"A great demon at the Mountain and Sea Realm as a mount?"
The moment they heard Lang Qi's voice, shock appeared on the faces of the three Mountain and Sea Realm elders of Southern Heaven Academy. They had never imagined that the immensely powerful Lang Qi would submit to Su Xiuyi.
Great demons at the Mountain and Sea Realm would almost never submit to humans. Only those who had grown up living alongside humans day and night might do so.
At that instant, even Wang Lin turned his gaze to Su Xiuyi. He did not know whether Su Xiuyi would accept Lang Qi. Lang Qi was the strongest of the seven great demons at the Mountain and Sea Realm. If Su Xiuyi accepted him, he would have a reliable helper, for a mount could not betray its master after a contract was signed.
"Those who offend the human race must be slain."
Yet Su Xiuyi was unmoved by the tempting offer. The black saber in his hand fell, piercing straight through Lang Qi's skull.
In Su Xiuyi's eyes, Wang Lin was both his teacher and his adoptive father. Wang Lin had been gravely wounded, so how could Su Xiuyi show mercy to someone who had killed his teacher and father?
Besides, Su Xiuyi had no need of a mount.
Saber Qi trembled within the black saber, and Lang Qi's body was instantly torn to pieces, turning into a blood mist that filled the air.
The seven incomparably vicious Mountainsea great demons had been ruthlessly wiped out by Su Xiuyi.
Though they too cultivated at the Mountain and Sea Realm, the three elders of Southern Heaven Academy felt like weaklings at that moment. If they faced Su Xiuyi, they would be nothing but fish on a chopping board, helpless to do anything but await slaughter. They had searched for traces of him before, but now that he was hovering right there, they did not dare approach him. In their eyes, Su Xiuyi was a terrifying asura.
Under the gaze of countless eyes, Su Xiuyi landed beside Wang Lin.
Looking at the figure who had aged so much, Su Xiuyi felt his eyes grow damp, even though he was a transmigrator. A surge of anger rose within him.
"Teacher, hold on. I'll find a way to save you."
Su Xiuyi hurriedly crouched down and lifted Wang Lin up, a medicine bottle appearing in his hand.
Only when Su Xiuyi touched Wang Lin did he realize that Wang Lin could not be saved. He could not even prolong his life. His vitality and lifespan had been exhausted. The next moment, before Su Xiuyi's eyes, Wang Lin's grayish-white hair turned white, and wrinkles spread across his face.
"Hahaha, you've grown up. You've learned to conceal your edge, so I can rest easy now. In this life, I raised you, and I've fulfilled my mission. You're so outstanding; I have no regrets."
"Don't be sad. Everyone dies eventually. I'm just dying a little earlier, that's all." A smile appeared on Wang Lin's wrinkled face, making him look like a kindly old grandfather.
Wang Lin's gaze began to lose focus.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
In the distance, sounds of figures tearing through the air rang out. People from the Southern Heaven City lord's manor and the one who had been guarding the area outside Myriad Text Academy had arrived.
Although Su Xiuyi desperately wanted to take Wang Lin away, he had no chance to do so. If he forced the matter, his identity would surely be exposed, and he would be hunted without end.
"Go. Since you can't die there, and you've grown so much stronger, perhaps that place is a treasure land for you. Remember, beware the G-G... Great Zhou Emperor." Wang Lin naturally sensed that many experts had arrived, including one at the Sun and Moon Realm. If Su Xiuyi did not leave now, it would be too late. After saying those words, Wang Lin breathed his last.
"Teacher, you..."
Seeing that Wang Lin was dead, Su Xiuyi's face filled with anger. His icy gaze swept over the air, and unwillingness appeared in his eyes.
But Su Xiuyi knew it was not the time. His body slowly turned into a pool of water, flowing into the stream beside the Literary Court and following it back to Myriad Text Academy.
Figures descended upon the Literary Court. Looking at the broken walls and ruins, their expressions changed.
The city lord, who was at the Sun and Moon Realm, asked grimly, "What happened?"
The three elders of Southern Heaven Academy hurriedly bowed. "Greetings, city lord. Seven Mountain and Sea Realm experts of the Silver Wolf Clan came seeking revenge. We fear the imperial preceptor has fallen."
The three elders were extremely nervous. No matter how far Wang Lin had fallen, he was still the Great Zhou Emperor's teacher. Now that the imperial preceptor was dead, if the emperor vented his anger on them, even if they did not die, they would have a layer of skin stripped off.
"What?"
The city lord's expression changed drastically. His figure vanished from where he stood, turning into an afterimage as he entered the Literary Court.
But when he saw Wang Lin lying lifeless on the ground, his heart tightened to the extreme and his legs trembled slightly. The imperial preceptor was dead. This was a grave matter, a matter as great as the heavens.
Su Xiuyi had just returned to Myriad Text Academy when he heard the city lord's furious voice. "The Silver Wolf Clan dared to act so recklessly, sneaking into the academy to murder the imperial preceptor! The Silver Wolf Clan must be wiped out! If this clan is not destroyed, our shame cannot be washed away!"
Soon, countless experts departed with the city lord.
Inside Myriad Text Academy, a cold smile curled Su Xiuyi's lips. "They're only trying to protect themselves. If they truly wanted to wipe out the Silver Wolf Clan, why wait until now?"
The next moment, Su Xiuyi sensed a strand of willpower enter Myriad Text Academy at great speed and sweep over his body. It left even faster than it had come, always treating this place like a nest of snakes and scorpions.
"He's still there. It wasn't him. There are no fluctuations of cultivation on him at all. Who was that person?"
"But why isn't he dead yet? A cripple has lasted five years. Even if he recovered some Divine Runes, that still shouldn't be possible. Could it have something to do with his talent?"
Outside Myriad Text Academy, the old man frowned after probing the place, his face full of irritation.
At that moment, he sensed a trace of curse power mixed into his sea of will. His face turned terribly grim, and he hurriedly ground that trace of curse power away.
Inside Myriad Text Academy, Su Xiuyi was in no mood to cultivate that day. Deeply agitated, he could not help recalling Wang Lin's words: beware the Great Zhou Emperor. Why did he have to beware the Great Zhou Emperor? Could the emperor want to kill him? That was impossible. If the Great Zhou Emperor truly wanted him dead, how could he have let him live until now?
Su Xiuyi ignored the investigation by the man outside the academy. Having cultivated the Turtle Breath Technique he had learned through signing in, he knew that unless someone reached the peak of the Invincible realm, they could forget about seeing through him. Once his own strength grew greater, even someone at the peak of the Invincible realm would find it hard to detect him.
Su Xiuyi also knew that once the corpse servant awakened, it would be best to let the corpse servant act whenever possible and act less himself. The Silver Wolf Clan would surely be destroyed this time.
As Su Xiuyi had expected, upon receiving news of Wang Lin's death, countless experts went to the Silver Wolf Clan's territory and slaughtered the entire clan.
Only the Silver Wolf Clan's Sun and Moon Realm expert escaped with his life. The Great Zhou Emperor flew into a rage and banished the three Mountainsea experts at the academy and the Southern Heaven City lord to guard the frontier for a hundred years, but he did not have them killed. This made Su Xiuyi frown. Wang Lin had been the Great Zhou Emperor's teacher, yet was the emperor really going to let the matter end like that? Could there be some hidden truth behind it? But Su Xiuyi was confined to Myriad Text Academy and could not leave, nor did he have anyone to help him investigate, so he could only suppress the doubts in his heart.
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