Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Seeing Duan Mingyuan coming towards him, Chen Chou picked up the plate and hid it behind himself.

Duan Mingyuan asked, "Chu Xingluo bribed you with three peaches to let him go?"

"Bullshit, how could I be bribed by a few peaches?"

Chen Chou stiffened his neck. His principle was to lose the fight but not the battle. Even if he was beaten, he would still speak in a tough manner. In this way, if passers-by who were unaware of the situation saw their conversation, they would have the impression that "Duan Mingyuan and Chen Chou are evenly matched."

He added, "I asked the monster guarding the Hell to pick these peaches. Do you have any?"

This is a tit-for-tat. Yesterday, Duan Mingyuan used the peach wood sword and osmanthus wine to make him angry, so today he can get back at him with three peaches. In order to show off in front of Duan Mingyuan, Chen Chou specially kept the three peaches until now.

Anyway, the news of Chu Xingluo's prison break will soon be reported back to the academy, and Duan Mingyuan will definitely come to check on the situation.

Duan Mingyuan sighed helplessly, "I don't have one."

This old man has lived for hundreds of years, but his mentality is like that of a child who has not grown up.

After Duan Mingyuan answered like this, Chen Chou immediately picked up a peach, took a bite in front of him, and made a "crunching" sound while chewing as if to show off.

Duan Mingyuan was not angry. Instead, he felt a sense of sadness in the air.

Perhaps it was because Chen Chou had not had contact with the outside world for too long. Only a prisoner who had been imprisoned for hundreds of years and had never set foot in the world outside the prison would think it was a great thing to be able to eat peaches.

but……

"Can you please eat your peach properly? Stop smacking your lips. Also, the juice is splashing all over you!"

"'Gaga gaga gaga'!"

Chen Chou smiled smugly and became even more aggressive.

However, his arrogance did not last long. While the two were talking, a dog demon covered with white hair came running over.

This dog demon is several meters long, with blood-red eyes and a shining five-star emblem on top of its head.

The last time I came to the Nether Prison, Dean Mo Song mentioned that this was a dog demon. From generation to generation, it had lived at the foot of Qingchi Peak and was responsible for guarding the Nether Prison.

Dog demons have perverse personalities, like to bite and fight, and are ferocious beasts, so the founders of the academy kept them away from the academy.

The dog demon was holding a large fruit basket in its mouth. In addition to freshly picked peaches and other tree fruits, the basket also contained many snacks and drinks made from tree fruits by the mountain monsters.

The dog demon lowered its head, gently placed the fruit basket at Duan Mingyuan's feet, then turned around and left gracefully.

This was a thank-you gift from the mountain monster, thanking him for saving the Peng bird.

What Duan Mingyuan did in the court spread throughout the mountains overnight, and now every monster knew that such a kind-hearted man had come to the mountain.

But in Chen Chou's eyes, it was a different picture.

The peach in his hand suddenly lost its fragrance. His hand shook and the half peach he had not finished eating fell to the ground.

He had gone to great lengths to ask the dog-demon tribe to go up the mountain and pick these three peaches for him. "Ming Yuan, you actually asked them to send a fruit basket just to piss me off! Wow!"

There is no more iconic sound of impotent rage than this.

"I didn't commission them. This is the kindness of the monster on the mountain."

"Are you trying to say that they took the initiative to give you the fruit basket?"

"Ah."

Duan Mingyuan watched Chen Chou's figure expand like a balloon. The old man clenched his fists. Although his facial features were hidden in the shadows, it was not difficult to guess that his teeth were about to break.

Duan Mingyuan was very worried about Chen Chou's safety, fearing that the old gentleman would be furious.

The physical kind.

"Old sir, if you don't mind, this fruit basket will be considered a gift..."

"mind!"

Chen Chou spoke each word with great emphasis, "Hey! A real man should stand tall and upright, and will not accept charity!"

This is really infuriating.

Not only can he not win the competition, he can't even eat a peach in peace!

Chen Chou looked at Duan Mingyuan fiercely, wondering how he could defeat the other party. His goal for victory was no longer limited to the strange and insidious arts themselves, but any field would be fine, as long as he could beat Duan Mingyuan in one game.

"The academy's law enforcement team asked me to ask you, where did Dean Chu go?"

"Humph."

Chen Chou snorted coldly, turned around, and ate the peach sullenly with his back to Duan Mingyuan.

But this time, there was no smacking of lips, and no juice got everywhere.

"How about this, if you're not convinced, how about we have a competition?"

"Compared to what?"

"Let's see who can finish eating all the fruits in this basket first."

"Okay, you said it, don't cry if you lose!"

Chen Chou shouted loudly, and his body turned into a black smoke, rolling towards the fruit basket at Duan Mingyuan's feet.

Faced with the menacing black smoke, Duan Mingyuan not only did not take action, but instead took a step back. Within half a second, the fruits and snacks in the fruit basket were swept away by the black smoke, and even the fruit basket was not left.

"I won!"

These three words were earth-shaking, and the entire Nether Prison began to tremble along with them. That kind of passion and heroism was just like a hearty battle with Duan Mingyuan in the battle of barrier for three days and three nights, in which he won the victory with one move more powerful.

Chen Chou was very excited.

At this moment, he seemed to have reached the peak of his life.

This moment must be recorded!

In May of the 371st year of Dingyuan, he was more skilled than Duan Mingyuan in the "Fruit Eating Contest", and the record between the two men became 5-1.

If he were to die in a war with the aliens in the future, these words would definitely be written on his epitaph.

"You won."

Duan Mingyuan said, "Can you tell me now where Dean Chu went?"

"Ran."

Chen Chou said, "He said that as the head of a hospital, he couldn't just rot in prison."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 116: The picture shows the dagger

At the same time, somewhere outside Qingchi Peak.

Chu Xingluo walked forward along the path in the forest. In front of him were two people wearing black night suits, whose faces were also obscured.

This was also his first time dealing with the people from Hidden Butterfly.

Soon, the two men brought him to a clearing in the woods, where a young man dressed in gorgeous clothes with a long sword hanging from his waist stood with his back to him, his hands behind his back.

"They said, you have something important to report to me."

The young man asked.

Chu Xingluo did not speak immediately, but looked carefully at the young man in front of him. The young man looked to be about the same age as Ning Ruyue, but his awe-inspiring aura was completely different. A simple question could double his pressure.

The aura of a superior made Chu Xingluo certain that the person in front of him was the Second Prince Ying Xin, who had all the power in the court. Compared to the eldest princess who had fled the court since she was young and hid in the academy under a false name, the Second Prince was familiar with the rules of the court and had the entire Yindie firmly in his hands at a young age.

It is said that the Second Prince's sword-wielding skills are also superb, and he is quite similar to the First King when he was young.

"It's news about the eldest princess."

Chu Xingluo tried his best to calm down his nervousness and said, "She is now in Yunhai Academy."

"I guess so."

Ying Xin just responded coldly, "The academy is the only one in the world that can accommodate her. But soon, the academy will be taken over by the court. I feel a little sympathetic towards her... Compared to these, I am more curious about why you are here? Or have you secretly destroyed the academy's formation?"

"The plan failed."

Chu Xingluo smiled bleakly and said, "Mo Song invited an uninvited guest from somewhere."

"An uninvited guest? The new teacher of the "Defense Against Evil Spirits" class?"

Ying Xin was not unfamiliar with the person Chu Xingluo mentioned.

After all, the subordinates he sent out a few days ago were also killed by that man. No one saw them alive or dead, and no news about the other party was left.

In order to ensure a smooth replacement of identities, Yindie sent out top-notch experts.

"His name is Duan Mingyuan."

"Duan Mingyuan? I remember that."

Ying Xin thought to himself that he didn't need to bother investigating this person's background. After a few days, when they entered the academy, they would face Duan Mingyuan sooner or later. "I hope that by then, his resistance will not be too boring."

"The academy is in chaos right now, and no one in the chess academy can inherit the formation. This is the perfect time to launch an attack. I will tell you all how to pass through the barrier to ensure that your people can enter Qingchi Peak tonight."

"Kill into Qingchi Peak?"

Ying Xin asked with interest, "You mean you want to change the agreement and allow us to attack the teachers and students in the academy at will."

"I have tried my best to persuade them. If they had listened to my advice, they would not have suffered this fate."

"Then things will be much simpler."

"In exchange, I want the position of dean. After you take over the academy, at least keep the chess academy."

"I can agree."

"That's good." Chu Xingluo reached into the inner pocket of his clothes and walked forward slowly. "I drew the method of passing through the barrier and the secret passage on Qingchi Peak on the paper."

His heart was beating violently.

The object touched by the fingertips was not rice paper, but a cold object.

The chill penetrated his skin and seeped into his soul. Where the skin touched the object, he first felt a stinging pain, and then an unbearable itch. Chu Xingluo felt as if the object had suddenly come alive and was gnawing at his fingers.

The method of using this object is actually simple. There is no need to aim. Just throw it hard to the ground and the "death air" inside will spread in an instant. At that time, all living creatures within a hundred meters will turn into dry bones.

When the effect of this object was introduced to him, the evil spirit in the hell seemed to reveal a bloodthirsty smile on his face.

The evil spirit promised him that as long as he could throw this object at the feet of the Second Prince, no matter how prominent the Second Prince's background was or what kind of guards he had, he would be killed instantly.

The only price is that when the "dead energy" spreads, the person using this object will never be able to escape from the range of the "dead energy".

The distance between the two people is getting closer and closer.

Chu Xingluo held his breath.

He had spent his entire life in the academy and had never killed anyone with his own hands, but the first time he did it, he wanted to take the life of the second prince.

This was the last journey he took.

"Please look, Second Prince. This is the treasure I brought for you from the academy."

Chu Xingluo tried his best and threw the object in his arms to the ground.

He lost consciousness almost instantly, and the last thing he saw was a black fog rising into the sky and sweeping across the mountains and forests. He also seemed to see his own corroded skin. There was no flesh and blood left on his right hand, only white bones.

Before he could feel the pain, he fell into a deep sleep.

The black fog lasted for a whole morning. When it dissipated, there was no living creature within a hundred meters. The grass and trees had withered and only the dry and bare ground was left.

The sunlight shone on the ground and the four skeletons that were still standing in their original places. The skeletons still maintained the same movements as they did in life, as if they had no time to realize that death was coming.

"The teacher is indeed very good at predicting things. The people in this academy are really not trustworthy."

In the distance, a young man with the same face as the Second Prince stood on the top of a hill, overlooking the four withered bones. "After returning to the court, I will look for a replacement."

The man the young man called teacher was covered in a dark armor, making it impossible to see his expression clearly.

"It doesn't matter. From the beginning, I never expected Chu Xingluo to be able to break the academy's formation. It's just that among the four formations, the chess academy is the most difficult one to deal with. Now that Chu Xingluo is dead, you can start to arrange an attack plan."

The man in black armor glanced at Ying Xin and said, "This is a crucial battle. As long as you can bring the academy back to the court, the Council will fully recommend you to succeed the throne of the First King. But don't be careless. No matter who instigated Chu Xingluo, he is definitely not a good person. I will assist you in secret when necessary."

"Then it's Teacher Lao."

Ying Xin asked again, "The Princess's matter..."

"She must live."

The teacher said in an undoubted tone, "Someone in the upper echelons has taken a liking to her."