Chapter 898: Chapter 898: Let the Beast Tread on Mines_1 Chapter 898: Chapter 898: Let the Beast Tread on Mines_1 Dean Gu and everyone stood in front of the pigpen and saw Fan Linong not touching the ground, just standing on top of the pigpen, which seemed odd. They asked, “Captain Fan, what happened?”

“It looks like a gunpowder explosion,” Fan Linong replied.

Upon hearing this, the students were stunned for a moment before immediately bursting into a buzzing discussion.

Gunpowder?

Almost everyone present knew of this Divine Weapon, as they were either rich or noble. They had heard of the events from fifty years ago, even if they hadn’t seen them firsthand.

Moreover, for the upper class, the Yang Family manor would prefer the legends about gunpowder to be even more mysterious to better intimidate these people.

“How could there possibly be gunpowder here!!!”

“Are you sure it’s gunpowder? Captain Fan, have you seen gunpowder before?”

“What does the backyard look like now? Did the explosion injure anyone?”

Their discussions buzzed like bees, further agitating Fan Linong, whose mind was already in disarray.

“Stop, stop, stop, everyone stop,” he gestured for them to halt. “I don’t know why gunpowder would appear here, but you all heard the sound just now. Aside from gunpowder, I can’t think of anything else.”

After giving a simple answer to the students’ questions, Fan Linong looked at Dean Gu, “Dean, this sudden appearance of gunpowder within the manor is strange. I have only heard of this Divine Weapon but never seen it. I worry that there might be more hidden elsewhere, which is why I told everyone not to move, lest someone has the misfortune of stepping on it and getting blown to pieces.”

“But standing still is not a solution, either. What do you suggest we do now?”

Dean Gu’s expression was solemn; he too understood the significance of gunpowder for the Yang Family. Hearing Fan Linong’s words, he said, “As far as I know, some types of gunpowder will indeed explode upon being stepped on.”

“What?!”

This statement once again set off a buzz among the recently quieted students.

Explosions upon being stepped on?

Were they going to have to fly out of the manor one by one later on?!

“Silence!” Dean Gu suddenly raised his voice and shouted.

At these three words, everyone froze.

They had never seen Dean Gu like this before and quieted down.

Dean Gu scanned the group and said sternly, “What’s there to fear in such a trivial matter? Have you all forgotten everything I’ve taught you when faced with a situation?”

After scolding them, Dean Gu then turned to Qiao Xiaomai. “Xiaomai, open the pigpen and let these nineteen piglets out, and release those sheep as well. Let the livestock set off the mines.”

No sooner had he finished than Qiao Xiaomai could answer, Fan Linong immediately said, “I’ll do it!”

He jumped onto the wall of the pigpen and pried open the gate with his knife, and the nineteen piglets immediately ran out of the pen as if liberated.

He then leaped atop the wall of the Sheepfold and released the ten sheep as well.

Seeing Wang Tiesheng holding several pieces of kindling, Dean Gu walked over, took one, and herded the group of pigs and sheep towards the manor’s main gate.

“Follow me,” he said.

The students, looking left and right, followed suit.

Qiao Xiaomai also followed, with a look of dejection on her little face.

Gunpowder had appeared in her home for no apparent reason–darn it!

Words failed to express her sheer frustration.

An explosive that detonates upon being stepped on?

With that thing around, she herself wouldn’t dare to continue living in the manor!

Her newly built home, for crying out loud!