When system cheat becomes rampant!

That was the remnants of the "Rapid Flame" left behind by Xiang Beifei just now.

A red glow flickered in the man's ashen eyes.

After a while, the man leaped out of the building and wandered the streets of the City of the Old Days, stopping at the spot where the baby had been burned to death by Xiang Beifei, staring blankly at that place.

Touching his chin, the man continued along the roads of the City of the Old Days, and about five minutes later, he stopped at the spot where Xiang Beifei had last stood before escaping with Fan Kai.

This man's severed throat throbbed as he muttered in an extremely hoarse whisper, "Strange... strange... strange person."

Perhaps because his throat had been cut, it seemed to take a great deal of effort to speak, and the voice was indistinct. As he spoke, blood also flowed from his mouth, but he quickly sucked it back in.

"Hehe..."

With a creepy laugh, the man's body transformed back into a mass of tentacles, which climbed up the building and rapidly left the City of the Old Days.

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After returning to the school, Ye Changfeng needed to deal with matters concerning those pioneers. Sun Yushan and Fan Kai had no classes but still had to report to the department of cutting-edge technology.

The department of advanced technological development specialized in creating tools to counter desolate beasts; these tools weren't free to use. However, after deployment, users needed to report back on their effectiveness, collect data, and aid in improvements.

Any student who wanted to apply for these advanced technological items had to comply with these procedures, reporting diligently, because the students responsible for the development also had their own system tasks. Many of them relied on enhancing the power of these advanced technologies to complete tasks. They could let other students use them, but the users had to cooperate by providing detailed reports.

Xiang Beifei didn't need to concern himself with these matters; he went straight back to his dormitory and had a good sleep.

Ye Changfeng didn't immediately go to the Jiuzhou Alliance to transfer the bodies of the pioneers; first, he sought out Elder Luo and relayed the events that had happened in the City of the Old Days.

"That thing appeared again?" Elder Luo frowned.

"Yes, I didn't expect them to come to the Cultivated Domain. Normally, they have their way of existence, and the Cultivated Domain is definitely not an environment they would like," said Ye Changfeng.

Elder Luo was examining the bodies of the pioneers intently, his expression grave and devoid of his usual playful demeanor, showing unusual seriousness.

He squatted down, his hands covered with Spiritual Power, and scanned the bodies thoroughly, observing the injuries and damage.

After a long while, he stood up and said, "This thing's appearance here is definitely not a coincidence."

Ye Changfeng nodded and said, "I know. Normally, they shouldn't appear in the City of the Old Days, but for some reason—"

He hesitated for a moment and didn't finish his statement.

"What are you thinking?" Elder Luo asked.

"I just find it strange. Today I was uneasy, so I followed Xiang Beifei and the others covertly. Then I found out that this thing didn't suddenly appear in the City of the Old Days," Ye Changfeng explained.

"You mean—"

"They were following them. That is to say, this thing started tailing Xiang Beifei and the other two on their way, or rather—"

"It was following Xiang Beifei, that kid?" Elder Luo suggested.

Ye Changfeng wasn't certain, but he said, "Its target wasn't Sun Yushan and Fan Kai; it was always Xiang Beifei. It wanted to capture Xiang Beifei but seemed to be very afraid of Xiang Beifei's fire, which I find strange. Xiang Beifei's fire is actually its nemesis."

"Fire?" Elder Luo pondered for a moment and said, "I remember when I first encountered this thing, it wasn't afraid of fire."

"It's not afraid of ordinary fire, but the flames created by Xiang Beifei," Ye Changfeng said.

"I understand now, it's his Spiritual Power!" Elder Luo nodded slightly, "I have always found the way he wields his Spiritual Power very clever, his Spiritual Power seems to be very special, it must be that the desolate beast unintentionally smelled something."

Elder Luo was greatly surprised by Xiang Beifei's talent, so he had always been researching Xiang Beifei, wanting to help him find his shortcomings and nurture him into a talented individual. Therefore, he knew quite a bit about Xiang Beifei's situation.

Ye Changfeng was also aware of this point, even his Sword Dao System had identified Xiang Beifei as an inheritor with powerful talent, this kid was not to be underestimated.

But then he thought of something and said, "Elder Luo, do you still remember that incident? Back when Xiang Tianxing..."

"I know."

Elder Luo nodded heavily.

For a while, neither of them spoke again.

Elder Luo was also bowing his head, checking the bodies of the pioneers who had died decades ago. To this day, they still did not understand these desolate beasts well enough to know their weaknesses, so they could not classify them.

The classification of desolate beasts had a set of strict criteria. If one were to teach students, they must grasp every desolate beast's weakness, what can kill them correctly, how to strike, how to set defenses... Every process must be thoroughly understood before it could be compiled into textbooks.

Desolate beasts whose weaknesses had not been uncovered could only be considered as reference for extracurricular materials, available for those in need to study and explore, but no conclusive judgments should be carelessly made, for fear of misleading others.

For masters like Elder Luo and Ye Changfeng, when facing such desolate beasts, they usually rely on their strong cultivation to kill them outright. However, not all pioneers had cultivation as high as theirs, so every time they encountered these relatively mysterious desolate beasts, Elder Luo and Ye Changfeng would generally not kill them directly. If possible, they would capture them alive and bring them home for research.

"However, we should be able to name this kind of desolate beast now. It shouldn't be called the Wailing Creature, because it's been crying all day, but calling it a Crybaby Ghost doesn't seem quite right either," Ye Changfeng said.

"What do you want to name it?"

"Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage?" Ye Changfeng said, "This is what Xiang Beifei said, he came up with the name."

"He really is a genius at naming things."

Elder Luo remembered the past few days' "The Leisure Fish Told Me to Patrol the Mountains" and couldn't help shaking his head.

"Then let's call it that! You write a supplementary paper and submit it to the Jiuzhou Alliance's desolate beast database, let them update the data on this type of desolate beast, and officially give it a name. Use this name!" Elder Luo said.

"Alright."

As a university professor, Ye Changfeng was well-versed in updating the desolate beast database. Many of the names and authoritative classifications of desolate beasts, besides coming from pioneers, also came from professors at the nine elite universities.

University professors usually take students to explore outside the Cultivated Domain, discover new weaknesses of desolate beasts, and they would publish papers to update the Jiuzhou Alliance's desolate beast database, for all martial artists to reference and learn.

Ye Changfeng was comparatively more familiar with this type of desolate beast than others. Previously, they rarely saw this kind of desolate beast, each encounter only resulting in wails, but this time it was crying. Thus, he could add this information and annotate the name, so next time other pioneers could also have a clear understanding.

"By the way, what about the desolate beast's weakness?"

"Of course it's left blank, do you think you can write Xiang Beifei's flame as the weakness of the desolate beast?" Elder Luo said.

"That's true."

Ye Changfeng actually wanted to find out the weakness of this type of desolate beast as well, but the information he had at hand was only the flame of Xiang Beifei. They could not possibly reveal the secret of Xiang Beifei, who was the treasured Little White Crane of the Crane Family that needed to be protected at all costs. Otherwise, if targeted by those with ulterior motives, serious issues could arise.

Elder Luo took out a handful of sunflower seeds and scattered them forward. The seeds automatically dispersed in the air, transforming into pure Spiritual Power, trembling slightly, and restored the injuries on these unrecognizable bodies.

"You take care of these people. I've restored their appearances, so they can return with dignity. See if you can find their descendants," Elder Luo said as he tossed a metal ball to Ye Changfeng. "This has all the scanned data of the corpses. If the Alliance wants to study them, take this along."

"Okay." Ye Changfeng nodded.