Existing Disappearance

The next day, 

Yang Zhai was sitting in the Moon Bull Inn. He was drinking tea made of Red Clover flowers. He was waiting for someone. 

"Here, my lord, as you requested." 

Yang Zhai looked to his left and saw that it was a worker of the Moon Bull Inn. He was holding a set of clothes in his hand and a few boxes were also placed beside him. 

Yang Zhai took the set of clothes and examined them. 

"Open them," 

The worker hurriedly opened the boxes after Yang Zhai said this. 

Yang Zhai went forward and examined all of the clothes which were placed in the boxes. Strangely, all of the clothes had the same pattern and colors, they were all the same looking. 

"Good," Yang Zhai stored all of the boxes in the storage bracelet. Thereafter, he left the inn. 

This worker of the inn also sewed clothes besides working at the inn. Of course, all of these clothes were normal clothes and did not cost much, only three low-grade essence stones. 

It was early in the morning and the academy was about to start. 

Yang Zhai went to the academy and sat on his seat, waiting for the class to start and for everyone to arrive. 

After half an hour, everyone had already arrived and Yang Zhai stood at the front facing everyone. 

"Everyone, wear these clothes" 

Yang Zhai activated the storage bracelet and pulled out all of the boxes. 

When he did this, everyone in the class was shocked. 

"Ah, he has a storage treasure!!!!" 

"How did he obtain one?!" 

"Did he buy it? Even if he did, where did he obtain so many essence stones from?" 

"Forget it, tell me, who is even selling storage treasure? I heard they are rare."

"Where did he get this treasure from?" Ci An muttered with shock. 

"Hmm," Hong Mi was also shocked just as Ci An was. 

Both of them could not bear to see their enemy obtain something new, especially, a storage treasure. 

"I am talking to you guys, did you not hear me? Pick one set of clothes each, go to the next room in turn and wear them" Yang Zhai saw everyone and their expressions. He had already expected such a reaction: however, he did not care. 

Nobody questioned Yang Zhai and everyone began to pick one set of clothes from the boxes and took turns going to the next room and coming back while wearing the new clothes. They knew that if they questioned Yang Zhai, they would most likely get punished. They had gotten used to listening to Yang Zhai's orders. 

"From now on, you will be wearing these clothes all day. Wherever you go, you must have these clothes on you, even in your house. You are not allowed to sew new clothes like this even if they are torn, and are also not allowed to give them to anyone, understand? And nobody is permitted to ask the reason." Yang Zhai said this and shocked everyone again. 

What? 

"Bu…," Ci An was about to say something but was stopped by Hong Mi, who was sitting next to her. 

Yang Zhai looked at her with calm eyes. Ci An lowered her head and realized that she was about to act on impulse again. Fortunately, Hong Mi stopped her at the right time. 

"And also, wear the hoods, which are sewed and fixed together with the clothes. Here take one mask each, and you are also not allowed to remove them, nor the hoods." Yang Zhai then opens another box and gives everyone one mask. 

Everyone did as Yang Zhai told them to. After they wore hoods and masks, nobody could be distinguished from the other. 

Yang Zhai also went into the next room and wore the same clothes and mask. 

He could also not be recognized by others. 

"From now on, whenever you enter the class, you will sit on different seats from each other. One seat each day. And remember, if I see any of you without a mask or clothes, that disciple will be punished heavily. Now change the seats. And if someone asks for me, we will all say that we are Yang Zhai. Nobody will say their real names. Remember, I can always test you." 

Yang Zhai said and ordered everyone to stand up, after that, he sat on another seat as well. He was confident that he was being protected by the elders, but he could not depend on others. He knew that, except for himself, he could not believe in anyone.

What if someone from his own class turned out to be a traitor? So, it was better to be cautious. And even if someone does kill one of the disciples and wears their clothes to kill him, that person would have to recognize the real Yang Zhai first, and it was not going to happen for a certain reason.

And he could only be found if he even existed in these disciples. These twenty four or so were going to be only his clones, and the real one would not even exist. In reality, he was not trying to hide his identity, but something else. What would happen if he disappeared and also exited at the same time? 

After fifteen minutes, Elder Wang came to the class and was flabbergasted after seeing the situation.

"What is happening here?" 

He saw a paper on the floor table and picked it up. In the paper, the reason behind everything was explained. Yang Zhai knew everything would go according to his plan, so he had already written everything on the paper beforehand and had placed the paper on the floor table that was used by the elders. 

"Who is Yang Zhai?" Elder Wang tested after reading the paper. 

"Me," 

"Me," 

"I am here," 

"Yes, Elder," 

"Do you need something?" 

"They are liars, I am the real one," 

Everyone was so engrossed in this that they really began to prove themselves as Yang Zhai. 

"Oh, they are really good at this. And this plan is impressive." Elder Wang did not expect that his disciples could act this great. 

"Let's begin the class."

….. 

However, Yang Zhai had disappeared for a month. He had also not returned to his house. It was like he did not even exist. Even the ones protecting him did not know where he had disappeared. 

Only a few people knew that he had disappeared. He had already informed his family to not look for him, and they also knew about the competition and that his life was in danger. And if he died, it would not be beneficial to his aunt and uncle: thus, they also did not try to find him or say anything about his disappearance and lived their lives as usual. 

Nobody knew where he had disappeared. Only a few elders and his family knew about his disappearance.

"It's been almost a month, but he is nowhere to be found. What were you doing, and tell me, how did he even disappear?" Elder Shu Ti asked a man standing in front of him with narrowed eyes. 

"Elder we don't know how he disappeared. But, after he gave everyone the same clothes, he did not return to his house. We also checked every disciple who was given the same clothes by Yang Zhai, but no one was Yang Zhai." the man said with confusion. 

"Do you think he died?" Elder Cu Gil said from the side. 

"No, I don't think so. This Yang Zhai outplayed all of us. When I had read his paper one month ago that explained his plan of wearing the same clothes, I had thought that he wanted all of his class to wear the same clothes to make it difficult for the killers to recognize him, and he was doing it as a cautionary measure. But, he actually disappeared and also left many Yang Zhai behind. Now, he exists, but also does not exist." Elder Wang said with a smile to the others after thinking for a while. 

According to him, Yang Zhai's plan was good about making many disciples wear the same clothes to make it difficult for his enemies to kill him. However, after one days, Elder Wang discovered that this was not Yang Zhai's real plan and was only a part of it. 

His real plan was completely different. Now, let alone his enemies, even his clan did not know where Yang Zhai was.

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