[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heavenly-official-bestows-evil":3,"chapter-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-540":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Heavenly Official Bestows Evil",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2317159,4530,"Chapter 540: The Terrifying Gaze","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-540",540,"\u003Cp>Ma San let out a cold snort and asked indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This news is known only to you—so are you here to threaten us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Chenghe shook his head, his expression earnest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I’m here to seek cooperation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I wanted to threaten you, I wouldn’t show up here myself—I’d wait and slip a note under your door.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But threatening you is meaningless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know how to survive on the battlefield, but I don’t know how to survive here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everything in the training center is insane—the Student Union isn’t trustworthy, the student code isn’t trustworthy—I’ve thought it over, and the only ones who might let me live are you, the weirdos the Student Union has put on the wanted list.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So let’s cooperate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You tell me how to survive here, and I’ll do my best to help you in return!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This corpse is my sincerity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian’s expression softened from sternness to a smile, his white beard trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s not talk about sincerity yet—let’s discuss cooperation first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Favored had found a way to obtain the statue and the Sui Incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Wu Xian’s view, their predicament remained: the channels for acquiring Sui Incense were far too narrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ninth floor had only six trash bins, producing at most four or five Sui Incense sticks per day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That amount wasn’t enough to give even one stick to each Favored—their power grew too slowly to handle the dangers appearing in the Blessing Ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there were plenty of trash bins downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Wu Xian and the others couldn’t stroll downstairs to hunt monsters; they had too many tasks and no time for careful exploration below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Wu Xian readily accepted Xue Chenghe’s offer of cooperation and demanded he help locate every dormitory on the lower floors where all original residents had died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These dormitories might also reliably produce ‘Contaminated Sui Incense’! In return,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian and the others shared with Xue Chenghe some of their discoveries in the training center and survival tips for encountering malevolent spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These tips meant little to the Favored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for the original residents, they could greatly increase their chances of survival in the training center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Xue Chenghe went downstairs, Kang Tiantian curiously asked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You say you know how to survive on the battlefield—so which do you think is more terrifying: the battlefield or this training center?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Chenghe looked at Kang Tiantian with a complex expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t imagine anyone in this world asking such a stupid question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know what a meat grinder is?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thousands of people thrown into a meat grinder, crushed into sticky clumps of flesh—only a few lucky ones manage to hide in the gaps until the grinder breaks down… that’s a battlefield!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Chenghe went downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Information about the empty dormitories would arrive tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone returned to their dorms, left their dirty uniforms outside the door, and went about their own business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian sat cross-legged in meditation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In meditation, he was surprised to find that his demonic ability, Cat’s Three Legs, had received a slight energy boost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though minuscule compared to Yin Qi, it had indeed increased slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The only difference between this meditation and previous ones is that I’ve been cursed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems that while ordinary animals aren’t demons, the Cat-Faced Old Woman qualifies as one—and there are at least six demons among the animals.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could these six also drop Sui Incense?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian noted this down mentally and continued meditating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time slowly passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon it was time for dorm inspection. Wu Xian got into bed early, heard footsteps outside—the not the inspector’s, but the Student Union members returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Student Union members returned,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the door to Room 902 mysteriously opened on its own, and Wu Xian felt a faint vibration coming from his bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door opening and the bed’s vibration occurred daily, morning and night—something must be hidden here, but the truth hadn’t surfaced yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the inspector’s routine dorm check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorm inspections no longer caused tension; an hour passed quickly, and the inspector slowly withdrew from the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian sat up on his bed and saw Jin Shasha, eyes closed, swaying her head as she climbed down from hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was off to meet the etiquette teacher again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time Wu Xian didn’t ignore it—he quietly got up and walked to the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he was curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, he wanted to know if Jin Shasha was safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This work is compiled and uploaded by Liujiao Book Bar~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Shasha’s life was crucial—if she died, a Student Union member would move into Room 902 tomorrow night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Wu Xian wouldn’t be able to meditate all night!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he carefully extended the mirror, using it to observe the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the mirror,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>two women embraced each other in the corridor, their cheeks brushing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was the elegant etiquette teacher, her eyes like autumn pools, skin as white as jade, delicate eyebrows, bright teeth, almond eyes, peach-blossom cheeks—every smile and frown made Wu Xian’s heart race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Jin Shasha’s eyes, she must have looked different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Shasha blushed, eyes shut, looking sweetly submissive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian exhaled slightly in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene looked harmonious and beautiful—no bizarre horror as he’d imagined. This level of ‘romance’ shouldn’t be fatal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Wu Xian prepared to retract the mirror, the etiquette teacher suddenly turned her head toward it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image in the mirror changed instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Shasha remained Jin Shasha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the etiquette teacher had become a horrifying blood corpse—her entire skin peeled away yet still attached, hanging like strips of human-skin tentacles…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially her eyes—radiating a terror that struck straight into the soul!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian yanked the mirror back quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the etiquette teacher’s horrifying face was already seared into his mind, pulsing with his heartbeat, growing faster and faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His scalp nearly exploded—the soul-shattering terror soaked him in sweat, his limbs stiff and numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma San had said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The etiquette teacher’s ability was tied to the mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, she had cast a mental attack on Wu Xian—a warning for spying on their rendezvous! But who was Wu Xian?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a Lotus Favored who had survived multiple Blessing Grounds—how could such a petty scare frighten him? So,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he climbed back into bed, moving clumsily, to meditate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because Jin Shasha was safe—he had no reason to provoke such a powerful malevolent spirit yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while of meditation, Wu Xian’s erratic heartbeat calmed, and the etiquette teacher’s face finally vanished from his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A normal person with no experience might have died from a heart attack just from that one glance…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night passed quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before dawn, Wu Xian suddenly jolted awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash… splash…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rain sounded outside the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was raining near the training center!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1137,"2026-06-20T14:31:07.793Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","454d66d20d4a52c2d611d9b18ebbd46698f8c9bb8a58eb51d25b6bd026e5d4c5","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-541","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-539",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheavenly-official-bestows-evil-cover.jpg"]