The God of Cataka

36

"Teacher, what made you come?" Lim Hua asked as he approached his teacher in a hurry.

"Report!" answer Bao Yu. "A bodyguard came home dying and reported that you were attacked."

The teenagers held their breath.

Tianba immediately bowed.

Shen Zhu glanced at him silently. It turns out he is! he said in his heart.

Bao Yu followed the glances of his eyes, then swung his fan again and instantly the hemp rope that bound Tianba's body was severed.

Tianba pulled up his body and bowed towards Bao Yu clumsily, "Thank you, Uncle Master Yu!"

Shen Zhu was still frozen in place, not taking part in storming his teacher like the others.

"Have come all the way here, you didn't even greet me?" grumbled Bao Yu while glaring at Shen Zhu.

Shen Zhu chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. He bowed to his teacher, greeting him. "Good, Master has arrived!"

"It's good to see you all safe!" Bao Yu jerked her fan and closed it. He turned and crossed his hands back. "Let's go home!" said. Then lead the way.

Soon, a number of guards came to meet them and released the moored horse.

A number of other bodyguards were waiting for them at the foot of the hill on their respective horses.

"It was fortunate that there were bodyguards still alive," Shen Zhu muttered after they were in the carriage with his teacher.

Tiao and Jialin were again on separate trains in an exclusive escort.

Zhen Juan and Zhang Junda were in a carriage with Tianba and Jiangwu.

"Lucky?" Bao Yu glanced towards Shen Zhu. "I'm not sure it's luck!" insinuations.

Lim Hua spontaneously exchanged glances with Lian Ze.

"That time—" Lim Hua stammered over something.

When the Sicarii were incapacitated, they briefly checked their bodyguards and coachmen with Shen Zhu before continuing their journey.

Shen Zhu snatched one body on his shoulder, the first body held up, trying to flip it over.

Lim Hua could hear the man sigh.

The bodyguard pulled Shen Zhu's hand trembling, felt sticky and wet and was actually already covered in blood. Behind the man's robe, which Shen Zhu immediately opened by tearing it apart, Shen Zhu felt something soft and warm. His business was blown out from the wound on his stomach.

It was at that moment that Lim Hua saw Shen Zhu pull out the dagger in the bodyguard's stomach and slash his own palm, then pressed his palm over the bodyguard's torn belly.

Lim Hua glanced at Shen Zhu.

Shen Zhu again chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head.

Bao Yu only smiled faintly as he shook his head.

"The bodyguard." Lim Hua licked his lower lip and gulped, suddenly unable to bear to imagine the bodyguard's final condition. "How is he doing?"

"Not to die!" bao Yu replied.

Lim Hua and Lian Ze were simultaneously flabbergasted. Then he looked back at Shen Zhu.

"The bodyguard told me everything" Bao Yu told him. "You're in big trouble!" he said to Shen Zhu.

Shen Zhu was immediately bowed. "Nothing can be done" he whispered helplessly.

"I don't blame you," Bao Yu calmed Shen Zhu down. "But I can't blame the bodyguard either. However, recovering suddenly from a dying condition is an amazing experience. Now everyone's waiting to pry your secret. I hope you have a good answer for an emergency hearing!"

"Emergency hearing?" The three teenagers were strangled together.

"Teacher's right" Shen Zhu said as he rubbed the back of his head again. "It's a big deal!"

Lim Hua and Lian Ze looked at them with curious faces. But no one dared to ask.

As soon as they arrived at the college, his welcome was unexpected.

Everyone was waiting in the yard. Chairman and Madam Chairman, teachers and elders, to elders who have never appeared in college.

Jialin looked at him with surprise. "What's going on?" muttered. "Why do the holy elders go down the mountain all?"

Tianba was also dumbfounded on the other carriage.

Shen Zhu let out a long sigh and tried to calm himself down before stepping down from the carriage.

The Big Ten finalists were immediately herded into the chairman's throne hall. The ten teenagers simultaneously stiffened.

The Chief Madam looked at Tianba with eyes glittering with threat. Then he looked at Shen Zhu with a hateful look.

"Show me your hunting!" bao Hu's command with a flat expression.

Tiao glanced at Shen Zhu, who then responded with a brief nod. Then he took out all the crystals from his storage ring, followed by Lim Hua and the others.

Jialin and Jiangwu also took out their crystals.

The entire room gasped at their big harvest.

Tianba bowed with a nervous expression. The crystal was robbed and he forgot, didn't take it anymore.

"The hunting mission this time left my eyes completely open!" comments from one of the elders.

"Did you guys get the crystal yourself?" ask the other elders.

Tiao bowed with both hands linked in front of his face. "Most of it was obtained by Brother Zhu," he said bluntly. "But since he has the fire element, I kept it!"

All eyes in the room were on Shen Zhu.

Shen Zhu bowed politely. "Some of them got it themselves" he added. "Especially the elements suit them."

"What?" the teachers were suffocating at the same time. "Do you understand the core of this mission?"

Shen Zhu glanced at his teacher silently.

Bao Yu turned her face away while covering her mouth with a fist.

Bao Hu moved one hand and instantly two female servants stepped into the center of the room carrying empty trays.

The teenagers floated all their crops on trays.

Then the two servants hurried to leave the room.

"The elders will judge the outcome of your hunt. The results of the points calculation will be announced tomorrow. For a while, you rest first!" chairman Instruction. "Except Shen Zhu!" he added.

The finalists turned their heads towards Shen Zhu.

Shen Zhu nodded at them, trying to convince them that everything would be fine.

Then the finalists left the hall, while Shen Zhu stayed. Some teachers led them out.

Bao Yu stayed behind and hinted at his students to understand the situation.

His disciples obeyed the signal in silence.

Shortly after the disciples were driven out, the bodyguard entered the room flanked by two executioners.

Shen Zhu looked at the man in shock. Did they imprison someone just because he didn't die? his mind is not out of thought.