Dashing Student-Chapter 1151: The Unpredictability of Fate

In the small courtyard, Chen Nan repeated his old trick, using the Heaven-Burning Flame to completely incinerate the bodies of Master Xuanming’s two disciples, leaving not even a trace of ash.

After erasing all his traces, he arrived at Lin Qingzhu’s courtyard, quietly slipping into the room through the window.

"Senior Brother Chen!" Lin Qingzhu, seeing that Chen Nan had come, was instantly overjoyed and rushed into Chen Nan’s embrace.

The two snuggled together and whispered, and the atmosphere gradually turned ambiguous.

As the night wind blew, the lamp in the room suddenly went out, Lin Qingzhu mustered the courage to look up at Chen Nan, her face shy, eyes flowing.

"Senior Brother, I... I really miss you..."

A pair of small hands restlessly roamed across Chen Nan’s chest, unbuttoning his clothes, as their breath became increasingly heavy.

Chen Nan, full of vitality, couldn’t resist such temptation, directly lifting Lin Qingzhu onto his waist and heading towards the bed.

Two streams of mana suddenly struck, hitting the curtains, as the curtains slowly closed, concealing the two entangled bodies.

The room soon echoed with suppressed and sometimes wanton gasps, firmly blocked within the Sound Insulation Array.

The moonlight outside was just right, and the spring inside the house was even stronger.

...

In the following days, Chen Nan worked as a servant disciple during the day and carried out his assassination plans at night, then went to find Lin Qingzhu to pour out his feelings.

Unfortunately, Nie Xiaoyu stayed on Emei Peak, where the Sect Leader was in seclusion, not coming down, so Chen Nan hadn’t been able to see her.

The gradually disappearing disciples eventually alarmed the Yuantian Sect, causing panic among its members.

Upon investigation, it was found that these disciples were all registered disciples of Master Xuanming, which made Master Xuanming furious, believing someone within the sect was intentionally retaliating.

He clearly knew that his disciples weren’t any good either.

The Law Enforcement Hall was ordered to conduct a thorough investigation, as the consequence for harming fellow disciples within the sect was exceedingly severe, but no clues were found despite repeated checks.

Those disciples seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace at all.

In the Spirit Plant Garden, Chen Nan was chatting with other servant disciples, while not forgetting to tidy up the Spirit Medicine Field.

"Did you hear? Nine disciples have disappeared into thin air from our sect; it’s said some elder couldn’t stand them anymore and secretly killed them!"

A servant disciple looked around, speaking cautiously.

Chen Nan, upon hearing this, furrowed his brows and asked, "You said how many disciples?"

"Nine, why?" The servant looked puzzled.

"It’s nothing, I’m just curious," Chen Nan smiled and waved his hand, "Are there really that many? You didn’t hear wrong, did you?"

The servant disciple patted his chest abruptly, confidently saying, "How could I have heard wrong? It’s exactly nine, and I heard these nine were all Great Elder’s registered disciples."

This made Chen Nan somewhat uncertain, quickly counting from when he first killed Senior Brother Guo to the later targets, totaling only eight.

Who killed that ninth disappearing registered disciple...?

Chen Nan first suspected the elders who were at odds with the Great Elder; secretly dealing with juniors was indeed easy for them, though it was rather unethical.

Nonetheless, he thought this speculation was unreliable, after all, no one would be foolish enough to do this, as it wouldn’t accomplish anything except angering the Great Elder.

Thus, he leaned more towards another conjecture, that there was another assassin like him who had infiltrated Yuantian Sect!

"A business competitor has arrived; truly, the world is unpredictable." Chen Nan smiled wryly. Back then, to get promoted, he took missions in other provinces, offending almost all D-level Assassins across the Nine Provinces.

And now, when he wants to kill, an assassin is snatching his credit; when he was snatching missions before, he never imagined such a day would come.

"It seems the infiltrating assassin in Yuantian Sect is also a skilled killer, knowing how to erase his tracks; just don’t know how long he can hide."

"It’s just right to take a few days’ rest; it would be nice if the remaining three direct disciples of the Xuanming Old Ghost left Purple Flame Peak."

Chen Nan’s target is Master Xuanming’s remaining three direct disciples; if he kills them, Master Xuanming would likely be angered to the point of spitting blood.

The Law Enforcement Hall investigated for several days but found nothing, making Master Xuanming more furious; if the sect remained in fear until the Sect Leader emerged from seclusion, he would certainly be disappointed in him.

Therefore, Master Xuanming gathered all elders who hadn’t entered seclusion together, numbering more than ten, each being a master in the Nascent Soul Realm.

At the summit hall of Yuantian Peak, Master Xuanming sat at the highest position, as if he were the Sect Master of Yuantian Sect.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you have any grievances, you could tell me, but isn’t it too much to target my disciples?"

Many elders suddenly lifted their heads, incredulous that Master Xuanming would suspect them.

"Great Elder, what do you mean by this? Do you suspect that we killed your registered disciples?"

"Are mere registered disciples worth us being so cautious to kill them?"

The elders debated, all denying it, for this was not their doing.

Master Xuanming’s face turned even darker, snorting coldly, "If not you, then who could kill them silently?"

Upon careful consideration, it seemed only these elders could make those nine registered disciples vanish without alerting others.

At this moment, a lower-ranking elder suddenly stood up, cupping his hands to the Great Elder, saying, "Great Elder, I think this matter wasn’t done by someone within our ranks."

"Perhaps, someone has infiltrated our Yuantian Sect!"

The other elders also recalled the servant disciples they recruited days ago, their hearts tightening, thinking someone might indeed have mixed in.

Master Xuanming’s face turned cold and thoughtful, eventually calling several cultivators over, ordering, "Check all the servant disciples thoroughly."

"Anyone suspicious should be arrested directly, and any who resist, kill them on the spot!" 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Several cultivators withdrew, then went to where the servant disciples resided, finding the Outer Elder responsible for managing them.

"Bring all servant disciples for inspection, ensure accuracy."

"Understood," the Outer Elder smiled compliantly, then had everyone gather all servant disciples, totaling over three thousand.

"Some servant disciples went to help on other peaks; I’ll send someone to notify them."

The Outer Elder didn’t know who Master Xuanming wanted, but it was undoubtedly someone important.

Connecting recent disappearances of several cultivators, he quickly guessed Master Xuanming’s intent but didn’t reveal it.

Soon, a Testing Stone appeared on the open ground outside the servant disciple accommodations.