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Chapter 49: With one borrowed blade, Ning Bei took out his target, expertly schooling the protagonist.

Under the gaze of the entire crowd; the image stone projected a scene in which a shadowy figure crept up at night and stuffed a letter through a door crack…

“Aiyo, that really is him.”

“That part-time disciple from Heavenly Martial Academy sure is shy; it’s obviously him, yet he still tries to decline such credit.”

“It’s you! Stop pretending, we saw it clear as day.”

In an instant, everyone was convinced it was Qin Yu.

“?”

On the contrary, Qin Yu was dumbfounded.

No, he had clearly made sure no one was around… how could he have been recorded?

He wanted no part of such credit!

Qin Yu was no fool; he quickly looked at Ning Bei and said, “You set me up on purpose… the contents of that letter weren’t written by me at all.”

“Does it matter whether you wrote it?” Ning Bei asked in a low voice. “What matters is whether Xu Yunyang believes you did.”

Dong…

Qin Yu instinctively looked at Xu Yunyang.

He saw Xu Yunyang not far away, whose eyes glinted like cold blades as they fixed on him… the desire to kill someone could not be hidden.

It’s over!

Qin Yu’s heart skipped a beat.

He had hoped to rely on Xu Yunyang to rise in the future, but now… the other man actually wanted to kill him.

How had it come to this?

It had clearly been a flawless plan with the advantage on his side!

Qin Yu couldn’t understand.

Staring at his despair, Ning Bei whispered, “Step out, accept the credit, and expose Xu Yunyang as the mastermind.”

“What?”

Qin Yu’s pupils shrank, and he glared at Ning Bei in resentment…

Do you take me for an idiot?

If I jump out now, how is that any different from seeking death?

The next moment Ning Bei’s threat sounded in his ear: “If you don’t do it, I’ll shove you right over to him.”

?

Qin Yu panicked at once.

He knew Ning Bei always did what he said; if he were pushed over, the enraged Xu Yunyang would probably kill him with a single palm strike.

Listening to the clamorous voices around him; the next second Qin Yu steeled himself, decided better you than me, and stepped forward to say:

“Yes, haha… it was me… I was embarrassed to admit it at first… ha… actually, I also know who the mastermind is.”

As soon as he said that, the crowd fell silent…

“The mastermind, could it be…?”

In fact, everyone already had a candidate in mind; after all, who else would want to see Great Yu Academy and Heavenly Martial Academy go to war?

But for various reasons, they dared not guess blindly.

“That’s right, it’s him!”

Under the crowd’s heated gaze, Qin Yu gritted his teeth and pointed at Xu Yunyang in the distance: “The mastermind is Qitian Academy’s Grand Preceptor, Xu Yunyang!”

“He wanted to use the conflict between Ning Bei and Yu Xuan to start a war between the two academies so that Qitian Academy could reap all the benefits…”

After betraying his ally, Qin Yu added, “I overheard it by accident… you know, I could hardly believe my ears at the time.”

Xu Yunyang: “???”

Whoosh!

The entire arena erupted at once.

“Damn, it really was Qitian Academy!”

“Who would have thought, Xu Yunyang, with those thick brows and big eyes, would be so full of bad ideas.”

…

Seeing Qin Yu play along with such a good card, Ning Bei smiled as well.

The so-called Child of Destiny had now lost all bottom line… no, he never had any to begin with; he only had heaven’s protection.

Without that luck, he was nothing at all!

While some rejoiced and others worried, faced with Yu Tong and the others’ questioning, Xu Yunyang grew furious: “Insolent! A mere part-time disciple dares slander me?”

“Wuyue, is this the disciple you brought here? Even if he’s only a part-time disciple, does that let him run wild like this?”

Xu Yunyang tried to argue.

After all, he knew he could never admit to such a thing; his reputation would be ruined.

More importantly, Heavenly Martial Academy and Great Yu Academy might target him next.

Heh~

Wuyue merely let out a cold laugh and offered no rebuttal.

The next moment Yu Fei, who had been silent since he arrived, suddenly said, “Xu Yunyang, do you know why I came today?”

Feeling the pressure Yu Fei released, Xu Yunyang’s heart clenched and he hurried to say, “Prince, there’s a misunderstanding…”

Before he could finish, Yu Tong cut him off: “A misunderstanding? Besides us, only you knew the Little Prince’s trump card; now that it’s leaked, how do you explain that?”

“I…”

Xu Yunyang’s eyes darted about and he suddenly found himself speechless.

At this point he knew words were useless, so the next second he gritted his teeth and charged at Qin Yu.

“Not good…”

Seeing this, Qin Yu paled in horror; he had just tried to retreat when someone kicked him from behind and Ning Bei’s voice sounded, “Qin Yu, are you stupid? You’re no match for him… why are you going up there?”

“F**k!”

Qin Yu went numb.

He never expected that at the critical moment, Ning Bei would actually kick him from behind.

“Stop!”

Wuyue, Yu Tong, and Yu Fei activated the prepared formation the moment Xu Yunyang struck, trying to suppress him.

Yet no one had expected that Xu Yunyang’s first thought wasn’t to escape, nor to seize Ning Bei or Yu Xuan as hostages…

Instead, he used his last chance to strike a lethal blow at Qin Yu.

Did the two of them have some vendetta?

Bang!

Immediately afterward, a dull thud resounded.

“Ah…”

Qin Yu took Xu Yunyang’s palm head-on; blood spurted from his mouth as he flew back like a cut kite.

Whoosh!

Everyone rose to their feet involuntarily.

“Damn, he’s done for.”

“He actually dared to charge forward… this part-time disciple is too gutsy.”

“Goodness, there’s not a single coward in Heavenly Martial Academy!”

Hearing the crowd, Qin Yu really wanted to cry…

Who could understand… he had never wanted to go up there.

As the scene descended into chaos, a powerful pressure swept over the arena, making everyone look up at once.

“The Emperor?!”

Seeing who had arrived, Yu Fei and the others’ expressions changed dramatically.

Hovering in the air at the front was none other than the current Great Yu Dynasty Emperor, Yu Wuying.

“Your Majesty, I beg you to uphold justice for me…” Xu Yunyang clutched at this last straw and cried, “They want to pin a grave crime on me based solely on a letter written by a Heavenly Martial Academy part-time disciple!”

What outsiders did not know was; the real reason he had tried to provoke war between the two academies was that a hidden hand, none other than Yu Wuying, had been pulling the strings.

The relationships among the three academies within the Great Yu Dynasty were extremely complicated.

In recent years, Great Yu Academy had been the most prominent, and even most of the powerhouses who joined the royal family came from Great Yu Academy.

Moreover, Great Yu Academy was directly overseen by Prince Yu Fei; whether those powerhouses were truly Yu Fei’s people was another matter.

But that alone was enough to make Yu Wuying uneasy.

Therefore, Yu Wuying had secretly supported Qitian Academy, trying to prevent Great Yu Academy from growing any stronger.

Yet Yu Wuying hadn’t expected the plan to fail and Xu Yunyang to become deeply mired in it… he had no choice but to step forward to protect this capable subordinate.

“It is indeed absurd to assign such a charge to Xu Yunyang on the basis of a letter he did not write,” Yu Wuying said calmly after hearing everything, “If all of this is that part-time disciple’s scheme, or someone is using him to stir up conflict among the three academies… wouldn’t the consequences be terrifying?”

…

Hearing this, Yu Tong, Wuyue, and the others looked at each other and fell silent.

As old foxes, how could they not sense that Yu Wuying was intentionally protecting Xu Yunyang?

They had even guessed a few things.

In the end.

On Yu Wuying’s order, palace experts stepped forward to arrest Xu Yunyang, ostensibly to take him back for investigation, but what would really happen?

Needless to say!

Though Yu Fei, Yu Tong, and the others were dissatisfied, they could say little because of Yu Wuying’s status.

By this point.

The tournament among the three academies could no longer continue.

Under the orders of a Great Yu Academy elder, both spectators and contestants could only leave the arena in disappointment.

“Damn it… why?”

Lying on the ground and barely hanging on, Qin Yu watched Xu Yunyang taken away unharmed and felt utterly miserable.

In the end… was he the only one who got hurt?

At this moment, the elder who had examined Qin Yu’s injuries suddenly said, “Your meridians are severed… you won’t be able to cultivate anymore.”

“What?”

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