The Mighty Mage
Chapter 223: Gu Aihan’s Trick

Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Gu Aihan’s Trick

She loved money. However, she doesn’t want her arms and legs to be missing as she enjoys the luxuries of the world.

If someday she

Nan Roushi noticed Gu Jin’s expression and sighed.

"Alright, I can see you’re serious about leaving. Let me answer your questions."

He looked around cautiously before continuing,

"The reason you couldn’t sense my presence is because of this." He pulled out a small, shimmering stone from his pocket.

"This is a Concealment Stone. It allows me to hide my presence, but it only works for a short period. It’s how I’ve managed to avoid most of the dangers here. As for the way out, only through the portal opened from that side could be used to exit."

Gu Jin’s heart sank at Nan Roushi’s words. "Only through the portal opened from the other side?" she repeated, her voice tinged with frustration.

Nan Roushi nodded, his expression serious.

"That’s right. The portal you’re looking for has to be opened from outside, and it’s not something you can control from here.

Even if we reach the portal on this side, it might not take us back to where we came from. It could lead to another part of this world or even a different dimension altogether."

Jin Mu frowned, her earlier excitement about the Ancient Magic World fading.

"So, what’s the plan now? Do we just wait here and hope someone on the other side opens the portal?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure there isn’t any other way to exit?" Gu Jin asked.

"Even if there is, I don’t know." Nan Roushi shrugged his shoulder. "By the way, can I take the core of Skelly?"

"No." Gu Jin declined.

"But why? I have told you both so many important things," Nan Roushi protested, his voice rising slightly in frustration.

Gu Jin crossed her arms, her expression unmoved.

"Information alone doesn’t earn you the core. You may have told us some useful things, but you didn’t help us fight those Skellys. The cores belong to us."

Nan Roushi sighed, realizing he wasn’t going to win this argument.

"Fine," he muttered, stepping back with a defeated expression. "But if we encounter any more, I’m taking my share."

Jin Mu nodded. "That’s fair, but you’ll need to fight alongside us if you want to claim any cores."

Nan Roushi grumbled under his breath but didn’t argue further. "Alright, alright."

Then he bent down and started to collect the mud and dirt just like Jin Mu.

Gu Jin: "..." Brother why are you talking about negative things?

...........

3 days passed.

In the past 3 days, the professor and students weren’t able to start the ritual because whenever they finished setting up the magic circle, some beast would attack them.

With each day that passed Lu Siyao, Pei Ke, and Liang Bao became more worried.

"Don’t you think it is strange that each time we start the ritual we are attacked by the beast?" Lu Siyao asked.

"It is not strange." Liang Bao said calmly.

Pei Ke clenched his fist,

"Someone is messing with us. They don’t want your friend and my Mu’er to come out."

"But who?" Lu Siyao asked with confusion on her face. "Is it that green tea b*tch named Gu Aihan?"

Pei Ke shook his head,

"It’s not like that. She is a very gentle person. She was my classmate. I don’t know why she was so hostile to Miss Gu, but as far as I know her...she never uses the underhand method.

Lu Siyao rolled her eyes,

"Don’t tell me you have a crush on her..."

Pei Ke’s face fell,

"I take my words back. I know she is not that innocent. But to make a conclusion based on the first impression is wrong."

As for having a crush on Gu Aihan?

Pei Ke almost vomited.

Before he never hated Gu Aihan, and even had a good impression of her. But when he saw her bullying Jin Mu, his hate meter toward Gu Aihan broke.

He told his friends and others about Gu Aihan, but they directly broke their friendship.

After that, he and Jin Mu became outcasts in high school.

However, he wasn’t resentful.

Gu Aihan was a goddess to many. Her each words were like god’s words.

He only distanced herself from Gu Aihan and others.

From then on, he always pretended as if he didn’t know. Sometimes though he played tricks and tried his best to make things difficult for her.

Who asked that green tea to bully his Mu’er?

"She is the culprit." Liang Bao said.

"Do you have some evidence?" Pei Ke asked with hope. If Liang Bao had any evidence he could directly beat up Gu Aihan.

"No." Liang Bao shook her head.

"Ah? Then how can you be so sure?" Pei Ke asked. Though he would liked to beat Gu Aihan, he first wants to punish the culprit.

"Each time before we start the ritual, she is away for 2 hours."

Liang Bao had followed Gu Aihan before and knew it.

"God! I am going to kill her." Lu Siyao stood up and however Liang Bao stopped her and said,

"Yao, it doesn’t matter. If you say anything negative about Gu Aihan, all the other students would isolate us and not help us. Even the professor’s threat won’t work."

Lu Siyao gritted her teeth,

"So? What should we do? Let her go? Just like that? Let her cause the trouble?"

"No. First, we need to get Gu Jin out. I have come up with a plan. However, we would need the professor’s help." Liang Bao said.

Lu Siyao took a deep breath and asked,

"Okay tell me the plan."

"The plan is..."

After Liang Bao explained the plan, Pei Ke frowned and said,

"I think the plan is good, but there are certain things that you should modify, such as..."

The three argued and filled the loopholes before coming up with a plan.

Soon each of them parted ways and started to work on their plan.

The next morning.

Just like every day, the trio began to prepare for the ritual.

Gu Aihan looked at the busybodies and rolled her eyes,

"Keep up, your work. Let’s see who will give up first."

She walked at a certain distance and started to throw some beast-attracting powders. From her storage, she took out some blood and threw it on the ground.

She has used the same trick for the past 3 days.

And it worked every single time.

After she finished, Gu Aihan continued to spread the powder and the blood in a circular perimeter around their camp area.

What if she once left and someone else came to wipe away the powder and the blood?

Only when 2 minutes were left, in starting the ritual did Gu Aihan return.

Liang Bao, Pei Ke, and Lu Siyao exchanged glances.

The moment the ritual was about to begin, just like the past 3 days, the beast started to walk in their direction.

"Stop."

A few students who were used to the incident backed out.

The professor frowned and suddenly said,

"Gu Aihan, and Nan Bei, aren’t you both at the Super Rank?"

Gu Aihan and Nan Bei were stunned by the professor’s sudden question.

"Yes, professor." Nan Bei answered subconsciously.

"Weren’t you here to gain experience?" The professor continued to ask.

"Yes sir."

"Good, then go ahead and fight." Professor Jiang said.

"Huh? But professor there are too many beasts." Some from the crowd said.

"Yeah. Goddess Gu will be tired from fighting."

"Professor you are being too harsh! There are so many beasts, how can our goddess fight?"

"Yes!"

........

Professor Jiang and other professors frowned and said,

"Whoever feels sorry, can step forward to help."

All the students fell silent.

Gu Aihan spoke,

"It’s okay, I can fight the beast. At most, I will be injured. I can do it."

She put on a brave front, but inside, she was seething.

The professor’s sudden decision had thrown her off guard, and now she was cornered into showing her strength.

She had been using underhanded tactics to sabotage the ritual, but now she had no choice but to fight.

She cursed the professor in her heart.

Nan Bei, who had remained quiet until now, stepped forward with a resigned sigh.

"I’ll help too, Professor. Let’s just get this over with."

The professor nodded approvingly, "Good. The rest of you, follow me."

"Huh? Professor, where are you going?" Gu Aihan asked instantly.

Was the professor planning to trap her?

Well with the black-cloaked person behind her, she have no worries, however, if the professor truly wanted to abandon her, then...

A glint appeared in Gu Aihan’s eyes.

"We are not leaving you. Within 10 minutes we will return." Professor Jiang assured.

Gu Aihan suddenly became alert,

"Are you going to continue with the ritual?"

"Yes. Student Lu and Student Liang felt that something was strange and wanted to change the location, however, I felt this location was good."

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