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

Chapter 423 Not caring about others

As they talked, Little Golden Tiger arrived at the outer edge of the island.

"We're here." Ling Yi said, then jumped off the little golden tiger's back.

Seeing this, the others followed suit.

After everyone disembarked, Little Golden Tiger shrank back to Ling Yi's shoulder and sat down, observing the island before them together.

The situation on the island was as Ye Qingshuang had described before: it was covered by a barrier, and no one could enter without permission. Moreover, the place where they landed was deserted.

Just as the group was observing the island, Hai Ling stepped forward and said, "We came here on flying beasts, not from the port, so there's no one around."

"Whether there's anyone there or not is unimportant." Ling Yi looked at Hai Ling: "Go to the island, then tell me."

Hai Ling nodded, then took out a token and affixed it to the barrier. The barrier opened up, and Hai Ling turned to look at everyone: "Go in."

The group quickly entered the barrier. Hai Ling took out her token and went over after they entered. As soon as she went over, the opening in the barrier closed again.

"Let's go." Hai Ling looked at Ling Yi: "I'll take you to see the Dean. After we meet the Dean, I'll tell you who taught me the sealing technique."

"Hmm." Ling Yi didn't say much, just responded lightly, and then the group headed towards the academy led by Hai Ling.

On the way there, Hai Ling hesitated several times, which Bai Jiu noticed. Finally, Ye Qing Shuang couldn't hold back any longer and looked at her, saying, "Just say what you want to say."

Hai Ling no longer hesitated: "I would like to ask you for a favor."

Ye Qingshuang asked, "What kind of help?"

Hai Ling said, "The academy was unaware that I have spirit-eating worms in my body. If I suddenly bring you here, the academy will definitely question me. If the academy asks, can you say that you met me by chance, noticed something was wrong with me, and that's how you learned about the existence of spirit-eating worms?"

Ye Qingshuang looked at Hai Ling: "You knew you had spirit-eating worms in your body, why didn't you tell the academy?"

They even wanted them to help cover it up.

"It's a long story," Hai Ling said as she led the group. "The spirit-eating insects in my body came from the tower. The situation was special at the time. To prevent the spirit-eating insects from leaving, I followed that person's instructions and sealed them into my body. However, I was no match for the spirit-eating insects, and the result of forcibly sealing them was that I was seriously injured and fell into a coma."

“After I fell into a coma, the academy notified my father, who came to the academy to see me. When I woke up, the first person I saw was my father, and I told him about the tower, but my father…” Hai Ling stopped there.

After a while, Hai Ling finally spoke: "After Father learned about the dangers of the spirit-eating insects, he did not choose to tell the academy. Instead, he had someone bring me back to the manor, and he went into the tower himself to seek a solution."

“As the lord of the city, Father should prioritize the people of Yunhai City and not have selfish motives. However, he did this for my sake, and I couldn’t bear to see him criticized by everyone.” Hai Ling said, “After I was taken back to the manor and felt better, I thought of returning. I planned to tell the Dean about this matter when I got back, so that although Father would be demoted, he wouldn’t be criticized by everyone. That was my original plan. But meeting you all has given me another chance. I want to try to salvage things a little more.”

As long as they are willing to help, Dad can keep this matter hidden.

After hearing what Hailing said, everyone remained silent.

To put it bluntly, Hai Ling's case is a dereliction of duty on the part of the city lord. Knowing that his daughter had something dangerous inside her body, he still sent her back to the city lord's mansion, completely disregarding the safety of the city's people. He is not worthy of being the city lord.

But on a smaller scale... this matter is not insignificant. Although Hai Ling doesn't plan to stay outside, if she returns to the academy, the spirit-eating insects will still harm people.

“Okay.” Just as everyone was silent, Ling Yi looked at Hai Ling and said, “Just take us there.”

Instead of listening to Hai Ling's worries, Ling just wanted to get the things as soon as possible.

Seeing that Ling Yi agreed, Hai Ling breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her face: "Thank you."

Ye Qingshuang glanced at Hai Ling, then at Ling Yi, her delicate brows furrowing slightly. She felt this was inappropriate. Hai Ling's father disregarded the safety of the city's people and was unworthy of being the city lord. He deserved to be punished, and they had no need to cover it up for him.

But Ling Yi agreed.

Ling Yi agreed because she didn't care about anyone else, and there was no point in her agonizing over it.

"Let's go." Ye Qingshuang sighed, but ultimately said nothing.

"Okay." With the matter weighing on her mind resolved, Hai Ling felt completely at ease and led the group quickly toward the academy.

As they got closer to the academy, more and more people came. Many of them greeted Hai Ling and called her "teacher."

Hailing nodded in response, and then led the group to the courtyard where the dean lived.

Just as Hai Ling led Ling Yi and her group to the outside of the dean's courtyard, a group of people rushed over from the side. When the two sides met, Hai Ling looked at the leader of the group and called out, "Father."

The Lord of Yunhai City looked at Hai Ling and said sternly, "Why didn't you listen when I told you to stay in the manor?"

“Father…” Hai Ling called out, wanting to speak, but was interrupted by the city lord as soon as she opened her mouth: “If you still acknowledge me as your father, then go back.”

"Father, I can't go back." After Hai Ling finished speaking, she introduced Ling Yi to the city lord: "Father, they can take care of what you're worried about."

When the Lord of Yunhai City arrived, he noticed Ling Yi and the others. They were quite good-looking, but their cultivation was extremely ordinary. In addition, he was concerned about his daughter, so he didn't pay much attention to them. But now, his daughter said that they could solve his worries. How could that be?

"Ah Ling, stop fooling around." The City Lord of Yunhai said, walking quickly towards Hai Ling and reaching out to grab her: "Come back with me."

Seeing that her father didn't believe her, Hai Ling wanted to say more, but Ling Yi spoke first: "Does it matter whether we go back or not?"

Upon hearing this, the City Lord of Yunhai looked at Ling Yi with cold eyes: "I don't know how you convinced A Ling to believe you, but I don't. If you don't want to get into trouble, leave here."

“If you don’t resolve this issue, she will die even if she goes back with you. When she dies, Yunhai City will suffer.”

Seeing Ling Yi speak like this in front of so many people, the City Lord of Yunhai's expression turned completely cold. He looked at Ling Yi and said, "Stop talking nonsense!"

"Father, Ling Yi didn't say anything wrong." Hai Ling wanted to explain, but at that moment, a surge of spiritual energy came from the direction of the courtyard gate. Hai Ling turned his head and saw the dean, the vice dean, and several elders who were in charge of guarding the tower come out.

Upon seeing the group, both Hai Ling and the City Lord of Yunhai City quieted down.

"Ah Ling, you're back?" The dean asked with concern when he saw Hai Ling. "Are your injuries any better?"

"Thank you for your concern, Dean. My injuries are mostly healed." Hai Ling replied, then quickly added, "Dean, Vice Dean, Elders, I have something to tell you."

"Ah Ling," the City Lord of Yunhai called out, frowning as he said, "The Dean and the elders are busy, so don't cause trouble."

“Father, I’m not joking. What I just said is true.” After Hai Ling finished speaking, she looked at the dean: “Dean, there’s something fishy about my injury in the tower.”

The dean thought Hai Ling was going to say something, but he didn't expect it to be about this. So he said, "Ah Ling, don't worry, the academy will definitely investigate your injury and give you a satisfactory answer."

“Yes,” the elder in charge of guarding the tower said. “We’ve been taking turns patrolling the tower these past few days and haven’t found anyone who hurt you. But don’t worry, once we do find someone, we will definitely take them down.”

Hai Ling immediately realized that the dean and the others had misunderstood, and quickly said, "That's not what I meant."

The dean asked in confusion, "If it's not this, then what is it?"

Hai Ling recounted the story she and Ling Yi had agreed upon: "While I was recuperating in the manor, I met these friends. They wanted to visit the academy, so they went to the city lord's manor to inquire about the island entry permit. I happened to run into them and didn't think much of it at first, but they said they found a problem with me."

"Is that so?" Upon hearing this, the elders of the tower all looked at Ling Yi and his group.

To be fair, judging from their cultivation levels, none of them were particularly powerful. The elders didn't know what they had discerned, but they certainly hadn't seen anything from Hai Ling.

The elders didn't believe it, but the dean and vice-dean did.

Judging by their cultivation level alone, these people are indeed ordinary, but their appearances are anything but. With such outstanding looks, they would never have been able to appear before them without real strength.

Their very presence here proves that they possess exceptional qualities.

The dean looked at Ling Yi and asked, "Young lady, do you know what's wrong with A-Ling?"

Ling Yi said indifferently, "Spirit-eating insects."