43: A setup? A trap?

Chu Yuan did not catch up to Li Ji, only seeing some Blood Beast corpses; after all, he had not learned any tracking skills...

But he was not fixated on it. Anyway, their routes were the same, so they would meet sooner or later;

If they met, he would deal with him along the way; if not, so be it. The trial was more important.

Chu Yuan looked at the Blood Beast in front of him. It revealed human-like fear in its eyes, crouched down, and let out a threatening low roar;

The Blood Beast did not look bizarre; the reason it looked like a red mass from afar was because its entire body was covered in red fur.

Its overall appearance and features looked somewhat like a tiger, fierce and majestic;

Their hearts were the main Materials for refining the qi and blood pill, and even eating them raw could increase a Martial Artist's Qi!

The one in front of Chu Yuan had the strength of a Qi and Blood Realm Martial Artist, but in a real fight, most Qi and Blood Realm Martial Artists would not be its match.

A Martial Artist's strength grows as they progress. At the Qi and Blood Realm, most Martial Artists had not even mastered a decent Martial Skill, making them unable to defeat the innate combat instincts of such exotic beasts...

While Chu Yuan was observing, this Blood Beast seemed to finally lose its patience;

Using its paws to push off, it roared and lunged at Chu Yuan!

But what greeted it was a sharp wind...

...

"Chu Yuan should be accumulating points by now..."

"Jiang Fei, what are you thinking about?"

"Teacher, nothing."

The woman sitting at the head of the table glanced at him and asked: "Everyone is clear on their tasks, right?"

"Clear, Teacher." Several voices rang out in unison;

"Mm." The woman pondered for a moment before speaking: "Stay safe. If it is truly impossible to handle... just retreat for the time being.

You are not the main force anyway."

"Teacher, what if no one comes?"

"Isn't it better if no one comes?" The woman smiled: "You all may leave. Jiang Fei, stay behind."

Once the conference room was empty, the woman looked at Jiang Fei and suddenly sighed, speaking bluntly: "What is going on with you?"

"Teacher..."

"Before, when I asked you to go to the Outer Heaven Battlefield, you made all sorts of excuses.

Now, Chen Bai and Zhou Xue are about to advance to the Fifth Realm! Yet you are still standing still!

When I first took you on as a Disciple, your talent was the best among all my Disciples! Now, even those with less talent than you have surpassed you!"

Jiang Fei was silent for a moment, then finally said: "Teacher, I'm sorry..."

"Sorry? What are you sorry for?" The woman said coldly: "You are wasting your own talent!

Why do you refuse to go to the Outer Heaven Battlefield? Afraid of death?"

She knew this Disciple of hers; Jiang Fei was not the type to fear death; she was just saying this on purpose to provoke him.

After all, the danger level of the Zhenwu Bureau was not actually much different from the Outer Heaven Battlefield, just like the disaster that nearly occurred in Chenyang City a few days ago.

Jiang Fei shook his head and did not offer any explanation, only saying: "After this, I will go to the Outer Heaven Battlefield."

Upon hearing this, the woman's expression softened slightly, and she did not continue to press;

"Three years. I give you three years to step into the Divine Power Realm."

"...Alright."

"Mm, go."

Jiang Fei hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice: "Teacher, why did the higher-ups come up with a plan like this?

Aren't they afraid that something might actually go wrong?"

In fact, he had wanted to say this for a long time, but had held it in until now!

The task the teacher had just assigned them was related to this Secret Realm trial!

But it was not inside the Secret Realm; it was outside!

They, these Fourth Realm and Fifth Realm Martial Artists, were to form teams and be ready to kill invading enemies at any time!

Jiang Fei keenly sensed that the teacher seemed certain that someone would come to attack this place.

He did not know what the higher-ups had planned, he just felt that doing this was somewhat wrong...

"Something go wrong? What could go wrong?"

"If... if the Secret Realm is actually breached, the students inside..."

The students in Secret Realm No. 7 were the cream of the crop of this year's Great Qin. If they were truly lost inside, it would be a huge blow to Great Qin!

"Then don't let them breach the Secret Realm!" The woman said without hesitation;

"..." Jiang Fei was speechless, thinking to himself: 'You say "don't let them" and it just happens? If you had the great Divine Ability of Words Become Law, wouldn't it be easier to just say a word and make the alien races go extinct...'

"Furthermore..." A glint of ruthlessness flashed in the woman's eyes;

"Even if the 'what if' you mentioned really happens, it's just a batch of students!

As long as we can ambush and kill a few of their powerhouses... then their sacrifice will be worth it."

Jiang Fei murmured: "Is it worth it..."

"In every College Entrance Examination, even those with the most outstanding talent... how many powerhouses have emerged?" The woman's gaze was deep: "Three hundred years of Dao, the pillars of our Great Qin today; they all fought their way out from a sea of blood and mountains of corpses since the Early Stage of the Dao!"

Jiang Fei had no intention of debating the issue of values with his teacher, but asked in a deep voice: "Teacher, has the situation changed?"

The woman was slightly surprised and looked at him with appreciation: "You are still as sharp as ever.

You guessed correctly; the situation for our Human Race on the Outer Heaven Battlefield is not good.

Some people above believe that the current cultivation model for Martial Artists might need to change!

Even this Secret Realm trial is an attempt itself; you could consider it... Raising Gu!"

"But these students... even if they cannot become the pillars, with their talent, in time, they might not necessarily fail to become the backbone of Great Qin; can't you give them some time?

Most of them are only in the Qi and Blood Realm now, and haven't even learned a Martial Skill..."

"When they learn a Martial Skill, are you going to say they aren't proficient enough in it?

When they are proficient in Martial Skills, are you going to say they are about to advance to the Leakless Realm?

When they advance to the Leakless Realm... When will it end?

We can wait, but the enemies of the Human Race will not wait." The woman said calmly: "However, why do your words imply that they are doomed?

Do you have so little confidence? Great Qin allows for sacrifice, but it does not allow for meaningless sacrifice."

"No... it's not that, I mean, I have confidence..."

...

Storm-like cyan light crisscrossed, and blood rained down!

As a piece of a severed limb fell, Chu Yuan's expression was somewhat solemn;

This was the second day of entering the Secret Realm. He did not know if it was because he had gone too deep, but he always felt that the Blood Beasts he encountered today had changed compared to yesterday.

Not only did they have no fear of humans, but they were also full of aggression!

Upon seeing a person, they would fight to the death!

And he rarely encountered lone Blood Beasts anymore; there were at least a few, and at most dozens, acting together!

It was as if... they were hunting?

It was just that this change was actually a good thing for him to accumulate points...