Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Although Qu Jianlei is attributeless, he "knows a little about everything, but is not truly proficient in any of them."

Fortunately, he has a decent grasp of general techniques like the Concealing Breath Technique and Transformation Technique.

So, pretending to be a newly advanced C-level is not a big deal for him.

Just as he began digging down into the secret cave, someone contacted the academy's guard team, expressing the desire to inspect the academy.

The relationship between Jiuchuan Academy and the government is far stronger than that of the Engineering College, and the two rarely undermine each other.

This is an academy with a history of more than four hundred years and is the top-ranked prestigious school in the Star Realm.

Its graduates are spread throughout the Star Realm, especially on the Star of Hope, where the Jiuchuan Element is considered the largest faction.

Setting aside its vast political resources, just the fact that it is the number one academy in the Star Realm, whose influence extends to the Outer Star Realm, who can ignore it?

The school protection team politely expressed that they could go in to check, but advised them to keep a low profile and register upon leaving.

In short, I'm giving you face, so don't make it difficult for me. There's no need to alert the bigwigs, let's just get the job done.

Honestly, he thought they were investigating a minor theft, and as long as the evidence was solid, taking away one or two people was no big deal.

He was essentially giving the other side the green light to simplify the process, thus showing goodwill.

But unfortunately, the person in charge of liaising on the other side was oblivious.

Previously, this person was quite sensible, but today, for some reason, they were unusually arrogant.

Thinking it over, everyone guessed that it's normal to be a bit arrogant when working for the Supreme.

If I had six Supremes backing me, I'd be even more arrogant than that guy!

Anyway, this person bluntly stated that the disturbance wouldn't be small, and that the entire academy would be inspected, everyone must be checked!

Did you hear that clearly? Everyone!

The guard team member laughed and said: Hell... it's just mealtime, how much have you had to drink?

I don't really care whether you're bragging or talking big, that's your business.

I'm just curious, do you think it's meaningful to say such things to someone as insignificant as me?

So he retorted, neither soft nor hard: This is not something I, a small figure, can decide.

"Then contact someone who can make the decision," the other side promptly replied, "It's a big deal, get going!"

This statement particularly displeased the school protection team member.

In fact, he wasn't the only one displeased; the two Supremes in the academy had also taken note and were quite angry internally.

The Honorary Chief Instructor named Liao Donglai, who was a part-time chief instructor here, happened to be at the academy recently due to other matters.

With him here, there was no need for the old dean to step in, even if this old dean was actually his junior.

Liao Donglai graduated earlier and worked tirelessly outside, while the old dean, eight years his junior, remained in the academic circle.

As for the comparison of their strengths, Liao Donglai is confident he could crush the old dean, and he believes the old dean is well aware of this.

In fact, if their age gap exceeded ten years, he wouldn't have come today.

Ten years represent an era, and with his cultivation level and qualifications, he shouldn't be handling such trivial matters.

Even now, he was merely giving face to his junior, especially since people referred to the person as the "old dean."

When Liao Donglai arrived, he had already understood the situation and straightforwardly stated, "Follow the procedures, and I won't make things difficult for you."

However, the other party's thinking was clearly not to follow the procedures, leading someone to speak out, "The suspect is extremely vicious..."

"Who do you think you are?" the Honorary Chief Instructor gave him a disdainful glance, "Letting you speak when the Supreme is present?"

This really wasn't nitpicking. With six Supremes, letting an A-level speak is somewhat overstepping.

But all six Supremes on the other side were also apprehensive; if given a choice, who would want to provoke the academic faction?

So they sent an A-level for communication.

In this scenario, even if there was a communication error, they wouldn't bear the responsibility.

Yet since the other Supremes decided to be earnest and pointed out the shortcomings, continuing to play dead was obviously not appropriate.

Thus, Cohen came out to communicate directly—coming from the Divine Text Association, he feared no one!

He stated that they wanted to conduct a large-scale search in the school and suggested it would be best to relocate the students and teachers.

Because the target of their search is extremely cruel and ruthless, and any harm to the students would be undesirable.

Of course, the underlying implication was that these students and teachers would be individually checked before being relocated.

Liao Donglai, being a seasoned Supreme, would obviously foresee this.

He straightforwardly refused, "You can conduct the search, but follow the procedures and first get a search warrant from the government..."

"As for having students and teachers stop classes and leave, don't even think about it."

"This is Jiuchuan Academy, not those miscellaneous academies; you don't have the qualification to stop our classes."

Supreme Cohen stated, "I also respect Jiuchuan Academy, but I must reiterate, the other party is extremely cruel."

"No need for your emphasis on this," Liao Donglai waved his hand and answered solemnly.

"I just can't believe, with so many Supremes present, who could possibly stir up any real trouble."

Cohen frowned slightly, "Donglai Supreme, are you aware that the organization the other party belongs to has created a Wood Attribute Poison?"

"Hmm?" Liao Donglai was genuinely taken aback for a moment.

He knew such poison existed on Star No. 2 and had understood the related circumstances, but he didn't expect it to be connected to today's events.

However, if the other party had said so from the beginning, he might have considered cooperating.

But since the other party acted superior initially and only revealed this point now, he was not inclined to accompany them further.

In fact, he was as well-informed about the events surrounding this poison as anyone else.

So he responded in a deep voice, "Don't tell me these things, just follow the procedures."

A Supreme from a certain conglomerate, upon hearing this, couldn't hold back any longer.

"Don't you think the organization capable of producing such poison is utterly insane?"

Liao Donglai answered indifferently, "Things that can harm people can also save them; it all depends on how you use them."

Does he not hate such poison? Probably unlikely, but as a Supreme, he naturally had a broader perspective.

Allowing unauthorized searches and halting the entire academy's classes would be a true insult to someone of his stature.

Cohen and others, helplessly, had to go to the government to apply for a search warrant.

However, even the Planet Government cannot arbitrarily order Jiuchuan Academy to cease classes, as it is the leading academy in the Star Realm.

As a result, these people could only conduct their search in an orderly and gradual manner.

The academy's faculty and students were somewhat affected, but generally speaking, upon hearing it was a search for the murderer, everyone was willing to cooperate.

In fact, some of those responsible for the search were graduates of the academy.

They would find relevant channels to make faculty and students more cooperative, reducing the difficulty of the search.

Simply put, the initial communication was a bit rough, but the execution process was relatively smooth.

However, due to the initial clumsiness in communication, it ultimately led to this slow method of searching.

Unfortunately, what's done is done, and it can't be reversed.

Of course, the searchers were not only focused on Jiuchuan Academy; they also had to conduct searches outside.

In a blink, two days had passed, and the killer who slaughtered Tomorrow Company didn't create any new tragedies.

Some believed the killer was trapped in this area, while others thought they shouldn't let their guard down.

Clearly, the opponent was not alone, and what needed to be guarded against should still be guarded against.

Fubi Supreme, after persisting in searching for a day and a night, returned to the trade association's gathering point to guard against potential stealth attacks.

Tomorrow Company also found the reason for their attack - they were a bit too aggressive previously.

But they didn't retract their commitment, having suffered such a huge loss, how could they just let it go?

Anyway, with several Supremes leading the search, Tomorrow Company wouldn't face any danger in the short term.

However, they didn't allocate additional funds, stating they needed to consider the other employees of the company.

It's understandable; the company had to maintain its image, and employees had to consider their personal safety.

Last time, the killer merely severed the limbs of most people; provoking them again might not be so simple.

However, other factions that issued bounties began to gradually retract their commitments.

Given that adding flowers on the brocade posed great risks, it was best not to participate casually.

As for the reason, it wasn't hard to find; it could be financial strain or relevant personnel transfer...

Another two days passed, and Jiuchuan Academy had been thoroughly searched once, with key areas searched twice.

The killer was still nowhere to be found.

The academy believed there was a high probability the killer wasn't hiding here and hoped the searchers would leave.

After four days of disruption, they couldn't keep it up forever, could they?

However, Cohen believed that since no new tragedies had occurred outside in the past four days, the killer was likely still in hiding.

"When it involves the lives of your students, shouldn't you be more cautious?"

Liao Donglai was quite indifferent to this, "Do you even know why the killer acted, and does it relate to our academy?"

Jiuchuan graduates were spread throughout the Star Realm; do you really think he couldn't find anything out?

Cohen, helpless, could only bring up the big flag, "This is a wanted target by the Divine Text Research Association."

"We hope to take another three days to conduct a thorough search."

"Last time you already said three days," Liao Donglai's face didn't look good.

"Your search has severely affected the academy's teaching order, creating lots of inconveniences for faculty and students."

Cohen knew this too; the academy was in its internship season, and due to strict entry and exit control, it indeed affected students.

He pondered a moment and said, "Then we will ease up a bit, but there will be a final check when leaving the academy."

Liao Donglai snorted coldly, "Hope you know when to stop during the checks; these are students, not criminals."

Next, the academy issued a notice: the temporarily suspended internship teaching could resume.

(Third update to all, wishing everyone a Happy Year of the Rabbit.)