"You're going?"
Jing Fei hesitated.
To be honest, he didn't know Chu Tianle well, only that he was one of Feng Wuya's friends.
But Feng Wuya had too many friends. Moreover, from the Sanghai Secret Realm to the Outer Continent, Chu Tianle had always been inconspicuous, often silent, like an emotionless statue.
However, with Ximen Hongchun accompanying him, there should be no problem.
Chu Tianle didn't mind Jing Fei's scrutiny. He nodded and repeated, "Don't worry, we will definitely bring Wuya back."
"Alright, then we'll wait for your news." Jing Fei paused, then cautioned, "Don't push yourselves. Finding Wuya is important, and your safety is also important."
After the three left, Jing Fei called for help to take Bai Xia to his alchemy room. He thought about it and decided to visit Elder Yun himself.
"How could you not tell this old man about such a big matter first?"
To Jing Fei's surprise, Elder Yun was very agitated. When he arrived, Elder Yun was scolding Li Xiaoxiao, making her cower in a corner.
Upon seeing him, he was even unfriendly.
"You all!" Elder Yun pointed at Jing Fei and Li Xiaoxiao, sighing. "Has the peace of recent times made you forget how hostile the Outer Continent is towards us?"
He knew that with Dean Qin and junior Bai absent, the matter of the seeds would be primarily directed by Jing Fei, the vice-captain. But in his eyes, these seeds were still children!
If children were bullied, shouldn't they find an adult immediately?
Elder Yun felt both sad and helpless.
"Elder Yun, please calm your anger. This was my fault for being too unilateral," Jing Fei said comfortingly.
He was always like a jade gentleman, clear and reasonable.
But Elder Yun felt even more depressed.
"Never mind, it's not too late for you to tell me now. I'll have the academy's accompanying alchemists go to diagnose Bai Xia. You and Xiaoxiao come with me to the City Lord's Mansion." He said immediately.
Jing Fei frowned in confusion, "The city is busy with affairs right now. Will the City Lord's Mansion pay attention to our matters?"
It wasn't that Jing Fei was being modest, but the Divine启 Academy's influence within the entire Divine启 Continent was truly insignificant. Moreover, for people from the Outer Continent, the disappearance of just one seed was not important at all.
Elder Yun did not answer, but instead smiled inscrutably.
If it were before, the City Lord's Mansion would certainly not care, but now...
Elder Yun thought of the message from the City Lord's Mansion not long ago and said to Jing Fei and Li Xiaoxiao, "You'll know when you go see them."
Thus, Jing Fei and Li Xiaoxiao left in confusion and returned in a daze.
"Senior Brother Jing Fei, was that really the City Lord who was so kind to us just now?"
Wasn't it said that people from the Outer Continent treated them like discarded slaves and despised them immensely?
But as Li Xiaoxiao looked, the female City Lord almost treated the three of them as honored guests.
Even now, Li Xiaoxiao felt like she was dreaming.
The City Lord's Mansion was grand and imposing, and the cultivation of any guard inside was at the Golden Core stage. Yet, from the moment they entered to the moment they left, everything went unbelievably smoothly.
Moreover, the female City Lord had repeatedly promised to help them find junior brother Feng and had even sent people to protect them?
Not only Li Xiaoxiao had not recovered from the shock, but Jing Fei and Elder Yun were also the same. However, the two of them quickly recovered, their expressions as usual.
Seeing the three of them return, the other seeds who had not yet entered seclusion and had learned of the academy's missing person came looking for them.
"Elder Yun, Senior Brother Jing Fei, Sister Xiaoxiao, has Wuya been found?"
Feng Wuya was very popular among the seeds. He could talk to anyone, so everyone was very worried when they learned he was in trouble.
Wei Menglong stood at the back of the crowd, pretending to be concerned, but actually kept observing the expressions of the three. However, besides Li Xiaoxiao being a bit dazed, nothing could be seen on the faces of the other two.
"Elder Yun, I'll go see Bai Xia first."
As Jing Fei spoke, he heard someone call out, "Wait."
Qi Zhouzhengping, along with Hua Xueji and Chen Qiyang, rushed out.
"Elder Yun, Senior Brother Jing Fei, Sun Chongyang and Jiang Ye are also missing. We've searched their residences."
Qi Zhouzhengping's face turned even paler, whether from fear or exhaustion.
He added, "And I asked the other senior brothers and sisters, and they haven't seen where these two went either."
"Could Feng Wuya's disappearance also be related to them!"
A guess suddenly came from among the seeds.
"Shut up!" Jing Fei's face was rarely serious, and he said coldly, "If I hear anyone making such wild guesses again, don't blame me for being impolite."
"Jing Fei is right," Elder Yun followed up. "This is a tense time. As students of the academy, you should work together and help each other, not turn on each other and target your own people."
As they were speaking, Qin Sanxiang, Chu Tianle, and Ximen Hongchun strode in from the main entrance.
"Elder Yun, Jing Fei, we didn't find junior brother Feng, but as we searched along the place where Wuya disappeared, we found this. I suspect that the people who ambushed us were actually targeting Wuya."
Qin Sanxiang took out a leaf transformed by spiritual power. The leaf instantly turned into a sentence hanging in mid-air.
"Three days later, at Yueping Mountain Cliff outside the city, I want to see Bai Shengyi."
Jing Fei's gaze deepened, and he instinctively wanted to block the sentence, but it was too late.
All the seeds saw it.
"So... Feng Wuya was implicated by Bai Shengyi?"
A weak voice sounded.
Wei Menglong hunched over, revealing a malicious smile. He didn't believe that the other seeds would still support Bai Shengyi!
What use was Bai Shengyi!
As the captain, he was often absent, and now he even implicated his teammates.
Such a person was not worthy of being a captain!
Wei Menglong was imagining Bai Shengyi's miserable situation when he was unexpectedly swept to the ground by a strong force!
"Who!"
Wei Menglong looked up angrily, only to find that everyone around, including Elder Yun, was looking at him with a very strange and surprised expression.
But he had seen such looks many times during this period, so he didn't pay attention. He got up from the ground indignantly and retorted, "Why are you all looking at me like that?"
Before everyone could say anything, he looked at the person who had attacked him and said angrily, "And you, you're called Chu Tianle, right? Do you know what it means to respect your elders? I am, after all, your senior brother. How can you lay hands on me?"
"You call yourself senior brother?"
Chu Tianle looked down at Wei Menglong, suppressing his anger.
It was one thing for him to slander Sun Chongyang and Jiang Ye just now; those two were not good people anyway. But now, he had become even more audacious, even daring to defame Shengyi!
Chu Tianle couldn't say what kind of feelings he had for Bai Shengyi, but he absolutely would not allow anyone to slander Bai Shengyi in front of him!