How did classmate Qin manage it?
He seemed to have seen it all happen firsthand, still describing the details.
Zhu Xiaoqing racked her brain, unable to comprehend how this boy could deduce that Wang Yulan's roommates had been devoured on the spot.
However, before entering the academy, she had learned one fact: three girls from Wang Yulan's dormitory had indeed gone missing together. Their families had lost contact, and the school had no clues, having already reported it to the police.
In her haste at the time, she hadn't examined the report closely. Now, hearing Qin Yexuan speak, she was starting to believe him.
But looking at Wang Yulan's expression confirmed it – what classmate Qin was saying was likely... all true.
Qin Yexuan had already said to Wang Yulan, "Let them out. All who die here can be reborn. I assume your three roommates came along, right?"
Wang Yulan recoiled in fear, "You, you are a devil! You know everything! You're too terrifying, too terrifying."
She repeated the words.
This dark and thin little girl from a mountain village in Zhongzhou, who initially had a strong facade and a cynical protective shell, was now completely shattered by Qin Yexuan.
She had no choice but to face what had happened.
Her three roommates were indeed hateful and detestable, but she had never considered killing them for revenge.
In the end, they had all died by her own child's hand. Wang Yulan's simple moral compass could never truly accept this fact.
"A'yu, let them out," Wang Yulan finally relented.
The youth waved his hand gently. Behind the wooden hut, three girls in Disney princess pajamas appeared, trembling.
Their feet didn't touch the ground; like Old Jiang and Grandma Yang, they were ghosts.
The three girls approached Wang Yulan and immediately knelt, calling her "Mistress" with deep reverence.
The youth, named A'yu, said plainly, "I ate them. So what?"
His eyes were hollow, as if no one besides Wang Yulan could elicit any change in his expression.
He stated coldly, "I saw them bullying Mama, hitting her with brooms, drenching her with cold water, and finally trying to use needles... And I needed some materials to reshape my body, so I simply swallowed them."
He spoke with utter casualness, as if it were a trivial matter.
Zhu Xiaoqing started to speak, but Qin Yexuan's gaze stopped her.
The youth continued, "Later, Mama was driven to the warehouse. Heh, it was quite good in that warehouse, and convenient for me to look after her. I summoned Old Jiang and Grandma Yang to help. But that night, the warehouse supervisor suddenly barged in and saw us. So, I simply opened this space and found this excellent place."
The Sky Prison Valley was, in fact, a hidden space within Lingmeng Mountain.
After the youth's reconstruction, it had implicitly become a complete small world.
Zhu Xiaoqing tugged at Qin Yexuan's sleeve again, "What on earth is going on? I'm dying of anxiety! You, why aren't you curious at all? How was this child born? What the hell is the meteor? And how did he grow up so fast? He became an adult in the blink of an eye?"
Qin Yexuan smiled faintly, "He is the Heavenly Wisdom Jade!"
Zhu Xiaoqing's entire body trembled.
The Heavenly Wisdom Jade that had fallen into the academy, the one the family was desperately searching for – was it this youth?
She had always thought it was a piece of jade.
"The jade stone was just an outer shell, a puppet body to deceive people. The true Heavenly Wisdom Jade should be called 'Heaven's Prison,' the highest power that controls hell!"
Zhu Xiaoqing could only understand bits and pieces of Qin Yexuan's explanation.
She just found it strange, "Why is everyone, every faction, looking for the Heavenly Wisdom Jade?"
Qin Yexuan sneered, "Some want to use the Heavenly Wisdom Jade to create a world of their own. Some want to use it to resurrect lost loved ones. Others want to use it to achieve their ambitions. For example, Demon Emperors like Di Xin want to use the Heavenly Wisdom Jade to forge an immortal army!"
He looked at the youth who was the embodiment of the Heavenly Wisdom Jade. "These three girls are classmates from our academy. As the Student Union President, I have a responsibility to ask them if they wish to stay. You have no objections, do you?"
The youth showed surprise for the first time, "In this small world, I am God. Aren't you afraid of me?"
Qin Yexuan said calmly, "Indeed, no one here can defeat you. But I have three methods to make Wang Yulan disappear! If you don't care about your mother, then you are truly invincible. Unfortunately, you now possess human emotions! You have attachments, and therefore, a weakness."
The Heavenly Wisdom Jade's eyes changed, and he clenched his fists.
In the sky of this small world, the wind and clouds shifted dramatically. With the youth's mood swings, the celestial phenomena here also underwent drastic changes.
Qin Yexuan faced it calmly, showing no fear. "Let me say it again. Three methods. I can make Wang Yulan disappear completely before you can make a move!"
The youth slowly loosened his clenched fists. "I agree. You can do whatever you wish with these three girls!"
Qin Yexuan nodded and looked at the three female ghosts. "Are you willing to stay? Or would you prefer to leave here? Speak clearly beforehand. If you leave, you will become wandering ghosts, destined to roam the outside world. But it's best not to interact with your families! And don't harm humans, or do evil deeds like possession!"
This seemed like a foolish question.
Staying here guaranteed the survival of their spirits. Leaving would turn them into lonely ghosts. Who would want to leave?
But the three girls all cried out, "We want to leave! We want to get out of this godforsaken place as soon as possible."
The youth waved his hand gently. The giant stone tablet at the entrance of the valley slowly rotated, opening a gap.
The three girls quickly darted through, their feet barely touching the ground, secret smiles of surprise and smugness on their faces.
Leaving here and returning to the human world, wouldn't it be great to be ghosts?
Free and unrestrained, no one to control them, they could do whatever they pleased.
They had even secretly discussed using body-snatching.
Finding a young, beautiful, and wealthy heiress in the human world and possessing her – wouldn't that solve all their problems?
With this wicked thought, the three women excitedly rushed out of the valley world.
Then!
Their bodies suddenly became ethereal, no longer as substantial as they had been in the valley.
Their figures grew fainter and fainter.
The three wicked women turned pale with fright and suddenly turned to run back.
It was too late...
On the mountain path outside, a gentle breeze blew, scattering their souls into countless pieces, utterly vanishing without a trace.
Within the small valley world, Zhu Xiaoqing, who had witnessed everything, was horrified. "Classmate Qin, you, you knew this would be the outcome all along? Then why did you let them go out to their own doom?"
Qin Yexuan smiled faintly. "I merely gave them a choice. How they walked their path was their own decision. And I, in turn, fulfilled my duties as Student Union President."
Zhu Xiaoqing then realized how deep this boy's schemes were, how bizarre his actions were.
Qin Yexuan walked towards the youth. "Now, can we talk privately?"