Pledge Myself to Him?

Long Hengxu swept his gaze from side to side over the students, most of whom looked confused, even frightened.

Then he turned slightly toward Class Five.

Everyone in Class Five stood there in silence.

Li Qingyue was undoubtedly the most conspicuous among them. He was simply too good-looking.

With a face that beautiful, anyone would have taken a second look out of curiosity.

Li Qingyue had been Long Hengxu's first suspect, too.

But given the power behind those vines, it probably had not been an attack from a Two-Ring Soul Master.

So he shifted his gaze to the teachers.

Most of them were at the Third or Fourth Ring.

They were not weak, but frankly, they were not particularly strong either. They were only teachers of the intermediate classes.

The biggest problem was that none of them had a Martial Soul that used vines.

And the attacker had targeted Xie Xie. By all rights, these teachers would not have done that.

Long Hengxu looked around, but for the moment, he could not tell who had done it.

Long Hengxu could not tell, but Wu Changkong was no fool.

After a single sweep of the crowd, his gaze settled directly on Li Qingyue.

The boy's eyes curved in a smile at him. There was gentleness in those calm, ink-black eyes, along with an easy composure.

Wu Changkong glanced at him but did not expose what Li Qingyue had done.

After all, what had happened just now had been so sudden that even he had been unable to dodge in time.

If Xie Xie had been bitten, there was no telling whether the poison would have killed him outright or left him gravely injured.

The attack had been aimed at Xie Xie's life.

Frankly, Li Qingyue's retaliation had gone a little too