A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 992 - 978: Loud Conspiracy

Mike Tea was obviously conversing with someone else.

But the other person didn't speak.

Baiyu also wasn't sure who his companion was.

He quietly turned around the corner, trailing Mike Tea from a distance, doing his utmost to conceal his movements, hoping not to alert the enemy

After closing the distance to a certain extent.

Baiyu finally saw clearly that the person following Mike Tea was actually the leader of the Hermit Order, who seemed heavily injured and weak in speech.

According to Baiyu's judgment.

If there were no restraints, the strength of the Hermit Order leader would likely surpass Mike Tea.

Yet, Mike Tea's Life Refining Technique was exceedingly strange, making it difficult to assess his combat power.

The two were constantly discussing something, and Baiyu quietly followed, soon arriving at an annex of the Seven Coiling Hall.

This side hall had no doors.

It was wide open like that.

However, the inside was completely invisible, as if a thin layer of mist blocked the view, preventing any sight from penetrating.

Baiyu could only approach the door again.

Quietly hiding outside the door, he was able to see the situation inside the side hall.

Inside.

There was actually a person frozen in a thick block of ice.

"Hell, Machima?"

Baiyu couldn't help but shout in his heart.

He never expected to encounter Machima in such a situation. She was sealed in a thick layer of ice, eyes shut tight, with a Dragon Bead in her hand, radiating intense coldness.

It seemed that she encountered a problem while breaking through with the Dragon Bead.

Now, she inadvertently trapped herself in this form.

Mike Tea and the Hermit Order leader were both staring at Machima, their eyes filled with undisguised greed.

One wanted the Dragon Bead.

The other intended to use Machima's body for Life Refining.

Apparently, Mike Tea had already noticed Machima's peculiarity and thus conceived the idea of testing Life Refining on her body.

Perhaps.

A super weapon could be refined.

"Mr. Tea, when shall we act? The chaos is growing in the Seven Coiling Hall, even the Legendary Ship appeared. If we continue to delay, who knows what might happen."

The Hermit Order leader murmured.

Mike Tea wore a confident smile: "Relax, everything is arranged. I'm still waiting for someone. Right now, this woman is enveloped in Dragon Qi from the Dragon Bead, making her impervious to weapons and extremely cold. Ordinary people can't approach her, only the person I'm waiting for can handle her."

The Hermit Order leader didn't continue speaking.

Mike Tea wasn't lying; he indeed sensed something unusual about the ice enveloping this woman.

Both were patient individuals.

And each had their own hidden motives.

Thus, they waited inside the hall.

And Baiyu, hearing that someone else was coming, also hid at the edge of the courtyard to avoid being discovered.

This courtyard outside the side hall.

Seemed to be treated with special means by Mike Tea, rendering it invisible from the outside, just like the main hall, blocked by a thin mist.

Just like that.

They waited for dozens of minutes.

Just as the Hermit Order leader was growing impatient, footsteps echoed from outside the hall.

A figure in a black robe caught Baiyu's eye.

It was another old acquaintance!

The Divination Master!

Though the figure was in a black robe, and their appearance wasn't visible, Baiyu was certain it was the Divination Master.

Only he couldn't be sure.

Whether it was a doppelganger or the real body.

Machima had mentioned that even if a doppelganger was destroyed, it would greatly harm the main body. Typically, a Divination Master had only one doppelganger.

So this one here.

Was very likely the Divination Master's true body.

Zhou Yi observed the situation calmly.

After the Divination Master entered the hall, he glanced at Machima encased in ice before focusing on Mike Tea and the Hermit Order leader.

"Haha, I was just waiting for you. In this Seven Coiling Hall, where both Blood Qi and Spirituality are suppressed to the extreme, only you might be able to temporarily break through this ice."

Mike Tea smiled.

The Divination Master's deep, hoarse voice came from beneath the black robe: "Mr. Tea, you're too kind. In the Vice of Life, you are a mainstay.

Now you're still able to communicate with the Green Mother as an Extraordinary.

Besides you, only those old seniors of the Vice of Life might manage it?

I look forward to you ascending to the position of Master of Vice of Life soon. That way, we could engage in even deeper cooperation."

Mike Tea smiled faintly.

Yet the Hermit Order leader beside him was quite surprised by the Divination Master's demeanor. After a lengthy pause, he seemed to realize: "Are you the newly promoted Great Prophet from the Association of Prophets?"

"Haha, I didn't expect the Hermit Order leader to remember someone as insignificant as myself."

The three of them engaged in flattering small talk.

Listening from outside the courtyard, Baiyu felt awkward, barely able to restrain himself.

If he wasn't currently lacking strength and confidence to handle these three, he might have rushed in to deal with them, teaching them how to speak like normal humans.

"No wonder I saw you in the jailbreak group earlier; you must have foreseen that her escape would lead to the Seven Coiling Remains."

The Hermit Order leader remarked gravely.

The Divination Master said no more, walking to the ice sealing Machima. "This Dragon Bead, though thousands of years old, still contains such terrifying power. Ancient creatures surpass human capabilities…"

He sighed.

Then took out a bottle of red, magma-like liquid from his robe, pouring it over the ice.

Sizzle…

Steam rose profusely.

The once iron-hard ice began to slowly melt. Although the process was gradual, it was effective.

"To completely melt this ice will take three days. During this time, just keep watch, don't let anyone disrupt it."

The Divination Master advised.

Now everyone's Blood Qi and Spirituality were suppressed to the minimum; besides some special methods, they could only rely on hand-to-hand combat.

If too many Martial Artists discovered this place, handling them would be cumbersome.

Especially if one of those three Eclipse Moon Realm experts took interest, they're beyond our current capacity to manage.

"Rest assured, with us here, even if Martial Artists unintentionally stumble in, they won't leave alive." Mike Tea chuckled faintly.

Baiyu, having heard the three's conversation, was already formulating a plan.

At such a crucial moment, he couldn't just leave Machima, who owed him a huge debt.

If she died like this.

There would be no way to reclaim the debt.

Keeping this in mind.

Baiyu devised a plan, carefully retreating from the courtyard.

Meanwhile, inside the hall.

The Hermit Order leader suddenly felt an inexplicable chill rise within, furrowing his brows: "I have an uneasy feeling. Do you sense it too?"

As he voiced this.

The other two nodded.