CH 508

508: A Suspicious Person

The Ancient Silver Moon kingdom was the most powerful amongst the four empires when it came to enchantments and seals, so it was expected they would send a representative.

This slot was given to Ming Xi.

In ancient times, the war between the gods and demons affected all the races: from the humans, to the bloods, to the Asura[notes] and more. The races all suffered a tremendous amount of damage from the battle.

The Asura king of the Asura people and the Blood emperor of the Blood clan got together and created a world for the two races to hide away from the fight between gods and demons. The Asura king and the Blood emperor took their people and departed to that world which they named Asura world.

However, there were blood people who were comfortable living in the human world drinking human blood. They were reluctant to leave and go to live in a smaller world.

The ones in the forest now were not these. These were the descendants of the ones who left, and after such a long time, their population had grown considerably.

The human world would fall into chaos if they entered through the broken seal, especially now with their mastery of sun protection.

“There must be a traitor. If we don’t find who it is soon, it won’t matter if we repair the barrier; it’ll just break again!” An adventurer representing the Adventurer’s guild slapped the table angrily.

“Elder Roy’s words are reasonable. This traitor must be found as soon as possible, otherwise we will surely suffer at the hands of our enemy!” Elder Al of the Magician’s guild spoke up.

“Who is the traitor? Do you have any clues?” An elder of the Jia clan was concerned about the same issue.

Everyone knew finding the traitor was far more important than killing the bloods. Whoever the traitor was, the person was familiar with Blood Moon forest and knew the weak points in the enchantment. A dangerous person like that had to be found, otherwise there wouldn’t be peace and their current military campaign would be in jeopardy.

“Teacher Feng Tianxing, you’ve guarded Blood Moon forest for so many years, do you have any ideas?” asked the vice principal.

“This. . . ” Tianxing looked at the elders with some embarrassment. “I do have a suspect in mind, but I hope it is not him.”

“You’re referring to your senior brother Lunza?” The vice principal asked.

Only a small number of people knew about Lunza. He disappeared without a trace, along with their master and the four elemental elder protectors.

Essentially all the powerful masters who guarded Blood Moon forest had disappeared, likely having met with misfortune. The only one who avoided the calamity was Tianxing.

Lunza was the main suspect in the disappearances so there was file on him at the academy and at Star Marshall hall. His relationship with a blood woman had come to light in the course of a detailed investigation. This was why he was the most likely suspect.

“I don’t think it’s Lunza. He was already gone by the time the first barrier was damaged. I made this second one. Being gone, how could he know where the weak points were?” Ming Xi raised an objection to it being Lunza. He was the most likely culprit, but that didn’t mean it couldn’t be someone else. In his opinion, everyone who guarded Blood Moon were possible culprits. They were in the best position to contact the Blood clan; plus, it would have been impossible to tell if any of them had been brainwashed.

“His Royal Highness Ming Xi is correct. We shouldn’t only look at one person. I also don’t think Lunza could have destroyed the barrier this time,” said another elder. This elder was very old and was a half-step from reaching saint level. But considering his age, it was unlikely he would be able to break through, which was why he volunteered to lead the expedition for his clan. He wanted to fight for his juniors.

Several elders also voiced their support for Ming Xi’s view. By the end of the meeting, it was clear the older people who guarded the forest would be locked away in custody for a time.

Lunza was suspicious, but he was missing. Feng Tianxing, on the other hand, was the only high-level guard still present. Everyone placed her on the list of suspects mentally but refrained from saying anything out loud out of respect. They would not speak their suspicions in public but they would investigate her privately.

It didn’t look like she would be part of any important future meetings, but Tianxing wasn’t worried. If they wanted to investigate, then let them. She doubted they had the ability to find anything. If they had, she would never have been able to stay at the academy for so long.

She wasn’t fooled. She knew the people at Star Marshall hall had arranged for her to teach at the academy so they could keep her close by. They hadn’t found anything after she’d been there for so long. Another investigation wasn’t going to give them any new information.

Of course, Feng Wu and the other students didn’t know anything about the contents of the meeting. The next day Feng Wu took Rui Baby with her to go and see Ming Xi. She was so excited. She hadn’t seen him in a long time and missed him terribly.

Ming Xi was staying in the house on the outskirts of the forest. It was the house the forest guards and Tianxing had lived in while guarding the forest. That Ming Xi was staying there showed how important he was.

Because all the important people were staying in the house, guards stood watch outside. It was obvious at a glance the guards were from the Ancient Silver Moon kingdom based on their uniform.

This didn’t register with Feng Wu at all. She just told the guard she was there to see Ming Xi and she was let in.

Ming Xi was inside reading a book.

The seal had never been so damaged before. And this time it would be a lot harder to repair. At this point, the only bloods that couldn’t leave the sealed lands were the prince-level powerhouses.

They would have to push the bloods that entered the human world back inside before redoing the seal. It wouldn’t be easy, but it would be catastrophic if they closed the barrier with the Blood clan people still free in the human world.