In the woods, Tang San led the Soul Beast, constantly drawing it closer to the direction of the camp.
With the reinforcement of Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he truly did not encounter any obstacles in the forest.
Even the Dark Cloud Leopard found it difficult to catch up.
Unable to catch the person who ambushed it, the Dark Cloud Leopard grew furious, sprinting with all the strength it had.
"We're here!"
A short while passed, and seeing the firelight ahead, Tang San once again accelerated his approach.
The moment he reached the camp, he immediately pulled Dai Mubai along.
"It's done, hide quickly!"
Tang San whispered, pulling Dai Mubai toward the tents in the back.
As long as the Dark Cloud Leopard saw no one upon entering the camp, it would inevitably track them down by following the scent of the medicinal powder.
By then, Lin Xiao would surely be attacked by the Dark Cloud Leopard.
The two of them hid, poking their heads out to observe as they felt a secret thrill.
The plan currently looked very smooth, and they had already thought of their escape routes.
Yet to their surprise, the moment the Dark Cloud Leopard appeared at the outer perimeter of the camp, a terrifying sword Qi burst out instantly from the tent where Lin Xiao resided.
"Immortal Execution Mountain-Cleaving!"
As the voice fell, a figure broke through the tent and appeared in midair.
The cyan sword-qi instantly struck right in front of the Dark Cloud Leopard.
The Dark Cloud Leopard did not even have time to react before the sword Qi cleaved its body in two.
Boom!!!
The instantly killed Dark Cloud Leopard crashed heavily to the ground, waking up the people who were fast asleep.
Tang San and Dai Mubai were dumbfounded.
The development of events was completely different from what they had imagined.
Lin Xiao was clearly already fast asleep, so how could he have discovered the Dark Cloud Leopard's ambush?
This fellow's keen perception was simply terrifying!
Zhao Wuji ran out from his tent, seeing the corpse of the Dark Cloud Leopard the very first moment, his expression changing abruptly.
"A Dark Cloud Leopard? What is the meaning of this?"
He rushed to Lin Xiao's side, looking around vigilantly.
Upon seeing the emerging Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, his heart sank to rock bottom.
A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!
How could a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast appear here for no good reason?
Although there were some Soul Beasts in the adjacent forest, as long as one didn't actively go in and provoke them, it was basically impossible for a Soul Beast to charge out.
Furthermore, Ten-Thousand-Year-grade Soul Beasts were generally found in the deepest parts of the forest and would not come to the periphery!
Oscar stared at the black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, his eyes going straight.
Ten-thousand-year, that was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!
If he absorbed it, could his third soul ring also reach the ten-thousand-year grade?
Just thinking about it made him thrilled.
Yet reason quickly conquered impulse.
This thing was killed by Lin Xiao, so the soul ring could only be absorbed by Lin Xiao.
He had no way around it whatsoever.
This fellow Lin Xiao truly had explosive luck.
To actually hunt a ten-thousand-year-grade Soul Beast-once he absorbed the third soul ring, he would possess two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
He was a well-deserved number one student of the academy.
Seeing that everyone had already come out, Lin Xiao said indifferently, "I was sleeping inside my tent just now when I sensed some danger, so I made a move."
"Danger? Where are Tang San and Dai Mubai?"
Zhao Wuji furrowed his brow tightly, turning his head to look, and discovered that Tang San and Dai Mubai were actually right there by the rear tents.
Were these two fellows just keeping watch like this?
And the moment there was danger, they actually ran to the back!
Sensing the change in Zhao Wuji's gaze, Tang San and Dai Mubai hurried over immediately.
"Teacher Zhao, we were just patrolling nearby and aren't quite clear..."
"Enough! Even during patrol, someone has to stay behind to guard the camp."
Zhao Wuji evidently didn't believe such ghost stories so easily.
Lin Xiao could sense danger even in his sleep, yet the two people patrolling didn't notice a thing?
Wasn't this a joke?
These two fellows must have been slacking off or sneaking off to do something.
"Teacher Zhao, I also discovered another situation."
Lin Xiao spoke up.
Since they wanted to scheme against him, he couldn't let them off too easily.
"What situation?"
"Teacher Zhao, please take a look."
Lin Xiao pointed at the area around his tent, and Zhao Wuji walked over to take a look, discovering white powder.
"Powder? Is this for repelling bugs?"
Zhao Wuji was a bit puzzled; camping in the wild, scattering some medicinal powder against crawling insects beside the tents was quite common.
Only, the smell of the white powder right now was somewhat different from the insect-repellent powder he was familiar with.
"I didn't scatter this. Also, Teacher Zhao, take a look at the Dark Cloud Leopard's body."
Hearing this, Zhao Wuji walked over to inspect it.
The complexions of Tang San and Dai Mubai shifted slightly.
This was getting a bit troublesome!
After Zhao Wuji checked, he discovered that some white powder was also present among the fur of the Dark Cloud Leopard, and the scent matched the surroundings of the tent completely.
Yet the Dark Cloud Leopard was at the outer perimeter of the camp, still some distance away from Lin Xiao's tent, so it was impossible for it to have rushed over there and gotten it on itself.
Therefore...
"Someone sprinkled medicinal powder near your tent to lure the Dark Cloud Leopard into attacking you!"
Zhao Wuji spoke with absolute certainty.
Having mixed in the Soul Master World for so long, what kinds of freaks and monsters had he not encountered?
The moment he saw the powder, he understood what was going on.
His gaze swept over Tang San and Dai Mubai, and he said coldly, "You'd better explain clearly what this is all about!"
Dai Mubai shrank his neck, feeling a bit of regret.
Had he known, he wouldn't have listened to Tang San's plan; this fellow was really not very reliable.
Tang San, however, was very calm, his expression as usual.
"Teacher Zhao, we don't know what's going on either; we were just patrolling outside."
"Oh? Is that so?"
"Yes."
Tang San answered with complete certainty.
In the current situation, they could only stick to their story to the death, otherwise once the charge was pinned on them, they would be in big trouble.
They might even lose their lives.
Shrek Academy didn't have all that many rules, but matters touching upon the bottom line like this were absolutely not tolerated.
Once it occurred, the punishment would inevitably be heavy.
The most severe punishment was execution!
Although Zhao Wuji didn't believe Tang San's words, there was no solid evidence right now.
After all, the other party had also just stated they were patrolling outside.
"Does Teacher Zhao suspect that we targeted classmate Lin Xiao?"
"We have no grievances or grudges with Lin Xiao; why would we make a move against him?"
Dai Mubai spoke with righteous indignation.
On the surface, indeed, they had no particular enmity.
Zhao Wuji's facial muscles twitched a few times; if he weren't someone who cared quite a bit about his students' lives, he really would have been hoodwinked.
Tang San did have some bad blood with Lin Xiao, and the source of that enmity was Xiao Wu!
As for Dai Mubai?
It seemed to be because of Zhu Zhuqing!
Dai Mubai wanted to pursue Zhu Zhuqing, yet Zhu Zhuqing walked relatively close to Lin Xiao.
This was the conflict.
Looking at it, the conflict wasn't particularly large, but if one encountered a narrow-minded person, it could also brew into a blood feud.
Combined with the tricks Tang San pulled during the entrance exam, Zhao Wuji didn't believe the other party at all right now.
Alas, having no evidence, there was nothing he could do.
The three girls-Ning Rongrong and the others-all stood by Lin Xiao's side.
Only by standing beside Lin Xiao could one feel a true sense of security.
Xiao Wu looked at that powder, a cold flash passing through her eyes.
If she remembered correctly, inside Tang San's Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night, there was a great deal of very similar stuff.
Thus she could be certain that it was Tang San who had played tricks.
His goal was to kill Lin Xiao.
He had simply miscalculated Lin Xiao's strength, not expecting him to be able to kill a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in a single move.
"Teacher Zhao, since there is no evidence, let this matter rest here for the time being."
Lin Xiao said slowly, giving Zhao Wuji a way out.
Pressing the issue now would only make things difficult for Zhao Wuji.
Anyway, since he had already made Zhao Wuji suspect Tang San and Dai Mubai, the matters that followed would become much simpler.
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