I Can Grant Origin Powers To Anything - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: We Might Have Been Followed

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Wei Hua was dead.

He had died a terrible death. He lay on the bed in the dormitory with his head drooping out of the bed. His eyes were wide open, and till death, his eyes stayed that way.

His internal organs had been dug out.

The entire dormitory, the walls, the floor, and the ceiling were covered in blood.

The scream was from the auntie who was cleaning the dormitory building during the day. She could not help but scream out in fear when she saw such a horrifying scene.

In fact, she wasn’t the only one.

Even Zhou Qing and the assistant principal, Sun Yuan, couldn’t help but feel their scalps go numb when they saw this scene upon rushing over.

It wasn’t that they hadn’t seen blood when they were young, but after becoming teachers in the school, they had been living in luxury all year round and hadn’t fought a life-and-death battle for many years.

They really weren’t used to seeing such a horrifying scene all of a sudden.

“Seal this place immediately and call the armed police!” Zhou Qing immediately waved his hand and shouted, “Seal the teaching building and don’t let anyone in or out. Also, don’t come over and don’t destroy the scene.”

The blood was still warm and fresh, which indicated the murderer hadn’t gone too far.

They weren’t professionals. If they rashly investigated, it was very likely that they would destroy the scene.

Zhou Qing glanced at the open window. There was no doubt that the murderer had escaped through there.

He gritted his teeth, hesitated for a moment, and then jumped out of the window to chase after the murdered.

But a moment later, he was back.

He said angrily, “The murdered didn’t even leave a footprint. He’s too cunning. Looks like we can only wait for the police to arrive.”

Half an hour later, several police flying cars flew into Qingyang High School.

The dormitory building was quickly surrounded.

Professional armed police officers had already started to investigate the scene.

For a murder case to have occurred in Qingyang High School, the situation was naturally extremely serious.

Ji Roufeng and Zhang Ziqian also came to the scene along with the five disciples. Although they had not officially joined the sect yet, they were only lacking the formalities.

Seeing that they were dressed in ancient clothes, the armed police officers were tactful and did not stop them.

Benefitting from that, Xu Lingjun and Guo Zheng also sneaked over.

It was not strange for someone to die, but to die in school… Moreover, the victim was a famous person who had reached stage 9 of the Body-tempering Tier.

The person who did it had to be at least a martial artist in the Qi-gathering Tier.

For a murder to have happened so close to them, it was a given they could not help but want to know all the details. After all, this was already related to their personal safety.

“Hua’er,” Wei Hua’s parents rushed over after receiving the news. The moment they saw the body, his mother could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. She immediately collapsed on the ground and fainted.

“The murderer is not human!”

After a serious investigation of the scene, the coroner’s face was solemn as he said, “The murderer should be a demonic beast. Furthermore, this demonic beast should be very fierce. The deceased should’ve died due to excessive pain from having his internal organs eaten alive!”

“A demonic beast? What kind of demonic beast can break into Qingzhou City?” Wei Hua’s father, Wei Ziqi, had tears streaming down his face. He said angrily, “What kind of demonic beast can break through the layers of human defense and come to the school to kill my son?”

“Although it’s not easy to break in, it’s not impossible,” One of the armed police, Zhao Kai, said seriously, “The intelligence of the demonic beasts is not inferior to that of us humans. Although human flesh is very tempting to them, under normal circumstances, they know that there is no benefit in attacking humans since we have zero tolerance for the demonic beasts that have eaten human flesh, so…”

“So my nephew is already dead!” Wei Hua’s aunt, Wei Hongmian, was much calmer than her brother and sister-in-law. She said coldly, “From what you said, Hua’er died tragically… Guo Xu, my nephew died in your territory, you have to give me an explanation.”

Guo Xu smiled bitterly and said, “I will, of course, give you an explanation for this matter. But if there really is a demonic beast lurking in here, the most important thing now is to catch it. We can’t let the number of casualties increase.”

Zhou Qing thought for a moment and asked, “The deceased had just returned from the outer region yesterday. Could it be related to this?”

“Are you saying that a demonic beast followed the lot of you back to the city?”

Zhao Kai nodded and said, “We can’t rule out this possibility. I’ve also heard about whatever was going on at Qingyang High School during this period. Did you guys provoke any terrifying demonic beasts on this trip to the outer region?”

Zhou Qing smiled bitterly and said, “No. To ensure the safety of the students, three teachers have gone in advance to disperse the powerful demonic beasts. These students don’t even have the chance to see a powerful demonic beast.”

Zhao Kai thought about it seriously and looked at Guo Xu, saying seriously, “Principal Guo, I suggest that we seal the school. To be able to tear apart and eat a promising stage 9 Body-tempering martial artist, the demonic beast’s strength is at least at level 4. Once such a demonic beast goes on a killing spree in Qingzhou City, it will cause great casualties. It’s best to control its movements within the school.”

“Of course. I need to be responsible for the students!” Guo Xu said, “I’ll go out and explain to the students. I’ll arrange for everyone to leave immediately and close the school. I’m not sure if the demonic beast has left the school so I can’t let everyone stay here.”

He left in a hurry.

Xu Lingjun, Guo Zheng, and Li Lei exchanged a look.

The three of them also quietly left.

Their faces were pale. Even Xu Lingjun, who was the most mature mentally, was extremely agitated at this moment.

The one who died was their comrade and classmate.

They had greeted each other just the day before, but now he was dead. On top of that, he had died so miserably.

This was the first time for them to experience such a thing.

“What happened?” Wang Qingya jogged over and asked Xu Lingjun when she saw him.

“Sister Yaya, don’t go in,” Xu Lingjun held her hand and dragged her out, saying in a low voice, “Someone died.”

Wang Qingya was much calmer.

She was a talented student of the War University, and she specialized in weapons… She might not have seen a dead person, but she was definitely not unfamiliar with it!

She responded softly and wrapped her hands around Xu Lingjun’s instead, asking gently, “Have they caught the murderer?”

“No, the murderer should be a demonic beast that sneaked in from the outer region, so classes might be suspended,” As Xu Lingjun spoke, he felt a little fortunate… Fortunately, he had gone to Teacher Zhou in advance to verify his strength. Otherwise, once classes were suspended until the Longmen examination, he would have still been at stage 8 of the Body-tempering Tier on the papers. If that was the case, he probably wouldn’t even have the qualifications to apply for the four great martial arts universities.

Although classes might not be suspended for such a long time, he had to consider this fact.

On the sports field, when they heard that a student in stage 9 of the Body-tempering Tier had died in the school, all of the students were so frightened that their faces turned pale. This was especially so when they heard that the murderer was a demonic beast and it was unknown whether it had left Qingyang High School yet… Their hands and feet turned cold.

When they heard that classes would be suspended from now on, almost all the students didn’t even bother to return to their classes to pack up their things.

Under the protection of the armed police who acted swiftly, the students left the school and went home.

It could be imagined that after all the students had left, the armed police would conduct a thorough search of the entire school. Right now, they only hoped that the demonic beast hadn’t left the school, or else… Once the scope of the rampage spread to the entire Qingzhou City, they would be under great pressure.

One had to know that having a demonic beast sneak into Qingzhou City was a very serious matter..