Chapter 372 - 201: Just Different Stances! Or Perhaps the Truth? (Large - , Seeking Protection)_7
"Yinghan, do you know that many things in the world can be replicated?" Yuchi asked.
"What do you mean...?"
"I mean, if I go out and spend a coin to buy a bun, and then you go and spend a coin to buy a bun, you’ll definitely be able to buy it too."
Yuchi’s strange example:
"So if Ling Huzhong disappears while investigating these things, then we might also disappear while investigating these things. So why is such a big clue right in front of you, and you still can’t see it? You’re still busy with all those useless matters with the Four Major Institutions?"
It’s like I’ve already pulled down my pants, and you ask me if it’s hot.
Yes, it’s scorching, needing Miss Song to personally feed me water to quench my thirst.
"I wasn’t thinking too much..."
"That’s why I need you."
"Isn’t it?"
Song Yinghan cleverly responded.
"Otherwise, if I were very smart, very mature, would I still need you to help me? Could you still act like you did just now towards me, could you... could you... could you... boohoo!"
After speaking, she lowered her head in shame. Song Yinghan, oh Song Yinghan, how could you say something like that? That’s not you. You should be calm in front of Yuchi, not let him lead you by the nose, or you’ll be tamed!
"Haha, I like to hear these words. Say it more often in the future."
Yuchi joked with a smile, and seeing the beauty happy, he was naturally pleased too, but he didn’t immediately express his next thoughts. Instead, he smiled and asked the beautiful Song Yinghan in front of him: "So Yinghan, what do you think we should do next?"
"What should we do next?"
Song Yinghan forced herself not to think askew, continuously recalling what Yuchi just said. Surely, it wasn’t just idle talk, right? After pondering for a while, she hesitantly said, "We might have to do two things next."
"The first thing, in a while, we’ll go to the Celestial Capital Department, I want to see if these people are genuinely unaware or just pretending to be!"
"The second thing is about the case files of these missing incidents. After we return from the Celestial Capital Department, we need to go through all of them and give a general summary."
"I believe if we do these two things well, we’ll be closer to the truth."
Song Yinghan stated all in one breath, cautiously.
Yuchi was instantly satisfied, placing his hand on her head: "Smart!"
Song Yinghan immediately lowered her head, softly murmuring: "...Thank you!"
This side of Miss Song must not be seen by others, or I’d be so envious. Yuchi laughed and said, "So, the next steps, you take the lead. I’ll be by your side to assist you, and if you overlook any important clues, I’ll remind you."
Feeling Yuchi’s hand move away from her Qingsi, Song Yinghan immediately nodded: "Okay, I’ll do my best!"
Yuchi truly is a good person, willing to stand by and help without directly taking over, leaving room for her own growth.
She felt so fortunate to know someone like that.
Yuchi, however, said, "But Yinghan, to ensure you handle this matter more carefully, how about this: from now on, if you make a mistake, you’ll have to accept my punishment, otherwise it won’t be good if you’re negligent."
Punishment... Song Yinghan instantly felt a ominous premonition: "What punishment?"
Yuchi calmly replied: "It’s just some flesh and blood pain, endure it and it’ll pass."
"Only repeated forging makes perfect."
Whoosh.
Another proverbial vehicle ran over her face, Song Yinghan’s cheeks turned rosy, almost crying.
...
In a small inn in Canglan City, the four from Ascension Gate were eating a bit of everything. Regardless of what they hadn’t tried before, they started eating directly, and as for money... no worries, the Sect Leader Senior Brother provided!
The Sect Leader Senior Brother truly is a good person.
"So what’s the Sect Leader Senior Brother doing now?" Shen Qinghan asked, nibbling on something like a green flower cake, her small face all smiles.
Xu Feiling was hypnotized by a small bowl of clear soup, seemingly made from some kind of meat; however, why could she only see soup with a few tiny red wolfberries? Where did the meat go? Did a dog eat it?!
Hearing her senior sister’s words, she thought for a moment and replied:
"The Sect Leader Senior Brother came to Canglan City for something, I bet. We only need to focus on having fun, and after this, we’ll be going to participate in the sect competitions, which is what concerns me. If we don’t perform well, will the Sect Leader Senior Brother punish us!"
Speaking of punishment, Xu Feiling was indeed worried that if the Sect Leader Senior Brother, who was so patient in giving them elixirs, saw them perform poorly, there would surely be a scolding... What kind of punishment would that be...
"Nice try."
Shen Qinghan immediately replied, "I want the Sect Leader Senior Brother to punish me, but he won’t do that. As long as we fight seriously, I can’t believe we’re worse than other sects! By then, the female disciples we defeat—if they’re decent looking, clean, with talent, we could recruit them as disciples for the Sect Leader Senior Brother, increasing our numbers and making the Sect Leader Senior Brother happy."
Yuchi: Qinghan is great, not doted on in vain!
Miss Huo Shanlan chimed in approvingly, "Our, uh, uh, uh..."
Halfway through speaking, suddenly puzzled: "How many ’uhs’ does our sect have again?"
"Seems like four," Feng Dongran timidly said.
"I think it’s five," Shen Qinghan.
"Eight maybe..." Xu Feiling.
"..."
"Never mind, it doesn’t matter, let’s say it’s four for now."
"Our Ascension Gate is indeed somewhat desolate, while this is good for our cultivation, it’s not ideal for the sect’s operation. Clearly, our sect has many places available for other types of residences, like Alchemy Room or Artifact Refining Room, but there’s no one to study there, which is wasteful."
"Once we have more people, maybe not all of them will train, but at the very least, every part of the sect needs someone. Otherwise, the Sect Leader Senior Brother bearing all the responsibility for making money is exhausting."
Huo Yuluo stated seriously.
The other disciples might not feel it deeply, but she knew that the value and rarity of those elixirs were hard to come by.
And her Sect Leader Senior Brother being an upright businessman, earning money would have some challenges. Thus, the disciples, although not necessarily needing to vocalize their loyalty all the time, needed to carry out actions diligently behind the scenes.
But when it came to thinking about what to actually do, she felt quite lost.
Besides the sect competitions, it seemed there wasn’t much else to do?
"Oh yes."
"Otherwise, how about we pledge ourselves?" Xu Feiling suggested.
The other three: "..."
Then, in unison, they replied, "Nice try!"