Chapter 355: Chapter 356: Handover? What Handover? (Part One)
“It’s her, it must be her!” Hui Ying trembled as he reached out a hand, his white hair looking so distressing at this moment, “She has returned, Lord Bai Ze was right, she was bound to come back.”
When they had followed her back then, they were all so young and robust, a generation of hegemons, yet so many years have passed and they had grown old, died, whilst only she remained as youthful as she had been a thousand years ago…
“Elder, there’s more. That girl also possesses the Phoenix Tripod, Shen Ran, you tell the Elder the details,” the Dean said, glancing at Shen Ran and instructing.
“Yes, Dean.”
Shen Ran suppressed the doubts in his heart, and recounted everything that had happened that day to Hui Ying. When he heard how Mo Li had attempted to sabotage the Alchemy Furnace to frame Mu Ruyue, anger surged within him, but as he learned that Mu Ruyue taking out the Phoenix Tripod for the exam, his aged face was tinged with faint reverence.
The woman of that year had influenced their entire lives, and even after a thousand years, her status in their hearts never wavered…
To them, she was moreover a deity, exalted and beyond violation.
As well as the one they would follow life after life…
“Where is she? Where is she now?” Hui Ying hurriedly raised his head, speaking anxiously.
“About that… She said she didn’t want to come here,” the Dean carefully peered at Hui Ying, “I seem to have done something wrong without knowing, offending her, but don’t worry, Elder, I will definitely try to get her to come here.”
Seeing Hui Ying’s complexion darken, the Dean quickly raised his hand in assurance.
“Hm, I need to see her soon to be at ease,” Hui Ying’s expression softened, and he nodded, “but don’t use force, and make sure to take good care of her. If she loses even a single hair, I’ll make you all accompany her in death!”
The Dean shivered intensely and said with a forced smile, “Don’t worry, Elder, I will certainly protect her.”
“Alright, you can go now,” Hui Ying waved them off, his face stern, and said, “As for that Mo Li, there’s no need to keep him around.”
With a simple sentence from the Elder, Mo Li’s fate was essentially sealed…
“Yes, Elder,” the Dean bowed respectfully, then turned his head to look at Shen Ran who was standing still in shock, “What are you staring at? Let’s go.”
Shen Ran snapped back to reality and followed the Dean out of the cave.
The moment he stepped out of the cave, Shen Ran hesitated before speaking cautiously, “Dean, the ‘her’ you were talking about just now, could she be…”
Moon Venerate?
These two words, Shen Ran never managed to say out loud, nor did he dare to believe in his heart that the young girl was Moon Venerate. But apart from Moon Venerate, who else could inspire such an expression from the Elder living here?
The Dean glared at him intensely, “If it’s not your place to ask, don’t pry. Remember, forget everything you saw here today, got it? Also, think of ways to make her willing to come to the back mountain.”
From start to finish, the Dean had no idea what had gotten into the girl, why she was suddenly so angered.
“Hehe, don’t worry, Dean. Not only did she flatter you for the sake of Dan Book but she also exposed her abilities right before your eyes. It just didn’t cross your mind to take her Dan Book, so she’s probably just a bit down, not really angry with you. Give it a couple of days, she’ll be fine. Then, when you approach her about this matter again, she will surely agree to your request,”