This was the first time Fang Shan and Wei Sushen met the dean of the Imperial College since they entered the academy.
The dean was in seclusion at all times, and he did not even attend such important events as the awakening test.
Fang Shan closed his eyes and opened them again to confirm that the reflection in his pupils was not an illusion - a young man in a green robe was riding a small donkey that shook its head and tail. He looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a flute on his waist.
A thought suddenly popped up in his mind - God is going to destroy the Imperial Academy.
"You're worrying too much." Wei Sushen seemed to see what he was thinking and reminded him.
Back in the day in the world of cultivation, many people thought that the world of cultivation was doomed when they saw them. Facts have proven that one person can change the course of the world, but it is not so easy to destroy it.
"Dean." Kihara bowed respectfully, unlike his usual nonchalant attitude.
The young man nodded slightly, and only glanced at Zhao Tianchen, the protagonist of the night, and paid more attention to Wei Sushen.
"Not bad." After a long time, he slowly gave an evaluation.
The boy continued to look at Fang Shan: "A rough jade."
After saying this, he was slightly puzzled. "Strange, I don't sense the first dean's telekinesis from you."
This kind of talent should be able to communicate with the will left by the first dean and obtain some inheritance to a greater or lesser extent, but he could not see any such trace in Fang Shan.
Wei Sushen looked calm, and Fang Shan was even more frank.
As his mentor, Mu Yuan couldn't help but show a hint of embarrassment.
The boy raised his eyebrows slightly, tapped the donkey twice, and waited for an answer.
Mu Yuan glanced at Wei Sushen and saw that he was standing there completely heartlessly with no intention of answering at all. He had no choice but to speak to end the awkwardness.
"Ahem...well, there's some misunderstanding between him and the crystal ball."
Boy: "Misunderstanding?"
Mu Yuan fell silent. Fang Shan curled his lips and said, "I just called it bald, but it's too vindictive."
“…”
Being ignored would make anyone feel uncomfortable. Zhao Tianchen clenched and unclenched his fists, and finally rubbed the corner of his clothes unconsciously.
No one knows the true strength of the dean of the Imperial Academy. It is said that the last time the dean took action was fifty years ago.
Because we don’t understand, we are afraid.
Even he hadn't said anything contradictory so far, and was not at all as presumptuous as he was when facing Muyuan and the others just now.
Perhaps because he heard his inner voice, the young man finally turned his head and returned his attention to Zhao Tianchen. He sighed and said, "The academy's testing methods are comprehensive enough, but there are still loopholes."
But he didn't start by reprimanding Zhao Tianchen for his actions, but rather evaluating his talent: "Your true aptitude should be above A, but not yet at the S level."
Mu Yuan was stunned. If he remembered correctly, Zhao Tianchen's awakening test result was only A-level quality.
Zhao Tianchen admired and said, "I can't hide it from you."
The boy said: "You are young, but calm, and you haven't panicked even now. It seems that you have a third incubus. This incubus is good at hiding and escaping."
After being thoroughly analyzed in just a few words, Zhao Tianchen finally showed a hint of panic in his eyes.
At this point, the young man turned his head and looked at Wei Sushen: "It's you, who I can't quite understand."
Wei Sushen: "I don't have any secrets."
The boy smiled and said, "Do you have any other nightmares?"
Before Wei Sushen could answer, Fang Shan sneered, "He dares!"
It's easy to just twist the head off.
The boy shook his head, got off the donkey, and patted its butt: "Go."
The little donkey spread its hooves and rushed forward madly.
Zhao Tianchen was stunned for a moment. Killing a donkey was as easy as pinching a fly to him, but this was the dean's donkey, so he couldn't help but think more about it.
Fang Shan saw the young man looking at him, and immediately slapped Zhao Tianchen on the back.
Zhao Tianchen was so focused on dealing with the donkey that he didn't pay attention and was hit hard.
Feeling a dull pain, he gritted his teeth and said, "You actually attacked me by surprise!"
The little donkey was confused. He had finally waited for the chance to fight, but how come it became a thing of the past in the blink of an eye?
Facing its resentful gaze, Fang Shan frowned: "Every wrong has its perpetrator, your master made me do this."
The little donkey suddenly turned around and charged forward with murderous intent.
The young man raised one hand and pressed it against the donkey's forehead, preventing it from moving. Then he looked up at Fang Shan and said, "When did I ever let you attack me by surprise?"
Fang Shan was puzzled: "Didn't you give me that look?"
He then followed suit and did it again.
In his daily communication with the host, this look means one is distracting attention, and the other is stabbing behind the scenes.
The gentleness in the boy's eyes disappeared for a moment. "Why don't you think about this? As the dean of the Imperial Academy, wouldn't it be a laughing stock if it got out that I attacked a student?"
Fang Shan probed: "You mean..."
He made a gesture of wiping his neck while saying: "Murder to silence the witness?"
The boy stopped talking.
Fang Shan: "Are you wondering why someone like me, with such extreme ideas, hasn't gone down the path of evil, while a student praised by the academy is actually a spy? It's incredible."
In fact, even Zhao Tianchen was very curious about this. He liked Fang Shan. Good looks were one reason, but the most important thing was the rebellious spirit in him, which was very fascinating.
Fang Shan said affectionately: "Because I yearn for justice!"
This sentence is...very disgusting.
However, he pretended to be so sincere that no one could find any fault with him.
At this moment, Zhao Tianchen's body suddenly became illusory, and what Fang Shan's fingers touched seemed not to be a living thing.
Zhao Tianchen was very satisfied with the surprise in his eyes and grinned: "You are very smart, and you deserve my love. But it won't be easy to catch me."
Along with a smile, several red lights suddenly shot up from his body, and Zhao Tianchen turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared.
It was the first time Fang Shan had seen such a method. He turned his head to look at the dean. The young man just stared coldly in the direction where Zhao Tianchen disappeared without moving.
Mu Yuan wanted to chase after him, but the boy waved his hand: "You can't stop me."
Mu Yuan frowned, "There's no record of this type of nightmare among the known species."
The young man said, "Man-made statistics are bound to have omissions." After a moment, he glanced at Fang Shan and said, "The same logic applies."
Mu Yuan raised his eyes to look at the distant clouds and mist: "Letting the tiger go back to the mountains will bring endless troubles."
The young man put away the indifference on his face and tilted his head slightly to look at Wei Sushen: "Guess where he will escape to?"
Wei Sushen said slowly: "College."
The most dangerous place is the safest.
The young man said calmly, "Whatever you can think of, he can also think of."
Wei Sushen: "So the Imperial College will be the only place to go."
The boy clapped his hands. "Good. You just want us to know but you can't do anything about it."
There are tens of thousands of students in the college, and many of them are weaker than Zhao Tianchen. To put it bluntly, they are being taken hostage.
Boy: "Let's go back first."
After saying that, he rode on the donkey and disappeared from everyone's sight.
The leaves rustled and wolves howled in the distance.
Fang Shan suddenly asked: "Why did the dean..."
Kihara: "Do you want to ask why he looks like a young boy?"
Fang Shan nodded. The idea of rejuvenation has existed since ancient times, but this dean did not seem to belong to that category, or at least his restoration was not thorough enough.
Kihara: "It seems that something went wrong during training. Although he avoided going astray, his appearance can no longer be restored to its previous state."
The glint in Fang Shan's eyes was almost as bright as the stars: "This kind of trick deserves to be promoted vigorously."
There is a huge business opportunity right in front of them, but these people are just sitting there with nothing to show for it.
Kihara felt a headache: "This kind of thing is beyond human control. If you are not careful, you will lose your life."
Fang Shan showed a regretful expression.
This concludes tonight's 'hunt'.
On the way back, the dark clouds above our heads gradually became thicker, and it seemed that there were rolling storms inside.
Fang Shan raised his head and murmured, "The storm is coming."
Kihara laughed: "No matter what time, the academy is your umbrella of protection."
From his tone, one could tell the responsibility these people carried on their shoulders. Fang Shan finally felt a sense of emotion in his heart, and then he heard Mu Yuan say, "I have some preliminary ideas on how to improve the quality of S-level nightmares."
Fang Shan forgot to blink for a moment, and after a long while, he managed to utter a complete sentence: "You...come on."
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Surrounded by towering mountains on all sides, the Imperial Academy seemed no mere drop in the ocean. Instead, it exuded an ancient majesty, like a behemoth, a force to be reckoned with.
After seeing Kihara, the guard let him go.
Before Fang Shan went in, he asked, "Have you seen a young man riding a donkey?"
The guard replied in a cold tone: "I don't know."
Fang Shan shook his head and sighed as he walked in with Wei Sushen, lamenting that this man did not know how to cherish flowers and girls.
The guard's face twitched as he heard this.
It was already five o'clock in the morning when he finished washing up. Fang Shan found a place to lie down and said, "I can still rest for two hours."
After making a fuss for most of the night, Wei Sushen was a little tired. The moment he lay down on the bed and covered himself with the quilt, he heard a scream from outside.
He held his forehead with his hand and turned over, but showed no intention of getting up.
The screams were some distance away from them, so even if they set off now, there would definitely be many people who had arrived before them.
Fang Shan seemed to have the same idea and stood there motionless.
"I have a bad feeling."
"That's really rare." Wei Sushen turned his head and spoke to the blank wall.
It is usually the system that gives people this feeling.
Fang Shan: "I hope it has nothing to do with Zhao Tianchen."
At this critical juncture, from Zhao Tianchen's perspective, the more covert the better. The academy, wary of the situation, wouldn't rashly launch a blanket search.
"I'm afraid he doesn't value his life at all," Fang Shan yawned. "He'll use his life to shine, forcing the academy to reveal his identity and causing panic among the people."
Wei Sushen did not comment on his opinion, but he intuitively felt that Fang Shan's ominous premonition was about to come true.
A few minutes later, there was a loud knock on the dormitory door.
Wei Sushen had no choice but to get out of bed, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw an anxious face.
"Why are you still here?" the student outside the door said hurriedly, "Teacher Kihara asked me to call you over."
Wei Sushen looked back at Fang Shan, who had no choice but to go out holding a pillow.
The student leading the way felt his mind a mess. Unless a nightmare demon was needed to keep watch in the wilderness, it usually resided in the mind of its owner at night. However, the relationship between the two behind him was clearly not that simple.
Even if the master is a beast, he will rarely do anything to the nightmare. After all, the nightmare is essentially born from the power of human thoughts. If they really have sex, wouldn't it be equivalent to me taking advantage of my mental power?
The more the student thought about it, the more headache he got. Even when he arrived at his destination, he still couldn't figure out the mess of relationships.
Wei Sushen didn't realize he was being treated as a hungry beast in human form. He stared at the pool of blood on the ground and asked, "What happened?"
Most of the students who were watching had been called back by their instructors, leaving only a few senior students.
Kihara stood closest to the bloodstains: "A student jogging in the morning was attacked from the shadows."
"Morning run?" Fang Shan popped his head out from behind Wei Sushen and looked up at the deep night sky where even the morning star was invisible. "The early bird catches the worm."
Mu Yuan glanced at him, but before he could say anything, he saw Fang Shan squatting on the ground, rubbing the blood with his fingertips: "The blood of two people, who does the other one belong to?"
Everyone present cast doubtful glances at him, and finally it was Kihara who asked, "How do you know that two people were injured?"
Fang Shan: "I smelled it."
“…”Are you lying with your eyes open?
Fang Shan stood up and found a leaf to wipe the crimson blood from his fingertips. He then said to Wei Sushen, "Remember, never let me smell anyone else's perfume on you."
Wei Sushen's right eyelid twitched slightly, and he made up his mind that when he returned, he would make the system quit watching family ethics dramas.
Kihara coughed lightly and said, "Actually, two students were injured."
Under Fang Shan's suspicious gaze, he said with a dark face: "A man and a woman."
Fang Shan was puzzled. What was so shameful about a man and a woman jogging in the morning?
Wei Sushen seemed to have thought of something and stopped him from exploring further. He stared into Mu Yuan's eyes and asked, "Did that person do it?"
Kihara nodded: "At the moment, it seems there is no other possibility."
His expression gradually became solemn, and he whispered, "If similar incidents continue to occur, the academy will have no choice but to announce Zhao Tianchen's identity."
People will surely be in a panic by then.
Wei Sushen hid the fluctuation in his eyes: "I'm afraid this is his purpose."
What is more difficult to deal with than a conspiracy is an open conspiracy. You have to know the other party's routine and follow it.
Kihara: "We can't rule out the possibility that Zhao Tianchen will retaliate against you, so please be more careful recently."
A flicker of hesitation crossed his face as he spoke. "I originally wanted you to return to the Mo family to avoid the limelight. But after Zhao Tianchen's rebellion, the major families will definitely conduct strict investigations on their members to prevent similar situations from happening. If you go back now, the trouble will be no less than if you stayed at the academy."
Someone like Mo Xiu, who had been silent for more than a decade and then rose to prominence overnight, would easily arouse suspicion.
Fang Shan and Wei Sushen exchanged glances. Fang Shan poked Wei Sushen's cheek and asked Mo Xiu, "Don't you suspect we are spies too?"
Hearing this, Mu Yuan folded his arms over his chest and frowned as he looked at them: "No organization would want to destroy itself."
The author has something to say: Zhao Tianchen: Quit the group to stay safe! If you hang out with this weirdo, the righteous path will be ruined sooner or later!
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