Chapter 175: The Heartbroken Crimson Pearl
After storing Dai Mubai's body in his soul guide, Dai Weis flew directly to Heaven Dou City and returned to Yuexuan.
As for Ma Hongjun, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling, Flanders and Liu Erlong would collect their bodies.
"Weis, what happened? Why did you leave so suddenly?"
Tang Yuehua asked with a puzzled look on her face when she saw Dai Weis return, his face gloomy and thoughtful.
"Mubai was killed..."
Dai Weis recounted to Tang Yuehua how Shi Nian attacked Shrek Academy and killed Dai Mubai and the others.
Tang Yuehua's pupils dilated at this, and she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Weis, I didn't mean to bring up your sad story."
"Why should I apologize? It's not your fault!" Dai Weis ruffled Tang Yuehua's hair. To be honest, he wasn't sad at all. After all, he and Dai Mubai had no brotherly bond.
His only thought now was how to extort the Vast Sea Cosmos Cover from Emperor Xue Ye. He doubted the Heaven Dou Empire's treasury held any high-quality spirit bones. Even if they did possess a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bone, could it be superior to the Vast Sea Cosmos Cover?
With the Vast Sea Cosmos Cover, he also possessed the Ten Thousand Year Illusionary Wisdom Skull, which he could easily give to Anna. As long as Anna's talent was recognized by the Vast Sea Cosmos Cover, she could inherit the Sea God throne.
Even if Anna wasn't recognized, he could still prevent the scoundrel from inheriting the Sea God throne—a win-win situation. But after much deliberation, he concluded that trying to trick Emperor Xue Ye into giving the Vast Sea Cosmos Cover was simply impossible!
As for seizing it by force… Dai Weis didn't even consider it. If the Star Luo Empire truly went to war with Heaven Dou, it would only benefit the Spirit Hall. It was more practical to extort something from Emperor Xue Ye.
"Sister Yuehua, I'll write a letter to my father and the others. Please send someone to return the letter and Mubai's body to the Star Luo Empire as quickly as possible."
Tang Yuehua nodded without hesitation. "Leave it to me. Third Uncle and Seventh Uncle are here. I'll have Seventh Uncle return your brother's body to the Star Luo Empire."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you then."
"Yes!" Tang Yuehua nodded heavily, then gently hugged Dai Weis and comforted him, "Weis, the dead cannot be resurrected. You must cheer up!"
"Don't worry, I will."
Dai Weis wrote a letter detailing the evening's events and handed it to Tang Yuehua along with the spirit guide containing Dai Mubai's body.
He then returned to his room and began his meditation practice for the day. Tang Yuehua, in turn, handed the letter and spirit guide to the Seventh Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, a Titled Douluo who would arrive in Star Luo City in a few days.
Meanwhile, Flanders had returned to the Shrek Academy camp, carrying the bodies of Ma Hongjun and the other two. When he laid them out before Tang San and the others, everyone was stunned and overcome with grief.
The kindhearted Jiangzhu, in particular, burst into tears as she clung to the bodies of Huang Yuan and Jing Ling.
"Dean Flanders, what on earth is going on? Who killed them?" Tang San was furious, eager to find the murderer and avenge the three.
"It was Shi Nian, the leader of Canghui Academy!"
"Shi Nian, that old bastard?" Oscar exclaimed in horror. "But we only had a loud argument with the Canghui Academy guys. They wouldn't kill us for it!"
"Hmph, I've always told you, Shi Nian is narrow-minded and vindictive! He'll show no mercy to anyone who angers him, and will seek revenge in every possible way."
Flanders shook his head and said, "Mu Bai and Fatty insulted Canghui Academy earlier. I'm afraid he killed them because of that."
After learning that Ma Hongjun's foul mouth was the cause of the incident, Jiangzhu's impression of him became even worse. It was this outspoken prostitute who had killed her classmate!
If Ma Hongjun hadn't already been a corpse, she would have wanted to cripple the third leg she had stabbed him with.
Seeing only the bodies of Ma Hongjun and the other two, Oscar couldn't help but ask, "Where's Boss Dai? Dean, there are only the bodies of Fatty and the others here. Could Boss Dai still be alive?"
Flanders shook his head. "No, Mu Bai is dead too. His body has been taken away by His Highness Dai Weis."
"Dean, since the murderer is Shi Nian from Canghui Academy, let's find them and avenge Mu Bai and Fatty!"
Tang San exclaimed angrily. "Shi Nian, you dared to attack the Shrek Six Devils, you've already met your end!"
Flanders stopped Tang San and shook his head, saying, "That's unnecessary. When killing Huang Yuan and Jing Ling, His Highness Dai Weis discovered Shi Nian's secret and killed him! But one person's blood is not enough to pay for it!
Tomorrow I will meet His Majesty and report Canghui Academy. I must demand an explanation from them."
"This..."
Although deeply unwilling, Tang San could only passively accept it, sitting aside with a scowl.
Yu Xiaogang, standing nearby, also had a very grim expression. He had originally planned to showcase Shrek Academy's prestige at this Spirit Master Tournament.
But he hadn't expected this to happen. Now that Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling were dead, only six people remained from Shrek Academy. They couldn't even muster seven. How could they participate in the next tournament?
Finally, Yu Xiaogang sighed inwardly. It seemed that this Spirit Master Tournament was over.
The next morning, Flanders went to the Spirit Master Competition Committee and reported to Emperor Xue Ye about Canghui Academy's attack on a participating student.
Desperate to gain an explanation, Flanders went to the streets to publicize the incident, and soon, the news of Shi Nian's attack spread like wildfire.
The participating students from the advanced Spirit Master Academies were in a state of panic, staying in their academy camps to practice, refusing to venture out, fearing they would be targeted by the leaders of other academies.
As the incident became widely known, Emperor Xue Ye took it seriously and issued a direct decree, permanently disqualifying Canghui Academy from the competition.
He also dispatched the Heaven Dou Imperial Guards to patrol the streets day and night to ensure the safety of the participants, and compensated the students who had lost their lives. This allowed the Spirit Master Competition to proceed.
In the VIP seats, Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Bishop Saras watched the competition below, but Ning Fengzhi wore a gloomy expression.
Emperor Xue Ye took in Ning Fengzhi's expression and quickly asked, "Sect Master Ning, what's wrong with you? Why don't you look well?"
"I'm fine, Your Majesty. I just didn't get enough rest last night." Ning Fengzhi glanced at Sarath, who was resting with his eyes closed, and secretly sent a message to Emperor Xue Ye.
"Your Majesty, I heard that one of the Shrek students killed by Shi Nian was the third prince of the Star Luo Empire. Your Majesty, this is not a good thing for us! If the Star Luo Empire takes advantage of this opportunity to attack us, we will be in trouble!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Emperor Xue Ye's face changed, and he became as worried as Ning Fengzhi. Hadn't he thought of this?
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