“Then what do we do?” I asked Bai Qingcheng.
“You… wander around casually. Be back by ten o’clock.”
“Do you think the Miao King will still come?” I asked.
“He will,” Bai Qingcheng said with certainty. “A Yuwen Chengdu is worth the risk for him.”
I checked my watch. After all the digging and commotion, it was already seven-thirty in the evening, and we hadn't eaten. After asking a young teacher, we walked to the Yangzhou University cafeteria. The cafeteria was quite large, but we didn’t eat in the main hall as we wanted to chat. Instead, we chose a small stir-fry restaurant nearby. We ordered some simple dishes and ate while discussing the Miao King’s strength.
Xu Ran, who had lived in Jiangnan for a long time, had the most detailed understanding of the Miao King and the Chiyou organization. She told us that the Chiyou organization's greatest strength wasn't their team of over a hundred Purple Qi human experts, but the Mountain Sea demon race behind them. In recent years, to prepare for war, the Miao King had brought almost all the Mountain Sea demons in the entire Jiangnan region under his command. The Miao King himself was a degenerate who practiced Yin-Yang dual cultivation, and his demon subordinates were even worse, being outright depraved. This was why the rate of missing persons in the southern regions had always been higher than in the north.
A great battle seemed inevitable, but everyone appeared to be in good spirits. Especially Di Anna and Daji, who didn't fear the Miao King at all. Daji even boasted that as long as it wasn't an ancient great demon like Yuwen Chengdu, few demons on the surface of Yanxia today could last ten rounds with her. Moreover, her demon core had been further strengthened, making it difficult for even Bai Qingcheng to defeat her.
Di Anna was even more formidable, her strength subtly surpassing Daji's.
Although Xu Ran and Shao Chen didn't have as high a Qi level, they were not intimidated either. Whether they could defeat the Miao King or not was another matter, but they could at least ensure their own safety.
“But you shouldn’t overlook one factor,” Yaoyao reminded them. “Longyue.”
“Yes, although the intelligence Sha Biya received indicated that the Miao King intended to revive Yuwen Chengdu, Longyue’s Mohe group has been closely associating with the Chiyou organization recently, seemingly merging into a single force.”
However, for safety reasons, Bingbing and I, as Yin Officials, would not be participating in the battlefield. Yaoyao instructed us to hide in the teacher's apartments and ensure our safety.
At nine o’clock, after finishing our meal, we returned to Building 26. Yaoyao and the others were waiting on a bench by the lake. Bingbing and I entered the apartment. I activated my Qi Sensing technique. The three Purple Qi experts were on the third floor. To facilitate my escape, I deliberately avoided them and chose a room on the second floor.
Bai Qingcheng was insistent on not organizing an evacuation of the scene. I wondered what her plan was. Wasn't she afraid that if a fight broke out, something like Longyue’s “Buddha’s Palm” would happen and endanger innocent civilians?
Even if no one was injured, if so many top experts fought, and if the scenes were recorded and uploaded online, it would likely cause an uproar.
The apartment had an outdoor corridor facing the artificial lake. Therefore, Bingbing and I didn’t need to enter the teachers’ dormitories. Bingbing used facial recognition to borrow two chairs, and we sat in the corridor. Looking down from the windowsill, a thoughtful male teacher even brought us a packet of sunflower seeds. However, upon seeing me beside Bingbing, he immediately became displeased. He had originally brought two packets but only gave Bingbing one, keeping the other. How stingy.
Everything was peaceful and quiet until 9:55 PM. There was no movement around us. Bingbing and I had been taking turns using our Qi Sensing technique to scout, and we were getting sleepy.
Five minutes later, at exactly ten o’clock, nothing happened as usual. It was just that two female teachers, who seemed to be returning from outside the campus, were talking to Yaoyao and the others as they passed the pit. They were quite good-looking. Sha Biya's comrade from Yangzhou took the initiative to explain and exchanged a few words with them. The two teachers left, but they didn't enter the apartment. Instead, they circled the pit, looked around, and then returned. They were probably school staff members inquiring about why there was a pit dug by the lake.
I stood up from my chair and stretched. “It seems we waited in vain tonight.”
We waited for another ten minutes. There was still no movement in my Qi Sensing vision. Just as I was about to go downstairs to meet up with them, I saw Yaoyao stand up from her chair and quickly run to Bai Qingcheng, who was standing by the lake. She whispered a few words to her.
Bai Qingcheng and the other person immediately rushed to the edge of the large pit and jumped in one after another. Since the pit wasn’t deep, I could see their movements even with the limited light. They were digging with their bare hands, and the others also gathered around.