Just half an hour before Feng Xiaolan was called to the office by class teacher Yao Suwu, Zhao Kaifeng, who was lying on the bed in the dormitory, also received a call from his class teacher.
After he stumbled to the office area on the seventh floor of the castle, what awaited him was an unexplained reprimand from his head teacher, Yan Mingzhong, and a punishment that had been inexplicably decided by the school's top management. Just when he was about to be taken to the dungeon by the teacher from the Academic Affairs Office, Chen Wings walked out of nowhere.
This little bully who had never suffered any loss in school due to his strong connections probably never thought that he would be humiliated like that last night by a student who was completely unknown or even notorious in school. In anger, he directly told His father filed a complaint and successfully sent Zhao Kaifeng, who had a bad image in the eyes of his teachers, into a dark dungeon that had not been opened in Moxi College for nearly twenty years.
In the past, only the most heinous criminals and four students from Mo Xi Academy were imprisoned there.
At this moment, Chen Yi's face was filled with a contemptuous smile. He strolled up to Zhao Kaifeng and said proudly: "Young man, you have to pay the price for your recklessness."
The ugly face of the man in front of him did not make Zhao Kaifeng look like he wanted to kill someone. Chen Yi didn't even see a trace of reluctance on Zhao Kaifeng's face, which made him feel a little bored.
No one would have thought that at that moment, Zhao Kaifeng would actually feel relieved.
"According to the unanimous decision of the school board, you will be sentenced to half a month of confinement and your credits will be deducted." Hu Wenhua, a middle-aged male teacher from the Academic Affairs Office standing next to Zhao Kaifeng, said righteously, "The whole school will be informed of your bad behavior soon. His behavior served as a warning to other students.”
This sentence was enough to intimidate any school student, but it still did not cause any waves on Zhao Kaifeng's face.
"It's true that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water." Hu Wenhua saw this and criticized condescendingly. "From the first day you skipped class, you should have expected that you would have such a day! By then, all the teachers and students in the school would know that you were You've been sent to the dungeon, let's see how you can still hang out in school! You already had very few credits left because you failed the class, and now you've had so many deducted, so you just won't be able to graduate."
Using the space magic stone that went specifically to the castle dungeon, Zhao Kaifeng and the teacher responsible for guarding him were instantly transferred from the seventh floor of the castle to the dark underground of the castle. As soon as he arrived there, Zhao Kaifeng felt as if he was blind and couldn't see anything.
"There is a bed next to it, and there is a small pit next to the wall that is connected to the underground river outside. You usually relieve yourself there. I will come to bring you food at noon every day. Please reflect on it!" After saying this, this The teacher who spoke harshly hurriedly left the eerie dungeon through the space magic stone.
Zhao Kaifeng, who took a long time to adapt to the darkness, found himself in a small rectangular space with a damp ground. He glanced left and right, and finally sat down on the bed, which was as hard as bluestone. Faced with the terrifying darkness and bad living environment, he actually just thought with some luck - great, at least he wouldn't have to witness her wedding.
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In the gym, Wan'er, dressed in hot clothes, came to Ren Zihua from the broken sword again, but this time she looked a little angry.
"Zihua, didn't I tell you? You can't practice the set of exercises I gave you in front of anyone!"
"I know, it's my fault Wan'er, I was thinking about something and accidentally forgot it." Ren Zihua said embarrassedly, "Can I ask you something? Do you know any way to make people Temporarily enter a state of suspended animation?"
"Why are you asking this?" Wan'er asked with some confusion, poking her face hard with her index finger, her eyes drifting upward, as if she was thinking hard about something, "There are indeed methods, but... ..it might be a little painful.”
"It's okay, as long as there is a way, how should we do it?" Ren Zihua asked anxiously.
"The method is a bit complicated. You humans probably can't do it on your own. You need to use external force." Wan'er's expression suddenly became serious. "If the sword energy in the body is drained out in an instant, existence itself will lose its meaning."
Ren Zihua was a little confused after hearing this: "But aren't some people born without sword energy?"
"Sword Qi itself is actually the Qi of life. Even people who cannot generate sword Qi from the Jianxin Point still have enough Qi in their bodies to maintain life." Wan'er said meticulously, "Although it is difficult for humans to do this on their own , but I can actually draw out all the sword energy from a person’s body.”
"Please Wan'er, after I enter the fifth heavy sword energy realm, I need you to help me enter the state of suspended animation immediately."
"Why? That kind of approach is actually risky." Wan'er said very worriedly, "Although I will try my best to protect you, it's best not to..."
"In order to practice swordsmanship and magic to the extreme at the same time, I have to do this." Ren Zihua stood up and put a hand on Wan'er's shoulder, saying with firm eyes, "Please Wan'er."
After hesitating for a while with her mouth pursed, Wan'er finally compromised and said, "Okay, I can help you. But Zihua, you must not get into trouble, you promise me!"
Ren Zihua was really happy to see Wan'er's look of caring about him. He felt warm in his heart. Originally, he thought that there would be no one else in the world who could be so unconditional except his own family. Worry about yourself. Looking at the innocent girl in front of him who had never met him before in his seventeen years of life, Ren Zihua felt that for the first time he felt the kindness from this strange world.
"I promise you Wan'er." He replied quite readily, with the same hearty smile on his face.
Wan'er also smiled. Ren Zihua had probably never seen such a beautiful smile. It was not a beautiful smile that a human girl could have.
"I'm going to start practicing sword energy, Wan'er, please help me pay attention outside the door. Feng Xiaolan comes back to remind me." With that said, Ren Zihua sat cross-legged on the solid wood floor of the gym again, slowly removing all the energy in his body. The sword energy circulates through the "Manshen Sutra", and the black sword energy slowly overflows from the body and circulates very regularly.
After practicing for only about ten minutes, Wan'er patted his shoulder from behind and said, "He's back."
Putting away the flow of sword energy, Ren Zihua asked Wan'er to return to the broken sword, then put the broken sword back into the magic storage space and took out Xue Ye. He immediately pulled out his sword and looked like he was practicing his sword skills.
"Oh no, Ren Zihua! Zhao Kaifeng has been imprisoned in the school dungeon." Feng Xiaolan said anxiously as soon as he entered the door, "What should we do?"
"What dungeon?" Ren Zihua pretended to stop what he was doing and looked at Feng Xiaolan with a confused look on his face, "Why is there such a thing in the school?"
"Don't you know the dungeon of Moxi Academy? It was once the place where the emperor used to imprison the most vicious criminals in the country. Two hundred years ago, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty set up a place to hold prisoners outside Moxi Academy. Under the castle The dungeon is used by the college to punish students who violate school discipline, but so far, only four students from Moxi College have been imprisoned."
"Where are those people? Is Zhao Kaifeng the only one who was imprisoned?" Ren Zihua's expression became a little solemn.
"The people who had a conflict with Zhao Kaifeng that night, their leader Chen Yi, the president of the school, is the son of school director Chen Xi. That person relied on his connections to accuse Zhao Kaifeng first." Feng Xiaolan became angrier as he spoke, and couldn't help but shake his head He clenched his fists.
"I used to hear people say that university is like a miniature society, where you can see all common social phenomena, but I didn't expect that no matter how the world changes, such a dark and bloody side will always exist." Ren Zihua said angrily He smiled and said, "Unfortunately, Feng Xiaolan, we can't rescue Zhao Kaifeng now. We are just freshmen who have just entered school."
"Of course I know this, but that guy named Chen Yi is so abominable. He actually relied on his father to do such nonsense." Feng Xiaolan said, tightly holding the long sword hanging on his waist, "I saw it with my own eyes that day. It was then that they started to cause trouble and blocked Zhao Kaifeng at the entrance of the gym."
"Then do you know why those people blocked Zhao Kaifeng there?"
"This...those people said that Zhao Kaifeng injured two members of their guild, but I don't know what happened before that."
Ren Zihua put the shining cold light back into the sheath of Xue Ye, and started pacing back and forth in the gym with his hands behind his back. Soon, he hesitantly said to Feng Xiaolan: "I'll go talk to the principal, maybe Zhao Kaifeng can be released from prison." Get rescued.”
"Are you going to agree to Principal Murong's previous proposal, become his closed disciple and give up sword practice?" Feng Xiaolan said seriously, "Have you really thought about it clearly?"
"This is the only way to do it now. I don't want to just watch my roommate suffer in the dungeon." Ren Zihua said with a helpless smile, and then put his hand on Feng Xiaolan's shoulder, "And I I have already thought about it just now, I am determined to be my friend Zhao Kaifeng!"
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At this moment, at the door of the principal's office on the highest floor of the castle, Princess Yinmi, who was wearing a beautiful long dress, was knocking on the door worriedly. Her beautiful eyes were filled with all emotions except happiness.
