Chapter 188

Zhou Peng’s Incident

By the time You XiaoMo was just about to climb the winged bird, Xiao Long had already flown away. Fang ChenLe who was beside him, patted his shoulder, signaling him to sit down because the winged bird was about to fly.

Although it was impossible to get information from other people, the one who picked them up at the summit was You XiaoMo’s Fourth-shijie, Nan GongYing. When they asked, although Nan GongYing was hesitant, she still told them anyway.

Actually, something big had happened at the Tian Xin Sect.

A month ago, all the major forces and the demons had been in constant dispute. Both sides had many casualties. The bad relationship had continued to get worse, but not that long ago, just around half a month after they enter the Paradise Realm.

The Tian Xin Sect dispatched several armies against the demons attack, only to be caught in a surprise attack by the demons and were totally annihilated. Among these people, there was Xiao Long’s best disciple, Wang YuFei. He was the one who mocked You XiaoMo at the library because of the Lei Ju’s incident.

Actually, the demons’ attack toward the Tian Xin Sect was something that they had expected. But the problem was that the Tian Xin Sect’s armies were something that was temporarily because of the conditions. They still hadn’t fixed any schedules yet for the shift changes, and it changed almost everyday.

Somehow the demons looked like they knew when and where the shift changed. Not only did they manage to sneak into the Tian Xin Sect’s territories, they also managed to kill two patrols. When he found out about this matter, the Grand Master became furious and ordered the matter to be investigated thoroughly.

To be able to know the exact time and place clearly, there were only two possibilities: one was that there was a spy from the demon’s side hiding inside Tian Xin Sect. Second was someone was working together with the demons, and that’s how the information leaked out.

And thus, Tang Fan gathered all the people who knew this information, and investigated them one by one. In the end, they found a suspect. That person was Zhou Peng, Ling Xiao’s closest junior.

Actually, there was no clear evidence about Zhou Peng teaming up with the demons. He couldn’t tell them his whereabouts that day, and no one could give any testimony for his alibi, so he became the suspect, and was put on death row by the Tian Xin Sect.

As to why they took Ling Xiao, that was because Zhou Peng and Ling Xiao’s relationship was as close as brothers and Zhou Peng usually obeys Ling Xiao’s words. Moreover, Ling Xiao’s behavior for the past year was very unusual. So the Grand Master suspected there was something wrong with him, and asked Xiao Long to bring him back to the Tian Xin Sect.

You XiaoMo became speechless, “You can arrest people without evidence?”

Tang Fan clearly wanted to control Ling Xiao, so he took this opportunity to make Ling Xiao become powerless.

Nan GongYing was actually really puzzled too; Lin Xiao is the Grand Master’s top student. He’s powerful, kind towards people, all disciples–whether it’s junior or senior– put their trust in him. You could even say that he had the possibility to become the Grand Master’s successor. Usually, the Grandmaster should have had a proper investigation done before ordering people to take Lin Xiao back, his way was not the proper way to treat the future heir.

Then again, no one could ever guess what was inside the Grand Master’s head, so even if they puzzled over his actions, the most they can do was just observe from the side.

“Anyway, I believe Lin Xiao should be okay. We just have to wait for him, the Grand Master might release him in two days.” Fang ChenLe said while looking at You XiaoMo. He obviously said this to relieve You XiaoMo, because he assumed You XiaoMo would be very worried about Ling Xiao. In fact, You XiaoMo never worried about him. On the contrary, he only hoped that this matter won’t become serious or else, it would be over, especially if they ended up provoking Ling Xiao.

On the third day the sun begun to rise, they finally arrived at the summit. Due to the demons’ attack, the atmosphere at the summit was much more oppressive compared to a month ago.

When the five of them got to the summit, they received so much attention from all disciples. Actually, there was one more disciple that should have been there and that person was Zhao Zhang’s nephew. Unfortunately, his luck was not as good and he had died in the Paradise Realm’s territory.

Fang ChenLe, while leading his juniors, walked towards Kong Wen, “Shifu, your disciples have come back.”

Kong Wen showed a comforting smile, his gaze falling towards the Poisonous Flood Dragon which was on Fang ChenLe’s shoulder. “As expected of my disciple. The Poisonous Flood Dragon is not a normal mid-level demon beast. Pretty good, pretty good. Shifu didn’t raise you as my disciple all these years for nothing. And ZiLin, even though you only got a contract with level six demon beast it’s better than nothing. Please continue to work hard.” He talked while looking at Fu ZiLin. This second disciple of his, although he didn’t really like his cold demeanor, he had the skill that could only be found one in a hundred. That made him proud.

The level six demon beast that he talked about is the dead soul beast which was ying on top of Fu ZiLin’s shoulder. This dead soul beast is a high level ancient demon beast, and there were no records about it in the library’s scrolls; besides, it concealed itself on purpose, so even Kong Wen couldn’t recognize it.

After that, Kong Wen called the other two elder disciples over. Their luck was not as good as Fang ChenLe and Fu ZiLin, each of them only able to obtain a level four and level five demon beast.

Other than the demon beasts, some people got many spirit grasses in the Paradise Realm, especially Fang ChenLe. He contracted with the demon beast quite early. The Poisonous Flood Dragon was a beast that guarded many spirit grasses. Since these kind of things were done individually, no one had to seek permission.

There were five people, but he only called and praised four people. Kong Wen left out You XiaoMo, either consciously or unconsciously.

Fang ChenLe who didn’t seem to realize it, used all of his strength to bring out You XiaoMo, who was hiding in the crowd, to the front. He happily said, “Shifu, there’s still You XiaoMo. He is the same as ZiLin, he contracted a level six blue-blooded wolf at the Paradise Realm.”

Kong Wen’s smiling face immediately shrink, he answered drily and didn’t say anything after that; as if he’d lose something if he said more. Before this, even if he didn’t really like You XiaoMo, he wouldn’t obviously show it but now he did it in front of a lot of people.

Fu Zilin, who usually doesn’t really talk, softly said, “Shifu, you don’t feel happy for You-shidi?”

Kong Wen took one look and immediately choked on his words,he breathed in quickly, and then gazed at his two students’ faces, said, “Of course not, as a teacher, I’m really happy for him.”

Fu ZiLin nodded, “That’s good, then. I’m also happy for him.”

Kong Wen stared at You XiaoMo, drily laughing.*. He had long forgotten about that.

At that time, although he had asked You XiaoMo to find him a demon beast he didn’t really say it seriously, and he didn’t think that he would really find one. Moreover, he never saw this type of demon beast species.

After the long silence, Zhou DaZhou finally couldn’t help but ask him with trembling lips, “Seventh-shidi, is this demon beast really for me?”

You XiaoMo nodded, “Really.”

Zhou DaZhou, “Really, really?”

You Xiaomo nodded again, and said patiently, “Really, really.”

Zhou DaZhou: “Really, really, really?”

You XiaoMO: “……………”

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T/N; meng = moe (in japanese)