"Beep, beep, beep—Welcome back to the mission space, host. The mission status is incomplete. The mission will restart soon."
Zhao Chen'an slowly closed his eyes and said in a somewhat subdued tone, "All right, just start it quickly."
The system was momentarily stunned, then immediately said, "The host is about to be reborn for the hundredth time. Character name: Zhao Chen'an. Identity: The second disciple of Purple Star Mountain. The mission remains the same: Change your destiny and survive until the end."
When Zhao Chen'an opened his eyes again, he was standing in front of a bed. He took a fixed look at the person lying on the bed and couldn't help but be stunned.
Zhu Heyu?
Zhu Heyu was his junior disciple, the apple of their master Ji Qingchen's and senior brother Qin Beixuan's eyes, simply because Zhu Heyu was the reincarnation of the Phoenix Divine Lord.
The Phoenix Divine Lord, the ancestor of Purple Star Mountain, had fallen in a great battle between gods and demons. Now, after nirvana, he had been reborn as Zhu Heyu, the junior disciple of Purple Star Mountain.
Zhao Chen'an noticed that Zhu Heyu's face was deathly pale and he looked extremely weak.
What happened to him?
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, disturbing the tranquility in the room.
The person who came spoke in a rather amiable tone. He said, "Second senior brother, please come with us."
By the time Zhao Chen'an came to his senses, he was already surrounded by five or six disciples. He asked in confusion, "Hey, what do you all mean by this?"
The leading disciple made a gesture of invitation and said in a calm tone, "Second senior brother will understand once you see the law - enforcing elder."
??? What am I supposed to understand?
The system appeared just in time. It said, "Host, there's a sudden chaos in the mission world. The script might have been modified. The headquarters is still under repair, and the cause has not been identified yet." After saying that, the system seemed to remember something. "I almost forgot, host. Please give a five - star rating for this rebirth. Thank you."
You don't even know what kind of plot you've thrown me into, and you still dare to expect a five - star rating? Dream on.
Thinking this, Zhao Chen'an clicked on the one - star option but found it didn't work. He thought the system was broken.
But when he clicked on the five - star option, a big smiling face appeared with a string of words on it—Thank you, host, for your five - star rating.
Zhao Chen'an: "… …"
A profiteer. This is definitely a profiteer!!
Zhao Chen'an slowly stood among the group of disciples, with a hint of rascality in his smile. "Hey, junior brother, can we make a deal? Can you give me just a tiny hint?"
It had to be said that Zhao Chen'an was really good - looking. Especially when he smiled like this, the leading disciple couldn't resist. His cheeks flushed slightly, and he shyly scratched his head and said, "We're just following the elder's orders. It should be because of the mistake you made in the martial arts competition today, senior brother."
Martial arts competition? Did I cripple Qin Beixuan? That shouldn't be right... Then what's Zhu Heyu doing lying on the bed?
While deep in thought, Zhao Chen'an was already led by these disciples to the Disciplinary Hall to see the law - enforcing elder.
The Disciplinary Hall was already full of disciples watching the show. When Zhao Chen'an appeared, the surrounding whispers gradually grew louder.
Zhao Chen'an looked up and met a pair of phoenix - like eyes that were full of charm.
He was most familiar with these eyes!
This was Liu Qingshu, the law - enforcing elder of Purple Star Mountain. Although she was a woman, her deterrence and cultivation were above those of the other elders.
The disciples of Purple Star Mountain were all afraid of her. If they were caught violating the rules by her, they could only pray for their own good fortune!
But Zhao Chen'an had been punished by her many times.
When Liu Qingshu saw Zhao Chen'an coming, she directly slapped the table in front of her hard and angrily said, "Zhao Chen'an, how did your master usually teach you? You treat the Disciplinary Hall like your home. Do you plan to live here permanently?"
"Absolutely not!" Zhao Chen'an was startled and immediately replied obediently, "Master taught me to be sincere, neither overbearing nor humble, and to seek truth from facts!"
"Then tell me, how many rules have you violated this time?" Liu Qingshu asked.
"???" Zhao Chen'an asked in confusion, "I haven't violated any rules. Where's the mistake?"
Thinking of Zhu Heyu's pale and sickly face just now and Liu Qingshu's angry look at present, Zhao Chen'an felt that this matter was most likely related to Zhu Heyu.
"Zhao Chen'an, during the competition among fellow disciples, you tried to harm your junior brother by poisoning your sword, which has left your junior brother unconscious until now!" Liu Qingshu paused for a moment and said harshly, "Now tell me, where's no mistake?"
After hearing this, Zhao Chen'an just sneered. Sure enough, it was his good junior brother.
But Zhao Chen'an clearly remembered that during the competition among fellow disciples, his opponent was clearly Qin Beixuan. How did it turn out to be Zhu Heyu this time?
There must be something fishy about this.
Then, with a "clang!" sound, a sword landed in front of Zhao Chen'an. He looked at Liu Qingshu in confusion.
Liu Qingshu said, "Test it for him to see!"
Zhao Chen'an carefully examined this sword. It was undoubtedly his sword. Could it really be poisoned?
"Cough, cough, cough!" The patient in the bed woke up.
As soon as Zhu Heyu opened his eyes, he saw Qin Beixuan standing in front of his bed.
"Senior brother?" Zhu Heyu looked at Qin Beixuan in confusion. "Why are you here?"
But Qin Beixuan didn't answer him. Instead, he got straight to the point and said, "Did you replace the spiritual liquid for wiping the sword with poison?"
A look of panic flashed across Zhu Heyu's face. "I, I don't know what senior brother is talking about..."
Qin Beixuan snorted coldly and said, "You'd better really not know. If I find out that you do such despicable things to frame Zhao Chen'an again, I'll personally send you to our master for punishment."
Saying that, he threw the small porcelain bottle in his hand onto Zhu Heyu's bed.
Zhu Heyu naturally knew what this porcelain bottle was. It contained the spiritual liquid that had been replaced by poison.
Zhu Heyu was stunned on the spot.
Qin Beixuan looked at Zhu Heyu disappointedly. "Take care of yourself."
Leaving just this one sentence, he directly left.
Qin Beixuan clearly had no interaction with Zhao Chen'an, but after he woke up, there was always a voice in his memory telling him to save Zhao Chen'an and never let anything happen to him.
On this side, Qin Beixuan had already rushed straight to their master Ji Qingchen's residence.
And Zhao Chen'an was still in the Disciplinary Hall, completely unaware of what Qin Beixuan had done for him.
Zhao Chen'an was only concerned about whether this sword was really poisoned.
When he saw the silver needle gradually turn black, his expression showed no sign of shock. Instead, he was very calm, as if he had expected it.
"Zhao Chen'an, do you have anything else to say?" Liu Qingshu asked.
Looking at the blackened silver needle on his sword in front of him, Zhao Chen'an naturally had nothing to say.
"Did you do it?"
Zhao Chen'an replied neither overbearingly nor humbly, "No."
Liu Qingshu said, "Then why is there poison on your sword? This is your sword."
Liu Qingshu was reminding Zhao Chen'an that since it was his sword, no one else could have touched it except him.
It was indeed the case. However, if he remembered correctly, it should still be Qin Beixuan who wiped the disciples' swords this time.
Qin Beixuan was in charge of the rigor and fairness of the martial arts competition. Whenever a disciple was about to enter the arena, he would wipe that person's sword to check if it was poisoned.
So Zhao Chen'an truthfully said, "Didn't senior brother touch my sword?"
After saying that, he even winked at Liu Qingshu!
This kid is really arrogant!
"Humph, are you accusing the chief disciple of the master?" Liu Qingshu narrowed her eyes dangerously. "Do you know that if you slander someone, your crime will be aggravated?"
"Your disciple naturally knows." Zhao Chen'an slightly curled his lips and smiled. "But I didn't say it was senior brother who did it... What if someone with ulterior motives replaced his spiritual liquid for wiping the sword? Am I right, elder?"
Liu Qingshu was momentarily speechless.
It had to be said that what Zhao Chen'an said really made sense.
As soon as Zhao Chen'an said this, there was another uproar in the hall. Everyone was talking about different things. Zhao Chen'an was getting a headache from all the noise, but he didn't think it was Qin Beixuan who poisoned the sword.
Although Qin Beixuan was usually a bit strict, he definitely wouldn't do such immoral things.
Zhao Chen'an trusted him.