Absolute Resonance

the mix, Wang Hejiu's squad fought like hamsters put into cyborg suits.
They could get the majority of the absinthe energy…
that was bad news for Li Luo.

“That's too much,” Lu Qing'er said angrily, stomping her food.

“Leader, since they want to play dirty, why not ask senior Jiang to help us as well?” Xin Fu suggested.

“Three Star Hall is not training in Angelwood Hollow,” Bai Mengmeng reminded him.
“So it's not possible.”

“What then?” Xin Fu moaned.

“Well strictly speaking, what they're doing is unfair, but not against the rules,” Li Luo said thoughtfully.
“Let's see what the five Violet Vibrance mentors think about this.”

The others nodded glumly, settling back to wait.

Li Luo was right.
While Wang Hejiu and Ye Qiuding teamed up, the One Star Hall Violet Vibrance mentors were indeed embroiled in a bitter argument.

“Shen Jinxiao, just how unscrupulous are your students? In order to get more absinthe energy, they would stoop so low and harm everyone?  Or is this all just part of your plan?” Chi Chan was the first to fire an accusation.

“Mentor Chi Chan,” Shen Jinxiao said mildly.
“Is this against the rules?”

“Shen Jinxiao, this is not a wordplay debate.
Rules are guidelines for morals.
As One Star Hall students, of course they should preserve goodness for One Star Hall.
To give it away to others speaks of their traitorous hearts.” Chi Chan shouted.

“It seems like mentor Chi Chan does not see Two Star Hall students as part of Astral Sage College?” Shen Jinxiao countered.

“Preposterous!” Chi Chan thundered.

The other mentors frowned, unsure of how to deal with this.
The matter was not clear-cut.
Indeed, Wang Hejiu's actions were over-the-top, but such conduct had not been explicitly banned in Angelwood Hollow.
They might chastise Wang Hejiu's squad for using unscrupulous means to get absinthe energy, but they could not stop it.

Therefore, after a heated discussion, Cao Sheng stepped in.
“Let's report this to the Gilded Palace first, and leave it to vice principal Su Xin to adjudicate.”

The other Violet Vibrance mentors nodded.
Chi Chan gave a final cold sniff.
She knew that this would be the final course of action, actually, but still she wanted to give Shen Jinxiao a piece of her mind before that.

The other Violet Vibrance mentors held their peace, but it was clear that they were not happy with Shen Jinxiao either.
This had gone too far, and if word got out, the other Halls and mentors would laugh at their shame.

Li Luo's and Qin Zhulu's squads waited for a long time, and heard nothing from the mentors.
They understood what it meant then.

Silence meant consent.

Wang Hejiu had found a powerful exploit that not even the Violet Vibrance mentors could stop by rescinding their cultivating privileges in Angelwood Hollow.
They suspected that Shen Jinxiao had a strong hand in this whole affair.

“That son of a b*tch…” Li Luo swore inwardly.

Outwardly, he turned to Qin Zhulu's squad.
“Well, are you brave enough to go up against the Two Star Hall Violet Vibrance squads?”

Qin Zhulu gave him a lopsided grin, his eyes half mad and half determined.

“Exactly what I wanted!”