Watching the bloody scene before him, Mo Yunxuan chuckled and said flippantly, "Tieniu, your technique is still a bit rough. Look at all this tomato juice on the ground. Pay attention next time."
Li Tieniu was the one who had just crushed Yun Congnan's head. He nodded upon hearing Mo Yunxuan's words.
"Yes! Duke of Wei."
Mo Yunxuan looked at the crowd again, the corners of his mouth curving slightly.
"Let this Lord see who's next? The Dean is dead, so the Vice Dean should be next, right?"
"What do you say, Lü Qingjian? I remember you showing off in front of me just two days ago!"
Lü Qingjian trembled when he was called out, his fear amplified infinitely. He suddenly realized that he wasn't as fearless as he thought!
He immediately cried out in agony, "Duke of Wei, I was wrong before. I shouldn't have relied on my cultivation to bully you, nor should I have disrespected the authority of the Wei State Duke Mansion."
"But I know I was wrong now! Please, be magnanimous and let me go like I'm nothing!"
Seeing Lü Qingjian's pathetic state, Mo Yunxuan sneered.
"Oh? Is this the arrogant Vice Dean Lü I know? You don't look like him at all?"
Then, his gaze turned cold as he looked at Li Tieniu and Chen Yuanshan.
"I suspect our Taihua Academy's Vice Dean Lü Qingjian has been replaced. This person is an enemy spy. Deal with him."
Lü Qingjian fell silent. The people behind him also fell silent.
Ye Chen, in the crowd, had a word flash through his mind: "Calling a deer a horse."
But they were stunned. Chen Yuanshan and Li Tieniu were not.
Li Tieniu, having learned from his previous lesson, took a step and appeared behind Lü Qingjian.
He struck the back of his head with a palm, the spiritual energy condensed in his palm penetrating through the back of his skull and directly into his brain, killing him on the spot.
Then, he grabbed Lü Qingjian by the collar of his clothes and disappeared into the crowd. When he reappeared, he was already beside Yun Congnan's corpse.
He casually tossed the corpse in his hand, piling it with Yun Congnan's.
Lin Fan looked at Lü Qingjian's corpse and felt a chill run down his spine.
He hadn't forgotten that the real reason for all this was his coveting the Duke of Wei's fiancée!
Now that his Master was dead and his backing was gone, his own fate was predictable.
His expression became panicked and flustered.
Ye Chen, seeing this, felt a sense of melancholy. He never expected that
the Academy's Number One Genius, who had always suppressed him, would have such a disgraceful side.
It was truly laughable!
But in truth, the fear in his heart was no less than Lin Fan's. After all, the two principals and vice principals before them were already dead!
The only remaining Vice Dean was his Master, which meant the next one would be his Master?
This meant his situation was no different from Lin Fan's, just a matter of sooner or later.
However, to his surprise, Mo Yunxuan didn't trouble his Master.
Instead, he adopted an attitude of being bored and said coldly, "Drag Lin Fan out."
This time, neither Li Tieniu nor Chen Yuanshan made a move.
Instead, Qiu Ziqin mustered some courage and wanted to step forward to intervene.
But after sensing the cultivation of the thirty people from the Wei State Duke Mansion surrounding them with her divine sense, a bitter smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"They're all Void Refinement Realm, and all... Body Cultivators!"
The Academy members around her were terrified by her words. What did it mean for them all to be Body Cultivators?
It meant that Mo Yunxuan could easily crush thirty Void Refinement Realm cultivators of the same number with these thirty people.
And the entire Great Yan had less than 100 Void Refinement Realm cultivators in total. Taihua Academy only had three because it was backed by the Wei State Duke Mansion, with too many resources to even use!
Lin Fan looked at the people surrounding him, his face bloodless, completely devoid of any desire to resist.
He was simply dragged out of the crowd by two people.
Mo Yunxuan looked down from above, his tone indifferent.
"Mr. Lin, when you did that thing that day, did you ever consider the outcome today?"
However, for Lin Fan, who had already completely sunk into despair, he had no energy left to answer his question.
Mo Yunxuan's eyes showed no change. He was tired of it.
Why bother chatting with these doomed people when I could be back home playing games with Meng Zhirou and Meng Qianxue?
Not receiving a response from Lin Fan, Mo Yunxuan lost interest.
"Kill them."
His tone was flat, as if he were discussing something unrelated to him.
With a "bang" as they fell to the ground, Mo Yunxuan looked back at the crowd.
He scanned the entire area and saw no one else step forward.
He had no interest in watching others wail in despair, so he turned to leave, leaving the Elite Vanguard to handle things.
As if seeing through his intentions, Qiu Ziqin stepped out from the crowd the moment he turned.
"Duke of Wei, please wait."
Mo Yunxuan retracted the foot he had just lifted and turned back, appraising the person before him.
"Early Void Refinement Realm. You must be the other Vice Dean, Qiu Ziqin."
This statement sent shockwaves through Qiu Ziqin's heart.
She hadn't expected Mo Yunxuan, the newly appointed Duke of Wei, to see through her cultivation level at a glance.
This meant Mo Yunxuan was at least at the Early Void Refinement Realm himself.
But if he was also at the Early Void Refinement Realm, why had he tolerated Lü Qingjian's bullying a few days ago?
However, the current situation didn't allow her to ponder further. Her prolonged thinking had already caused Mo Yunxuan's expression to turn impatient.
Qiu Ziqin quickly spoke:
"Duke of Wei, the main culprits and their accomplices have all been executed. May I ask if the Duke of Wei could spare our lives? We are willing to pay any price!"
Qiu Ziqin's words carried an element of gamble. If she lost, she would die anyway, so no loss.
But if she won, as long as the price she offered could move Mo Yunxuan, she could live with Ye Chen.
"Yes, yes! Duke of Wei, we have elders and children at home. You must let us go!"
"Duke of Wei, it was all Lü Qingjian and Lin Fan's doing. It has nothing to do with us!"
"Right! As long as you let me go, I'll hand over all my assets to buy my freedom!"
"Exactly, me too!"
"Me too!"
Mo Yunxuan chuckled disdainfully as he looked at the eagerly trying-to-buy-their-freedom instructors.
He casually glanced at them before returning his gaze to Qiu Ziqin.
He had to admit, Qiu Ziqin had a certain talent for making clothes similar to Hanfu look so outstanding on her.
And judging by her face, she was indeed as fair as congealed fat and as beautiful as a closed moon and shy flower.
Using his divine sense to examine her up and down, he found that this old woman at the Void Refinement Realm had actually maintained her virginity.
This was truly quite rare.
"Since that's the case, it's not impossible to give her a chance," Mo Yunxuan thought to himself.
Without further ado, he spoke directly: "Engrave the Slave Seal, and I'll let you live."
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