The Thing I'm About to Tell You-Don't Be Afraid

Yao Shi walked from the school gate into the academy, passing one teaching building after another, and finally arrived in front of a very inconspicuous small building.

No one could imagine that such an inconspicuous little building actually houses the continent's most advanced Soul Guidance Technology holy land deep beneath its grounds.

This place gathers almost all of the Sun Moon Empire's top Soul Engineer and has the best materials, workshops, funding, and experimental conditions.

This is the Mingde Hall, the highest research institution for Soul Guidance Technology in the Sun Moon Empire, and the cradle of the pinnacle of Soul Guidance Technology.

Because the building was rather inconspicuous, there were no guards outside. However, there were several access control points. If one's identity information was not verified, they could very likely be targeted by the Soul Cannon installed inside.

Even though Yao Shi undergone the assessment to the Mingde Hall, he could naturally be admitted through special admission based on his status as a disciple of Jing Hongchen.

Yao Shi's identity information had already been entered into the access control system here by Jing Hongchen. With the identity card that Jing Hongchen gave him when he took him as his disciple, Yao Shi was able to enter smoothly.

They rode the soul-guided elevator, descending floor by floor, and finally stopped after falling several hundred meters.

The stairwell door opened, and a beam of light shone into Yao Shi's eyes.

"It's been a year since I've been here, and it really hasn't changed much!"

Walking along the narrow corridor of the Mingde Hall, Yao Shi observed his surroundings with a look of emotion.

The researchers in the public experimental area were engrossed in studying the Soul Tool in their hands and did not notice Yao Shi walking in.

He wandered through the various areas of the vast Mingde Hall. After Yao Shi was accepted as a disciple by Jing Hongchen, he had spent a lot of time there. Apart from those special places, he had already figured out all the other places he could go.

"Teacher, I'm going back..."

Soon after, Yao Shi arrived at Jing Hongchen's office. He had just opened the door and was about to finish speaking when an attack shot towards his face.

"Holy crap!!"

Yao Shi exclaimed in surprise, then easily dodged the attack by slightly turning his body.

He wiped a non-existent patch of sweat from his forehead and walked in with a grin.

"Teacher, do you know that if this attack hits me, you might lose your third disciple?"

"Heh, so you still remember you're my disciple? You disappeared for a year without a word, I thought you were dead."

Jing Hongchen casually tossed the level-two Soul Guidance Ray weapon he had just used to attack Yao Shi onto the table, then looked at Yao Shi with a gloomy face.

Yao Shi looked at Jing Hongchen, scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, and said, "Aha, teacher, this happened so suddenly, I didn't have time to say anything."

"Tell me, where have you been all year? I've sent people out to search for so long, but they haven't found a single trace of you."

Jing Hongchen took off her glasses, stood up and walked to Yao Shi's side, staring at Yao Shi with a scrutinizing gaze.

Upon hearing this, Yao Shi also stopped his previous playful demeanor and became serious.

"Teacher, please don't be afraid of what I'm about to say."

Jing Hongchen paused for a moment after hearing this, then nodded. "Don't worry, your teacher has seen it all to get to where I am today. I'm not afraid."

"Alright, since that's the case, then what I need to say next is... teacher, I really am dead, just as you just said."

"..."

Upon hearing Yao Shi, Jing Hongchen looked at Yao Shi with an expression as if he were a fool, as if to say, "Do you think I believe you? Aren't you standing here perfectly fine?"

Although Yao Shi's words were absurd, Jing Hongchen did not interrupt him. He wanted to see what Yao Shi would say next.

"Teacher, please don't disbelieve me, I'm telling the truth."

Yao Shi with a serious expression, "A year ago, after the Soul Fighting Tournament, when our academy's team came back, didn't I leave the team? At that time, I was planning to go back to my hometown to pick up my grandfather."

Jing Hongchen nodded. These things were indeed consistent with what Meng Hongchen and the others had said. However, he later learned from Yao that Yao Shi had never returned.

Yao Shi continued.

"After I separated from the team, I headed towards Bluestone Town. I was supposed to reach Bluestone Town once I crossed the Star Dou Great Forest, but..."

Yao Shi he spoke.

"As I approached the Star Dou Great Forest, the sky suddenly changed color, and a deity descended, intending to kill me. At that moment, the space around me was completely imprisoned, and with my Four Rings strength at the time, I had no way to escape..."

"What! A deity!"

Hearing Yao Shi start bringing up deities, Jing Hongchen couldn't help but laugh in exasperation.

"You want to kill me too, Shi'er? Are you sure you just told me not to be afraid, and not to burst out laughing? A god wants to kill you? Don't make your master laugh!"

"Legend has it that to become a god, one must be at least level 100. For a god to come and kill a Soul Ancestor who is only at the Four Rings, if that's true, then this god must be incredibly idle."

"Eh."

Yao Shi sighed, thinking to himself, "Teacher, everything I'm saying is true, why don't you believe me?"

The next second, his aura solidified, and endless cold air emanated from his body. Nine blood-red Soul Ring, each ten thousand years old, instantly appeared behind Yao Shi.

"Holy crap!"

This time, it was Jing Hongchen who was shocked.

Startled by the nine 100,000-year spirit rings behind Yao Shi, which were filled with a violent aura, his nine Soul Rings were involuntarily summoned one after another. However, they were all yellow, purple and black, and there was not a single red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

"Shi, Shi'er, what's going on with your Soul Ring?"

Jing Hongchen stammered, his attention focused entirely on the nine Soul Ring behind Yao Shi, completely forgetting the deity Yao Shi had mentioned earlier.

Yao Shi chuckled, "Teacher, this is what happened after the gods appeared, as I just mentioned."

At this point, Yao Shi finally started spouting nonsense.

"After that deity appeared, it swung its blade at me without saying a word. The Defensive Soul Tool you gave me couldn't withstand it at all; they shattered upon contact with the blade's energy."

Upon hearing Yao Shi mention the word "deity" again, and glancing at the nine Soul Ring behind him, Jing Hongchen couldn't help but begin to believe it.

Could what Shi'er said be true?

Did a god really kill him?

Before he could think any further, he heard Yao Shi continue speaking.

"At that time, I was bound by some kind of power of that deity, unable to move an inch, and that blade of energy was constantly crushing all the Soul Tool you gave me."

"Ugh, with that attack getting closer and closer, I was already prepared to die."

Speaking of Yao Shi, Yao couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, his face full of grief and indignation.