A good while after Yin Kuang was taken from the tent, Qian Qianqian and Tang Rouyu finally poked their heads out of the underground passage after confirming no one was around. Qian Qianqian frowned deeply and said, "Sister Tang, I suddenly have a bad feeling about this." Tang Rouyu felt the same. It was not that academy students were overly sensitive or suspicious; rather, having brushed past death time and again had made their sense for danger exceptionally sharp. If it had been anyone else, they might have comforted themselves with something like, "Yin Kuang is a Colonel of the Feathered Forest Guard. It is only natural for the Emperor to summon him. Nothing major should happen." But Tang Rouyu and Qian Qianqian would not. They would rather their efforts to avoid danger proved unnecessary than do nothing at all.
Tang Rouyu said in a low voice, "Qianqian, notify Iron Tower, Zhu Dong'an, and the others immediately. Have them withdraw from the camp carefully. Notify only the seventy-two core members. I'll go find Tan Shengge and the others. If the Western God really has made a move, they should have noticed something, more or less." Qian Qianqian did not hesitate either. She answered with a "Mm" and shrank back into the secret passage like a groundhog. Tang Rouyu sighed. "I hope all this turns out to be unnecessary."
With that, she took a large earthenware jar from the wardrobe. The instant she lifted its lid, a foul stench wafted out. Then all sorts of rustling sounds came from within. Inside were the venomous insects and poisonous ants Tang Rouyu had raised over this period of time. The entire jar was crawling with them, enough to frighten some timid girls to death. Tang Rouyu said, "If something truly happens, I'll have