Fairy Eye

"As you can see, Steward, this man in black died in my room. Murdering a fellow disciple is a grave crime, and I dare not conceal it. I had no choice but to ask you to come and see for yourself."

Han Lin stared calmly at the corpse on the ground, as if he were recounting something trivial.

"This is Xu Xian!" Liang Yiqiu leaned closer, examined him carefully, and frowned deeply.

"You mean, he broke into your place in the middle of the night, set up a soundproof barrier outside, and tried to kill you?"

"Yes, I was practicing talisman making at the time..." Han Lin recounted the events to Liang Yiqiu in general terms, without hiding anything.

"Why would he want to kill you? Did you have a grudge against him?" Liang Yiqiu asked with a puzzled look, without blaming Han Lin.

"It seems not." Han Lin shook his head. "I've never seen him before."

"However, since this happened after the announcement was issued, there are some things worth considering..."

"You mean, some people feel that your sudden rise to prominence has had an impact on them?"

"I'm just guessing," Han Lin nodded, not denying it.

With one hand behind his back, Liang Yiqiu walked around Han Lin's room, looking around to make sure the scene wasn't staged, before returning to Han Lin.

"I understand the matter. Do not move anything at the scene. I will report it to the Enforcement Hall tomorrow."

"Report to the Enforcement Hall?"

"If he were just an ordinary disciple, I would have taken care of this matter for you. But Xu Xian is, after all, a mid-level disciple, and he is at the sixth level of Qi Refining. The sect has invested a lot of resources in him, so I don't have the right to make a decision on his own."

Liang Yiqiu nodded and said, "But don't worry, if this is really as you say, there will absolutely be no problem! It's just a formality."

"Alright." Seeing that the other party said that, Han Lin didn't say anything more.

Liang Yiqiu reassured Han Lin a few more times, telling him not to worry, before turning and leaving.

Back home, the more he thought about it, the more important the matter seemed. So he used a communication talisman to relay the information to the Sixth Elder, Ji Bai.

Hopefully, given Han Lin's exceptional talent in talismanic arts, Ji Bai will give Han Lin some special treatment.

However, no reply was received.

The next morning, just as Han Lin got up, a round-faced old man in a golden robe and a middle-aged man in a scholar's robe walked in.

Han Lin was startled upon seeing this and quickly stepped forward to pay his respects: "Junior Han Lin greets Senior Hong."

He thought the Enforcement Hall was just going through the motions, but he didn't expect the Hall Master to come in person.

"It's you, kid!"

Hong Yun was stunned the moment she saw Han Lin.

"Senior, you... know each other?" Liang Yiqiu asked in surprise.

"Hehe, there is indeed some kind of fate between us."

Hong Yun's stern face revealed a faint smile as he stared at Han Lin, looking him up and down. "Tsk tsk, you really surprised me, kid. In just two or three years, you've gone from the second level of Qi Refining to the sixth level, and you've even become a mid-level disciple of the Talisman Academy."

"Senior Hong, you flatter me. I was just a bit lucky," Han Linqian said with a smile, his head slightly bowed.

"Hehe, luck is also part of skill!" Hong Yun said, while staring at Han Lin's room. "Kid Han, you didn't tamper with this place, did you?"

"No, I just slept in bed last night, and everything else is exactly the same," Han Lin quickly replied.

"Okay, that's good." Hong Yun stopped talking and started walking around the room.

Sometimes it touches it, sometimes it smells it, and sometimes it stares at a certain spot and examines it carefully.

When Liang Yiqiu saw that Han Lin and Hong Yun actually knew each other and seemed to have a good relationship, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, Hong Yun walked to Xu Xian's body, examined it carefully, and nodded.

"Okay, no problem."

"Xu Xian broke into someone else's house in the middle of the night, intending to kill his fellow disciple but failed and was killed on the spot. You acted in self-defense and have not committed any crime. Let's leave it at that."

With that, he put the body away: "I'll take this body with me."

"Thank you, Senior Xie Hong, for upholding justice for me!" Han Lin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and bowed with clasped hands.

"Haha, no need to be so polite, it's just my duty."

Hong Yun waved his hand with a smile, glanced at Liang Yiqiu, and said, "But speaking of which, if it weren't for Liang Yiqiu personally sending me a message saying that there was a very important case that required my personal attention, I wouldn't have bothered to make this trip."

"I'm sorry to have bothered you, sir," Liang Yiqiu said with a dry laugh and a deep bow.

"It's nothing, you all go ahead with your work. I'll head back now." Hong Yun waved with a smile, then stepped out and rode a streak of sword light, disappearing into the horizon.

Han Lin and Liang Yiqiu stood side by side outside the door, looking at the empty sky, both of them unable to hide their envy.

A Foundation Establishment expert.

When will I be able to have such style?

Liang Yiqiu withdrew his gaze and said, "Han Lin, everything's settled. Now you can focus on preparing for the certification exam. Don't worry about anything else. I'll warn those with ill intentions! If you're really worried, I can move in with you, but I'm afraid it might disturb you..."

"No need for that, thank you for your concern, Steward!" Han Lin said sincerely.

"It's alright. You're the darling of my Talisman Academy, nothing can happen to you."

Here's a top-grade talisman I have; take it for self-defense.

Liang Yiqiu thought for a moment, then took out a red talisman containing terrifying spiritual power and handed it to Han Lin.

Top-grade spirit talismans are something even those at the peak of Qi Refining are wary of.

If used properly, it could kill a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator in one strike.

Among the disciples of the Talisman Academy, the one with the highest cultivation level was only at the late stage of Qi Refining.

This is enough to show that Liang Yiqiu was willing to let those with ill intentions pay the price with their lives in order to protect Han Lin.

Han Lin was deeply moved, but he did not refuse Liang Yiqiu's kindness, because he was not sure if there were any stronger people who came to harm him.

After seeing Liang Yiqiu off, he returned to his room, carefully cleaned up the scene, closed the door, and once again immersed himself in practicing spells and making talismans.

As for the success rate, it didn't seem to be much different from when he made the Golden Knife Talisman before, still maintaining around 25%, which reassured him a lot.

Meanwhile, after returning, Liang Yiqiu personally found the nine senior disciples and warned them in an extremely stern tone without any mercy.

Eight of them only learned at this moment that someone had attempted to assassinate Han Lin last night, and had even been killed in the process.

Only Zou Xing felt a jolt in his heart upon hearing this.

He cursed Xu Xian inwardly, calling him a piece of trash who could be killed even with a high-grade ice talisman he had provided.

Fortunately, no evidence was left behind, otherwise, I would have been in trouble too.

This incident made Zou Xing feel increasingly threatened by Han Lin.

"For Liang Yiqiu to be so concerned, could it be that that guy actually has a chance of passing the Talisman King's certification?"

"In that case, the academy master's promise that he would take me as his disciple if I held the number one spot among the academy's disciples for three consecutive years is really going to fall through...."

After Liang Yiqiu left, Zou Xing sat in the courtyard, his heart heavy with sorrow.