Tiannan College - Chapter 6
A glint of malice flashed in his eyes, but no one present saw it. Dongfang Ye smiled and replied, "We've been looking for you. Not long ago, I overheard that Uncle Tian had sent people to the academy, so I asked my grandfather to let me come here to find you."
Dongfang Yan suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. Brother, please help me break the seal so I can go rescue my companions."
Pointing to the person following behind him, Dongfang Ye said, "I just happened to bring a friend with me. Let's begin using the Anti-Star Heaven-Defying Formation!" The person behind him had a black veil covering his face, obscuring his features, and was shrouded in a large black robe, but a powerful spiritual energy could be faintly sensed. Since it was someone my cousin brought, there shouldn't be any problems, right? Dongfang Yan nodded to the principal, indicating that they could begin.
"The Anti-Star Reversal Formation consists of four people standing in the four cardinal directions. Using the power of the formation, combined with their own strength, they gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into those within the formation. This is the only way to break the spiritual energy lock I set using the power of the stars. Once the formation is activated, the five of us cannot move. If we move before the seal is broken, the spiritual energy may be dispersed. At that point, not only will Xiaoyan's seal remain unbroken, but we who set up the formation will also suffer damage from the formation's backlash!" After explaining the formation's arrangement, the principal pointed out the dangers to the four. Then he looked at Ye Cuo and Guang Yan: "Xiao Cuo, Xiao Yan, you two are responsible for protecting the formation. If any outsiders intrude, I allow you to knock them unconscious; school rules will not apply! Alright, now prepare, Anti-Star Reversal Formation!"
The principal, Mr. Shinichi, Dongfang Ye, and the unknown man had already taken their positions at the four corners. Dongfang Yan walked to the center of the formation and sat down. A faint white light emanated from the principal, which then shone onto Dongfang Yan through hand seals. Mr. Shinichi, Dongfang Ye, and the man in black also emitted white light, which shone on Dongfang Yan. When the four beams of light converged on him, the formation began to operate. The white light grew stronger and stronger, becoming so bright that it was almost blinding. Just then, a sudden change occurred.
---janeadam
Reply [34]: Just as the Anti-Star Heaven-Defying Array began to operate, an unexpected event occurred! Dongfang Ye suddenly bit his finger, splattering blood into the air, and shouted, "Come out, Shikigami—Blood Eagle!" With a strange squawking sound, a bright red eagle flapped its wings and flew out. Completely ignoring the stunned others, Dongfang Ye sneered, "Die, Dongfang Yan! Shikigami, attack!" The Blood Eagle turned and pecked at Dongfang Yan's eyes!
Completely unprepared for her cousin's attack, Dongfang Yan stared blankly as the blood eagle, poised to claim her eyes, flew towards her. The principal and teacher, Shinichi, desperately wanted to help, but Dongfang Ye's actions had caused the spiritual energy within the formation to swirl wildly, and the two were struggling to stabilize it, unable to separate their efforts. Was Dongfang Yan destined to perish beneath the blood eagle's sharp beak?
"No!" Guangyan screamed, "No!"
Bang! Just then, a person rushed into the formation, shoving the stunned Dongfang Yan aside. The Anti-Star Heaven-Defying Formation was disrupted by the intruder; most of the spiritual energy within the formation struck the newcomer, while the rest rushed towards the principal, Teacher Xin Yi, Dongfang Ye, the man in black, and Dongfang Yan. The newcomer coughed up blood, swayed, and fell backward.
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Dongfang Yan, ignoring the surge of spiritual energy within his body, screamed and hugged his savior. His savior was none other than his only calm roommate present—Ye Cuo.
"Why~~~~" Dongfang Yan hugged Ye Cuo, tears falling drop by drop: "Why are you so foolish!"
Ye Cuo's face was pale, and there was still blood around his mouth, but he smiled and said, "Because you are my companion! It's good that you are alright :") Before he could finish speaking, he vomited blood again, and his breathing became weaker and weaker.
Looking at Dongfang Ye with eyes filled with hatred and sorrow, Dongfang Yan gave a bitter laugh: "Brother Ye, why did you do this?"
Guangyan glared at Dongfang Ye with hatred and cried out, "It must be to kill you and seize the position of family head! I never thought the Minghui Sect would be so ruthless!"
Dongfang Ye wasn't faring any better. He was the first to move, and the backlash from the formation was greater for him than for the others. Yet, he laughed, "Me, despicable? Me, ruthless? Haha!" He suddenly pointed at Dongfang Yan, "This man, he's the ruthless one! Do you know that my cousin, Xiao Wang, was killed by this man!"
For a moment, there was no sound in the Heavenly Spirit Chamber except for Dongfang Ye's hoarse, angry laughter echoing in everyone's ears.
"How is that possible!" After a long while, Guangyan muttered to himself in a daze.
"Never mind that for now! Save him!" The principal was the first to notice that Ye Cuo's situation was getting worse, and he shouted to Dongfang Yan, "Quickly, draw out the spiritual energy from his body!"
---janeadam
Reply [35]: Stunned, Dongfang Yan hurriedly placed Ye Cuo on the bed, and then he, the principal, and Teacher Xin Yi began to try to draw out the spiritual power in Ye Cuo's body. Ye Cuo's body contained most of the spiritual power of the entire Anti-Star Heaven-Defying Array. Even Dongfang Yan was injured by part of the array's backlash. Ye Cuo, whose spiritual power was weak, was in a very bad situation. Wiping away the tears that kept falling, Dongfang Yan looked at Ye Cuo and said softly, "You will be alright! You are studying medicine, how can you not save yourself!"
Ye Cuo smiled slightly, but now he felt as if a thousand tiny knives were scraping his body, and the pain was so intense that he couldn't speak. Guang Yan stood in front of the four of them, wary of Dongfang Ye's next sneak attack.
Dongfang Ye indeed moved, and he shouted hoarsely, "Shikigami, attack!"
"Don't make the same mistake again."
An apologetic voice came from behind Dongfang Ye, and then Dongfang Ye's shikigami, Blood Eagle, was struck by a white light and disappeared.
How could this be? My shikigami was destroyed so easily? Dongfang Ye turned around in disbelief, only to be met with someone he should know very well, the man in black who had come with him.
"Junior brother, why did you stop me from killing Dongfang Yan?"
The man in black looked at him silently, then removed the veil from his face: "Because—I am the seal."
A seal?! They should have been happy to see their missing companion, but why does the seal have such strong spiritual power? And why is it with Dongfang Ye? These two questions gripped Guangyan and Dongfang Yan.
Dongfang Ye cried out as if he had seen a ghost, "You're not my junior brother! How could it be you! Where did you take my junior brother?"
The seal chuckled: "I'm here, so the one locked up is your junior brother! How utterly clueless!"
"You...you didn't faint?"
"Heavenly Fragrance Clouds and Smoke are quite a nice thing. But for me, ha, they have no effect. I pretended to be asleep and was captured by your junior brother just to find out who wanted to do something to our Heavenly Spirit Group. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to save Ye Cuo in time." Feng Yin looked at Ye Cuo apologetically.
Dongfang Ye smiled bitterly: "I lost. Kill me if you want!"
Fengyin shook his head: "I don't know why you said that Ayan killed your younger brother Xiaowang, but I think there must be a misunderstanding. You are Ayan's older brother, how could we hurt you?"
After finally stopping Ye Cuo from vomiting blood, Dongfang Yan finally spoke: "Brother Ye, why do you say that I killed Cousin Wang? I know that my father sent people to kill him, and I feel very guilty, but I really didn't kill him!"
---janeadam
Reply [36]: Not bad.
---nzy111
Reply [37]: A strange look appeared in Dongfang Ye's eyes: "Stop pretending, because I saw you kill Xiao Wang with my own eyes that day! ... Three years ago that night, I was practicing the use of the spirit sword in my study, but I felt uneasy. Xiao Wang and I agreed during the day to withdraw from the struggle for the position of family head and let you become the family head. Although we haven't announced it to others yet, we have already made up our minds. I decided to go to Xiao Wang's room to take a look. When I got to Xiao Wang's room, I heard your voice, so I didn't go in. Just as I was about to leave, I heard Xiao Wang's scream. I pushed open the door and went in, and I saw you pull the bloody sword out of Xiao Wang's chest. Then you didn't even look at me and left with a cold smile. When I came to my senses, I went to find the family head, but I found that your father had already found someone to take the blame for you. I told people, but they didn't believe me! You pretended too well at home! So I decided that I would avenge Xiao Wang myself!"
"You witnessed me killing Wangdi?... " Dongfang Yan felt a surge of emotion, and the spiritual energy he had been suppressing surged forth again. Enduring the pain, he was bewildered: "Could it be that I really killed someone? But why do I have absolutely no memory of what happened that night?"
"Manipulation! It might even include hypnosis from the Word of Power!" the seal exclaimed. "That must be it! Ah Yan, you were hypnotized by your father, and then he manipulated you to kill!"
Use your spiritual power to kill those who want to seize your position as head of the family! Go, my son, kill them!
The devilish voice rang in his ears again, and Dongfang Yan recalled the night he had forgotten, the night he killed someone!
"Yes, it was me, it was me... who killed Xiao Wang..."
Although she was manipulated into killing her best friend, she was still deeply grieved, so subconsciously she sealed away that memory. She always thought her father had sent someone to kill her, never imagining that she would be the one with blood on her hands.
"I never would have guessed! It turns out I was born to be a member of the shadows. I killed my own brother with my own hands!"
Having just seen Ye Cuo injured and then learned that she had committed murder, Dongfang Yan's mind couldn't withstand such a huge blow, and she became somewhat disoriented.
"Lin*bing*dou*zhe*jie*zhenlie*zai*qian!"
He formed a mudra with his hands and chanted the nine-syllable mantra of Tantric Buddhism, using the power of the words to stabilize Dongfang Yan's mind. Had he not intervened in time, Dongfang Yan might have gone mad from the mental strain.
After spitting out the blood stasis in his heart, Dongfang Yan regained some clarity. He looked at Feng Yin and said with a bitter smile, "I killed my good friend, and you still want to save me?"
The seal no longer held its former mischievous and unruly expression. He said solemnly, "The dead are gone. Besides, it wasn't your intention to kill. Why punish yourself for something that wasn't your fault? If you made mistakes in the past, you can correct them now. If you think about dying all the time, then you won't even have a chance to make amends!"
Dongfang Yan was startled, and then he murmured, "If I die, there will be no chance to make amends."
---janeadam
Reply [38]: Seeing that he was beginning to reflect on his words, Feng Yin sighed and turned to look at Dongfang Ye: "I know that the hatred of killing your brother is great. But can you still bring yourself to do it to someone who is actually innocent? You lost one brother, and I think you shouldn't lose another. Forgiveness requires more courage and love than hatred. I hope you can forgive Ayan."
Tears welled up in Dongfang Ye's eyes, and he said in a trembling voice, "I'm sorry, Brother Yan! I never thought you were being manipulated. I thought you valued the position of family head more than our friendship. I was the one who was wrong! I was so stupid to not trust you."
The principal and Shinichi looked at Feng Yin with admiration. At that moment, Feng Yin was muttering to himself, "That lousy Dongfang family, everyone is so troublesome. I've made you talk so much, my mouth is dry..."
The long day finally came to an end. With the combined efforts of the five powerful spiritual masters, the Dongfang Yan brothers, the principal, Teacher Xin Yi, and the seal, Ye Cuo's life was saved, and the four of them also unlocked the spiritual power lock on Dongfang Yan. The misunderstanding was cleared up, everyone's mood improved, and some people started thinking about a big problem.
The principal was the first to exclaim, "Feng Yin, I didn't expect you to be so amazing! Tell me honestly, where did you learn all this?"
Ye Cuo reluctantly tossed a pillow at him: "Yeah, you big idiot, you've actually learned how to comfort people. Well said, huh~~"
Dongfang Yan revealed his sly smile again: "Hurry up and tell us, do you want us all to beat you up?"
Looking helplessly at everyone, Fengyin raised his hands: "I'll talk! I'll talk, okay~~~~` You all know I have strong spiritual vision and a strong sixth sense. So I've had a lot of encounters with ghosts and evil spirits since I was little. My dad, who cherishes my life, sent me to the head of the Maoshan Sect to learn exorcism magic. That old geezer only taught me a little bit of kung fu, but he charged me tens of thousands of dollars. So I have to work hard to earn money to pay back the tuition! Ugh, that old geezer also said that if I make money with the exorcism magic he taught me, I have to inherit his tattered clothes and become a Maoshan Taoist priest. So I have to pretend that I only know a little bit of exorcism magic :) Don't tell anyone about what happened today, I heard that old man is still looking for me, I don't want to become a stinking Taoist priest."
"So you're the 21st generation leader of the Maoshan Sect who ran away!" Dongfang Ye finally understood why this kid, who was making a bitter face to amuse Ye Cuo, could destroy his shikigami. The leader of the Maoshan Sect was naturally no less capable than a spiritualist from another demon-slaying family.
When everyone's laughter subsided, Dongfang Yan said calmly, "Brother Ye, let's go home. I'm not going to run away anymore; I need to face everything I have to face."
Before Dongfang Ye could answer, Feng Yin's resolute voice rang out: "It's not you, it's us! I want to go with you, we are companions!"
"Yes! I want to go too~" Ye Cuo's voice followed closely behind.
"Although I'm useless as a teacher and I'm a girl, even patients have to go, so there's no reason why I shouldn't go, right?" Guangyan smiled and took Dongfang Yan's arm.
"Heavenly Spirit Team, let's set off together!"
Amid cheers, the four and Dongfang Ye were about to face their greatest challenge—the shadow of the Dongfang family.
---janeadam
Reply [39]: There's something to watch again.
Thank you for your hard work, resident!
---limitation
Reply [40]: The four members of Tianling did not go to the Dongfang family immediately because they had a lot of preparations to make. After all, they were going to face the most terrifying assassination group in the psionic world—the Shadow.
Dongfang Yan and his cousin walked to the side and talked about something. Ye Cuo tried his best to heal himself with his superb medical skills, hoping his injuries would heal quickly. Guang Yan swung his wooden sword forcefully, intending to deliver a heavy blow to the unknown enemy. The strangest thing was the seal; for some reason, this kid went and dismantled his washbasin, and just stood there looking at the bottom of it.
The principal pushed open the door and walked in, and all five of them looked at him. The principal coughed lightly: "Your leave paperwork and the car to the Dongfang family's house are ready. You can... depart."
Ye Cuo gestured for Feng Yin to help him up, while Guang Yan walked towards Dongfang Yan. "Ah, well, I think I forgot something." Smiling, Feng Yin punched Ye Cuo hard in the stomach, causing the latter to faint with an incredulous expression. Guang Yan cried out, "Feng Yin, are you crazy?" Before she could finish, Feng Yin struck her again.
Dodging the sealed fist, Guangyan retaliated fiercely. Just as her fist was about to kiss the sealed chin, her body suddenly went limp, and then everything went black; she fainted. Her last thought was: Wait till I wake up, I'll make you pay! You damned sealed one~~~~`
"Thanks, Ayan! If it weren't for you, I would have been beaten up by this violent woman." After knocking out his companion, Fengyin was still smiling as he spoke.
"...."
"Don't even think about knocking me out or using Heavenly Fragrance Clouds and Smoke; those things won't work on me! A-Cuo is a patient; we can't let him go. Guang Yan, no matter how violent she is, is still a girl; it wouldn't be good for her to go too. But I'm different. I'm a disciple of the Maoshan Sect; I should have a part in matters of the spiritual realm too~~" His tone shifted, and Feng Yin looked at Dongfang Yan with ill intent: "If you don't agree, then you'd better prepare to receive my Ice Soul Profound Heaven Mirror~~"
"The Ice Soul Mystic Mirror?!" Dongfang Ye and the principal exclaimed in unison.
"..." Helplessly watching the rascal holding the sacred object of the Maoshan Sect (the one that's usually used as the bottom of a washbasin, poor thing, the sacred object of the Maoshan Sect), Dongfang Yan walked outside.
The seal also walked out, and as he went out, he turned his head and gave Ye Cuo and Guang Yan a deep look: "Principal, I'm leaving them to you!" Then he strode out.
The principal watched the three figures leave, then looked at the two he had helped onto the bed, and couldn't help but sigh.
---janeadam
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"Wow, what a big house! I wonder how long it will take to get in?" Fengyin was still smiling, seemingly unconcerned about the formidable enemy he was about to face.
Dongfang Ye's face was somewhat pale: "From now on, we need to be careful. In a few minutes, we'll be facing our families."
Dongfang Yan remained silent and walked directly towards the door.
Just as he stepped onto the threshold, two figures suddenly appeared.
"Welcome back home, Young Master Yan and Young Master Ye!" The two men bowed to them with respectful expressions.