Javier's carriage galloped back to Xiao Chen's residence.
In a conference room at the residence, the reading club's activities are at the stage of experience exchange.
At this time, Tasia was teaching a trick to speed up the casting of low-level spells in front of a blackboard. This was also the practical experience summed up by the Alonso family over the years. Although it was not very important, it was very valuable knowledge for most of the mages and wizards present.
Feng Qi and the others all listened to the lectures and took notes seriously. They held pens in their hands and wrote on wood pulp paper produced by the school. These little gadgets, which they had never seen before but were very useful, made them feel extremely convenient and couldn't put them down. They also secretly looked up to the inheritance of the mages such as Xiao Chen and Li Jia.
Listening to the lecture were not only member mages such as Xiao Chen and Feng Qi, but also "preliminary members" such as Li Tianrui and Tang Feng who were interested in magic. Listening to the discussion of formal mages was very helpful in broadening magical horizons and improving magical intuition. Xiao Chen would naturally not waste such an opportunity.
When Tasia was about to finish, Katarina pushed the door open and whispered something in Xiao Chen's ear. Xiao Chen frowned, told Li Jia to teach the rest of the magic course, and followed Katarina out of the room.
The two of them walked silently to a side hall. Xiao Chen saw that Ye Zi was already lying on the sofa and seemed to have fallen asleep. Roger and a medical worker from the escort team were guarding her. A woman in a black cloak and Prince Javier were sitting on the sofa waiting for his arrival.
"Teacher Xiao Chen! Someone attacked us. Sister Ye Zi defeated them all, but she was also injured." Seeing Xiao Chen coming in, Javier jumped up from his chair, rushed to Xiao Chen, and said anxiously.
"How badly is Ye Zi injured?" Xiao Chen asked.
"She was almost cured by the Arena of War. But I also used all three healing spells on the ring." Javier said.
Xiao Chen was a little confused, "What is God of War?"
"Sir Xiao Chen, Ye Zi is no longer in danger. She just needs to have a good rest. We are here not only to send her back, but also to give you a warning. You are being targeted by the Shadow Group of the Temple of Nature." said the woman in the black cloak.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Javier's guardian Mei, from the Tower of Shining Wings. Xiaoye is a very good child, and I will be her mentor in the future." The woman took off her hood, revealing her beautiful face.
"Ms. Mei, I believe that you and His Highness Javier have helped Ye Zi a lot in today's incident. Can you tell me the whole story in detail?" Xiao Chen asked.
"I don't know. You need to investigate the reason yourself. We, the Radiant Wing Tower, are not suitable to get involved in this matter. However, I can give you a clue. There is a spy from the Shadow Group watching this place on the red bell tower across the street. I smelled his scent when I got off the carriage. You can interrogate this person carefully."
"Thank you! I will go and see who is plotting against us." Xiao Chen said.
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There is a dungeon under the office building. I don't know what the count used this house for before. There are not only cells in the dungeon, but also various torture instruments. This dungeon has not been used since Xiao Chen came, but now it is used for the first time.
The spy captured by Roger, Jacob and Catalina was a middle-aged man. He looked plain, like a street vendor. His eyes were covered, his mouth was gagged, and both legs were broken. He was dragged into the torture chamber by Roger and Jacob.
Roger and Jacob tied him to the cross. Roger reported back: "Sir, this man is very cunning. He ran away when he saw Jacob and I approaching from two directions. Fortunately, Catalina knew the surrounding terrain and blocked him on the road he had to take. We were able to catch him."
"No one is picking up his mother?" Xiao Chen asked.
"There should be some, but we acted quickly. We dragged the person back before the other party had a chance to react."
Xiao Chen signaled Roger to tear off the cloth strips on his eyes and take out the cloth ball from his mouth. The man squinted his eyes, took a closer look at the people in the dungeon, and snorted coldly.
"Since I was able to find you, I naturally know that you are a member of the Shadow Group. Tell me, why did you investigate us and attack my companions?"
The man raised his head, trying to look contemptuous. He squinted at Xiao Chen and said, "Give up. You country bumpkins, you don't understand what kind of trouble you've gotten yourself into. I won't tell you anything you ask me. I will only tell you one thing, that is, if you don't let me go right away, you're dead."
"Asshole." Roger punched him on the mouth, knocking out two of his teeth and causing his cheek to swell up like a balloon.
But the strange thing is that although the man was in a terrible state, he seemed to feel no pain. He spat out a mouthful of blood, grinned with his mouth swollen like a steamed bun, and said with a smile: "Beat me, beat me. The harder you beat me, the more severe the revenge you will receive in the future. Haha."
"You're just being stubborn." Roger punched him twice in a row. The man spit out blood and laughed even more happily.
"There are quite a few stubborn guys in the Shadow Group. In comparison, the priests are much smarter," Mei said.
The man noticed her golden eyes and rushed forward, but the ropes on his limbs tied him firmly to the cross. He changed his previous nonchalant look and shouted loudly: "You, you are from the Tower of Shining Wings! Conspiracy, there is indeed a conspiracy!"
"You see, these people are like this. They always think there is a conspiracy behind everything. In fact, they themselves are the biggest conspirators." Mei shook her head and sighed.
"Sir, if necessary, we can use the torture instruments here to torture him." Jacob said.
"It's useless. The Shadow Group has a secret method to isolate pain, which is used to deal with torture. Mr. Xiao Chen, as a magician of the Soul Forging Tower, do you have any spells to torture the spirit?"
"No. The spells I know can only read part of the memories of the dead. But it has no effect on the living." Xiao Chen said.
"Is that so?" Mei smiled slightly, raised her slender hand, and a white light flew out from between her sleeves and pierced directly into the man's heart.
“You, you actually... Aren’t you afraid of the temple and the Tower of Shining Wings...” The man looked at his heart in astonishment. A piece of light formed into a sharp blade which was gradually dissipating. Then a large amount of blood gushed out of his chest. The man slowly raised his head and looked at Mei with desperate eyes. Then his head drooped weakly again and he died silently.