Chapter 259

"Why do you want to pack us up and send us to Chang'an Academy?"

Gu Hongying held the soup spoon in his mouth, shaking the handle of the spoon up and down. His brows were furrowed, and the word "don't understand" was clearly written on his face.

Eric had just finished sending off those who came to him for information on his watch: "Someone disguised himself as the predecessor of Buyehou and sneaked into Kunlun. Although he was repelled by the mountain master and the chief of the grass and trees, Kunlun still suffered a lot of losses. I'm afraid they don't have the energy to take care of us exchange students."

"Even if Kunlun doesn't have the energy to take care of us exchange students———" Gu Hongying's confusion became more serious, and he pointed his hand to the side, "Then they wouldn't pack up Lily and send her away with us, right?"

Yin Li, who was eating a meat bun in silence, looked over, and then... continued to eat the meat bun in silence.

"Studying is not studying no matter where you go!" Hao Zhizhi grabbed a big bun and patted Gu Hongying's hand, "Eat well. Thinking too much can cause indigestion."

"Don't you think this whole thing is weird from beginning to end?" Gu Hongying slammed the spoon on the table, grabbed the bun that Hao Zhizhi gave him and took a bite. It was stuffed with beef and smelled pretty good. "This incident makes me feel helpless as if we were kept in the dark from beginning to end!"

"Let me correct you," Hao Zhizhi said seriously, "From the very beginning, we have never gotten out of the drum."

Eric and Yin Li gave a brief "hmm" in agreement.

Gu Hongying: “…”

He couldn't help but complain: "You are as calm as fossils in a museum."

"Practice is about one's own body, not external things." Yin Li finished the meat bun in her hand and patted the crumbs on her hand, "It's the same no matter where you study."

She tied her long straight hair into a high ponytail, which was unusual today. She looked neat and tidy. "I'm leaving tomorrow morning. I have to go to the dormitory and hand in my homework today."

As she was talking, she suddenly got stuck, remembering that the mountain where the exchange student dormitory was located had been razed to the ground. She looked up and met three pairs of resentful eyes.

"But then again—" Yin Li changed the subject, "Since everyone doesn't have to pack their luggage, we can also learn about the situation of Chang'an Academy in advance."

"No need to understand, I have a friend there." Hao Zhizhi, who is terribly well-informed, said, "She can introduce Chang'an Academy to us when the time comes."

"Sister Zhi is awesome!" Gu Hongying gave a thumbs up, "So Sister Zhi, do you know where Tu Tu went?"

"He must have been held in the core conference room of Xuefeng by a group of bigwigs for a small meeting." Hao Zhizhi pondered for a while, "After all, Senior Buyehou took the initiative to contact Kunlun, so we have to call Tutu to identify the truth."

…

[Tuzi, are you sure this is the Never-Night Marquis? ]

In the core meeting room of Kunlun Snow Peak, Yu Tu received the message from the clan leader for the third time.

[I guarantee it's me! Chief, you've asked me three times!] Yu Tu used his spiritual power to send the "little note" back to the chief, [My intuition was correct!]

[Please calm down, Chief of the Imperial House.] Kuang Mian, with his black robe hanging down to his shoes and his large hood covering his chin, could no longer bear it. [When the cub transmits his voice, the spiritual power fluctuations cannot be concealed. Do you really think that Senior Buyehou doesn't know that you two are teasing him in front of him?]

[This is exactly the effect we want.] Diwu turned his head slightly, his eyes full of disdain, [With the obvious fluctuations of spiritual power when the cub was transmitting, the dragon would definitely be unable to resist intercepting and eavesdropping, but the real Buyehou Senior would not do that.]

Kuang Mian: “…”

Never mind, as long as you are happy.

When they communicated with each other, they did not avoid the temporary communication channel with Yu Tu, who listened to their interactions. He could not help but ponder what kind of weird image the Buyehou played by Cang Long was, and the clan leader's dislike for him was obvious.

Yu Tu's original body has average strength, and he can't sense anything in the conference room, but the vest uses energy, which is more convenient and delicate than spiritual energy. The part of consciousness in the vest sensed a giant magic circle ready to go on the ground beneath his feet. If the original body is sure that he has not passed that level, and the others are still in doubt, this big magic circle will probably hit the vest.

The large conference room, which looks like it only has a few people, is actually filled with hidden dangers.

After Yu Tu confirmed it, they raised the detection instruments again. After a lot of trouble, the alert was finally lifted. If the second confirmation was wrong, there would be no other suitable place like Kunlun to besiege.

The test was over. When the temporary sound transmission channel built with Yu Tu as the center was disconnected, the large formation under his feet also gradually stopped working. The feeling of threat like a thorn in the back finally slowly disappeared.

After confirming that Buyehou is himself, a lot of subsequent work can be carried out, such as information about Canglong, and about the [Wild Mountain] that was suddenly upgraded but then downgraded... But these things are not suitable for Yu Tu's original body to listen to.

Considering that his young cub had discovered that his only relative was a fake, and was afraid of being dragged into the war again in a few days, and now that he had finally seen the real person, he would definitely be reluctant to leave. Di Xiu was just thinking about how to tactfully explain the situation to his young cub when Di Wu had already taken action.

He grabbed Yu Tu by the back of the collar, and put him outside the door in front of Yu Tu's confused eyes after he turned around: "Go!"

Then he slammed the door shut mercilessly.

The original body of Yu Tu who was locked outside the door: "..."

The vest clone left inside the door: "..."

After closing the door and turning back, Diwu calmly faced the gazes of everyone in the room and said righteously, "Only spoiled cubs have fragile mentalities."

Di Xiu felt that a certain tree needed some care.

After eliminating the only sapling here who was not suitable for listening to the following content, the atmosphere in the conference room, which had been a little relaxed just now, has now become completely solemn.

Because of the sudden appearance of the S-level, the Alien Department was in chaos. As the director, Jiang Jiang had not slept for two days. After receiving the news last night, he stayed up all night. If it weren't for the bloodshot eyes, it would be hard to notice that Jiang Jiang was already under a high load.

Kuang Mian from Guixu was sitting next to her at this moment. Kuang Mian, who was lazy by nature, couldn't help but admire her. They were both human beings, but Jiang Jiang was so amazing that he felt that Jiang Jiang had evolved out of sleep.

It can be said that she was born in the worst period of time in the past hundred years. Thinking about the burden and pressure on her, Kuang Mian was afraid for her, but Jiang Jiang took it all on.

Because the inner and outer worlds were showing signs of unrest, Kuang Mian had no choice but to observe the star map every night and catch up on sleep during the day, so he was a little sleepy and distracted at this time. When he pulled his scattered thoughts back, he found that he had already finished talking about Canglong, and the current progress had reached the [Desolate Mountain] which was suddenly upgraded and then downgraded.

He heard the voice of the senior Buyehou: "Are you saying that [Huangshan] was downgraded from S-level to D- last night?"

"Yes."

Kuang Mian saw Jiang Jiang, who was sitting next to him, produce a large stack of reports like a magic trick. He turned his head to take a look, and the academic text and rigorous illustrations came at him. Kuang Mian suddenly saw the pain he felt when he first came into contact with the star map of the Book of Heaven many years ago.

Fortunately, Jiang Jiang was not so crazy as to make everyone read the report from beginning to end. He only let them read the conclusions drawn step by step in the report.

A ridiculous conclusion.

It was outrageous enough that an S-level trait that had never appeared before appeared in the surface world, and the fact that the trait that was upgraded from B-level to S-level dropped back to D- four days later pushed the level of outrage to the extreme.

The key to this outrageous change lies with the Marquis of Buye. On the day that the Marquis of Buye disappeared, [Wild Mountain] was upgraded from B to S. On the night that the Marquis of Buye returned, [Wild Mountain] dropped back to D-.

Throughout the history of the inner world, there has never been an S-level anomaly, so no one knows what is in an S-level anomaly, and how to eliminate its threat.

Kuang Mian observed this senior who suddenly and mysteriously appeared more than a year ago. There was a hint of fatigue and depression between his gentle brows, but he was serious when responding to questions.

Canglong's subordinates have been stirring up trouble in the inner world. Since his appearance in this world, the predecessor, Buyehou, has been intentionally or unintentionally maintaining the order and stability of the inner world. Perhaps it was for this reason that he was targeted by Canglong and suffered this unexpected disaster.

Kuang Mian always felt that he had overlooked something, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. As he listened to the conversation, he sighed in his heart that the senior, Marquis Buye, was indeed as the rumors said, without any arrogance, meticulous and patient.

…

Yu Tu did not notice that Kuang Mian was staring at him thoughtfully. He was flipping through the report that was like a heavenly book, and a slight sense of uneasiness gradually arose in his heart.

He was the only eyewitness to the [Desolate Mountain] incident, and he had gained enough trust in the official departments. What he said would most likely become their experience in dealing with S-level special features - but he had nothing to say.

Are you trying to say that Xuanwu, who was as black as a little snake, had been persistently feeding him food and drink in various ways for three days, but he unilaterally rejected all of it?

Or should we say that the small white stone left by the phoenix protected him as he entered the chaos of time and space, and he briefly returned to fifteen years ago to see his younger self?

Or did he, with the help of the spiritual creation left by the Phoenix, forcibly take the door to the outside world from Xuanwu?

———Neither of them is appropriate.

The S-level special features were not even as dangerous as the [Bloody Wedding Dress] that Yu Tu had experienced before. Everything in the [Desolate Mountain] had no ill intention towards him.

Yu Tu's fingertips stopped at the last page of the thick report. The last page contained a line of conclusions, which were slightly larger than the previous ones:

[The energy fluctuations of the S-class anomaly [Barren Mountain] have changed dramatically within six hours. The current intensity is D-. After evaluation, the danger level is low and can be incorporated into the normal ranks. ]

The tail that had disappeared around my ankle seemed to have reappeared, and the pitch-black snake's frustrated and frightened voice sounded again: "Do you really have to leave?"

All the details that were ignored at that time came to mind at this moment. Yu Tu thought of the trembling tail tip and that sentence—

"I am now a mountain spirit [in the barren mountains] and I cannot leave."

It seemed as if some terrible truth was about to be revealed at this moment. Xuanwu was shedding tears, his tail was moving away a little bit, and his attitude of resisting silence...

He thought that after he left, [the deserted mountain] would be closed, no one could go out, and no one could come in, and Xuanwu would have to endure endless loneliness, but he did not expect that the last "goodbye" he said was a true and eternal goodbye.

"Maybe I know the reason." At this moment, he couldn't tell what he felt. He only felt those spiritual points returning to the earth and those tears falling on the ground suddenly passed through his body like wind, bringing a hollow echo and cry in his heart. "Xuanwu is the mountain spirit of [Barren Mountain]. After I returned to the outside world, it left with the Barren Mountain..."

There is an unwritten rule in the otherworld that dead souls will not mention death, but will only refer to it as "leaving", as if this would allow them to deceive themselves into thinking that on a certain day, at a certain time, at a certain moment, an old friend who is no longer in this world may come back.

…

There was not much expression on Buyehou's face, but everyone in the conference room could feel that he was sad.

He did not mention what he had experienced in the S-level anomaly, and his sadness was only revealed for a moment before he immediately withdrew: "There is nothing to talk about my experience."

"But I can guarantee it." He lowered his eyelashes, and his long eyelashes hid the expression in his eyes. Someone with sharp eyes noticed that the monocle on the face of the Marquis of Buye seemed to have been replaced. "After [Desolate Mountain] is closed, no new S-class will be born."

That was a product that the Phoenix and the Canglong spent thousands of years making in order to deceive the consciousness of heaven and earth. There is no other place like it that has taken so much effort.