"Oh... I am actually waiting for the others to arrive." Yi Shanyuan clarified, his voice trailing off as if on cue.

The moment the words left his lips, several men appeared at the grand entrance of the hall. Bai Xifeng correctly assumed that these figures were fellow teachers and high-ranking administrators from the Armament Master Division, summoned to witness this unprecedented delivery.

Those teachers were visibly shocked, their composure crumbling as they beheld the sheer volume of Stone-Clad Wolves piled high inside the hall. Their widened eyes soon turned toward the young girl who was supposedly the one responsible for slaying every single one of these formidable beasts.

The girl looked strikingly beautiful and possessed an air of gentle grace. They simply could not fathom how someone with such a delicate appearance could have the sheer lethality required to slaughter so many ferocious creatures. Even they, as seasoned professionals with years of combat experience, believed they could likely kill only twenty to thirty such beasts at most before being completely overwhelmed and forced to retreat.

"You are Student Bai? The one who supposedly killed all of these beasts?" One of the teachers asked, stepping closer while eyeing her with a volatile mixture of scepticism and genuine awe.

"Yes, I am. Is there something wrong with the items?" Bai Xifeng asked back, her tone remaining perfectly calm and neutral despite the heavy scrutiny.

"No... No... I only wanted to confirm the identity of the hunter. By the way, which division are you enrolled in? The Warrior Division, I presume?" The teacher asked, desperately searching for a logical explanation for her combat prowess.

The teacher naturally assumed Bai Xifeng was a top-tier talent from the Warrior Division, as it was widely believed that only students from that specific path would possess the explosive physical strength and refined combat techniques required to decimate such a massive pack.

"No... Actually, I am from the Inscriber Division." Bai Xifeng answered plainly, her voice devoid of any boastfulness.

"Huh?" The teachers stood there, completely stunned into a heavy, ringing silence.

They looked at each other in utter disbelief, their minds racing to bridge the impossible gap between the scholarly life of an Inscriber and the bloody efficiency of a mass slayer of monsters. One of them coughed awkwardly to break the tension before stepping forward with a dignified air.

"Student Bai... I am the Head of the Armament Master Division, Zhou Yaoting. It is a genuine pleasure to meet you." Zhou Yaoting introduced himself, his eyes twinkling with a newfound, sharp interest.

"Student Bai greets Head Teacher Zhou." Bai Xifeng said, bowing her head respectfully. "Head Teacher Zhou, is it possible to process this exchange more quickly? I still need to return to my own division and report the day’s events to my teacher."

Bai Xifeng felt that they were wasting far too much time on empty pleasantries and lingering shock. She was utterly exhausted from her long journey, and she wanted nothing more than to find a quiet place to sleep.

"Yes, of course. We will process the transaction and the allocation of your credits right away." Zhou Yaoting nodded, sensing the weight of her fatigue.

Then, as they began their official work, he and the other teachers noticed the same startling abnormality on the corpses of the Stone-Clad Wolves that Yi Shanyuan had discovered earlier. Yi Shanyuan stepped forward and quickly explained the time-stasis function of the storage rune to them.

They were once again gripped by a sense of great surprise. They had previously thought the storage rune’s function was identical to their own internal "inner worlds," which served as a mere pocket of space used to hold items. They had never imagined that an external artifact could possess such a remarkable and heaven-defying feature as temporal stasis.

"Alright. We need to confirm the exact number of these corpses." Zhou Yaoting stated, shifting into a professional gear. He then turned to Bai Xifeng. "Student Bai, you only need to stand over there for a moment. We will make sure this is done as quickly as possible."

Bai Xifeng stepped aside and allowed the teachers to perform their duties. After half an hour of meticulous waiting, the teachers finally managed to count every single specimen. Two hundred and four Stone-Clad Wolves were present in the hall. Not a single one was missing from her original claim.

Zhou Yaoting approached Bai Xifeng once the tally was finished.

"Student Bai, I heard that you wish to exchange one hundred and four of these for points and the remaining one hundred for currency. Is that correct?" Zhou Yaoting asked.

"Yes." Bai Xifeng nodded firmly.

"As for the one hundred and four destined for points, we can settle that account right away. However, regarding the other one hundred, we will need to go to the Armament Master Guild first. You see, in order to extract the precious Xien Stone from these corpses, they need to be disassembled with extreme precision. We do not currently have any skilled personnel here capable of performing that specific task. Therefore, we need to travel to the Armament Master Guild and pay a professional there to handle the delicate work." Zhou Yaoting explained. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"I see. In that case, I will let Head Teacher Zhou handle the matter as you see fit. I will wait for everything to be settled first." Bai Xifeng nodded, accepting the delay.

Since there was seemingly nothing left for her to do here at the moment, Bai Xifeng prepared to depart.

"I will take my leave first." Bai Xifeng said, bowing her head in a polite farewell.

"Wait for a moment." Zhou Yaoting said, stopping Bai Xifeng before she could reach the door.

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