“Brother Lin ——”
“Brother Lin ——”
“Brother Lin, here we come ——”
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On a forest clearing in the Datong Mountain in the small secret realm, there were constantly students from the Shanhe Academy dressed in white Confucian uniforms converging towards this place from all directions. Many of them were dressed in white and bloodstained, and three of them were seriously injured and could only stand with the help of their companions.
In the middle of the clearing, Lin Shenfeng, the leader of the Mountain River School side of the competition, swept his gaze across the students surrounding him and said, “How many of them have arrived?”
Behind him, a man stepped forward and reported, “Brother, sixteen people have arrived, nine more are yet to come. No one has reached this place for a quarter of an hour, so I guess —— they might have ——”
The scholar who reported was somewhat unbearable to say more. This time, the participants of the Mountain River Academy, except for Qing Yu, Feng Jiu and Jin Ming Xuan, the others had at least listened to cla*ses together at the Mountain Top Academy for more than a year and had a deep friendship with each other. I never thought that this was a competition for a place in the literary world, and that there would be a third less people at the very beginning.
How could this not make these scholars grieve.
“Brother,” a scholar in the crowd suddenly spoke out, “on my way here, the attacker I encountered was wearing the uniform of a science school, but he was using the martial arts of the sands. This person is obviously a fake student of science, but when the dean saw him, did he not take action to punish him?”
“Yes, the one I encountered, when it was a son of the Mohammedan school, drove the organ of creation ——”
“The one I met was not a student of science either ——”
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Finally, one person said, “What’s more, senior brother Chen, who was with our party, was not guided out of the secret realm until his death, which —— is completely inconsistent with the Dean’s newly added rules.”
The scene was even more tumultuous when this statement was made, and all kinds of speculations came up, and some, even speculated that the dean and others had met with untimely death.
After all, they were all students who had been studying hard and had never been through any storms, but now that they had been faced with a sudden change, they were a bit confused. There were only a few people who had not lost their minds.
“Silence!” Lin Shenfeng looked around at the chaotic appearance of his brothers and teachers and shouted in a deep voice, “If something bad happens to Dean and the others, we won’t just have to face those impostor students.”
Lin Shenfeng’s words gave a piece of mind to the students who were in turmoil. Yes, if something were to happen to the dean and the others, how could we still participate in any literary competition for the position, for fear that those powerful people from the Great Qian would all go straight to work.
The Mountain River Academy has been guarding the Northern Zhou for many years, so it would not be destroyed overnight, but we are worrying about nothing. What’s more, there is still Meng Shan Chang.
Thinking of the white jade pillar of the Northern Zhou and the purple gold beam of the sea, the students who had just been in a panic quieted down.
They were all at least one in a thousand elites, and had just been a bit disoriented by the sudden change and the deaths of their brothers and teachers. Now that they had thought about it, they had regained their composure.
When Lin Shenfeng saw that his brothers and teachers had calmed down, he continued, “The loss of contact with the outside world should be the result of those despicable people of the Great Qian. What we should do now is to continue our fight for the position in the literary arena and win, so that when the dean and the others finish solving their troubles and guide us out, we will see us in triumph.”
“What senior brother said is extremely true!” The rest of the fifteen people said in unison.
The originally subdued atmosphere at the scene was instantly mobilised by Lin Shenfeng, so it was clear that he still had enough skill to match as a leader.
Lin Shenfeng continued, “The most urgent task is to search for the brothers who have not yet arrived. Master Zeng Yue, may confirm that there are still a few people whose deaths have not been confirmed.”
Zeng Yue, the student who had reported the number of students who had arrived earlier, stepped forward and said, “Six people have been confirmed dead by the other brothers who were with them. Those who have not yet been confirmed dead or alive are Senior Brother Zhang Feng Signed Zhang, and the two senior brothers who stood out in Zheng Qi Square today, Senior Brother Meng De and Senior Brother Jin Ming Xuan.”
“In that case ——”
Lin Shenfeng was saying, when suddenly one of the scholars standing on the periphery shouted, “Who?”
Qing Yu slowly walked out of the forest from where that scholar was looking with an expression of utter pathos as he held Senior Brother Zhang’s corpse and said, “Senior Brother Meng De, with Senior Brother Zhang’s remains.”
“Senior Brother (Senior Brother) Zhang ——,” cried a few scholars in the crowd who knew this senior brother well, with sorrow.
Qing Yu detailed the cause of Senior Brother Zhang’s death and by whose hand he died. It was also finally revealed that this senior brother, whose full name was unknown, was named Zhang Fengqi.
As for Jin Mingxuan, Qing Yu said he had been separated from him. There were people from the Great Qian all over the mountain, so the others did not doubt Qing Yu’s story.
“Since Senior Brother Jin Mingxuan is still alive, we will go and rescue him first.” Finally, Lin Shenfeng clapped his hands and said.
D*mn, don’t be so nice. Qing Yu, who had just arrived, was dumbfounded as he listened.
The forest was now in crisis, and under such circumstances, it was surprising that they had given up the lives of sixteen people, no, plus Qing Yu there were seventeen people to save a person whose death or survival was unknown.
The biggest problem was that Jin Mingxuan’s body had gone up in smoke, so where could we find him? It would be a waste of effort to go looking for someone like this.
Qing Yu gave a wink to Feng Jiu in the crowd.
Feng Jiu understood and called out, “Brothers, listen to what I have to say.”
The crowd looked at Feng Jiu in unison.
“Earlier in the forest, senior brother found that Luo Yan, a disciple of the Sixth Sect’s ‘Wind Chasing Divine Catcher’, had also entered this small secret realm. The senior brothers were able to be surrounded by the enemy with precision, so I think it was also his doing. With him around, Senior Brother Jin thinks that he is already in grave danger, so Senior Brother Lin implores him to think twice about rescuing Senior Brother Jin.”
Even the students of the academy, who were not involved in jianghu matters, had heard of Lu Qifeng’s famous name. When he heard Feng Jiu’s words, he immediately thought of why he and the others had been repeatedly surrounded and killed, each time with a few against many. It turned out that it was the rumoured “Wind Hearing Technique” that was at fault.
“Luo Yan?” Lin Shenfeng frowned, “No wonder I always feel like someone is watching.
Senior Brother Xu Ye, you are good at formations, do you know how to block Luo Yan’s eavesdropping?”
Hearing Lin Shenfeng’s name, Xu Ye immediately said, “We can’t be in one place all the time, so we can’t really use our formations. However, we can run the “Hao Ran Zheng Qi” to create an environment similar to that of the academy, so that we can block Luo Yan’s eavesdropping.”
“Good, all of you, brothers and sisters, run the “Hao Ran Zheng Qi”.” Lin Shenfeng ordered at once.
“Yes.”
