38: The Conspiracy of the Purification Society

With the contract complete and the little guy joining them, the atmosphere became even livelier.

After eating their fill, everyone quickly fell asleep.

The Spirit Sniffing Sable, possessing danger perception, took on the duty of night watch.

It lay by the bonfire, its small nose twitching slightly, vigilantly looking around...

Just as Lin Xingyu and the others fell into slumber, in a valley within the Trial Secret Realm, a spatial rift silently opened.

A large number of Black Robed Men poured out, their faces covered by vertical-eyed masks.

They were indeed members of the World Purifying Society.

"Boss, there's a target not far from here. Should we go eliminate him directly?"

A subordinate rubbed his hands excitedly, his eyes gleaming with bloodlust.

Wang Ye, the leader in charge of this operation, glanced at him and said coldly, "Are you an idiot? Our mission this time is to destroy the entire Trial Secret Realm, not to play a game of chase and kill!"

"If we directly detonate the secret realm core, the entire Secret Realm will collapse. None of them will escape, so why bother chasing them down?"

The subordinate scratched his head and gave an awkward laugh.

"Boss is brilliant! My brain isn't working well enough."

Wang Ye sighed, shook his head, and his tone carried a hint of helplessness: "You young people are always so impulsive in your actions."

"Remember, if a problem can be solved with your brain, don't use your hands."

"What era is it now? Who still fights face-to-face? Non-contact combat is the trend!"

Saying that, he waved his hand: "Alright, time is short, quickly set up the formation!"

The Black Robed Men quickly dispersed, taking out various Materials for the formation, busily working with tension and order...

Wang Ye looked at the busy figures not far away, feeling a mix of hope and apprehension.

To set up this grand formation, they had almost emptied the headquarters' inventory.

Even that wasn't enough; they had also spent a huge sum to purchase another batch of Materials.

Actually, the main objective of this operation was not those few students who had awakened S-rank Spirit Seeds.

Although S-rank Spirit Seeds were rare, they weren't worth such a huge cost.

Their primary purpose this time was technical verification, to test the new Spirit Array developed by the Three-Eyed God Clan.

According to the Three-Eyed God Clan's estimations, using this Spirit Array could draw out and detonate the secret realm core.

The Three-Eyed God Clan was reluctant to use it in their own world.

After all, Secret Realms are extremely precious, and destroying one directly would be too great a loss.

Therefore, they decided to use it in the Blue Star World.

As an affiliated force of the Three-Eyed God Clan, the World Purifying Society was duty-bound.

Now, time was tight and the task was heavy; they needed to complete the detonation before the Trial ended.

This way, the entire Secret Realm would be destroyed, and incidentally, all the students participating in the Trial would be annihilated.

This would undoubtedly be a huge blow to the Federation.

At that time, they would become famous in one battle and could also use this to demand more resources from above.

"I hope everything goes smoothly!"

Wang Ye looked at the distant moonlight and murmured softly...

Moonlight, like water, sprinkled across the earth.

Su Yingxue looked at the moonlight before her, wondering what she was thinking about.

Just then, the Spirit's voice suddenly echoed in her mind.

"Oh, thinking about your little lover again?"

"Aunt Feng! I told you I don't have a little lover!"

Su Yingxue snapped back to reality, saying indignantly.

However, her flushed cheeks betrayed her true feelings.

"Are you sure Lin Xingyu's spirit seed is F-rank?"

"That day, I sensed him and found that I couldn't see through his true nature."

"Yes, so many people saw it on the day of the Spirit Awakening Ritual."

"His spiritual energy value was 0. Logically, he wouldn't even count as F-rank, but since F is the lowest, he was assigned F-rank."

Su Yingxue rubbed her hot face, trying to make the warmth dissipate quickly.

After entering the Secret Realm, she had been keeping an eye on Lin Xingyu's points.

Judging from the rate of his point increase, it didn't seem like he had obtained any treasures.

If he had obtained one or more treasures, his points should have increased in jumps.

However, although his points did have some jumps, for most of the time, they increased steadily.

If he were very strong, all of this would make sense.

But that was precisely the most illogical part!

He had clearly awakened the lowest-grade spirit seed.

Moreover, she was well aware of Lin Xingyu's family background.

It wasn't wealthy, let alone capable of using Heaven And Earth Treasure to improve his strength.

However, none of this was important.

What she cared more about was why he suddenly stopped pestering her a month ago?

She had pondered this question countless times, yet still couldn't find an answer.

It definitely wasn't because she had rejected him!

She had rejected him countless times, and he had never given up before.

Could it be that his feelings for her were all fake?

But if they were fake, why could he persist for two years?

"Your little lover is not simple!"

"Listen to Aunt Feng, if you like him, go after him quickly. If you can't get him, then snatch him. Aunt Feng has experience in this!"

"Snatch?"

Su Yingxue was startled.

How could she do such a thing?

"Yes, snatch! That's how your parents got together back then."

"Aunt Feng, you've misunderstood. I don't like him at all!"

"But, can you tell me about my parents?"

"Back then, your mother awakened a fire-attribute spirit seed and had a fiery temper, while your father was ice-attribute..."

...The next morning.

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the forest, shining on Lin Xingyu's face and waking him from his sleep.

He rubbed his sleepy eyes and saw Wang Chiyao not far away, teasing the Spirit Sniffing Sable.

"Brother Xingyu, you're awake! You wouldn't believe how amazing the Spirit Sniffing Sable is..."

Wang Chiyao saw Lin Xingyu wake up and immediately ran over, her face full of excitement.

Li Hongyang, who was meditating not far away, also opened his eyes.

He was still holding a Spirit Crystal in his hand, clearly Cultivating.

Li Hongyang was the most diligent among them, never wasting any time.

"Chi Yao! It's so early in the morning, aren't you being too noisy!"

Wang Ledian was woken up by Wang Chiyao, his face full of resentment.

Wang Chiyao, that fellow, was definitely doing it on purpose.

When Lin Xingyu was sleeping, she would never make the slightest sound.

But as soon as Lin Xingyu woke up, she would immediately shout loudly.

"Your second place is gone, and you're still sleeping in!"

Wang Chiyao looked at Wang Ledian, her face full of disdain.

Hearing her say that, Wang Ledian didn't bother arguing and quickly took out his trial stone to check.

Indeed, Xia Fei had already surpassed him, ranking second.

And the gap between them had widened significantly.

Seeing this, Wang Ledian jolted, all sleepiness gone.

"Damn, did Xia Fei grind monsters all night?"

Before going to sleep, he had checked the rankings.

At that time, Xia Fei was still in fifth place, with a considerable gap between them.

In just one night, he had surpassed him by so much?

Actually, Wang Ledian's guess was correct; Xia Fei had indeed been grinding monsters all night.

But it wasn't Xia Fei himself, but the ghosts he summoned.

Ghosts, being Souls transformed, didn't need rest at all.

They even preferred to fight at night.