The Pseudo-Human Academy: Starting with a Bricklayer Personality

The demon sword needs to continuously grow stronger to suppress it and prevent the divine cherry tree from breaking free of its restraints.

Xu Feng was puzzled. Perhaps his guess was wrong, because he couldn't deduce the whole story from the limited clues he had.

The incident is extremely perplexing.

The lingering smell of blood pulled him back to reality, and he turned to look at the room behind him that had been attacked by a ghost.

The paper sliding door was smashed to pieces, the room was a mess, the walls were splattered with dark red bloodstains, and several corpses of the chosen ones lay scattered on the floor, their deaths gruesome.

There were no signs of fighting, no aftershocks of resistance, only a one-sided and rampant act of brutality.

This means that those few shills under Qin Yu's command became Qin Yu's prey without even putting up a fight.

What a piece of trash.

Xu Feng frowned slightly.

It seems these counterfeit Chosen Ones are surprisingly bad!

As he pondered this, Xu Feng couldn't help but look at the cherry blossom trees planted in the courtyard.

However, he will definitely disrupt the ceremony in two days. It seems I need to be prepared to have a falling out with Imamura Tano.

Who knows what terrible things might happen if Imamura Tano continues to be sacrificed?

…………

Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the guesthouse's lobby was unusually oppressive.

Wearing a traditional kimono, Imamura Tano bowed deeply to Qin Yu once more, her body almost forming a ninety-degree angle, her tone full of apology:

"Lord Qin Yu, I am truly sorry. I never imagined that the guesthouse would be exploited, causing you to lose several people. It is my dereliction of duty."

Qin Yu was dressed in a sharp white suit, which contrasted sharply with Xu Feng's black suit.

Upon hearing Imamura Tano's apology, the gentle and refined demeanor on his face vanished instantly, replaced by undisguised anger.

He raised his hand to brush away Imamura Tano's bow, his tone icy:

"Negligence? Mr. Imamura, you think you can just dismiss this with a single word like 'negligence'? These men, though weak, were still my men. Now they've died under mysterious circumstances. Do you think an apology is enough?"

He didn't really care about the lives of those chosen ones; in his eyes, they were nothing more than insignificant commoners.

What truly angered him was the security situation at the guesthouse.

If even our resting place can be invaded by ghosts, then won't we have to live in constant fear and trepidation from now on?

As the eldest son of the Qin family in Yanjing, he was used to a life of luxury and had never suffered such humiliation. He could not tolerate his safety being threatened.

Imamura Tano broke out in a cold sweat as he gestured to the two attendants behind him to bring over a large box.

Upon opening, one finds a pile of lustrous cherry blossom branches, their tips still bearing faint pink petals, emitting a delicate, peculiar fragrance.

"Please calm down, everyone. This is a branch of divine cherry blossoms that I specially prepared. It is a specialty of the Chongdaoji City and contains the spiritual energy of the divine cherry blossom tree. Consider it compensation for you and a souvenir."

Qin Yu glanced at the cherry blossom branch in the box. Seeing its exquisite appearance and hearing that it was a branch of the Divine Cherry Tree, his expression softened slightly. He snorted and accepted the compensation.

Imamura Tano quickly distributed cherry blossom branches to all the chosen ones present, one branch for each person, leaving none behind, as compensation.

The moment Xu Feng took the cherry blossom branch, he felt a bone-chilling coldness at his fingertips.

That chilling power wasn't the tactile sensation of a magical artifact, but it carried an indescribable eeriness.

It was as if it contained some kind of curse, setting off alarm bells in his heart.

"Something's not right about this thing," Xu Feng muttered to himself. Without hesitation, he took out the ancient-looking framed picture of the eerie bride from his pocket.

In the picture frame, the ghost bride Mingyue lies on her side on the bed, dressed in a bright red wedding dress, with her legs crossed, eating melon seeds and playing with her smartphone, her eyes carrying a hint of lazy charm.

The ghost bride noticed Xu Feng watching her from outside the picture frame, and she immediately straightened her posture and hid her smartphone.

She sat properly on the edge of the bed, and even raised her hand to beckon the red veil to cover her head, as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, Xu Feng was speechless. He never expected that the ghost bride Mingyue would be like this in private. She was actually quite nice. Xu Feng was worried that she would be bored!

He tossed the cherry blossom branch into the picture frame and said softly, "Mingyue, take this."

The ghost bride, Mingyue, reached out her fair hand and caught the cherry blossom branch.

She tilted her head to look at it, then opened her cherry lips and stuffed the cherry blossom branch directly into her mouth, crunching and munching on it.

Xu Feng was stunned. Before he could stop her, the cherry blossom branch was completely devoured, leaving not even a single petal.

He quickly closed his eyes to sense his surroundings, and the next moment, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

The Ghost Bride Mingyue's normal constitution is 12 points, and it has increased by 0.1 points. Although the increase is not large, it is a real improvement.

Xu Feng raised an eyebrow, an idea immediately forming in his mind. He turned to look at Yu tide and Hong Xia beside him, and gestured:

Give me your cherry blossom branches.

Yu tide was wearing a classic JK uniform, and the black pleated skirt made her legs look slender.

Having been teammates with Xu Feng twice in a row, Yu Xi had developed a great deal of trust in him, and upon hearing this, she immediately handed him the cherry blossom branch.

Hongxia looked on with curiosity. She had two personalities; in her normal state, she was shy and timid, and was currently looking down.

Her cheeks flushed slightly as she prepared to offer a cherry blossom branch.

Hongxia's eccentric personality suddenly took over. She smiled smugly, took the cherry blossom branch, and, imitating the ghost bride Mingyue, started to gnaw on it.

Xu Feng was slightly taken aback, and immediately gave the other cherry blossom branch in his hand to Hong Xia.

Hongxia licked her lips, and without the slightest hesitation, took the new branch and began to crunch on it.

She could sense the cursed power hidden within the cherry blossom branches, though it posed no threat whatsoever to her eccentric personality.

As the cherry blossom branch entered her stomach, a strange energy coursed through her body. Her constitution was already at 6 points, but after the transformation, it reached 11 points.

This energy not only did not harm her, but it also subtly improved her physical condition.

Just then, Ye Ningyun walked over, also holding a cherry blossom branch in his hand. He looked at Xu Feng with a strange expression and a hint of doubt on his face.

"Xu Feng, isn't Imamura Tano being too generous? Giving everyone a strange artifact? This cherry blossom branch of mine is clearly a strange artifact."

Xu Feng was completely stunned upon hearing this.

The cherry blossom branch in his hand possessed only the power of a chilling curse.

It wasn't a treacherous artifact, yet Ye Ningyun obtained one.

Does the cherry blossom branch that Imamura Tano distributed have different grades?

No way, Ye Ningyun is just too damn lucky!