Dark Academy?
Lin Tianbiao was shocked when he heard this term. With the sensitivity of the Lin Family's bloodline, he had sensed that there was something special about that illuminating pearl, but he had not expected it to be so great. The Dark Academy was mysterious and terrifying. Even Lin Tianbiao, who was born in the Lin family, did not know much about it. Now that he heard Deng Wenjun and Sun Xiao's affirmation, he couldn't help but think of the guy who took the crate from Zhuang Yong and asked for his name.
However, the others did not know as much as Lin Tianbiao. When the rookies heard the name, they retreated in all directions. The people from the Imperial Gate Courtyard surrounded the checkpoint in an instant, trapping Lu Ping and Ying Xiao behind him.
"Don't be too nervous." Deng Wenjun waved her hand, stopping the Imperial Gate Courtyard from taking another step forward.
"It's just a mark on the pearl. It doesn't mean anything," Deng Wenjun said.
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief, but Imperial Gate Courtyard's dean, Sun Xiao, still seemed to be very concerned.
"It's the contact mark of the Dark Sect," he said. "Could it be related to the recent events?"
Recent events? What was that?
Even the new disciples of the Northern Mountains New Court were able to guess that it was naturally referring to the theft of the seventh storehouse of the Megrez Peak Medicinal Kitchen. This matter exposed that there was an unruly power lurking in the North Style Academy. In the process of investigating, the atmosphere of suspicion spread from Megrez Peak to the entire academy. However, this deep level of influence was not something the rookies could understand. All they knew was the answer given by the academy: Jin Qi was the instigator and would be punished.
Everything seemed to be coming to an end, but in reality, it was just the beginning.
Even Sun Xiao of the Imperial Gate Academy didn't know about this. Only Deng Wenjun, the head disciple, knew that this was the academy's way of controlling the situation.
Very cruel, very cold.
But facing such a treacherous and cunning opponent, what better way was there? At least, Deng Wenjun couldn't think of one. Otherwise, Jin Qi would not have sacrificed himself so thoroughly.
What a pity.
After Sun Xiao linked the current situation with this incident, Deng Wenjun couldn't help but sigh for Jin Qi. But soon after, he began to calculate the possibility of Sun Xiao's guess.
No one would be surprised if anything bad was related to the Dark Academy. The North Style Academy had such a scheme. If they were really seeds planted by the Dark Academy, one could only marvel at how terrifying they were.
Just like the scene at the mountain gate. A Illumination Pearl that had been imprinted with the technique of the Dark Academy was being treated so cautiously by the Imperial Gate Academy. It was easy to imagine how difficult it would be for someone from the Dark Academy to sneak into the North Style Academy. But now, not only did they sneak in, they even concealed an unknown number of people. They could even steal a large amount of medicinal ingredients from the seventh storehouse without anyone noticing. They forced the North Style Academy to sacrifice one of their head disciples. Even though Jin Qi's identity was rather trustworthy, he still had no choice but to do so. But emotionally, almost everyone believed that this must be a trap. Sometimes, there was no reason to talk about such things. It was just pure belief.
But so what if he believed it?
He believed that it would only make the sacrifice even more painful.
No matter who this group of people was, Deng Wenjun's heart had already ignited a deep hatred for them.
Could the kid in front of him be related to this?
Deng Wenjun's gaze immediately became much more severe.
"Where did you get this illuminating pearl?" Deng Wenjun asked in a deep voice.
"I bought it." Lu Ping answered. He was suddenly trapped in such a situation, but he didn't panic. He had been involved in the incident of the seventh storehouse from the start. He had been asked for help and suspected. He was already a little numb after being used.
"Bought it?" Deng Wenjun swept his gaze across the stone table. There were all kinds of miscellaneous items, but they were all daily necessities just like the illuminating pearl. Buying a pile of these items before the Seven Star Trials was not a normal move. Or perhaps, buying this pile on purpose was to conceal and downplay the existence of the illuminating pearl?
"The Seven Star Trials is around the corner, but you only bought a pile of these items?" Deng Wenjun said.
"Because I've heard of most of them but never seen them, so I'm a little curious." Lu Ping said.
Such words. If it was someone else, they probably wouldn't believe it. But Deng Wenjun immediately nodded. Because he couldn't be said to be unfamiliar with Lu Ping. Although he wasn't present during the rabbit enclosure incident on the Alkaid Peak, he had gossiped about it in detail later on. On the day the newcomer drew the stars into his life, Lu Ping triggered the inexplicable starfall. This led to the various peaks to investigate. In the end, he met Lu Ping on the way back with Chen Jiu, and witnessed Lu Ping's ignorance. A person who didn't know of the Alkaid Peak's first disciple, or even Alioth Star's Li Yaotian, not seeing the illuminating pearl was completely understandable.
Seeing that Deng Wenjun seemed to be hesitating, Sun Xiao said from the side, "These are extraordinary times."
He wasn't too clear about the specific situation at Megrez Peak. But as the first line of defense for the Alkaid Peak, the Imperial Academy had always been cautious. It was better to kill wrongly than miss. This was their principle most of the time. Now that they were in extraordinary times, they had to hold fast.
"The level of this concealment isn't low." Sun Xiao followed up with a second sentence. Not low level, that meant strong strength. Strong strength, that meant a great threat. Although this youth in front of them didn't seem like much, who knew what would happen if this keeping-like imprint was brought into the North Style Academy?
In the end, the two still hadn't come to a decision when Lu Ping very straightforwardly opened his mouth: "This thing can't be brought into the academy?"
As he spoke, Lu Ping casually went to take the illuminating pearl on the stone platform. In the end, Sun Xiao acted as if he was facing a great enemy, reacting fiercely and quickly, snatching the illuminating pearl back into his hands.
"What do you want to do?" His expression was also extremely stern, staring overbearingly at Lu Ping.
Lu Ping was slightly startled, then said: "If I can't bring it in, I'll leave it here first. It won't be taken away by someone casually, right?"
Sun Xiao stared blankly, everyone stared blankly. As soon as Lu Ping said this, the atmosphere became completely different. What was originally a very serious and important situation had suddenly become a trivial matter. What was going on? This guy didn't understand the situation at all!
"Tell me first, where did you buy this illuminating pearl." Deng Wenjun opened his mouth again, but this time he opened up a new clue.
"It's the stall that Senior Brother Ji recommended?" Lu Ping said.
What the heck!
Senior Brother Ji only felt like he was struck by lightning. How did he suddenly get dragged into this mess? He quickly went forward to explain, but Lu Ping didn't even finish his sentence and added another sentence: "Did everyone buy something there?"
What the heck!
Everyone felt as if they were struck by lightning. How was this dragging one person into this mess, this was directly wiping out the whole team!
The crowd was in an uproar. They understood the seriousness of this matter better than Lu Ping. Being involved with the Dark Academy meant that they were standing against the North Style Academy, the four great academies, and even the whole world!
"You, don't talk nonsense." Shouts came from all directions, but most of Lu Ping's attention was still on his illuminating pearl.
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