"Me??" Lin Jingge stopped and tentatively pointed to herself, looking towards Qingjian.
Tang Cheng, who was holding Lin Jingge's arm, also looked towards Qingjian with a puzzled expression.
"Okay." Qingjian nodded, then glanced at Tang Cheng next to Lin Jingge and said, "You can stay here by yourself. I have something to tell you."
Tang Cheng and Lin Jingge exchanged a glance, and Tang Cheng tactfully released her grip on Lin Jingge's hand.
"I see..." Tang Cheng murmured, looking at Lin Jingge with some concern: "Gege..."
"You go back to your room first, I'll be there soon," Lin Jingge said with a smile.
Tang Cheng could only nod, and then left with the others.
At this moment, there was no one left in the courtyard.
Lin Jingge saw Qingjian raise his hand and set up a barrier around the two of them.
"Dean, what's wrong...?"
"Lin Jingge, what happened on the back mountain that day was related to you, wasn't it?" Qingjian interrupted Lin Jingge directly.
These words made Lin Jingge's heart skip a beat, and she instinctively wanted to deny it:
"No, I..."
"Alright, you don't need to deny it, I know it was you." Qingjian wasn't trying to force Lin Jingge to admit it at this point.
He had already investigated what happened that day, and it was almost certainly Lin Jingge.
The spiritual energy in that area behind the mountain is thin, and few people go there.
Lin Jingge had just received the mission when the mountain behind her collapsed. What a coincidence!
Lin Jingge rolled her eyes inwardly, feeling somewhat helpless. She felt that Dean Qing was talking nonsense; if she already knew the answer, why was she asking her?
"I kept you here because I wanted to ask you, were you involved in the affairs of the Demon Clan?" Dean Qing's gaze suddenly turned sharp as he asked directly, seemingly without any concern that Lin Jingge might be lying.
Lin Jingge's heart skipped a beat when she was being looked at like that.
The instinct is to deny it.
"Dean Qing, I only learned about the demon race today, I..."
As she was explaining, Lin Jingge suddenly recalled the nest of soul-devouring bees she had encountered in the back mountain. The image of the milky-white worms wriggling on a pile of resentful corpses was truly unforgettable.
Her face froze, and she unconsciously forgot to even try to explain herself.
Qingjian had only asked tentatively, subconsciously feeling that Lin Jingge had no connection with the Demon Realm, since he hadn't sensed any aura of the Demon Realm from her.
Moreover, it was Lin Jingge who helped remove the demonic insects from the disciples of his Southern Academy.
But now, seeing Lin Jingge's strange expression, he suddenly began to doubt his previous thoughts.
"What?" Qingjian's eyes narrowed slightly, his whole demeanor exuding a dangerous aura. It was as if, the moment Lin Jingge admitted to having ties to the Demon Realm, he could annihilate her.
Lin Jingge quickly waved her hand.
"No, Dean, you have to believe me! How could I possibly be related to the demons?" Lin Jingge finally realized what was going on.
Upon meeting Qingjian's rather dangerous gaze, Lin Jingge knew that because of her momentary hesitation, Qingjian had already begun to suspect her.
"Then why did you pause just now?"
“I…” Lin Jingge pursed her lips.
Lin Jingge instinctively didn't want to reveal the Divine Demon Transfer Array.
After all, how could she explain finding the exact location of the folded space when even the Spirit Emperor couldn't discover it?
Currently, both people who know about the Divine Demon Transfer Array are people who can see Xiao Shi.
Xiao Shi was someone she absolutely dared not reveal.
Seeing Lin Jingge remain silent, Qingjian's heart sank as well.
[GeGe, although I can't reveal anything about the Divine Demon Transfer Array, I can talk about the Soul-Devouring Bees. That old geezer is dangerous. If you can't dispel his suspicions today, things will be tough for you in the South Courtyard.]
Xiao Shi gave Lin Jingge a heads-up.
This gave Lin Jingge an explanation.
Without any further reservations, she recounted the events of that day on the back mountain, omitting the beginning and end.
He only said that he accidentally discovered the Soul-Eating Bees, just like those described in the book, and burned them with flames.
"You mean, someone is secretly breeding Soul-Devouring Bees on the back mountain of our South Campus?!" Qingjian was also shocked.
Soul-devouring bees are a product of the demon realm.
It was once a scourge to the region.
Just like its name suggests, once this thing reaches adulthood, it feeds on souls.
"I don't know if someone is cultivating them. When I burned the hornet's nest, I accidentally burned out a hole, which was full of corpses. As for whether it was done by humans, I don't know."
"Such a big thing, and I didn't even notice!" Qingjian was quite shocked.
You should know that this back mountain has always been shrouded by his array, yet someone is actually cultivating Soul-Devouring Bees right under his nose!
It's unbelievable just to think about it.
"When I burned those Soul-Eating Bees, they weren't truly Soul-Eating Bees in the true sense. There was no demonic energy around them; at most, it was just the resentment of the dead."
The area behind the mountain had already collapsed. Lin Jingge explained the situation clearly without any hesitation, but she concealed the matter of the Divine Demon Transfer Array.
The Soul-Eating Bees alone are enough to give Aoki a headache.
Qingjian always felt that the Southern Academy was in his hands, and under the surveillance of his numerous formations, it was as solid as an iron barrel.
Qingjian didn't talk to Lin Jingge about this for long, after all, he would only know the details after he went to the back mountain to investigate again.
He suppressed these thoughts for the time being and asked about Lin Jingge's medical skills.
“I saw that you could easily remove the demonic insect. Although that student had been infected with the demonic insect for a day, he was completely unaffected after it was removed. Doesn’t this mean that you can clear away demonic energy?”
Qingjian stared intently at Lin Jingge as he asked, afraid of missing the expression on her face.
"I..." Lin Jingge hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth.
Then Qingjian raised his hand to stop her from continuing, and instead reminded her:
"Think it through before you speak. This matter is very important to us."
Seeing that she could no longer hide it, Lin Jingge sighed.
"This is a medical technique that my Lin family keeps secret. It can indeed clear away demonic energy. Any spiritual cultivator with a wood element can do it," Lin Jingge said without hiding anything.
She knew the priorities and that at this point, she could no longer keep things to herself.
"Wood element?" Qingjian raised an eyebrow slightly.
What a coincidence!
He happens to be a wood element.
"Could your method be passed on to others? I would also like to learn from your Lin family's heritage." With that, Qingjian took out a jade slip from his storage device.
"These are all my insights into formation techniques. I wonder if I could exchange them?"
Aokiji's usually gentle face was now very serious, as if he were completing some kind of handover ceremony.
"No need." Lin Jingge shook her head: "I can teach you this method."
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