Chapter 140

Dai Huabin waited outside Shrek City for over two hours.

He had personally come to Shrek City today to confirm one thing—whether Xue Lingyun had actually attended the Treasure Appreciation Meeting.

The Treasure Appreciation Meeting was an exclusive benefit for the academy's Core Disciples, and the invitation list contained the names of every Core Disciple.

He had checked the list in advance and knew Xue Lingyun was on it. But checking the list was one thing; confirming it with his own eyes was another.

So he came. He watched Xue Lingyun leave Treasure Gathering Pavilion, watched him pass through the city gates, and watched him disappear into the distance.

Now that he had confirmed it, he should have left.

He needed to wait for those six people to finish the job. It was not that he doubted their strength; he needed to be certain of the outcome. Only when Xue Lingyun was dead would this matter be settled. Until he saw the message arrive with his own eyes, he could not rest easy.

What if those six failed? What if they ran off without reporting back? What if the academy discovered it first?

He had to wait here. If anything went wrong, he would know immediately. If he needed to finish someone off, he would finish them off; if he needed to retreat, he would retreat. If nothing went wrong, one of the six could come report to him, and he would leave as soon as he heard it.

He could spare an hour.

He found a clean stone in the woods by the roadside and sat down against a tree trunk, looking up at the night sky.

He went over the entire plan again in his mind.

He had handled the identities of those six very cleanly—no origins, no