The Great Seminary

Chapter 233 This method is excellent (Part 2)

The dishes were delicacies from land and sea, and the wine was a fine vintage.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

After eating and drinking their fill, the students of Xianhezhai stopped eating.

Although she gave the seat of honor, where she was supposed to pay, to her sister, Zhen Shijing acted like the hostess throughout the meal, her long sleeves of her Taoist robe fluttering...
"Have you all had your meal?"

This was just a polite, customary remark.

Even if you haven't eaten well, if the host asks, any polite guest will nod and thank them, saying that they've eaten enough.

But Xu Bolan said with a grin, "I'm still a little hungry."

Xu Hong, who was standing nearby, knew he was up to no good and quickly stopped him:
"I'm full, I'm full. Junior Sister Zhen treated me to a very lavish meal. It was just a joke."

Seeing the look Xu Hong gave him, Xu Bolan pointed to his friend and, without losing his smile, changed his tune:
"It was a joke. Thank you for the banquet, Junior Sister Zhen. I am indeed full."

"That's good."

Zhen Shijing's expression suddenly turned stern and resolute, and she abruptly swept the wine cup on the table to the ground.

Then divine power descended upon the mortal realm!

Xu Bolan, who had just finished his witty banter, was the first to feel his hands, feet, and head being bound by five invisible forces and slowly pulled outwards.

"What, what, what is this...?"

After uttering a few words in horror, his neck was stretched so long that he could no longer speak.

A slight 'crackling' sound began to emanate from my spine.

If a great force were to snap the neck, it wouldn't be too painful.

Because there was no time to react, everything was already over.

But this kind of torture, tearing apart limbs and head bit by bit, is incredibly terrifying.

And just like lifting a heavy object inch by inch with ease, it is actually ten times more difficult than lifting it overhead in one go.

Xu Bolan is also an eighth-rank Qi cultivator at the "Ding Shang" level.

At this moment, he overdraws his foundation, exerting all his strength to unleash blood-stained Qi from every pore of his body.

Intending to break free from the invisible shackles that bind one, one can only feel emptiness.

Apart from Xu Bolan, everyone at the table, including the Zhen sisters and even Sun Chonghe, were like lambs to the slaughter, their heads and limbs held captive by that invisible force.

It was Zhen Shijing who realized something was wrong and saved half of her classmates by waving her hand.

She breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that she hadn't made a serious mistake out of nowhere, but inwardly she thought angrily:

"Zhang Gui has met Chong He before, why would he lay a hand on her?"

"Isn't this just plain stupid? They even dare to mess with Mr. Huaihe's own granddaughter..."

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Her gaze drifted to the window, where she saw a person in the distance quietly looking at her.

A thousand sails passed by, pedestrians thronged the streets, and exotic animals and rare treasures were everywhere... All of this was weaving together a magnificent scene of prosperity and abundance!

That person stood quietly, as if he were an independent being between heaven and earth, outside the mortal world.

"Transcending the Three Realms, and outside the Five Elements!"

For some reason, this verse, specifically used to describe ancient extraterrestrial demons, flashed through Zhen Shijing's mind, and she guessed Zhang Gui's most likely thought.
"He's not stupid, he just doesn't care."

Since Mr. Huaihe has betrayed him, what does it matter if he kills one of his own granddaughters?

Renowned throughout the land, what will become of a second-rank 'Great Yi' expert!

Just then, a series of 'sizzling, sizzling...' ear-piercing sounds rang out alternately.

The heads and limbs of Xu Hong, Xu Bolan, Guo Anjing, and others finally succumbed to the torment and left their bodies.

In an instant, blood was everywhere, and heads rolled around.

Zhen Shijing snapped out of her daze and looked back at the horrific scene behind her.

When I subconsciously looked at Zhang Gui again, I found that he no longer gave off that 'extraordinary and otherworldly' impression.

Instead, he was smoking a cigar in one hand and holding a Western-style wine glass in the other, making a celebratory gesture. "This kind of person is either crazy, or truly extraordinary and extremely self-important."

But Zhang Gui is definitely not a madman, so it must be the latter without a doubt.

My sister's choice was definitely the best!

Zhen Shijing, you'll never choose correctly, and you'll never win against her…

A thought suddenly popped into Zhen Shijing's mind, but she quickly suppressed it.

At this moment, Sun Chonghe, his face deathly pale, quietly approached her and whispered in her ear:
"Shijing, this must have been made by you sisters."

Fortunately, they only used some children from poor families to establish their authority.

Moreover, Xu Hong was like a toad lusting after a swan, harboring wicked thoughts towards Ci Yun and mistaking her modesty for affection.

As a result, many poor students have begun to look down on your 'Huayu Zhen Family,' which is truly despicable.

However, this kind of thing should never be done twice, otherwise it will be difficult to handle.

“I know, Okitsuru.”

Even a fool could see something was amiss in this situation, so Zhen Shijing, who hadn't intended to hide it in the first place, readily agreed.
"I'm truly sorry this time, but the powerful individual who made the move had a somewhat..."

"No need to say anything, I wasn't even hurt in the slightest, why are you blaming yourself?"

However, the powerful figure who made the move this time was truly unfathomable. Every gesture he made resonated with the power of heaven and earth, and he captured me in an instant.

I was just anxious at the time, and then you saved me, so I didn't feel much for a while.

But looking back now, that feeling of having one's life and death completely in one's own hands is truly terrifying.

"Can't you even spit out the sword pellet from your new achievement?"

"It was suppressed immediately; truly the work of a great sorcerer."...

After Zhang Gui's 'territorial divine authority' was upgraded to 'powerful divine authority', it broke through the constraint that divine authority could only be exercised in earthly divine kingdoms.

Of course, after leaving the earthly divine kingdom, the amount of 'real and virtual' he needed to expend to use divine authority was ten times greater than the amount of divine power he could mobilize.

Using it in practice would be far more trouble than it's worth.

However, because Zhang Gui once used the element of 'capital' as a foundation to leverage the power of 'judicial' authority, the element of 'rule of law' was derived.

And they mastered the first element of the rule, 'punishment'.

This granted him the ability, in the realm of mystery, to 'control the subjects of all nations with the laws of all nations'.

In other words, Zhang Gui was able to treat the Ming-Song State's "Great Edict" as his own law, and use it in conjunction with powerful divine authority to punish the people of the Ming-Song State.

It was precisely because of this that, from such a great distance, they were able to burn a massive amount of 'illusion and reality' to exert divine power and silently execute Xu Hong, Guo Anjing, and others.

After this incident, the reputation of the Zhen family in 'Xianhezhai' became extremely negative.

However, when the sisters Zhen Ciyun and Zhen Shijing were mentioned again, there was no trace of sarcasm in their tone.

Whether it was the teachers of 'Xianhezhai' or the nobles of the Yuanshan Criminal Justice Bureau.

After learning the underlying reasons for the deaths of Xu Hong, Guo Anjing, and others, they all ceased their actions and took no further action.

There were even rumors that a nobleman from Yuanshan said in public,

"That Zhen family of Huayu is an ancient family that can raise 'Hualong' from carp and weave Hualong cavalry."

Such a noble woman was coveted by a scholar whose ancestors three generations ago were still lowly farmers, and who himself had not borne a single lamb to the slaughter.

Are we supposed to keep him alive if we don't kill him?

If you ask me, it was good that he was killed, it was the right thing to do.

If my daughter encountered such an arrogant and ignorant person, he would be dead too!

And so, not long after, this horrific murder case quietly turned the page.

As time went by, the classmates' views on the Huayu Zhen family gradually returned to normal.

But without realizing it, my attitude became much more upright.

(End of this chapter)