Chapter 118: People Leave, Tea Cools—What

Student Zhuge Ni didn't dare to pin her hopes on the Investigation Bureau anymore.

But when Student Zhuge Ni looked at the others—those who, while her father was still alive, would call him "Mr. Student Zhuge" every other word, flattering him and wishing they could kneel and kowtow to him—they were all avoiding her gaze. No one dared to look Student Zhuge Ni in the eye.

That ghost-masked man looked like a vicious, murderous villain, and his strength was extremely formidable. They wouldn't risk their own lives for a joke!

Student Zhuge Ni was filled with grief and indignation.

"Uncle Wang, have you forgotten? When your son went missing years ago and was almost taken as food by monsters, my father didn't charge a single cent and used astrology to point out your son's location. Now that he can't even rest in peace after death, you're just watching. Doesn't your conscience bother you?"

Student Zhuge Ni questioned a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man called Uncle Wang first showed a flash of shame on his face, then it turned ferocious.

"So what? When I begged Student Zhuge Qianxing to take action, what did he do? He just pointed out a direction. Wasn't it me who saved my son from the monster's mouth? To save my son, I was seriously injured and lay in bed for half a month! If Student Zhuge Qianxing had been willing to take action, why would I have had to suffer this?"

Student Zhuge Ni's face turned pale. She looked at another tall, young woman.

"Sister Xie, do you think so too? When you participated in the Awakening Ceremony, two professions overlapped, and you almost exploded. My father personally took action to set things right for you! That's how you survived. Are you going to stand by and watch too?"

Sister Xie's expression was unnatural, then she sneered:

"Did I beg him to save me? Maybe if he hadn't taken action, I would have become the first dual-class Awakened in history and gone down in the history books! Setting aside the facts, maybe Student Zhuge Qianxing was just a male chauvinist who was afraid that we women would surpass men, so he interfered with me!"

Student Zhuge Ni bit her red lips until they bled, but she felt nothing.

She had never imagined that people in this world could be so shameless, that they could distort black and white to such an extent!

Student Zhuge Ni questioned several more people who had received favors from Student Zhuge Qianxing, but without exception, not only were they unwilling to take action, but they also criticized Student Zhuge Qianxing.

Great kindness is great hatred.

They used their own actions to vividly interpret for Student Zhuge Ni what it meant for "people to leave and tea to cool."

Moreover, these people had long since seen that the situation on the field was wrong. The fact that the Investigation Bureau hadn't appeared for so long clearly meant that a big shot behind the scenes was intervening.

To offend a living big shot for the sake of a dead Mr. Student Zhuge was clearly an extremely losing deal.

Student Zhuge Ni laughed, a laugh that was extremely desolate.

She had thought that after Student Zhuge Qianxing passed away, her life would definitely be difficult.

But she never imagined it would be difficult to this extent.

Blocking the hearse in the street, beating her into serious injury, and forcing the coffin open—even though the ghost-masked man and his group were already crazy to this extent, still no one was willing to stand up.

These people had all received favors from Student Zhuge Qianxing, but at this moment, they were as deaf and blind as could be.

"Father, is everything you did really meaningful?"

Two lines of clear tears slid down Student Zhuge Ni's cheeks. At this moment, she was lost, feeling bewildered by the world.

Just then, a hysterical roar sounded.

"You beasts, don't get close to Mr. Student Zhuge's coffin!"

An old man with white hair resolutely rushed toward the ghost-masked man. His face was flushed with excitement, but in his hand, he only held an ordinary shovel.

The ghost-masked man remained unmoved, lifting a foot and kicking the old man away. He fell heavily to the side, his life or death unknown.

But the old man's roar was like a bugle call for a charge, and a dense crowd of people surged toward this side.

Among these people were old men, women, youths, and teenagers, but not a single Awakened.

They were just ordinary people. They held pots, bowls, and ladles as weapons. The sharpest weapons were just kitchen knives and watermelon knives.

A warm, large hand landed on Student Zhuge Ni's shoulder.

"Girl, don't cry. You are Mr. Student Zhuge's daughter. Mr. Student Zhuge did so many good things for Qingcheng, we won't let you be wronged!"

A middle-aged man who looked like a farmer spat twice into his hands, grabbed a firewood axe, and rushed toward the ghost-masked man.

"Mr. Student Zhuge is the benefactor of all of Qingcheng. Don't worry, we won't let him be disturbed after death!" An auntie dressed in simple clothes also rushed over, holding a pressure cooker.

Student Zhuge Ni's tears flowed uncontrollably, like a broken dam.

"No! Don't go, don't go! You will die, don't go!"

"Damn it, when have the men of Da Xia ever been afraid of death? If good people end up like this, who will dare to be a good person in the future? Brothers, follow me!"

A repairman grabbed a wrench and joined the fight. Behind him followed even more people.

Those Awakened who had received favors from Student Zhuge Qianxing had all chosen to protect themselves, but these ordinary people, who had no power to truss a chicken, chose to stand up at this moment!

Countless figures flashed before Student Zhuge Ni's eyes. These people had no ability to fight the ghost-masked man and his group, but at this moment, their footsteps didn't pause in the slightest.

"I'm sorry... I'm too useless, I'm sorry..."

Student Zhuge Ni's vision was already blurred by tears. At this moment, she suddenly hated herself. She hated her own weakness, hated that as Student Zhuge Qianxing's daughter, she could only watch a bunch of ordinary people stand in front of her.

"Boss, what should we do? Should we kill them all?" Another man wearing a smiling mask asked the ghost-masked man excitedly.

Although these people were numerous, they were basically all old, weak, sick, or disabled. If they were to go all out and slaughter them, it would only take an hour or two.

"Are you crazy? Large-scale slaughter of civilians? If you want to die, don't drag me into it!" The ghost-masked man wished he could just stab this guy. "Let Old Three set up a barrier and block these people!"

"Sigh, alright." The smiling man shrugged, then said to another person wearing a crying mask: "Third Sister, Boss wants you to set up a barrier and block these annoying guys."

The crying woman nodded, then raised her hand and whispered:

"Crystal Wall."

A faint white light emerged from the crying woman's fair palm, then spread rapidly, forming a transparent wall that blocked the angry crowd outside.

Although this light wall was invisible, it was indestructible. The ordinary people who tried to rush over were bounced back one after another, falling to the ground, unable to cross this invisible obstacle.

But they still didn't give up, trying their best to break the transparent wall in front of them.

It was a pity that the power of ordinary people was too small in front of an Awakened. Even with a large number of people, they couldn't leave any marks on the wall in front of them, let alone destroy it.

Seeing the ghost-masked man standing in front of the ice coffin and raising his long blade, the crowd blocked by the barrier boiled over. Tens of thousands of people began to greet the ghost-masked man's ancestors for eighteen generations in various profound national languages.

It was a pity that the ghost-masked man remained unmoved, and the long blade in his hand slashed fiercely toward Student Zhuge Qianxing's ice coffin!

"Stop!"

Student Zhuge Ni's eyes were about to split, but seriously injured, she had no power to stop the ghost-masked man. Just as she fell into complete despair, a cold voice containing crazy killing intent suddenly exploded!

"Forbidden Spell—World-Extinguishing Mad Thunder!" ===== CHAPTER 119 =====