Chapter 124: Don't kill anyone, remember that?

Watching Luo De repeatedly go in and out of the dead zone there, testing his body's abnormalities.

Ti Nali felt a bit numb.

At first, he even specially reminded Luo De several times, telling Luo De not to be too anxious, and if it really wasn't possible, to wait for the other patrol team members to come and clear the dead zone together.

But when he saw that Luo De was completely fine, treating the dead zone like his own living room, freely going in and out, he honestly shut his mouth.

To be honest.

If he also had this physique.

Then he would also choose to clear the dead zone like Luo De does.

Anyway, since he doesn't fear the dead zone's corrosive power, he only needs to guard against attacks from the dead zone's branches and monsters.

Compared to the previous point.

Fighting the dead zone's talismans and monsters is indeed much simpler.

Anyway, if one try fails, try two; if two fail, try three—like Luo De going back and forth dozens of times, eventually he can completely clear this dead zone.

"Your bow."

After completely clearing this dead zone, Luo De walked back holding a jade-green longbow.

This bow is Ti Nali's personal weapon.

He lost it here during his earlier battle.

"Thank you."

After receiving his weapon, Ti Nali let out a heavy sigh.

His wound hasn't healed yet, but he can barely move.

But Luo De didn't let him walk on his own; instead, he hoisted him onto his back, and together with Fan Lu Shan, the three set out again toward Chan Na Yuan.

"By the way, how did you end up running into such a huge dead zone all by yourself?"

Along the way, Luo De curiously asked Ti Nali that.

In his impression.

Ti Nali is a very cautious, careful person who does things properly.

Given his personality, he shouldn't rashly enter such a large dead zone alone.

One must know that this dead zone not only has monsters as numerous as cow hair, its branches are densely spread, and moreover, Ti Nali is not like me—he still needs to focus his spirit to resist the dead zone's power constantly eroding his body here.

Luo De believes that if he couldn't ignore the dead zone's corrosive effect, then to clear this dead zone unharmed as he is doing now would at least take three times as long, and he might even need Nadixa's help.

How could Ti Nali dare to enter such a vast dead zone all by himself?

Speaking of this.

Ti Nali's face instantly showed a hint of bitterness: "This dead zone wasn't this big at first."

"Huh?"

"You mean, when you cleared it, it wasn't this big, and then it suddenly grew to this size?"

Luo De stared for a moment, then burst out laughing and said: "Even this bad luck could happen to you."

"Sigh——"

Ti Nali was speechless, only able to let out a deep sigh.

It really is bad luck.

The dead zone has a certain chance to suddenly expand.

But this chance is very small.

Normally, dead zones expand slowly, and clearing them rarely encounters danger.

But this time his bad luck was that the dead zone, while he was halfway through clearing it, suddenly swelled rapidly, expanding in just a few minutes to the size they now see.

At that time, Ti Nali had already expended a lot of elemental energy resisting the dead zone's power, and combined with his earlier battle against the monsters, he was no longer in peak condition.

As a result, when the dead zone suddenly expanded, the number of monsters inside instantly increased by at least tenfold, and its branches sprouted like bamboo shoots after a rain, directly switching to machine-gun mode against him.

If he hadn't run fast enough, Luo De probably wouldn't have seen him.

They arrived at Chan Na Yuan.

When Na Fei Si saw Ti Nali's miserable state, he really panicked.

While nagging and complaining that they had clearly told Ti Nali not to overreach and clear the dead zone himself, he orderly re-sutured his wound and changed the bandages.

He was so busy that he didn't even have a chance to speak with Luo De.

Only after he had settled Ti Nali did he free up some time.

"I heard the matter from Ti Nali."

"This time I owe you a lot."

As he said this, Na Fei Si's face still showed a look of lingering fear.

In the past, he never really managed Ti Nali.

Including Ti Nali voluntarily giving up the bright future of inheriting the Sheng Lun Pai Xianze's legacy to become a patrol ranger in Huacheng Guo, he never interjected a word on this matter.

Occasionally, when he remembered, he would impulsively write a letter scolding Ti Nali, and he never said anything about forcing Ti Nali to return to the Academy.

But this time he was genuinely frightened.

He also genuinely considered wanting Ti Nali to give up his patrol ranger job; if Ti Nali didn't want to take a position at the Academy, he would rather have him come keep him company.

"Master, Ti Nali senior brother just had bad luck this time."

Na Fei Si practically had the desire to keep Ti Nali written all over his face; Luo De saw it at a glance and thus helped Ti Nali make a simple excuse.

"Hmph, bad luck."

"This time it's his good luck."

"If it weren't for meeting you, he would have already died in the dead zone."

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Nafis got angry.

His good disciple almost died; while he was still feeling uneasy, he was even more angry that Tinari wouldn't listen to his advice.

"But Senior Tinari doesn't like the academic atmosphere of the Academy; he told me about this once."

Luo De curled his lip and said: "The Academy's current academic atmosphere—you of all people shouldn't be unaware of it."

Now Nafis slumped.

How could he not know?

He had Luo De come to Chan-na Garden to find him, wasn't it just to solve the problem with the Vital Theory School's academic atmosphere?

"Sigh—"

"Never mind, never mind, the child has grown up; let him walk his own path from now on."

Nafis sighed, then took out a funding certificate and a declaration of the establishment of a research project team and handed them to Luo De.

"Remember, this research topic is one you applied for yourself as an elective; I haven't been involved in it at all."

After placing the items in Luo De's hands, he solemnly instructed: "From today onward, I will go to Dao Cheng Forest for a year's recuperation due to illness; during this period no one can help you, the Vital Theory School's affairs—Ju Leshi won't be able to help you, and before you obtain sufficient evidence, Sano won't be able to help you either. Understand?"

Having said that,

Before Luo De could even glance at what was in his hands, Nafis shoved another rather thick document into his hands.

"This is a backup I prepared for you."

"If you fail this time, this research result should be enough to let you pass the assessment of Hell's Gate all the way from Tuosha Duo."

"Then I will arrange for you to compete on the same stage as Hafusai, letting the two of you jointly vie for the position of Sage; whoever wins or loses will depend on your own abilities."

Just as Nafis's words fell,

Luo De's pupils involuntarily contracted, and he blurted: "Teacher, this—"

"Keep it."

"This is an order."

Nafis's expression grew ever more solemn: "I'm old, with only a few years left before retirement; while I am still a Sage, I cannot leave behind such a scoundrel who would make those eager-to-learn children regret it for life."

"Tinari and I have mentioned the words you once spoke here with him."

"Sano also told me about the things you did in A Ru Village."

"That just happened to be when I was pondering how to reform the Vital Theory School."

"Your timing is excellent, child."

"Hehe, to be frank, at first Ju Leshi even told me not to trust you so readily, to test you for a while and see if your heart and words are one."

"After all, knowledge doesn't equal character; even if your talent is superb, if you're a scumbag, we can't confidently teach you all our lifelong learning."

"But when you that day, regardless of everything, brought up the matter of A De Ba Yi and even blamed Sano, I made my decision—what more testing is needed? It's you!"

"You also don't need to worry about what to do if you can't defeat Hafusai."

"As long as you have these things in your hand and continue to hold to your original intention, even if Hafusai becomes a Sage, he can't do anything to you, just as I currently can't do anything to him."

"On this matter, I have only one request of you."

"Don't kill! Don't kill! Don't kill!"

"Remembered?"

His thoughts were instantly exposed, and Luo De's face showed a slight change of color.

He was quite certain.

Nafis wasn't just shooting blindly.

His teacher surely knew something, which is why he deliberately gave him this advice.

As for what he knows—

That's hard to say.

However, since Nafis didn't expose him, it shows he doesn't care about those matters.

Thus Luo De remained composed, solemnly nodding and saying: "I remember, teacher."

(End of chapter)