Although Spiritual Food is non-toxic, when matched accurately, each one becomes the best poison.

These secrets are not understood by ordinary people.

However, Xin Lin, as a Spiritual Delicacy Master, understands them.

Xin Lin, unhurriedly, directed those Little Evil Snakes, one for each person, leaving no one out.

All the male students were so frightened that they huddled together.

Soon, they were crying and howling like ghosts and wolves, begging for mercy and repenting profusely, while Xin Lin remained indifferent. However, the few people outside Chu’s Restaurant felt a chill in their hearts, their impressions of the "beautiful shopkeeper" deepening further.

Under the influence of the little snakes, those male students dared not resist, their legs turned to jelly, and they clearly explained the Vessel-locking Technique.

"Pride Corpse, your snakes really have some tricks. What did they actually see?"

Xin Lin glanced at the Little Black Snake in her hand.

At first, she was very afraid of these little creatures.

But after spending time with Gui Hu, these little fellows became close to her.

Now they were very friendly upon seeing her.

She herself found no fear, but it seemed not to be the same in others’ eyes?

Playing with the Little Evil Snakes in her hand like little gadgets, Xin Lin asked casually.

"The deepest fears in their hearts. Everyone has their own fears."

Gui Hu replied indifferently.

"If you and I swallowed these little snakes, wouldn’t we also see the things we fear the most? Pride Corpse, do you have anything you’re afraid of?"

Xin Lin glanced at Gui Hu.

The man’s features were cool and composed, appearing extraordinarily deep under Chu’s Restaurant’s bright lights.

He didn’t speak. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Yet in his mind, he couldn’t help but recall a scene from many years ago.

A woman covered in blood, his unbearable pain.

Despair, boundless despair.

He, Gui Hu, feared neither Heaven nor Earth, neither gods nor Buddha, neither demons nor ghosts, but only one thing.

"I fear nothing."

After Gui Hu spoke, he raised his hand, and those Little Black Snakes swiftly slithered back under his wide gilded black robe.

"Words belie the heart."

Xin Lin pursed her lips but did not ask further.

Everyone has their own secrets in their heart.

She does, and Gui Hu does too.

Hopefully, someday, neither of them would need to face the fears and pain buried in their hearts.

She arranged for Zuo Mingshang and Huang Xuerou to seek out the students from Gu Feng Academy, yet didn’t expect them to be more difficult than she imagined.

Fortunately, she was cautious and arranged for them to be at Chu’s Restaurant, thus avoiding a mishap.

Otherwise, she would have regretted it immensely.

When Chu’s Restaurant’s door opened again, Zuo Mingshang and Huang Xuerou saw the frightened and fainted students from Gu Feng Academy.

"Are they dead?"

Huang Xuerou and Zuo Mingshang asked apprehensively.

Though they agreed to help Xin Lin to find a way to undo the Vessel-locking Technique, if the people from Gu Feng Academy met with any mishap, they could no longer stay at Qingtian Academy, and their families would surely be implicated.

"Don’t worry, they’re not dead, nor missing any limbs. They don’t have any external or internal injuries, only madness. They won’t remember anything that happened tonight, so they won’t implicate you."

Xin Lin spread out her hands.

The two women exchanged bewildered glances, mad?

How did the other party manage this?

Xin Lin signaled to Ma Jingtian and others to send them back to Qingtian Academy, almost simultaneously in her mind, a voice emerged.

"Life Book reminder: Congratulations, life master, for acquiring the Xuan-grade Upper-level Technique, Vessel-locking Technique."