Full-Time Magister: What kind of demonic tree is this? It's clearly a sacred tree!

Chapter 30 Ambush

When Mo Fan and Zhang Chen returned to Jinyuan Apartment, it was already completely dark. They decided to take the direct route through the park instead of taking a detour.

Shortly after entering the park, Zhang Chen's nose twitched, and he whispered to Mo Fan, "There's a Black Vatican!"

On the surface, they pretended to be normal, but inwardly they were already on guard. Just as they reached the artificial lake, Mo Fan suddenly felt many figures moving around on the artificial hill next to him. In addition, Zhang Chen had just said that there was a Black Vatican.

Almost instantly, rose-red flames appeared and scattered around his body, condensing on his right fist. As he swung his right fist, a huge rose-red flame fist slammed into the artificial mountain.

The artificial mountain shattered almost instantly upon contact with the Flaming Fist, Heaven-Shattering Strike, revealing a group of students still in a daze. Fortunately, Zhang Chen cast his spell quickly, and just as the fiery fist was about to hit them, two transparent barriers blocked the attack for them.

Feeling the scorching flames in front of them, they were so frightened that they sat down on the ground with a thud.

Zhang Chen asked suspiciously, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night? If I hadn't acted quickly, you would all be dead!"

The leader was trembling all over as he stammered, "I—I—we—"

"Forget it, shut up! You stay and explain yourself! The rest of you, get lost!" Zhang Chen saw that he couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time, and had already locked onto the Black Vatican hidden among the crowd. He pointed at him and told him to come over. He knew perfectly well that the Black Vatican had instigated them to test Mo Fan's strength.

"Me—me?" The man's expression was unpredictable as he pointed at himself. Just as he asked, the others quickly ran away. "Now you're the only one left. Who else could it be?" Seeing Zhang Chen leave him alone, Mo Fan instantly understood his meaning and feigned a irritable tone, saying, "Don't panic. We're just a bit sensitive." Zhang Chen and Mo Fan echoed each other. This sentence was like a reassurance, calming him down. Phew—it seems it was just a coincidence; they didn't discover my identity."

"So this was an accident—" Fu Tianming said after calming himself down. Zhang Chen raised his hand to interrupt him: "You know we have a terrible reputation. We just finished a semester of silence, and it was only recently that no one mentioned us anymore. If this gets out, our reputation will undoubtedly suffer another serious blow. I want to find a notary to clear our pitiful reputation. It was you who scared us in the middle of the night!"

"You understand, right? Come with us, and my mentor will be our witness. Go talk to my mentor."

Seeing Mo Fan's unfriendly expression, he nodded. As long as he didn't go to Dean Xiao's place, a mentor shouldn't be able to tell his true identity.

"Where do we go now? The professors are all asleep. How about I treat you to dinner?"

Fu Tianming, with a wicked thought in his mind, said, "No need, we've already eaten. Just come with us."

"Oh—oh, okay."

The next morning, Fu Tianming asked warmly, "Hey, Brother Chen, why are we at the library? Aren't we looking for your advisor?" He had been chatting with Mo Fan and Zhang Chen in the Space Department classroom all night, and now he had completely let his guard down.

"My advisor is right at the very top of the library," Zhang Chen said.

"Why would a professor from the Space Department be on the top floor of the library?" Fu Tianming's heart, which had been at ease after Zhang Chen's comforting words overnight, was now troubled again. He had only seen Dean Xiao at important events at the university, and he usually avoided him like the plague. How could he possibly know Dean Xiao's office?

"My advisor is going to be promoted to the head of a department on the main campus this year, so he'll naturally be different from other advisors," Zhang Chen patiently explained to him. Fu Tianming nodded and stopped talking. They went up to the top floor together. Zhang Chen knocked on the door. "Come in," a deep, aged voice said. Fu Tianming immediately sensed something was wrong and wanted to run away, but he found that his whole body was frozen in place.

With smiles on their faces, Zhang Chen and Mo Fan used their virtual claws to grab him and enter Dean Xiao's office.

Dean Xiao frowned when he saw them: "What's going on here?"

"Dean Xiao, this person is from the Black Vatican. He led students to attack us last night." Zhang Chen said, and Dean Xiao's brows relaxed. He had just received news that the Black Vatican was planning something bad for Mo Fan.

After a thorough examination, Dean Xiao confirmed that he was indeed the Black Vatican's spy planted in Pearl Academy.

"Dean Xiao, can you get any information out of him? It seems Mo Fan is being targeted by the Black Vatican," Zhang Chen said. "Leave him with me, I'll handle it!" Dean Xiao said, seeing that the two of them didn't intend to hide from the Black Vatican at Pearl Academy, but instead wanted to deal with it themselves. Dean Xiao said with relief, "The Black Vatican is already being closely watched by the Inquisition and various major forces. Most of the high-level mages and above are being watched, so there's absolutely no way they could infiltrate the academy to commit crimes."

"However, you still need to be careful. While you are keeping the Black Vatican's activities firmly under control, it also means that some will slip through the net or hire someone to commit murder through a complex web of relationships."

"Yes!" Zhang Chen and Mo Fan nodded emphatically. This relieved them of their biggest worry. As long as no high-level people were involved, they were not so afraid.

"I am very pleased because I have seen the growth of many people since the freshman orientation."

"Not long ago, someone compared the assessment at the main campus to a devil, spurring you on. This analogy is not wrong. The Youth Campus is the final destination of your youthful journey of self-cultivation —"

At the school-wide assembly, Dean Xiao, who had always treated students with a kind and benevolent attitude, underwent a dramatic change in his demeanor, and his remarks ultimately made many people uncomfortable.

"All students whose cultivation level has not reached that of an intermediate-level mage are not qualified to participate in the main campus's assessment. You have three years left—"

"Those who haven't reached the intermediate-level mage stage, you may leave. This battlefield doesn't belong to you yet," Dean Xiao said coldly. The students were stunned, unable to accept his sudden change of heart. "Can't you hear me?! The weak are unworthy to be official members of our Pearl Academy!"

The trainees, looking like wilted eggplants, left with their heads down.

"Congratulations to those who stayed, you've entered the main campus of Pearl Academy." Dean Xiao said, his demeanor turning amiable again. "Wasn't there supposed to be an assessment—"

"Oh right? Why isn't there an assessment?!"

There were about a thousand people left behind, a number that exceeded many people's expectations.

After everyone finished their discussion, Dean Xiao took out a scroll of instructions and said, "I received news a few days ago that a Shadow Beast has escaped. Now I need you to capture it."

"The student or team that captures and delivers the summoned beast to the school's cage will be rewarded! ————"

"The team is limited to five people, and the reward is an opportunity to enter the Three-Step Tower for training!" Dean Xiao said. "The Three-Step Tower!"

"Very good!----"

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