Three days later!
Ping'an City, inside the schoolhouse...
Behind the lectern, Cheng Buzheng, disguised as a teacher, suddenly paused mid-sentence, his brows knitting slightly...
Noticing this, the thirty-odd children below the lectern looked at their teacher with eyes full of confusion!
Seeing this!
Cheng Buzheng gave a light cough and announced loudly:
"Alright, class will end early today!"
"We'll cover the rest tomorrow."
With that said.
Cheng Buzheng left without looking back.
At that moment, the children in the schoolhouse began discussing it among themselves.
"What happened to Teacher just now?"
"No idea!
But Teacher has never left directly in the middle of a lesson before."
"Isn't that so?"
"Forget it, don't dwell on it!
Clan Elder Dehai's class is next—watch yourselves!"
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I nearly forgot!
I need to hurry and review yesterday's lessons."
As the children recalled...
That the next lesson was taught by Clan Elder Dehai, renowned for his severity, these little ones no longer dared to gossip.
Only Cheng Wenzhang, sitting quietly in his place, revealed a trace of inscrutable meaning deep within his eyes.
"It seems Ancestor's Soul Puppet must have run into trouble outside!"
"I just hope it isn't major trouble?"
"..."
Elsewhere.
After Cheng Buzheng returned to the small courtyard deep within the city, he glanced at the Quiet Room covered by an array before heading straight for another Quiet Room opposite it.
After returning to the Quiet Room, Cheng Buzheng sat cross-legged on the Cloud Bed and began to ponder.
"A Secret Realm?"
"Could the decree issued earlier by the Venerables of the three great human alliances have been for the sake of exploring that mysterious Secret Realm?"
"But that shouldn't be the case!
Nor is it very likely!
After all, neither Solitary Cold True Lord nor Old