The Distinguished Cute Master

s head as he said, “That won’t happen……back when the bloodthirsty witherbark was rampant, the Emperor had used Xuanwu Divination and Gravitational Fire to mark all the witherbark and seeds before destroying all of them.
Since this wasn’t destroyed, it must’ve mutated, which was how it’d escaped.”

He continued, “Back then, there were indeed people who could use the witherbark to harm others after cultivating a secret method, but the one in your hand is definitely an exception because the withered tree can produce a hundred seeds a year and the seeds grow very quickly, boring into any living thing it comes across.
If even one witherbark evolves into a withered tree, the Empire would’ve long become a mess.”

“So, I’m guessing that the person you killed probably obtained this witherbark’s mutated seed and the secret method to control it by chance, and you’re probably the first person he used it on, and also the only one.”

Yuan Chu understood the gist of it, “That is to say that the one on my hand is probably a mutated witherbark, and also the only existing witherbark?”

Venerable Li nodded, “That’s highly possible.”

Something flashed in Yuan Chu’s mind, and she suddenly understood why Mu Qinghan had jumped into the Transformation Pool in her last life.

Firstly, he was probably seeking a new life and secondly, it was very likely that the witherbark had already taken over his entire body and to stop it from maturing and plunging the people into an abyss of misery, he had chosen to jump into the Transformation Pool to end all his troubles.

At this thought, Yuan Chu suddenly felt quite distressed.
The one and only mutated witherbark was now on her, was she done for?

Ye Chenyuan immediately made up his mind.

“Master, I’ll pick out a root from your hand right now, can I?”

Yuan Chu looked at her hand, “Do it, I’m not afraid!”

This matter has to be resolved as quickly as possible.
Every day that it isn’t removed is a hidden danger.

But it was at this moment that someone suddenly arrived.

That person was dressed in a gold and red uniform.
It was someone from the Elite Chamber?

With a “bang” Yuan Chu transformed into Mu Qingge’s appearance and Venerable Li returned into Ye Chenyuan’s sea of consciousness.
Yuan Chu realised that she knew who had come, it was Hong Qiao.

“Why are you here?” Yuan Chu walked over and asked.

Hong Qiao first glance at Ye Chenyuan.
This person, although he was all smiles, but ever since she got here, she’d been feeling a strange pressure from him.

However, she had to get down to business, so she said to Yuan Chu, “Qingge, I’d previously gone to the outer academy to look for you but you weren’t there so I came here……”

Life in the academy was very free.
As long as they’re able to pass the assessments, the academy didn’t care if they cut class to do something else.

Yuan Chu said a little sheepishly, “I’d accidentally overslept, what’s up?”

Hearing this, Hong Qiao said rather excitedly, “The person who had switched tokens with you, that Li Xuanzhi, the academy has finally found him!”

“So fast?” Yuan Chu raised a brow slightly.

Hong Qiao nodded, “That’s right! That Li Xuanzhi didn’t want to admit it initially, saying that he was also at the small mystic realm and his token wasn’t switched but the teachers questioned every Elite Chamber student and no one had seen him in the mystic realm.
Instead, there were people from the outer academy’s low level mystic realm who had seen him, and it was only then that he admitted to switching tokens with you who was from the outer academy……the academy now knows that your cultivation is at late stage Golden Core.
They’re all very surprised and have asked me to bring you there.”

Saying this, she was about to lead Yuan Chu away when she was stopped by a slender hand.

Hong Qiao didn’t even see how Ye Chenyuan had moved, but Yuan Chu’s hand was already grasped in his.
He smiled, “I’ll come along.”

“That……won’t be too good right?” Hong Qiao instinctively replied.