86: Chapter 84 Sky Patrol Contract [Final Chapter]

Associate Professor Tang's words, combined with the punishments received by Xia Tao and the Xuanbing Team and the rewards received by the Chiyan Team, heavily deterred the thousands of seniors.

Especially the punishment targeting Xia Tao—even though he was dead, he was still going to be listed on the front page of the disciplinary and legal violation column?

That was practically executing him and condemning his soul.

Fang Yu's name was also thoroughly remembered by nearly five thousand seniors.

Off the stage.

"Fang Yu, what's going on? Why is there still a commendation?" Wang Mo asked in a low voice, filled with shock.

A group of freshmen around them were also surprised; although the gossip they received varied widely in details, the core content was roughly the same, which was that Fang Yu had received punishment.

Why was the result different?

"I don't know either." Fang Yu shook his head, his heart also full of doubt.

In his own plan, he would reveal his Inner Scenery Technique after returning to school and gradually tear open Xia Kaishan's blockade net, but that would have to wait until they returned to Bluestar.

He hadn't thought about the "Starry Sky Seed" direction at all.

For one thing, Fang Yu did not know the concept of the Starry Sky Seed; for another, his technique had only broken through to Inner Scenery this afternoon. It was only past six in the afternoon now, so how much time had passed in between?

"Could it be that public opinion took effect? Or did some higher-up notice?" Many thoughts flashed through Fang Yu's mind.

Fang Yu was very clear about this.

Xia Kaishan's suppression of him was not a barbarous threat, but rather an exertion of influence behind the scenes. On one hand, through a formal trial, he slapped him with the crime of "excessive self-defense".

According to the Alliance's regulations, martial arts undergraduates who violated the law would face numerous restrictions, allowing Fang Yu to be logically and smoothly excluded from the school's cultivation System.

On the other hand, he secretly pressured the heads of the major Martial Artist corporate branches in Wuling City, telling them not to sign contracts with him.

This was an overt plot.

Under normal circumstances, wanting to break the deadlock required at least a big figure with a status similar to Xia Kaishan to go all out—yet Fang Yu wasn't even familiar with more than a few ordinary Earth Martial Artists, let alone big figures of equivalent status to Xia Kaishan.

"No matter what."

"It's a good thing after all. The school completely defining this matter can be considered a form of comfort to his teammates." Fang Yu thought to himself, always harboring a sense of guilt toward the members of the Chiyan Team.

After all, his talent was high, and he was confident that he wouldn't fear Xia Kaishan's revenge in the future.

However, the same couldn't be said for Bai Chen, Qin Yang, and the others, especially Xia Yao and Xiong Meng—for the two of them, it would already be good if they could become Senior Martial Artists in the future; they simply couldn't afford to bear Xia Kaishan's revenge.

"Fang Yu, it's time to go on stage to receive the award." Wang Mo bumped Fang Yu's arm.

"Ah?" Fang Yu snapped back to reality, immediately walking toward the podium to accept the vice president's commendation and congratulations along with Bai Chen, Qin Yang, and the others.

Afterwards.

It was the commendation for the top ten coefficient scores of the senior newcomers, but after the explosive news about Xia Tao and Fang Yu just now, most students were no longer interested.

The only thing worth noting was...

Fang Yu, as the "number one newcomer", once again took the stage to receive an award and obtained a scholarship of one million.

"The 2 million from just now, plus the 1 million now, that's 3 million Star Coins!"

"3 million."

"Look closely, he came from a junior college, and his first actual combat coefficient score surged up to 1.9 at the highest."

"It's said that he didn't go out at all during the last ten days; otherwise, there was a high probability he could have been promoted to a Tier 2 Civilization Warrior."

"It was my fault for wronging him; it turns out that Xia Tao wasn't a good thing."

"Xia Tao was never a good thing to begin with. Did you only just realize this?" Many students whispered among themselves. A total bonus of 3 million was enough to make any student envious.

In an inconspicuous corner,

"Wanjin, I remember Xia Tao is your Junior Brother, right?" a student couldn't help asking.

"No." Wanjin frowned.

"I'm going to the restroom." Wanjin broke away from the group, flashed into a nearby building, took out his phone, opened interstellar roaming, and directly dialed Xia Kaishan's number.

Stepping down from the stage, the actual combat summary meeting came to an end. Under Associate Professor Tang's arrangement, the thousands of students began walking in order toward the numerous spaceships not far away.

Taking classes as units, they boarded the spaceships respectively.

"3 million Star Coins, that's quite an unexpected harvest." Fang Yu also walked toward one of the spaceships along with Wang Mo and Zhang Tao, feeling quite cheerful in his heart.

This was a scholarship issued by the school and didn't require taxation.

——

"Fang Yu." Teacher Li suddenly walked over and blocked Fang Yu's path with a smile on his face. "Congratulations, the charges have been cleared, and you've even been promoted to an Earth Contract."

"Teacher Li, what on earth is going on?" Fang Yu couldn't help asking.

"I'm not very clear on the specifics either." Teacher Li shook his head and said, "Vice President Qing wants to see you all, and people from the Judgment Department have also come. They need you and the other members of the Chiyan Team to go over together. You'll probably find out in a moment, follow me."

"Alright." Fang Yu nodded quickly. "Wang Mo, you guys board the ship first."

"Alright, see you later."

"Go on."

Teacher Li led Fang Yu away from the surging crowd and came to wait outside an office on the third floor of a building, waiting until Bai Chen, Qin Yang, and the others all rushed over.

"Fang Yu, what is going on?" Xia Yao couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"Not only are they not punishing us, but they're also giving us a bonus?" Bai Chen also said in a low voice. They were all feeling dizzy.

"I don't know either." Fang Yu shook his head.

——

"Everyone stop talking for now." Teacher Li said in a low voice. "Follow me inside."

Pushing open the door, they walked into the office.

Inside, more than a dozen people were already waiting.

Fang Yu closely followed Teacher Li as the second person to enter the door, his gaze sweeping across.

Associate Professor Tang, Section Chief Dong, and the others were all there, along with quite a few people he had never seen before. Judging from the auras emanating from them, they were likely martial arts powerhouses.

"Fang Yu, let me introduce you." Teacher Li stood aside sideways. "This is Vice President Qing of the school, who is in charge of student affairs, and he is also an Earth Martial Artist."

"Principal Qing." Fang Yu, Bai Chen, and the others said obediently.

Vice President Qing was not very tall, and judging by his appearance, he was around forty years old. His face was very kind, and he smiled and nodded at Fang Yu.

"This is Professor Xu of the school, who is also the director of the School Committee Secretariat. He attends many meetings on behalf of the principal," Teacher Li introduced. "He is also an Earth Martial Artist."

"Professor Xu." Fang Yu and the others saluted, also hearing the special identity of this Professor Xu.

"Section Chief Dong, you go first." Vice President Qing looked at Section Chief Dong.

The staff on the side also began recording.

"Alright." Section Chief Dong nodded, directly opened the document, and said solemnly, "Defendant Fang Yu, male——Defendant Bai Chen, male——Defendant Qin Yang, male——"

It was a lengthy identity verification.

With extremely detailed descriptions, everyone present was very quiet. Fang Yu, Bai Chen, and the others all listened quietly; they all understood that this was the content of the retrial verdict.

It was also a mandatory procedure that had to be gone through.

A full ten minutes later,

"Under the guidance of the provincial Judgment Department, this Judgment Department rules that the charge of excessive self-defense brought against the defendant Fang Yu by the Martial Arts Supervision Department is not established. All four original punishments are completely canceled, effective immediately." Section Chief Dong slowly said, "Fang Yu, Bai Chen, sign your names."

After signing, Fang Yu and Bai Chen exchanged glances.

The heavy stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

The sentencing ended, and the people from the Judgment Department left.

"Bai Chen, you guys go board the ship and return to school first." Associate Professor Tang said, "Vice President Qing and Professor Xu still have some matters to discuss with Fang Yu."

"Yes."

Bai Chen, Qin Yang, and the others nodded and left the office.

Before they had gone far, they saw Teacher Li, Teacher He, and a few other teachers also walking out of the office together. This scene made Bai Chen, Qin Yang, and the others instantly realize that the matter was probably not simple.

"Are they going to talk with Brother Fang about signing the Earth Contract?" Xiong Meng couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"Hard to say, doesn't quite feel like it." Bai Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Earth Contracts—just among us seniors there are dozens, and adding the whole school there are probably one or two hundred. Would a vice president in charge of student affairs specially run all the way to the Starry Sky Base for every person signing an Earth Contract?"

"Impossible!"

"Moreover, it's not just the vice president who came; that Professor Xu from earlier was representing the principal." Bai Chen said in a low voice, "Fang Yu must have done something incredible."

"An incredible matter?" Qin Yang, Xiong Meng, Xia Yao, and the others all held their breaths, growing increasingly curious.

"Don't look at me, I can't guess either." Bai Chen spread his hands.

"But it's definitely a good thing. No matter what, we are free once again."

"The money gained from this actual combat is not only several times that of last time,"

"We've also made a good brother like Fang Yu." Bai Chen laughed.

"Haha, right!"

"Let's go!"

"Return to school." The members of the Chiyan Team were in high spirits and quickly hurried toward the spaceship.

Inside the office, only four people remained.

"Fang Yu, you must be very confused, right?" Vice President Qing smiled and said, "Why was there a sudden retrial verdict, and why did it cause such a big commotion at the assembly?"

Fang Yu couldn't help nodding.

"Professor Xu, you are more familiar with the situation, you explain it." Vice President Qing said.

"Alright." Professor Xu was very young and looked at Fang Yu with a smile. "Fang Yu, ten days ago, after the incident happened, Associate Professor Tang immediately submitted a report and application to the school. The school secretariat's opinion was also that it was legitimate defense——"

Fang Yu couldn't help nodding. The preliminary report did indeed write "recommended legitimate defense".

"In fact, Xia Kaishan also called the principal." Professor Xu said, "The principal did not agree with some of Xia Kaishan's——thoughts. The school has always stood on your side."

"The principal?" A trace of doubt flashed across Tang Jianxin's face.

Did the principal intervene earlier? She expressed doubt.

Yet she had no way to prove it. She hadn't arrived at the school very long ago, and the principal basically didn't manage internal school affairs. Ordinarily, it was difficult for her even to meet the principal once.

This time regarding the incident with Fang Yu and Xia Tao, she had only managed to contact Professor Xu.

"Xia Kaishan indeed has methods. Seeing that we wouldn't cooperate, he directly bypassed our school, started from the provincial Supervision Department, and invited a vice minister." Professor Xu said, "He Chang!"

"That was how you got the previous sentencing result."

He Chang? Fang Yu silently noted it down.

Tang Jianxin didn't speak anymore; she had already seen that Professor Xu wanted to shirk some of the school's responsibility for inaction.

"After the incident occurred, the principal had always been thinking of a way."

"Until today." Professor Xu smiled and said, "Your technique stepped into the Inner Scenery level and was detected by the Starry Sky Base's 'intelligent monitoring System', which judged that you already have the potential of a 'Level 3 Starry Sky Seed'. The document was sent to a specialized department, and the school also quickly found out."

"Inner Scenery Technique?"

"Level 3 Starry Sky Seed?" Associate Professor Tang and Vice President Qing nearby were both greatly shocked upon hearing this, finally understanding why Professor Xu had suddenly rushed from the school to the Starry Sky Base.

You must know,

that when Professor Xu rushed over in a hurry earlier, he only explained the result to Tang Jianxin and Vice President Qing, without mentioning the specific reasons at all.

"Level 3 Starry Sky Seed?" Fang Yu, on the other hand, was puzzled.

At the same time, his heart was also shocked. He had thought that his Breakthrough into Inner Scenery was unknown to anyone. According to Professor Xu's meaning, the Starry Sky Base still had a monitoring System that could know it in the very first instance?

And it notified the school so quickly.

"Taking this opportunity, the principal reported the details up to the Sky-Patrol Martial Artist, Inspector Ye." Professor Xu continued, "In the end, Inspector Ye deemed you innocent and conveyed his opinion to the relevant departments."

A Sky-Patrol Martial Artist?

Tang Jianxin and Vice President Qing grew even more shocked.

It actually alarmed a Sky-Patrol Martial Artist?

Take Tang Jianxin for example; she actually knew a Sky-Patrol Martial Artist who was a friend of her teacher—but her teacher had already fallen, and she had only met that Sky-Patrol Martial Artist once several years ago, so naturally she wouldn't dare disturb the other party for such a minor matter concerning Fang Yu.

"Professor Xu."

"I only broke through to Inner Scenery a few hours ago." Fang Yu couldn't help saying, "Even if a Sky-Patrol Martial Artist gave an opinion, how could the provincial Judgment Department initiate a retrial so quickly?"

For a case that had already been adjudicated,

a retrial meant that the previous judgment was wrong—wanting to push for a retrial was very difficult, and all the handlers of the case would resist.

Even if a retrial were initiated, it usually took a very long time.

"A Sky-Patrol Martial Artist's opinion is an order."

"Inspector Ye says you are innocent, so you are innocent. His opinion is the best evidence, why would there be any need for discussion?" Professor Xu smiled and said, "Therefore, from top to bottom, the Judgment Department went through the entire process in less than an hour."

Fang Yu held his breath.

For the first time, he felt the terrifying power and influence of a Sky-Patrol Martial Artist. With a single sentence, he could ignore the net secretly woven by Xia Kaishan and directly rewrite his own destiny?

"Since the Judgment Department has ruled you innocent,"

"according to the principal's intention, we will immediately sign a new exclusive contract with you. Take a careful look at it; if you have no objections, sign it." Professor Xu took out a document and handed it to Fang Yu.

Fang Yu reached out and took the document.

Yet at first glance, he froze.

He saw four prominent characters written on the cover of the contract: Sky-Patrol Contract.

"Not an Earth Contract?" Fang Yu was stunned.

Associate Professor Tang and Vice President Qing, however, were very calm. From the moment they learned that Fang Yu had become a "Level 3 Starry Sky Seed", they had anticipated this scene.

"That is publicly disclosed news." Professor Xu smiled and said, "In fact, above the routine Elite Contracts and Earth Contracts of our Huguang Martial Arts University, there is also the Sky-Patrol Contract."

"Only Starry Sky Seeds are qualified to sign the Sky-Patrol Contract."

"Currently, the school only has four students with the Sky-Patrol Contract."

"If you sign it, you will be the fifth, and the first Sky-Patrol Contract student among the seniors." Professor Xu smiled and said, "The Sky-Patrol Contract, as the name implies, has the goal of achieving a Sky-Patrol Martial Artist."

PS: Whew! Today's two guaranteed chapters are completed. Volume 1, "The Sky-Patrol Covenant", has ended.

The next chapter is the fourth chapter of the four guaranteed chapters missed yesterday.

Preview for Volume 2: Huguang Prodigy