Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 109 Ascension to the Hall
After hearing the captain's explanation, Duan Mingyuan understood the reason for the tense atmosphere.

The person who mobilized them was Chu Xingluo, the dean of the chess academy.

A teaching accident occurred at the end of the advanced class, and the last sword that fell from the clouds shattered the scroll world. As a result, an extremely strange scene formed in the eyes of the teachers and students of the academy who did not know the cause and effect - a sword shadow that enveloped the entire Qingchi Peak suddenly appeared in the sky above their heads and smashed towards them without warning.

Although this sword did not cause any substantial damage, it made everyone in the academy feel insecure, and they all suspected that the assassin organization sent by the court was trying to break through the barrier with forceful means.

The law enforcement team was ordered to "invite" Duan Mingyuan to come down the mountain. Coincidentally, they heard the two men's discussion about the blood sacrifice ceremony when they approached, which further deepened their prejudice against the new teacher.

Duan Mingyuan always believes that misunderstandings can always be resolved through effective communication.

He simply lifted the law enforcement captain by the collar and threw him into the academy's bathhouse. The other team members put aside their prejudices, calmed down and listened carefully to his explanation, and agreed to follow him to the dean to resolve all misunderstandings.

But there are also misunderstandings in this world that cannot be resolved through communication, just like you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep.

Bringing in Chen Chou as an assistant coach completely blocks the traitor's last chance. With nowhere else to go, the traitor will probably resort to some desperate measures.

The destination of this trip is the academy hall.

This was also established by the founders of the academy and is not usually used.

Only when extremely treacherous and evil people appeared in the academy would there be a ceremony to bring them to the court. According to Chen Chou's recollection, during the hundreds of years that he had been in the prison, extremely treacherous and evil people would occasionally be imprisoned in the prison, and there were many among them who wanted to escape from prison with him, but these people really had no skills, and most of them were quickly driven crazy, and then died in depression in the prison.

Compared with Chen Chou, human lifespan is too short. In just a few decades, it turns into a pile of bones.

Today, Duan Mingyuan became the first person to appear in court in nearly a hundred years.

In addition to the deans of the four colleges, the teachers of the academy also gathered here. When he walked in, the hall suddenly became silent, and everyone looked at him with fear in their eyes.

Duan Mingyuan looked at this grand scene with great interest. In fact, he had never even been to a court during his entire journey.

The persons responsible for maintaining order in the court were naturally the deans of the four academies. They sat in a line at the front of the court, with portraits of the four founders of Yunhai Academy hung behind them.

Following Dean Mo Song's order, a glowing mesh barrier blocked the way.

The dean of the chess academy, Chu Xingluo, spoke first and questioned, "Teacher Mingyuan, you were the one who caused the commotion in the back mountain just now, right?"

"Yes, I reported it to Dean Mosong before the class started."

Duan Mingyuan admitted openly, "This is to help the students in the advanced class better understand the barrier and set goals for them, because I found in the large class that the students in the academy have no foundation on how to build a barrier."

"Not only that, you also released the evil spirit imprisoned in the Hell."

Upon hearing this, there was an uproar in the court.

Most of the teachers and students in the academy graduated from the four colleges. They had heard about the horror of the Nether Prison as early as their student days. The source of all the horrific rumors pointed to the evil spirits sealed in the deepest part of the Nether Prison. They were the sinners who had survived since the founding of the academy.

“I think the knowledge that Mr. Chen Qiu knows is most likely to help students improve.”

Duan Mingyuan believes that his theoretical knowledge is not as solid as his practical experience, which is why he hopes to hold academic seminars whenever he has the opportunity.

Facts proved that his judgment was correct. Although Mr. Chen Chou's mouth was as smelly and hard as a stone in a pit, the blood sacrifice ritual he mentioned did bring a breakthrough to the "Defense Against Evil Spirits Course".

The future teaching idea for large classes is to gather the life energy of every student and help them build a shared barrier together.

"As you can see, Teacher Mingyuan did not deny that he released the evil spirits from the Nether Prison." Chu Xingluo said coldly.

The interrogation seemed to go too smoothly. Duan Mingyuan did not try to hide anything, but frankly admitted what he had done in front of everyone.

It would be easy as long as Duan Mingyuan admitted this fact.

Since ancient times, the Netherworld has been a taboo topic in academies. Not to mention releasing the evil spirits inside, approaching the Netherworld without permission is a serious crime.

"Teacher Mingyuan also reported this matter to me. I brought him there personally."

Mo Song spoke up.

He did not deny Duan Mingyuan's idea of ​​small class teaching, and he believed that Duan Mingyuan could manage his own class well, but he did not exaggerate the matter or make it public.

Mo Song knew very well that changing people's mindsets would not be achieved overnight. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would have found it hard to believe that someone could remove the seal with bare hands, drag the evil spirits transformed by the sinners out of the wooden house, and force them to submit by force.

Even if he told everyone present what happened in the Nether Prison now, it would probably just be regarded as a made-up story.

There will definitely be conspiracy theorists who believe that all this is a show jointly performed by the evil spirit and Duan Mingyuan, with the purpose of breaking the seal of the wooden house.

In fact, if the academy was not in a precarious situation, he would not have taken such a huge risk.

"It just shows that there might be disagreements between us."

Chu Xingluo seemed to have expected Mo Song to say this. He refuted calmly, "According to the tradition of the academy, if the deans of the four colleges cannot reach a consensus on an important decision of a department, they must convene all teachers and students to vote in the presence of the ancestors."

Mo Song's face changed slightly. This was also the selfish reason why he didn't want to escalate the matter.

If the academy really follows its tradition and votes on this matter, more than 90% of people will vote against it.

Chu Xingluo did not intend to stop there. Seeing that Mo Song did not refute, he acquiesced, so he continued the topic, "But the purpose of gathering everyone here today is not to hold Youyu responsible for what happened. If that was the case, with the academy in such a dangerous situation, I would also turn a blind eye, but..."

At this point, he suddenly changed the subject and raised his voice, "This new teacher Ming Yuan seems to be honest, but he has concealed the most important thing from the dean and everyone else. I believe everyone has just seen the sword shadow that fell from the sky. It was one of the tricks that was strictly prohibited by the founders of the academy."

"Under the current circumstances, it is understandable to study trickery."

The dean of the Qin Academy, Su Yunru, changed her expression slightly and deliberately took over the conversation, as if she was unwilling for Chu Xingluo to continue the topic.

"That's true, but the trick that Master Mingyuan used was not an ordinary trick. It was called the Sword Controlling Technique, a trick passed down by the First King himself."

The court was completely silent.

The First King is the ruler of the court. All the crises that the academy is facing at this moment are led by the First King.

Su Yunru frowned, "Do you want to say that Mr. Ming Yuan is a spy sent by the court?"

"No, it's more than that. The art of controlling the sword is a secret skill passed down from generation to generation."

Chu Xingluo shook his head, "This can only prove one thing - the blood of the First King flows in his body. Is there any better proof than this?"

(End of this chapter)