"Mind your own business!" Tang Cheng snorted coldly, clearly disliking Lin Fu for stepping on her sore spot.

He looked up at Lin Fu and snorted coldly again, then, as if remembering something, his cold snort turned into a sinister laugh.

Lin Fu, clearly unaware of Tang Cheng's change in expression, continued, "I wasn't concerned about you, I was just saying it casually, why are you reacting so strongly?"

"I didn't react much, but someone else reacted a lot. Weren't they laughing and excited at first? Why did their expression change now?"

After asking the question, Lin Fu's expression changed. He suddenly realized that he and Tang Cheng were equally bad, and neither of them should criticize the other.

He looked down and saw the smile on Tang Cheng's lips, and his face instantly became a little embarrassed: "Alright, stop talking and stop staring at me. I was just joking!"

"I was just joking, I didn't say anything, why are you reacting so strongly?" Tang Cheng turned her head and said with a smile.

Lin Fu's face stiffened. Well, everything he had just said had been taken back by this vengeful girl.

"Pfft." Zhou Xuan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but laugh as he listened to the two bickering.

"Look, even Zhou Xuan is laughing at you," Tang Cheng laughed, muttering as she turned her head, "Trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead, serves you right!"

Enraged by the mockery, Lin Fu turned to Zhou Xuan and snapped, "Laugh, laugh, laugh! What are you laughing at!"

Zhou Xuan glanced at Lin Fu's agitated state and, taking advantage of his height, reached out and patted Lin Fu's head twice to soothe him.

Lin Fu couldn't stand the way the other party treated him like a child, so he shoved the thug on his head hard and moved away from Zhou Xuan.

Clearly, he hasn't calmed down yet.

"Everyone, just go about your business. This was just an accident on the back mountain," Qingjian said.

His very magnetic voice echoed in every corner of the South Courtyard.

Many of his female admirers were moved to tears by this statement.

That sounds so good, no wonder it's Qing Daren!

After giving the notification, Qingjian left.

The teachers immediately sent the students back to class.

"Hey, sitting like this every day is so boring. Why don't we skip class? It's always the same old stuff. I can already refine second-grade pills. I don't want to listen anymore." Lin Fu sighed immediately after hearing Dean Qing's words, especially after hearing that they had to go back to class.

Zhou Xuan glanced at Lin Fu, who was facing him, then looked up at the teacher behind Lin Fu, whose eyes were blazing with anger, and winked at Lin Fu.

Tang Cheng remained silent, watching the scene with schadenfreude. To make it easier for the teacher to move around, she even moved to the side.

"Why are you glaring at me?" Lin Fu didn't get a response from Zhou Xuan, but instead got a glare. He immediately said with dissatisfaction, "Did I say something wrong? You can already make third-grade pills! And that Tang Cheng, didn't she say that she could refine second-grade pills before she came to the South Academy? You've even taken Spirit-Replenishing Pills and Spirit-Restoring Pills, haven't you?"

Lin Fu kept talking. Looking up, one could see Lian Zhouxuan's somewhat distorted face.

He slapped him: "Zhou Xuan, what's with that expression?!"

"Tang Cheng, you be the judge. I just don't want to go to class..." Lin Fu turned his head, trying to pull Tang Cheng over, but unexpectedly met a pair of rather fierce eyes.

Lin Fu jumped back in fright and looked closely. He saw his teacher, who taught alchemy, staring at him with uncontrollable rage.

Those eyes, as if they could blaze with fire, made his heart race with unease.

Tang Cheng never expected that she, a mere bystander, would end up getting caught up in the drama herself.

She had a long face and wanted to sneak away.

The teacher who taught alchemy seemed to have eyes in the back of his head; he grabbed her collar and pulled her in front of him.

"You know how to make second-grade pills, huh?! Trying to skip class, huh?!" The teacher glared at the two of them and roared.

The students who had already entered the school saw the commotion at the entrance and began to peek out.

The teacher who taught alchemy became even angrier upon seeing this.

He shouted at the students in the classroom in a loud and clear voice: "What are you looking at? What's so interesting? You're not even as good as him. You can't even refine a first-grade pill!"

His shout made Tang Cheng, who was closest to him, instinctively tremble.

The students who had been craning their necks to watch the commotion quickly sat back down, no longer daring to look around.

The teacher who taught alchemy looked at the three people standing in front of him and was furious.

The three of them, as if they knew they were wrong, lowered their heads and did not utter a single word in rebuttal, no matter what he said.

This left him with no way to vent his anger.

Finally, all he could say was, "Alright, stop standing there, all of you get inside!"

The three of them instinctively breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran into the room.

As Tang Cheng returned to her seat, she pinched Lin Fu: "Why did you say all that?! You had to drag my Zhou Xuan into this!"

This was the first time Tang Cheng had ever experienced being caught in the crossfire of gossip herself.

This tangy flavor is absolutely amazing!

"I...I didn't know the teacher was there!" Lin Fu retorted softly.

Just as they were about to speak again, the teacher above walked down towards them.

With a "bang," a thick book was slammed onto the table in front of Lin Fu.

"Since you find the first-grade pill course uninteresting, and you've already mastered the second and third grades, here are some books related to the fourth grade. You can try practicing them." With that, the teacher prepared to leave.

Lin Fu picked up the book, about to start complaining, when the teacher who taught alchemy suddenly turned around: "Don't even think about skipping class. I've got my eye on all three of you. None of you are getting away!"

Seeing the terror on the faces of the three men, he felt much better. With his hands behind his back, he swaggered out of the classroom and continued explaining first-grade pills to the remaining students.

Tang Cheng glared fiercely at Lin Fu.

See? It's all your fault!

"I didn't do it on purpose. Besides, the teacher was behind me, why didn't you remind me?!" Lin Fu retorted subconsciously.

At this point, Tang Cheng felt a little guilty.

She was busy watching the drama unfold, so how could she have imagined that she would get caught up in it herself?

“I warned you,” Zhou Xuan suddenly said.

Seeing Zhou Xuan's calm expression, Lin Fu had a sudden inspiration and almost jumped up.

"You call that glaring at me a reminder?! If any of you had just greeted me with something like 'Hello, teacher,' I wouldn't have made you say so much!" Lin Fu said.

After he finished speaking, the other two remained silent, clearly realizing that Lin Fu was not the only one at fault; they also had their share of mistakes.

Lin Fu held the book, gave a light snort, and looked as if he was waiting for the two of them to apologize.