Chapter Fourteen

1

"How is Wenxin? Ummm~~~" The wound just reopened as soon as it moved, and started bleeding again, undoing the freshly bandaged gauze.

"Don't move, it was just stopped bleeding. I can't help heal wounds if I'm not of the Holy lineage. Just wait patiently until Qingqing comes back."

"Yes, Qingqing is our hope! The undead can't do it, but the ability of flesh and bones is possible."

"Someone made a move. Does it mean the Sensing Rod has been found?"

"No, it was the person who ambushed me outside the campus last time, along with his accomplice." Qiong and Wenxin are on the same team, so Qiong held Wenxin and returned to the church. My eyes were focused on the dagger emitting a nauseating black energy on her.

"Ambush? Who are they? What happened?"

"Last week, while searching for you, I encountered that black-clothed person, an assassin of the Lightning lineage. The one who just ambushed me is from a branch of the Dark lineage, an assassin of the Underworld lineage."

"Why are they all assassins? Are they from an assassin organization or an assassin school?"

"It's probably an assassin school. Both of them were wearing identical black fitted suits, with no difference in style or patterns. And they are all students here. An assassin organization wouldn't be able to infiltrate, and also, they made a demand."

"A demand?"

"This is a dagger with a deadly curse and has multiple protective barriers. From what I learned from them, if Wenxin doesn't remove it in time, she will die within three days."

"Three days? You're the most skilled in removing curses using Tesha's methods. First, check if the poison can be expelled with divine fire, and for the barriers, we can use Nephys."

"It won't work. The method of removal can only be done by one person simultaneously undoing three things, otherwise, death will be immediate."

"Is this also what they said?"

"Yes!"

"Well, let's forget about it. They are probably deceiving us just to make us obedient." When I reached out to try, Qiong grabbed my hand.

"You fool, what if it's true? Do you want to kill your own sister?" Qiong's tone was very heavy, and I could see that she was very worried. Wenxin and Qiong grew up together, spending more time together than I did, and their bond was just as strong.

"So, what is their demand?"

"First, they have already found the Sensing Rod, so they won't ask us to hand it over as a demand. If we can't pass the first round without the Sensing Rod, they will think we are not worth the threat, and that people with no value aren't worth saving. If we can't make it past the first round, Wenxin will die as well. Second, after the first round, in the second round of the competition, you, Qin Yang, cannot use the 'Sealing Demon Technique.' Third, our academy must be eliminated in the second round of the competition."

This is such a mess. They want us to lose, so why don't they just ask us to forfeit in the first round? Why go through the trouble of having us advance and then eliminate us in the second round? It's so unreasonable, what kind of logic is this?"

"Probably they don't want to draw attention from the Imperial Inter-School Competition Committee!" Tesha helped me bind the bandages again, picked up a book, and looked at it under the moonlight. With a sneak peek, I noticed that the book had no words.

"Tesha, what are you reading? There are no words in it."

"All the books are in my mind. Reading them is just to help me recall and see if there are any other methods." So this is a book without words, no wonder I always feel like she's reading the same book. Tesha is really amazing.

"To truly remove this dagger, we need to know its origin."

From the appearance of the dagger, with carvings of ghosts and demons, the inscriptions were sloppy, but I could vaguely make out the words "The Demon Realm."

"The Demon Realm?"

"No! The grammar is incorrect." Tesha carefully read the inscriptions several times and came to a conclusion.

"How can you tell?"

"The inscriptions of The Demon Realm are usually like this, but although they are sloppy, they are still considerably regular, aren't they?"

"I remember that The Demon Realm reads and writes from right to left, while only The Divine Realm reads from left to right, and even The Human Realm stopped reading from left to right many centuries ago. But this dagger starts from the left." Tesha reminded me, reminding me of this fact.

"Something from The Divine Realm? But it was used by the assassin who uses Dark Magic."

"That doesn't matter. This dagger could have been pre-made and didn't need to be made on-site. In other words, he might have bought this dagger or received it from someone else."

"If we follow the method of The Demon Realm, Wenxin is doomed."

"What kind of school can produce such ruthless students?" With dark Magic, the dagger comes from The Divine Realm, and the decryption method is so harsh.

Before the war between gods and demons, The Divine Realm would not make cursed daggers, only blessed daggers, which bring good things like luck, happiness, warmth, etc. to the wearer. The appearance of cursed daggers from The Divine Realm came after the war between gods and demons. There were daggers even more evil than those cursed by The Demon Realm, bringing more darkness and misfortune. That's why this dagger is more special than other daggers and has been given the name "Scythe Dagger."

I wonder if this dagger is that thing. It is said that that thing is very mysterious, so few people or books mention it. How mysterious it is has never been mentioned.

"That is Nanzhi Academy, last year's third place." Elena came in through the gate, and everyone else who went out gathered at the entrance.

"Qin Yang, why is there so much blood on your waist?" Qin Yin saw me lying in the church, bare-chested, bound with several bandages, and even stained with blood, but it seemed that she didn't notice Wenxin lying in front of her at all.

"This is from the fight I had with Bai and the vampire just now."

Qin Yin helped me pour a glass of water and said, "I already felt abnormal magical fluctuations here. We are the strongest inside Bai, but I didn't expect to get injured too."

"It's a good thing you weren't here. Otherwise, when you see how the vampire looked, you would have lost your appetite for lunch." Tesha remembered seeing the corpse shivering on the floor just now, and the shivers continued.

"That's not necessarily true. When you see her resurrect, you won't say that. But I understand. Even the most beautiful girl can become a corpse like that."

"Girl? The vampire is a girl?" Xiao Yao suddenly asked with curiosity.

"Yes, she's a girl." Since accepting Bai, not only can we communicate internally, but we also see everything together.

"Hey~~~the problem now obviously isn't whether the vampire is a girl or not, whether she's beautiful or strong. Qin Yang, your sister is still lying here." Qiong wiped the sweat off Wenxin's forehead while frowning.

"Oh~~I got off-topic."

Covering my wound and sitting up, I looked at Wenxin who had been breathing heavily and had a pale complexion, layer upon layer of cold sweat. Qiong wiped her repeatedly.

"Qingqing, help me treat the wound so I can concentrate." The sword pierced through, and the blood wouldn't stop flowing back. It hurt when I moved, and the bleeding continued. I couldn't concentrate at all.

"Oh, you'd better lie down first."

Liu Qingqing's hand ignited a green flame, gently touching my injury. The pain instantly turned into an itchy sensation, as if thousands of ants were crawling. It felt comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time.

The ability of the Flame of Hope is to heal. Wherever the flame touches, the cellular tissue immediately revives. As long as you're not dead, you can be saved. However, the larger the wound, the more energy the user consumes. Different parts require different amounts of energy for healing. So strictly speaking, multiple injuries can be treated, but often the user lacks energy to save them.

2

After the flame burned out, I felt very refreshed. The pain and exhaustion felt during the injury were gone. The newly grown skin and flesh were smooth.

"Nophis, have you figured out the type of this dagger?"

Nophis looked at it for a long time. As the book of Magic Arrays, she should be able to determine its type.

"Scythe Dagger..."

"What?" Is my face really that dark?

"The Scythe Dagger is of the same type, but it's not the real Scythe Dagger."

"Why... why pause and say it in two halves?"

"It's because the master's reaction was strong. It's not my business~~" Nophis puffed up her cheeks, feeling that I overreacted, and it was laziness on her part to only say half of her words. She felt unusually aggrieved and tried to act cute.

"Pat, pat your head~~" I patted Nophis's head to appease her.

"Master, I haven't finished yet."

"Huh?"

"It is the same type, but it is an imitation, albeit improved."

"So?"

"So it was already difficult to decipher, and now it's even more difficult. The method the other party mentioned for undoing it is also the method for undoing the Scythe Dagger, but it's not the real method."

"I'm going~~~" I was very angry and couldn't help but throw the wooden stool.

The president sat on the bench and said, "They lost to us last year and ranked third. As exceptional assassins, their frontal combat is not inferior at all. They shouldn't use such cunning tactics with their strength."

"The rules of Nanzhi Academy are treacherous and ruthless, and they think highly of themselves. Isn't this normal?" The vice president had seen their school introduction before and knew a little. Their school rules are obviously beyond our imagination, or rather, we are more normal. Although the principal always says that as long as no one dies, anything goes. But he didn't teach us how to be cunning.

"President, have you found the detecting rod?"

"Mmm~" The president took out a shining white rod, about twenty centimeters long, with the Imperial emblem carved on it.

"If we still can't think of a solution, does that mean we will be eliminated in the second round?" I sat under the giant cross, staring at the moon in the sky, listening to Wenxin's painful breathing, feeling silently conflicted.

"Do we really have to give up? I've been working hard for half a year, just to win back the championship we lost last year." Qing learned helplessly lying on the long wooden bench, obviously she was not willing.

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault, Qiong."

"If I could protect Wenxin, we wouldn't be threatened." Qiong closed her eyes, her nose tender, trying her best to control her emotions.

Everyone in the field fell silent, the atmosphere was low, and our morale was severely hit. Everyone knew that no one was to blame for this, but they were all unwilling, letting themselves be manipulated.

"Qin Yang, do you have a solution?"

"I can only tell you that Qin Yang is going crazy."

"Why?"

"Regretfully resurrecting that vampire drained all of his magic power. It's useless for him to come out now." Qin Yang said that our power comes from our souls, and our bodies are not the same as before. They can't bear a large amount of soul power. If the power in the soul accumulates slowly and is used up, we have to wait for the next accumulation. This setting is a bit unfair.

Suddenly, I felt that there was something behind me that had been pressing against me. I reached out my hand and felt, it seemed to be a rod.

When I took it out and looked at it, it turned out to be exactly the same as the detecting rod in the president's hand, without any difference at all.