Tarn stood with his head tilted in a strange posture; his neck would ache if it wasn't slanted, so this was the only position he could use now.
"After we said we were from the Modification School, that black-robed person laughed and insulted our School..."
Xiyinsi recounted the events with great emotion, focusing heavily on how the black-robed person had insulted the School and beaten them, without mentioning at all that he had been the one to strike first.
All he could think about now was exaggerating the story so that his mentor would turn that black-robed person into an object... He still couldn't lie flat to sleep, and his back truly hurt, sometimes waking him up in the middle of the night.
Beloli watched the babbling Xiyinsi, who was still talking about how the black-robed person insulted the Modification School, then hit them twice, then started insulting them again... What was all this?!
"Stop, apprentice. Just describe the black-robed person's physical characteristics directly."
After responding, Xiyinsi felt a surge of excitement, thinking his mentor must have been moved by his words and was going to find trouble for that black-robed person.
He could already imagine the black-robed person being placed on the operating table as a reference, serving as material for his mentor's teaching demonstration.
But when he tried to organize his words, he suddenly got stuck, unable to speak.
"That black-robed person... was completely covered... we could only see that her eyes had black pupils... she defeated us using only her fists... we didn't see her with any weapons."
Tarn spoke up at this moment, relaying all the useful information, and then fell silent.
Beloli frowned; not even knowing who the opponent was made it difficult to find them, let alone talk about seeking revenge.
This group's matter would be left for last... She waved her hand, signaling for the two of them to leave, having finished hearing the report.
Tarn breathed a huge sigh of relief; having confirmed he would receive the reward, he really didn't want to be involved in anything else.
He just wanted to go back to the dormitory and hide, waiting for his mentor's surgical teaching notice, and then start working hard to strive for the rank of Formal Mage.
Meanwhile, Xiyinsi's face was ashen as he realized he had absolutely no idea who the black-robed person was.
Such extremely vague information was very likely to be ignored by his mentor; after all, if you don't even know who the person is, there's nowhere to go to look for trouble!
He walked out with heavy steps, forming a sharp contrast with Tarn's light steps ahead.
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Beloli arrived at the place where Richter's body had been unearthed; that pile of soil mixed with flesh and blood was now half gone.
This was the price of using the Tracking Bug; it had to consume a certain amount of material to perform tracking.
Too much time had passed, resulting in a low flesh and blood content in the soil, so the Tracking Bug was mostly eating dirt mixed with a small amount of the target substance.
She shook her head at the pile of soil and said to Losqi, who was standing nearby:
"Stop the search using the Tracking Bug. I'm going to use another method with the remaining material."
Although Beloli had proposed the previous idea herself, looking at the current situation, that method was clearly not working.
She had borrowed Losqi's model for finding clues, which was to send apprentices out to conduct a carpet search.
Her thinking had been sound; Richter's body had been found after Losqi assigned tasks and conducted searches in various areas.
So if she specifically brought out this Tracking Bug and told the apprentices to search the streets, wouldn't they be able to find it?
It could only be said that the idea was good, but reality was harsh.
There were just too many people Richter had met the day before he disappeared, most of whom were the top forces of various Schools. Sending apprentices to search the streets for people was practically a provocation to every School.
Now, it wasn't just Tarn and Xiyinsi who had been beaten at the Apprentice Market; nearly a quarter of the apprentices had been attacked, and several were still lying in the station.
She usually just did experiments and would pass down notices as soon as they arrived; this resulted in her still not quite knowing how to handle these kinds of affairs despite being the person in charge for so long.
However, she also knew that if the direction of an experiment was wrong, it had to be corrected promptly. Since this path clearly yielded no clues, she would switch to another.
Losqi followed Beloli's order and told an apprentice to quickly call back those who were still outside.
He didn't know what to do at this point either, so he simply decided to listen to what insights Beloli, who had been the person in charge in Apprentice City for a long time, had.
"What other method is there?"
He asked curiously.
"I've called someone from the Astrology School over."
Can't the people from the Astrology School fail to prophesy who the killer is? Didn't they say the connection between these things isn't strong enough?
Why call them over? Losqi thought in confusion, resting his hand on his chin.
After a while, two people wearing purple robes approached; their robes were adorned with many arc patterns.
"Beloli of the Modification School, correct?"
Diana, who was standing in front, asked.
"Yes. I wish to request a Sacrificial Divination to predict how this person encased in soil died."
Diana glanced at the pile of soil and said:
"Before we begin, let me state clearly that the results of a Sacrificial Divination depend on the related items you sacrifice."
"You need to choose exactly how much of this material to give me for the sacrifice. If the materials are insufficient, there may be no result."
"All of it."
Beloli uttered only a few simple syllables.
"Are you sure, all of it?" Diana confirmed once more, fearing she hadn't heard correctly.
"I'm sure, all of it."
Losqi was at a loss, and Beloli was no different; aside from discovering Richter's body, they hadn't found a single effective clue.
If Richter had only gone missing, it could be said that it was unclear if his notes had been leaked, but finding only the body and not the notes meant the leak of knowledge was a certainty.
As the person in charge, she had to investigate this matter.
"Ha Ya, go use this Magic Dust to draw a circle on the ground, enclose the soil within it, and then pour this solution into the soil."
Ha Ya meticulously completed all the tasks according to the orders.
Diana pointed her finger at the soil pile, then withdrew it, letting it hang naturally, as she uttered some syllables that didn't seem to form any language.
Losqi suddenly heard a'sizzle' sound, then all went quiet, and Diana stopped speaking.
"Is it done?"
"It's done."
Diana said:
"The killer can cast Spells very skillfully, has very high physical fitness, and does not possess a complete sword technique system. That is all the information."
Beloli pondered for a moment; these characteristics were far too prominent. It must be... "The Sword Chant School."
Losqi said, his brow furrowed.
Beloli smiled and said:
"Perfect, one of our apprentices was heavily injured by them. Let me go pay them a visit."
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