Volume 4: It's Dark, Please Close Your Eyes Chapter 20 Now things get serious
However, when Instructor Zou rushed into Tang Zheng's tent, what he saw was still Tang Zheng and Xu Qingyan, one in front and one behind, lying quietly in the tent.
Instructor Zou's heart suddenly turned cold.
"Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng!" Instructor Zou rushed to Tang Zheng from the door of the tent almost instantly, pulled him up from the mattress, and shouted loudly.
Unfortunately, the miracle did not happen.
This student, who had created countless miracles since the first time he met him, was finally unable to perform another magical scene this time and escaped this strange disaster of deep sleep.
"Hey, hey, aren't you very powerful? Aren't you always hard to figure out? Haven't you never let us down? Wake up!" Instructor Zou looked at the face that had never been so quiet and calm, and felt as if someone had stabbed a sharp sword straight into his heart.
This class of students at Yisuli Academy is the most promising and talented that Instructor Zou has ever seen in all the years he has been at Yisuli Academy. It is also a class of students that has created history for the academy and brought unprecedented honors.
And he had already discovered that among this group of students who made him full of longing and hope for the future of the academy, the real backbone was this guy who always had a lazy .
As long as he is there, the students of Yisu Academy seem to never know what fear is, and never know what failure is.
So, when Instructor Zou discovered that even Tang Zheng had lost the familiar smile on his face, the situation was so desperate.
He didn't even have the courage to go to other tents and check on other students.
Even Tang Zheng couldn't survive, so the others, even Leng Zhan, the eldest son of the Leng family, would probably be doomed.
At this time, the entire camp was filled with the shouts of instructors from various academies, filled with grief, anger, panic and anxiety.
Even when they had faced the most ferocious monsters, the most terrifying traps, and experienced the bloodiest battlefields, these martial arts masters with at least four-star strength never panicked.
However, today, none of the instructors from the ten academies could maintain their usual calmness and composure.
Because, witnessing the withering of humanity’s hope is the most terrifying scene.
They were even willing to sacrifice their lives to restore the health and normalcy of these students, to prevent the human race from suffering such an unbearable blow.
The sun was growing warmer and warmer, illuminating the entire camp. The surrounding birds, beasts, insects and fish also became lively and agitated as the sky grew brighter.
However, this camp that carries the hope of humanity is still so quiet that it makes people feel chilled. Even under the sun, people can't feel a trace of warmth.
Instructor Zou knelt beside Tang Zheng, hoping that this guy who never behaved properly would suddenly open his eyes, make a face, and say with a sly smile, "Instructor Zou, are you scared?"
Unfortunately, there was still no response.
"Tang Zheng, wake up. I still have a lot to say to you. Have you forgotten what we agreed on yesterday?" Instructor Zou still didn't give up and shook Tang Zheng's body frantically.
"If you keep shaking like this, you'll probably break his neck before he wakes up." Just when Instructor Zou was about to collapse, a cold voice suddenly sounded beside him.
Instructor Zou was so shocked by the voice that he turned around and shouted, "Xu Qingyan, can you wake up?!"
Xu Qingyan's expression remained calm. He nodded and said, "It's obvious."
"What is going on?!" Instructor Zou asked anxiously, but he suddenly remembered his suspicion of Xu Qingyan. A terrible idea quickly formed in his mind and continued to intensify.
"Zheng——" Instructor Zou suddenly swung the weapon in his hand, the sharp blade pointing directly at Xu Qingyan's throat, and the stars also circulated at full strength in an instant.
Faced with Instructor Zou's sudden attack, Xu Qingyan did not move at all, and did not even look at the sword tip that was only a few tenths of a centimeter away from his throat.
"Instructor Zou, I know you have started to doubt me. It doesn't matter whether you believe me or not. What's important is whether you believe Tang Zheng?" Xu Qingyan turned his gaze and looked indifferently into Instructor Zou's eyes.
"Of course I believe in Tang Zheng, but..." Instructor Zou still did not put down the sword in his hand.
"You believe in Tang Zheng, and Tang Zheng trusts me! If you really want to kill me, you can, but not now." Xu Qingyan's eyes fell on Tang Zheng who was still sleeping beside him, "I will die sooner or later, but I will never die before him!"
Hearing Xu Qingyan's firm words, which at first glance sounded like the words spoken by Tang Zheng's sworn enemy, Instructor Zou slowly lowered the sword in his hand.
"Okay, I still can't trust you completely, but let's wait until Tang Zheng wakes up before we talk about everything." Instructor Zou put away his sword and said.
Xu Qingyan nodded, said nothing, and looked towards the door of the tent.
At this time, other instructors also sensed the unusual situation at Yisuli Academy, and rushed to the door of Tang Zheng's tent. They walked in without even saying hello.
The small tent was soon packed with instructors.
The instructors surrounded Xu Qingyan, the only person who was awake and not an instructor, in the middle of the tent. Everyone stared at him with scrutiny and puzzled eyes.
The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became solemn.
"Instructor Zou, who is this?" Qin Wuyang was the first to ask a question, his voice already a little unstable.
As the chief instructor of this trip to Qinling Academy, this sudden strange incident made him like a temporarily sealed powder keg that could explode at any time.
This matter is really too big.
It is so great that no one can afford the loss of so many geniuses and hopes for the future of humanity who suddenly die.
Qin Wuyang was trying his best to calm himself down. Now, the only clue finally appeared. He wished he could get into Xu Qingyan's mind and search through it to see if he could find a way to rescue the other students.
"He..." Instructor Zou paused after hearing Qin Wuyang's words. He couldn't figure out how to describe Xu Qingyan's identity for a moment.
"I am Tang Zheng's retainer." Before Instructor Zou could speak, Xu Qingyan took the initiative to answer, as if he was talking about something very ordinary.
Retainer?
When all the instructors heard Xu Qingyan addressing them, they were stunned.
With their eyesight, they could naturally see that Xu Qingyan already possessed the strength of the peak three stars, and judging from his age, he was not much older than Tang Zheng.
With such talent and strength, he is definitely a warrior with a bright future.
As for warriors with such prospects, even in good aristocratic families, except for extremely special circumstances and reasons, most people cannot accept the complete belonging and even slightly humiliating status of a family's retainers.
However, the young warrior in front of him blurted out the answer without any psychological barriers...
Besides, Tang Zheng was not even a son of an aristocratic family. He was just a student from the countryside who studied at a frontier academy.
The relationship between these two people is really intriguing.
However, now, no one is willing to spend more time on such trivial matters. The most important thing is to quickly find out from him, the only awake warrior below four stars, whether they can find any clues to rescue other students.
"Why did you wake up?" Wen Yuanling asked anxiously.
Although her words were somewhat rude and offensive, no instructor felt that they were inappropriate - as an instructor, in order to save the lives of those geniuses, all worldly etiquette and moral character were no longer important at this moment.
"I don't know why I woke up." Xu Qingyan shook his head.
Seeing that he looked frank and his answers did not seem false, the instructors couldn't help but reveal expressions of extreme disappointment on their faces.
"But I know why they can't wake up." Xu Qingyan continued speaking slowly.
"Tell us quickly, what's going on?" Almost everyone asked in unison.
"The demon clan, the secret technique of the Dream Mirage demon clan, the nightmare magic realm." Xu Qingyan said without any emotion, as if the nightmare magic realm of the Dream Mirage demon clan was just a legend that had nothing to do with their current situation and existed only in a pile of old papers.
After hearing Xu Qingyan's answer, most of the instructors present were puzzled and doubtful, only Qin Wuyang, Wen Yuanling and Yun Jiner's expressions changed drastically.
"No, it's impossible, you are definitely lying... How could you know about the Nightmare Realm? The secret techniques of the Nightmare Realm were destroyed by our human race long ago, and it is absolutely impossible to reproduce!" Wen Yuanling's face had completely lost all color, and she looked like she was possessed by a ghost. She screamed in retort.
The others looked at the reactions of Wen Yuanling and the others, and became even more uneasy and confused: "Miracle Demon Clan, how come I have never heard of this demon clan? What is the Nightmare Demon Realm?"
Yun Jin'er shook her head and smiled bitterly. "The Dream Mirage Clan is a very rare clan. However, it is rumored that those who can cultivate to six stars or above can cultivate the secret method of the Nightmare Realm according to their bloodline talents. They can invade the dreams of warriors without their knowledge and kill people invisibly. According to unofficial historical records, before the establishment of the Purple Gold Empire, there was a seven-star Dream Mirage Monster. In a battle, it used this secret method to wipe out an entire human army of more than 10,000 people overnight, including a six-star peak warrior, several five-star warriors, and a large number of three-star and four-star warriors. In this battle, the monster clan was unscathed..."
After hearing Yun Jin'er's description, all the instructors' faces turned pale: "There is such a terrifying demon race? How can the human race resist..."
“Although the Dream Mirage Clan is powerful, it is difficult for them to reproduce and cultivate. It is extremely difficult to cultivate to above six stars. Even during the Purple Gold War, there were not many monsters who successfully cultivated the Nightmare Demon Realm. Moreover, after that battle, the human race felt deeply the horror of this monster clan. The Purple Gold Emperor and the founder of Shadow Mountain formulated a series of plans to penetrate deep into the enemy’s rear and slayed all the Dream Mirage Clan long ago. The Nightmare Demon Realm has become a legend that no longer exists in this world!”
Qin Wuyang shook his head and walked towards Xu Qingyan step by step while speaking. Suddenly, the star power flowed, and the whole person was like a tiger that was ready to eat its prey. He used the star power to completely suppress Xu Qingyan on the spot, staring into Xu Qingyan's eyes, and said word by word: "So, you are a spy of the demon clan, right? All of this is your fault, right?! You even tried to fool us with a rumor that has long disappeared in history. You are so bold!"
