71 Ren Xiaosus perfect skill (1/2)

When Ren Xiaosu listened in on Zhang Jinglin's lessons on top of the school walls, he had once heard Zhang Jinglin sharing some strange stories, including some that talked about ”disappearing cities.”

Sometimes, when Ren Xiaosu remembered Zhang Jinglin, he would feel that he wasn't always a serious person. Whenever this teacher got tired of teaching, he would simply take a chair to the podium and sit down to share some interesting stories to fill the class time.

However, Ren Xiaosu felt that this was quite normal. After all, being the only teacher in town, it would be quite difficult for Zhang Jinglin to only talk about lessons all day.

In the past, Mr. Zhang had told of an ancient city in the wilderness during one of his story sessions. The ancient city had been prosperous for some time but suddenly started declining for some reason. Zhang Jinglin said that it seemed like demons started appearing after the decline of the ancient city.

At the time, Ren Xiaosu was tempted to say, ”Like hell I'd believe that!” If he didn't want to teach the lesson, so be it. Why did he have to make up topics like demons and the such? How could there really be demons in this world?

But Ren Xiaosu was a little convinced now.

In fact, Zhang Jinglin should not be too old and was probably only in his thirties. Ren Xiaosu had heard from Wang Fugui before that Zhang Jinglin came from a different place a long time ago. As for how long ago that was, no one could remember.

Ren Xiaosu would sometimes question whether Zhang Jinglin was a resident of the stronghold before he became a refugee. How else could he know so many things? Even though some of the things that he said could have been made up…

Now, when Xu Xianchu said that there was a mysterious city hidden within the Jing Mountains, Ren Xiaosu remembered what Zhang Jinglin had said. Then did that mean there were demons in the Jing Mountains?

Ren Xiaosu asked Xu Xianchu, ”Did they talk about any other things?”

Xu Xianchu thought it over carefully and said, ”I think Wang Congyang also found out from his sources right before we set off that this information about the Jing Mountains was not only exclusive to Stronghold 113. It seems that other teams are also on their way there.”

Ren Xiaosu thought that Xu Xianchu was going to reveal some secrets, but it turned out to only be this.

”Actually, be it the stronghold overseers or the corporations, they're all very interested in the evolution of these supernatural beings.” Xu Xianchu said, ”You all should also know about the newly built psychiatric hospital in the stronghold, right? The supernatural beings are being studied not only because the overseers want to learn how to defend against them, but also because they intend to make use of them.”

”Can you talk more about these supernatural beings?” Ren Xiaosu said, ”As a supernatural being, you should be very concerned about this issue, right?”

”Supernatural beings…” Xu Xianchu pondered it before saying, ”Actually, supernatural beings existed since a long time ago. It was just that everyone regarded them as legends in the past. There's increased attention on them again these days because the supernatural beings have started appearing more frequently. There's even an extremely secretive organization of supernatural beings that has appeared in some places.”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned. ”They even have an organization now?”

The existence of such an organization would mean that the number of supernatural beings was not small.

”You guys might've already heard about the event where a supernatural being tried to assassinate a stronghold overseer sometime back, right?” Xu Xianchu said, ”Wang Congyang told me that the supernatural being was from an organization called the 'Saboteurs,' or at least that's what that supernatural being claimed.”

”Did he get caught?” Ren Xiaosu was curious.

”No.” Xu Xianchu shook his head. ”He's far more powerful than you can imagine. Nowadays, every major stronghold is targeting the supernatural beings. It seems that they're still assessing the danger ratings of these people, but I'm not sure how they're being evaluated.”

Ren Xiaosu muttered, ”Why do they have to fight to the death? Can't they just get along with one another?”

He said so because he could sympathize with the situation. As Ren Xiaosu was also a supernatural being, and having to suddenly face those large organizations, he felt a little uncomfortable. Yang Xiaojin glanced at him but did not say anything.

Xu Xianchu sighed and said, ”I can't return to the stronghold anymore. If the people in the stronghold learn that I'm a supernatural being, it'll end tragically for me.”

Beside him, Liu Bu piped up, ”Don't worry, we won't reveal your secret!”