“I find Miss Huang Quan’s points quite reasonable,” Xuan Yong said coldly, looking at the vice dean. “The dean’s actions are already suspicious.”
The vice dean frowned and asked, “Prince Xuan Yong, Miss Huang Quan, do you have any evidence to support your suspicions about the dean?”
Xuan Yong’s gaze flickered, and he was about to say something when Huang Quan interjected, “No.”
Upon hearing this, the vice dean was about to respond.
Huang Quan continued, “I apologize to the vice dean.”
“What I said earlier was indeed without evidence. I should have substantiated my claims with proof, which was rude of me. However, since the vice dean mentioned evidence, shouldn’t we have reasonable grounds for suspicion?”
“I personally suspect the dean,” Huang Quan stated.
The vice dean replied, “Miss Huang Quan, you do not have any evidence.”
“Reasonable suspicion leads to searching for evidence,” Huang Quan said. “I believe I can find the evidence.”
“Then please find the evidence before making further claims,” the vice dean replied.
“Not a problem,” Huang Quan nodded.
“Vice Dean,” the old man said, looking at him with a stern tone, “putting aside what Miss Huang Quan said for now, my person died at the academy. Shouldn’t the vice dean give us an explanation?”
The vice dean responded, “When a guest dies at the academy, we naturally need to provide an explanation. Elder Xiao, we need to see the deceased’s body.”
Elder Xiao did not stop him. “Go ahead.”
The vice dean immediately led the group to examine the body.
After inspecting it, the vice dean turned to Huang Quan and said, “Miss Huang Quan, the deceased not only lost his spiritual power but also his heart.”
Huang Quan asked, “So?”
“According to what Miss Huang Quan said, under reasonable suspicion, I suspect this matter is related to demons,” the vice dean explained. “After all, normal people wouldn’t do something like ripping out a heart.”
“But demons are different; they are capable of such acts.”
With the vice dean’s statement, everyone understood:
He was suspecting Feng Jiuyuan!
While everyone was shocked, they also looked at the vice dean with newfound respect!
After all, he was the young master of Jiuyuan City!
Was he someone who could be easily suspected?
“Vice Dean, are you suspecting Feng Jiuyuan?” Huang Quan asked with a smile.
The vice dean replied, “Miss Huang Quan, I’m not the one saying this; I merely stated the suspicion towards the demon clan.”
“Is there anyone else linked to the demon clan here besides the rumored Feng Jiuyuan, who has demon blood?” Huang Quan looked at the vice dean, her smile ambiguous. “Vice Dean, I’ve boldly expressed my suspicion towards the dean. You can say it out loud as well; Feng Jiuyuan won’t eat you.”
Upon hearing her last sentence, some onlookers wanted to laugh, but given the situation, no one actually did.
The vice dean said, “Miss Huang Quan, you’re correct; the only one with demon blood here is Young Master Feng. It’s not just a rumor; it’s true. Ordinary people may not be aware, but everyone present understands.”
“You’re talking nonsense!”
Just as the vice dean finished speaking, Qian Rou said, “My brother Jiuyuan has demon blood, but he absolutely cannot be the murderer!”
“You said that only the demon clan would do something like ripping out a heart, but I find it strange. Why would my brother Jiuyuan go anywhere to rip out a heart? Why come to your South Abyss Academy to do it? And it’s the hearts of the citizens of Jiuyuan City!”
Elder Xiao was from the Xiao family of Jiuyuan City.
As for Jiuyuan City…
While others didn’t know what kind of person Feng Jiuyuan was, Elder Xiao did.
Although that kid acted a bit ruthlessly, he would never do something like this!
“Miss Xiao, I said it’s just a suspicion,” the vice dean looked at Xiao Qian Rou and said, “There’s no need for you to be so agitated.”
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Agitated?
Right now, she wanted to kill someone!
How could they suspect Brother Jiuyuan?
“Vice Dean.”
Feng Jiuyuan and Jing Chen walked in from outside. After glancing at the body on the ground, Jiuyuan smiled lightly and said, “Suspecting me?”
The vice dean replied, “Young Master Feng, this is a reasonable suspicion.”
“Ordinary people indeed couldn’t do something like this…”
“That’s reasonable.” Feng Jiuyuan said leisurely, “An ordinary academy wouldn’t be able to trap everyone here to wait for death either.”
The vice dean frowned, “What do you mean by that, Young Master Feng?”
Feng Jiuyuan looked at him in surprise, “Aren’t you suspecting it was me?”
The vice dean said, “I suspect it’s the demons…”
“Is there anyone else here besides me with demon blood?”
The vice dean fell silent.
Feng Jiuyuan continued, “Besides me, there’s no one else, right?”
“Is there a distinction between suspecting it was the demons and suspecting that I did it?”
“Since you suspect it was me, shouldn’t you open the barrier now and let everyone go?” Feng Jiuyuan said, “Otherwise, why are you keeping them here? Are they just waiting to die?”
The vice dean was speechless. He thought, You think too highly of yourself!
With so many people, all of them at the level of spirit masters, could you really kill them all?
As if sensing what the vice dean was thinking, Feng Jiuyuan smiled and said, “Vice Dean, do you think that with my cultivation, I can’t kill everyone here?”
The vice dean didn’t respond, but his expression said it all.
Feng Jiuyuan continued with a smile, “Do you know that my current cultivation has been sealed by the Buddha?”
“If I were to unseal it…” His gaze swept over everyone as he grinned wickedly, “Killing you all would be a piece of cake.”
Hearing what Feng Jiuyuan said, the spectators outside felt a chill run down their spines.
They didn’t know exactly what kind of person Feng Jiuyuan was, but they had heard of his ruthless nature and that his bloodline had indeed been sealed.
So what he said could very well be true!
Thinking about this, everyone turned to the vice dean and said, “Vice Dean, since you suspect Young Master Feng, you should open the barrier and let us go.”
“Exactly, what does it mean to keep us and Young Master Feng locked up together without opening the barrier? Are we just waiting to be killed?” someone asked.
Feng Jiuyuan said, “Vice Dean, listen to everyone and open the barrier. Otherwise, it seems you want me to kill them all.”
The vice dean was taken aback, “!!!”
How could a young master be so unreasonable?
Huang Quan also said, “Open it.”
Although she suspected the dean was inside the barrier, if the vice dean opened it, she could investigate later, and he would have no reason to stop her.
The vice dean felt a headache coming on but still stated honestly, “Once this barrier is opened, it won’t be able to close again until tomorrow.”
“It’s not that I don’t want to let you out; it’s just that I genuinely can’t close it.”
“Is this also the dean’s order?” Feng Jiuyuan asked nonchalantly.
“It is…” The vice dean realized something was off as soon as he said it.
Just as Huang Quan had mentioned earlier, the dean’s actions were already suspicious. By confirming that this was also the dean’s order, it made the dean’s guilt even more significant.
“The dean ordered this,” the vice dean insisted, “but it’s to ensure the students’ safety. It’s not meant to trap you.”
Someone remarked, “Your academy’s dean is quite interesting. He arranged everything but didn’t show up himself; it’s hard not to suspect him.”
