An Old Secret!

She didn't speak, but simply waved gently towards the venue.

Buzz!

An invisible spiritual pressure, far more powerful than Su Qingyue's, swept across the entire area like a tidal wave.

The thousands of girls who were screaming wildly just a moment ago suddenly felt a sinking feeling in their hearts, as if they had been doused with a bucket of ice water. All the noise and commotion came to an abrupt halt at that moment.

"Everyone's gone."

Lin Qingqian's voice was devoid of any emotion.

"Go back to the dorm and study."

"Yes, Principal!"

The students dared not disobey in the slightest and bowed in unison in agreement.

With lingering gossip in their eyes, they glanced back at Chen Fan on the stage several times before finally receding like a receding tide.

Soon, the Jingxin Hall, which could hold nearly 10,000 people, became empty and lifeless.

Only Lin Qingqian, Chen Fan, the still aloof Su Qingyue, and... remained.

Shen Xuan was already huddled in the corner of the arena, trembling with fear, muttering incantations as if trying to expel his inner demons.

Inside the vast venue, the atmosphere instantly shifted from fervor to icy coldness.

Lin Qingqian walked gracefully onto the arena.

She completely ignored the three little ones in the venue.

Her gaze, like the most precise radar, swept across the empty stands, her voice icy.

Gu Ci.

"After watching this show for so long, get out here!"

The sound echoed in the empty stadium, creating layers of reverberations, but only a deathly silence responded.

Chen Fan touched his nose.

Goodness, that tone, those lines...

It seems I've really stumbled into the scene of some terrible family drama.

Lin Qingqian laughed in anger.

"Okay, very good."

"Still the same coward as ten years ago, too timid to even show his face!"

She turned her head sharply, her sharp, piercing phoenix eyes fixed on Chen Fan.

I'll count to three.

"If you don't come out now, I'll cripple this precious disciple I value more than my own life!"

Before the words were even finished!

Boom!

A Mental Power far exceeding Su Qingyue's by more than ten times, so pure and powerful as to be almost tangible, erupted like a volcano! This force was no longer a simple pressure, but transformed into the purest killing intent, like an invisible giant hammer, smashing fiercely towards Chen Fan's soul!

Under the shadow of this terrifying killing intent, Shen Xuan, who was already on edge in the corner, suddenly felt everything go black before his eyes. Without even uttering a sound, he was knocked unconscious by the aftershocks of this oppressive force.

Chen Fan's expression finally darkened.

His Golden Qi and Blood surged forth, dazzling like a galaxy. His domineering will, which combined the bloodline of the Primordial Sub-Dragon with the Star Power, instantly coalesced, ready to withstand this fatal blow!

However, just as Lin Qingqian was about to make her move...

An even more terrifying, colder, and tangible killing intent, seemingly condensed from Corpse Mountain and Sea of Blood, descended from the sky without warning!

This killing intent instantly shattered Lin Qingqian's overwhelming spiritual pressure, and in turn, like an invisible hand, firmly locked her in place.

The temperature in the entire venue suddenly plummeted to freezing.

A sigh filled with helplessness and frustration echoed from the Void.

A familiar figure dressed in an old gray shirt appeared silently between Chen Fan and Lin Qingqian, like a ghost.

It was Gu Ci.

He remained expressionless, but deep within his eyes lay a rare hint of the headache that came from being driven to the brink.

Upon seeing Gu Ci appear, Lin Qingqian's overwhelming killing intent and Mental Power vanished instantly.

Anger, resentment, grievance, and unwillingness surged in those beautiful phoenix eyes—a complex mix of emotions.

She stared intently at Gu Ci, her high chest heaving with rapid breathing, her lips moving several times as if a thousand words were about to burst forth.

But in the end, she simply turned her head and, in an almost commanding, icy tone, said to the disciple beside her:

"Qingyue, take them down."

Arrange the best room for you to rest.

"Yes, teacher."

Su Qingyue bowed and accepted the order.

She first glanced at the unconscious Shen Xuan, then with a wave of her hand, a gentle Mental Power lifted him up and suspended him in mid-air.

Then, she gestured for Chen Fan to proceed.

Chen Fan gave the two people facing each other a strange look, feeling that it was not a good place to stay, so he followed Su Qingyue out of the building.

The heavy door of the Jingxin Hall slowly closed under the control of Mental Power.

Just as the door was about to close completely.

Chen Fan vaguely heard Lin Qingqian's slightly trembling voice behind him, a voice suppressing endless grievances and raging anger.

"Gu Ci..."

You heartless bastard!

Boom!

The door was completely closed, cutting off any possible sound that might erupt from within.

Chen Fan followed behind Su Qingyue along the quiet campus path, but that sentence kept echoing in his mind.

"A heartless man?"

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow slightly, feeling as if he had discovered some earth-shattering secret.

He looked at Su Qingyue with a hint of gossip in his eyes.

Do you know what's really going on with your teacher?

The question was so direct that Su Qingyue's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

She shook her head, her voice still cold. "I don't know. The teacher has never mentioned anything about men in front of us."

"Tsk."

Chen Fan's face was filled with regret.

This is Gu Ci secret, much more interesting than any Invincible Path.

To miss out like this is truly a great regret in life.

Suddenly, Chen Fan stopped in his tracks. His eyes darted around, and an extremely audacious idea began to sprout wildly in his mind.

He quickened his pace, moved closer to Su Qingyue, and whispered mysteriously, "You're Psychic Master with extremely strong perception abilities, right?"

Su Qingyue, not understanding, nodded.

"Then... why don't you... spare a wisp of your Mental Power to probe back and listen?"

Chen Fan's eyes shone like light bulbs.

"Just one sentence! Absolutely just one sentence!"

"Absurd!"

Su Qingyue retorted almost instinctively, a hint of anger appearing on her usually cold face.

"Peeping into a teacher's privacy is an outrageous act!"

"Hey, why don't you understand?"

With a tone of disappointment and frustration, Chen Fan began to spout his fallacious and heretical arguments.

"Think about it, your teacher is usually so dignified, why is she so out of control today? It means she has a knot in her heart! As her juniors, if we understand her past, we can better help her untie the knot in her heart, let her thoughts be clear, and make further progress in her spiritual practice!"

"What's this called? This is called a roundabout way to save the teacher! Do you understand?"

Su Qingyue was completely bewildered by this theory.

It seems... there's a tiny bit of truth to it?

Seeing that she was wavering, Chen Fan added fuel to the fire, "Besides, aren't you even a little bit... curious?"

These words were like a precise key, unlocking the curiosity of a sixteen-year-old girl beneath Su Qingyue's icy exterior.

She fell silent.