Chapter 181 The Dean Returns (8000)

The light was dazzling, and the red light shone through the scroll, making the whole room red. This red was bloody, making people feel a sense of horror unconsciously.

Xu Bai was the first to react. He pulled out the Hundred Splits from his waist and slashed it horizontally.

The light flashed, and the scroll was split into two and fell to the ground. The dagger inside rolled out and was also split into two.

The red pattern on the dagger was gradually dimming and gradually disappearing.

At the moment when the red light appeared just now, Xu Bai felt an inexplicable danger, which made him pull out the Hundred Splits.

"Not good!" Liu Xu stood up suddenly and turned to look outside the room.

At this time, along with the roar, there were fine and fragmented footsteps outside the room, and the footsteps gradually became louder. Soon there was a noisy and irritable voice of discussion.

"Go out and take a look." Xu Bai put away the Hundred Splits, raised his eyebrows, and took the lead to step out of the door.

The first-class puppet and Liu Xu followed behind, walking in the direction of the sound.

The academy is very large, especially the Qingyun Academy, which is even more outrageous. It accommodates many scholars, so it took Xu Bai and his team some time to reach the source of the sound.

At this time, hundreds of scholars were gathered in a square not far ahead.

Due to the large number of people, it is impossible to see what is going on inside from the outside.

Only from the outside can we hear the constant discussion.

"Who did this? It's absurd!"

"How dare they do such a thing in the holy land of scholars? It's simply outrageous!"

"This is the statue of the dean, how can there be such a strange phenomenon?"

Waves of voices came from it, some with panic, some with anger, and some with complexity. In short, all kinds of voices converged and looked messy.

"How can the land of saints be so ignorant of etiquette? Get out of here and don't watch here!"

At this moment, dozens of middle-aged men in uniform came over and quickly dispersed the scholars in front of them.

After these people were dispersed, Xu Bai and Liu Xu saw the situation inside.

In the center of the square stood a huge statue made of stone, which looked like an old man.

The craftsman who carved this statue was ingenious, and the statue was lifelike, looking like a living person, with an inexplicable bookish atmosphere, which made people feel at ease at a glance.

But at this moment, this statue had a different scene. There were dense cracks around the statue, and in the cracks, there were black and red bloodstains, emerging from them.

After these black and red bloodstains appeared, they instantly turned into blocks, as if they would dry up immediately as long as they met the air.

The dried blood gathered together and formed an inexplicable pattern. The blood-red pattern gave the statue, which was originally full of bookish atmosphere, a sense of weirdness.

When Xu Bai saw these patterns, he felt an inexplicable jump in his heart. He always felt that the statue seemed to come alive and was looking at him with evil eyes.

"Too weird." Xu Bai thought to himself.

None of them left.

Liu Xu looked along the crowd and saw a familiar figure among the middle-aged people. She hurriedly shouted: "Teacher!"

While shouting, she walked over quickly.

Seeing this situation, Xu Bai also followed behind.

He was very interested in the abnormality of the statue, especially the blood-red pattern that appeared was similar to the pattern on the dagger. He felt that there must be a connection between the two sides.

Wang Qingfeng, who was looking at the statue, heard a familiar voice and turned his head, just in time to see Liu Xu walking towards him.

Wang Qingfeng was about to say a few words, but his eyes moved away from Liu Xu and saw Xu Bai, who was also walking towards him. His eyes slightly fixed.

"Meet Lord Xu."

Wang Qingfeng bowed and bowed slightly.

Seeing this, the other middle-aged scholars looked at each other and followed Wang Qingfeng's example to bow to Xu Bai.

Now, Xu Bai is no longer a small Yinyi postmaster, but Lord Xu. Anyone who lives in the Great Chu Kingdom must be polite when seeing Xu Bai.

Xu Bai waved his hands, put his hands behind his back, and said, "No need to be polite. I came here just to see Liu Xu this time, but I didn't expect this to happen. I wonder if you have noticed anything?"

Before Wang Qingfeng could answer, Liu Xu's eyes twitched slightly. She looked at Xu Bai, who was pretending, and couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand.

"Xu Bai, this is my teacher, Wang Qingfeng." Liu Xu introduced.

Xu Bai hadn't spoken yet, but Wang Qingfeng spoke first.

Wang Qingfeng glared at Liu Xu and scolded him, "Liu Xu, don't be rude. The person in front of you is Prince Xu of the Great Chu State. If you are so rude, it will damage the reputation of Qingyun Academy if it gets out. What's more, you are the chief of the Jiantian Division. It is not reasonable to call Prince Xu by his full name."

Liu Xu: "..."

Suddenly, she felt that there seemed to be a huge gap between her and Xu Bai's status. Before, they were equals, but now seeing her teacher's cautious look, she finally remembered that Xu Bai today was different from the past.

Xu Bai waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about these etiquettes in special times. By the way, Mr. Wang hasn't told me yet, have you found anything?"

He would talk about etiquette when it was time to talk about etiquette, but now was not the time to talk about etiquette, so Xu Bai asked them not to stick to etiquette.

Especially the statue in front of him, it was simply incredible.

The statue couldn't be cracked inexplicably, and it was even more impossible to bleed inexplicably, so there was only one possibility, that someone did it on purpose.

This statue was the dean of the academy. Dare to tamper with the statue of the dean of the academy, which was equivalent to declaring war on Qingyun Academy.

What kind of power is Qingyun Academy? It is first-class in the Great Chu State. I don't know how many officials have walked out of Qingyun Academy.

Being enemies with Qingyun Book is even more painful than being enemies with other first-class forces.

"Who else could it be?" Wang Qingfeng said with a wry smile: "Except for those scholars who have gone astray, no one would deliberately do something here."

"This is the blood engraving method, which was created by the dean's junior sister. It can engrave the lifelong efforts of scholars."

"Back then, the dean and his junior sister took completely opposite paths because of different ideas."

"Alas..."

While speaking, Wang Qingfeng also sighed, and there was a sense of helplessness and sadness in his tone.

"Oh?" Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "Have you ever thought about whether the person who can get close to this statue is in this academy?"

Suddenly hearing some old stories is of course worth eating melons, but Xu Bai is really thinking about the statue in front of him, especially thinking of the blood engraving method that Wang Qingfeng just mentioned.

The person who can do something in Qingyun Academy and leave these things in the statue is most likely in the academy.

Wang Qingfeng nodded and said, "We thought so too. We were just about to check it out. Lord Xu is interested in this matter. How about we go together?"

They were not stupid people. Of course, they had thought of this situation a long time ago. When they were about to check it out, they happened to run into Xu Bai, which led to the current scene.

Xu Bai agreed.

The other party had set their sights on him. If he didn't take the initiative, he would be bullied by the other party.

The most important thing about walking in the world is that you must complain directly.

If you give me one knife, I will give you two knives. If you cut my hand, I will cut off all your limbs.

Wang Qingfeng saw that Xu Bai agreed, so he planned to lead the way in front, but before he took two steps, the statue in front of him became abnormal.

The cracks were gradually expanding, and they were connected to each other in a flash. Countless stones fell from it.

In an instant, the statue turned into a pile of rubble, and where the statue originally existed, there was a scholar covered in blood, standing inside with his eyes closed.

The scholar was covered in blood, even his clothes were soaked in blood red, and his face was covered in blood. Although his eyes were closed, his chest was heaving violently, and it was obvious that he was alive.

"Longfu!"

One of the middle-aged men shouted with a sad face.

This scene happened too quickly. As the middle-aged man shouted these two words, the scholar who was originally standing at the statue position moved, and his eyes suddenly opened.

The next moment, the scholar's body was covered with violent flames, and he turned into ashes in the flames. However, two rays of light suddenly shot out from the position of his open eyes.

The light was blood red and rushed straight towards Xu Bai.

This scene happened so quickly that no one around reacted, especially Wang Qingfeng. Although he was very close to Xu Bai, the red light was too fast.

Xu Bai had been on guard, and when the red light appeared, his true energy began to run wildly.

Gold and grayish white appeared around, constantly interweaving with each other.

A chaotic aura emerged from the gray-white color, and soon confused the surroundings.

Xu Bai simply pulled out Bai Lie and chopped it with a knife.

Bai Lie exploded instantly, turning into hundreds of fragments, crossing the trajectory in the air.

The fragments were like the Milky Way hanging upside down, with chaos and despair, and in an instant, a tornado formed in front of Xu Bai.

Two blood-red rays of light entered the tornado composed of fragments, and were gradually consumed by the tornado composed of chaos.

When the blood-red light came close to Xu Bai, it had disappeared without a trace.

"Boom!"

Xu Bai gently waved his knife, and chaos and despair began to move.

The fragments surged and surrounded the middle-aged man who had just shouted. As long as Xu Bai gave an order, these fragments would carry chaos and despair and all drill into the middle-aged man's body.

This scene happened very quickly. From Xu Bai swinging the knife to this moment, it was just a moment.

The chaos made the people present scalp numb.

Especially the middle-aged scholar who was caught in the Hundred Fragments, cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Do you know that person just now?" Xu Bai said indifferently.

The middle-aged scholar did not speak, his face was still pale.

Wang Qingfeng said: "Lord Xu, that person is his student, and his most proud student."

"I didn't ask you." Xu Bai's tone was still calm, but there was a murderous aura.

"This guy came for me, and the power behind this guy is related to your Qingyun Academy. Can I think that your Qingyun Academy may be in collusion with this power?"

"In other words, even if your academy is responsible for murdering the current king of a different surname, it can't be taken."

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was silent.

Wang Qingfeng's face also turned pale.

The reason is very simple, what Xu Bai said just now is not a problem.

Not only is there no problem, but it is also very correct.

The middle-aged scholar surrounded by the debris finally reacted at this time and said hurriedly.

"Lord Xu, this matter has nothing to do with Qingyun Academy, and I don't know why my disciple..."

He didn't finish his words, because the next moment, a melodious music sounded.

The middle-aged scholar's face became dull, and the rest of the words came out.

"I really don't know. This is the first time I've seen this situation. My disciple told me a few days ago that he wanted to go home, but he didn't expect to be in the statue all the time."

"Control the soul?"

The faces of the middle-aged scholars around him became strange when they saw this scene.

How many abilities does this Lord Xu have?

Xu Bai didn't care about these. He withdrew Bai Li again, and at the same time withdrew the power to control the soul, and inserted Bai Li back into his waist.

The next moment, Xu Bai, who was originally full of murderous intent, smiled, just like the cold winter was melted by the sun, and it made the people present feel that the young man in front of him was a very positive and sunny person.

The chaos of gold and grayish white around disappeared.

"So that's how it is. It seems that I misunderstood you." Xu Bai smiled kindly. If it weren't for his previous performance, the people present would definitely have misunderstood.

But no one pursued this misunderstanding.

Because it was certain that Prince Xu was attacked here.

Wang Qingfeng said: "Prince Xu, Qingyun Academy will definitely give you an explanation for this matter. We will do our best to find out the person behind the scenes."

Xu Bai smiled and said: "Then thank you. If there is any news, you can let Liu Xu inform me."

Wang Qingfeng nodded and agreed.

Next, Xu Bai did not follow them, but asked Liu Xu to arrange a room for him.

But before leaving, he raised his right hand and performed Feng Shui arithmetic.

The next moment, the golden compass appeared. Unfortunately, no corresponding clues were found. The pointer on the compass kept floating and did not stop.

Either the other party has a way to dodge, or the other party's strength is higher than the level of Feng Shui arithmetic.

However, since Wang Qingfeng said that he would investigate thoroughly, Xu Bai just had to wait. He had more important things to do than to investigate these clues.

Progress bar!

At the beginning, the travel notes obtained from Liu Xu had to be continued. This was a good thing. Judging from the slow progress bar, it was definitely not a low-level skill.

Nothing was more important than the progress bar. It was just right to continue while waiting.

Liu Xu reacted quickly and took Xu Bai to find an upper room. After Xu Bai pushed the door open, Liu Xu also walked in.

Liu Xu seemed very silent when she walked into the room. There was a complex look in her eyes, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Xu Bai frowned and said, "What are you thinking about? You are so absorbed in thinking?"

Liu Xu heard Xu Bai talking, came back to her senses, and smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect that the gap between you and me would be so big today."

She really didn't expect that maybe in the past, she didn't understand the concept of the three words "Prince Xu".

But today, when she saw her teacher being respectful to Xu Bai, she finally understood what this concept meant.

This concept represents the current status of the two people, which is really a world of difference.

Xu Bai teased: "Do you want to kowtow to me?"

Liu Xu spat lightly: "You wish, I will also work harder until I catch up with you."

After saying that, Liu Xu seemed to have taken stimulants, and did not say more to Xu Bai, turned around and left directly.

She was so excited that she didn't even close the door for him when she left.

Xu Bai was quite helpless and could only go forward to close the door, and then returned to the chair.

He first thought about what happened today, and after there was no clue, he took out the travel notes he had obtained before.

Looking at the slow progress bar on the golden bar, Xu Bai couldn't help but sigh.

"It's still a familiar recipe, and it's still a familiar taste."

He hadn't seen such a slow scene for a long time, and couldn't help but think of the feeling when he first got the progress bar.

This situation is like visiting a brothel, and a brothel girl you are familiar with suddenly becomes a good woman, and you haven't seen her for a long time.

But after a long time, you meet her again on the street, and she even invites you to exercise.

This kind of freshness is extremely strong.

Xu Bai lay on his side, watching the progress bar continue to grow.

Next to him, a first-class puppet was guarding with a knife.

...

While Xu Bai was working on the progress bar, Wang Qingfeng called all the teachers in the academy and held a meeting.

The content of the meeting was very simple, that is, to clean up the academy from top to bottom, and to find clues.

After the meeting, the group of teachers followed Wang Qingfeng's method and began to clean up the academy layer by layer.

One of the teachers was leaving quietly. He didn't look for any clues, but left Qingyun Academy directly, shuttled through various alleys, and after making sure that no one was following him, he came to a remote alley.

At the end of this remote alley, there is a hidden house. The teacher came to the door of the house, looked around, and pushed the door open after confirming that no one was there.

The door was opened, and a terrifying blood-red light flashed inside. The door was quickly closed, and the blood-red light disappeared instantly.

The house was dark, and the windows were tightly closed. This thick darkness was a bit scary.

The teacher looked around and said softly: "Are you there?"

As he finished speaking, a blood-red light suddenly lit up in the dark room, and the whole room was red. In the corner of the room, a shadow with no face appeared suddenly.

"Zhuge Wen, you come to me at this time, what if you are followed? Are you crazy?"

A hoarse voice came from the shadow, revealing an inexplicable evil, which made people tremble all over when they heard it.

Zhuge Wen shuddered and said: "It's okay, I checked when I came here, no one is following me, you can rest assured."

The shadow fell into silence and did not speak.

Zhuge Wen seemed to be alerted instantly, and his voice became louder: "Why did you suddenly appear, and why did you attack Xu Bai? Do you know what his current identity is? If we cause the wrath of the Great Chu State, we may be in big trouble."

The shadow twisted slightly when he heard it, and as he twisted, the blood-red light around him became more intense.

"Is this something you should care about?"

Zhuge Wen's breathing stagnated, and after a moment, he slowly said: "If you don't tell me, I won't help you."

"Are you threatening me?" Shadow said in a flat tone.

Zhuge Wen nodded and said: "I know that I have read your evil book and there is a handle in your hands, but compared with my life, I can still live if I lose my reputation. If you don't tell me the purpose, I will never help you again, and I will even expose you."

The shadow continued to be silent.

Zhuge Wen stopped talking. He was waiting for the shadow's answer. Although he looked calm on the surface, cold sweat slowly slid down his brow.

After a long time, the shadow finally spoke again.

"Xu Bai cracked Prime Minister Wen's "Haoqi Changcun Pian", and it was a perfect crack. Do you know what this means?"

"He is definitely not a flawless person, let alone a righteous person. I know this better than anyone else, because I know him better than anyone else."

"Then there is only one answer. He has something more powerful than "Haoqi Changcun Pian" in his heart, and this thing is exactly what we need."

Zhuge Wen frowned and said, "What is it?"

"Something that can change our situation." The shadow slowly said, "If we can knock out something more powerful than "Haoqi Changcun Pian" in his hand, maybe it can change our situation,

I didn't want to kill him, I just wanted to plant a seed in his heart. The initial attack was just for this, but I didn't expect that he would crack it.

As long as the seed is planted, I can make the seed take root and sprout, just like when you first saw those so-called evil books. At that time, he will be ours. "

Zhuge Wen took a deep breath and said, "I understand."

Shadow said, "Now, do you still want to expose my idea?"

Zhuge Wen shook his head: "I will always assist you until your plan succeeds."

Shadow waved his hand, meaning that he should leave quickly, and didn't say anything more to him.

Zhuge Wen turned around and prepared to leave the room, approaching the door step by step.

Until he was about to approach, the next moment, something abnormal suddenly appeared.

The blood-red light around him suddenly surged, and then turned into an endless sharp blade, piercing Zhuge Wen.

Zhuge Wen tried to turn his head, his face full of confusion. He was in pain, but his doubts were stronger than pain.

"Why?"

"You have already started to resist, so I can't keep you. Don't worry, if I succeed, I will definitely carve your name into history." The shadow said slowly.

"And... you know what I really think."

The blood-red light around him kept shaking, and it looked very strange with the shadow.

Zhuge Wen's mouth was bleeding, and dense cracks appeared on his body: "I didn't expect that when you occupied this body, this body would become so vicious. My teacher, don't be stubborn anymore. Why are you doing this..."

"Of course I know what you think. You are not doing this for us. You are occupying this body now, but you haven't completely devoured the soul, just to find a more suitable body."

"After all, if you completely devour the soul, you will never get out again, and Xu Bai is a perfect body, am I right?"

"You..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhuge Wen's body had more and more cracks, and the cracks gradually broke. As the cracks broke, Zhuge Wenhua became ashes.

The shadow came out, and the red light around him was disappearing: "I have no choice, and I can help you legitimately by doing this."

The door was opened, and the shadow walked towards the direction of the academy.

...

Time passed slowly, and several days had passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period of time, Xu Bai had experienced the former majesty of the progress bar.

Slow, really slow.

This feeling was as if he had gotten used to fast in and out, but suddenly, it slowed down again.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. He is in this situation now, and the boring feeling hits him again.

Up to now, there is still a small piece left in the progress bar.

Xu Bai estimated that it would take another day or two to finish this travelogue.

It must be said that this is really worthy of being the masterpiece of the dean of the academy. From this, we can see how terrifying the dean's strength is.

In the past few days, Wang Qingfeng still did not find any news, but Xu Bai got a message from Wang Qingfeng.

Among their teachers, a teacher named Zhuge Wen disappeared, making the matter even more confusing.

Xu Bai used Feng Shui to calculate, but the result was no clues, still nothing.

He was not anxious about this result, but Wang Qingfeng and the others were getting more and more annoyed.

Now it is obvious that the other party's target is Xu Bai. If it happens a few more times, if this matter is spread, Qingyun Academy will not only lose its reputation, but also lose its favor in front of Emperor Chu.

But some things, the more impatient you are, the more difficult it will be to accomplish.

In such a solemn atmosphere, Wang Qingfeng seemed more and more uncomfortable.

In the room, Liu Xu chatted with Xu Bai in a disjointed manner.

She originally wanted to leave, after all, Xu Bai also came.

She is the chief of the Jiantian Division, and there are still many things to do.

But now such a thing has happened. If she leaves suddenly, it will seem a bit bad.

According to Xu Bai, Liu Xu could leave if she wanted to. After all, Xu Bai was not an unreasonable person. He would not think that Liu Xu was bad just because she left suddenly.

But Liu Xu was stubborn and insisted on staying here. She had to find out the truth.

During this period of time, Liu Xu was also helping frantically, but still got nothing.

"Alas..." Liu Xu sighed.

Xu Bai was happy to see this scene.

"I, the person involved, am not in a hurry, but you, an outsider, are very worried. What is there to worry about? The boat will naturally straighten out when the bridge comes."

Liu Xu raised her head, with a speechless look in her eyes, and rolled her eyes: "You are open-minded."

Xu Bai was happy and didn't say anything.

How could he not be open-minded? As long as there was a progress bar to do, he would be open-minded.

If he was given dozens of such progress bars now, he would be eager to stay here for a year or two.

Seeing Xu Bai's helpless look, Liu Xu rolled her eyes even more and was about to say a few angry words.

Unexpectedly, before she could say anything, there was a commotion outside.

"Huh?"

Xu Bai sat up from a half-lying position, and his ears moved slightly.

With their current strength, they could certainly distinguish them in detail, and he extracted important information from these sounds.

After hearing the most important information, Xu Bai handed the book in his hand to the first-grade puppet and walked out the door.

Liu Xu also heard it, with joy on her face, and followed Xu Bai.

The two did not stop, and after going out the door, they walked towards the largest courtyard of the academy.

...

At this time, in the largest courtyard of the academy, not only the scholars gathered, but also the teachers of the academy gathered in it.

Originally a large courtyard, it now seemed unusually crowded.

There was a very open space in the courtyard, and no one dared to step in even if it was crowded around.

In that empty space, there was an old man with white hair and ordinary clothes.

Although the old man was dressed in ordinary clothes, he had white hair and a youthful face, bright eyes and rosy cheeks.

He looked even more energetic than many young people.

His back was straight, and there was a strong bookish atmosphere surrounding the old man's body, so strong that even ordinary people could feel it.

Next to the old man was a young man lying on a stretcher.

The young man was handsome and dressed in a white robe, but at this moment he looked sick and his face was as pale as paper, but his eyes were particularly bright and he was looking around.

The appearance of the old man caused a sensation, but the scholars around him left a large space and did not dare to come forward.

Xu Bai and Liu Xu also arrived, but there were too many scholars now, and they could not squeeze in for a while.

From the gap in the crowd, Liu Xu saw the old man, and whispered in Xu Bai's ear: "It's the dean."

Dean?

These two words alone were enough to cause a sensation throughout the Nanhua Road.

Xu Bai came here this time because he was invited by the dean. This person who could be compared with Eunuch Wei was an extremely skilled master.

To be honest, Xu Bai also wanted to meet him, after all, he had been fascinated by him for a long time.

His own kidney-strengthening collection technique was obtained from the dean.

There were too many people around. Xu Bai thought about it and was about to speak loudly, using his identity to make the group of people in front of him make way.

Unexpectedly, the dean found Xu Bai first and waved his hand.

As his sleeves waved, the aura of righteousness flourished, and the scholars present took a step back involuntarily, and a wide road was made available.

At the end of the road was Xu Bai.

"Prince Xu, please come over." The dean said softly, but his voice spread throughout the academy.

The voice had no emotional ups and downs, and was full of a peaceful taste. The sound of speaking alone made Xu Bai feel calm.

But when Xu Bai's eyes moved to the young man lying on the ground, his calmness was instantly broken.

——Yun Zihai!