While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

"Report to the counselor: I won't give up. I'll go again tonight."

"Cough cough..."

Zhang Peng, who picked up his thermos to drink goji berry tea, choked on his own vomit.

He was so angry that he scratched his head and slammed his water glass down on the podium.

"You're not allowed to go. The enforcement team is already investigating the senior students. Do you want to cause trouble?"

"Please rest assured, Instructor, I will never attack my own kind for the sake of beast crystals or personal gain."

Zhang Peng was visibly relieved to hear this; at least Jiangling City still had some people with normal minds.

"I'm not worried about you attacking law enforcement officers, I'm worried about you being attacked."

"Then I will retaliate."

"What are you complaining about? Did getting first place in Class B make you arrogant?"

Zhang Peng had no idea that Yang Ding was actually hiring a skilled bodyguard for him.

He knew, of course, that it was dangerous for him to go out, which was why he wanted to tell the Dragon Guards this information.

Huang Bingbing, with her legs crossed, asked, "Counselor, shouldn't a freshman who gets first place in the second-tier class be arrogant?"

Zhang Peng is so angry he's about to have a heart attack; he can't possibly lead this class anymore.

They're all such rebellious brats with no sense of the bigger picture.

During free practice, Zhang Peng usually didn't bother to manage it; he was a notoriously lazy instructor.

But today they're surrounding Yang Ding, eagerly trying to teach him his sweeping sword technique.

"Although your punching power is insufficient, your breathing technique must not be wrong. Otherwise, it will form a bad habit that will be difficult to correct later. Many people have ruined their sweeping sword technique and said that the Nine Swords Technique is not good."

Yang Ding was getting annoyed. Was this guy deliberately testing his strength?

"Counselor, my wife says melee combat is the most cost-effective, sword energy is too much of a waste of true energy."

"That being said, in the early stages of mastering sword energy, there is an information gap advantage. By the time others don't know that you can unleash sword energy, and they try to block or dodge your sword, they may already be dead."

"Besides, once you become a grandmaster, if you're still engaging in close combat with little brats, where's your prestige?"

Seeing that the counselor was getting into the conversation, Yang Ding suddenly asked, "Counselor, what weapon are you using?"

"I've practiced with both swords and sabers."

"Is it a short sword?"

"None of your business."

"Zhang Peng, did you also go out of town last night? What did you see?"

Zhang Peng stared blankly at Yang Ding for a full five seconds before jumping up and smacking him on the head.

"You have no respect for elders and teachers. Go practice on your own."

Then he left, grumbling and cursing.

……

Campus law enforcement team, interrogation room.

All twenty members of Class A3 were questioned together.

This time, General Zhao Yang of the Northern Guard came to interrogate him personally, and even Jiang Zhaolong didn't dare to act recklessly. Zhao Zekai could only obediently step aside.

Zhao Yang was burly and ugly, with a fierce appearance, looking completely different from his nephew Zhao Zekai.

He chain-smoked, squinting as he asked, "You were definitely involved last night. Although you weren't the main culprits, you disrupted our rhythm. So many law enforcement officers died; someone has to be punished, otherwise I can't explain it to their families and the governor."

This sentence is quite interesting, but many students didn't understand it.

Normally, those who go together would be punished together, but he said that someone else would be punished.

Team leader Jiang Zhaolong understood, glanced at Zhao Zekai, and said, "I need to pee."

"I want to go too. I'm watching you. Don't even think about running away."

"How could I dare?"

After arriving at the restroom and checking each stall, the two began to urinate and chat.

"Brother Kai, what does your fifth uncle mean by this? Are they looking for a scapegoat?"

"Well, there's a pretty girl in your group, so let her take the blame. Her reward is that she marries my fifth uncle as his concubine."

That's my girlfriend.

"So you're going to marry her?"

"No, no, it's just for fun. Let's give it to Uncle Zhao."

This so-called girlfriend, when his pants were pulled down, not only did not show any concern or understanding, but also complained that he had lost millions.

Jiang Zhaolong didn't feel any remorse at all when he let her go.

"Well, secondly, I heard a rumor that Ye Rou's husband, Yang Ding, has also made a big show of leaving the city. We'll take this opportunity to kill him."

Why?

"No reason, I just don't like him. A lot of people want him dead, so I guess I'm just trying to have some peace and quiet. But don't say I ordered it, and don't do it yourself, understand?"

Zhao Zekai only felt a little jealous of Yang Ding, but not enough to want to kill him.

What made him decide to kill Yang Ding was Zhou Ruoxi's growing interest in him.

Zhao Zekai is a big fan of his cousin, and he always feels that Yang Ding is cheating on him.

Jiang Zhaolong nodded quickly, "Killing this kind of trash is easy, I'm just afraid of being held responsible."

"It's not like there aren't scapegoats. He died a horrible death outside the city. Who knows if it was the parasite that did it? Who let him leave the city?"

"Yes, don't worry, leave it to me."

After urinating, Jiang Zhaolong shook his hands and wiped himself on his pants. "By the way, can we still leave the city in the future?"

"Of course you can leave the city. Just find someone to take the blame each time."

"What do you mean? I can still fight when I see law enforcement officers?"

Zhao Zekai patted him on the shoulder, "Whether you do it or not isn't the point. The point is, don't forget your goal: win the auxiliary defense ranking and go to the royal city. I have a spot."

Jiang Zhaolong always felt that the Northern Guard Battalion was deliberately letting everyone leave the city, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why.

"Damn it, is this a trap?"

He went into the interrogation room, called the female classmate out, and then explained his arrangements.

"You'll be the one to take the blame later. Just say that you tricked the team members into going out of town, and the team leader didn't know anything about it."

"Although you may suffer a bit, I won't treat you unfairly. You will still get a share of the group's income. General Zhao is extremely powerful, and you can become his concubine. Marrying into a wealthy family is the dream of many girls."

The female student was so frightened that she cried. She felt disgusted by the sight of General Zhao.

"I'm your girlfriend, who are you to me?"

Jiang Zhaolong grabbed her long hair and said viciously, "Think about your family. Do you want to wipe them out, or live a life of wealth and luxury?"

This is not a multiple-choice question at all.

The female student could only walk into the interrogation room with tears in her eyes, saying, "I lied to everyone that there were many beast crystals outside and tricked everyone into leaving the city."

General Zhao was very satisfied with the answer and did not even ask repeatedly to verify the authenticity of the statement.

Whether it's true or false is completely unimportant to him.

"You dare to turn yourself in, which shows your honesty. You may be spared the death penalty, but you will not escape punishment. Guards, handcuff her and take her to the scene to comfort her family."

"Yes."

The girl was handcuffed and taken to the collapsed office building on the north bank of the Longjiang River, where hundreds of parents and family members were digging through the body.

Mao Jian and his parents and younger brother searched all morning but couldn't find his brother's body.