Shi Xu pondered for a moment, chin in hand, "How about making Miss Bai an exchange student?"
"Sect Master Gu is proficient in poison arts, while I have some skill in artifact refining and alchemy. This way, Miss Bai can learn more."
"This..." Sect Master Xiong frowned, finding his reasoning surprisingly sound?
"Little girl, what do you say?" The three of them looked at Bai Ran together.
"As long as the Sect Masters do not mind, Bai Ran will not refuse." Bai Ran crouched down and extended her hand. The poisonous scales coiled around her wrist.
Jing Feng watched the scene unfold and once again concealed himself in the shadows.
"Then it's settled!" Gu Qingcheng clapped his hands and declared.
After deliberation among the three sect masters, Bai Ran became the first exchange student in the Central Realm.
There was no time limit for her studies. If she mastered the curriculum of one sect, she could move on to another.
"If you dare to pull any tricks behind my back, watch out or I'll kill you! Scram!" Gu Qingcheng kicked the Li family head, who scrambled away on all fours.
"Miss Bai, it's not that I'm prying, but please be careful of the Liu and Li families," Shi Xu said softly, his eyes filled with concern.
The Li and Liu families were among the three great families of the Central Realm, and their foundations were naturally not to be underestimated. There would surely be powerful individuals guarding them.
Moreover, the Liu family head had died here. It was inevitable that they would face terrifying retaliation.
If the two families were to strike at Miss Bai while they were not around, it would be dire.
"Thank you for the reminder, Sect Master Shi. I will be careful."
After bidding farewell, the two sect masters departed. The elders, who had been silent, immediately surrounded them, asking questions left and right.
The most frequent question was about Jing Feng's identity, but how could Bai Ran tell the truth? She simply fabricated a story to fool them.
And so, Jing Feng was honored to become a hired thug sent by her family.
Sect Master Xiong stood by, his gaze heavy.
This meant that this young man had been by the little girl's side all along, and none of them had noticed?
This young man's strength...
was terrifying indeed...
With the matter concluded, many disciples had already gathered by the reception hall, craning their necks to look inside.
What happened? Was there a major incident?
Why were all three sect masters here?
Look! It's that new disciple! Why is she inside?
Could it be that she committed a crime?
The Liu family head's face was disfigured by poison, and the Li family head had been hiding before. The disciples couldn't see them and thus couldn't recognize them.
The disciples gossiped incessantly, and as the rumors spread, it turned into a story that the new disciple Bai Ran had killed someone, leading to the other two sects coming to punish her.
At this moment, Bai Ran had not yet realized anything and headed straight back to her courtyard. However, someone behind her was persistently following.
"How long are you going to follow me?" she stopped, looking coldly at the person hiding behind her.
Dongfang Wuji sheepishly poked half his head out, "Miss Bai, Miss Bai..."
"Do you need someone to serve tea and water?" He opened his large, captivating eyes and winked at Bai Ran.
Bai Ran glanced at him and said coldly, "Jing Feng."
Jing Feng, emerging from the shadows, shook his head helplessly, "Alright, you can just wait for death."
"Stop causing trouble. You're already annoying Miss Bai."
Tears instantly streamed down Dongfang Wuji's face, "No! I'm still young! I'm still so handsome! How can I die?"
His expression changed so quickly that Bai Ran's lips twitched.
Was this person truly Long Jinhan's confidant? Or did he escape from a traveling opera troupe?
Jing Feng also covered his eyes and turned his head away in embarrassment. This was truly a disgrace to the demon race!
"Miss Bai, can you bear to watch such a handsome young man like me die?" Dongfang Wuji put on a tearful performance, and Jing Feng's fists were already twitching, ready to swing.
"Go to hell," Bai Ran turned and entered the room, leaving behind an impatient remark.
"Miss Bai!"
Jing Feng kicked him hard, "Stop acting, she's already gone."
"Now, tell me, what do you really want?"
Dongfang Wuji looked up at Jing Feng, his tears instantly stopping, "You pig-headed fool wouldn't understand."
Hmph! This temper!
"Scram!" Jing Feng grabbed Dongfang Wuji by the collar and was about to throw him out.
"Does your Excellency know that Miss Bai does not have long to live?"
A faint voice echoed, and something seemed to collapse in Jing Feng's mind, his movements freezing.
He stared at Dongfang Wuji, unable to recover for a long time.
"What did you say?"
"Who does not have long to live?"
Jing Feng stared at him blankly, his mind seeming to stop working.
"Miss Bai, the one his Excellency cherishes, does not have long to live," he repeated.
"Nonsense! Don't spew excrement! Believe it or not, I'll slap you!" Jing Feng grabbed Dongfang Wuji's collar and roared.
Dongfang Wuji looked up at the sky weakly, "Heaven's secrets... are not to be revealed..."
From birth, he could divine the future, seeing subtle clues through people's appearances. It was because of this that his Excellency noticed him and made him his confidant.
The first time he met Miss Bai, her countenance had captured his attention.
He thought, how could someone have such an inauspicious face?
It was as if... the face of a dead person...
"Nonsense about heaven's secrets!" Jing Feng shook him agitatedly.
How could it be? How could Miss Bai...?
Jing Feng's shoulders trembled faintly.
Unnoticed by the two, in a corner, a tiny ghost floated into the room and relayed their conversation verbatim to Bai Ran.
"Oh? I don't have long to live?" Hearing this, Bai Ran's lips curved into a smile.
It seemed this divine calculator from the demon realm did have some skill.
Her current body was actually the body of a dead person, but her soul happened to encounter it.
Bai Ran collected the ghost into her spatial realm and began to cultivate.
Meanwhile, at the Liu family.
In the main hall of the Liu family, elders and ancestors were gathered.
"What did you say!" Huan'er is dead!
The Liu family's old ancestor, Liu Xuanye, was enraged, the teacup in his hand turning to powder.
"I barely managed to survive. It's absolutely true!" The Li family head, Li Tianliu, sweat beading on his forehead, bowed and said.
That new disciple of the Que Tian Sect was so arrogant!
Liu Xuanye's surging spiritual pressure bore down on everyone, making it hard to breathe.
"Pfft!"
An unexpected event occurred. A long sword was thrust directly into Li Tianliu's abdomen.
"You!" Li Tianliu looked at Liu Xuanye with disbelief, then his body went limp and he collapsed to the ground, dead.
Those sitting nearby tensed up, not daring to say a word.
On the main seat, Liu Xuanye's eyes gleamed with ferocity, and a killing intent filled the air.
"Ancestor, leave it to this old man," an elder stood up and bowed.
"If you fail, you shall not live either."
The elder's body trembled. He understood that if he failed to kill the new disciple, he himself would die.
"This old man understands," he said, then retreated.
Liu Xuanye stood up, his expression filled with grief. His Huan'er, to die at the hands of an unknown nobody, how could he not be heartbroken!
"Go, send word to the Li family, telling them that the new disciple was arrogant and poisonous, killing both the Li family head and the Liu family head. Their bodies are missing."