"Yan Jun has arrived."
"You know the students here. Basically, they won't tell anyone."
The students of the Sage Academy were mysterious. As long as they were students of the Sage Academy, there had never been a case of betrayal. It was impossible not to admire the Sage Academy's eye for choosing students.
"Yes, I believe that. I will secretly follow them later. Don't worry, they will be safe," Yan Aohan looked at Xi Muzheng. He knew what this old fox was thinking.
Xi Muzheng smiled: "With Yan Jun here, I am very at ease."
She paused for a moment: "By the way, Paipai Hall might be a stronghold of the Dark Clan. I haven't moved against them because I want to know their true purpose."
Yan Aohan frowned slightly upon hearing this: "Has the dark power risen again?"
"Almost. Now, the Happy Garden is one of the outer perimeters of the dark power. This Happy Garden is specifically designed to attract beastmen elves coming from the Lucky Forest. Once they enter, it is like moths flying into a fire, swallowed by the dark power.
But where this swallowing power is based has not yet been investigated. I can only have a few old guys keep an eye on the Happy Garden for now."
Xi Muzheng knew that it was better to be clear with Yan Aohan about some things. Yan Aohan might know something others didn't.
Yan Aohan looked at Xi Muzheng with a faint smile: "What do you want to know from me?"
"Is the Shadow of the dark power really still alive?" Xi Muzheng asked.
"Yes, alive," Yan Aohan said calmly: "As long as there are humans, darkness can never be completely extinguished. At most, we can only suppress them so they don't come out.
When human greed surpasses all reason, the Shadow will naturally resurrect. I remember the Supreme Black Emperor left a prophecy about this."
"People like the Supreme Black Emperor, we have only heard of, never seen. We don't know if this prophecy is true," Xi Muzheng smiled helplessly.
"Then I can tell you now, it is true," Yan Aohan said slowly:
"But to defeat the Shadow, it is not the job of one person, but of all humans. As long as human hearts are upright, the Shadow cannot rise."
Yan Aohan continued slowly: "That is all I can say. As for the rest, you must understand it yourself. Alright, I am going to find my wife."
Yan Aohan did not speak much more with Xi Muzheng and directly disappeared before him.
Zhu Yanyi did not know that Yan Aohan had already come. If she had known, she would have left a little later.
"We brothers and sisters, seventeen of us, rarely get out for a picnic. Should we drink some wine and tell jokes?" Mi Xiao suggested.
The Medical Elder and the Martial Elder: (⊙o⊙)…
What did he mean by "rarely get out for a picnic"? Clearly, his plan was for the Shangmo Academy competition, and now it had turned into a picnic?
But this mindset was good. At least they didn't have to worry about them being nervous before the competition.
Zhu Yanyi actually clapped her hands in agreement: "Come, come. I brought a lot of snacks, fruits, and also flower wine I made myself."
After speaking, Zhu Yanyi took out a folding table, unfolded it, and placed a lot of fruits and snacks on it first. Finally, she took out several jars of wine.
"I recently collected a lot of jasmine, honeysuckle, and platycodon. I made this jasmine wine, honeysuckle wine, and platycodon wine. Everyone taste it and see how it is," Zhu Yanyi said as she took out nearly twenty wine cups.
"Fifteen, you even brought wine cups?" Gu Jun looked at Zhu Yanyi speechlessly.
"It's rare to go out for a picnic, so of course, I need to bring everything. Fourth Senior Brother, looking at you, I know you are not someone who knows how to enjoy life," Zhu Yanyi glanced at Gu Jun with disdain.
"Fifteen is right. Old Four really doesn't know how to enjoy life," Ouyang Tianyun poured a cup of platycodon wine, took a sip, and said:
"We are going out for a competition, not to take first place. Naturally, we don't need any burden.
So, playing is first, competing is second. If we don't bring some good food and fun things, we are letting ourselves down."
After speaking, Ouyang Tianyun also took out a lot of roasted meat, roasted chicken legs, and roasted rabbit legs: "Fresh, made these past few days. Take what you want to eat."
Yi Yunfei took a rabbit leg, drank a mouthful of wine, and took a bite of meat: "Life should be like this, free and easy."
The Martial Elder laughed loudly, also taking a mouthful of wine and a bite of meat: "You children obviously know how to enjoy life more than us."
Lei Danfeng said: "Martial Elder, as cultivators, we must look at everything openly. This is what you taught us. Now we are just executing it."
"Well said. As cultivators, we indeed need to be a bit more free and easy," the Medical Elder laughed:
"You are too right. Martial Elder, you are not as transparent as these children. You should be punished with a cup of wine."
The Martial Elder laughed loudly upon hearing this, holding a chicken leg in one hand and wine in the other, eating and drinking: "Yes, yes, I should be punished with wine." After saying that, he gulped down a large cup of wine and praised the flower wine as delicious.
"You are drinking my flower wine for your punishment. That is too much. Punishment is actually letting you take advantage," Zhu Yanyi pointed out the Martial Elder's selfishness with a smile.
The Martial Elder drank the wine in his cup dry and poured another: "Little girl, how can you make fun of me? Old Wu only has this one hobby. How can you see through my selfishness?"
The Martial Elder's humorous words made everyone laugh loudly. Zhu Yanyi laughed so hard she could hardly straighten her back. This Martial Elder was really interesting.
Yi Yunfei said from the side: "Martial Elder, if you say this outside, people won't believe we know you. Otherwise, I'm afraid we will laugh until our stomachs hurt."
The Martial Elder glared at Yi Yunfei: "Another boy who doesn't know how to respect people."
Everyone chatted and laughed happily all the way. It was really interesting. Unknowingly, three days passed.
"Space teleportation is ahead. Passing through the space barrier in front, we will arrive at the plane where Shangmo Academy is located. However, it will still take four days to reach Shangmo Academy. Moreover, that is the outer perimeter. The outer perimeter is generally quite chaotic, so everyone must be careful," the Martial Elder looked ahead, not forgetting to remind his students.
Actually, the Five Elders were not worried at all that their students would act recklessly. However, it was better to make some things clear. Therefore, by saying this, it would prevent people from having too many other thoughts.
Zhu Yanyi looked at the space barrier ahead. It was similar to the one she came from the mortal world. The barrier looked unremarkable, but when passing through, there would be a slight wind, probably the space-time wind generated when breaking through the barrier.