Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The teachers straightened up and looked at Ji Zhengchuan.

"Tell me, what happened?" The man leaned back in his chair, looking as languid as if he were sunbathing, showing no signs of the tension one would expect from someone dealing with a matter of great importance to the capital.

“Reporting to Father Emperor…” Dongfang Jibai stepped forward, first bowed to the man, and then explained the whole story.

After listening, the man first glanced at Ling Yi, then looked at Ji Zhengchuan: "The dean has already told you about the negative impact your actions will have on the Ji family. Even so, you still want to do it?"

Ji Zhengchuan looked at the man: "Does Your Majesty mean you want to choose Ling Yi?"

"If you were going to give up on Ling Yi, why wait for me to come?" The man took the tea offered by the palace servant, took only a sip, and put it down. He said slowly and deliberately, "Ji Zhengchuan, you can't kill Ling Yi, and I won't let you kill Ling Yi. As for those students..."

The man chuckled lightly, "Whatever harm you inflict upon them, I will search the four great empires and make sure your Ji family pays the same price."

"If you dare to release the guardian beast today, I dare to make your Ji family's souls be scattered!"

"You!" Ji Zhengchuan glared angrily at Emperor Dongyang: "Fine, fine, fine!"

"Emperor Dongyang, you're quite something!" Ji Zhengchuan didn't get the answer he wanted, and he didn't care whether the person in front of him was the emperor or not. He sneered, "I didn't expect that you would be willing to give up the lives of so many students to protect Ling Yi!"

"There are many things you haven't considered." Emperor Dongyang looked at Ji Zhengchuan: "Today, even if you threaten me with the lives of those students, or even with the throne, I will not give up on Ling Yi."

"Why!?" Ji Zhengchuan asked unwillingly, "Just because she has extraordinary talent?"

"There are many talented people in this world. If it were just talent, I wouldn't be in this predicament," Emperor Dongyang said slowly. "Ji Zhengchuan, have you forgotten how magnificent the mountain range that appeared twenty-one years ago was?"

"You've forgotten how many people the Empire lost that time, but I haven't," Emperor Dongyang said. "The people the Empire sent died at the hands of the Three-Headed Python, but Ling Yi was able to kill the Three-Headed Python. You can't see anything except your grandson, so how would you know what this means?"

"When the dean came out back then, he said that someone was dealing with the three-headed python." Ji Zhengchuan didn't believe it at all: "Who saw her dealing with the three-headed python with their own eyes?"

“It’s also possible that the person the dean saw killed the three-headed python twenty-one years ago!” Ji Zhengchuan said, “Even if she did kill the three-headed python, what does that mean?”

Emperor Dongyang chuckled: "My royal uncle is standing right behind me. I didn't want to say this, but I couldn't help it in front of you. I'm really getting old and my mind isn't working well anymore."

"If you were even a little more sensible, you would know that the beast behind the Beast Suppression Gate is no match for the Three-Headed Python. Ling Yi can kill the Three-Headed Python, so how could he not be able to deal with that beast?"

"Ji Zhengchuan, your wishful thinking has failed." Emperor Dongyang said slowly, "I have made my choice, now it's your turn."

“Abandon your actions, and I assure you that I will not pursue the Ji family members other than you.” Emperor Dongyang said, “If you insist on proceeding, I will do my best to compensate the families of the students who died outside the Beast Suppression Gate. The Beast Suppression Gate will cause some parts of the Imperial Academy to collapse, but other than that, there will be no other losses. But if you do this, I will never let the Ji family off the hook.”

"Pursue the rest of the Ji family besides me?" Ji Zhengchuan laughed loudly, "How dare you!"

Ji Zhengchuan looked at Dean Dongfang and Emperor Dongyang: "Since I became the dean of the Beast Taming Academy, I have never made a mistake. My grandson was wrong, but he did not deserve to die. However, Ling Yi killed him directly. It is not wrong for me to want to avenge my grandson. The one who is wrong is Ling Yi!"

"If she hadn't been so cold-blooded and ruthless, sparing my grandson's life, why would I have done this?!"

"I only want to avenge my grandson, but you..." Ji Zhengchuan pointed at Yu Yang, Dongfang Jibai, the Dean, and finally at Dongyang Emperor, angrily saying, "But you don't understand my feelings. You are only protecting Ling Yi. You have disappointed me greatly!"

"If that's the case, then don't blame me for showing no mercy!" Ji Zhengchuan said, taking out a communication stone: "Use their blood to open the Beast Suppression Gate!"

"Little sister..." Lin Xinze, who was standing next to Ling Yi, couldn't help but grab Ling Yi's clothes tightly when he heard this.

"Let go," Ling Yi said.

"Little sister?" Lin Xinze called out softly to Ling Yi, then obediently let go of her hand.

Ling Yi didn't say much. He set up a barrier for Lin Xinze, then drew his bone knife and attacked Ji Zhengchuan directly!

Ji Zhengchuan is an eighth-level Spirit Master, and Ling Yi's ability to withstand power against him has reached its limit.

As the two clashed, Dean Dongfang erected a barrier to isolate their power.

"Isn't the Imperial Uncle going to help Ling Yi?" Emperor Dongyang asked casually.

Dean Dongfang looked at the two people outside and said, "Rather than me taking action, Ling Yi would prefer to do it himself."

"Indeed," Emperor Dongyang replied, and then fell silent.

Dean Dong lowered his eyes and looked at Emperor Dongyang: "Your Majesty, I would like to take your pulse."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Dongyang put down the pastries in his hand, folded his hands to give no chance to speak, and said, "Uncle, there's no need. I'm in good health."

"Sigh..." Dean Dongfang looked at Emperor Dongyang, filled with helplessness: "Luoshu, what exactly happened thirty years ago...?"

Why won't you tell me?

“Uncle, it’s all in the past, there’s no need to bring it up again.” Emperor Dongyang said casually, “Some things, if said, will only cause more worry.”

Seeing that he was still unwilling to talk about it, Dean Dong sighed inwardly, looked at the two people outside, and followed Ling Yi with his gaze.

More than thirty years ago, Luo Shu was just like Ling Yi, unrestrained and arrogant, fearless of heaven and earth, not concerned with the throne, and his only wish in this life was to travel the world.

But all of this came to an end with the Northern Underworld Empire.

Luo Shu lost all his cultivation. Not only that, the person who originally possessed the source of the strange ice ended up suffering from the cold entering his body, damaging his fundamental health. He had to take pills continuously to barely save his life.

Luo Shu was unwilling to talk about it, so no one knew what happened on that trip to Beiming.

To this day, no one knows.

"Uncle, you've investigated Ling Yi's past, what do you think..." Emperor Dongyang looked at Ling Yi, hesitating to speak.

Dean Dongfang asked, "What do you think?"

Emperor Dongyang didn't say it aloud, but he filled in the blank in his heart, wondering... was the current Ling Yi the original Ling Yi?

These words were too shocking to be true, but the Dongyang Empire had such doubts after learning about Ling Yi's past.

Seeing people today has only intensified this feeling.

If it weren't for that trip to the Northern Sea, he might not have imagined it, but... he had seen such a being.

It can possess the existence of others.

"It's nothing." Emperor Dongyang lowered his eyes and said calmly, "I'm just curious why Ling Yi can unleash such power?"