"Everyone, be quiet!" Liu Qingshu slapped the table in front of her heavily and admonished, "Idle people should not make random remarks."
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "Look! It's the Lord!"
Everyone immediately craned their necks and looked out.
The person was dressed in a white robe. He walked unhurriedly through the bustling crowd but still looked spotless, as elegant and transcendent as a celestial being in the heavenly palace.
Ji Qingchen's deep voice was extremely pleasant. He said, "Honorable Liu, it's my fault for poor teaching. I'd like to apologize to you here first."
Ji Qingchen, the Purple Star Immortal Lord, was the current master of Purple Star Mountain. Naturally, his presence carried a certain deterrence. All the disciples sensibly made way for him.
"The Lord is here."
"Didn't they say that Honorable Liu has feelings for the Lord? Zhao Chen'an will surely be fine this time."
"Yeah, yeah."
There were some more chattering discussions.
Ji Qingchen seemed not to hear them. He walked straight to Zhao Chen'an, reached out his hand to motion for him to get up, while his eyes were fixed on Liu Qingshu. He said slowly, "Honorable one, please wait. My disciple only suffered some skin injuries in the competition with Yu. Maybe he fainted because he was frightened."
Then he turned to look at Zhao Chen'an and said, "Moreover, although this rebellious disciple of mine is a bit of a rascal, he hasn't reached the point of framing his fellow disciples. Get up. You won't get lucky money by kneeling here."
The last sentence was for Zhao Chen'an.
But Liu Qingshu didn't think he was just a bit of a rascal... Where was that arrogance he showed when he retorted her just now?!
Zhao Chen'an looked extremely obedient and harmless in front of Ji Qingchen.
Actually, Zhao Chen'an was just a little surprised because among all the people present, Ji Qingchen was the only one who was willing to defend him.
Zhao Chen'an said in a daze, "Master... You're so kind."
Ji Qingchen frowned and reached out to touch Zhao Chen'an's head. "Have you knelt stupidly? When was I not kind to you?" Then he personally helped the boy up.
Liu Qingshu said, "Then how does the Lord think we should handle this?"
"Zhao Chen'an was negligent in guarding his sword, which was taken advantage of by villains. I'll punish him to be confined for a month." Ji Qingchen looked at Zhao Chen'an again. "Are you willing to accept the punishment?"
Zhao Chen'an naturally took the opportunity to end things on a good note. He said without hesitation, "Disciple is willing to accept the punishment."
"Since Zhao Chen'an has accepted the punishment this time, I'll surely keep a tight rein on him when I get back. Does the honorable one have anything else to say?" Ji Qingchen said.
The master and disciple sang in harmony. Even though Liu Qingshu was in the right, she couldn't say anything more. She had no choice but to let them go. She admonished, "I hope the Lord can keep a good eye on his disciple. If he makes the same mistake again, it won't be as simple as being confined."
Ji Qingchen clasped his fists. "Naturally."
Onlooker A: "Is it that simple?"
Onlooker B: "Don't you know who's here? It's the Lord! Even if Zhao Chen'an is arrogant, the law - enforcement honorable one has to give the Lord some face, right?"
Zhao Chen'an glanced sideways at those who were discussing him. They were right. He managed to get out of this unscathed entirely because of his master.
Ji Qingchen seemed to notice Zhao Chen'an's strangeness. He reached out and flicked Zhao Chen'an's forehead, asking, "What are you looking at so intently? Aren't we going back?"
Zhao Chen'an immediately came to his senses. "Disciple was negligent."
Ji Qingchen turned slightly and nodded to Liu Qingshu sitting on the seat. "Thank you. I'll surely treat the honorable one well when we meet at Jinqing Peak another day."
Liu Qingshu waved her hand. "No need. This is like a bribe. If there's nothing else, take your disciple and get out quickly."
Ji Qingchen: "......"
She was still as sharp - tongued as ever.
Ji Qingchen's residence on Purple Star Mountain was at Jinqing Peak. Since Zhao Chen'an was his disciple, he naturally also lived at Jinqing Peak.
On the way to Jinqing Peak, Zhao Chen'an closely followed Ji Qingchen and asked, "Master, how did you know that disciple was wronged?"
And he showed up so coincidentally...
Ji Qingchen stopped in his tracks, turned to look at Zhao Chen'an and only said, "Your senior brother told me. He thought it was the spiritual liquid for cleaning the sword and was negligent for a moment."
Zhao Chen'an was stunned. He immediately voiced his suspicion, "Was the spiritual liquid swapped?"
Ji Qingchen shook his head. "Your senior brother didn't say in detail." Then he suddenly seemed to remember something. "By the way, it was your senior brother who asked me to come and take you home."
"!!!"
It seemed that Qin Beixuan was the only one who had picked up the wrong script in the whole situation!
He always tripped Zhao Chen'an up during previous missions, but this time he actually helped him voluntarily!
Was he being so kind? Had he been possessed?
Although this was his hundredth rebirth, it seemed that many things had changed but also seemed unchanged.
Zhao Chen'an's sixth sense was always very accurate. If things went against the norm, there must be something fishy. He would have to visit Qin Beixuan when he had time.
Ji Qingchen saw the surprise in Zhao Chen'an's eyes. He just hooked his lips slightly. "There are other disciples guarding here. You should reflect on why you were so careless in the confinement room."
Zhao Chen'an looked up at the plaque with the words "Confinement Room" on it and realized that they had already arrived at Jinqing Peak.
"Disciple will surely follow the master's order."
After watching Ji Qingchen leave, Zhao Chen'an sighed in his heart. He was going to be confined for another month.
So he silently made a note against Qin Beixuan in his heart.
It was all because of Qin Beixuan's improper guarding of the spiritual liquid that he was going to be confined for a month.
"Host." The system's voice sounded in his ear. "There's an urgent notice from the headquarters. A string of data has escaped from the previously crashed mission world."
"Hmm? What does that have to do with me?" Zhao Chen'an asked in confusion. "This should be the headquarters' dereliction of duty, right?"
"No, host," the system said. "Because the data comes from your previous failed mission world, and after it escaped, it came to the host's current world. This string of data may be memories or someone. Anyway, it will increase the difficulty of the host's mission."
"The previous world..."
That meant it was from one of the previous ninety - nine times.
Zhao Chen'an asked without giving up the last glimmer of hope, "Little thing, can't it really be fixed?"
The system said, "Dear, if it could be fixed, the headquarters wouldn't have sent an urgent notice."
Zhao Chen'an rubbed his temples tiredly. "......"
So why did they only say this now?!
Zhao Chen'an increasingly felt that this system was a bit unreliable. In fact, it never seemed to be reliable...
System: I feel offended.
Zhao Chen'an simply didn't think about it so much. It was all the same no matter how he did the mission. He just hoped that he could get through this safely this time, and that he must definitely bring Qin Beixuan home as his wife!!
It was getting late. In the endless night, there were dots of starlight shining on the cold ground.
Zhao Chen'an lay on the couch, digesting everything that had happened today. Finally, he fell asleep unconsciously...