"Tap, tap, tap!"
Steady footsteps echoed as Xiao Yi Xian slowly headed toward her residence, carrying the sleeping Zi Yan in her arms.
"Hmm, hmm, hmm!"
Xiao Yi Xian kept humming a cheerful tune. Her task was finally complete—how could she not be happy?
Wasn't Zi Yan lying obediently in her arms?
"Why does this feel a little off?"
Xiao Yi Xian suddenly realized that the usually bustling street was completely empty. The silence was terrifying. Logically speaking, a place as densely populated as Jia Nan Academy should not have been so deserted.
"Could something have happened that I don't know about?"
Xiao Yi Xian muttered to herself, but she did not dwell on it and continued forward, utterly unaware that danger was approaching.
Looking at the small two-story building before her, Xiao Yi Xian's lips curved into a perfect smile. She slowly walked inside, but the instant she turned the corner, unease suddenly rose in her heart, and a flash of light appeared before her.
"Crack!"
Xiao Yi Xian instinctively raised her arm to block it. A Jia Nan Academy student had slashed at her arm with a blade.
Cracks suddenly spread across the pristine white blade, and it split into two before falling to the ground—
"Clang!"
The broken blade hit the ground with a crisp sound. The student remained in his slashing stance, but his eyes and mouth were stretched wide in utter shock.
Xiao Yi Xian merely smiled disdainfully at the figure before her. Her arm was completely uninjured, but her heart had turned icy cold.
She did not seem to have offended this person, did she?
Xiao Yi Xian lightly raised a brow. Dou Qi wrapped around her hand, purple light flashed, and she sent the person before her flying with a single punch.
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