A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 880 - 866: Strange Grassland

The entire meadow appeared serene and peaceful, with nothing out of the ordinary. Everyone sat on the grass, greedily absorbing the abundant Spiritual Qi, but Baiyu felt something was off about the grass. There was an occasional faint scent emanating from that meadow.

Baiyu couldn't describe this scent.

But it was extremely unsettling.

He hesitated several times, wanting to warn the two teachers, but they were characters of Grandmaster Level. Although their powers were suppressed below that of Grandmaster within the Blessed Land, they were still beyond the likes of those who hadn't reached Grandmaster themselves.

Even they hadn't noticed anything unusual, so Baiyu just thought he might be overthinking it. He had experienced too much recently, making his thoughts more complex. He was no longer as simple as the other students, and lamented that he could never go back.

The dense Spiritual Qi was of no use to Baiyu.

He wanted to wander around to see if there were any natural treasures in this Blessed Land, as those would be tangible benefits.

But just as Baiyu was about to leave, the two teachers suddenly blew the emergency gathering signal.

A group of students immediately gathered.

The faces of the two teachers were stern as they scanned the crowd: "Does anyone know where Wang Dandong and Li Qing have gone?"

The crowd glanced around at one another.

And then realized, at some point, two people were missing from the group, and they hadn't even noticed.

"Teachers, could it be that they wanted to explore the natural treasures in the Blessed Land, so they left the main group to act on their own?"

"I think it's quite likely they mentioned before that they wanted to look around for themselves. Perhaps they're already in another part of the Blessed Land."

The students started talking over each other.

But the teachers were sure: "They definitely didn't enter the depths of the Blessed Land. We're always watching, and if they had gone into the depths, we would have noticed immediately."

The two teachers remained here not only to ensure the students' safety.

More importantly, it was to prevent the students from wandering off, to let them experience the cultivation efficiency of the second stage of Spiritual Qi Revival in the Blessed Land, giving them an edge in future competition. After all, these students were meticulously selected and recommended by various schools and teachers, making them the elite of the holy Purple Crystal School.

But now, in such an important group of students, two had disappeared silently, which naturally made the teachers anxious. Behind every student, there was support, and forces providing them with resources.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been among the first to enter the Blessed Land.

"Teachers, Hu Zehong is also missing. He said he was going to relieve himself, but he hasn't come back yet."

At this time, a student spoke up loudly.

The two teachers squinted, with three missing students, this was no simple issue, and moreover, they had yet to find the reason for the three students' disappearance.

"All students gather, without special instructions, do not leave the team arbitrarily."

Among the two teachers.

The burly male teacher, with bloodshot eyes, looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, his expression made it clear, he was extremely angry at this moment.

The other teacher was a female, her face equally sullen.

Whoosh!

At this moment, a very faint sound of pulling arose, a student seemed to have just uttered a cry for help, but disappeared instantly.

At this, everyone's gaze turned simultaneously towards the direction of the sound.

There was only a clump of grass swaying in the wind, not much different from anywhere else, perhaps the only disparity was this patch of grass was taller, thicker, and grew more vigorously.

"Stay away from this piece of grassland!"

The female teacher's eyes twitched as she immediately shouted.

The student had vanished right under her nose without any warning or anomaly, but she was sure it was related to this grass!

Upon hearing this, the students also instantly panicked.

The missing students were all quite strong, even having those who had reached the Tier Four peak as Martial Artists and the sequence Extraordinary, but they couldn't even cry for help before disappearing, clearly, this meadow was far beyond their understanding.

If the grass had ensnared them, they would end up like the others who vanished before them.

Under the teachers' instructions, the group quickly retreated within the range of the Bronze Hall.

They did not exit the Blessed Land.

But behind them, they quietly leaned against the Bronze Hall, looking at the seemingly peaceful meadow. Within ten meters of the hall's vicinity, there was no grass growing. The burly male teacher conjured a huge Fireball in his hands and hurled it toward that clump of grass which had swallowed the person.

Whoosh.

Fierce flames rose instantly.

The grass was ignited, crackling, a charred stench continuously wafting out, soon everyone noticed the eerie nature of this meadow, the flames emitted when the grass burnt weren't red, but a strange, eerie green.

And the fire was exceedingly cold, exuding a chill that made everyone extremely uncomfortable.

Clearly, before the Fireball was launched, it was still a normal red flame, but after contacting the grass, igniting it, it turned into a strange green.

Eerie green.

This was Ghost Fire.

The faces of the two teachers turned grim, producing such flames indicated a significant issue with this grass.

"Teachers, in our hometown, there's a cult called the Witch Corpse Sect, they liked using human corpses to cultivate various plants. When those plants are burnt, this is what happens. These grasses, these grasses are certainly corpse-fed, absorbing nutrients from the bodies."

A student spoke with lingering fear.

The two teachers exchanged a glance; the disappearance of the three students could not be left unresolved, they must find them. Even if they couldn't retrieve them, they had to ascertain why they disappeared, otherwise, the teachers wouldn't be able to answer to the authorities.

And the subsequent students dared not step on this meadow again.

"Dig!"

After a long silence, the male teacher made the decision. They had to find the cause of the students' disappearance and rescue them. However, for the digging that followed, the teachers did not let the students participate, choosing instead to handle it themselves.

And the excavation process wasn't as Baiyu had previously imagined.

The female teacher evidently had an Extraordinary Ability related to controlling soil. Instantly, the ground began flowing like water, and she soon stabilized the flowing soil, piling it into a high mound.

As the excavated area was exposed, a rich stench wafted up. Upon looking into the deep pit, everyone was astonished.

Within that large pit were corpses throughout, appearing to have been there for a long time, but the bodies hadn't decomposed.