The gazes of the students behind him immediately shifted from Zhao Chenghuang to Yuan Shi Tianzun, who was being questioned by the dean.
It was an instinctive gaze. In fact, the students present didn't take this matter to heart. They even thought that the teachers of Qinfeng Academy were making a fuss over nothing. What was so surprising about sneaking into Jiaoren Lake?
Qinfeng Academy lacked electronic devices, entertainment activities, and facilities, and they weren't allowed to have fun?
Maybe in a few days when they got bored, they would also sneak into Jiaoren Lake and frolic with those stunningly beautiful Jiaoren.
Only Zhang Yuanqing knew best that if the act of sneaking into Jiaoren Lake was exposed, first of all, the academy's teachers would interrogate him on how he knew about the hidden mission.
The Jietian Emperor Forum. Secondly, that competitor would know about him, and because he was taking the blame, the armored man would escape unscathed.
Finally, in the next few days, he would definitely be under close scrutiny, making it difficult for him to enter the stone gate again.
Because even if he entered the stone gate and obtained treasures, the headquarters would know who did it.
Looking at Dean Li Yanqi's sharp and profound gaze, Zhang Yuanqing shook his head and showed an ambiguous smile:
"Teacher Song Man said that Jiaoren have small tiger teeth. I'm not an earth monster, and I'm well aware of my own defenses." The male students burst into knowing chuckles.
A few female students who understood blushed and spat, or couldn't help but smile along.
The dean nodded with a serious expression, looking at Sun Miaomiao and saying:
"Did you sneak into Jiaoren Lake?" Sun Miaomiao shook her head:
"It wasn't me. After returning to the dormitory, I was in the room catching up with Peony Fairy and Niulanshan Little Fairy."
The dean scrutinized her for a few seconds, said "hmm," and moved on to the next person.
Whew, successfully passed. Just as I thought, the "sage" price of the ghost mirror can smooth out all emotional fluctuations. Even the scout's insight technique can't see it. In that case, most lie detection tools can be avoided, unless it's the kind of tool that forces you not to lie Zhang Yuanqing silently breathed a sigh of relief.
The most troublesome part of insight technique is that it doesn't impose any negative buffs on you; it just observes you.
If negative buffs were applied, Zhang Yuanqing could transfer them to Little Doubi and the Ghost Bride.
Without using props, how could a Star Official's lies deceive a Swordsman's insight?
Fortunately, Zhang Yuanqing had considered that the academy teachers would thoroughly investigate this matter when he was reviewing the situation earlier, so he had a backup plan.
He gave the ghost mirror to Princess Yinyao, then separated half of his spiritual body to inhabit the princess's body, and then triggered the price by holding the ghost mirror.
The two spiritual bodies were one.
It was equivalent to using Princess Yinyao as a medium to allow the ghost mirror's price to affect the main body.
The dean's actions confirmed one of his guesses: the Jiaoren clan, the Tiger King, and the academy's teachers were all shouldering the responsibility of guarding the hidden mission.
Fu Qingyang didn't mention this, which shouldn't be an oversight on his part. It was because Ling Jun, the great elder of the Hundred Flowers Society's grandson, had sneaked into Jiaoren Lake that year. If it were anyone else, there would probably be a collective inquiry.
"Based on the current situation, the hidden mission on Hundred Beasts Island is equivalent to a taboo at Qinfeng Academy, which is enough to show the importance the Hundred Flowers Society places on the hidden mission."
"From this, it can be inferred that the higher-ups of the Hundred Flowers Society know what's behind the stone gate, or at least have a rough understanding. No one would attach so much importance to something they don't understand."
"Hiss, if I want to win the treasure behind the stone gate, it's a bit difficult to exclusively enjoy the artifact of Takamagahara. Absolutely, absolutely can't let headquarters know."
The number of competitors has increased again.
Zhang Yuanqing was thinking aimlessly, tilting his head and following the dean with his eyes, watching him "interrogate" one by one, until he finished questioning the last person and still hadn't identified the intruder.
He actually didn't find the armored man? This is a bit tricky. His heart quietly grew heavy.
Because this meant that it would be equally difficult for him to find the armored man. The other party was definitely not someone to be trifled with.
"Didn't you say that a student snuck into Jiaoren Lake? Where's the person?" Hongjige shouted, "You gathered us here in the middle of the night. Is this some kind of mix up?
Don't bother me with this kind of thing again in the future."
I have to say, the Fire Master is really good at attracting hatred and diverting attention, a villager in werewolf! Zhang Yuanqing gave Hongjige a thumbs up.
Looking at Tianxiaguihuo, who was calmly thinking and silent, he cursed in his heart: Shame of the Fire Master!
"Everyone, please be calm and quiet, and wait in place," the gray-haired old dean said in a deep voice.
The students were still respectful enough not to leave, but ignored the request for "silence" and chatted noisily.
After a while, Song Man, the sexy medical room teacher with long legs, a slender waist, and round hips, returned and stopped next to the dean, whispering in his ear.
The dean frowned slightly after listening, then smiled:
"I'm very sorry, a misunderstanding! Zhao Chenghuang, Sun Miaomiao, Xie Lingzhou, Zhao Feiwen, Liu Yushu, Zhu Mingxu, Xiahou Aotian, the few of you come with me for a moment, the rest of you go back to the dormitory. Tomorrow morning there is a history class, starting at nine o'clock, don't be late."
The students dispersed in a hubbub.
Room. Zhang Yuanqing pushed open the door, took the ghost mirror back from Princess Yinyao, and conveyed mental fluctuations using the Night Wanderer's unique communication method: "The dean questioned all the students today, but he didn't find the armored man."
He told Princess Yinyao what happened in the library lobby.
Zhang Yuanqing was a person who readily accepted advice and was happy to listen to his companions' suggestions and advice.
Princess Yinyao sat in a ladylike posture and said:
"You are a Star Official and have the Night Wander skill, so the plants outside the dormitory cannot detect you. Then why can the armored man also hide from the plants and animals? There are two possibilities:"
"One, the armored man is also a Night Wanderer or has Night Wanderer props."
"Two, the armored man is not a student but a teacher at the academy. Given the Swordsman's failure to gain insight, I am more inclined to the second possibility."
Zhang Yuanqing shook his head: If he were a teacher at the academy, then his only goal would be to muddy the waters and frame the students.
But the armored man's behavior did not match.
Princess Yinyao tilted her head, her crimson eyes looking over, waiting for him to explain.
"If the armored man is a teacher at the academy, then he must have been planning for a long time and be very familiar with the environment, the Jiaoren clan's guards, and the stone gate, waiting only for the students to arrive to act immediately. But the armored man's behavior tonight was more like a reconnaissance."
Zhang Yuanqing recalled the armored man's actions of searching for the stone gate. How did that look like he had been planning for a long time?
Princess Yinyao thought it made sense and said, "The situation is a bit complicated, a three-way game, what are you going to do?" Zhang Yuanqing shook his head:
"The armored man must have special hiding methods. I am a Night Wanderer and not good at this. The only thing that can act as a lie detection tool is the Houtu Boots, but I can't make all the students wear them once. I don't have any ideas at the moment, do you have any solutions, Princess?"
Princess Yinyao said indifferently, "Wash up and go to sleep."
"I've already washed up."
"Then go to sleep early."
The next day, Zhang Yuanqing got up at seven-thirty, wearing a Qinfeng school uniform, and strolled through the beautifully landscaped academy toward the cafeteria.
The academy's architecture retained the Qin Dynasty style while incorporating modern elements, making it look quaint and antique but not as simple and inconvenient as ancient residences.
The buildings were connected by winding bluestone paths and cobblestone roads, interspersed with pavilions and stone tables and chairs.
A large number of green plants were planted along the road. It was early autumn, and the flowering season had not yet passed. The greenery was dotted with colorful and strange flowers that could not be seen in reality. As he walked, Zhang Yuanqing saw Sun Miaomiao. The woman had her hair pulled up and was covered in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple flowers, and she was still picking and adding more.
Seeing Zhang Yuanqing approaching, Sun Miaomiao, as sweet as a girl next door, struck a cute pose and said, "Is it pretty?"
"Pretty, pretty, flowers and beauties go together, it's truly a wise saying. However, in my opinion, Miaomiao's beauty surpasses even the flowers." Zhang Yuanqing clapped his hands vigorously.
Sun Miaomiao happily said, "I asked Yuan Ting and Zhao Chenghuang, and they both said I was crazy and obsessed with flowers."
"They obviously
don't know how to appreciate your beauty," Zhang Yuanqing criticized.
"Hmph, you really are suitable to be a scumbag."
Sun Miaomiao smiled even more happily, "Where's Little Doubi, let me play with him."
"No, unless you beg me."
"I beg you."
"Where's the pride of the third generation of the Taiyi sect?" Zhang Yuanqing helplessly spat out Taiyin power, which landed and transformed into a round and cute baby.
"Ha, baby~." Sun Miaomiao was overjoyed, rushed over, picked up Little Doubi from the ground, and kissed him wildly, her face full of doting happiness. Little Doubi was also very happy, taking the opportunity to absorb more Taiyin power to reduce the burden of nurturing for its master.
"Let me play with him for a few days, I'll return him to you before leaving Qinfeng Academy," Sun Miaomiao pleaded.
Zhang Yuanqing thought for a while and said, "I can let you play with him during the day, but you have to return him to me before dark. Also, you will bear all my expenses at Qinfeng Academy."
"All expenses?" Sun Miaomiao wrinkled her nose. "You villain selling your son for money, fine."
The two entered the cafeteria together and immediately heard a commotion.
Following the sound, they saw Hongjige pointing at the chef's nose and cursing:
"I'll say it again, I want to drink porridge, porridge made with the freshest moonlight fish. Stop giving me these Western things like toast, butter, fried eggs, sausage, and bacon."
"No Chinese breakfast? Why don't you take a piss and look at your skin color before you bicker with me, I'll beat you up."
The chef didn't believe it and said with a stiff neck, "What can you do to me? Hitting academy staff will result in a deduction of wages and disciplinary action."
Before he could finish speaking, his two-hundred-pound body went flying.
Hongjige pounced on him and beat him up.
The cafeteria staff and the Five Elements Alliance students rushed forward to separate them. "Go call the teacher, stop fighting, this isn't a The Way of the Extraordinary."
"This chef is also stupid, arguing with a Fire Master. Class monitor, quickly organize him."
"Hongjige, stop fighting, give Xiahou Aotian some face... Ow, you even dare to hit me, just you wait."
[Seriously, I've been using yeguoyuedu to read books and follow updates recently, switching sources and using multiple reading voices. .yeguoyuedu is available for both Android and Apple.]
"Huh, what is the class monitor doing? Holy crap, you're assembling a cannon? Calm down!!" The scene was in chaos.
Zhang Yuanqing and Sun Miaomiao ignored the conflict between the students, looked around, and sat down by the window. Yuan Ting and Zhao Chenghuang were slowly enjoying breakfast.
The former was staring intently at the people pulling them apart, and the latter was eating without paying attention to what was happening around him.
"What did the dean keep you guys for last night?" Zhang Yuanqing stole a strip of Zhao Chenghuang's bacon and said while chewing.
"He asked us if we knew about the hidden dungeon in Qinfeng Academy and used lie detection tools on us," Zhao Chenghuang said coldly.
Yuan Ting withdrew his gaze and kindly shared a piece of toast with Yuan Shi Tianzun, saying, "He didn't even keep you."
Just as Zhang Yuanqing was about to speak, he heard a calm and steady voice saying:
"Because Yuan Shi Tianzun is a commoner."
Tianxiaguihuo carried a plate, pulled up a chair, squeezed between Sun Miaomiao and Zhang Yuanqing, and said, "Let me through..."
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After the two made room, he sat down and said:
"The dean might make a big deal for 100,000 yuan, but he wouldn't keep you few behind and relentlessly pursue it for 100,000 yuan. The only possibility is..."
"There is a secret at the bottom of Jiaoren Lake, and it's a secret that can't be spread. And the person who knows this secret has a pivotal position in the government and the The Way of the Extraordinary families."
"Although Yuan Shi Tianzun is in the spotlight, he is a commoner, without elders or a family, so the dean excluded him."
He took a sip of coffee and said, "These are just my speculations."
Although I'm a commoner, my brother-in-law treats me like a son, Zhang Yuanqing joked to himself.
Fu Qingyang was indeed very kind to him.
Zhao Chenghuang and Sun Miaomiao were thoughtful.
Yuan Ting's eyes suddenly lit up: "In that case, the dean's big fuss is not because someone violated the school rules and couldn't sneak into the lake. On the surface, it's for the safety of the students, but in reality, there is another mystery. Tianxiaguihuo, what is the secret at the bottom of the lake?"
Tianxiaguihuo said "Heh" "Since it's a secret, how could I possibly know? What about you two?"
The purpose of his forcing his way over was for this.
Zhao Chenghuang and Sun Miaomiao shook their heads.
Tianxiaguihuo looked at Yuan Shi Tianzun, "What are your thoughts?"
With his familiarity with me, if I don't express my opinion at this time and avoid talking about it, he will definitely suspect me. Zhang Yuanqing then snatched a sausage from Tianxiaguihuo and said, "Someone among the students is after the owner of that secret. Well, it may not be a student, it may be a teacher."
Zhang Yuanqing didn't think it was a teacher, because he had personally witnessed the armored man's actions, but from an outsider's perspective, if the student couldn't be found, then the teacher would also be suspected.
Zhao Chenghuang was the first to reject, "Not interested."
Tianxiaguihuo nodded, "That's what I was thinking too. If we have the chance, should we go underwater and take a look sometime?"
Sun Miaomiao and Yuan Ting were a bit tempted.
Zhang Yuanqing deliberately showed a yearning expression but with hidden concerns, "We'll talk about it if we have the chance. I don't think there's any hope in the near future, the students and teachers will be watching."
After a simple breakfast, the students came to the adjacent library and to that "church."
The curriculum had already been distributed to the students, and the academy's courses were
"The Way of the Extraordinary History Class,"
"Major Career Research Class (including overseas),"
"Alchemy Class,"
"Weapon Crafting Class,"
"Astrology Class,"
"Prop Classification Class,"
"Combat Class,"
"Pharmacology Class."
Today they were learning theory, one "The Way of the Extraordinary History Class" in the morning, one "Major Career Lecture Class" in the afternoon, and one "Prop Classification Class." Zhang Yuanqing was extremely excited about the academy's courses.
In terms of dungeon strategies and combat, the academy teachers were not necessarily stronger than him, or even much stronger than the students, but their knowledge base would crush this group of newly promoted Saints.
Many things the government wont tell you until you reach certain levels.
For example, in prop classification, Zhang Yuanqing currently only knows two major categories.
For example, overseas careers, astrology, pharmacology, etc.
In terms of The Way of the Extraordinary history, I know quite a lot, um, I'll bring Princess Yinyao along, maybe I can teach the dean some knowledge in reverse... Zhang Yuanqing thought with a perverse sense of humor.