The teachers looked over as well, their gazes sweeping across the small cultivation chamber. It was completely empty, without a single person in sight.
"Th-this... Impossible." A sense of panic gripped Wang Yue as cold sweat beaded on his skin. ’Those idiots!’ he silently cursed Ma Bing and his crew. ’They can’t even do one simple thing right. Where the hell did they hide her?’ Suddenly, his eyes landed on the bathroom. "Teachers!" he yelled. "Ye Xuan must be hiding in the bathroom!"
THUD!
He kicked the bathroom door open. Staring at the equally empty room, he began to tremble all over and muttered, "Ye Xuan must be hidden somewhere else... Under the bed! Yes, he has to be under the bed."
"Enough!"
Teacher Xuu’s face was livid. His gaze was as sharp as a sword, piercing straight into Wang Yue’s heart. "Wang Yue, look what you’ve done."
He had no idea how to clean up this mess.
"I... I..." Wang Yue’s expression was grim. Internally, he was cursing Ma Bing and his men up and down. At this point, he knew he couldn’t touch Ye Xuan. ’But where the hell did that brat run off to?’
The students at the front could now see the scene inside. They were all utterly disappointed. To think there wasn’t even a scandalous scene to watch—what a letdown! Meanwhile, the students at the back, still unaware of the situation, kept pushing to get in.
"Make way, make way."
Just then, a clear voice called out from the edge of the crowd, followed by a questioning tone. "What are you all doing crowded around my dorm room door?"
"Hey, Ye Xuan, what are you doing here? Weren’t you supposed to have a girl from the Spring Wind Tower in your room?" one student blurted out in shock upon seeing him. The other students also turned around, their faces full of surprise.
Ye Xuan looked confused. "I have a girl?"
"Yeah! Wang Yue and Teacher Xuu from the administration office are in there right now to bust you."
"What’s going on?" Suddenly, a cold voice spoke from behind Ye Xuan. The students looked up and jumped in surprise. "Ah! Teacher Yun, Teacher Luo!"
At some point, Teacher Yun Aoxue and Teacher Luo Zhan had appeared and were now standing right behind Ye Xuan.
"All of you, move aside," Yun Aoxue said coldly.
The crowd instantly fell into disarray, parting to form a path.
"Ye Xuan! What are you doing here?" Wang Yue shot up, pointing at him furiously.
Ye Xuan sneered. "This is my dorm room. Why shouldn’t I be here? And teachers, I’d like to know what grievous crime my roommate, Chen Xing, has committed that you had to kick down our door and tear the place apart."
"Young Master Xuan, you’re finally back!" Seeing Ye Xuan, Chen Xing—who had been lying on the floor—leapt up, grabbed him, and started wailing. "I was just minding my own business and cultivating, when Wang Yue and Teacher Xuu burst in with a whole group of people! It made me suffer a cultivation deviation, and I spat out at least three liters of blood! Now my head hurts, my legs hurt, my chest hurts... I feel like I’m going to die! If I do die, you have to take my body back to the Chen family and have my father avenge me!"
Chen Xing’s eyes kept rolling back into his head. He looked like he was on death’s door, but in reality, he was just a little too into his performance.
"Teacher Xuu, what exactly is going on here?" Yun Aoxue and Luo Zhan stepped forward, their expressions puzzled.
"Teacher Yun, Teacher Luo, ahem... It’s a misunderstanding. This is all just a big misunderstanding." Teacher Xuu and the other administrators felt a headache coming on. Chen Xing was a member of the Chen family from Blue Moon City. If anything actually happened to him, the Chen family wouldn’t let it go, no matter how prestigious Xingxuan Academy was.
"What kind of misunderstanding requires you to break down a student’s door?" Yun Aoxue frowned.
Teacher Xuu forced a bitter smile. "It’s all because of this Wang Yue. He claimed he saw Ye Xuan bring a woman back from the Spring Wind Tower to his dorm. We came to investigate, but it seems it was all just a misunderstanding."
"A misunderstanding? I don’t think so." Ye Xuan gave a cold laugh. "While this Wang Yue may be my roommate Chen Xing’s classmate, he’s always been incredibly jealous of him. He must have staged this entire drama today knowing that Chen Xing was at a critical point in his cultivation, hoping to make him suffer a cultivation deviation. Teachers, you’ve clearly been used."
Wang Yue flew into a rage, pointing at Ye Xuan and roaring, "Ye Xuan, you’re full of shit!" Feeling the cold, sharp gazes of Teacher Xuu and the others, Wang Yue’s anger only grew as he yelled, "Teachers, he’s lying!"
"Am I lying? If you don’t believe me, just ask Chen Xing."
Chen Xing’s face instantly filled with grief and indignation. He spoke tearfully, "Young Master Xuan is right! Teacher Yun, Teacher Luo, you both know that the Chen family and his Wang family have never seen eye to eye. As a result, he and I have never gotten along either. But whether it’s looks or cultivation level, I, Chen Xing, am several tiers above Wang Yue. That’s why he’s always been so jealous of me! Today’s incident must have been a deliberate plot on his part."
As he spoke, Chen Xing trembled and, wincing in pain, bit the tip of his tongue to squeeze out a couple more drops of blood. "Now that I’ve suffered a cultivation deviation, I’m on the verge of death. He must be overjoyed right now. Pity me, Chen Xing, a genius of my generation, fated to die at the hands of my own academy’s teachers! The Chen family will surely avenge me..."
Beside them, Teacher Xuu and the other administrators’ faces were as black as the bottom of a pot. They glared at Wang Yue with murderous intent, a stare that made Wang Yue’s heart pound with terror and sent him into a frenzy. "Chen Xing, you’re full of fucking shit! Me, Wang Yue, jealous of you?"
"Of course you are. You’re jealous that I’m handsome, and you’re jealous that I broke through to the Five Veins realm while you’re still stuck at the Four Veins." Chen Xing released a wisp of Profound Qi, which was indeed that of the Five Veins. He let out a tragic sigh. "Alas, what a shame. After being frightened by Teacher Xuu and the others, I suffered a cultivation deviation. Even if I don’t die, my cultivation will likely be completely crippled."
Yun Aoxue’s expression was grim. "Teacher Xuu, did you conduct any investigation at all before barging into a student’s dormitory?"
Teacher Xuu and the others felt their hearts tremble. They all wanted to slice Wang Yue into a thousand pieces. Yun Aoxue might seem like just an ordinary teacher, but they knew full well that her mentor was none other than the dean of Xingxuan Academy. Furthermore, she was a genius teacher whom the dean himself had brought back from the Royal City. They all rushed to explain, "Teacher Yun, Wang Yue was so certain, so adamant that it was true! We were just... sigh..."
"Certain and adamant? Hmph. Teacher Xuu, I’m sure you’ve all been used by him." Ye Xuan scoffed, then asked sharply, "Wang Yue, you said you saw me bring a girl back from the Spring Wind Tower. Did you see this with your own eyes, or is this just hearsay?"
Wang Yue’s mouth twitched. He wanted to distance himself from the situation, but he saw Teacher Xuu and the others glaring daggers at him. His gaze hardened, and he steeled his resolve. "Hmph! I saw it with my own two eyes!" he declared loudly. "Ye Xuan, you went to the Spring Wind Tower this afternoon and brought a girl back. No matter how you try to squirm out of it, that’s a fact! I just don’t know where you’ve hidden her now, so I have nothing more to say."
’By now, Wang Yue had already cursed Ma Bing and his lackeys to death and back in his mind. It’s all clear now. Ye Xuan must have noticed something was off, hidden the girl from the Spring Wind Tower, and called Teacher Yun and the others to turn the tables on me. Fine. You just wait, you little punk. Once this blows over, we’ll see how I teach you a lesson.’
"Haha!" Ye Xuan burst out laughing. "Teacher Yun Aoxue, I was in your office all afternoon, yet our dear classmate Wang Yue is so certain he saw me at the Spring Wind Tower. I wonder, do I possess the ability to clone myself, or is classmate Wang Yue simply a bald-faced liar?"
Hmm? A sharp glint flashed in the eyes of Teacher Xuu and the other administrators. They all turned to look at Yun Aoxue, who simply gave a slight nod. At that, they felt their lungs were about to explode with rage. ’That damned Wang Yue, using us as his pawns! Don’t think we can’t touch you just because you’re from the Wang family!’
The teachers were so furious they were shaking. This was an utter disgrace.
What? Wang Yue’s face went white. All he knew was that Ye Xuan had disappeared after leaving the cultivation center today. He wasn’t in his dorm, the classroom, or any of the training rooms. Wang Yue had assumed he’d left the academy grounds entirely. He never would have guessed that Ye Xuan had spent the entire afternoon in Teacher Yun Aoxue’s office.
"Th-then... then maybe I was mistaken." At this point, Wang Yue was at a complete loss for words.
"Hmph. Whether you were mistaken or not is for me to decide," Teacher Xuu said coldly. "Since Ye Xuan’s innocence has been established, everyone can disperse. As for whether Wang Yue was simply mistaken or deliberately framed a fellow student, the administration office will conduct an investigation and then reach a conclusion."
Teacher Xuu looked at Yun Aoxue. "Teacher Yun, you are a Soul Refiner. Please help us take student Chen Xing to the infirmary for a thorough examination. We must ensure nothing is overlooked."
Yun Aoxue nodded.
"Hold on!" Chen Xing suddenly leaped to his feet, his voice filled with righteous indignation. "Teacher Yun, Teacher Xuu! Although I don’t get along with classmate Wang Yue, I still had some consideration for our bond as classmates. But since he was so ruthless today, I have no choice but to be merciless! I want to report him! Classmate Wang Yue has coerced our classmate Li Yue into an improper relationship! He often ties her up in his dorm, using both threats and promises to get his way! Poor Li Yue is powerless against his evil clutches and can only suffer in silence! Now, I will expose this animal, this degenerate!"
The crowd erupted in an uproar, and the faces of every teacher present changed drastically.
Wang Yue was fuming, his anger boiling over. "Chen Xing, don’t you dare make baseless accusations!"
Chen Xing sneered. "Hmph, whether they’re baseless or not, you know best. I heard you myself today, telling Li Yue to come to your dorm tonight. Think about it. What intentions could you possibly have, telling a defenseless girl to go to your room at night?"
Many of the students who were in the same class as Ye Xuan and the others were dumbfounded. ’Did Chen Xing’s brain get fried by his cultivation deviation, or is he just trying to get even after being framed?’ Everyone in their class knew that Wang Yue and Li Yue were a couple. It was perfectly normal for them to... spend time together in a dorm at night.
However, the students from other classes and the teachers had no idea about Wang Yue and Li Yue’s relationship. Their expressions turned incredibly ugly. If what Chen Xing said was true, then Wang Yue was truly an animal.