61: Hidden suspicion

Mo Xuan furrowed his brows. After a moment of silence, he suddenly let out a cold snort.

"Since you have already grown this suspicious, why wait another three days?"

He looked sharply at Ice Red, his tone low.

"Tomorrow, I was planning to give him a Xuan-rank Combat Skill anyway. You can personally come and see whether he is a true genius or a spy for the Blood Demon Sect!"

Ice Red's expression remained indifferent. She gently rubbed the rim of the teacup with her fingertip and said calmly.

"It is not enough for only me to watch."

"Oh?"

Mo Xuan narrowed his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

Ice Red raised her eyes, a cold light flashing within them.

"Some elixirs can allow a person to maintain a youthful state or even change their aura. I have not learned specialized detection secret techniques, so relying solely on my naked eye may not be enough to see through him."

She stood up, her long sleeve lightly brushing, her tone leaving no room for doubt.

"Tonight, I will go find Dean Lei Tian of the Outer Academy and gather several Elders skilled in soul detection."

"If Jiang Donghua truly has a problem!"

She paused, her voice turning icy.

"Then this is not something the two of us can decide privately."

Mo Xuan's heart shook. He had not expected the matter to escalate to this extent.

Dean Lei Tian of the Outer Academy was a powerhouse who had stepped halfway into the Dou Zong rank!

Adding in several Elders skilled in soul detection.

If they combined their efforts to investigate, there was absolutely no way Jiang Donghua could hide, even if he possessed heaven-defying abilities!

He took a deep breath, his heart filled with complexity.

On one hand, he refused to believe that the Disciple he personally nurtured would be a spy for the Blood Demon Sect.

On the other hand, Jiang Donghua's growth speed was indeed strangely inexplicable.

"Forget it..."

Mo Xuan sighed heavily, his voice slightly weary.

"Since you insist on this, I won't stop you."

"But there is one thing!"

His gaze suddenly turned sharp, and Dou Qi faintly surged.

"If it is ultimately proven that my Disciple is innocent, you must give this old fellow an explanation!"

Ice Red nodded calmly.

"If he is innocent, I will apologize myself."

As her voice fell, her figure flashed, transforming into an ice-blue streak of light that vanished into the night.

Mo Xuan stood alone by the window, watching the direction Ice Red had left, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Stinky Kid..."

He murmured softly.

"You absolutely must not let this old fellow down!"

He had never imagined that a Disciple he took in would alarm the entire high-level management of Jia Nan Academy!

Elder Mo Xuan pushed open the door of Ice Red's pavilion. Dazzling sunlight poured down, illuminating his aged face.

He squinted his eyes, yet felt that the light was not warm, but instead made him feel even more bewildered.

Originally, the doubt was only in his own heart, but he hadn't expected that so many people in Jia Nan Academy already suspected Jiang Donghua.

Ice Red, Lei Tian, and even those Elders who hadn't shown their faces yet... they had been secretly investigating for a long time, and he was the only one kept in the dark.

He slowly walked along the academy path, his steps heavy.

People are always so strange.

When doubting others, one always wants to hear the reason "no need to doubt" from their mouths.

But unfortunately, he hadn't heard a single word of it.

Ice Red did not give him any comfort, not even a moment of hesitation.

She merely told him calmly that Jiang Donghua was highly likely to be a spy for the Blood Demon Sect.

What made his heart even colder was that he couldn't refute her.

Because even he himself could not explain Jiang Donghua's heaven-defying growth speed.

"Could it be that this old fellow truly misjudged him?"

He murmured softly, his fingertips unconsciously clenching his sleeve.

Yet, in his mind, Jiang Donghua's playful, smiling face reappeared.

"Master, look, your Disciple didn't lie to you, did he?"

"Hehe, geniuses are always a little special!"

Could that Stinky Kid truly be a pawn sent by the Blood Demon Sect?

Mo Xuan let out a long sigh and looked up at the sky.

Everything depended on tomorrow.

If he is truly innocent, this old fellow will risk his life to demand an explanation from everyone else!

How dare they secretly investigate his Disciple without cause!

But if he truly belongs to the Blood Demon Sect!

Mo Xuan's eyes suddenly turned fierce, his fists clenched inside his sleeves, and Dou Qi faintly surged.

Then he would personally cleanse the sect!

This kind of scoundrel was personally brought into the Alchemy Department by him; if he wasn't torn into ten thousand pieces, it would be difficult to quell the hatred in his heart.

The scene shifted.

Ice Red stood before Lei Tian, her expression stern, her voice sharp as an ice blade.

"We both know what the Blood Demon Sect covets."

"But that thing is the foundation of the Inner Academy! Borrow it? Heh, only if Jia Nan Academy is destroyed!"

Lei Tian sat high on his seat, his knuckles gently tapping the armrest, his gaze deep as an abyss.

He did not respond immediately, but slowly raised his eyes, a trace of sharpness flashing within them.

"There's no time like the present."

He spoke calmly, his voice low yet undeniable.

"Then we will observe secretly tomorrow."

Ice Red frowned slightly.

"But if he truly is Blood Fiend!"

Lei Tian sneered, and a faint Lightning Light flickered around his body.

"A Seven-Star Dou Wang? Enhanced by a secret technique?"

"If he dares to act wildly in Jia Nan Academy!"

"This Dean will let him know what it means to come and never return!"

Ice Red was silent for a moment, finally nodding.

"Since that is the case, I will arrange for several Elders skilled in soul detection to be secretly on guard."

"However..."

A cold light flashed in her eyes.

"According to the report from the undercover agent, the Blood Devouring Spirit Transformation Art cultivated by Blood Fiend is sinister and unpredictable. Once activated, he can even temporarily contend against a low-star Dou Huang."

"If we act tomorrow, we must suppress him with thunderous force and absolutely not give him a chance to use his secret technique!"

Lei Tian nodded slightly, a wisp of Lightning Light leaping on his fingertip, reflecting his stern face.

"Don't worry."

"Tomorrow, if he behaves, he will just be 'Jiang Donghua'."

"If he dares to move..."

Lightning Light burst forth, and the air instantly solidified!

"Then we will make him disappear into smoke and ashes!"

After Ice Red left, Lei Tian sat alone on the high seat, the Lightning Light on his fingertips gradually dissipating.

He was silent for a moment, then suddenly reached out and touched his knee, a trace of solemnity flashing in his eyes.

"What I fear is."

He muttered to himself softly.

"If that Stinky Kid is truly Blood Fiend, will he be carrying Old Ghost Blood Demon's teleportation jade token?"

That old fellow is a Peak Dou Zong!

If he could instantly descend upon Jia Nan Academy, even I might not be able to retreat unharmed!

Thinking of this, Lei Tian couldn't help but let out a cold snort, his tone carrying a hint of dissatisfaction.

"That old fellow, the Dean, clearly has the strength of a Dou Zun. Couldn't he just slap Old Ghost Blood Demon to death? Why does he insist on this 'secret planning'..."

"What a troublesome old thing!"

He rubbed his temples, feeling irritated.

The Blood Demon Sect has grown increasingly rampant over the years, even daring to extend its reach into Jia Nan Academy!

If they truly succeed, and that item in the Inner Academy is stolen, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Lei Tian took a deep breath, and the Lightning Light in his eyes flared up again.

"Forget it. We'll act according to the situation tomorrow."

"If that Stinky Kid is truly Blood Fiend."

He slowly clenched his fist, Lightning Light exploding in his palm, causing the air to tremble!

"Then we will slaughter him first, and wait for Old Ghost Blood Demon to come knocking!"

At worst, we'll fight until both sides are destroyed!

The group of old fellows in the Inner Academy would absolutely not watch the Outer Academy suffer mass casualties.

Jiang Donghua stretched, pushed open the window, and the morning sunlight shone on his face.

"Another beautiful day!"

He grinned, feeling joyful.

Today, he was going to freeload a Xuan-rank Combat Skill from his Master!

Humming a tune, he leisurely finished washing up, grabbed a pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, then headed towards the Alchemy Department.

Along the way, he felt that something was amiss.

"Strange, why are so many people secretly glancing at me today?"

He touched his face.

"Did I get handsome again?"

Shaking his head, he didn't dwell on it, and casually stopped a junior Disciple from the Alchemy Department.

"Hey, have you seen my Master?"

The junior Disciple's expression stiffened, and he stammered.

"Senior Brother Jiang, Elder Mo Xuan left yesterday... and hasn't, hasn't come back..."

"Hmm?"

Jiang Donghua raised an eyebrow.

"Hasn't returned?"

He asked several people consecutively, and the answers were all the same.

"The Elder left last night and has not returned since."

"What the hell is going on?"

Jiang Donghua muttered, a faint sense of unease rising in his heart.

He promised to give me a Dou Technique today, but now he's missing?

He couldn't be trying to renege on the deal, could he?

He was just wondering whether to go directly to the Alchemy Pavilion to look for him, when suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind him.

"Stinky Kid, you came quite early."

Jiang Donghua spun around, only to see Elder Mo Xuan standing behind him at some unknown point, holding an ancient scroll and looking at him with a half-smile.

"Master!"

Jiang Donghua's eyes lit up.

"You finally came! I thought you were going to renege on the deal."

"You thought this old fellow was going to renege?"

Mo Xuan snorted coldly and tossed the scroll to him.

"Take it!"

Jiang Donghua caught it in a flurry, but before he could feel happy, he suddenly noticed something strange.

The afk system didn't react?

Why did Master's gaze look so complicated? Also, wasn't it too quiet around here?

He subconsciously looked around and found that all the Disciples of the Alchemy Department were hanging their heads, not daring to even breathe loudly.

An invisible pressure seemed to permeate the air.

"M-Master."

Jiang Donghua swallowed.

Mo Xuan looked deeply at him, then suddenly sighed.

"Donghua, come with this old fellow to the Alchemy Pavilion."

"Ah? Now?"

Jiang Donghua was stunned.

"Couldn't you just give it to me directly?"

Mo Xuan did not answer, but merely turned and walked towards the Alchemy Pavilion, his back appearing somewhat heavy.

Jiang Donghua scratched his head, muttering inwardly.

"What is he doing, being so mysterious."

He lifted his foot and followed, unaware that on the top floor of the Alchemy Pavilion, Lei Tian stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze like lightning!

In the shadows outside the pavilion, Ice Red condensed ice on her fingertips, ready to strike!

On an ancient tree farther away, three Elders skilled in soul detection held their breath and concentrated, their Soul Power having already locked onto every inch of his aura!

This trip was a den of dragons and a lair of tigers!

A super powerhouse who had stepped halfway into the Dou Zong rank!

Five Dou Wangs!

This lineup was terrifying!