Absolute Resonance

Young Lord Li Luo, you'd better appreciate this last month of time.
Perhaps House Luolan will be no more very soon.
You will definitely need those Fiend Origin Pills much more than me.
Hmph.” With that, he turned with a huff and left. 

On the other hand, Li Luo had a wry smile on his face.
He was absolutely unconcerned with Zhu Xuan's threats as it was no secret that House Jiyan and House Luolan were mortal enemies.
They'd already clashed both openly and in secret, and it wouldn't be a surprise if they interfered once again during the Housemeet.

Well, he wanted to provoke that damn Zhu Xuan into a duel, and that would have been a wonderful opportunity to leave him bedridden for a bit…

Although Zhu Xuan's strength was inconsequential to the overall situation, if Li Luo was able to use him as bait to infuriate House Jiyan, that would have been great.
Furious people couldn't act rationally most of the time.

It was a pity that Zhu Xuan was not as dumb as he looked.
Knowing that he was not Li Luo's opponent, he never even entertained the thought of scuffling with him.

Zhu Xuan's mentor, on the other hand, could only helplessly shake his head.
He didn't hold any strong opinions towards Vice Principal Su Xin's final decision.
In any case, Li Luo was already in the Fiend Palace Tier, and he was better than Zhu Xuan in terms of potential and contribution.

Zhu Xuan was simply unlucky.

With that settled, he also turned to leave.

“Li Luo, are you planning to select your Duke Art now?” Vice Principal Su Xin then asked.

Li Luo nodded.
“Now that I've broken into the Fiend Palace Tier, the difficulty in cultivating a Duke Art should have decreased.” He smiled. 

“You shouldn't disregard the difficulty of your task.
If you think simply stepping into the Fiend Palace Tier is sufficient, then you're looking down upon the Seven Astral Pillars.
They haven’t managed to succeed either, despite their cultivation levels.” 

Li Luo was left a little speechless at Vice Principal Su Xin's reality check.

Looking at his slightly downcast expression, Vice Principal Su Xin then gave a smile.
“Of course, that's if we were to use a normal individual as comparison.
You have managed to create countless miracles, so you can't be considered normal.
I hope you'll continue to surprise us.” 

“Thank you for the kind words.”

“Go on, then.
I await your positive results.” Vice Principal Su Xin grinned as she sent him off.

Li Luo nodded and no longer tarried, directly following Mentor Chi Chan as they left the massive square.
The only thing was that when they had first arrived, everyone had only been focused on Jiang Qing'e.
Now that he was leaving, over half of the audience was staring at him like some sort of freak. 

Clearly, the news of him breaking into the Fiend Palace Tier had spread in this short span of time.

Frankly speaking, the magnitude of the surprise did not equal that of Jiang Qing'e overcoming a Seven Astral Pillar.

However, Li Luo being able to achieve this while he was still in the One Star Hall was unfathomable.
How strong would he be by the time he entered the Three Star Hall? It shouldn't be too difficult to replicate Jiang Qing'e's achievements ahead of schedule, right?

If such a thing came to pass, the duo would become the Astral Sage College's most iconic couple.

Despite being pummeled by the shocked stares of the audience, Li Luo was completely unfazed.
Why? He was about to reach the resonance art library, and he was naturally excited by the prospect of learning a Duke Art.
This was something he anticipated even more than the Fiend Origin Pills.

He was absolutely thrilled.
Ten minutes later, Mentor Chi Chan finally stopped walking as they arrived at their destination.

Raising his head, an ancient pagoda stood before him. 

Three large words were engraved on it: Resonant Art Pagoda.
Each character shone under the radiant sun.

A humongous grin uncontrollably formed on Li Luo's face.
It was time for a Duke Art!