Chapter 1066: Chapter 1066: Change The Topic Smoothly

A massive, terrifying three-headed wolf and an exceptionally elegant Aetherial Ink Crane materialised out of swirling vortices of spiritual light right before everyone’s eyes.

The surrounding experts were visibly surprised by the manifestation, their tense postures relaxing just a fraction.

"So they are only Lord Rank beasts..." One of them mumbled.

At first, several of the older experts mistakenly assumed the graceful, pristine Aetherial Ink Crane belonged to Bai Xifeng simply because she was the younger cultivator and a female. However, their biased assumption was immediately proven wrong when the massive, ferocious three-headed wolf casually trotted over to Bai Xifeng, lowered one of its terrifying muzzles, and allowed her to rub its ears affectionately as though it were nothing more than an oversized household dog.

"As you can clearly see..." Ji Yuan spoke up, breaking the silence with his calm demeanour, "This Aetherial Ink Crane is my personal contracted beast, while this three-headed wolf belongs entirely to my student. Neither of us possesses the soul capacity to have contracted the Beast King."

The experts meticulously observed both beasts for several long, tense moments, scanning for any hidden seal or anomalous energy, before finally and reluctantly withdrawing their heavy spiritual senses. Disappointment was clearly written across several of their hardened faces.

"So it really is not hidden with them..."

"Since that is the case." The leading expert finally said, grudgingly cupping his hands back to Ji Yuan, "We shall take our immediate leave."

The other sect masters also briefly cupped their hands before turning around one after another, kicking up dust. Although they had arrived with aggressive, bloodthirsty intentions, they were still logical figureheads of major sects and were not completely unreasonable. Since the Beast King’s magnetic aura had already completely vanished from the region, and there was zero physical evidence that anyone present had bonded with it, there was simply no point in wasting any more precious time terrorising Tianlong School. Their absolute priority now was to scour the rest of the continent before a rival force managed to locate the hidden Beast King first.

Only after the massive group of high-level experts had completely disappeared into the distant horizon did the suffocating atmosphere in the courtyard finally relax slightly.

Principal Qiao Wenhao and the remaining academy teachers immediately turned their sharp attention toward Ji Yuan and Bai Xifeng.

Ji Yuan calmly and steadily met the principal’s piercing gaze.

"Principal Qiao..." Ji Yuan replied evenly, his face an unreadable mask. "Do you truly believe I would choose to lie to the world about a matter of this magnitude?"

Principal Qiao Wenhao fell silent, unable to find a counterargument.

"Principal Qiao..." Bai Xifeng added at the perfect tactical moment, putting on a slightly shaken expression. "Teacher Ji and I really had absolutely no choice but to follow the strict demands of those three terrifying Divine Beasts. Otherwise, they could have easily slaughtered both of us without throwing a single punch."

The surrounding teachers all nodded inwardly in sympathetic agreement. If three fully matured Divine Beasts had truly shown up and demanded their absolute cooperation under the threat of death, refusing them would have been nothing short of actively courting suicide.

"Principal Qiao..." Ji Yuan continued, smoothly changing the dangerous subject before they could ask for more details. "One of those Divine Beasts outside appeared to be the mythical Taotie. If my memory serves me correctly from the academy archives, Taotie was supposed to be eternally sealed deep inside the isolated trial world under Tianlong School’s direct supervision. How exactly was it able to break its shackles and appear out here today?"

Bai Xifeng maintained a perfectly blank, composed expression on the outside. Teacher Ji really knows how to act... He already knew perfectly well why Tao-chan had appeared outside her door, yet he still posed the question with such natural, genuine confusion that even she almost believed he was truly bewildered by the turn of events.

Principal Qiao Wenhao and the surrounding elder teachers all wore incredibly complicated, stressful expressions, especially the Array Master teachers standing in the back. After all, they were the very people who had personally participated in maintaining the complex sealing arrays around Tao-chan inside the pocket world years ago. Seeing the glutton suddenly roaming free outside the seal left them just as thoroughly confused and bewildered as everyone else. They had absolutely no earthly idea how the legendary, dangerous Divine Beast had escaped its confinement without triggering a single alarm.

"Perhaps it is not actually the specific Taotie that we sealed all those years ago." One of the senior teachers suddenly chimed in from the back of the group, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

"What exactly do you mean by that statement?" Principal Qiao Wenhao immediately asked, turning his sharp gaze toward the teacher who spoke just now.

The teacher took a deep breath, collecting his thoughts before carefully explaining his theory to the crowd.

"Think about the logistics of it carefully, Principal. The legendary Taotie has been heavily sealed directly beneath the foundations of Tianlong School for a very long time. If that specific, vengeful monster had truly managed to violently break free from its ancient seal, then our academy would have been the very first place it completely levelled to the ground out of pure spite. It would never simply wander over here peacefully just to act as a bodyguard for a newly crowned Beast King cub. Therefore, I strongly believe it might actually be an entirely different Taotie, not the ancient one currently locked inside our confinement." The teacher explained logically.

Principal Qiao Wenhao fell completely silent, his brow furrowing as he began deeply considering the logical possibility that the teacher had just brought up.

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