Chapter 137: Investigation, Suspects, and Remaining Rational

"What? First the Elephant Armored Sect disappears inexplicably, and then the Thunder Academy is destroyed; these are truly troubled times."

"Go investigate! Both the Elephant Armored Sect and the Thunder Academy must be investigated!"

Bibi Dong spoke up.

"Yes!" The scout left.

"The issue with the Elephant Armored Sect is not yet that significant; perhaps only we know about it for now. But it is impossible for things to be peaceful over at the Thunder Academy. After all, most of the disciples there belong to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect; they are going to go mad."

"Various events tell me that the continent is about to become unstable. I must quickly complete the Rakshasa God's divine trials, otherwise, I won't even have the strength to restore order when the time comes."

Bibi Dong gradually calmed down.

She turned and entered the Rakshasa Secret Realm to cultivate.

At the same time, many people on the continent discovered the news that the Thunder Academy had been destroyed. First, they felt extremely shocked and incredulous, then they worried that their own factions would be next, and one after another, they arranged for scouts to investigate in secret, determined to find the culprit.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was in a state of chaos.

"Wuu wuu, please, Sect Master, seek justice for me! My son is gone!"

"Wuu wuu wuu, please, Sect Master, seek justice for us; my precious daughter was still inside the academy!"

"Wuu wuu wuu."

"Sect Master..."

A large group of people ran outside the sect's main hall and knelt down to cry and complain.

Everyone was extremely angry and heartbroken.

Inside the hall, Sect Master Yu Yuanzhen and several high-level Elders were holding a meeting.

Upon learning that the Thunder Academy had been wiped out, they were angry to the extreme.

Because their children were all in the academy!

Now they had lost contact! And with such a large deep pit inside the academy, one didn't need to think to know that the children were likely doomed!

"Sect Master, we must find the culprit and execute them in public! Give our poor children justice!"

"Indeed! We must find the culprit and take revenge!"

"They were still so young, the future flowers and future prospects of our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect! Now, without a sound, the vast majority are gone! Unforgivable!!!"

"I want to pull the culprit's tendons and peel their skin alive, and hack them into ten thousand pieces!"

The Elders stood up one after another, speaking with righteous indignation.

Their feelings were just as painful, angry, and sorrowful as those of the clansmen outside.

If the culprit were in front of them now, they would certainly be cruelly tortured to death.

"Quiet!"

"I know your pain, and I am in pain too!"

"But arguing won't find the culprit or solve the problem! You are Elders; you should think calmly!"

"If even you are in chaos, then the clansmen will have even less of a pillar of support!"

Sect Master Yu Yuanzhen slammed the table, a terrifying aura spreading out, directly intimidating everyone.

Under the intimidation, the crowd did indeed calm down and sat back down one after another.

"Big brother is right; we must be calm now."

"Let's analyze this properly."

"Look at this soil I found at the scene."

Yu Luomian walked in from outside, holding a bag of soil in his hand, and placed it on the table.

Everyone looked at each other and asked in confusion: "Second Elder, why did you give us a piece of soil?" Yu Luomian was Yu Yuanzhen's own younger brother, and his status within the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was second only to the Sect Master.

The moment the tragic news of the Thunder Academy appeared, he had been the first to take people there to search the scene.

However, apart from a ruin, there was nothing else at the scene.

The entire Thunder Academy was not particularly large, nor was it small, yet not a single scrap remained.

There were no corpses, no severed limbs, no blood, not even the smell of blood; there was only high heat and scorching temperatures.

His first thought was that everything had evaporated.

This was a truly terrifying thought.

Yu Yuanzhen narrowed his eyes, carefully looking at that piece of black soil; he saw that it had been formed by being scorched by high heat.

"Look closely, this soil is very important. Ordinary Spirit Masters simply cannot destroy an entire academy on such a large scale without leaving a single scrap behind. I have investigated, and only a large area of black scorched earth was left at the Thunder Academy. Therefore, we can narrow down our scope of investigation, and the level can be locked onto a Spirit Douluo or a Title Douluo!"

"A Spirit Douluo or Title Douluo, who also possesses a martial soul with an incomparably terrifying fire attribute, and is capable of evaporating an entire academy without leaving a scrap—no such person exists. Therefore, it must be a group operation. Furthermore, a barrier was set up around the academy, which belongs to a premeditated destruction plan; otherwise, it wouldn't have been the case that even Yu Leiming, the Principal, didn't have time to send the news back!"

Speaking to this point, Yu Luomian's voice paused.

"So, you suspect that the Spirit Hall is behind this in secret?" an Elder asked with a frown.

"We cannot rule out this possibility, but it is very small. We have no direct conflict of interest or hatred with the Spirit Hall; the other party has no need to take action against the Thunder Academy."

"The Xingluo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire, and even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Clear Sky Sect, are also unlikely to have taken action. The Lower Four Sects are even less likely."

"After all, if it were truly people from the Xingluo Empire or the Heaven Dou Empire who took action, they would certainly have dispatched a large force and would definitely have left traces."

"But I searched the scene carefully, and there wasn't even the slightest trace of footprints."

"Then who else could it be?"

"Could it be that a meteorite fell from the sky and smashed it? Was the destruction of the Thunder Academy a natural disaster, not a man-made one!?"

Hearing Yu Luomian's analysis, everyone began to speak up.

This was as good as saying nothing at all.

"Previously, Yu Leiming mentioned that Phoenix Academy Grand Elder Dugu Bo had approached him, wanting the Thunder Academy to join, but was refused. We cannot rule out deliberate retaliation from within the Phoenix Academy; after all, there is more than one Title Douluo in the Phoenix Academy."

"Moreover, there have been rumors that Phoenix Academy Principal Ma Hongjun is the spokesperson for the gods. If he truly is a spokesperson for the gods, it is not impossible for him to wipe out an academy in the human world without a sound. After all, none of us have truly seen the methods of the gods!"

Yu Luomian's subsequent words directly silenced everyone.

"So you suspect that the destruction of the academy was the work of people from Phoenix Academy?" Yu Yuanzhen said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Big Brother! They are the most suspicious!"

Yu Luomian nodded and said.

"This is only your speculation, after all. If we cannot find direct evidence and we go directly to hold Phoenix Academy accountable, if it really is a misunderstanding, then it will become a huge joke, and we will also completely offend Phoenix Academy."

"Nowadays, Phoenix Academy's influence on the continent is very great. Both the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have very close relationships with it, and Phoenix Academy itself has more than one Title Douluo. This matter needs to be considered carefully."

Yu Yuanzhen pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said.

"I know, Big Brother, so I only suspect it. To find direct evidence, unless one can see the scene of a Phoenix Academy Title Douluo making a move personally."

"Otherwise, it is impossible to judge exactly who possesses such a high-temperature and terrifyingly lethal soul skill."

Yu Luomian sighed and said.

"Let this matter be suppressed for now. Our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect will first recuperate and build up strength, and continue to investigate in secret."

Yu Yuanzhen finally made this decision.

(End of this chapter)