Chapter 152 The Scent of Death
"Red-eyed female student, feel free to ask a question."
Qiao Mei was stunned; this was the first time someone had ever called her that.
Finding that all eyes were on her, she had no choice but to walk back towards the palace and ask the question.
The questions she asked were not ones he had covered in class, but rather ones she herself didn't quite understand.
After listening to what she said, Gongjing stared at her carefully for a while, then took out paper and pen and began to draw on the paper while explaining.
Qiao Mei listened attentively throughout, and the more she listened, the more she felt that Gong Jing was truly a very capable teacher. By the end, she was still a little reluctant to leave.
At this moment, the man in front of her spoke again in his husky voice, but this time what he said had nothing to do with mecha manufacturing.
He looked at Qiao Mei with his green eyes and asked, "What's your name? Are you a freshman?"
The man's gaze fell on the embroidered badge on Qiao Mei's chest. Qiao Mei paused for a moment, then gave her name.
"Qiao Mei?" He then noticed a small black dragon coiled around Qiao Mei's neck, and his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly. "You are the owner of that Saint Abandoned Beast clone."
"Yes." Qiao Mei gently stroked Ao Cang's dragon body, her hand stopping at his dragon scales, her intention to protect him was obvious.
"I understand, you may leave."
Since the matter involved Ao Cang, Qiao Mei's attention became more focused.
He could also discern a deeper meaning in the way Gong Jing looked at Ao Cang.
But what exactly it was, she couldn't figure it out because Miyako's expression quickly returned to normal.
When she returned to her seat, Zuo Chenxing, who was sitting next to her, suddenly said to her, "Qiao Mei, if there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me."
"Okay, I'll ask you next time."
Qiao Mei didn't tell Zuo Chenxing that he probably couldn't answer the question she wanted to ask, but since it was someone's kind offer, she couldn't just refuse.
Soon, the bell rang for class.
When the class ended, Qiao Mei got up to leave, satisfied with her notes, when Zuo Chenxing asked her again if she was having lunch at the college cafeteria.
"Yes, I'm with Qingqing and Boss Shang. Would you like to come along?"
"Well, I have something I want to talk to Qingqing about. Remember to call me when you go."
"OK."
When the two parted, Ao Cang did not miss the strange emotion in Zuo Chenxing's eyes as he looked at Qiao Mei.
But now is not the time to rush into discussing this matter.
He scratched Qiao Mei's neck with his dragon claw, telling her to find a secluded spot.
"What's wrong?"
Ao Cang recalled what he had just sensed from Gong Jing, his dragon eyes deep and unfathomable: "There is something very important I need to tell you."
Qiao Mei rarely saw Ao Cang with such a serious expression. After a moment of surprise, she went into a pavilion covered with wisteria flowers.
There were hardly any people around; the only sounds were the wind rustling through the leaves.
The girl plucked a wisteria petal that had fallen on Ao Canglong and asked him what he wanted to say.
“When you asked that Miyako about the problem before, I sensed a very strong aura of death emanating from him.”
"Death energy?" Qiao Mei asked in surprise. "Isn't this something only found on abandoned holy beasts?"
Ao Cang nodded: "That's the problem. And that deathly aura isn't coming from just one abandoned holy beast, but from many. I can identify at least five or more!"
Qiao Mei had been to the Awakening Hall and the place where the Forsaken Beasts lived. The number of Forsaken Beasts there was not too large, less than a hundred in total.
Ao Cang immediately sensed the aura of the five abandoned holy beasts. She certainly didn't believe there wasn't something fishy going on.
She looked at him and asked, "Don't the Forsaken Beasts usually stay in the Awakening Hall? Or do they go to other places?"
“They usually stay in the Awakening Hall. There is only one situation in which they leave here, and that is death. But…” Ao Cang’s expression became more solemn. “The smell of death is different when a Saint-forsaken beast is alive and when it is dead. I can be sure that the smell I smelled on him before was that of a living Saint-forsaken beast.”
"Alive?"
She remembered that, generally, both sacred beasts and abandoned sacred beasts lived within the Awakening Domain and did not come out easily.
So now this is...
Qiao Mei recalled the original plot and wondered if there were any scenes involving abandoned sacred beasts or the release of sacred beasts, but after searching her mind, she found no such scenes.
So he asked Ao Cang what he thought.
"You probably don't know that once a sacred beast becomes a sacred abandoned beast, its energy can be plundered, right? I suspect that someone might be plotting something against the sacred abandoned beast."
In this fictional interstellar world, both sacred beasts and abandoned sacred beasts are supernatural beings.
Qiao Mei also understood just how powerful these so-called energies were. After listening to what Ao Cang said, her expression also became serious: "Then this kind of thing must be a bad thing, right? Such a huge amount of energy, if it is randomly released on a planet, the power it brings will definitely not be small."
"That's true, but there's no need to worry too much for now, because there are still many sacred beasts that can maintain the balance. However, if there's an opportunity later, I hope you can still investigate it."
Ao Cang had not forgotten his duty as a god. Even if Qiao Mei did not investigate, he would definitely do so.
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it then."
........
At noon, Qiao Mei told Shu Qingqing that Zuo Chenxing had something to say to her and that he wanted to have lunch with them.
Shu Qingqing made a special trip back to her dormitory and quickly dressed up.
It seems that she no longer just regards Zuo Chenxing as an idol, but also as her sweetheart.
Qiao Mei didn't point it out. She straightened Shu Qingqing's clothes again, and after making sure everything was alright, she asked Shang Duojin what he thought.
"Huh? How is she different from before?"
Shu Qingqing previously wore a black and pink sweet and cool style dress, and now she has changed to a similar color scheme, but the style is a little different from the previous one, with lace trim, which adds a touch of cuteness.
A straight man like Shang Duojin wouldn't be able to tell at all.
Shu Qingqing was speechless: "Fine, you should ask Lei Ting instead of her. Lei Ting, do I look good in this?"
Lei Ting was indeed more perceptive than Shang Duojin, nodding vigorously in agreement.
Once Shu Qingqing was ready, Qiao Mei and her group headed to the college cafeteria.
Upon arriving at their destination, Zuo Chenxing expressed his desire to speak with Shu Qingqing alone. Qiao Mei and Shang Duojin immediately understood and tactfully left them some space.
"Senior Zuo, I don't know what you want to say to me?" Shu Qingqing took the lollipop out of her mouth and kept swallowing because she was nervous.
Shu Qingqing: Is he going to confess his feelings to me?! (Excitedly rubbing her hands together)
Zuo Chenxing:
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