The wisteria corridor at Qinghe City No. 1 High School was draped in lush foliage, with pale purple blossoms swaying gently in the breeze. Su Yao strolled through it, her fingertips unconsciously tracing the Compass at her waist. Ever since the sealing of the Spirit-Devouring Beast, the Compass had occasionally emitted strange tremors, as if portending a new crisis.
"Yao Yao!" Lin Yu’s voice came from behind. The young man was clutching a stack of assignments, fine beads of sweat dotting his forehead. "Zhao Ya is waiting for us in the lab. She says she’s found new clues related to the Blood Demon Temple."
Inside the laboratory, Zhao Ya was frowning at a microscope. Hearing their footsteps, she turned quickly, the test tube in her hand refracting an eerie light under the lamp. "I analyzed the demonic energy samples brought back from the site of the seal and discovered a unique energy fluctuation within them, very similar to the paranormal events that have been occurring around the school lately." Zhao Ya projected the data onto the screen; the rise and fall of the curves looked like the shadows of twisted snakes.
Chapter 119