Zhu Mingxu began, scanning the students below, seeing pairs of eyes filled with hostility and disgust.

The anger he had suppressed for so long finally erupted, "What's there to say? Headquarters will investigate whether I killed someone or not. What's it to you? What qualifications do you second-line guys have to tie me up…"

Before he could finish speaking, he was slapped to the ground by Huo Mo, who then kicked him in the abdomen.

Zhu Mingxu curled up like a shrimp in pain, spitting out bitter water.

The physiques of Musicians and Scholars are the weakest among The Way of the Extraordinary. The Hongluan Star Official at the Saint stage, although stronger than ordinary people, is only moderately so. Luo Lesheng shouted angrily, "Will you talk or not?"

Zhu Mingxu spat out the bitter water, gasping for breath, "I'll talk, I'll talk…"

He panted for a long time until the pain subsided and his breathing cleared. Then, Luo Lesheng picked him up again, and the rude Huo Mo pointed at the students below, "Tell them while looking at them."

The Starry Sky Observer seized the opportunity to shove the lie detector into Zhu Mingxu's hand.

Under the gaze of many eyes, Zhu Mingxu gritted his teeth and said:

"Last night, after I left the cafeteria, I did go to find Xia Chaoxue, but I didn't kill her. The lie detector can prove it. I also don't have the ability to shield props, otherwise… I wouldn't be standing here now."

The brown horn showed no reaction.

"Why did you go to find Xia Chaoxue?" Xiahou Aotian asked.

As the class monitor, he felt he had the obligation and responsibility to question.

Zhu Mingxu mumbled for a long time, "Going to a girls' dormitory in the middle of the night, what else could it be…"

"So, you're Xia Chaoxue's lover? She was with you before she died… No, you only went for ten minutes, the time doesn't match up." Xiahou Aotian nodded in realization, then raised his doubts.

"I had a bit of alcohol that night and planned to find her, but when I got to the girls' dormitory, I found she wasn't there, so I returned to the cafeteria," Zhu Mingxu said.

"Later, the dinner party broke up, and I went back to the dormitory to rest. It was only the next day that I learned she had died." The brown horn still showed no reaction.

"If that's the case, it does explain things. Where did Xia Chaoxue go then?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

"Why didn't you report this in the morning?"

Zhu Mingxu was silent.

Luo Lesheng raised his big palm, threatening, "Do you need my help?"

…Zhu Mingxu instinctively shrank his head. He knew that in front of the violent Huo Mo, his identity and family background wouldn't be his protection. He stammered, "I don't want to get involved in a murder case. This matter has nothing to do with me." The brown horn emitted a dazzling light.

"You still dare to lie!" Luo Lesheng slapped him.

*Pa!*

Zhu Mingxu staggered, his cheeks quickly swelling and blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Only then did he reluctantly confess, "My affair with Xia Chaoxue isn't honorable. I used a Love Silk prop…"

Love Silk prop? It took Zhang Yuanqing about ten seconds to understand. The Hongluan Star Official has a skill called Love Silk. As the name suggests, the purpose of this skill is to connect red threads for oneself or for others.

Connecting a red thread to the target will make the target fall madly in love with oneself.

--With a time limit.

However, Love Silk is a skill that can only be learned at level 5. Zhu Mingxu is level 4, so he said he used a prop.

Damn it, what's the difference between this and drugging someone? Zhang Yuanqing hasn't been in contact with many Musicians. And among Hongluan Star Officials and above, there's only the Palace Master of Stop Killing Palace. And the Palace Master has never used this skill on him. So he didn't react just now. Only Zhu Rong and Xie's father, whom he only met once, don't count.

"Disgusting!"

"Despicable, I'm going to castrate you, you bastard."

The female students below were in an uproar, cursing endlessly.

The male students also looked disdainful, and Sanyang Kaitai angrily participated in the scolding.

At this time, Song Manmei on the podium said:

"Since you went to the girls' dormitory, why didn't the animals and plants notice you?"

Zhu Mingzhao said:

"Love Silk has a time limit. After Xia Chaoxue returned to normal, her reaction was very intense.

I promised to compensate her after I got out and let her enjoy the Zhu family's resources and wealth. It took a lot of effort to appease her.

"But she had a request, which was not to let others know about our relationship, because she had a boyfriend outside, and they belonged to the same branch. So every time I went to meet her secretly, I would wear a Night Wanderer prop."

Although Night Wanderer props are rare, it's not difficult for the young masters of spiritual families to exchange one from their family. Moreover, "Night Wander" is an excellent escape skill, and The Way of the Extraordinary with enough wealth will try to get one.

Of course, the Night Wander ability of a prop is definitely not comparable to a genuine Night Wanderer.

"Who else knows about your relationship?" the Dean asked.

According to the autopsy, Xia Chaoxue had been violated before her death. Yes, now it can be confirmed that it was a violation.

Obviously, the perpetrator knew about the relationship between Zhu Mingxu and Xia Chaoxue, so he deliberately violated her, creating the illusion of a "familiar person" committing the crime.

"No one. I didn't reveal it to anyone." Zhu Mingzhao shook his head vigorously, and the brown horn didn't react either.

Dean Li Yanqi pondered for a few seconds, "Did Xia Chaoxue show any unusual behavior yesterday?"

Zhu Mingxu shook his head, "No. After learning that she had been killed this morning, I kept thinking about who the murderer was. I originally thought it was Yuan Shitianzun."

"Oh? Why do you think so?" Dean Li Yanqi narrowed his eyes.

"Being able to sneak into the girls' dormitory silently must mean having the ability of a Night Wanderer. Yuan Shitianzun also has a title outside, called the Rascal Celestial Venerable. Isn't it normal for him to act like a hooligan?" Zhu Mingxu snorted coldly.

You're just prejudiced… Zhang Yuanqing wanted to go on stage and touch him.

The Dean shook his head in disappointment.

He thought Zhu Mingbao could provide valuable clues.

After asking a few more questions and seeing that there were no gains, Li Yanqi said:

"Zhu Mingxu's actions against Xia Chaoxue will be reported to headquarters as they are. From now on, he will be supervised by Teacher Luo Lesheng." Across three tables, Tianxia Guihuo negated her statement, "It's not twenty-two to one. It's seven to one."

Before Sun Senmiao could react, she heard Yuan Shitianzun's voice coming from the earpiece:

"That's right. The Armored Man is most likely a female student."

"Zhu Mingxu's confession has given us two clues. One, the girls' dormitory may not be the first crime scene. Two, the Armored Man knows about the relationship between Zhu Mingbao and Xia Chaoxue.

"Zhu Mingxu didn't reveal the relationship between the two to anyone. This has been verified by the lie detector. So, is it possible that Xia Chaoxue revealed it?"

Sun Miaomiao nodded in realization:

"Yuan Shi is right. Xia Chaoxue probably wouldn't tell a male student about this kind of thing. It's more likely that she confided in a female student. After killing Xia Chaoxue, the Armored Man deliberately 'violated' her, with the aim of making us focus our suspicion on the male students. "Yes. It's precisely because the murderer is female that there's no male fluid in Xia Chaoxue's body." Hearing this, Zhao Chenghuang expressed his opinion, "If that's the case, the scope is narrowed. Which female students does Xia Chaoxue usually hang out with?"

Sun Miaomiao tilted her head, recalling for a moment, and said, "Xianchan Jun and Xiaoyue Tu are quite close to her." There are a total of eight female students. Tianxia Guihuo said阴 coldly:

"Find an opportunity to invite the two of them to Hundred Beasts Island and use the Tiger King's hand to test them. Faced with a level 6 spiritual beast, they will either die or use the Night Wanderer prop to save their lives.

"Whoever has the Night Wanderer prop and armor is a member of Dark Night Rose."

Hey, old brother, your thinking is very dangerous… Zhang Yuanqing grinned.

"What if we guess wrong? Wouldn't we be killing them?" Sun Miaosen frowned cutely,

and then rubbed the sparse hair on the little idiot's head.

Tianxia Guihuo said淡淡:

"Having a high moral bottom line often makes it easy to suffer losses. Compared to the benefits we gain, what does killing two people count for? Of course, this is in a situation where there is no other way.

"And we have other ways to force them to reveal their trump cards. It's very simple. Give them enough crisis. Use Yuan Shitianzun's red hat to collect them.

"Then,

put on my Myriad People Tomb and enter the hat space to hunt down the two of them. Sun Miaomiao will handle this matter. I suggest you take action at night." Sun Miaomiao's eyes lit up, "This method is feasible."

Luring them to Hundred Beasts Island puts the initiative in the hands of the Tiger King, which is uncontrollable.

And the second plan puts the initiative in her hands.

Seeing that no one opposed his suggestion, Tianxia Guihuo continued:

"We must be mentally prepared for a wrong inference. Therefore, the doubts about the Dean must also be investigated. We can't delay. While we are looking for the Armored Man, he is also looking for us. We know too little about this enemy.

Xiahou Aotian stopped talking, sitting alone in the distance, raising his chin proudly.

Zhang Yuanqing understood and transmitted his thoughts:

"Amazing. Brother Aotian is worthy of being the protagonist. We supporting characters can only sigh in admiration."

Only then did Xiahou Aotian put away his proud chin and said, "We can drug the Dean, damage his spirit, and then use a hypnotic prop to hypnotize him. Everything will be fine."

Tianxia Guihuo held it in for a long time before finally saying, "First of all, you need to have medicine."

"Among the materials in the dungeon, there is a medicinal herb called the Senluo Vientiane Grass, which is the main material for the Illusionist's Overlord level. I can refine it into a hallucinogenic smoke. It is colorless and odorless. People who inhale the smoke will hallucinate and become muddled, making them easy to control. As for the auxiliary medicinal materials, Spiritual Plant Island has them. Spiritual Plant Island has thousands of medicinal herbs."

Alchemists are best at refining elixirs and medicines. Xiahou Aotian is still reliable. Everyone listened with joy.

Zhang Yuanqing said:

"This idea is good. Um, is there a medicine that can poison all the plants and animals in the academy? Teacher Song Man's skills are too annoying. There are obviously no monitors in the academy, but there are monitors everywhere."

"Both sides have been elusive. Over time, even idiots will know that everyone can Night Wander and Star Communicate. Killing these plants and animals can both eliminate hidden dangers and spread smoke screens."

Xiahou Aotian thought for a moment, "No problem."

After lunch, the dungeon team returned to the cafe and completed the prop transaction in the toilet. Zhang Yuanqing and Tianxia Guihuo gave the "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Ten Thousand People Killer" to Sun Miaomiao.

They themselves harvested Zhao Chenghuang's hypnotic pocket watch.

And Xiahou Aotian also received the Night Wanderer prop from Sun Miaomiao, as well as Zhang Yuanqing's Swift Wind Gloves.

Combining the two props would allow him to fly directly to Spiritual Plant Island to collect herbs.

8:30 PM.

The afternoon was calm and nothing happened.

Room 404, Hong Ji Ge, who had finished playing cards, followed Zhang Yuanqing back to his room to rest.

The lights were soft, and a net-celebrity-faced beauty with an oval face was standing by the table:

Sitting on the chair was an elegant and dignified, stunningly beautiful woman with eerie red eyes.

They were like the most top-tier dolls.

"Your two Yin corpses are really gorgeous, Yuan Shitianzun. Do you have any fetish?" Hong Ji Ge walked to the table, his gaze wandering over the delicate bodies of Blood Rose and Princess Yinyao. "They're both beauties. This is very strange."

He suspected Yuan Shitianzun's taste. It's understandable for one beautiful Yin corpse, but both Yin corpses are stunning.

"You didn't have this Yin corpse the last time in the Yueshan dungeon." Hong Ji Ge stared at Princess Yinyao for a moment, sighing:

He pretended to go to the toilet. After comforting the Princess, Zhang Yuanqing went to bed. Time passed, and at 10:30 PM, he closed the bathroom door and took out the Eight Thoughts Mirror, shining it on himself.

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The next second, a stream of light was projected from the mirror, transforming into another Zhang Yuanqing.

This Zhang Yuanqing opened the bathroom door with a normal expression, returned to the bedroom, and crawled into bed.

The real Zhang Yuanqing had already cast the Star Escape technique and left the men's dormitory.

Outside the men's dormitory, under a certain tree, a hazy, dreamy starlight rose.

Zhang Yuanqing looked around. The night was dark and silent. The round moon hung high in the night sky, spilling cold brilliance.

The lush green plants and colorful flowers were bathed in the bright moonlight, appearing somewhat listless.

In the evening, Xiahou Aotian had refined a poison called "Hundred Flowers Massacre." Just a small handful of poisonous powder could cause the entire

flower garden to die within six hours.

Animals that smelled this colorless and odorless poisonous powder would also not survive more than eight hours.

The dungeon team had secretly used the powder everywhere there were plants in the academy.

Zhang Yuanqing took out a wax pill and a pocket watch from his inventory. The former was the hallucinogenic poison smoke, and the latter was the hypnosis prop given by Zhao Chenghuang.

He put the two items in his pocket and then grabbed the Perfect Human Skin and applied it to his face. The skin, as thin as a cicada's wing, quickly melted and adhered to his skin. In an instant, he transformed into the cold and intellectual female teacher Lin Su.

His plan was to disguise himself as Teacher Lin Su, visit the Dean, and then use the smoke to attack, followed by hypnosis with Zhao Chenghuang's prop. The reason for choosing Lin Su was the result of Xiahou Aotian's divination.

The divination showed that among all the teachers, only approaching the Dean disguised as Lin Su would bring great luck.

"Dong dong!"

The Dean, who was sitting at his desk pondering the murder case, heard a knock on the door.

He got up from his desk, opened the door, and saw the intellectual and cool Lin Su standing at the door.

"Teacher Lin Su?" The old Dean said in astonishment, "What's the matter?"

This Lin Su was clearly wearing a student uniform, but he found it incredibly natural, as if she should be wearing it.

"Dean, I still feel uneasy in my heart." Zhang Yuanqing said something against his will.

Then, he saw Dean Li Yanqi sigh, put his arm around his waist, and lead him into the room. What's going on? Zhang Yuanqing's heart

Teacher Song Man was indeed punished and sent to the academy because of her chaotic private life… Spit spit, old Dean, I didn't expect you to be this kind of Dean. What's the difference between you and those professors at Songhai University who sleep with female students and female teachers… Zhang Yuanqing complained wildly in his heart. The Dean's vicissitudes of life, yet rather masculine face, smiled:

"Life in the academy is dull and boring. She and I are just comforting each other. There's no need for you to be jealous. She hasn't come to me these past few days. She must be with some student."

"It's getting late. Let's rest."

You rest yourself! Zhang Yuanqing silently crushed the wax pill. Colorless and odorless gas instantly spread.

Zhang Yuanqing held his breath the moment he crushed the wax pill.

As the gas spread, the old Dean's bright eyes suddenly showed an extremely chaotic state. His eyeballs sometimes rolled up, sometimes fell down, and sometimes stared fixedly at a certain place.

He began to mumble, talking nonsense.

Zhang Yuanqing took two steps back, broke free from the Dean's embrace, tore off the Perfect Human Skin, took out the pocket watch from his pocket, and dangled it in front of the Dean's eyes. The pocket watch swayed like a pendulum: "Answer my question, answer my question…"

It took a full two minutes before he saw the chaos disappear from the Dean's pupils, replaced by emptiness.

This meant that the hypnosis was successful.

Zhang Yuanqing went straight to the point: "In the morning, why did you ask Yuan Shitianzun if he had left the dormitory last night?"

The Dean murmured, "I just wanted to find out the whereabouts of the students last night."

"Why did you want to find out the whereabouts of the students? Haven't they already been cleared of suspicion?"

The Dean mumbled, "I just wanted to find out the whereabouts of the students last night."

Zhang Yuanqing's brows gradually furrowed. He just wanted to find out the whereabouts of the students?

This reason couldn't convince him.

He had already proven his innocence without any blind spots at the time. Whether he was in the dormitory or not was irrelevant to the case. On the contrary, it was the Armored Man who knew that the stone door had been opened who was most concerned about this question.

The Dean asking this question at that critical juncture was too suspicious. But hypnosis wouldn't lie. The Dean's answer must have been the honest truth from his heart.

Just a coincidence? Am I overthinking it?

"Who do you suspect is the murderer?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

prop, nor did she find the armor that Yuan Shi was talking about." Sun Miaomiao said with a face full of regret:

"In order to save them, I wasted half a tube of Life Source Liquid. The two of them are still unconscious. When they wake up later, they will definitely report to the teacher that they were attacked, but they didn't see what I looked like. I was wearing armor."

"Remember to return Myriad People Residence to me later." Tianxia Guihuo, a few tables away, said: "Yuan Shitianzun, what about your side?"

Zhang Yuanqing lowered his head and drank porridge. "The Dean's reply was: He just wanted to know the whereabouts of the students last night."

"That's it?" Xiahou Aotian couldn't accept it. "Asked so coincidentally?"

"I don't believe it's a coincidence either, but it seems like that's how it is." Zhang Yuanqing sighed.

He didn't elaborate on what happened last night. He didn't reveal the Dean's intimate relationship with Teacher Lin Su. He wasn't Yuan Ting.

Thinking about it now, life in the academy is boring, and everyone is an adult. Naturally, they will have needs, and if they are willing, there's nothing to criticize.

"If that's the case, the investigation is stuck, and we will be very passive in the next two days." Zhao Chenghuang's cold voice sounded in the earpiece.

"Is our line of thinking wrong…" Xiahou Aotian murmured.

Just then, the Dean's stern and mournful voice sounded from the cafeteria's loudspeaker: "Everyone, gather in the library immediately." Did you reveal any flaws last night?

"I definitely didn't reveal any flaws yesterday." Zhang Yuanqing looked blank, quietly tightening his nerves. He put down his chopsticks and left the cafeteria with the equally blank students, entering the library.

The students entered the library.

On the podium, the Dean's eyes were slightly red, with sorrow hidden in his eyes. His expression was cold and stern, and his cold gaze swept across everyone's faces. He said, word by word: "Teacher Lin Su was killed last night."