Zuan rubbed his eyes and then realized that they hadn't disappeared into the mountains, but had instead walked into them.
This small mountain is not small, covering several hundred meters in circumference and nearly a hundred meters in height. However, it looks a little unusual. The surface of an ordinary mountain is more or less uneven, with various valleys and ravines, but the surface of this mountain looks quite smooth. The trees planted on it give people a neat and orderly feeling. In addition, the whole mountain also has a sense of symmetry.
The zombie soldiers headed straight for the bottom of the mountain. It seemed that they disappeared because there was a cave entrance ahead, and they all went into the cave.
Zuan quietly approached and discovered that what was at the foot of the mountain was not a cave entrance, but a magnificent stone gate. On both sides of the stone gate were many strangely shaped stone beasts. He knew too little about this world and could not recognize the names or origins of these stone beasts at all.
It seems I'll have to find Shang Liuyu for private tutoring more often in the evenings from now on.
He noticed that the two stone doors seemed to be closed. He reached out and pushed the doors, but they didn't budge. A chilling coldness came from his palm, and he couldn't help but shiver.
This place is so eerie!
Zuan wandered around the area and gradually realized that this place looked like a cemetery. As for the small hill in front of him, it might not be a small hill at all, but a huge tomb.
In ancient China, during the Qin and Han dynasties, mountains were built by piling up earth, while during the Tang dynasty, mountains were carved into mausoleums. As for other dynasties, limited by their national strength, they did not have such grand ambitions.
After studying it for half a day, Zuan still couldn't find a way to open the door, and had no choice but to give up.
A rare and precious treasure like the Vanishing Lotus should not be born in such an extremely yin and evil place.
Zuan could only console himself with this thought. Noticing that it was already dawn, he decided to go back and meet up with Ji Xiaoxi first, and ask her if she knew where the Mysterious Lotus might grow.
On the way back to the valley, Zuan was still thinking about how to open the stone door when suddenly his hair stood on end and he felt an extremely dangerous sensation. He quickly used his Sunflower Illusion to dodge to the side.
At that moment, a cold glint appeared from behind a large rock, relentlessly pursuing it like a leech.
Zuan used Sunflower Illusion repeatedly to create distance between the two. He touched his chest and found his hand covered in crimson blood, indicating that he had just been injured by a sneak attack. If he hadn't dodged quickly enough, he would probably have been cleaved in two.
"Huh?" The man was puzzled when he saw that his sure-fire move had missed.
Zuan sized up the guy who had almost killed him. The other person wasn't a zombie or a ferocious beast, but a living person. Seeing the clothes on his body and the vaguely familiar face, he had a sudden realization: "You're from the academy!"
"So it's Teacher Zu. I'm so sorry. I was passing through the valley just now and noticed a lot of zombie remains. I was on edge the whole time. When I sensed movement, I thought some powerful zombie had come, so I acted hastily. I didn't expect to almost hurt you, Teacher. I'm really sorry." The man's tone was as sincere as could be.
Zuan sneered inwardly. Anyone who hadn't seen him clearly during that long-prepared strike would be a fool. However, he showed no sign of it on his face, instead grinning and asking, "What's your name, classmate?"
“My name is Shi Lifei, and I’m in the Earth class,” the man replied.
"Flying on Shit?" Zuan's body trembled, and he patted him on the shoulder with a grin. "Good name, good name."
This guy's cultivation level is probably around the high-level of the third rank. He has obviously been intentionally hiding his cultivation level at the academy.
"You flatter me, you flatter me." When the other person patted his shoulder, Shi Lifei tensed up, afraid that he would take the opportunity to attack.
"By the way, why are you here alone? Aren't you with your teachers and classmates?" Zu An asked.
Shi Lifei respectfully replied, "Teacher, we encountered a pack of wolves on the way, and then we got separated while fleeing in haste."
"This secret realm seems to be much more dangerous than expected," Zaun couldn't help but exclaim.
“Yes,” Shi Fei chimed in, “By the way, how did those zombies in the valley just die?”
Zuan patted his chest: "Of course it was me, your teacher, who displayed my divine power and single-handedly defeated them all with my sword."
Shi Lifei: "..."
This guy is really bragging without thinking. If you have that kind of ability, I'll eat this sword right now. Do you think he can win Miss Chu's favor by being so shameless?
Anger level increased by 300 from the highest level ever recorded!
"By the way, Teacher Zu, you seem to have come with Ji Xiaoxi, right? Why haven't I seen her?" Shi Fei had to be wary; a companion whose whereabouts were unknown was a huge variable.
"She went to pick wild fruit, but she's back now," Zu'an said with a smile, looking behind him.
Shi Fei instinctively turned around, but immediately realized something was wrong and hurriedly retreated, but it was too late. Even though he tightly clutched his neck, he couldn't stop the blood from flowing out: "Why...why!"
He couldn't believe it. How could a teacher so easily kill a student? He thought his acting was quite good and his explanation was reasonable. Even if the other party had doubts, they wouldn't have attacked his vitals so easily.
Zuan couldn't help but sigh: "Don't pretend to be virtuous when you're a prostitute. If you had chosen to confront me head-on from the beginning, it wouldn't have been as easy for me to kill you as it is now, given your strength. But you had to put on an act in front of me. Don't you know I used to have a nickname: Tony Leung of Sanlitun?"
Although he couldn't understand who Tony Leung was, Shi Fei realized that he had been exposed from the very beginning. Thinking about this, he felt both regretful and angry.
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