" Teacher Su Luo was lost at words. Fan Family's legend was known to everyone. Just a hundred years ago, Fan Family was nothing but a person rose into prominence and established his family in the capital city. No matter how the others tried to suppress him, the man managed to overthrow everything and finally established Fan Family.

Now, Fan Family was one of the few big families in the capital city that no one dared to offend. One family had already paid for the price with their lives when they tried to intervene back then.

No one had the guts to try again.

"How stupid," Prince Lin Kai spat out. 

Prince Lin Hong arched his eyebrows and only watched the commotion. He had no intention to get involved in this messy deal. Whatever they wanted to do was not his business. His eyes landed on Princess Lan Xiao Yue as he was thinking of ways to attract this princess' attention.

It was more important to build connection with her than caring about those people back then.