Please Ask Your Cousin to Put in a Good Word

Soon, all the people from Red Flame Planet and Shuimang Star in the sparring arena were surrounded and placed under surveillance.

Staff from the Blue Star University's Academic Affairs Office investigation team began questioning each disciple of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy and the martial arts students of the Imperial Academy of the Great Yan Dynasty on the Red Flame Planet.

"What's your name? Are you from the Shuimang Star or the Red Flame Planet?"

"I am Sun Chengping, the top student in the Shuimang Star Martial Academy."

"Tell me about your whereabouts since arriving on Blue Star. Have you ever left the Thirteenth Campus?"

"I've been out twice."

"Where did they go? Where did they go?"

The disciple from the Shuimang Star Martial Academy couldn't help but ask, "Why is the officer questioning us about these things? What has happened?"

The investigator said expressionlessly, "You don't need to concern yourself with these matters. Please cooperate with our work and provide clear answers."

"Okay, I went to..."

The gathering place of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy disciples, with Yan Qingwu and the other disciples surrounded in the middle.

"Senior Sister Yan, what is Blue Star trying to do? Why is there such a big commotion all of a sudden?"

"Not only did they detain us, they even detained and interrogated the people from Red Flame Planet one by one." A martial arts academy disciple asked Yan Qingwu.

Yan Qingwu said, "Something big must have happened. Perhaps one of the top geniuses on Blue Star has been assassinated."

"I had heard that Blue Star and Wood Source Planet were engaged in fierce competition due to the Fourteen-Star Alliance, but I didn't expect it to be this serious," the martial arts academy disciple exclaimed in surprise.

"Of course, after all, whichever of the Five Stars of the Eastern Region successfully joins the Fourteen-Star Alliance can immediately become the leader of the Five Stars of the Eastern Region, and can unify the Five Stars of the Eastern Region, surpassing the other four stars."

"As long as I can become Permanent Councilor Star of Five Stars of the Eastern Region, no matter how much fighting or sacrifice I have, it will all be worthwhile."

"It's a pity that our Shuimang Star isn't strong enough, otherwise we would definitely be vying for this position."

While the disciples of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy and the martial arts students of the Imperial Academy of the Great Yan Dynasty Red Flame Planet were being questioned, a broadcast sounded in the campus square, ordering all students from the Thirteenth Campus to gather in the inner square.

Upon hearing the news broadcast, Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu went to the inner square together.

As soon as Chen Lie arrived at the inner square of the Thirteenth Campus, he saw hundreds of students from the Super Genius Class and External Student gathered there.

In the middle of the inner plaza, the senior officials of Blue Star University were discussing something with heavy expressions.

"Liusu, Chen Lie, you've arrived?"

Ruan Liuyun, who was in the crowd, saw Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu and immediately went forward.

Upon seeing Ruan Liuyun Ruan Liusu immediately asked, "Sister Yun, what happened?"

"Blue Star University has been attacked by an unknown force. I don't know the specifics either. The instructors will announce it later," Ruan Liuyun said.

"Attacked..."

Ruan Liusu found it strange; wasn't someone assassinated?

"Alright, let's get back to our positions quickly, the instructors are about to announce the situation."

"All right!"

Ruan Liusu waved goodbye to Chen Lie and went to join the ranks of the External Student in the Super Genius Class.

Chen Lie, on the other hand, joined the group of students in the Super Genius Class.

Upon seeing Chen Lie arrive, Han Keke immediately walked up and said with a giggle, "Big brother, you've come?"

Chen Lie nodded without saying anything.

In the middle of the inner plaza, Zheng Dongyang, the instructor of the Super Genius Class, saw that everyone had arrived and began to speak.

"Class, please be quiet for a moment. I have some very bad news to announce."

"Just a short while ago, two of the Crystal Pillar inscribed with Outer Stars martial arts manuals and used to enhance Strength Value in our Second Campus plaza were attacked and destroyed by an internal traitor in collusion with external forces."

"I believe everyone has used the Crystal Pillar in the Second Campus square. If you can fully comprehend all twelve forms of the <Starry Sky Blood-Condensing Art> within the Crystal Pillar, it can increase your Strength Value by at least 0.7 times. Many of our students in the Super Genius Class have already comprehended all the Outer Stars martial arts within the twelve Crystal Pillar."

The twelve Crystal Pillar have played an indispensable role in your current Strength Value.

It is precisely because of these twelve Crystal Pillar that the martial arts of our Blue Star have made rapid progress in just two years, with some students' Strength Value exceeding eight times, and even the emergence of powerful individuals at the Great Extreme Realm of the Blood-Qi Stage.

Two of the Crystal Pillar have been destroyed. If they cannot be repaired, the martial arts of our Blue Star will surely regress significantly!

"The destruction of the Crystal Pillar can be said to have shaken the foundation of Blue Star's martial arts. This attack was most likely the work of Wood Source Planet. Of course, it could also have been done by people from Shuimang Star or Red Flame Planet, or perhaps these two stars were colluding with Wood Source Planet."

In short, although we on Blue Star are friendly, we absolutely cannot suffer this injustice in silence.

The reason I've gathered everyone here is to ask if any of you have noticed anything suspicious about any of these Outer Stars disciples.

If you have any suspicions, please feel free to report them to me.

These young people from Red Flame Planet and Shuimang Star have the most contact with you. They know nothing about Blue Star. If this attack is really related to these people, and they want to achieve something, they will definitely try every means to find out about the layout and defense of Blue Star University from you."

When Zheng Dongyang said this, the surrounding students were all surprised.

"What? The Crystal Pillar of the Second Campus have been destroyed?"

"I had only comprehended the first ten forms of the <Crystal Pillar Starry Sky Blood-Condensing Art>, thankfully it wasn't the eleventh or twelfth Crystal Pillar that were destroyed."

"What are all those patrolling guards at Blue Star University doing? How could they let someone infiltrate the location of the Crystal Pillar on the Second Campus?"

"Didn't you hear? There's a traitor!"

The detention room of the Academic Affairs Office at Blue Star University.

Feng Shuangshuang sat on the ground with lifeless eyes, her heart filled with fear of the future.

Wu Qianqian paced back and forth in the already small detention cell.

"Shuangshuang, we've been so wronged this time! Who could have known that our Ordinary Class teacher was a traitor?"

We merely saw our mentor and greeted him politely. He used this as an excuse to approach the Crystal Stone pillar, and the damage to the Crystal Stone pillar has nothing to do with us."

Feng Shuangshuang said sadly, "What's the use of saying all this? Those people won't listen to our explanations, they won't even give us a chance to defend ourselves."

"This... they're not really going to abolish our martial arts and expel us from Blue Star University, are they?"

Wu Qianqian said with a worried expression.

"The person who made the decision must be a high-ranking official at Blue Star University, a very important figure. Such important figures usually mean what they say. You don't think they're just joking, do you?" Lu Qingchan said from the side.

Wu Qianqian immediately panicked. "What should we do? Aren't they even going to give us a chance to explain?"

Feng Shuangshuang shook her head.

Wu Qianqian hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do? Are we just going to sit here and wait to be expelled from Blue Star University and have our martial arts skills abolished? How can we possibly survive like that?"

Shuangshuang, isn't your cousin a student in the Super Genius Class? He should be able to put in a good word for us. Please beg your cousin to put in a good word for us!

Faced with Wu Qianqian's words, Feng Shuangshuang just shook her head blankly. "Don't talk about these things. The high-ranking official from Blue Star University said that our three generations and five degrees of kinship will be affected."

Chen Lie is my cousin, and we're within five degrees of kinship. Let alone asking him for help, I'm even a little afraid of affecting him."

Lu Qingchan also said, "That's right, we shouldn't ask Chen Lie for help."

We've already gone this far; we can't drag him into this."

"What do you mean? Are we just going to accept our fate like this?"

Wu Qianqian felt a pang of despair. "If I had known it would turn out like this, who would have bothered to decipher this bizarre Crystal Pillar?"

"This is terrible! I'm in deep trouble, and I might not even survive!"

The three of them even had their Communicator taken away, so they couldn't contact anyone outside even if they wanted to.

Within the Thirteenth Campus, the sudden commotion at Blue Star University startled Zhu Zhengchang, the Prince Yong'an of the Great Yan Dynasty, and Zhou Chengchuan, the Dean of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy.

The two Ninth-Order Grandmaster together found Lei Jinglong, the president of Blue Star University.

"Brother Lei, I don't know why, but it seems inappropriate for your Blue Star University to use military force to detain and interrogate the young martial arts geniuses of our two stars one by one."

Upon meeting Lei Jinglong, Zhu Zhengchang immediately cut to the chase with unfriendly language.

Zhou Chengchuan, who was with Zhu Zhengchang, also said, "I hope Principal Lei can give us an explanation. Everyone here is a genius from our two stars. Geniuses are proud. How can we let this go after being treated like this by your star?"

At this moment, Lei Jinglong was discussing countermeasures with Lin Muzhi when Zhu Zhengchang and Zhou Chengchuan came to question him. He was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately said, "Gentlemen, we had no choice but to do this."

Just now, Blue Star University was attacked, and our Crystal Pillar inscribed with Outer Stars martial arts was destroyed...

Lei Jinglong briefly explained the situation to Zhu Zhengchang and Zhou Chengchuan.

Both of them are Ninth-Order Grandmaster. Zhou Chengchuan is not mentioned, but he is in the middle stage of the ninth-tier Yuan Gang Alternation and is old. His qi and blood are already showing signs of decline, so he is not a threat.

But Zhu Zhengchang is a ninth-level peak Grandmaster in his prime. If he were to make a move, countless martial arts geniuses in the campus would be killed or injured.

If only Zhu Zhengchang had come to Blue Star, the Blue Star leadership would never have allowed Zhu Zhengchang to come to Blue Star University. However, Zhu Zhengchang brought many geniuses from Red Flame Planet with him.

Whatever the reason, if he dares to harm the geniuses of Blue Star, then none of the geniuses of Red Flame Planet will escape either. That is why both sides must exercise restraint. If a conflict breaks out, the top geniuses of each other's planets will be the first to suffer.

Upon hearing Lei Jinglong's words, Zhu Zhengchang and Zhou Chengchuan were taken aback.

The Crystal Pillar of Blue Star have been destroyed?

Among the Five Stars of the Eastern Region, Red Flame Planet, Wood Source Planet, and Blue Star all have Crystal Pillar inscribed with Outer Stars martial arts that enhance Strength Value. It can be said that these Crystal Pillar are the foundation for the leading martial arts of the top three stars in the Eastern Region, the very basis of martial arts.

Zhu Zhengchang knew what the destruction of the Crystal Pillar meant for Blue Star.

If it were their Great Yan Dynasty's Crystal Pillar Red Flame Planet that were attacked and destroyed, all the generals guarding the Crystal Pillar and all the officials implicated would lose their heads. Even the Great Yan Emperor would have to issue an edict of self-reproach and kneel in the Imperial Ancestor Shrine to reflect on his actions.

The foundation of martial arts cannot be compromised; if an accident occurs, the nation's fate may be in danger of collapse.

Zhu Zhengchang finally understood why the Blue Star government acted this way; if it were him, he would have been even more outrageous than Blue Star.

"Brother Lei, we deeply sympathize with your plight."

However, almost all of the top geniuses from our Red Flame Planet and Shuimang Star are on Blue Star. Even for the sake of the martial arts geniuses of our respective planets, we would not damage the Crystal Pillar of Blue Star at this time.

"Furthermore, our Great Yan Dynasty and Your Star have always maintained a good relationship, and there is absolutely no reason for us to target or harm Your Star's interests!" Zhu Zhengchang said.

Zhou Chengchuan, who was standing nearby, chimed in, "The same goes for Shuimang Star."

"Gentlemen, whether it is true or not, we will have to wait until the investigation is clear before we can say anything. We will have to ask the younger generation of the two stars to bear with us for now. If you are truly innocent, I will apologize to you personally."

"During this period, I guarantee that the geniuses of the two stars will not be mistreated," Lei Jinglong said.

Zhu Zhengchang knew that in such a serious situation, there was no point in expecting Lei Jinglong to be reasonable.

So he said, "Very well, I hope Brother Lei will find out the truth as soon as possible. Farewell!"

Zhu Zhengchang bowed and left, followed by Zhu Zhengchang Zhou Chengchuan.

After walking a distance, Zhou Chengchuan quickly caught up with Zhu Zhengchang.

"Brother Zhu, my genius, who is two stars above me, has had his freedom restricted. Why are you suddenly letting this go?"

Zhu Zhengchang glanced at Zhou Chengchuan and slowly said, "Dean Zhou, there are no Outer Stars Crystal Pillar on Shuimang Star, so we don't know what the damage to the Crystal Pillar means."

Let me put it this way: if Blue Star hadn't obtained the Crystal Pillar two years ago, Blue Star's Blood-Qi Martial Way wouldn't be much stronger than Shuimang Star's, and it might not even have had any geniuses at the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi.

In other words, if Shuimang Star has Crystal Pillar, within three or four years, the younger generation's martial arts will be able to catch up with Blue Star and Wood Source Planet.

The Crystal Pillar is the foundation of martial arts. Now that Blue Star's Crystal Pillar has been lost, the rulers must have lost their minds. At this critical juncture, if we don't know how to bow our heads and submit, but instead become aggressive, how can the martial arts geniuses of our two stars be preserved?"

"This..."

"That's all I have to say; I won't say any more."

Zhu Zhengchang cupped his hands in a respectful greeting and then left.

In the inner plaza of the Thirteenth Campus, Chen Lie was shocked to learn that the Crystal Pillar of the Second Campus plaza had been destroyed.

Although he didn't care for the martial arts techniques inscribed on those twelve Crystal Pillar, they were definitely a treasure for Blue Star.

Even the students in the Genius Class are limited to only three attempts at comprehending the crystal pillar, which shows how much the Blue Star government values Crystal Pillar.

"However, destroying only two Crystal Pillar shouldn't have a significant impact on Blue Star, right?"

Chen Lie had hoped that replenishing the Mental Power Mental Pillar would allow Blue Star Martial Arts to make further progress. However, with two of the Crystal Pillar destroyed, the Strength Value of Blue Star University students would likely remain stagnant.

"Chen Lie, come with me for a moment."

At this moment, Zheng Dongyang, the tutor of the Super Genius Class, suddenly appeared in front of Chen Lie.

"OK!"

Chen Lie nodded and followed Zheng Dongyang to the office not far away.

Upon arriving at the office, Chen Lie asked, "Professor Zheng, what brings you here?"