Infiltration and planning

Di Wanxiang and Yun Kuanghu led the way, and the group grandly walked into the city.

Only then did Di Wanxiang remember the Corpse Skeleton Spine Monster from earlier, and he asked, "That's not right, Disciple. Weren't you training within a hundred kilometers of a small Human City? How did you encounter a Three-Star Martial Master-level monster?"

Yun Kuanghu immediately became alert and said, "What? A Three-Star Martial Master-level monster? What a small chance to encounter one! Is someone trying to frame my Disciple!"

The two Grandmaster Craftsmen looked at Jiang Xuan, both with concern and inquiry.

Jiang Xuan had long since realized that something was off about this incident, but he couldn't find any clues. With two Grandmaster Craftsmen present, he decided to tell them everything exactly as it happened.

Of course, although the incident was perilous, it was brief, and he quickly finished his narration.

Both Di Wanxiang and Yun Kuanghu showed expressions of confusion after listening, but they couldn't come to a conclusion for a long time.

Clearly, while they also detected a problem, they didn't know the root cause of it.

"Corpse Skeleton Spine Monsters are formed from the accumulated resentment of humans who died after being dragged into swampy terrain by other monsters. Generally speaking, they like to hide at the bottom of swamps, and because they were killed by monsters, they hunt both other monsters and humans..."

Di Wanxiang murmured, as if talking to himself, "So, it's also possible that our Human Race's powerhouses overlooked this Corpse Skeleton Spine Monster hidden at the bottom of the swamp during their annual routine clean-up. Yun Kuanghu, what do you think?"

Yun Kuanghu nodded in agreement and said, "Old man, your deduction is not bad this time, but I still feel something is strange."

Neither of them suspected Feng Yuanxuan. After all, besides knowing Jiang Xuan, the two Grandmaster Craftsmen didn't know anyone else in class 3-5 and thought Feng Yuanxuan had always been the martial arts teacher of class 3-5.

Jiang Xuan had indeed suspected Feng Yuanxuan, but he couldn't find any evidence and couldn't figure out how a Nine-Star Martial Artist could control a Three-Star Martial Master-level monster. He decided to investigate further after returning.

At this moment, Feng Yuanxuan walked at the very back of the team, as usual, bringing up the rear.

His face showed relief after the initial shock, acting like a true martial arts teacher with only 90,000 qi and blood value, who had just escaped with his students.

But in Feng Yuanxuan's heart, he was filled with extreme regret.

"It was so close to success, just a little bit more. First, that guy named Feng Lin, and then these two old men..."

Given his status as the Xuanyuan Family heir, he no longer dared to make a move against Grandmaster Craftsmen.

Moreover, he was currently only an Eight-Star Martial Emperor and couldn't defeat a Ten-Star Martial Emperor.

Even if he had launched a surprise attack outside the city just now, gravely injuring these two Grandmaster Craftsmen and then directly killing Jiang Xuan to obtain the heart and head he wanted, it still wouldn't work.

Because every Grandmaster Craftsman has a mark planted on them by the supreme powerhouses who truly stand at the pinnacle of the Human Federation. Once he made a move, even if his Family paid a huge price to settle it afterward, he would still be unable to participate in the martial arts College Entrance Examination.

And if he couldn't participate in the martial arts College Entrance Examination, he couldn't get first place, and thus he would never obtain the item he yearned for—the hengyu star birth crystal!

"hengyu star birth crystal... that is a divine item that can truly change one's potential level. If I can obtain Jiang Xuan's heart and head and refine that secret medicine, I can become a Martial Venerable. At that time, the other guys who are stronger than me will no longer be my opponents..."

"And once I can get the hengyu star birth crystal, I will have the real possibility of reaching the peak of the Human Federation and even the myriad races of the Universe!"

The Human Race is now in a precarious situation, almost unable to withstand the pressure from the myriad races. In Feng Yuanxuan's view, sacrificing a Grandmaster Craftsman Prodigy like Jiang Xuan for his own future was acceptable.

After all, he was doing it to become the next supreme powerhouse of the Human Race, thereby resisting the myriad races, protecting his Xuanyuan Family, protecting the people he valued, and protecting humanity.

Besides, Jiang Xuan was only a Grandmaster Craftsman Prodigy, not a true Grandmaster Craftsman; he was still just an Artisan Apprentice.

Feng Yuanxuan had always been very clear about the hardships, difficulties, and slim chances of progressing from an Artisan Apprentice to a Grandmaster Craftsman, even for a Grandmaster Craftsman Prodigy.

"What a pity, I can only wait for the next opportunity to leave the city to make a move on Jiang Xuan..."

Feng Yuanxuan naturally understood that once he entered the city, he wouldn't dare to act rashly, or rather, wouldn't dare to act rashly against Jiang Xuan.

Don't be fooled by Lei City being merely a small Human City; it has the one from the Shock Supernova Legion stationed there.

For many years, that individual has been content to serve as a mere middle school principal, guarding Lei City, for reasons unknown.

But no matter the reason, Feng Yuanxuan did not want to provoke anyone from the Shock Supernova Legion, especially since that individual held a high position within the Shock Supernova Legion... It was precisely because of this that even when he made a move against Jiang Xuan outside the city, he had to deliberately arrange it to appear as an accident, but unfortunately, it didn't succeed.

"It would be great if someone from the Devouring Darkness came to stir up trouble. A month later, Lei City will be in chaos, which might be an opportunity..."

A cold glint flashed in Feng Yuanxuan's eyes as he continued to follow the team towards Lei Cheng No. 1 Middle School without a change in expression... Jiang Xuan had just returned to Lei Cheng No. 1 Middle School with Elder Di and Elder Yun, and found that the originally empty sports field now had a circular grandstand built out of thin air, as if it had become a Roman gladiatorial arena.

Even more exaggerated, the grandstand, capable of holding hundreds of thousands of people, was already... full of people!

Many of them were not even residents of Lei City, wearing all sorts of strange and exotic clothes.

For example, those wearing full metal and wooden planks as clothing were practicing a unique custom of Tianji City.

There were also those with spiky, hedgehog-like hair and reddish skin, who certainly came from Haihuang City.

Besides these, there were people dressed in all sorts of ways; some even exuded an air of nobility just by sitting there, accompanied by a large retinue of good-looking servants.

Lius Nephew was completely stunned and said, "This... where did so many people come from? It seems there are even people from the City of Flame!"

The City of Flame is the capital of Xia Country, the only ultimate giant city in Xia Country that surpasses the scale of a super-large Human City.

And it's not just an ordinary surpassing; all of Xia Country's hundreds of super-large Human Cities combined are not as big as the City of Flame!

It can be said that the City of Flame is the true gathering place for powerhouses and Prodigies.

The national martial arts College Entrance Examination finals of Xia Country are also held in the City of Flame.

As for the Heaven-level College Entrance Examination, which gathers Prodigies from all countries of the Human Federation, it is held in a very special area of the Universe.

Jiang Xuan was also a bit surprised at this moment, not expecting that even people from the City of Flame could rush over to join the excitement in such a short time.

Although, from receiving the news to rushing to the teleportation travel hall, and then teleporting to their Lei City, those who lived close or had their own teleportation gates seemed to take less than a few minutes...

Yun Kuanghu seemed accustomed to such grand occasions, but his serious expression still softened into a benevolent gaze towards Jiang Xuan, saying, "Disciple, how is it? Actually, I sent out a notice an hour ago. I'm holding a Personal Disciple acceptance ceremony here, and all these people have come to show their support! Hahahaha!"