268: Linglong: I will never be able to make a breakthrough

While Lan Kun and the Grand Elder and Second Elder were reporting, on the other side, the Special Affairs Handling Bureau team also began to act.

Jin Meiting and Xin Mulan both stood in the air on their swords, looking down at the crowd undergoing the talent test.

Xin Mulan curiously looked at the crystal ball used for talent testing, "Sister Meiting, this crystal ball is so amazing!"

"But, after testing for so long, there aren't many people with outstanding talent!"

Jin Meiting heard Xin Mulan's naive remarks and shook her head helplessly. If these people's talents were truly outstanding, they would have probably already awakened their individual talents during the previous spiritual energy tides!

She said, "The talents of those Disciples below are already much better than ordinary Mortals, and didn't Li Mu's diary mention it? When the fifth spiritual energy tide begins and Spiritual Qi recovers in the world, there should be more and more Disciples with outstanding talent!"

Xin Mulan nodded, "That's true, that..."

Before Xin Mulan could finish speaking, Jin Meiting directly interrupted her, saying sternly, "The nails are starting to prepare to slip away, Mulan, let's act!"

Upon hearing this, Xin Mulan looked down to see the spies, one by one, beginning to leave the crowd, departing Heng Mountain with strange expressions.

She said with a giggle, "Haha, these fools, it's bad enough they're ugly, but it's really wrong of them to come and cause trouble."

Seeing this, Jin Meiting and Xin Mulan immediately followed the spies' tracks.

The other members of the Special Affairs Handling Bureau team also followed closely behind.

They had originally planned to act directly at Heng Mountain and kill them, but they didn't expect that after Lan Kun decisively killed that spy from A San Country, these shadowy rats would all begin to hide among the crowd.

When Qin Zhe and Zhu Ping, along with other super-ability users, successively arrived near the spies, preparing to act, the agents sensed that something was wrong and began to prepare to escape.

The shadowy rats under their noses had nowhere to hide.

Jin Meiting, Xin Mulan, and Qin Zhe chased them all the way to a small forest outside Heng Mountain.

The spies looked at Jin Meiting and Xin Mulan with sinister expressions, not expecting these super-ability users to be so formidable.

Their escape had been like a cat playing with a mouse, completely dominating them.

They had started with nearly twenty people, but they didn't expect to lose several upon arriving at Heng Mountain. Now, only a mere ten remained alive.

Super-ability users were truly terrifying; they were simply not human.

The terrified agent pleaded, "You...don't kill me...I...I surrender..."

The other few also said, "Us too, as long as you don't kill us, let us live."

Qin Zhe looked at these spies with murderous intent, which reminded him of his brothers who had died on the front lines.

He said, "I can let you live, as long as you can withstand one move from my sword."

Zhu Ping transformed into a cat demon, his hands turning into cat paws, and cat ears appearing on his head.

The sudden transformation of a six-foot-tall strong man made even the Special Affairs Handling Bureau team members feel unaccustomed.

Xin Mulan looked at Zhu Ping's swaying cat ears and laughed loudly, "Zhu Ping, your cat ears are actually quite cute!"

The others also covered their mouths, stifling their laughter.

In stark contrast to the Special Affairs Handling Bureau, the spies, upon seeing Zhu Ping transform from a lively six-foot-tall strong man into a half-human, half-cat demon, had their CPUs completely fried.

It was one thing to face these super-ability users from Xia Country, but now Xia Country could even recruit such monsters for their own use!

While these people were still shocked by Zhu Ping's transformation, Qin Zhe's sword had already struck them.

Before Qin Zhe's sword even reached the agents, just the Sword Qi he unleashed caused them to vomit blood one after another.

Everyone looked at Qin Zhe with horror. These people could no longer be called humans; they were devils.

While everyone was distracted, Feng He quickly grabbed one of them from behind.

As a scream rang out, a strong man gradually turned into a pile of ruins and dust.

Amidst the escalating horror, Feng He continued to grab others, one by one, sucking their blood dry. Even in death, their faces retained expressions of terror.

Thus, all the agents died.

Xin Mulan pouted, "You said we were just going to watch the show, but we ended up getting involved?!"

Qin Zhe put away his sword and smiled, "Oh, well, watching the show isn't as good as getting involved!"

Feng He licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, his expression seemingly pleased.

"Next time there's an opportunity like this, call me. I can make them disappear without a trace."

Zhu Ping broke into a cold sweat, staring at Feng He's sharp teeth at the corners of his mouth, and couldn't help but shiver.

Terrifying, too terrifying!

...

At the same time, Li Mu received a message from Wu Ya.

'My Lord, the Cultivation Academy enrollment is proceeding normally as planned, and nothing else has happened except for a few small rats dispatched by other countries to the Cultivation Academy...'

It seems that since the Cultivation Academy only enrolls its own citizens, they became anxious.

The people they dispatched were nothing more than 'toys' for those from the Special Affairs Handling Bureau.

Next, Li Mu opened his diary panel and began to write.

[As expected, Senior Wu Ya broke the Seal early, and this Cultivation Academy indeed appeared ahead of schedule.]

[Now that the Cultivation Academy has appeared early, when the Spiritual Qi recovers, everyone's strength will also be stronger!]

[Everything is more or less settled now, and the arrangements are almost complete. It's time to meet with the Grand Elder.]

[I suppose today's matters are mostly dealt with. Let's do it tonight. I'll go meet the Grand Elder then, and perhaps I can reveal some future events to him.]

[Perhaps, I can also take on a position at the Cultivation Academy, occasionally teaching those people, hehe...]

[Alright, I'll stop writing here!]

Li Mu closed his diary and called Linglong and the little fox.

"Linglong, I'm going out tonight. Maybe you'll even get to see your old friend!"

Linglong: ????

"It's the one you argued with last time, or rather, the one you ate barbecue with. Do you remember?"

Linglong: !!!

She remembered, it was that bipedal beast that made delicious barbecue.

Having been cultivating all this time, Linglong was almost starving herself thin.

Li Mu couldn't help but be amused by Linglong's complaints.

Ever since he told Linglong that if she didn't cultivate diligently, she wouldn't be able to defeat Xin Mulan, Linglong had been cultivating more diligently than before.

Li Mu said with a smile, "But you say you're starving yourself thin from cultivating... yet your size seems even bigger than before!"

Linglong: !!!

Linglong was shocked to hear her master's teasing, feeling as if the sky was about to fall.

Li Mu felt Linglong's change of heart; indeed, teasing Linglong now and then was quite fun...

Then Li Mu took out ten Spirit Stones and gave them to Linglong.

"Here, Linglong, you haven't been lazy in your cultivation recently, so I'm rewarding you with ten Spirit Stones."

He then said to the little fox next to him, "Little fox, you're like Linglong, I'm also rewarding you with ten Spirit Stones!"

Linglong looked at the ten Spirit Stones Li Mu gave her, happily picked up one, and left, leaving the remaining nine Spirit Stones on the table.

The little fox held her ten Spirit Stones, then looked at the ten Spirit Stones Li Mu gave Linglong, nine of which were still untouched.

Then, the little fox happily took Linglong's remaining nine Spirit Stones as well.

Li Mu still couldn't bear to see Linglong, this foolish one, so he eventually put ten more Spirit Stones in the kang where Linglong usually buried her Spirit Stones, as compensation...