Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 116: The picture shows the dagger
At the same time, somewhere outside Qingchi Peak.

Chu Xingluo walked forward along the path in the forest. In front of him were two people wearing black night suits, whose faces were also obscured.

This was also his first time dealing with the people from Hidden Butterfly.

Soon, the two men brought him to a clearing in the woods, where a young man dressed in gorgeous clothes with a long sword hanging from his waist stood with his back to him, his hands behind his back.

"They said, you have something important to report to me."

The young man asked.

Chu Xingluo did not speak immediately, but looked carefully at the young man in front of him. The young man looked to be about the same age as Ning Ruyue, but his awe-inspiring aura was completely different. A simple question could double his pressure.

The aura of a superior made Chu Xingluo certain that the person in front of him was the Second Prince Ying Xin, who had all the power in the court. Compared to the eldest princess who had fled the court since she was young and hid in the academy under a false name, the Second Prince was familiar with the rules of the court and had the entire Yindie firmly in his hands at a young age.

It is said that the Second Prince's sword-wielding skills are also superb, and he is quite similar to the First King when he was young.

"It's news about the eldest princess."

Chu Xingluo tried his best to calm down his nervousness and said, "She is now in Yunhai Academy."

"I guess so."

Ying Xin just responded coldly, "The academy is the only one in the world that can accommodate her. But soon, the academy will be taken over by the court. I feel a little sympathetic towards her... Compared to these, I am more curious about why you are here? Or have you secretly destroyed the academy's formation?"

"The plan failed."

Chu Xingluo smiled bleakly and said, "Mo Song invited an uninvited guest from somewhere."

"An uninvited guest? The new teacher of the "Defense Against Evil Spirits" class?"

Ying Xin was not unfamiliar with the person Chu Xingluo mentioned.

After all, the subordinates he sent out a few days ago were also killed by that man. No one saw them alive or dead, and no news about the other party was left.

In order to ensure a smooth replacement of identities, Yindie sent out top-notch experts.

"His name is Duan Mingyuan."

"Duan Mingyuan? I remember that."

Ying Xin thought to himself that he didn't need to bother investigating this person's background. After a few days, when they entered the academy, they would face Duan Mingyuan sooner or later. "I hope that by then, his resistance will not be too boring."

"The academy is in chaos right now, and no one in the chess academy can inherit the formation. This is the perfect time to launch an attack. I will tell you all how to pass through the barrier to ensure that your people can enter Qingchi Peak tonight."

"Kill into Qingchi Peak?"

Ying Xin asked with interest, "You mean you want to change the agreement and allow us to attack the teachers and students in the academy at will."

"I have tried my best to persuade them. If they had listened to my advice, they would not have suffered this fate."

"Then things will be much simpler."

"In exchange, I want the position of dean. After you take over the academy, at least keep the chess academy."

"I can agree."

"That's good." Chu Xingluo reached into the inner pocket of his clothes and walked forward slowly. "I drew the method of passing through the barrier and the secret passage on Qingchi Peak on the paper."

His heart was beating violently.

The object touched by his fingertips was not rice paper, but a cold object. The coldness penetrated his skin and seeped into his soul. The skin that touched the object first felt a tingling pain, and then it became extremely itchy. Chu Xingluo felt that the object suddenly came alive and was gnawing at his fingers.

The method of using this object is actually simple. There is no need to aim. Just throw it hard to the ground and the "death air" inside will spread in an instant. At that time, all living creatures within a hundred meters will turn into dry bones.

When the effect of this object was introduced to him, the evil spirit in the hell seemed to reveal a bloodthirsty smile on his face.

The evil spirit promised him that as long as he could throw this object at the feet of the Second Prince, no matter how prominent the Second Prince's background was or what kind of guards he had, he would be killed instantly.

The only price is that when the "dead energy" spreads, the person using this object will never be able to escape from the range of the "dead energy".

The distance between the two people is getting closer and closer.

Chu Xingluo held his breath.

He had spent his entire life in the academy and had never killed anyone with his own hands, but the first time he did it, he wanted to take the life of the second prince.

This was the last journey he took.

"Please look, Second Prince. This is the treasure I brought for you from the academy."

Chu Xingluo tried his best and threw the object in his arms to the ground.

He lost consciousness almost instantly, and the last thing he saw was a black fog rising into the sky and sweeping across the mountains and forests. He also seemed to see his own corroded skin. There was no flesh and blood left on his right hand, only white bones.

Before he could feel the pain, he fell into a deep sleep.

The black fog lasted for a whole morning. When it dissipated, there was no living creature within a hundred meters. The grass and trees had withered and only the dry and bare ground was left.

The sunlight shone on the ground and the four skeletons that were still standing in their original places. The skeletons still maintained the same movements as they did in life, as if they had no time to realize that death was coming.

"The teacher is indeed very good at predicting things. The people in this academy are really not trustworthy."

In the distance, a young man with the same face as the Second Prince stood on the top of a hill, overlooking the four withered bones. "After returning to the court, I will look for a replacement."

The man the young man called teacher was covered in a dark armor, making it impossible to see his expression clearly.

"It doesn't matter. From the beginning, I never expected Chu Xingluo to be able to break the academy's formation. It's just that among the four formations, the chess academy is the most difficult one to deal with. Now that Chu Xingluo is dead, you can start to arrange an attack plan."

The man in black armor glanced at Ying Xin and said, "This is a crucial battle. As long as you can bring the academy back to the court, the Council will fully recommend you to succeed the throne of the First King. But don't be careless. No matter who instigated Chu Xingluo, he is definitely not a good person. I will assist you in secret when necessary."

"Then it's Teacher Lao."

Ying Xin asked again, "The Princess's matter..."

"She must live."

The teacher said in an undoubted tone, "Someone in the upper echelons has taken a liking to her."

"In your image?"

"Each of you was born for a reason."

"Teacher, what you mean is that there are people like you secretly assisting the princess? Could it be that the teacher of "Defense against Evil Spirits" is actually..."

"This is not something you should consider. I will deal with him."

(End of this chapter)