246: Stay calm when things go wrong

"What do you understand?" Lin Shengnan asked curiously.

"Xiao Teng is right! Thinking back carefully now, the state of those four or five people was indeed a bit off before they were struck by my sword. Two or three of them seemed to be actively lunging toward my blade. It's clear they were finished off by some unknown trick first. Could someone have been using hidden weapons from behind?!" Shi Qing said loudly.

"Hidden weapons? To use hidden weapons in a battle like that and take out five people at once without hitting you—such a talent for hidden weapons would be terrifying. Besides, if it were hidden weapons, how could you not have noticed them at the scene? Also, these two hundred-plus people were scattered over such a large area; could they all have been killed by hidden weapons?" Lin Shengnan analyzed.

"But besides hidden weapons, what other weapon could accurately eliminate enemies from a distance?"

"This... could it be..." Lin Shengnan suddenly covered her mouth, her expression showing immense shock... "What is it?!" Shi Qing asked.

Lin Shengnan was about to voice her judgment, but she suddenly seemed to think of something. She calmed her emotions, shook her head, and said, "Since this person doesn't want Blood Wolf Hall to discover his secret, we shouldn't make wild guesses either. Now, let's quickly destroy all the traces left at the scene and incinerate everything left behind. Don't let the people from Blood Wolf Hall find anything!"

Hearing this, Shi Qing and the others suddenly realized. Since they could find these clues, the people from Blood Wolf Hall might also discover these anomalies if they came here. So, they immediately got to work, destroying and incinerating all the traces and items they had found earlier... When they arrived at the place where Lin Shengnan had fought the short-haired man, Lin Shengnan was instantly dumbfounded by the sight!

"What's wrong, Teacher Lin?" Shi Qing asked.

"They're gone! The items left behind, along with those helicopters and over a dozen off-road vehicles, are all gone! I saw that helicopter smashed to pieces with my own eyes; there's no way it could have flown away..." Lin Shengnan said excitedly.

"That's right! The people from Blood Wolf Hall came with several helicopters and over a dozen large off-road vehicles!" Shi Qing nodded.

"Now they've all been taken away!!! It's him! It must be him!!!" Lin Shengnan screamed, her expression extremely agitated.

"You mean... that passing young Xuan Practitioner?"

"Exactly! No matter what means he used to do this, everyone must keep this a secret. You absolutely cannot reveal even a shred of information, do you understand?" Lin Shengnan said to the students behind her.

"Yes, Teacher!!!" The students' expressions turned solemn as they responded in unison.

From the side, Shi Qing said with some shock, "Could it be a legendary storage space treasure? To take away over two hundred corpses, several helicopters, and over a dozen large off-road vehicles—it's impossible without a massive storage space! Such a storage space isn't something ordinary people can possess; I've heard only the powerhouses of Xuanji Tower have them..."

Lin Shengnan nodded and said, "You're right. Someone with that kind of talent and such a massive storage space must be a powerhouse from Xuanji Tower! I've heard that people from Xuanji Tower don't interfere in worldly affairs, yet he still stepped in. Our luck this time is truly good!"

"Oh? What talent were you talking about, Teacher Lin?" Shi Qing asked suspiciously.

Lin Shengnan sent him a sound transmission: "Don't make a sound. It's a Mind Power Master!!!"

"A Mind Power Master?! My god..." Shi Qing almost cried out, but fortunately, he reacted quickly and held it back. With Lin Shengnan's reminder, he finally realized. Indeed, only a Mind Power Master could have done those things. Such people with the special talent of a Mind Power Master are undoubtedly national treasures in Great Ming, receiving absolute protection and rarely appearing in public. Otherwise, if their existence were discovered—especially a high-level Mind Power Master—the enemy would definitely hunt them down to the end!

Because the threat of a Mind Power Master on the battlefield is simply too great; it's practically a dimensional strike against ordinary Xuan Practitioners. For example, what happened here earlier is proof: a single Mind Power Master could silently eliminate over two hundred Evil Cultists. How could that not make one tremble with fear?

This also explains why that young Mind Power Master took all two hundred-plus corpses. If the people from Blood Wolf Hall were to study those bodies, they would surely discover the cause of death and thus find out about him. Then, he would inevitably be hunted down relentlessly by Blood Wolf Hall, putting him in extreme danger... Even if he were from Xuanji Tower, he likely wouldn't want to become a target for Blood Wolf Hall... "So what do we do now? Continue the trial or return to school?" Shi Qing asked.

Lin Shengnan glared at him and huffed, "You certainly have a big heart. With something this major happening, it proves Blood Wolf Hall has their eyes on us. No matter what, we must return first and report this to the Prefect of Nanming!"

Shi Qing scratched his head and said awkwardly, "I just saw that the students' morale is good; with this kind of spirit, the results of the trial would surely be excellent..."

"Forget it. It's a miracle they weren't scared out of their wits! If Blood Wolf Hall's experts really move out, we might not have that person to save us again! Let's go, quickly!" Lin Shengnan sighed.

Led by the two teachers, the students of Nanming No. 1 High School quickly returned to Nanming City... This scene was naturally spotted by the Blood Wolf Hall spies hidden at the city gates. In their shock, they quickly sent the information back... In a secret hall of the South Yue Feng Family, Feng Guang sat in his large chair with a gloomy face. Ever since his defeat and retreat from Shan Feng Forest a few days ago, his mood had not been good!

In the past, he hadn't thought much of those little sluts from Shadow Moon Hall—Xi Ying, Yu Rong, and Diantian. He would even go to the Drunken Flower Pavilion to have some fun, sometimes specifically calling the three of them to accompany him. He hadn't expected that while these three women appeared flirtatious on the surface, they were inwardly ruthless. This time, he had accidentally fallen into the trap they set!

Having played with birds all his life, this time he had his eyes pecked by them... Over the past few days, he had also sent people to investigate, finding that Xi Ying and the others had already occupied that gemstone mine. It also seemed that Shadow Moon Hall had sent reinforcements, appearing extremely mysterious. Could they really have made a major discovery there?

"If that's the case, should I report to headquarters? After all, with just my strength, I can't compete with those little sluts..." Feng Guang pondered to himself.

Just then, the sound of footsteps rang out. The person arriving was the Head Steward, Feng Lifeng.

He rushed in with a grim expression and bowed to Feng Guang, saying, "Patriarch, things are bad!"

"What's bad?! I've told you long ago to stay calm and composed when things happen. Don't get all flustered every time there's a problem. How can you achieve anything great like this?!" Feng Guang huffed...