Chapter 563: A Good Sleep Will Fix It

However, at this moment she needs to focus on the Soul Capturing Song and has no spare energy to deal with Ye Qingran.

The Soul Capturing Song's effect on these Spirit Beasts is quite obvious.

At least it appears that way on the surface. Yet only Ye Qingran and Fu Hanxiu noticed the anomaly.

If Duan Yu stopped now, the price she would pay wouldn't be great. But if she kept going, it would be extremely dangerous.

"Never mind, saving lives is what matters. This person is, after all, a disciple in her class; it would truly be a pity if she were wasted like this." Ye Qingran said to herself in her heart.

A not‑very fierce attack was directed at Duan Yu; though not lethal, Duan Yu instinctively dodged.

And that forced her Soul Capturing Song to pause.

"What are you doing?" Duan Yu, unable to bear it any longer, showed a furious, stunning expression.

Does this fool even realize that interrupting her at this moment is extremely dangerous?

To put it bluntly, her action is tantamount to murder!

"I'll save you!"

Ye Qingran shrugged.

At that moment everyone realized it was Ye Qingran who attacked Duan Yu.

Their expressions were all a bit subtle.

Although Ye Qingran is a Pill Emperor, that doesn't mean she understands the art of taming beasts. This is Duan Yu's specialty, cultivated for many years with considerable achievement.

Duan Yu was confident in herself, yet Ye Qingran insisted that her behavior was nothing short of courting death.

Who is right and who is wrong, after all?

However, deep down they trusted Duan Yu even more.

"Instructor Ye, we know you just revealed your Pill Emperor status, not wanting others to steal the limelight, but this is the Academy's critical moment of life and death; you can't disregard the Academy for your own fame and profit!"

Nan Yan's soft voice came from the crowd.

A single sentence startled the dreamer.

So Ye Qingran acted this way because she feared Duan Yu would steal her spotlight?

It's not impossible.

Ye Qingran had only shone brilliantly in the Academy yesterday, yet today such events unfolded, with Duan Yu like a deity descending to rescue the Academy from fire and water.

If Duan Yu truly drove those Spirit Beasts away, it would inevitably draw attention, and Ye Qingran's Pill Emperor aura would be dimmed by comparison.

For a moment, many people looked at her with discontent.

When Duan Yu's Soul Capturing Song was interrupted and she prepared to resume it, she found those Spirit Beasts had actually turned and left!

Watching those Spirit Beasts depart, everyone was momentarily stunned.

"The Spirit Beasts left? Duan Yu drove them away!"

"It must be!"

The many disciples' gazes at Duan Yu were filled with fervor.

Duan Yu clutched the jade‑green long flute, when suddenly a needle‑like pain pierced her temples; her vision went black and she fainted.

Fortunately, someone caught her before she hit the ground.

"Instructor Ye, look, it's because of you that Duan Yu fainted! If it weren't for you, Duan Yu certainly wouldn't have fainted!"

Ling Xueyao shouted in accusation.

Many others also pointed fingers, evidently sharing the same view.

"Quick, Instructor Ye, please look at Duan Yu!" Wu Shushan's pleading eyes were on Ye Qingran. As a Pill Emperor, no one present was more capable of saving Duan Yu than she.

Ye Qingran didn't even look and said directly, "Don't worry, she's fine; a good sleep will fix it."

But the speaker was careless, the listeners were intentional.

"Listen, is this what a person says? Duan Yu has already fainted, and Instructor Ye still says she's fine?"

"Exactly, not even glancing, it's pure perfunctory!"

"It must be jealousy that Duan Yu stole her spotlight, so she deliberately refused to look at Duan Yu!"

Nan Yan's eyes flashed at that moment.

She strode forward, shoved a pill into Duan Yu's mouth, and loudly declared, "Everyone, rest assured, I gave Duan Yu a Holy Pill; she'll definitely be fine!"

Ye Qingran coldly stared at Nan Yan.

First, the pill she gave Duan Yu was not a Holy Pill.

Second, Duan Yu was fine to begin with.

But because she shouted that way, everyone would think Nan Yan saved Duan Yu.

Wu Shushan, hearing Ye Qingran say she was fine, breathed a sigh of relief; he naturally wouldn't think Ye Qingran was being perfunctory.

However, seeing Nan Yan feed Duan Yu the pill made him furrow his brows.

With the Spirit Beasts gone and Duan Yu's fainting, today's Spirit Beast Horde attack on the Academy is essentially concluded.

However, dealing with today's beast horde was too easy, leaving people uneasy, feeling the matter isn't that simple.

Wu Shushan and some Elders gazed toward the direction where the Spirit Beast Horde vanished, their eyes betraying unease.

On a small path of the Academy, the three walked side by side.

"Wu Yuanzhang, you can speak now, right?"

Wu Shushan said that after the Spirit Beast Horde matter is resolved, he will tell her the secret behind the horde.

Wu Shushan smiled, "Of course. But before that, I'm eager to ask you why you stopped Duan Yu just now."

Ye Qingran answered without hesitation, "If I hadn't stopped her, she would have been lightly injured at best, or at worst… death."

Wu Shushan's expression changed.

"That's that serious!"

He felt a brief wave of relief; just now Ye Qingran stopped Duan Yu, otherwise if Duan Yu had met any mishap, it would have been a huge loss for the Academy, or for the Beast Tamer field.

"How did Instructor Ye figure it out?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Ye Qingran shrugged.

Obvious?

Wu Shushan was puzzled; looking at the mysterious curve at Ye Qingran's mouth corner, he suddenly felt a flash of insight.

"Could it be…" Wu Shushan's eyes gradually widened, "Instructor Ye, you are still a… Beast Tamer?"

Ye Qingran gave no answer, neither confirming nor denying; this reaction, seen in Wu Shushan's eyes, was naturally taken as tacit acknowledgment.

The shock in his heart was so full it was about to overflow.

A Pill Emperor, and also a Beast Tamer!

Moreover, from her ability to save Duan Yu one could see that her Beast‑Taming skill was definitely above Duan Yu's.

It should be noted that Duan Yu was already a Beast Tamer of great renown across Beimingzhou.

Then Ye Qingran…

If this matter spread, Beimingzhou would definitely quake!

"Hahaha~" Wu Shushan shook his head and chuckled, half in tears half in laughter, "Instructor Ye, I was previously wondering what the Emperor Sovereign saw in you, and now I understand."

"It has nothing to do with that."

Fu Hanxiu's voice rarely sounded.

Both were stunned, their gazes at him briefly puzzled.

After letting the words linger on their tongues, the two simultaneously had an epiphany.

"It's my mouth that's clumsy, I should be hit!" Wu Shushan laughed, lightly slapping himself.

The Emperor Sovereign's meaning is that he likes Ye Qingran, and it has nothing to do with her Pill Emperor or Beast Tamer status. He likes Ye Qingran as a person, that's all.

While self‑mocking, Wu Shushan couldn't help feeling a sigh in his heart.

Until now, he always thought someone of Fu Hanxiu's stature would rarely have pure love; now it seems his own perspective was narrow.

True love, in fact, has nothing to do with status.