Among the more than three hundred students of Shuiyunsheng, Zhao Shuning picked fifty of them. Along with Shuang'er and Zhao Sese, they planned to go to the courtyard of the Duanlong Sect.
Just like that, the group set off in a grand manner.
When they arrived at the courtyard of the second - level students, Zhao Shuning couldn't help but exclaim at the wealth of the owners. The courtyard of the second - level senior students was much larger than the place where they lived.
"Leader Ning, the Duanlong Sect is really wealthy," one student said.
"Don't they just rob the resources of the freshmen to rise up? These local bullies. Today, let our Leader Ning take back what belongs to us," another freshman of Shuiyunsheng said, then stepped forward to kick the door.
Zhao Shuning quickly stopped them.
"What are you doing?"
"Leader, aren't we going to enter the Duanlong Sect? I'm going to open the door."
"Is this how you open a door? We should be more polite. Do you understand the principle of courtesy before force? If we come with such an attitude, and it gets reported to the deacon, we'll be punished with confinement again."
Those students thought the leader's words made a lot of sense and quickly stepped back.
They had been too rash and hadn't thought things through. Leader Ning was more considerate. Even if they were "robbing", they should be civilized. Otherwise, when others mentioned Shuiyunsheng in the future, they would only think of it as a rude faction.
After some thought, the freshmen who had followed realized that Leader Ning had a great sense of the overall situation and that she was an extremely just person.
If Zhao Shuning had known what these people were thinking, she might have laughed herself. She wasn't a person who considered the overall situation. She just didn't want to do those boring things. If they could enter openly, there was no need to act like robbers. That wasn't good.
"Sese, you're so good - looking. You go and knock on the door."
Sese stepped forward, cleared her throat, and gently knocked on the door.
Not long after, a voice came from inside.
"It must be those boys like Pang Shuai coming back. I wonder what good things they've plundered from the freshmen this time."
"This guy has changed. He's always so proud when he comes back. Why is he being so polite this time?"
Then there came a burst of laughter from inside.
It seemed that there were about four or five people. Judging from their voices, they were all in good health, probably around the second - rank, but all at the beginner level. Zhao Shuning let out a sigh of relief.
She had been thinking about how to escape gracefully if she encountered some powerful being here. Now it seemed that there was no need to escape.
After a while, the door of the courtyard opened a crack.
When those people saw a strange face, they immediately became alert.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Zhao Shuning quickly rushed to the front and said sweetly, "Hello, senior brother. We're freshmen of the first level. I'm here specifically to find Brother Pang Shuai from the Duanlong Sect. I've admired him for a long time."
When those people saw Zhao Shuning, they were instantly melted by this little girl. What good luck Pang Shuai had to have such a beautiful little girl infatuated with him.
"Little sister, Pang Shuai isn't here now. He should be back later. You can go back first."
"Can I go inside and wait for him?"
"You want to come into our courtyard?"
Zhao Shuning nodded innocently. Behind the young man, someone was already urging him to let the girl in so they could all take a look. The young man lowered his head, looked at the harmless little girl, then nodded and opened the door.
Zhao Shuning entered the courtyard.
Those people began to tease her, "Yo, little sister, what's so good about that guy Pang Shuai that you came all the way here to find him?"
Before they could finish speaking, their teasing expressions froze.
Because they found that about fifty people had followed Zhao Shuning in.
With such a large number of people gathered here, no one would believe they were just here to visit an old acquaintance.
"What are you doing?"
Zhao Shuning waved her hand, and Shuang'er immediately placed a small stool beside her. Zhao Shuning tiptoed and stepped on it.
"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Zhao Shuning."
Zhao Shuning? Wasn't she the amazing girl who, on the first day of school, pushed Miss Kong into the pool, injured Qing Zhu, and publicly provoked Deacon Meng?
What was she doing here?
"Little junior sister, we've heard of you. But what are you doing here?"
"Nothing much. When we went to the Pharmacy, we met Pang Shuai. He told us that a few days ago, he took some deer antlers from us freshmen of the first level by mistake and asked me to come and get them."
"Took them by mistake?" The people from the Duanlong Sect raised their eyebrows, obviously surprised by this explanation.
"Yes, that's what Pang Shuai said. I think the senior brothers of the second level wouldn't be so shameless as to rob our freshmen's medicinal herbs. In a while, we freshmen will go into the deep mountains and forests for training. These medicinal herbs are specially provided by the Misty Rain Tower for us to temper our bodies. The senior brothers should know this."
"Oh? We know."
Now there were only about a dozen people left in the Duanlong Sect's courtyard. Although they weren't afraid of the large number of people on the other side, they didn't want to make a big deal out of it.
Then they said, "In that case, little junior sisters, please wait a moment. I'll send someone to get the deer antlers. There are about fifty of them left. You can pack them up and take them away later."
Fifty? Were they kidding?
You know, there were hundreds of freshmen, and each of them got one deer antler a day. Now that seven or eight days had passed, the total number of deer antlers should be around three thousand. And these people in front of them wanted to dismiss them with just fifty.
"Senior brothers, wait a minute."
The people from the Duanlong Sect said impatiently, "What else do you want to say, little junior sister?"
"I think the number of deer antlers that Senior Brother Pang Shuai took by mistake from the Pharmacy should be more than fifty."
"What do you mean? Don't blame me for not warning you. As a freshman of the first level, you'd better think twice before you act. You should know what you can do and what you can't. You'll live longer in the Misty Rain Tower if you know when to stop."
The threat in his tone was obvious.
Zhao Shuning was very unhappy in her heart, but there was still a smile on her face.
"So, senior brothers, you mean you're not going to return the deer antlers to us?"
The men laughed, "There are only fifty. Take them or leave them."
Zhao Shuning smiled, "Either give me five thousand deer antlers today, or I'll go to your sect's pharmacy to get the medicine myself. Senior brothers, make a choice."
A freshman of the first level dared to be so presumptuous!
The hands of the people from the Duanlong Sect under their sleeves slowly clenched.
No freshman of the first level had ever dared to provoke their Duanlong Sect like this! And this little girl in front of them seemed so vulnerable.