Chapter 406 (1): In and Out of Books
Prior to accompanying Mao Xiaodong to the Confucian temple in the capital to "try his luck," Chen Ping'an made some arrangements to ensure that Li Baoping and the others would be safe during his absence.
He instructed Pei Qian to move out of the guest room to stay in the courtyard that Xie Xie was looking after, and she would be accompanied during her stay by Shi Rou, who Chen Ping'an had given his golden demon-binding chain to.
Lin Shouyi would always cultivate in the courtyard under Cui Dongshan's name in the mornings, and "Du Mao" was now also staying there. After a conversation with Chen Ping'an, Lin Shouyi decided to move into the courtyard.
On top of that, Chen Ping'an instructed Zhu Lian and Yu Lu to look after Li Baoping and Li Huai in secret.
One of them was a hunch-backed old man who would grin at every woman that he saw, while the other was an innocuous-looking young man with a perpetual smile on his face, and to the untrained eye, it was difficult to imagine that these two could be a pair of Vajra Body Tier pure martial artists.
At night, Li Baoping and Pei Qian would stay in the main room in Cui Dongshan's courtyard, and Chen Ping'an was confident that Cui Dongshan wouldn't dare to raise any objections to this arrangement.
Xie Xie was staying in one of the side rooms, while Li Huai and Lin Shouyi occupied the other side room together. Shi Rou was a yin entity, so she was assigned with nightly lookout duties.
Zhu Lian didn't have to stay in the courtyard, so he stayed in the guest room vacated by Chen Ping'an instead.
However, Yu Lu had to carry out nightly lookout duties together with Shi Rou.
Chen Ping'an wasn't confident in Shi Rou's ability to deal with unforeseen mishaps, but he had a lot of trust in Yu Lu.
At the same time, there were also teachers in the academy that carried out nightly patrol duties. For example, one of those teachers was Dong Jing, the old Golden Core Tier cultivator who was very fond of Lin Shouyi and excelled in lightning techniques. There was also a relatively unknown Nascent Tier earth immortal who had also come from the Great Li Empire just like Mao Xiaodong.