113: Chapter 113 The Upheaval at Tian Shu Academy

"Although the principal told me to guard this place and notify him if anyone appears..."

A student council cadre from Henghuo Martial Arts School sat slumped in a chair in the Library Pavilion's private reading room, bored out of his mind, and muttered to the empty room,

"But isn't this just redundant?"

He had originally come to supervise the repairs of the large hole in the Library Pavilion.

Who would have thought that just as the hole was repaired, the principal issued him new instructions.

In his own understanding, someone appearing here simply meant walking in through the front door of the reading room.

If it were a couple of days ago, they might have been able to crawl in through the large hole in the ceiling.

Right now, unless that person could appear out of thin air, they would have to enter through the door.

He did know that this reading room was a bit special, as it contained many private items.

Before repairing the hole in the Library Pavilion, the principal had specifically instructed him not to let anyone move the items in the room.

However, the status of every door in the reading room was connected to the front desk System; if anyone entered or exited, it would be detected immediately from the front desk System.

Why make him stay here all the time?

But complaining aside, for him, he just had to do what the leader instructed.

Besides, work is work wherever you go, right? Staying here was easy, and he got the student council subsidy for nothing.

Just as he was nodding off, a sharp sound like air being torn apart suddenly pierced the deathly silence.

He woke up as if from a dream and jerked his head up.

He saw a figure with clothes soaked in dark red bloodstains appearing in the room without any warning.

"Holy crap, it really just popped out of thin air?!"

The student council cadre blinked in disbelief, confirming that there was nothing wrong with how he was seeing things.

The figure slowly turned their face to the side, sweeping a glance in his direction with their peripheral vision.

In an instant, the student council cadre felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and goosebumps instantly covered his entire body.

However, this terrifying chill quickly receded like a tide, completely retracting back into that figure, leaving only his heavy, rapid breathing echoing in the silence.

Regaining his composure, the student council cadre recognized the figure from that highly recognizable side profile.

"You are... Chen Moxuan?"

He had been present at the match between Chen Moxuan and Lin Muhan at the time.

His memory of that match was particularly deep.

Chen Moxuan nodded slightly, looked at the insignia on the person's uniform, and asked:

"You are from the student council? What are you doing here?"

The student council cadre was stunned and replied timidly:

"The principal... the principal told me to guard this place and notify him immediately if anyone appears."

If he had met any other student speaking like this on campus, he would have retorted immediately.

As a student council cadre, it was usually his place to interrogate others, not the other way around.

But hearing Chen Moxuan's calm tone, he couldn't even muster a single thought of resistance.

"I see, thank you for your hard work."

Chen Moxuan walked to the wardrobe in the room, impatiently took off his blood-stained jacket, and changed into the new clothes inside.

"No need for you to notify him, I will go find him soon."

Before the student council cadre could react, Chen Moxuan had already opened the door and walked out.

"Wait, the guards at the entrance of the Library Pavilion have been stricter these past two days. If you walk out like this, you will be treated as a suspicious person. Let me take you out..."

However, when he chased after him and looked around, he completely failed to see Chen Moxuan's figure.

He quickly ran to the railing in the corridor and leaned out to look at the entrance of the Library Pavilion.

He saw that at the entrance, several people in formal wear were still acting as if nothing had happened, and they hadn't noticed anything unusual.

"Strange... where did he go?"

Because of the large hole in the Library Pavilion over the past two days, to avoid the loss of Martial Skills books inside, the principal had spent a huge sum of money to apply to the Martial Arts Management Bureau for three Martial Artists at the Late Stage of the Qi Control Realm and one at the Perfection of the Qi Control Realm to guard it.

Today was their last day on duty.

It was completely impossible for a high school senior martial arts student to slip past them unnoticed.

"But... is he really just an ordinary high school senior martial arts student?"

Recalling that glance from Chen Moxuan, he still felt lingering fear.

"Regardless, I should still tell the principal."

The student council cadre picked up his phone.

...

"Mm, I already know, thank you for your hard work."

Principal Li hung up the phone, looked at Chen Moxuan with a complex expression, and joked half-heartedly:

"Student Chen, don't tell me you are already a Martial Arts Grandmaster..."

Just a moment ago, he was sitting in his office leisurely drinking tea when a flash of light suddenly flew in through his open window.

It scared him so much that he hurriedly stood up, thinking that another Grandmaster had arrived in person.

When he saw clearly who it was, he realized it was Chen Moxuan, who had previously gone to the Spirit Gathering Secret Realm.

Fortunately, Zhong Quandao had greeted him in advance, informing him that Chen Moxuan had already awakened the Heart-Phase Dao Seed in the Secret Realm.

Otherwise, he would have almost had a heart attack from the fright.

"It's not that exaggerated, I just broke through to the Middle Stage of the Tiangang Realm," Chen Moxuan answered honestly.

"Middle Stage of the Tiangang Realm, huh? That is indeed not exaggerated..."

Not exaggerated, my foot!

He, Li Yuanshan, had been a somebody in his youth, and he had been stuck at the Perfection of the Qi Control Realm for nearly two years.

Now, seven or eight years later, he was still only at the third tier of the Tiangang Realm.

He had originally tried his best to imagine, based on how much of a Prodigy Chen Moxuan was, that perhaps after coming out, the other party might be at the first tier of the Tiangang Realm.

This was already a ridiculously wild imagination based on the strongest Genius he knew as a standard.

He didn't expect the other party to exceed his imagination once again.

It had only been less than three days!

He knew Chen Moxuan was a Genius, but could the gap between one Genius and another really be this large?

Ignoring the turmoil in Principal Li's heart, Chen Moxuan asked:

"Why don't I see Senior Zhong?"

He had already used his Spiritual Sense to scan the entire school area and could not find Zhong Quandao's figure.

Upon hearing this, Principal Li's expression immediately sank:

"I was just about to tell you about this."

"Tianshu Academy has suddenly faced some changes. Senior Zhong rushed back overnight yesterday. He sealed the matters that needed to be explained in a Jade Slip."

As Principal Li spoke, he handed a Jade Slip to Chen Moxuan.

Chen Moxuan took the Jade Slip and immediately crushed it.

The information contained within instantly entered his Sea of Consciousness.

Zhong Quandao's deep voice echoed in the depths of his consciousness:

"Little Friend Chen, the Dean has suddenly fallen seriously ill and is in critical condition. Tianshu Academy has urgently recalled all deacons who were away, and I have no choice but to temporarily set aside the task of being your guide."

"I do not know when you will leave the Secret Realm, but through friends on the inside, I learned that you have already awakened the Heart-Phase Dao Seed and are now fearless against the erosion of that Spirit-Eroding Blood Curse."

"This Jade Slip records some essential techniques for using Spiritual Sense. I believe that with your talent, you will be able to comprehend them quickly and completely clear that blood curse."

"If this old man can free himself sooner, I will definitely come to pick you up and guide you again."

"But if I am unable to free myself for a long time..."

"The Jade Slip also records a safe route from Dongchang City to Taichu Martial Mansion, which I have already arranged in advance."

"Little Friend, you can use this to travel to Taichu Martial Mansion without hindrance within two months."

Chen Moxuan frowned slightly, digesting the information in the Jade Slip.

"Seriously ill? The Dean of Tianshu Academy, even if not a Saint in the Tongxuan Realm, is at least a Martial Arts Grandmaster who is about to reach that Realm."

"For a Martial Artist of this level, what kind of illness could make Tianshu Academy so nervous?"

"There must be some unknown reason behind this..." Chen Moxuan pondered to himself.

"Regardless, I am indeed not in a rush to go to Taichu Martial Mansion. Being able to choose when to go is actually convenient."

He savored the techniques for using Spiritual Sense in the Jade Slip and cast his Spiritual Sense toward the blood-red light on his chest.

"It is time to deal with you."