Chapter 453: Chapter 453 Why Does the Janitor Have a Peerless Cultivation Base?

Yuan Bao immediately widened his eyes in disbelief.

"How can Mentor Lin Feng be so calm?" he thought secretly. "Two beautiful women just left, yet he looks completely unaffected!"

Unable to hold back his curiosity any longer, Yuan Bao hurriedly ran after him.

"Mentor Lin Feng!" he shouted.

Lin Feng slowed his footsteps slightly.

"How come you don’t look sad at all?" Yuan Bao asked honestly. "Won’t you miss them?"

The surrounding students also pricked up their ears after hearing the question.

Many of them were curious about the answer as well.

Lin Feng stopped walking for a moment.

A gentle breeze swept across the academy grounds, causing his robes and long hair to sway lightly in the wind.

He remained silent briefly before finally speaking calmly.

"Of course I’ll miss them," Lin Feng replied. "But I also know they’ll be fine."

His gaze slowly lifted toward the endless sky above.

"If you miss someone in the days to come, then simply look at the sky," he said softly. "No matter where they are, we are all still beneath the same heavens."

The moment those words were spoken, the entire area became strangely quiet.

Even Yuan Bao froze for a second.

Some female students immediately became emotional after hearing such poetic words, while several male students secretly admired Lin Feng even more.

"As expected of Mentor Lin Feng..." someone muttered softly.

"His words always sound so profound."

Even Yuan Bao could not help but sigh inwardly.

"No wonder beautiful women keep surrounding Mentor Lin Feng," he thought bitterly. "With lines like that, how can ordinary men possibly compete?"

Meanwhile, Lin Feng simply smiled faintly before turning toward Su Wanwan nearby.

"Come, Wanwan," he said gently. "I’ll send you home."

Su Wanwan’s eyes instantly brightened.

"Wanwan is coming, Mentor Lin Feng!" she replied hurriedly before running toward him with her short little legs.

Although she still felt sad about Qiao Mei and Chu Jiangyue leaving, Lin Feng’s presence somehow made her heart feel much warmer and calmer.

"At least Mentor Lin Feng is still here," Su Wanwan thought happily while following beside him. "As long as Mentor Lin Feng stays here, Wanwan will always be happy."

Thinking of this, the sadness within her heart lightened considerably.

Soon, under the countless gazes of the students, Lin Feng calmly walked away from the academy grounds with Su Wanwan following closely beside him.

The hot sun stretched their shadows short across the stone path, making the scene appear strangely peaceful.

***

Deep within the forbidden grounds of the ancient Ming Clan, a figure sat silently in complete darkness.

The area around him was cold and deathly quiet.

Not even the faintest sound could be heard within the massive underground chamber.

Strange black flames flickered across the walls, occasionally illuminating the man’s shadowed face before darkness swallowed him once more.

"Lin Feng..."

The man slowly muttered the name as though tasting each syllable carefully.

"Another troublesome individual."

Despite his words, there was no fear in his voice. Instead, a faint trace of amusement could be heard.

"But it doesn’t matter," he continued softly. "Ming Ye has already fulfilled his purpose. And what follows next..."

A cold smile slowly appeared within the darkness.

"...will become something truly interesting."

The mysterious man quietly laughed to himself, his voice echoing eerily throughout the underground chamber like the whisper of a ghost.

It was obvious he was plotting something far deeper than the clan elders above realized.

Meanwhile, far above the underground forbidden grounds, the upper echelon of the Ming Clan had already gathered inside the ancient ancestral hall.

The atmosphere was extremely heavy.

Dozens of terrifying old monsters sat around the enormous hall, each radiating ancient and overwhelming auras.

Some looked like ordinary old men, while others resembled withered corpses that had survived countless ages.

Some were so handsome that they appeared unnervingly artificial, as if they had been meticulously sculpted by a master craftsman rather than born of flesh and blood.

Every single person present possessed the power to shake kingdoms and destroy sects with a mere gesture.

Yet despite their strength, their expressions were ugly at this moment.

The humiliation brought upon the Ming Clan this time was simply too great.

Not only had Ming Ye been defeated publicly, but even Old Man Xi had been abducted together with him.

Such a thing had not happened to the ancient Ming Clan in countless years.

An elderly man with white hair suddenly slammed his hand against the armrest of his chair.

Bang!

The entire hall trembled violently.

"I say we mobilize our forces immediately and reclaim Young Master Ming Ye and Old Xi by force!" the old man shouted furiously.

"We cannot simply sit here and endure this humiliation without doing anything!"

His eyes burned with rage.

"If word spreads further, our ancient Ming Clan will become the laughingstock of all hidden clans throughout Azure Heaven Continent!"

Several elders nearby nodded in agreement.

"That’s right!"

"Our Ming Clan’s dignity cannot be trampled upon!"

"We should kill that Lin Feng and make an example out of him!"

The atmosphere in the hall quickly became heated.

However, not everyone agreed.

A different elder slowly opened his eyes and spoke in a deep voice.

"I beg to differ."

The hall gradually quieted.

That elder narrowed his ancient eyes thoughtfully.

"Lin Feng is far from simple," he said slowly. "Not only is he a mysterious expert with terrifying cultivation, but he is also a Medicine King capable of shocking the entire continent."

The old man paused briefly before continuing.

"A person of this level should not possibly be an unknown figure within Azure Heaven Continent."

Many elders immediately frowned after hearing this.

The elder’s expression became increasingly solemn.

"Unless..."

He suddenly stopped speaking midway.

The hall instantly became quiet.

At that moment, another ancient voice calmly continued his unfinished sentence.

"Unless he came from beyond our continent."

The moment those words were spoken, the atmosphere within the ancestral hall completely changed.

Silence.

Absolute silence.