The students of Heavenly Emperor Academy who had entered the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest had all met with disaster. Some had been tainted by Foul Qi, some poisoned by Corpse Poison, and others invaded by Yin Fiend Qi. All three hundred and fifty-one of them lay on the ground, the vast majority from the second class.
Every one of them was a dragon or phoenix among men, a Peerless Genius. If they all died here, it would be a tremendous loss to Heavenly Emperor Academy and even the entire Yulan Empire.
Now everything rested on Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong. The two of them had to save these stricken students.
"Honestly, that Senior Ji is really cool. She actually dared to challenge the Cloud Alliance leader. You have to admire her." Yue Mingsong walked up to a female student whose body had been invaded by Yin Fiend Qi. He wrapped his hands in Profound Qi and helped her sit up.
He moved cautiously, afraid the Yin Fiend Qi might invade his body too.
Ning Xiaochuan glanced at Ji Hanxing in the distance. "Ji Hanxing is a woman of principle. In her eyes, there's only absolute right and wrong. If she truly thought I'd done something wrong, she'd kill me without hesitation!"
Ning Xiaochuan recalled his encounters with Ji Hanxing at Begonia Manor. Back then, he had sheltered Minister Tian of Dark Emperor City. She had been unable to do anything to him only because she lacked conclusive evidence. If she had found it, she would certainly have struck him down.
As for the deaths of the Cloud Marquis's three disciples, they had only themselves to blame. They had tried to kill Ning Xiaochuan by any means necessary, and that was why they had died at his hands.
Ji Hanxing surely