Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

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"Rain Cicada..."

"Ok?"

"How do you know that both of your fourth senior brothers are fake?"

The answer is intuition.

That's impossible.

If it's an old rogue, Ye Yuchan wouldn't mind testing the waters with a first shot.

After all, with his cultivation level, the old rogue's physical body was so powerful that, to put it bluntly, he could shoot at will!

The real Yunping would never be afraid of his own arrows, but the incarnation of resentment is a different story.

So when she drew back the bowstring and aimed it at the two Gu Xingzhuo, she was undoubtedly somewhat flustered.

If the judgment is wrong, although it is unlikely to directly kill his senior brother, it will probably cause Gu Xingzhuo considerable injury. Being injured in a place like this is not good news.

But she did it anyway.

She believed that there was a high possibility that both were manifestations of resentment.

"Actually, I'm not entirely sure either. If I had to give a reason..."

Ye Yuchan pointed to the location of Gu Xingzhuo No. 1, the side that was about to declare victory: "The fourth senior brother over there... although what he said made a lot of sense and he also raised the key issue of the Lost Forest, namely the phenomenon of spiritual energy dissipation, he still acted very strangely."

"What's strange?" Zhang Ruoxue blinked, not noticing anything amiss.

Ye Yuchan rolled her eyes at her and said indifferently, "How should I address you?"

"Didn't you hear that just now? The fourth senior brother over there kept calling you Junior Sister Ruoxue, then just Ruoxue, then Junior Sister Zhang... The way he addressed you changed so quickly, it was like his memory was all messed up."

"Just because of that?"

"There's one more thing to mention—that fourth senior brother said that the rescue was pointless because the manifestation of resentment wouldn't have any real impact on people, which is why he didn't go to protect Ruoxue."

"But this is sophistry. He knew that the vengeful spirits wouldn't be dangerous after the group was formed. When the group was formed, everyone still assumed that the vengeful spirits were dangerous, but he still chose to act alone, which completely contradicts his reasoning."

"Fourth Senior Brother is very calm and wouldn't make such a logical mistake."

"That's why I found him suspicious, and given his eagerness to eliminate the other fourth senior brother, I tried shooting an arrow."

In fact, Ye Yuchan wasn't sure what to expect the moment she released the arrow.

If she really had to calculate it, she thought there was only a 60% chance that her judgment was correct. After all, the way she addressed someone might have been a slip of the tongue, and the logical error might just be a small mistake that she herself hadn't even noticed.

But as it turns out, Ye Yuchan's judgment was indeed correct.

"Look...look up there!"

Ye Yuchan had just finished explaining the reason when Ning Xuchen pointed to the sky as if he had discovered something.

Everyone involuntarily looked up and was astonished to find a clock-like phantom in the gloomy sky.

Its entire body was purplish-black, almost covering half of the sky.

The two vengeful spirits that Ye Yuchan had just killed instantly condensed into wisps of black smoke, which then rushed into the illusory clock in the sky.

Suddenly.

The hands of the clock jerked violently.

It then rapidly twisted more than half a circle, finally stopping at [11].

The pitch-black liquid filled the area from [0] to [11], except for the last part from [11] to [0], which was not yet contaminated by the black liquid.

The clock's interior was engraved with hundreds of runes that no one present could decipher, and the aura it emitted was terrifying, like the descent of a god.

Thump~ thump~ thump~

That was the signal that the game was over.

Ye Yuchan and the others felt their spiritual energy rapidly dissipating and constantly rushing towards the strange purplish-black clock in the sky.

"What is that...?"

Lu Yingqiu looked up in astonishment at the strange black water, her expression seemingly showing some understanding.

"Could it be..."

Recalling the scene of the two vengeful spirits entering the clock, she exclaimed as if in sudden realization, "Could this be a symbol..."

Zhang Ruoxue was taken aback: "What symbolism?"

“A symbol of departure.” Lu Yingqiu pointed to the clock in the sky where the second hand was constantly moving and said, “I just saw resentment enter that thing, and it seems that this clock is absorbing the spiritual energy in our bodies.”

"That black water... might be the key to destroying the clock."

Ye Yuchan narrowed her eyes, seemingly understanding Lu Yingqiu's meaning: "You mean... as long as the vengeful spirit is destroyed, it will turn into black water, and that black water will corrode this clock."

"So that means—" Ning Xuchen revealed a look of surprise: "As long as we eliminate other manifestations of resentment, this clock will be destroyed by the black water? In that case, the thing that absorbs our spiritual energy will no longer exist."

Ye Yuchan nodded: "Then we can go out."

"but--"

The sudden change in Lu Yingqiu's words caused the four people present to fall silent.

On the clock in the sky, the second hand is slowly moving.

The boundless grassland was swept by a biting wind and covered in dark clouds.

A chilling desolation crept into my bones, seeped into my spine, and surged into my heart.

The four people looked at each other, bewildered.

Yes.

Indeed, everyone had a good plan.

Once a few more vengeful spirits are eliminated, we can leave this place, leave this damned Lost Forest, and head to the uncertain future of Cloud Heaven Academy.

but……

Just as Lu Yingqiu said.

but--

"At the moment, it seems that no other manifestations of resentment have appeared."

"The absence of new manifestations of resentment means..."

"The remaining resentment probably lies among us."

Lu Yingqiu's slightly sharp gaze swept over the other three people: "Although it is very impolite to say this, doubting one's elders is a very disrespectful thing."

"It's nothing serious."

Ye Yuchan's answer was also straightforward: "In this case, we suspect the vengeful spirit created by the Lost Forest, not the person himself, so there is nothing disrespectful about it."

She wasn't particularly interested in teacher-student etiquette.

"So here's the question—"

Ye Yuchan took a deep breath. She knew that she would have to face the final choice.

Amidst the vast expanse of land, a fierce wind howls.

The girl's voice echoed in everyone's ears for a long time.

"Among us—"

Who is the embodiment of resentment?

……

"I have a suggestion."

Lu Yingqiu raised her hand high.

Her expression remained cold and anxious, clearly indicating that she was still very concerned about the Yuntian Academy.

But Lu Yingqiu also understood that if they didn't continue, they wouldn't even have the right to leave alive.

"If we follow Master Ye's judgment, the memories of the incarnation of resentment may be somewhat confused."

"Just like when I randomly called Ruoxue Master before, the memories of the incarnation of resentment are problematic."

“In that case, we can set a secret code, and then everyone can leave here for five minutes. After five minutes, we can come back and exchange the secret code.”

Ye Yuchan revealed a knowing look: "Since the memories of the vengeful spirit incarnation can be confused, it is highly likely that the code that person used was wrong?"

"Yes."

Zhang Ruoxue scratched her head as she listened, "...I don't think I understood."

"It would be strange if you understood." Ye Yuchan rolled her eyes at the girl, then explained in an annoyed tone, "In short, I'll give you a code, you turn your back and walk around for a few minutes, then run back and answer my code."

"Oh, oh, oh..." Zhang Ruoxue nodded—she could understand what she was saying.

"Then, who will decide on the code?" Ning Xuchen asked.

"I'll do it."

Ye Yuchan volunteered, raising her hand high, and said, "You just need to remember how to deal with it."

"First, the upper part of the code is..."

Ye Yuchan paused, a memory flashing through her mind of the piece of chalk that had hit her with during a class by the bald teacher.

Her lips twitched, and she continued:

"Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron".

……

Zhang Ruoxue and the others: "..."

Lu Yingqiu blinked blankly, "Master Ye, what did you just say?"

“Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron,” Ye Yuchan repeated.