Tiezhu's legs trembled slightly, and the way he looked at Su Xiuyi changed completely.
Unless someone at the Invincible Realm appeared, a being like that was invincible. Yet he had become Su Xiuyi's servant. Tiezhu knew that ever since Su Xiuyi had been stripped of his title as top scholar ten years ago, he had been imprisoned in the Myriad Text Academy and had never been able to leave. He could be said to have no one to turn to. Yet now such a terrifying being was at Su Xiuyi's side. Tiezhu felt that he might have stumbled upon a clue to an enormous secret.
"Wolf God Possession!"
Lang Yue roared. The bloody eye between his brows turned crimson, and the phantom of a terrifying giant wolf appeared in an instant, roaring as it charged at the fearsome finger.
"Boom!"
The giant wolf collided with the corpse servant's Innate White Bone Divine Ability, seemingly without a sound.
"This is bad!"
There was no sound or movement, but Ji Zhan's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly activated a Will Character, which instantly hovered in the air. At that moment, the academy disciples all felt their hearing vanish.
"Cover your ears!"
Even after activating the Will Character, Ji Zhan felt it wasn't enough and roared at everyone.
"Rumble!"
But no sooner had Ji Zhan spoken than a terrifying sound rang in everyone's ears, before the academy disciples had time to cover them. Blood instantly streamed from their ears, and countless disciples passed out on the spot. The collision hadn't been soundless. The sound had been so terrifying that everyone had briefly lost their hearing.
Beneath the spot where Lang Yue stood in the air, the buildings instantly collapsed, leaving a vast crater behind.
"Crack, crack!"
In an instant, cracks spread across the wolf god's phantom like a mirror. The next moment, it shattered with a crash.
The terrifying finger continued to bear down on Lang Yue, striking him.
"No...!"
Lang Yue's eyes nearly split as he let out a despairing, unwilling roar.
The next moment, Lang Yue's body exploded with a boom, turning into a bloody mist that filled the sky.
A peak Sunmoon expert had been killed outright.
"Is he dead?"
Tiezhu stared at the scene in utter shock. The figure who had previously carried himself with the bearing of an invincible being, crushing everything in his path, had been killed in a single blow when he encountered Su Xiuyi's servant.
As Tiezhu stood there in shock, he felt a faint breeze brush his face. To his horror, he discovered that the towering, terrifying figure had returned to his side without leaving a trace. Su Xiuyi turned around as well, though his brow was furrowed, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
The next moment, a smile appeared on Su Xiuyi's face once more.
Seeing Su Xiuyi's smile, Tiezhu said fearfully, "Martial uncle, you aren't going to kill me to keep me quiet, are you?"
"Hmm?"
"What are you thinking?" Su Xiuyi looked at Tiezhu, utterly speechless.
"I know your secret. You have such a terrifying servant at your side, so your identity can't be simple. After I became commander, I looked into your records. Yours were fine, but your mother's were completely blank, and your father wasn't even there. It seems someone deliberately erased them," Tiezhu said, looking at Su Xiuyi with a grave expression.
"Hmm?"
Su Xiuyi shuddered, a puzzled look appearing in his eyes. Once again, he recalled what Wang Lin had said as he died: Beware the Great Zhou Emperor!
"Could my origins have something to do with the Great Zhou Emperor?" Su Xiuyi frowned slightly and looked at Tiezhu.
"Perhaps you're right. It's not a good thing that you saw me appear. If someone searches your memories, a great deal will be exposed. How about this? I'll erase the relevant memories from tonight." To be safe, Su Xiuyi decided to erase Tiezhu's memories. It would be better for everyone that way.
"Phew!"
Hearing that Su Xiuyi was only going to erase his memories, Tiezhu couldn't help letting out a breath. He had really been worried just now; he knew a great secret, after all.
And thinking of Su Xiuyi as he was now, Tiezhu had a vague suspicion that Su Xiuyi might be the mysterious disciple in the academy. Once the memories were erased, Su Xiuyi would be safe.
"Yes, master!"
At Su Xiuyi's signal, the corpse servant acted, erasing Tiezhu's memories of that night. He then took Tiezhu back to his quarters.
"Master, what should we do next?" Seeing that Su Xiuyi had made no move, the corpse servant couldn't help asking.
"If you cut the grass but leave the roots, the spring breeze will make it grow again. To eliminate future trouble once and for all, let's go kill Lang Yue!" Gathering his thoughts, Su Xiuyi knew he couldn't get to the bottom of his origins right now. Lang Yue, however, was a potential threat who had to be eliminated.
"All right!"
Hearing Su Xiuyi's words, the corpse servant said nothing more, for he already knew Lang Yue wasn't dead. The moment he killed Lang Yue, he had noticed something amiss: that had not been Lang Yue's body at all, but something formed from a special Will Character. Lang Yue was trying to deceive the heavens and cross the sea, secretly slipping through by another route. He must have been plotting something else by faking his death.
The two figures vanished as though they had never appeared, leaving only a breeze sweeping through the spot.
When they appeared again, they were in a mountain hollow a hundred li away.
"'The most dangerous place is the safest place.' Those words were right after all. They actually hid here for ten years." As Su Xiuyi finished speaking, a Will Character appeared: "Trace Back."
The flow of time in the area began to rewind, and Su Xiuyi saw the scene of Lang Yue appearing that night. The moment he saw Lang Yue arrive, another Will Character appeared before him: "Capture." It captured Lang Yue's trace, which soon transformed into a black butterfly, though the butterfly looked rather lifeless.
Another Will Character, "Track," appeared and merged directly into the black butterfly. The formerly listless butterfly suddenly became full of life, fluttering its wings and flying into the distance.
"Master, your methods are godlike!" Watching Su Xiuyi finish, the corpse servant's eyes filled with shock, and he bowed slightly to him.
"Just a little trick not worth showing off. Let's go see where that sly Lang Yue is hiding."
Su Xiuyi and the corpse servant vanished as well.
After all, Su Xiuyi would not let the chief culprit behind Wang Lin's death go. He disliked such a cunning demon all the more. Though Lang Yue posed little threat to him, it was better to eliminate such an uncertain factor.
At the Southern Heaven Academy, everyone from top to bottom was only just coming to their senses. The next moment, all eyes turned in unison to one man: Ning Xionglin.
With countless gazes fixed on him, Ning Xionglin finally recovered from the terrifying scene he had just witnessed. With nowhere to flee, a crazed look appeared on his face.
"Hahaha!"
"Before I die, I'll find some more people to bury with me!"
Ning Xionglin went mad. His eyes bloodred, he flew toward the academy disciples, inexplicably shouting, "I didn't say anything?"
The next moment, the Qi within him boiled. Ning Xionglin had chosen to self-destruct.
"You're courting death!"
Ji Zhan's expression was icy. He hadn't expected Ning Xionglin to be so deranged as to drag others to their deaths with him. Ji Zhan couldn't kill Lang Yue, but he could deal with Ning Xionglin. Before Ning Xionglin could self-destruct, Ji Zhan's Gentleman's Sword pierced straight through his body.
(End of chapter)