Beyond the saint ancestral mountains is the Glory City that is the last beacon of humanity. After calamity struck humanity in the form demonic beasts, Glory City is the last human to survive to this day.
In the Fighter apprentice class of Holy Orchid institute. A boy is looking at the board sleepily. He is Ye Tian. He has the cyan soul realm and is the adopted son of Ye Xiu who is in charge of Snow Wind family enforcement.
Ye Tian rubbed his sleepy eyes and forced himself to listen to the nonsense that Shen Xiu is shouting in the class..the reason he isn't sleeping is solely because Ye Ziyun will report him if he did sleep. As Ye Tian forced himself to the class, Ye Ziyun sighed.
She is jealous of this boy whom her uncle adopted. His talent is said to be very good not inferior to her in this generation. But then he surpassed her, Ye Ziyun didn't even see Ye Tian cultivating. Yet his soul power is already reaching 93, it's 7 points above her. The resources he receives aren't even on the level of her. Yet, he surpassed her quickly.
Ye Tian is a lazy bum in her eyes, yet when it comes to strength and knowledge, none among his peers can match him. He once beat a group of people who wants to bully her, and they're all surpassed Ye Tian in cultivation. Yet Ye Tian is able to beat them to a pulp.
Worse her father Ye Zhong often compared Ye Ziyun with Ye Tian. But Ziyun can't scold him, he is the only person who stays and plays with her since he is a child even after Xiao Ning'er left her. So Ziyun can't blame Ye Tian who followed like a tail everywhere on Ye Xiu's orders.
At this moment suddenly Ye Tian snapped his eyes open and turned to see a ginger haired boy. His body is strangely giving small soul power fluctuations. As he woke up, he startled and keep looking around. Ye Tian shook his head, the plot will begin soon.
As Shen Xiu started ridiculing commoner students, Nie Li turned his gaze to Ye Ziyun. But then he felt two sharp gazes on him. One is from Shen Yue and the other is from, hmm, that's strange who is this kid? He isn't supposed to exist in his previous life. Name, Ye Tian, A green soul realm, top genius of this generation.
That surname ye made him come to a conclusion. He seems to belong to the snow wind family. Only they have Ye surname in the Glory City. He must be the secret protector assigned to look after Ye Ziyun while being a fellow student. Ye Tian kept looking at him with a frown while Shen Yue looked at Nie Li with murdurous gaze.
As for why Ye Tian isn't beside Ye Ziyun, this is Shen Xiu's arrangement and Ye Xiu also agreed to this after reporting. Shen Xiu turned to Nie Li who is laughing with Lu Piao and said," For the next two years, all of you are my students. Although the principal mentioned that Holy Orchid Institute's students are equal, I have to let you know the ugly truth. In this world, equality doesn't exist!" Shen Xiu spoke in a slightly shrill voice. Her words were like daggers that heavily stabbed into the hearts of the students.
The students below the stage were quietly listening. No one spoke a word.
"After you have all grown up and left this school, you will agree with my words. Equality is merely a lie that adults fill you with. You can't be living in a fairy tale forever," Shen Xiu said, lowering her head to look at the students. "Glory City is the only city that has been preserved throughout the Age of Darkness. We are the only surviving humans. Within Glory City there are two kinds of powerful existences.The Fighters and the Demon Spiritualists. A Demon Spiritualist's existence is noble. Only one Fighter within thousands or tens of thousands could have a chance of being born a powerful Demon Spiritualist. Until now, in all of Glory City, only a few thousand Demon Spiritualists exist. We are the guardians of Glory City!"
"Fighters and Demon Spiritualists are divided into Bronze, Silver, Gold, Black Gold and Legend ranks. The higher the rank, the more powerful one is. If a family produces a Gold rank Demon Spiritualist, they can become an aristocratic family. If a family produced a Black Gold rank Demon Spiritualist, they can become a Noble family. If a family produces three Black Gold rank Demon Spiritualists or a Legend rank Demon Spiritualist, that family can become a Major family. We have thirty-six people here. Some come from commoner families, some come from noble families. Although your starting point is the same, your identities are not. I hope each and every one of you has self-awareness and a degree of manners. Commoners will always remain commoners. It's impossible for you to become an Aristocratic family, so do not dream of rising up to become a phoenix. Even within nobility, they have a strict difference of levels that can never be exceeded."
Under Shen Xiu's gaze, the students that were simply dressed in the class showed discomfort on their faces. They were embarrassed and lowered their heads. Shen Xiu, and a few nobles, proudly pushed out their chests and showed arrogant pride. Only Nie Li, Ye Ziyun, Ye Tian, Lu Piao and a few other nobles kept calm.
"Teacher Shen Xiu, I have a question," Nie Li suddenly spoke.
All the students were listening quietly and Nie Li suddenly interrupted her speech. This made Shen Xiu unhappy. Shen Xiu recognized Nie Li since he was the one who had covet over Ye Ziyun. The words she spoke previously was directed at Nie Li. Who would have thought Nie Li would actually speak up?
She coldly snorted, "What is it?"
"Teacher Shen Xiu says that Glory City is the only one that survived the Age of Darkness, that we are the only surviving humans. What proof do you have on this statement? May I ask if teacher ever went out of the St. Ancestral Mountains and visited the Endless Desert, the Toxic Forest, the Blood Moon Marsh, the Spirit Gulf, the Heavenly Luster Mountains, and the Northern Snow before?" Nie Li asked.
As someone who was reborn, and retained his past experiences, Nie Li can completely look down on Shen Xiu.
"What Heavenly Luster Mountain? What Northern Snow?" Shen Xiu frowned. She has heard of the Endless Desert, Toxic Forest and Blood Moon Marsh before, but those places were very far away from the St. Ancestral Mountains. She has only heard of them in legends.
Shen Xiu snorted, "I've been in Glory City since birth, and have never been to those places."
Nie Li smiled faintly and said, "Since Teacher Shen Xiu never went to those places, how can you be so sure that we are the only human beings alive?".
Ye Tian turned his head to Nie Li and Shen Xiu back and forth. He supported his head with his hand while watching everything unfold with a amused gaze.
Shen Xiu's face was extremely displeased and scoffed, "So what? How can you prove that we are not the last surviving human beings?"
"Proof?"
Nie Li faintly smiled. His experiences from his past life is the proof. Mankind's wisdom is amazing. After experiencing the Age of Darkness, a lot of humans still survived. They built many monumental cities. But he couldn't say that out loud. Instead he calmly said, "Let me tell Teacher Shen Xiu a story. There was once a frog in the depth of the well. Since his birth, he has always been in that well. Since the start he could only see a part of the sky, so he claimed that the sky is only as big as the hole of the well. But is the sky only the size of the hole? We could only say that the frog is ignorant."
Listening to what Nie Li just said, the students in the class couldn't help laughing. They felt that what Nie Li said makes sense. And the idiom, "a frog viewing the sky from the bottom of the well", is indirectly calling Teacher Shen Xiu a frog.
"Viewing the sky from the bottom of the well, what an appropriate description," a few girls said while giggling away. They all disliked Shen Xiu, and couldn't help looking at Nie Li full of admiration, since Nie Li was the only one daring enough to openly insult a teacher in class.
"You..." Shen Xiu started as she stared at Nie Li. She was furious to the point of almost vomiting blood. Nie Li actually compared her to an ignorant frog. She has never encountered such a rampant student.
Ye Ziyun laughed softly, while Nie Li winked at her. Ye Tian sighed, looks like Nie Li is up for a beating when he report what happened here. Even if he didn't, the other students planted here to spy on what's happening will. Nie Li openly dared to wink at Ye Ziyun, will definitely make Ye Zhong displeased and angry.