“Move!” The moment Hong Wuya took his last breath, Han Bingling’s figure promptly appeared above the Starry Mountain. Her eyes shone with deep blue light, and a chilling aura instantly filled the entire space.
Nangong Xi and others were swept away by a bone-chilling wind, but they weren’t angry as they stared at Hong Wuya’s body, which was gradually turning into an ice sculpture in shock.
Han Bingling landed beside Hong Wuya and stared at him for a while before heaving a sigh of relief. “Thankfully, I’m not late.”
As she finished her sentence, her face immediately turned incomparably cold. She swept her gaze over several academy elders and finally landed on a long-faced old man. This person’s name was Xie Xingzhao, the Starlight Hall’s deputy hall master.
Since Xie Yuan, the previous hall master, was killed by Divine Phoenix for being a busybody, the Starlight Hall was gradually declining. Its ranking fell from the fifth rank to the seventh rank now.
“It was you.” Han Bingling said icily. Her eyes turned sharp, overflowing with incomparably cold killing intent that caused everyone in this place to chill from head to toe.
Xie Xingzhao’s expression changed slightly but soon calmed down. His face was filled with confusion as he asked. “I don’t understand what Palace Master Han means?”
On the side, Lin Taixu looked at Han Bingling with a frown. He didn’t understand why she picked Xie Xingzhao all of a sudden.
“Don’t understand? It doesn’t matter.” Han Bingling sneered. A bone-freezing ray of light shot out of her body at indescribable speed toward Xie Xingzhao.
Even though Xie Xingzhao had prepared for this, he still couldn’t react in time and was instantly hit by the light. In the next moment, he felt his entire body, including his soul, begin to freeze without any chance to resist. Within two seconds, he had become an ice sculpture, standing tall on the ground where he was.
“What do you mean by this, Palace Master Han?” Lin Taixu recovered from the initial shock and turned to look at Han Bingling gloomily. He couldn’t believe Han Bingling dared to attack someone under his watch.
“Vice-Principal Lin, you’ve failed your duty time after time. I think you should step down and let others do this job.” Han Bingling said coldly. Today, she was completely different from her usual self. She wasn’t even polite to Lin Taixu as she did before.
“You!” Lin Taixu’s face instantly turned red from anger. Han Bingling wouldn’t dare to express this attitude to him on peaceful days, but now, she tore his face without caring. How could he remain calm?
“The academy has an observing formation, yet you didn’t even try to use it until now. Honestly, I’m starting to suspect you’ve colluded with them.” Han Bingling said further.
Lin Taixu’s expression was gloomy. “Watch your word, Palace Master Han. Do not slander me without evidence. I didn’t use the formation until now because I am waiting for approval from Principal Tian. You should know that this formation is breaking people’s privacy. It cannot be used indiscriminately.”
His eyes narrowed as he said further. “You should give me an explanation first. Why did you attack Elder Xie?”
Han Bingling curled her lips and tossed a profound imaginary stone to Lin Taixu. The latter caught it and looked at the content inside.
A few breaths later, Lin Taixu’s expression became extremely unsightly. He glanced at Xie Xingzhen in a fury. “Outrageous! He actually dared to do this!”
His words aroused everyone’s curiosity. They wanted to know what the content inside the imaginary stone was to make Lin Taixu furious like this.
Lin Taixu took a deep breath and turned to Han Bingling. “Although this matter is our academy’s responsibility, I will leave him to Palace Master Han.”
Han Bingling nodded and said nothing more. She briefly looked at Hong Wuya’s ice sculpture and turned to Nangong Xi. “I’ll take him away.”
Nangong Xi suppressed the grief in her heart and asked expectantly. “Palace Master Han, would he….”
“There’s a slim chance to bring him back. His soul hasn’t completely dissipated yet. However, I’m afraid it may be against his will.” Han Bingling said with a serious expression. Hong Wuya was willing to sacrifice his life in order to help the Northern Continent. She didn’t want him to leave like that. At least, not until he could avenge his wife.
Nangong Xi became excited and hurriedly grabbed Han Bingling’s hands. “Thank you, Palace Master Han. Thank you!”
Han Bingling’s brows raised slightly as she discovered an object was stuffed into her hand. She immediately realized this should be something Hong Wuya left behind. After knowing this, she gently patted Nangong Xi and said softly. “This is what I should do.”
Nangong Xi took a deep breath and turned to Xie Xingzhen. “What are you planning to do with him?” With Han Bingling’s reaction, she naturally understood that Xie Xingzhen was the culprit who made the strike on the Starry Mountain earlier. She couldn’t wait to shatter him into pieces right now.
“He still has some values. Don’t worry, I will give him to you later.” Han Bingling said calmly.
Nangong Xi nodded her head and turned to look at Bai Yun. “Bring everyone to my place. This place is not safe anymore.”
Bai Yun nodded his head forcefully and brought Lan Shuiying and others to Nangong Xi’s place. Although they didn’t know whether their master could be brought back from death as Han Bingling claimed, they were willing to believe it and waited for him.
Watching Nangong Xie and Bai Yun’s group leaving, Han Bingling said to Lin Taixu. “I’ll take some people from the Starlight Hall away. Do you have any objection?”
Lin Taixu was uncomfortable being treated like this by Han Bingling, but he knew the current situation was already beyond him. He replied indifferently. “Certainly. However, you must not harm innocent people.”
Han Bingling let out cold laughter and disappeared from the place with Xie Xingzhao.
Seeing Han Bingling had left, the academy elders in the scene couldn’t help asking. “What’s going on, Vice Principal Lin?”
Lin Taixu’s eyes flashed with a cold glint as he replied. “He is colluding with Poison Valley.”
“What!?” The academy elders immediately exclaimed in unison..
