Why do I feel like I've been slapped in the face? Cultivating and manufacturing medicinal herbs was indeed their specialty, but that was in the past; now…

The Divine Medicine Sect has declined; otherwise, how could it have ended up in this state? Although cooperating with the authorities would prevent them from experiencing the same fate as that night of the Blood Moon, which sect wouldn't want to...?

Oh well, there are gains and losses, nothing is ever all gains.

Seeing Lin Yu lost in thought, Shang Lin continued, "It's getting late, and I still have homework to do. You should rest too. I'll be going now."

Whenever Shang Lin talks about doing homework, anyone other than his classmates feels a strong sense of incongruity, and Lin Yu is no exception.

He even asked with a puzzled look, "With a talent like Sect Master Shang, do you still need to do homework?! Isn't that just turning powder upside down and wasting time?!"

Shang Lin smiled helplessly, "What else can I do if I'm a seventeen-year-old minor?

In the human world, you need a diploma to do anything, okay? Even if I'm refining pills, drawing talismans, or exorcising demons, I need a certificate. You're telling me that studying and doing schoolwork is a complete reversal of right and wrong?

I don't want to reverse the order of things, but aren't math, physics, and chemistry compulsory courses for alchemy, talisman drawing, and array breaking? It's just that the cultivation world and the human world have different classifications of subjects.

Even though Shang Lin said that, Lin Yu still didn't quite understand. He still felt that reversing the powder was a waste of time. After all, cultivators' time was more precious. How could they have the leisure to do things that ordinary people would do?

Seeing that Lin Yu still looked confused, Shang Lin didn't explain further. He simply stood up and said, "I'm leaving now. Goodbye."

Seeing that Shang Lin was really about to leave, Lin Yu hurriedly said, "Let me see you downstairs."

"No need, no need." Shang Lin refused instantly. "You're tired too, just get some rest. See you again sometime."

Lin Yu didn't force him. He simply saw Shang Lin to the door and went back to rest. But looking at the empty little box on the table, he thought of the scene when the magic array on the box was broken.

Alchemy, talisman drawing, array breaking, invisibility techniques, or concealment talismans—this seventeen-year-old Sect Master Shang seems to know a lot of these things. Even if someone has been exposed to these things since childhood, they probably wouldn't be able to do them to this extent.

When Shang Lin went downstairs, dark clouds filled the window, and it turned out to be the first heavy rain of the year. Shang Lin stood inside the hotel and looked at the dark clouds pressing down on the sky. It was quite similar to the situation when he first met She Jinxing. Could it be that he had encountered the dragon again?

No way, it's one thing to run into someone in a small county town, but it's quite rare to run into someone in a city. However, I have heard that some demon cultivators choose to undergo their tribulation in densely populated areas, so that the lightning tribulation will be partially shared by humans, thus enabling them to successfully advance.

But regardless of whether such demonic cultivators successfully advance their cultivation level, they will bring disaster to humanity; the only question is the extent of that disaster. If he truly is a dragon-walking cultivator, I wonder if I'll still be able to take on another disciple?

To get a better look, Shang Lin pulled up the hood of his hoodie, went outside, and looked up at the sky. But after looking for a while, he couldn't see anything unusual; it seemed to be just a normal natural phenomenon.

Oh, what a pity.

Shang Lin took out his phone to call a car. As for having She Jinxing pick him up?

Haha, let's just forget about it. Little Snake's practically a super-efficient housekeeper; let's not bother him with such a small thing. Besides, using a ride-hailing app on our phones is so much more convenient!

However, due to the weather, this car...

A taxi suddenly stopped in front of the hotel. Shang Lin immediately put down his phone, intending to wait for the passengers to get out of the car so he could just take it.

The car door opened, and two men and two women got out. All four of them were wearing hooded sweatshirts with their hats on, so their faces were not fully visible.

One of the women was leaning against a man, while another woman was supporting her on the other side. It's unclear what was going on.

Shang Lin needed to get a car, so he hurried over, but just as they met, the two men gave him a wary look before continuing on their way.

Shang Lin's hand, which was about to pull the car door, suddenly stopped. He subconsciously turned around and vaguely remembered the figure he had just caught a glimpse of.

That is...

Xu Feifei!!!

What's going on? Why does Xu Feifei look so dizzy? Who is the girl next to her? And who are those two strange men? And why did they go into the hotel together?!

Shang Lin was worried and decided to go check on them. If everything was alright, all the better; if not, she could notify Xu Feifei's family immediately. However, the way those two men had looked at her earlier…

This is probably not a good thing!

Shang Lin hurriedly chased after them, only to find that they had already gone upstairs. It was obvious that the room had been booked in advance and that they were so well prepared. It seemed that his intuition was right!

Shang Lin hurriedly ran back to the front desk to find out the room numbers of Xu Feifei and the other three. Fortunately, his harmless face, which was irresistible to women, allowed him to get the results quickly.

Shang Lin took another elevator to follow. Fortunately, the weather was bad and there weren't many people coming and going in the hotel, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to catch up so quickly.

Shang Lin stopped in front of room 3866. Instead of rushing in, he took out his phone and sent a message to She Jinxing: "Stealth out of the tower."

The air vibrated beside his ear, and Shang Lin immediately sent a telepathic message to She Jinxing, "My classmate is inside, go in and see what's going on?"

The air vibrated again, and the invisible She Jinxing had entered the guest room. Two men were holding mobile phones, preparing to take photos and videos, while the girl was taking off Xu Feifei's clothes.

Xu Feifei was conscious at this moment, but she had no strength left. She couldn't even speak, let alone resist. Even so, she struggled desperately, tears streaming down her face.

She Jinxing knocked the three of them unconscious, then disappeared again and told Shang Lin about the situation in the room.

To be honest, this was the first time Shang Lin had encountered something like this, and for a moment she was a little unsure of what to do. In the end, she could only call Fan Mingyu, "Do you have Lu Xianyu's phone number?"

Fan Mingyu asked, puzzled, "What do you mean? You want Brother Lu's phone number..."

Shang Lin interrupted Fan Mingyu directly, saying in a low voice, "Send it to me quickly if you have it, it's urgent."

"Oh, okay."

Fan Mingyu was startled and hurriedly sent Lu Xianyu's phone number to Shang Lin. He had gotten it from his father before, but unfortunately, he had never used it.

Shang Lin was worried that a big shot like Lu Xianyu wouldn't answer calls from unknown numbers, so she sent him a text message directly, saying: I am Shang Lin, Xu Feifei's classmate. She is in room 3866 of the chain hotel. She is in danger. Come quickly.