#1188 - Chapter 1188 The Secret of Taichuyuan

Ye Kong hid in the crowd, still searching for traces of that strange person.

Suddenly, Ye Kong felt someone patting him on the back. He immediately turned around and found it was Sheng Ge.

"Ye Kong, why are you in the audience? You should be in the contestant area. I've been looking for you for a long time!" Sheng Ge said, panting.

"I know, I'll go over right away."

After Ye Kong finished speaking, he glanced at the crowd again, but still didn't find anything.

How strange.

Ye Kong returned to the contestant area, and Elder Wang, who was next to him, glanced over and breathed a sigh of relief.

The opening ceremony of the Sect Ranking Tournament went on for a long time. Ye Kong was in the contestant area, carefully observing, but he still couldn't find any trace of that strange person.

The contestants were also observing each other, and many people couldn't help but focus their attention on Ye Kong.

It seemed that this person was the strongest disciple of the Tai Chu Academy this year.

After the opening ceremony of the Sect Ranking Tournament ended, the Tai Chu Academy, as the host, prepared accommodation for all the contestants.

Because these participating disciples had traveled long distances from various sects and needed to adapt to the Tai Chu Academy's lifestyle and environment, they would stay in the Tai Chu Academy for a week before the official competition began.

During this week, the disciples of the Tai Chu Academy would provide corresponding assistance to the various sects, and everyone could take this opportunity to rest and experience the customs and culture of the Tai Chu Academy and its surrounding areas.

That night, while eating in the Tai Chu Academy's cafeteria, Ye Kong was provoked by a disciple from a certain sect.

The cause was simple. When Sheng Ge was getting food, she was bumped into by a disciple. With the thought that as the host, she should take care of the disciples from other sects, Sheng Ge didn't say anything, but made way and let them get food first.

Unexpectedly, a large group of disciples from this sect swarmed over, pushing Sheng Ge to the outermost edge of the crowd, and even taking away her food bowl in the end.

So rude! Sheng Ge took her empty bowl and went to another place to get food.

Unexpectedly, this group of people continued to be relentless and followed her. This time, their words were clearly mocking.

"This Tai Chu Academy is really stingy, only preparing so little food. Who is it enough for?" someone said.

"That's right, that's right. However, the female disciples of the Tai Chu Academy are not bad, truly a feast for the eyes," a disciple said, leaning closer to Sheng Ge.

"Watch your mouth!" Sheng Ge's face was flushed red, clearly angry.

"Yo, yo, yo, the female disciple is so fierce. We are guests, shouldn't you warmly entertain us? How did your master teach you?" This disciple said, while reaching out his salty pig hand.

At this time, Ye Kong happened to pass by and slapped away the salty pig hand.

"Our master only taught us to warmly entertain distinguished guests, not beasts!" Ye Kong retorted, pulling Sheng Ge a step closer to his side.

"Who are you calling a beast?"

"I didn't say anything, whoever fits the description is who I'm talking about!"

"Everyone, come and see! This Tai Chu Academy still dares to call itself the number one sect in the world, but the disciples they cultivate are like this!" As soon as this sentence was said, batches of disciples surrounded them.

The disciples of the Tai Chu Academy were all united against the enemy and retorted back.

The disciples from other sects came to watch the excitement.

This matter escalated and quickly reached Sima Shizun's ears.

Thus, Ye Kong and his group were taken to the small reception hall.

This thing was colorless and odorless, and it had no effect when eaten. It just had some influence on spiritual power. Perhaps they wouldn't be seen in the subsequent ranking tournament.

So, don't provoke the locals.

Especially the cook.

Because you don't know what strong medicine he will put in your food.

For several days in a row, Ye Kong stayed in the cafeteria, and fewer and fewer people came to provoke him, almost disappearing from sight.

Only Ye Kong was always thinking about one thing.

Ye Kong used his divine sense to search for that person, but they only met once, and now in the crowded Tai Chu Academy, it was like finding a needle in a haystack, with no way to do it.

Therefore, Ye Kong could only use clothes, hairstyle, and some special marks to find the target and narrow the scope.

Ye Kong began to walk around the entire Tai Chu Academy.

Finally, Ye Kong still ran into the strange person who had entered the Tai Chu Academy alone in the back mountain.

"What are you doing here? What is your purpose?" Ye Kong asked.

"I heard many years ago that the back mountain of this Tai Chu Academy hides unknown secrets! And we people just want to know the truth behind that secret."

That person turned around, and this face was slightly different from what he had seen at the time.

In other words, many people may be entering the Tai Chu Academy under the guise of participating in the Sect Ranking Tournament, in order to pry into the secrets of the back mountain of the Tai Chu Academy.

It's just that Ye Kong has been here for so long, but he has never heard that there are any secrets in the back mountain of the Tai Chu Academy.

After speaking, that strange person disappeared again.

Leaving Ye Kong alone, walking back with a heavy heart.

This matter was much more serious than Ye Kong thought, but at the moment, he couldn't publicize it. Ye Kong thought that if he could find the secret of the back mountain first, he could gain the upper hand.

But, what exactly is this secret?

On the way, he happened to meet Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie had also heard about what happened in the cafeteria yesterday, and was also somewhat dissatisfied with Sima Shizun's handling.

"Sima Shizun is obviously biased towards outsiders, just showing off his reputation. Ye Kong, don't take it to heart. When the official competition comes, I will definitely help you beat them up," Zhang Tie still firmly stood by Ye Kong's side.

But obviously, Ye Kong didn't care about that matter at all now.

"What's wrong, Ye Kong? You're not still angry, are you?" Zhang Tie also felt that Ye Kong didn't seem like such a petty person.

"No, by the way, Zhang Tie, let me ask you something. I heard that the back mountain of the Tai Chu Academy hides unknown secrets. Do you know what this secret is?"

Ye Kong was just asking casually.

But Zhang Tie's face quickly changed.

"You mean, the secret of the back mountain of the Tai Chu Academy?"

"How did you know?"