Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

Tianyan said: [The initial flame of a fire-type ability is an ordinary flame. When it reaches the highest level of ordinary, which is level ten, it will mutate. However, without the infusion of a fire seed, it is currently just a mutated flame. If a fire seed is added, it will advance towards becoming a fire seed.]

Ling Yi: "I understand. If we want it to continue advancing, we need a different kind of fire seed."

Tianyan: [Hmm.]

"Take your time," Ling Yi said calmly. "This is enough for now."

Tianyan wouldn't force Ling Yi to revolve his energy for twelve hours straight; Tianyan felt Ling Yi's current condition was excellent: [Should we save the remaining six times?]

Ling Yi said, "Keep it."

"Okay." Tianyan responded without saying anything more.

Once the flames subsided, Ling Yi stood up: "It's all taken care of, it's time to go back."

"Huh?" Ye Qingshuang asked, "Not waiting for you to grow up..."

Before Ye Qingshuang could finish speaking, Ling Yi looked over. Upon meeting Ling Yi's eyes, Ye Qingshuang immediately changed her words: "Aren't we waiting for Lin Chengtian?"

Ling Yi glanced back at the Lin residence, thinking of that inexplicable hand, lowered her eyes to hide the cold glint in them, and said indifferently, "No need."

"What if someone comes to arrest him after we leave?" Ye Qingshuang asked.

Ling Yi said, "This barrier won't disappear anytime soon, and even if it does, he won't die." She didn't know the limit of that hand yet, but the fact that it could catch her spirit arrow meant that with her cultivation level, that hand could protect Lin Chengtian from death.

Ling Yi said no more and left the barrier.

Ye Qingshuang stood still, looked at the Lin residence, then at Ling Yi who had left, and finally followed in Ling Yi's footsteps.

The two walked past the Third Prince. The Third Prince looked at Ling Yi with a vicious expression, but the more vicious he looked, the more his heart ached. In order to stop the pain, he could only suppress his hatred and contact someone to pick him up.

...

When the Third Prince returned to the palace, Ling Yi killed the people of the Lin family, and the news of Prince Ming and the Crown Prince spread.

The emperor was furious, as were those who supported the crown prince. Only by revealing these things could the third prince feel truly satisfied.

When Ling Yi said that the Crown Prince had caused him to break his leg, his good brother did not deny it. Now that the Crown Prince had died before him, how could he not feel happy?

Thinking of this, the Third Prince's hatred for Ling Yi lessened somewhat, after all, the Crown Prince was the culprit who made him into this state.

Upon learning of this, the emperor immediately ordered his men to arrest Ling Yi, but was stopped by the cabinet ministers.

Prince Ming led two first-level spirit generals to kill Ling Yi. The Crown Prince had five first-level spirit generals by his side, but none of the seven first-level spirit generals returned. Ling Yi alone could deal with seven first-level spirit generals, so sending ordinary soldiers and spirit masters was useless.

Should we send the remaining spirit generals?

In Lingyang Kingdom, it is not easy to raise a Spirit General cultivator. The royal family has put a lot of effort into raising a batch of Spirit Generals, but now a third of them have been lost to Ling Yi. If the remaining Spirit General cultivators are sent there, the royal family will lose a great deal of power, which is not advisable.

The cabinet ministers supported the crown prince, and they were also angry when he died, but they had to consider more than just revenge.

But the emperor was unwilling to accept it. His child had died, and so many powerful generals had been lost. He couldn't swallow this insult.

But they had no choice but to swallow their anger, because when they received the news, Ling Yi had already returned to the academy. The Capital Academy had a rule that no outside force could enter the academy to arrest people except for the academy's dueling arena.

Even the emperor must abide by this rule, since the capital academy trains the children of ministers and noble families. Only by strictly adhering to it can he avoid worrying about his mortal enemies sending people to the academy to harm his children.

Furthermore, the dean of the National Capital Academy is a Level 2 Spirit General, who was originally the person with the highest cultivation level in Lingyang Kingdom. As for why he was originally, it's because a Ling Yi has appeared now.

Ling Yi was able to deal with seven level-one spirit generals by himself, so they must be level-two spirit generals or have even higher cultivation levels.

The emperor was still unwilling to give up and contacted the academy's dean, hoping the dean would help. Upon hearing this, the dean remained silent for a long time before saying, "Does Your Majesty want the academy to change its dean?"

The dean heard about what happened at the Lin residence. Not only him, but now every student and teacher in the entire academy knows about it. Ling Yi can easily deal with seven first-level spirit generals, so he might be able to deal with him as well. If he dies, the academy will have to change deans.

Before the emperor could say anything more, the dean continued, "The qualifying competition will be held in half a month. With Ling Yi's cultivation level being so high, he will definitely be able to secure a spot to represent the Capital Academy in the Imperial Grand Competition, and he has a very good chance of winning first place in the Imperial Grand Competition."

"Your Majesty, to put it bluntly, there is no one in Lingyang who can deal with Ling Yi. Even if there were, what can Your Majesty offer that would make people willing to risk their lives to deal with Ling Yi?"

"Your Majesty, let it go. If we don't, I'm afraid even more people will perish at Ling Yi's hands, which I believe is not what Your Majesty wants to see."

"He killed my child!" the emperor roared. "As the ruler of this nation, my child is dead, and I cannot avenge him. You want me to..."

"Your Majesty," the dean interrupted the emperor, "Has Your Majesty forgotten what kind of world this really is?"

Upon hearing this, the emperor fell silent.

The dean said, "In the Tianhuan Continent, the strong are respected."

"Your Majesty, I remember that some of the elders supported by the royal family had family members who had abducted girls. But did Your Majesty punish them at that time?"

"That incident back then caused quite a stir. What did those elders say?"

“The strong rule. If we keep arguing, they can easily kill that family, just like crushing an ant.”

"Does Your Majesty think that the royal family is now in the same position as that family back then?" The dean looked out the window at the sky: "You can act arrogantly because you are powerful, and you can say 'might makes right' when you bully those who are not as good as you."

"But when you think like that, you must also be prepared to be killed like an ant, after all, there are always people better than you, and there is always something beyond your understanding."

After the dean finished speaking, he cut off the communication stone without waiting for the emperor's reply.

The room fell silent. After a long while, the dean turned to the old man behind him and asked, "Old Mu, I haven't met Ling Yi yet, but you have. What kind of person do you think she is?"

Teacher Mu said, "He's a normal person."

The dean was somewhat surprised by the answer: "How so?"

Teacher Mu said, "Qing Shuang went with her on the day she returned to the Lin residence to kill someone. I learned about the situation that day from Qing Shuang. When Ling Yi killed someone, her methods were brutal and bloody, and she also showed little affection for her family."

"But this is because the Lin family disappointed her too much, and although her methods were brutal and bloody, she did not implicate the servants of the Lin family."

“There is no indiscriminate killing. I will listen to the lectures and cultivate diligently at the academy. As long as you don’t provoke her, nothing will happen. But if you do provoke her, there is a high chance of dying.”

"From what I can see, they don't actively commit evil, but they also won't show mercy." Teacher Mu looked at the dean: "Isn't that just a normal person?"