That sentence was like a bolt from the blue, catching everyone completely off guard and leaving them frozen where they stood.
Several seconds passed before an uproar broke out. The trainees' faces changed dramatically, and Instructor Luo Lesheng sprinted out, intercepting Cattle-Pen Mountain Little Fairy as he barked:
"What did you say? What did you say?!
"What do you mean Xia Chaoxue is dead? Explain yourself clearly! If you dare spout nonsense, I'll break your legs."
This teacher, who called himself gentle, displayed an extreme degree of irritability and impulsiveness.
"Instructor, Xia Chaoxue is dead. She's in her room in the girls' dormitory. I didn't touch anything in the room." After calmly explaining, Cattle-Pen Mountain Little Fairy looked toward the trainees. "Yuanshi Tianzun, take Ren Junzi and Crossing Pawn to examine the scene. Instructor Luo Lesheng, notify the academy's teachers and have them gather beneath the girls' dormitory immediately."
She began issuing orders in an orderly fashion, as if by instinct.
Though they were trainees, the Saints present all worked on the front lines and were experienced official personnel. In fact, compared to teachers who had retired to less demanding roles years ago, they were even more adaptable and capable when it came to handling emergencies.
Without needing Cattle-Pen Mountain Little Fairy to urge them on, the trainees sprang into action and hurried toward the girls' dormitory.
Xia Chaoxue was dead? That made no sense. Killing a colleague at the academy was practically a mutual-destruction move. What kind of grudge could warrant that... Zhang Yuanqing immediately set off, leading the trainees toward the girls' dormitory.
His heart was filled with confusion and shock.
If he had not understood Cattle-Pen Mountain Little Fairy's personality, he would have suspected her of spouting nonsense, just as Luo Lesheng had.
At that thought, he