Without a doubt, this enormous commotion had been stirred up by Wang Haixuan.
He had people in every class.
With his lackeys leading the charge, many students joined in. Some might not even have known Mu Qing, but they still roared with "righteous indignation," demanding that the "demon" Mu Qing be disqualified from the College Entrance Exam.
That was how the momentum built. Once enough people joined in, a wave of outrage swept through the crowd, and everyone began denouncing Mu Qing.
Wang Haixuan nodded among the crowd, quite pleased with the results.
He had no idea why Mu Qing had disappeared, or why he had now returned aboard a Flying Warship.
But that did not stop him from carrying out his carefully laid plan.
Wang Haixuan wanted to ruin Mu Qing's reputation completely. The Wang Family and the school would join forces to pin the Mummified Corpse Incident on Mu Qing, making him the scapegoat, then find a chance to kill him!
All Wang Haixuan had to do now was wait quietly for the principal's side to disqualify Mu Qing from the College Entrance Exam. His Wang Family had secret ties to the school, and the principal had some connections with his father, too.
Mu Qing's arrival aboard a Flying Warship had alarmed the principal and the others. Wang Haixuan was delighted; it saved him some trouble.
The shouts grew louder, surging like a tide. The students all clamored for Mu Qing to get down.
Mu Qing stopped walking. His gaze was sharp as lightning, instantly picking out several students in the crowd who were leading the shouts. Their intentions were obvious!
He looked into the distance. Wang Haixuan wore a mocking grin and made a throat-slitting gesture at him.
Mu Qing's face darkened frighteningly. Killing intent toward Wang Haixuan surged in his heart.
Wang Haixuan burst out laughing. The angrier Mu Qing became, the happier he was.
He was waiting for the principal and the others to disqualify Mu Qing from the College Entrance Exam.
The scene grew more chaotic. Ling Fei and the others roared from within the crowd, trying to speak up for Mu Qing, but there were too many voices denouncing him.
Wang Haixuan's methods were undeniably effective. He had merely arranged for a group of people to stir up the crowd, then added the negative rumors about Mu Qing that had already been spread. That was enough to make most of the students erupt and join the denunciation.
Watching the disorderly scene, Ziyue, Ziyang, and the other Federation experts all furrowed their brows.
Their impression of West Lake High School worsened considerably. It was the College Entrance Exam, and yet the students were making a scene in public.
Seeing them frown, the principal grew anxious.
In the past, he would certainly have disqualified Mu Qing to placate the students and quell the disturbance.
But Mu Qing had arrived aboard the Long Clan No. 1. No matter what power or person stood behind him, it was not someone a mere principal like him could afford to offend.
The principal thought for a moment, then abruptly stood up. A terrifying aura swept across the entire training ground.
Mental Power surged right behind it, thick and terrifying—the power of a Top-tier Martial Venerable. It poured out like a viscous tide.
Every voice fell silent. The shouting students were all immobilized, and several of the students who had secretly led the outcry even bled from the corners of their mouths. That was the principal's punishment for them.
"It's the College Entrance Exam, and the Federation's experts are here in person to oversee it. What kind of behavior is this, shouting and making a scene?" the principal bellowed furiously.
Lei Kai, Lin Yuan, and the other vice principals helped control the situation.
"Students, please don't believe any rumors. The culprit behind the Mummified Corpse Incident has yet to be identified!" Lei Kai shouted, his voice infused with Origin Force and echoing across the training ground.
Mu Qing breathed a sigh of relief. He went up to the crystal testing device and placed a hand on it.
He was a little nervous, since he had two Blood Spirits inside him.
He had even heard that the crystal device could detect the martial techniques someone had cultivated. He had practiced the Barrier Martial Technique, too. If the device detected it, some people might target him.
Some people would stop at nothing for profit.
Brilliant light blossomed from the crystal device as it began to operate. Unlike before, a full minute passed, and the test still had not ended.
"What's going on? Is the device broken?" Ziyang rapped his knuckles against the crystal.
None of the students tested before had taken more than thirty seconds. But Mu Qing's test had already lasted a full minute, and there was still no response.
Ziyue rolled her eyes at him, then stretched out her fair, shapely leg and kicked him aside.
She studied Mu Qing with interest, then whispered to Ziyang, "This little guy's a bit mysterious. The device isn't broken!"
Ziyue pointed at the display above the device. Mu Qing's age and cultivation level were shown there.
When it measured his strength, the device had clearly paused for quite a while before displaying the result: a full 3.6 tons!
A flicker of surprise showed in Ziyue's eyes. Ziyang and the three Federation personnel were astonished as well.
"Someone at the Blood Qi Ninth Stage usually has a strength of around 1.8 tons. This kid's nearly twice that!" one of the Federation personnel exclaimed.
"Could he have been born with divine strength?" Ziyang asked, still at a loss.
"Possibly." Ziyue nodded. Her purple eyes shifted to the Blood Spirit information on the display, which had yet to be detected. "But there seems to be another possibility..."
"What's going on?" The principal and the others watched Mu Qing. Three minutes had already passed, yet his test still had not ended.
The information on the display was recorded in the Federation's database, so only the Federation personnel could see it. The principal and the others had no idea what was appearing on the screen.
"I've got a feeling that if I stick with Mu Qing, I'll have an endless supply of news!" Jiang Yuanjie's eyes lit up as he came back over to Ling Fei and the others.
Yang Shanshan pursed her lips. "That guy just likes to show off wherever he goes!"
Ji Jia chuckled. She was curious about what was happening with Mu Qing, too.
In the crowd, Wang Haixuan's expression darkened. He had never expected the principal to help Mu Qing.
The principal knew all about the grudge between him and Mu Qing. Wang Haixuan had even asked his father, the head of the Wang Family, to contact the principal and deal with Mu Qing.
But now, Wang Haixuan simply couldn't understand why the principal was helping Mu Qing. Even the three vice principals were helping Mu Qing refute the rumors he had spread earlier.
Wang Haixuan had no idea what the Long Clan No. 1 represented. He thought Mu Qing had merely arrived aboard an ordinary Flying Warship.
The Wang Family had Flying Warships a hundred meters long, too.
The principal had to consider the school's interests from every angle. He knew the Long Clan No. 1 signified a noble status, so he would never rashly offend Mu Qing.
Wang Haixuan took a deep breath and used his communication device to contact Liu Tianyu at the North Campus, sending him a message.
The College Entrance Exam had three stages, and the second was the combat stage. He would join forces with Liu Tianyu to kill Mu Qing!
After all, the rules of the College Entrance Exam had always allowed contestants to kill.
"It's showing!"
One of the Federation personnel suddenly cried out. Ziyue and the others hurried over to look at the display.
"What's this?" Ziyang frowned.
The three Federation personnel were just as puzzled. They wondered whether the device had malfunctioned.
Ziyue's beautiful eyes narrowed to slits.
The display showed Mu Qing's Blood Spirit information.
First Blood Spirit: Unknown.
Second Blood Spirit: Unknown.
Just two short lines, yet they left the Federation personnel and even a powerful expert like Ziyang baffled.
Ziyang was only the team leader and did not know much about the device. He asked the three Federation personnel, who had overseen the College Entrance Exam for years, what was going on.
The three Federation personnel all shook their heads. They had no idea either.
"The device shouldn't be broken. This kid has Dual Blood Spirits!" Ziyue suddenly said, stunning everyone.
Ziyang was the first to react. Now he understood why Mu Qing's strength had exceeded that of an ordinary Blood Qi cultivator, reaching 3.6 tons.
Dual Blood Spirits meant one person had two Blood Spirits. It also meant he possessed the strength of two people; both his Origin Force and his explosive power were double the norm!
"Then it all makes sense." Ziyang nodded, suddenly enlightened.
Seeing Mu Qing arrive aboard the Long Clan No. 1 had already told them his status was extraordinary. Now that they knew he had Dual Blood Spirits, they felt his background was even more terrifying.
Ziyue stared at Mu Qing. She had heard rumors that the Dual Blood Spirit technique was not yet perfected.
Under her gaze, Mu Qing couldn't help feeling uneasy. He didn't know whether the device had detected the secret of his Dual Blood Spirits.
The principal and the others nearby were even more bewildered. They had no idea what had happened to make such astonishment show on Ziyang and the others' faces.
But the more astonished Ziyang and the others seemed, the more wary the principal became of Mu Qing's identity. As principal, he had to protect the school's interests and could not afford to offend people lightly.
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