Chapter 180: The End of Heavenly Secret Pavilion
“Fang Yuan, the princ.i.p.al has been taken away by the demons. You must bring him back, please.”
In this catastrophe, apart from the Xuan group’s teacher, Linghu Yiran, no one else had died in the battle.
Linghu Yiran was a person who was filled with hatred towards the demons. It was reckoned that the conflict between him and the demons had reached an irreconcilable state, which was why he ended up like this.
Without rest, Fang Yuan arrived at the Fallen Star Plain. The entrance to the demon world was at the back.
“Fang Yuan,” Ouyang Xinglan said, feeling troubled, “I didn’t expect you to surpa.s.s me in just a few days. As your teacher, there’s nothing else I can help you with.”
“No such thing, Teacher.” Fang Yuan was standing at the entrance to the demon world. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary cave, but any trainer with a certain level of strength could feel the spiritual fluctuations.
“After I go in, if there is any pet beasts of the demon world rushing out, I’ll still have to rely on you to stop them.”
When the demons invaded Heavenly Secret Pavilion, the princ.i.p.al had cut off the connection between the arcane realm of the pavilion and the outside world. This was to prevent them from rushing out to the outside world through the channel of the pavilion. Therefore, they could only stay in the pavilion and were unable to return to the real world.
This had made many students feel despair.
As the princ.i.p.al had said that even if they completely destroyed him, they would not be able to break this enchantment. They were all sacrifices made to seal the demons.
Not only Ouyang Xinglan and the other teachers, even Xu Fei and Su Han had the awareness to sacrifice themselves for humanity.
But now that Fang Yuan had appeared, hope was rekindled in their hearts. They were now not willing to sacrifice themselves. Humans were such strange creatures. When they saw hope, the first thing they thought of was to survive.
Before Fang Yuan entered the demon world, he suddenly remembered something.
“Oh yes, Teacher Huang Ying, when I went to Mandrake Gra.s.sland, I found a mountain there. From the outside, the mountain looks very ordinary, but when you get close, you will find a cave. Inside the cave, it is actually connected to a gra.s.s arcane realm in Seaside City.”
When the teachers talked about the arcane realm being sealed, Fang Yuan didn’t remember it. But now he remembered it when he saw the entrance to the domon world.
This would mean all the people in the arcane realm, including teachers and students, can leave Heavenly Secret Pavilion safe and sound.
“Really?” Huang Ying asked Fang Yuan incredulously. This student had so many secrets and would give him surprise every time.
Fang Yuan nodded. He asked Xiao Jin to directly print the approximate location into the minds of everyone present through a spiritual link. This was the special ability of the commander of Star Iron Gryphon Legion. It could directly change the memories of others, however, it was only effective on bird type pet beasts.
“Ji ji ji”
After many bird pet beasts were written with this memory, they began to circle in the sky excitedly, eagerly bringing the students there.
Including Su Han, all the students had left. Now, they only wanted to return to the real world and hide at home to enjoy the beauty of life.
Ouyang Xinglan, Sima Kaile, and Huang Ying, the three teachers, were unmoved. They sat quietly in front of the cave.
“Old Man Sima, do you think our Heavenly Secret Pavilion would just end?” Ouyang Xinglan’s tone seemed to have aged a lot.
“It should be, but our mission has been completed. This is enough.” Sima Kaile also gradually felt tired.
“You guys…”
Huang Ying felt that they seemed to have aged a lot, but the difference in their appearance could not be seen.
“What’s wrong with you guys?” Huang Ying himself had a similar feeling. However, he was still quite young compared to the two seniors, so it was much alleviated.
“Huang Ying, you should have felt it too, right?” Ouyang Xinglan’s pet beast, the radiant lion, had died in glory in the battle just now. Now, he was holding the lion’s pet egg and caressing it.
“Felt what?” Huang Ying didn’t know what Ouyang Xinglan was talking about.
“The order of Heavenly Secret Pavilion is changing.”
“Is that so?” Huang Ying felt his body gradually become heavy after his reminder.
The legend of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion has never been because of this arcane realm, but because Heavenly Secrets Pavilion is the arcane realm within the arcane realm.”
This sentence sounded like a tongue twister, but Huang Ying understood.
“Fang Yuan defeated Heavenly Secret Pavilion and became the first person to successfully challenge it.”
“The reason why we don’t age and die is because we have the protection of Heavenly Secret Pavilion.”
“And now, the mission of Heavenly Secret Pavilion has been completed, and his protection for us has also been lifted.”
Ouyang Xinglan shook his head with a bitter smile and asked, “Huang Ying, how many years have you lived in the arcane realm?”
“About 500 years.” Huang Ying pressed his finger on his lips and actually began to count, “Then what about you seniors…”
When Huang Ying said this, he saw Ouyang Xing Lan and Sima Kaile standing in the air like two stone statues.
“Mr. Ouyang, Mr. Sima.” Huang Ying lowered his head and let his tears flow down his hair. These two teachers had existed when Huang Ying came to Heavenly Secret Pavilion, at least 800 years ago.
However, he didn’t have time to say goodbye. He could also feel that his vitality was gradually draining away.
Huang Ying raised his hand and looked at the sun in the sky. Through the gaps of his fingers, he saw the sunlight. Although it was dazzling, he was full of hope.
“Fang Yuan, Teacher can’t accompany you to the end. You must win…”
Not long after, Xinyu, Su Han, Xu Fei, and Lin Wei actually returned.
“I don’t want to lose to that kid Fang Yuan. If he can enter the demon world, so can I.”
“Don’t try to be brave. We’ll wait for him at the gate of the demon world.”
“But isn’t there a teacher guarding there?”
Only Su Han didn’t say a word. He was the first to arrive at the gate of the demon world and saw the bodies of the four teachers.
Xin Yu immediately rushed up and wanted to hug Huang Ying’s body, but Huang Ying, keeping his smile at the sun, turned into dust in the wind.
“Teacher!!” Xinyu cried out, but was pulled back by Su Han.
“Now is not the time to be sad.”
“Su Han, you are even colder-blooded than me.” Xu Fei also felt a little uncomfortable about Ouyang Xinglan’s death. He finally understood why Sima Kaile and Teacher Ouyang were always quarreling.
Actually this was also a way to express their concerns.
“Su Han, why are you so cold-blooded?” Lin Wei also joined in and said.
Su Han raised his sword and pointed at the golden bees that surged out from the demon world’s entrance.
“Our battle is not over yet.”
“Alright, since the teachers are no longer here, let us guard this place.”
“Then you have to be even stronger.” Su Han glanced at Xu Fei while he and the mantis went up.