Chapter 530
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Within the Qingyun Academy.
A secluded valley.
Li Changqing, Feng Luochen, Tang Chuyi, and others were all present.
Inside the valley were the Qingyun Academy’s elders, tutors, and disciples who had witnessed the entire incident—several hundred people in total.
However, there were no martial artists from the Five Great Families present.
Because they were all dead.
Li Changqing looked at the hundreds of people in the valley and said helplessly, “What are we supposed to do… If we let these people go, the news of the Five Great Families’ heavy casualties will spread immediately…”
In addition to this group, the royal family members Qing Shanya, Qing Pengzheng, Qing Mengli, and others, as well as Master Feng Lan and Chu Qingcheng, were also aware of the entire truth.
But Li Changqing understood that they would not reveal the truth.
Tang Chuyi couldn’t help but ask, “Where is the Dean?”
“Not found,” Deputy Dean Feng Luochen, with her graceful demeanor and pleasant voice, replied indifferently.
“Huh?”
Tang Chuyi was astonished. “At such a critical moment, he’s not here? Then who can handle this?”
If these disciples and tutors were released, everything that happened in the underground palace would spread immediately. By then, the entire Qingyun Empire would likely be plunged into chaos.
“Wait a little longer!”
“Wait?” Tang Chuyi retorted. “The people from the Five Great Families already know that the trial has ended. They’re all clamoring to know what happened!”
“We have to wait!” Li Changqing said sternly. “With Qin Beixiu and the others dead, who among the Five Great Families’ people in the academy would dare to cause trouble?”
…
In the Qingyun Academy’s Tianyuan area, in front of a palace, dozens of figures gathered.
All of them were dressed in the robes of Tianyuan elders or Neiyuan elders, their expressions anxious.
At the forefront stood five figures.
“Where is Li Changqing?”
One of the five, a middle-aged man, demanded, “Let him come out!”
“Why did the trial end early?”
“And where are the elders like Qin Beixiu?”
“Where are the disciples who participated in the trial, and the tutors and elders responsible for them?”
Another Tianyuan elder shouted, “Yes, what exactly happened? Why aren’t we being given an explanation?”
“Where did everyone go?”
These five leaders were also Tianyuan elders, from the Five Great Families. They were all at the Tian Gang Sixth Level, slightly below the Five Great Council Elders, but still highly respected within the Qingyun Academy.
With dozens of elders from the Five Great Families demanding answers, their presence was quite imposing. Gradually, Neiyuan tutors, Waiyuan tutors, and disciples began to arrive…
Inside the palace, two figures stood still.
One looked calm and composed, sitting leisurely in a chair.
The other paced back and forth, extremely anxious.
“Baili Moxuan, stop walking around. You’re making my eyes hurt!” the man sitting in the chair said indifferently.
“Mu Yunxuan, it’s easy for you to say that while sitting!” Baili Moxuan, one of the four deputy deans, was extremely agitated.
Baili Moxuan couldn’t help but say, “What exactly happened? Neither Li Changqing nor Feng Luochen will say anything, the dean is missing, and the Five Great Families are demanding answers. How can we not be anxious?”
“If we don’t give them an explanation soon, I’m afraid the five clan leaders of the Five Great Families won’t be able to sit still and will come here themselves!”
Mu Yunxuan replied nonchalantly, “Let them come. Can they really tear down our Qingyun Academy?”
“You… you…” Baili Moxuan said.
“Do you know what’s really going on?” Baili Moxuan asked.
Mu Yunxuan chuckled, “If I knew, I would have gone out and told them. Why would I hide here with you?”
“Why aren’t you worried, then?”
“Why should I be worried?” Mu Yunxuan said again. “The dean has everything under control. Why should we worry?”
At this point, Baili Moxuan leaned closer to Mu Yunxuan and whispered, “Li Changqing and Feng Luochen took those people directly to the Tianqing Valley in the Tianyuan area. I checked, and the dean left a barrier there. People inside can’t get out, and people outside can’t get in.”
“But when that group came back, I sensed it, and there was no presence of Qin Beixiu, Chu Anxun, or anyone from the Five Great Families…”
Hearing this, Mu Yunxuan chuckled and said, “What are you trying to say?”
