ATPnovel Chapter 469 Being a Legend is Exhausting, I Just Want to Be a Background Character Again!
Chapter 469 Being a Legend is Exhausting, I Just Want to Be a Background Character Again!
Ming Hua silently stood at the corner of the open field of Spirit Spring Academy while countless thoughts ran through her mind. The academy grounds were peaceful.
Birds chirped softly nearby while students sat attentively on the grass listening to Lin Feng’s lecture.
Lin Feng himself stood calmly before the students with his hands behind his back as though nothing unusual had happened earlier.
One would never guess that just an hour ago he had casually defeated and captured a Divine Tribulation Realm powerhouse.
"...The dao of cultivation is much like eating hotpot," Lin Feng said calmly.
"You cannot be impatient."
"If you rush to eat the meat before it finishes cooking, you either burn your mouth or get an upset stomach."
The students nodded seriously.
"I understand, Teacher Lin!"
"So cultivation requires patience!"
"Teacher Lin’s wisdom truly reaches the heavens!" Ming Hua’s eyelids twitched faintly. A Divine Tribulation Realm monster had nearly destroyed a city earlier...
And now this man was teaching cultivation through hotpot analogies. Even more absurd was the fact that the students genuinely looked enlightened.
One student suddenly raised his hand respectfully.
"Teacher Lin, what if someone steals the meat from your hotpot?"
Lin Feng nodded approvingly at the question.
"A very good question."
"If someone steals your meat..."
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"...then naturally you need to make them see the light."
The students immediately inhaled cold breaths as though hearing some supreme heavenly truth.
"As expected of Teacher Lin!"
"So overbearing!"
"The Dao of Hotpot is truly profound!"
Ming Hua rubbed her forehead silently. For the first time in her long life, she felt mentally exhausted simply standing nearby.
She slowly glanced toward Yuan Bao, who was currently lying on a chair eating spirit fruits while humming happily. Then her gaze shifted toward the distant ground.
More specifically... Toward wherever Daoist Soul Reaper had been sent. A chill unconsciously ran down her spine.
Even now, she still did not know exactly what kind of place Lin Feng had thrown the old monster into. But judging from Lin Feng’s disturbingly uncaring mood...
It definitely was not somewhere pleasant.
Noon arrived, and Lin Feng finally dismissed his class.
The younger students slowly dispersed with reluctant expressions, still replaying his "hotpot cultivation analogy in their minds as if it were some profound heavenly scripture.
A few even bowed deeply before leaving, as though they had just received life-changing enlightenment. Ming Hua remained where she was.
When Lin Feng turned and noticed her approaching, he casually raised a hand without even fully looking at her... an understated gesture, but one that carried undeniable authority.
It was not hostile. It was final. Ming Hua immediately stopped in her tracks.
That simple gesture alone made her understand that no further negotiation was necessary. Lin Feng spoke first.
"I believe we’ve already said all the words that needed to be said, Miss Ming." His tone was calm, neither cold nor warm.
It was the tone of someone who had already concluded the matter internally and was simply informing the other party of the result.
He continued, already turning slightly as if preparing to leave.
"Go back to your clan and tell them what happened here." A faint pause.
"I’m sure after hearing it, they will be more prudent in the future." With that, he did not wait for a reply. He simply turned around and walked away.
As if the conversation itself no longer required continuation.
As if the fate of entire ancient clans, Divine Tribulation monsters, and missing prisoners had already been settled in his mind and required no further discussion.
His steps were unhurried. Almost leisurely. Like a man heading to lunch after finishing a morning lecture.
Behind him, the faint sound of students laughing and discussing cultivation techniques slowly faded into the distance.
Ming Hua stood still.
"..."
Her lips parted slightly, as if she wanted to speak. But in the end, no words came out. There was truly nothing she could add. No leverage. No argument.
No strength to overturn what had already been decided. She had come here expecting negotiation. Instead, she had witnessed something far beyond negotiation.
Something absolute. A presence that did not need to explain itself twice.
A presence that simply was. Ming Hua slowly lowered her gaze. For a moment, she thought about Daoist Soul Reaper. Then Ming Ye and Ming Xi.
Then the Ming Clan itself. And finally...
Lin Feng’s calm back as he walked away toward lunch. A strange feeling settled in her chest. Not anger. Not relief. Not fear alone. Something more complicated.
A realization that their clan... ancient, proud, feared across the entire continent had just been treated like a minor inconvenience. Like a student being dismissed from class.
She exhaled slowly.
"...Understood." Her voice was quiet, almost inaudible. A moment later, her figure blurred.
And she vanished from the academy grounds completely, returning to carry out the only instruction she had been given. Go back. And report.
***
Meanwhile, news of this battle spread across the Azure Heaven Continent at an astonishing speed.
What had happened in Clear Moon City could not be concealed. Too many cultivators had witnessed it.
Too many spiritual senses had brushed against that terrifying moment when even Daoist Soul Reaper’s aura had been casually suppressed.
And then came the most shocking part... He fled. A Divine Tribulation Realm old monster... fleeing for his life.
The name Lin Feng echoed through countless sects and dynasties like a thunderclap. At first, many refused to believe it.
"A Divine Tribulation expert ran away and was caputed like a sick dog?"
"That must be a rumor."
But as more testimonies arrived, and as fragments of the battlefield were analyzed, disbelief slowly turned into silence. Then silence turned into fear.
And finally... Into legend.
Lin Feng’s name rose once again, becoming even more infamous and respected across the continent.
People spoke of him not as a teacher or a medicine king, but as a being who could casually suppress ancient monsters and force even Divine Tribulation Realm existences to retreat without hesitation.