The speed of the Winged Dragon Beast King was incredibly fast, and within a day, it was near the Spring Autumn Academy.

During that day, Tang Zhong, while on the back of the Winged Dragon Beast King, sensed the surroundings, trying to detect the presence of the Dragon Bone in the Great Wilderness, but there wasn’t any.

It seems there is none.

Finally, they arrived at a mountain about a hundred miles outside the Spring Autumn Academy.

The Winged Dragon Beast King stopped: "Ahead is the Spring Autumn Academy. I can’t fly past it; if I do, I will be killed. You two, please disembark."

The Winged Dragon Beast King was completely tamed now, shaken by Tang Zhong’s strength.

Tang Zhong and Ding stood up from the back of the Winged Dragon Beast King and then gently walked down!

"Leave," Tang Zhong said.

At this moment, the Winged Dragon Beast King flapped its wings and flew away from the place!

Meanwhile, Tang Zhong and Ding hurried on their way. The sky was getting dark, and they decided to reach the Spring Autumn Academy under the cover of night.

According to the agreed time, they were almost late.

Thus, they needed to return quickly, otherwise, they might be ridiculed by others.

Soon, they arrived at the gates of the Spring Autumn Academy.

After showing identification, the people of the Academy granted them passage.

As per the rules, those who take on tasks must report to the Mission Hall immediately to hand over the task!

Inform the Academy about the completion of the task.

Generally speaking, tasks come in various types, such as collection tasks which require giving collected items to the Academy.

Killing tasks require presenting the head of the person to be killed.

As for other assistance tasks, the person needing help must provide written proof of the assistance process and inject it into their proof.

Tang Zhong and Ding went directly to the Mission Hall.

Originally, they thought they had come relatively late and that there would be hardly anyone at the Mission Hall.

But to their surprise, the Mission Hall was crowded!

From afar, before Tang Zhong and Ding approached, they heard the discussions nearby, the voices especially loud!

This...?

"Has the person who took the epic-level task not returned yet?"

"Could it be that he’s already dead outside?"

These two sentences sparked an uproar of laughter.

Tang Zhong heard the voice, it seemed familiar, probably from the Star Sword Association.

Although Jian Jiu had been killed by him, there were still other members of the Star Sword Association who didn’t follow Jian Jiu out to complete tasks and thus had nothing to attend to at the moment.

Quickly, another woman’s voice was heard: "It’s not time yet, Yi Zhong just hasn’t returned, what do you mean by gloating here, besides, your association leader Jian Jiu hasn’t returned either, you should be worried about him instead!"

The voice was unmistakably from Qin Chuchu.

In this Spring Autumn Academy, the woman who would speak on his behalf was probably only her!

Tang Zhong was about to step forward.

He gradually appeared in the public’s view.

There were always people watching the entrance, and upon seeing Tang Zhong, they excitedly shouted: "Look, the person who took the epic-level task has returned!"

"What?"

Instantly, countless eyes from the square at the entrance of the Mission Hall turned to Tang Zhong, filled with shock and skepticism!

They were shocked that these two people could return, and skeptical about whether they had completed the epic-level task!

Amidst the stunned gazes, Tang Zhong and Ding climbed the stairs, eventually standing on the platform.

Qin Chuchu saw Tang Zhong, smiled, and immediately rushed over: "Brother Yi Zhong, you... you’re back!"

Tang Zhong replied with a smile: "Yes!"

"Are you okay?" Qin Chuchu circled around Tang Zhong and Ding, scrutinizing them multiple times!

But she found no injuries on Tang Zhong: "You didn’t complete the task?"

No injuries meant the task wasn’t completed!

After all, the Great Demon of the Giant Jiao isn’t that easy to kill.

Before Tang Zhong could explain.

A bald member of the Star Sword Association jumped out, coldly saying: "With not a scratch, afraid you didn’t even see the Great Demon Giant Jiao, just slipped back!"

"You were bragging in front of our leader Jian Jiu before, claiming you took the task, just taking nonsense, didn’t even complete the task, laughable!"

Qin Chuchu retorted angrily, "You’re so capable, why don’t you take on epic-level tasks? What are you spouting nonsense here for!"

Tang Zhong gestured for Qin Chuchu to calm down, then looked at the Star Sword Association people, saying, "Has your association leader not returned yet?"

Upon hearing this, people around too realized this issue.

The Star Sword Association’s leader Jian Jiu hadn’t returned from the outside.

Everyone had been waiting for Tang Zhong, already forgetting about Jian Jiu.

In everyone’s mind, the Star Sword Association’s leader Jian Jiu was strong, he would surely complete the task with ease, right?

But now, Jian Jiu hadn’t returned for so long, could something have happened?

After being reminded, everyone turned their attention to the Star Sword Association!

The bald member of the Star Sword Association at this point appeared very upset, shouting: "What are you looking at? Don’t you know what kind of person our leader is? He must have encountered something, that’s why he’s not back, he’ll be here soon!"

Then the bald member looked at Tang Zhong and asked, "Why don’t you tell us about your task?"

Tang Zhong laughed and said, "Jian Jiu hasn’t returned for so long, aren’t you going to search for him?"

The bald member’s face changed immediately; in truth, he was flustered too, not knowing what his leader had encountered, what was he doing outside for so long, given his leader’s character, he understood as soon as he completed a task, he would return immediately, even if he wanted to kill the person standing here, it wouldn’t be this scene.

This person has returned, yet his leader hasn’t, this is peculiar!

"If you search around the Academy, maybe you’ll discover something!" Tang Zhong continued smiling as he spoke.

His words enlightened many people. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Everyone stared at Tang Zhong in shock.

His words implied that near the Academy, he had killed their leader!

Everyone was shocked, not quite believing Tang Zhong’s words, as with his capability, how could he easily kill Jian Jiu?

But at that moment, sounds emerged from outside the Academy.

Several guards from the Academy came out.

Carrying skeletal bones!

The reason for saying ’skeletal’ was because the bones were scattered, none were intact!

Those guards came out and shouted to the entire group: "These bones were found outside the Academy, they’re likely from students on this expedition, come see if you recognize anyone!"