The five missing people, including Zhu Cheng who had reached the Soul of Force, were not strong. It would not be difficult to deal with them, but to do it so quietly and without a trace, it was not only a crushing strength, but also a reflection of the opponent's cautiousness and professionalism.
"So, I personally think that the opponent is testing the waters, trying to probe our reaction, and then further playing with us." Fang Yizhu, who had returned to Zhenfeng College, analyzed to Lu Ping and the others.
"But it took us a full three days to find out, which may have disappointed them." Morin said.
Speaking of this, Lu Ping felt a little ashamed. He was determined to protect everyone in Zhenfeng College, but out of the five missing people, it took three people to find out. Knowing that the rebuilt Zhai Feng Academy would not be able to find peace so easily, this was indeed a little too careless.
"I'll go find them." Lu Ping decisively took the most direct action.
"Go to the City Lord's Mansion?" Fang Yizhu asked.
Lu Ping nodded.
"The opponent may be prepared, but if you go ….. it won't be a big problem." Morin said. In the face of crushing strength, all schemes and traps would only be paper tigers. Morin was actually a bit puzzled, the Canyon Peak District should have enough to understand how terrifying Lu Ping's strength was, why were they still so stubborn? After thinking about it, he could only think that strength limited their imagination. The two and three spirits in the Canyon Peak District were beaten to a pulp by Lu Ping, they probably only thought that Lu Ping was an expert with four spirits. They thought that they could unite and use some tricks to deal with him, but in the end, they still underestimated Lu Ping.
"We'll stay here, in case they do something bad to everyone." Fang Yizhu said.
"I'll come back as soon as possible." Lu Ping nodded, and then went on his way alone.
"Wait." Teacher Lu Qing walked out shakily, his face filled with shock.
"Teacher Lu, do you have any instructions?" Lu Ping stopped and asked him.
"You don't seem to have confirmed that this was the work of the City Lord's Mansion?" Lu Qing said.
"Not at all." Fang Yizhu said.
"Then you ….."
"Although there is no evidence, but besides them, who else could it be?" Morin said.
"The soldiers come without a reason, it's not an accident!" Lu Qing said.
"Mr. Lu, don't worry. It's just that your soldiers aren't strong enough. Now, let's just wait for the good news of Lu Ping's victory," Mo Lin said.
At this moment, Lu Qing recalled Lu Ping's story of him going to the Dark Army City to fight and kill. If he could carve out a path for himself in Dark Army City, then it wouldn't be a problem for him in Canyon Peak City. It was just that …
"Fighting Violence with violence is not a long-term solution!" Lu Qing said.
"Old man, if you have an idea, then say it. If you don't, then don't talk nonsense." Chu Min had a bad temper. She had endured it for a long time. Lu Ping and the others were very polite to Lu Qing, as they respected his status as a teacher of the Zhaifeng Academy. But Chu Min didn't care about that, not to mention that her status was higher than Lu Qing's.
Lu Qing was stunned for a moment after being scolded by Chu Min, then he looked ashamed and nodded to Lu Ping. "It's all up to the Dean."
"Then I'll go." Lu Ping turned and left without hesitation. Chu Min glared at Lu Qing a few more times, making the old man even more embarrassed.
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Xiabong Castellan.
Of course, it was the City Lord's Mansion that captured the five teachers and students of Zhenfeng College. And Fang Yizhu's inference was also very accurate, Wei Yang's plan was to test the reaction of Lu Ping and the others. So these five people really weren't kidnapped at the same time. Even at the beginning, they only locked on one target, but when they couldn't see the reaction of Zhenfeng College, they looked for the next target, and so on. Finally, when they kidnapped the fifth person, they finally realized that Zhenfeng College hadn't noticed at all!
The scene suddenly became very awkward, and Wei Chao had to step in and stop the plan. They wanted to pay a small price to test the reaction of Lu Ping and the others. If they continued to kidnap them, wouldn't it be equivalent to an all-out war? Although they had the advantage in numbers, and elites from all over the area had been transferred to Canyon Peak City, facing Lu Ping head-on? They really didn't have the guts. They originally wanted to rely on numbers to be wretched, but now that they couldn't touch the sore spot of Lu Ping and the others, they suddenly couldn't even be wretched.
This awkwardness lasted for three days. The five people they kidnapped were like hot potatoes, and Wei Chao and Wei Yang had already begun to discuss how to deal with them. Finally, a secret agent in the city sent news that Zhenfeng College had finally discovered that they were missing five people, and finally began to search for their whereabouts.
"Phew …" Hearing this report, Wei Yang let out a long sigh of relief. The other party's sluggishness really made him feel powerless, and now they could finally proceed.
"Tell those near Zhenfeng College to be more alert." Wei Chao passed down the order. They didn't dare to let the secret agents get too close to Zhenfeng College, and only set up a circle of secret surveillance to observe Zhenfeng College's movements.
Fang Yizhu and Morin went to look for people.
Fang Yizhu and Morin went around.
Fang Yizhu and Morin returned to the college.
Information was sent back to the mansion one after another, but so far there was nothing that Wei Yang and Wei Chao wanted to see. But they didn't wait for too long, and not long after, another piece of information came: Lu Ping left Zhenfeng College.
Wei Yang and Wei Chao looked at each other. After waiting for so long, the main character finally reacted. What would he do? The two of them looked forward to it closely, and then, one piece of information after another told them a fact: Lu Ping was heading in the direction of the mayor's mansion.
"What does he want to do?" Wei Chao suddenly panicked.
"Did the five people we caught leave any traces?" Wei Yang hurriedly found the head of the secret agent who carried out the kidnapping and confirmed again.
"Absolutely not!" The small leader was full of confidence. The five people weren't difficult to deal with, and with Wei Yang's repeated instructions, how could there be any mistakes in such a small matter?
"Quickly deal with those five people," Wei Yang said anxiously.
"Wait." Wei Chao stopped him.
"This Lu Ping came directly to our door. He doesn't intend to be reasonable. What's the use of dealing with them? Why don't we keep them as hostages? "Wei Chao said to Wei Yang.
"That's right, that's right …" Wei Yang was obviously at a loss. Being unreasonable had always been the privilege of the mayor's mansion. They could do whatever they wanted, and they had long been used to it. They never thought that the mayor's mansion would be so unreasonable.
"Get everyone out here!" Wei Chao roared.
"Yes!" A subordinate accepted the order and left in a hurry.
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The street outside the mayor's mansion was wide, quiet, clean, and deserted.
A year ago, it was on this street that Lu Ping passed by with Su Tang on his back. City Lord Wei Zhong ordered to invite him, but he didn't want to go, so he refused.
He didn't think he did anything wrong, but in the eyes of the mayor's mansion, Lu Ping made a grave mistake. Canyon Peak City was in charge of the entire Canyon Peak District, so everyone in the Canyon Peak District had to listen to the mayor. It was polite to invite him, but it was actually an order. Lu Ping dared to refuse the mayor's order, which was disgraceful. The mayor was already benevolent enough not to take his life on the spot.
It wasn't that Lu Ping didn't know about this, but he didn't care.
Su Tang was injured, and he had to quickly take her back to rest. This was the most important thing in his mind at the time.
If not, and the mayor wanted to see him, he might have gone. It didn't matter if it was an invitation or an order, because he didn't care.
A year later, he walked on this street again. He still didn't care about these things, but the mayor's mansion saw them as a great enemy. Suddenly, a large number of practitioners surged out of the wide and cold street.
Most of them were at the Two Physical Links, and very few had Three Physical Links. They had heard of Lu Ping's strength, but when they saw the dense crowd of companions around them, they all felt at ease.
Wei Yang and Wei Chao didn't hide in the mansion. They had some sense of responsibility, or perhaps they felt that it was safest to be with everyone, so they were also among these people. Seeing Lu Ping walk over step by step, Wei Chao stood out of the crowd.
"I'm here to find someone." Without waiting for him to ask, Lu Ping spoke himself, continuing to walk closer as he spoke.
"Five students from Zhenfeng College are missing. I think they were taken away by you." Lu Ping said.
"You think? Do you have any proof? "
"I don't, so I'm here to look for them." Lu Ping said.
"Is the mayor's mansion a place for random people to come and go as they please?" Wei Chao shouted.
Lu Ping didn't answer. He suddenly raised his arm, which hung by his side, and without any visible movement, he hammered the wall beside him.
This was the defensive wall of the mayor's mansion. It was tall and thick, and it was made of the hardest mountain rock that could be found in the Canyon Peak Mountains. Even a Penetrator with the Soul of Strength couldn't easily destroy it.
However, when Lu Ping raised his hand and punched the wall, a loud rumbling sound echoed. It didn't leave a few cracks on the wall, nor did it leave a crater. It didn't even leave a hole. Instead, the whole wall collapsed.
Then, Lu Ping didn't even look at the people in front of him and directly walked into the courtyard. Everyone was still dumbfounded on the street. In the blink of an eye, two figures flew out from the collapsed wall.
"This guy, he really dared to force his way in …" Wei Chao was shocked and angry.
"What should we do?" Wei Yang, the instigator, actually asked. He only felt flustered, and there was nothing he could do.
He tried his best to avoid a direct confrontation with Lu Ping, and was prepared to attack and pressure Lu Ping from the side. In the end, just as he was about to test the waters, Lu Ping directly used the hard way. There was no point in carefully kidnapping people without leaving any traces. He didn't ask for evidence and directly stepped on the door.
In this way, wouldn't the roles be completely reversed? It had always been the mayor's mansion bullying others. Why was it the other way around now? Xiabong Castellan might be weaker, but it also had a symbolic meaning. It represented the rule of the Xuan Army Empire. Stepping on the mayor's mansion like this was equivalent to stepping on the Xuan Army Empire!
"We've already come this far. What other path of retreat do we have?" Wei Chao gritted his teeth and said. He was usually the most cautious person, but at the crucial moment, he was even more courageous than Wei Yang.
"But if we fight like this …"
"If we don't fight like this, how am I going to explain myself?" Wei Chao said.
Wei Yang suddenly understood. This was no longer a matter of planning for their futures. Instead, it was whether the two of them were going to ignore the empire's dignity like Lu Ping. If they were, they could retreat, but the empire wouldn't tolerate it afterwards. If not, then they wouldn't hesitate to fight with their lives on the line.
Retreat? No way.
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