388: Chapter 388 It's him!

"Keep a closer eye on her situation," the Elder said slowly.

"Elder, are you sure we shouldn't take her back?" the young man couldn't help but ask.

In his view, taking her back to the Family to protect her was the best course of action.

The Elder did not answer the young man, continuing to water the flowers and plants on his own.

...

Su Lianxue glanced at the woman before her, then turned and left.

The woman remained standing where she was, unable to move until the chill within her body had completely dissipated.

"That's the third one. This is the third person from the Canghai Sword Pavilion to challenge you," Yu Yaoqin said as she walked up to Su Lianxue.

Ever since Su Lianxue defeated Liang Yan, several Disciples from the Canghai Sword Pavilion had come to challenge her, and Su Lianxue had accepted each of their challenges in turn.

The woman before them was the third Disciple of the Canghai Sword Pavilion that Su Lianxue had defeated.

The strength Su Lianxue had displayed truly shocked Yu Yaoqin.

She felt that she likely wouldn't be a match for Su Lianxue.

In fact, she had long had a premonition about this. After all, with Su Lianxue's Aptitude, it was only a matter of time before she surpassed her; she just hadn't expected this day to come so soon.

This left a faint sense of defeat in Yu Yaoqin's heart.

For Su Lianxue, the strength of these three could only be described as average; perhaps within their own Sect, they could be considered at the Genius level.

But if placed in the Upper Realm, they could only be considered average. Perhaps it was the gap in cultivation civilization and the difference in potential limits. In Su Lianxue's view, the gap in strength between those in the same realm was quite significant.

Judging from the people Su Lianxue had encountered so far, among those in the same realm, there were very few who could be called Geniuses in the Upper Realm.

Of course, her Senior Brother was the exception.

"Let's go back," Su Lianxue said.

Clearly, Su Lianxue had lost interest in competing with them.

If they were Prodigy-level Disciples from these top Sects, Su Lianxue might still have had some interest.

If the Disciples they sent next were still of this standard, then Su Lianxue had absolutely no interest.

"I lost, Grand Junior Martial Uncle."

Zhang Yuxi walked to a teahouse not far away, where only one woman sat drinking tea, with several Canghai Sword Pavilion Disciples standing beside her.

Liang Yan was among them. Besides them, there was no one else.

"Yuanxu Mountain, I fear, is about to produce another Old Ancestor like Master Yun Hua," Duan Nianzhen said slowly, taking a sip of tea.

...

Minghai Academy was an institution jointly funded and established by the Canghai Sword Pavilion and several forces within Dongchao City.

The academy primarily recruited children under the age of fifteen. Regardless of their background, as long as they were under fifteen, they could enroll.

The purpose of establishing this academy was mainly to enlighten these children; if any were outstanding, they could be directly admitted into the Canghai Sword Pavilion.

This could also be considered a method for the Canghai Sword Pavilion to recruit Disciples.

The other forces in Dongchao City were reluctant about this, but due to the Canghai Sword Pavilion, they had no choice but to agree.

However, it was not entirely without benefits for them; some students eliminated by the Canghai Sword Pavilion were taken into their own Families and cultivated as their own people.

This Minghai Academy had indeed produced quite a few powerhouses.

Lin Ming had not come to Minghai Academy for a stroll; rather, he had followed the traces left by that corpse and found his way to Minghai Academy.

It must be said that the person was indeed very secretive and cautious.

Lin Ming had spent quite some effort before finding some traces of this person. They were right here in Minghai Academy.

At the entrance of Minghai Academy, there were two Spirit Platform guards.

Lin Ming merely glanced at the two of them and walked straight through the gate.

The two guards at the gate seemed not to see Lin Ming at all, allowing him to walk into the academy.

After entering the academy, Lin Ming went straight to a classroom. Looking through the window, he saw a teacher instructing the students sitting below.

Learning characters, reading books, and writing essays.

Lin Ming's gaze swept over the students below, and his eyes fixed on one boy.

"Oh? And what is this?!"

Lin Ming was quite curious upon seeing this boy.

This boy's concealment methods were extremely brilliant; even a True Monarch of the Other Shore-level powerhouse would likely be unable to discover his whereabouts. But unfortunately, he had encountered Lin Ming.

However, his true form truly left Lin Ming a bit confused.

He looked like a whale-like Yao Beast, but it gave Lin Ming an extremely discordant feeling. And this discordance came from his Divine Soul.

An extremely chaotic feeling. This chaotic feeling was as if a pile of things had been blended together.

This was the first time Lin Ming had encountered something like this. He was quite curious about what kind of Yao Beast this boy was.

How had he never seen such a Yao Beast in the Sect's archives?

In the room, the boy, who had been writing furiously, seemed to have sensed something, and his gaze immediately turned toward the outside of the window.

"Qi Zhan, do not be distracted during class."

The teacher on the podium noticed You Lan's Divided Soul, and immediately said to him.

"Yes, teacher."

Qi Zhan withdrew his gaze. Could it be that he had seen wrong?

You Lan had just sensed someone peeking at him, but he had discovered nothing; perhaps he was just being too sensitive.

After all, he had just consumed the Divine Souls of a few humans in the past two days.

Although he really didn't want to eat human Divine Souls, they were extremely disgusting to him.

But in order to suppress the desires in his heart, he had no choice but to consume the Divine Souls of a few people.

For him, to suppress his desire to devour Divine Souls, there were currently only two paths.

Either achieve a Breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm.

Or use human Divine Souls to suppress his desires.

He had also discovered by chance that although human Divine Souls were disgusting, compared to the Divine Souls of Yao Beasts, they could indeed suppress his desire to devour Divine Souls to some extent.

This had also made him curious about human society, which was why he had specifically left the deep sea, come to human society, interacted with humans, and learned their way of life.

After a period of learning, he found humans quite interesting, so he temporarily settled down in Dongchao City to learn human culture.

However, human powerhouses were quite sharp; the first time he made a move, he was discovered by a True Monarch of the Other Shore.

Although he had shaken off the other party's pursuit, it made You Lan extremely cautious in his subsequent movements.

He had no intention of leaving Dongchao City for the time being; perhaps after he got tired of staying in Dongchao City, he would choose to go to other human cities.

At least here, he still felt he could learn things.

As for human powerhouses, You Lan was not worried that they would be able to discover him.