"Please restrain your aura. She's with me." Han Bingling stepped forward and released her aura to protect Yun Lingwei. She looked at the two academy elders calmly, but there was a layer of coldness in her eyes.
The two academy elders glanced at Han Bingling with a surprise and then retracted their auras. "It turns out to be Palace Master Han. Please forgive my rudeness. However, we can't allow anyone to approach the entrance."
Han Bingling nodded. "I understand. It is your duty. However, the current situation is entirely different from the previous years. We should do something to bring all the participants back." She then introduced Yun Lingwei. "She's proficient in the formation art. Please let her take a look. Maybe she could do something about it."
The two academy elders frowned and glanced at Yun Lingwei in doubt. From their judgments, Yun Lingwei was around sixty years old, and her strength was only at the peak of Origin Profound Realm. How strong her formation art could be?
While the two academy elders were in a dilemma, suddenly, a male voice could be heard from a distance. "Heh, are you trying to interfere with our academy's matter, Palace Master Han?"
Following that, a middle-aged man in his forties descended from above and landed a few steps away from Han Bingling. This person had an angular face and slightly narrowed eyes, making him look shrewd. His hair was tied neatly. It was hard to believe his actual age was already more than nine hundred years.
Han Bingling's pupils shrank slightly. With a charming smile, she said. "I think using the word 'interfere' is too absurd. I'm just giving a suggestion. If all the participants encounter mishaps, the academy's reputation might be affected. Don't you think so, Vice-Principal Peng?"
The middle-aged man was no other than Peng Haoye. Hearing Han Bingling said, he smiled faintly and replied. "Thank you for your concern, Palace Master Han. Please reassure. Our academy naturally wouldn't let any participant suffer." He then squinted his eyes at Yun Lingwei and said. "Even so, we cannot let anyone with an unknown origin go near the entrance. You should go back."
Yun Lingwei was so angry, but she wasn't stupid. This person's strength was probably on par with Han Bingling. If she insisted further, he would definitely use this chance to kill her.
Yun Lingwei snorted coldly and stepped back. Her gaze swept on the formation around the entrance briefly and left the scene. No one knew. She had already remembered the formation diagram with just a glance and was thinking of a way to open it.
Peng Haoye's eyes narrowed as he looked at the departing Yun Lingwei. He had obviously noticed her Spiritual Sense sweeping past the formation. Look like this chubby woman had something in her mind.
Han Bingling said. "It seems Vice-Principal Peng has a solution already. Do you mind telling us?" She glanced at the surrounding crowd and said. "After all, you should give a genuine reassurance to them, not merely an empty word. Don't you think so?"
A cold glint flashed across Peng Haoye's eyes shortly. He smiled amiably and turned to the crowd. "I know all of you are worried about your children. Please believe me. Our academy is currently doing our best to rescue them. Additionally, we will give all of you satisfactory compensation when the incident is over. As for how we are going to do, our Principal will come to tell you personally."
The crowd glanced at each other and gradually calmed down. They seemed to be satisfied with Peng Haoye's explanation.
Han Bingling was almost scolded Peng Haoye for being shameless. This bastard obviously had no idea how to rescue the participants and tossed this pot to Principal Tian while he tried to gain some faces here as he was the first upper-echelon person to appear at the scene.
Seeing the crowd calmed down, Peng Haoye nodded his head in satisfaction. He turned to Han Bingling and said. "I think we won't waste Palace Master Han's time anymore. Please leave this matter to us."
Hearing the obvious meaning behind Peng Haoye's words, Han Bingling's complexion did not change in the slightest. She smiled faintly and asked. "Before leaving, I want to ask Vice-Principal Peng a question. I wonder if you can clarify the relationship between the junior of your clan and the Poison Valley's member name Yin Fei? I think everyone has seen it clearly. They are in the same group. Could it be the Peng clan has long colluded with them?"
The expressions of everyone nearby changed drastically. Except for some of them, the rest didn't know the Peng clan was related to Poison Valley. They were extremely shocked by Han Bingling's statement.
Surprisingly, Peng Haoye remained calm and composed, and there was even a faint smile hung on his lips. It was as though he had expected this question to come a long time ago.
"I don't know what Palace Master Han is talking about. As everyone knows, I had detached from my clan a long time ago. What they are doing has nothing to do with me. As for the person you are talking about, I will certainly investigate him… Who knows, perhaps someone is trying to frame me." Peng Haoye answered nonchalantly.
"From what I know, you've secretly interacted with your clansmen recently. Do you still deny you have nothing to do with your clan?" Han Bingling asked.
"Palace Master Han. You must speak with evidence." Peng Haoye said sternly. "If you are so confident, why don't you show everyone here the evidence you have?"
Han Bingling went silent immediately. It wasn't because she didn't have evidence, but it was inconvenient to take it out at the moment.
"Why are you silent all of a sudden?" Seeing she became like this, Peng Haoye's face grew sterner.. "Can I treat this as you are slandering me?… Honestly, I am so disappointed in you. You are a dignified Frozen Moon Palace Master, yet you stoop so low to commit such a low-level action by publicly framing me… I am truly wondering, how did you get the position? Don't tell me, you are using a kind of underhand method?"