The female anchor turned into the dean of an ancient academy

"Dean, you know that this 'Nine Stars Linking Formation' requires the gathering of nine kinds of spiritual objects from heaven and earth before it can be activated." Mo Lei said mysteriously while observing Cen Jiexiao's expression.

"Oh? What spiritual objects are they? They are so precious?" Cen Jiexiao's curiosity was aroused and she asked.

Mo Lei smiled slightly and kept it a secret: "When the formation is set up, the dean will know."

Although Cen Jiexiao felt a little unhappy, she couldn't ask any more questions. She could only control her temper and look forward to the moment when she could witness this magical formation with her own eyes.

However, what she didn't know was that she was stepping into the trap carefully set by Mo Lei, and what was waiting for her was not some wonder of formation, but deadly danger.

Before they knew it, they had walked out of the city gate and arrived at a remote forest. The ancient trees in the forest were towering, blocking out the sun. The sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves, casting mottled shadows on the ground.

Mo Lei stopped, turned around and said to Cen Jiexiao, "Dean, this is it."

Cen Jiexiao looked up and saw the eerie, dark woods. A chill ran through her heart. She suddenly felt uneasy, as if something was wrong.

"Sir, is this place...suitable?" Cen Jiexiao asked hesitantly, the uneasy feeling in her heart growing stronger and stronger.

"Of course it's suitable," Mo Lei said with a smile, seemingly unaware of Cen Jiexiao's uneasiness. "This 'Nine Stars Linking Formation' needs to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to exert its maximum power. This place is lush with trees and abundant with spiritual energy, making it the perfect place to set up the formation."

Cen Jiexiao wanted to say something else but was interrupted by Mo Lei.

"Dean, please follow me."

After Mo Lei finished speaking, he walked straight into the depths of the woods.

Seeing this, Sister Cen Xiao had no choice but to follow. Yu Lan and Xiao Zhi followed closely behind Sister Cen Xiao. They also felt that the atmosphere was not right, but as Sister Cen Xiao's subordinates, they naturally could not go against Sister Cen Xiao's wishes.

The deeper they went into the woods, the darker the light became, and Cen Jiexiao's heart grew heavier.

Suddenly, she felt her feet go empty and she fell down...

Cen Jiexiao felt like a potato thrown into a sack, jolted along the way, and finally landed heavily on the cold, hard ground. When she struggled to open her eyes, she found herself in a pitch-black dungeon.

"hiss……"

Cen Jiexiao took a deep breath and struggled to stand up, but found a piercing pain in her ankle.

"Dean! How are you, Dean?"

"Sister Xiao! Sister Xiao, are you okay?"

The anxious voices of Yu Lan and Xiao Zhi reached her ears, and Cen Jiexiao finally felt a little relieved. In the dim light, she saw that Yu Lan and Xiao Zhi had also fallen not far away, both of them covered in dust and looking miserable.

"I'm fine..." Cen Jiexiao gritted her teeth, slowly sat up, and gently turned her ankle. After confirming that it was just a sprain and not a fracture, she breathed a sigh of relief. "It's just a twisted ankle. I'll be fine after a rest."

"It's already late, and you're still resting!" Yu Lan anxiously ran to Cen Jiexiao's side and checked her injuries. "This damn place doesn't look right. We have to find a way out!"

Before he finished speaking, a creepy "jiejie" laugh suddenly came from above. Cen Jiexiao and the other two looked up suddenly, only to see a dark figure slowly descending from above. With the weak light, they could see the face of the person who came. It was Mo Lei, who had pretended to be righteous before!

"Mr. Mo...?" Cen Jiexiao looked at the man in front of her in disbelief, feeling a chill running from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.

Mo Lei sneered, reached out and tore off the human skin mask on his face, revealing a completely unfamiliar face. It was a face full of sinisterness and cruelty, completely different from the gentle Mo Lei before.

"Dean Cen, how are you?" Mo Lei's voice was low and hoarse, as chilling as a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue.

"You... who are you?" Cen Jiexiao asked sternly, suppressing the fear in her heart.

"Who am I? Haha..." Mo Lei sneered, his tone full of sarcasm, "Dean Cen is really a forgetful person. It seems that I pretended so well before that you didn't even notice the flaw at all."

"You...you are not from the Great Zhou?" Cen Jiexiao reacted immediately. Although Mo Lei tried his best to conceal his accent, he could still hear something strange in his voice.

"Smart! It's a pity that you realized it too late." A cold light flashed in Mo Lei's eyes. "It doesn't matter where I come from. What matters is that you will soon become a dead man."

"What do you want to do?" Yu Lan drew the sword from her waist, protected Cen Jiexiao behind her, and stared at Mo Lei with sharp eyes.

"What for? Of course, I'm helping my master get rid of you, a thorn in his side!" Mo Lei sneered, "Cen Jiexiao, do you think your little cleverness can deceive the world? Let me tell you, your every move is under my master's control!"

"Your master... is the Queen Mother? Xi Xiang? Liao Dan?" Cen Jiexiao already had a guess in her mind, but still couldn't help wanting to confirm.

"It seems that the dean of Zhaoyin Academy is not very smart either." Mo Lei did not tell Cen Jiexiao that he was from the Liaodan Kingdom, but continued to mock her. "My master has long disliked you. You are just a little woman, and instead of staying at home to take care of your husband and children, you insist on showing up in public and stirring up trouble. Do you really think your little tricks can change anything? You are just courting your own destruction!"

"You..." Cen Jiexiao wanted to say something, but was interrupted impatiently by Mo Lei.

"Stop talking nonsense! Today is the day you die!" Mo Lei looked at Cen Jiexiao coldly, turned around and walked to the wall, and pushed a protruding stone brick with force.

"Rumble..."

Accompanied by a dull sound of machinery, Cen Jiexiao discovered with horror that water began to seep out of the walls around the dungeon, and the water level was still rising!

"You...you want to drown us?" Cen Jiexiao's face was pale. She never thought that she would end up in such a situation.

"I prepared this dungeon specially for you. How does it feel like in the water dungeon?" Mo Lei smiled sinisterly, and that smile looked particularly hideous and terrifying in the dim dungeon.

"You despicable villain!" Yu Lan shouted angrily, swung her sword and was about to rush forward, but was pulled back by Cen Jiexiao.

"Don't be impulsive!" Cen Jiexiao calmly analyzed the current situation. They were now in a dungeon, surrounded by water, and the only exit was blocked by Mo Lei. It was impossible to force their way out.

"What should we do? Are we just going to sit there and wait for death?" Xiaozhi stamped her feet anxiously. She was impatient and could not stand such humiliation.

"Why are you panicking? I'm here to hold up the sky even if it falls!" Although Yu Lan was also afraid, she had seen the world after all, so she quickly calmed down and began to look around in the dungeon, hoping to find a way to escape.

Cen Jiexiao didn't say anything, but just stared at Mo Lei's departing back. Her mind quickly flashed through every detail of her time with Mo Lei, trying to find a clue from them...