The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#432 - Shocking

After seeing Han Shan Ke, Lu Jing found it difficult to connect him with the events of tonight.

Furthermore, according to the old zombie, no one in Mirror Lake Valley except Dongmen Weilan could leave the academy. This made it even less likely that Han Shan Ke was behind the trouble, which reassured Lu Jing a lot.

After that, Gu Jing also flew back, but to Lu Jing's surprise, it flew back from outside the academy, and brought back Supervisor Huang's reply.

The content of the letter was very simple, only seven words: "Understood, more on this later."

Lu Jing took the letter and looked at it back and forth twice, but didn't see any other words on it, which made him feel a little strange.

The events in Wujiang City were the same. It involved strange objects and a mysterious Mr. Ji. Lu Jing originally thought that the Department of Celestial Observation would at least take it seriously, if not treat it like a major enemy. But almost two months had passed, and he hadn't even seen anyone come to ask questions.

Later, Lu Jing learned from Professor Cui that Vice Supervisor Guo had been away from the capital for quite some time. And this time, Supervisor Huang didn't know where he had gone either, which made Lu Jing wonder what they were all busy with.

Nevertheless, Lu Jing still wrote down the details of what happened tonight as agreed and sent it to the Department of Celestial Observation.

Professor Zheng, who was beside him, looked worried.

He had already gone to bed, but he didn't expect to be dragged out of bed by Supervisor Huang again. Then, in a daze, he was pulled all the way to the Star Observation Tower.

Along the way, Professor Zheng asked Supervisor Huang several times what had happened, but the latter did not answer.

So Professor Zheng could only temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart.

It wasn't until now, when the two of them were upstairs, that Supervisor Huang sighed, "What a prosperous scene."

Professor Zheng thought he was lamenting the coming chaos in the world, so he comforted him, "The general trend of the world has always been like this. There are no dynasties that last forever, and no empires that can always be strong. Everything is just the replacement of the natural order. If the old walls are not pushed down, stronger new walls cannot be built."

"Your tone is a bit like his."

Professor Zheng knew who Supervisor Huang's "he" referred to, but Professor Zheng still shook his head and said, "I am not Vice Supervisor Guo. I don't see as far as he does. In fact, if I had to choose, I would still hope that this peaceful scene could last as long as possible. For ordinary people, even if life is a little harder, they can still get by."

"Yes," Supervisor Huang nodded, "Everyone thinks that life is not good now, but who knows what the future will be like."

For some reason, Professor Zheng felt a faint sense of unease in his heart when he heard this.

He had worked with Supervisor Huang for a long time. In his eyes, the latter had always been an upright, unyielding, and rigid person, always wearing his square face. Even if something really happened, he rarely showed too much emotion.

But tonight, he had actually become sentimental.

Professor Zheng thought for a while and asked cautiously, "Is it because of the letter just now?"

"The letter just now? Oh, that letter was sent by Lu Jing, saying that a strange object appeared in the palace tonight, and a cultivator seemed to have used the escape technique of our academy."

Professor Zheng was shocked, "Another strange object appeared? And someone else knows the spells of the academy, this… shouldn't we go over there quickly?"

"That strange object has already been destroyed, and the cultivator has also escaped. There's no point in going there now," Supervisor Huang said absentmindedly.

The worry on Professor Zheng's face deepened, "How many strange objects is this now? Those people are using living people to create strange objects, it's simply insane, obliterating humanity… Does Vice Supervisor Guo know about this? What has he been busy with lately? Why hasn't he let the Department of Celestial Observation investigate properly?"

"Vice Supervisor Guo has been busy with a very important matter recently," Supervisor Huang said, "He really can't spare the time."

Professor Zheng was puzzled, "Is there anything more important than strange objects?"

"Yes, he is working with someone to explore a secret realm," Supervisor Huang said, finally turning his gaze away from the lights below, walking to the table, reaching out and grabbing the teapot, and pouring two bowls of tea.

Professor Zheng took the tea and thanked him, but he was not in the mood to drink it. He quickly put it aside and continued to ask, "Secret realm? Vice Supervisor Guo went to the secret realm? When? How come I don't know?"

"Not many people know about this," Supervisor Huang picked up another bowl of tea, blew on it twice, took a small sip, and then said to Professor Zheng, "You should also try it, because after tonight, I'm afraid there will be no more leisurely mood to drink tea."

Professor Zheng didn't believe it, "Old Huang, stop beating around the bush. What exactly happened? Why did you bring me here in the middle of the night?"

"The secret energy is about to dry up."

A voice said, and along with that voice, Guo Shouhuai's figure also appeared outside the door.

Although his voice was very soft, it sounded like a thunderclap in Professor Zheng's ears.

"What? ! ! !"

"The secret energy is about to dry up," Guo Shouhuai repeated. He looked travel-worn, as if he had traveled a lot in recent days and had experienced many battles. The wounds on his cheeks and neck were nothing, but even his left arm was empty, leaving only half a sleeve.

However, his expression was still very calm, even though the words he was saying now were enough to scare any cultivator to death, "I first went to the secret realm deep in the East Sea, but found that it was gone. Then I went to a small secret realm and found that the secret energy there was also decreasing.

"Then I gathered people and went deep into two large secret realms and a medium-sized secret realm… During this journey, we lost some companions, plus my left hand, but all of this was worth it, because now we can draw a conclusion: the secret energy in the secret realms is drying up.

"Not one, not two, but all the secret realms, they are all drying up."

Professor Zheng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

He was stunned for a long time, unable to say a word, until a long time later he barely squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "This… how is this possible?"

"Good question. You are the most knowledgeable person about secret energy among us. If even you can't answer it, I don't know who else in this world can give me an answer," Guo Shouhuai said lightly.