Chapter 1171
One year ago was the start of the rebellion across the continent . Similarly, the winds of change had started to blow upon the Five Element Schools . A wind that brought with it strife and conflict .
It started with a rumor saying that students from the Metal School struggled with students from the Fire School over some treasure . From one rumor came forth a large battle that claimed the lives of many participants on both sides .
The next was a rumor stating several of the inner students of the Earth School mocked an elder of the Water School . If not for the timely intervention of the Earth School’s elders, those students surely would’ve been killed .
Another rumor surfaced after that, a rumor that caused the Wood and Fire Schools to nearly start to clash with one another .
No one thought any of the rumors had any relevancy to one another at first . But when another rumor of some students from the Metal School killing students from the Fire School surfaced, many people began to realize there was something serious at play here…
Even the most loving of couples tended to have a quarrel between them once in a while . A small fight every once in a while wasn’t much to worry about, but if the death of a couple of students were had, then…
And that was just the beginning . More and more rumors began to circulate, goading students from different schools to fight . In the end, more and more students were fighting one another, some students even losing their lives in the middle of those conflicts!
The avalanche had begun . Each of the five schools was pointing the blame elsewhere . Their grudges intensified with each rumor . Soon, some of the students were beginning to take drastic actions…
In no less than two months, the Five Schools were suffering injuries and losses on a growing scale . Not even the Soul Kings were spared—some had already lost their lives!
The sentiments between the Water and Wood School had been completely volatile . A war nearly broke out between the two when several mediators from the Wood School managed to calm the waves on both sides .
But another war was already on the way . The Metal and Fire Schools claimed each other to be responsible for the unjustified murders of their students . In no time at all, a friendly relationship that lasted for several thousands of years was at the risk of being destroyed .
Not long after the rebellion started when the Soul Refining School began to resurface with their Soul Puppetry, members of the Five School began to realize something—the cause of all the rumors and deaths of their students was the Soul Refining School!!
The revelation spread across the Five Schools at once . The Soul Refining School and their Soul Puppetry was behind it all!
It was like a splash of icy-cold waters on everyone’s heads . But the damage had been done—everyone had their injured students and casualties . Even if the Soul Refining School was behind it, there were still plenty of deaths that were the result of a direct confrontation between two schools .
The internal unrest within each of the schools continued after that . Secluding themselves from the rebellion, the schools held a temporary armistice among one another . No one believed it would last for long, but the fact that any two schools would agree to meet one another was already a nice goal to have reached .
The Water School, for example, decided to spend their time recuperating from their losses . All external affairs were put on hold and their students holed up inside the school to train .
But that was when disaster struck . A disaster that fell on top of the Water School without warning!
A group of powerful soul cultivators appeared outside the gates of the Water School seven days ago . Without even a warning, those soul cultivators began to launch an all-out assault on the school!
Completely caught off-guard by the ambush, the Water School began to put up a hasty counteroffensive . That was when they realized they were fighting against the Wind Lightning School!
The Water and the Wind Lightning Schools never had any friendly relationships between the two . They were definitely enemies more than they were allies . In fact, the Wind Lightning School was responsible for undermining the Water School’s power during the internal strife of the five schools! And now that an armistice was happening, the Wind Lightning School decided to pull out the heavy weapons and attack the Water School!
Normally, something like this wouldn’t happen with the Tianhun School being the ones to interject and mediate . A conflict between schools would never get out of hand like this unless the grudges between both parties were so great that it was unreconcilable .
But with the entire continent in disarray and the Tianhun School severely crippled, there was no mediating power to stand in between the two schools . To make matters even worse, the Tianhun School located in the city nearest to them—Waterdrop City in the Clear Blue Province—had joined the rebel army! The lord-mayor of the city and other key figures united with several powerful rebel figures and took control of Waterdrop City!
Zhao Xiluo described the horror he felt when he managed to escape the conflict in the Water School and arrived at Waterdrop City, only to realize he hadn’t escaped at all . Attacked again in the city, Zhao Xiluo only managed to escape when several of his fellow students sacrificed themselves to stall for time .
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