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Chapter 09: Sorry, I’m Not Joining
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Hearing what Chen Luonian said, Ye Weishan froze. First her face turned pale, following that a flush dyed the paleness. A layer of slight anger emerged and she gave a light stomp, walking off without a word.
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Did he ruffle her feathers? Saying it like that was a bit rascally of him, but there was no other choice. If he let her see that there was only a scar left on his chest, then the matter will become even more endless.
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Will she just drive him out like this? After all, she is the group leader here…… If she really wanted to drive him away, then he also has nothing to say. He could only trouble Huai Zhen to work hard as a bodyguard in the future.
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At this time, Ye Weishan who had walked halfway up the stairs suddenly stopped walking. Chen Luonian who was following behind her felt it inappropriate to go past her so he could only stop as well, waiting a little apprehensively at the following development.
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“Sorry.” Ye Weishan suddenly said.
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Huh? Huh? Huh? Chen Luonian was dumbfounded, unsure whether he had heard correctly.
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“I didn’t expect you to be so against…… letting me see…….” Ye Weishan said softly with a bit of grievances: “But I’m just worried about the condition of your injury. There no need to be so fierce towards me, right?”
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“This ……” Seeing Ye Weishan say it like this, Chen Luonian, on the contrary, felt a bit apologetic towards her and for a while couldn’t quite say anything.
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Ye Weishan just stayed there with her back facing towards Chen Luonian like this, not uttering a word, nor walking forward. The two stayed silent for a while before Chen Luonian admitted defeat and said: “It was me that was talking rubbish, sorry.”
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Ye Weishan turned back. Her expression softened a bit and she gently said: “You have to at least promise me not to practice anymore today, okay?”
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“I won’t practice, okay.” Chen Luonian didn’t care about practicing or not, as long as she doesn’t want to see his wound, nothing’s a problem.
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Ye Weishan didn’t expect Chen Luonian would become so easy to negotiate with now. She spoke with a bit of surprise: “I really can’t quite make sense of you, are you easy to discuss things with in the end or not?”
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Why on earth would you want to make sense of me for? Chen Luonian shrugged and said: “Depends on the matter.”
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“In addition, there are things that sound troublesome, but must be said.” Ye Weishan fixed her eyes on Chen Luonian: “Most of the time there’s not need to distinguish status amongst everyone, but don’t forget that in the end I am the leader of this group. For me to be concerned about your health is a matter of course…… Once you formally enter the School, leaving the Sect is a very grave matter. Don’t just say these kinds of things without thinking, alright?”
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At that time it might actually be you guys driving me out of the sect though…… Chen Luonian felt that he himself was in the wrong after all, so he could only respond evasively and brush over it.
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“We now already have close to three people’s portions of monster essence.” Ye Weishan suddenly changed the subject and said: “Originally we were planning to gather enough before letting you four go through Bian Ti together. But because an unexpected accident happened yesterday, I don’t know when we’ll have enough…… Half a month later is the School Sect’s gathering, you four can probably formally join the School. At that time, Yixin and I are considering letting you, Tianliang and Zhiwen go through Bian Ti first. What do you think?”
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“You should let Zongru go first.” Chen Luonian said with surprise: “He joined before me.”
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“He does work very hard, but……” Ye Weishan hesitated for a moment before saying: “You got injured. After Bian Ti injuries will heal faster.”
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“It’s fine. Let them go first, I’m not in a hurry.” He still wanted to muddle for a bit longer. When they find that Bian Ti is ineffective on him, he might be kicked out of the School.
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“Is that so? But you …… ” Ye Weishan muttered to herself for a while and looked closely at Chen Luonian. After a while, she faintly shook her head and her gaze shifted from Chen Luonian’s body as she walked towards the basement.
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Why didn’t she finish her words? Chen Luonian was baffled and was just about to follow when he saw Ye Weishan fiercely slam open the door and immediately stopped walking.
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Could it be that something has happened again? Chen Luonian walked to Ye Weishan’s side and looked inside, and couldn’t help but freeze in shock. Inside, he saw Lai Yixin, Hou Tianliang, Zhang Zhiwen, and Huang Zongru surrounding a girl wearing shorts and talking. And that girl wasn’t some random person, but was Huai Zhen.
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“She really came?” Chen Luonian couldn’t help but exclaim in his thoughts. He examined Huai Zhen, this time, she was dressed more casually than last time. On her upper body was a gray long sleeve jacket with a broad collar that fell all the way to her butt. Beneath the jacket a white colored short jeans with oriental decorative pattern could be seen. It covered half her thigh and at the very bottom were a pair of brown, furred boots. Between the boots and the jeans, those perfectly straight snow-white pair of long legs that were flawless even without the need of a pantyhose to polish them up, causing people to inevitably take at least a couple looks.
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Ye Weishan stopped for a few seconds before walking in while greeting: “Huai Zhen jie.“
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“Ah, the two of you are back?” Huai Zhen smiled: “Weishan, could I come here to play?”
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“Of course you can.” Lai Yixin’s entire face was full of smiles.
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“Welcome! Welcome!” Hou Tianliang and Zhang Zhiwen shouted together.
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Ye Weishan walked to Lai Yixin’s side before softly smiling: “Huai Zhen jie also wants to join us?”
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“It’s not like that.” Huai Zhen shook her head and glanced at Chen Luonian before saying with a smile: “Yesterday Luonian came home covered with blood. I’m a little worried, so if it’s not a bother, I want to come take a look at your activities.”
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“What happened yesterday was my fault. In the future it won’t happen again.” Ye Weishan paused for a moment before saying: “Huai Zhen jie is Luonian’s older sister, not some outsider. Of course you can come here.”
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“Then that’s great.” Huai Zhen smiled towards several of the big boys and said: “You guys are practicing martial arts, right? Gambatte.”
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With a beauty nearby, everyone’s enthusiasm substantially increased. Hou Tianliang and the other two immediately picked up their weapons and deftly slashed. And Lai Yixin also become more alert and advised the three’s movements.
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Chen Luonian, who had already promised Ye Weishan not to practice anymore today had nothing to do and was currently casually chatting with Ye Weishan and Huai Zhen. Suddenly Ye Weishan’s cellphone rang. She apologized to the two and walked outside to answer it.
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Chen Luonian, seeing that no one else was around, whispered to Huai Zhen: “Didn’t you say you were going to join yesterday? How did it change to coming to observe?”
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“I think about it and in the end decided to forget it.” Huai Zhen laughed: “Bian Ti is also ineffective on me, what’s the point of joining? Just having it be ineffective on you is something that could be debated about, but how are we supposed to explain if it doesn’t work on both siblings?”
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“En, whatever, not joining is fine too.” Chen Luonian said: “And we don’t know if their Sect Leader is super strong to the point he might be able to see your true form.”
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“Humph.” Huai Zhen pursed her lips and said: “You’re really looking down on me. How could it be that easy to see?”
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“Really?” Chen Luonian said: “Well, anyways, as long as you don’t drag me down it’s fine. Your identity is my sister after all.”
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Huai Zhen laughed ‘hehe’, then suddenly glanced at Chen Luonian and spoke in a low voice: “You two were just having a lovers’ rendezvous at the head of the stairs, weren’t you? And you even told me not to ruin the relationship between the two of them, you mouth-says-yes,-heart-no type of guy.”
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“We were just talking.” Chen Luonian said: “She was worried about my injury.”
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“Let her worry a little more, maybe she’ll fall in love with you.” Huai Zhen laughed.
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“Stop saying nonsense, I was almost about to get into a quarrel with her.” Chen Luonian looked at Ye Weishan who was standing at the entrance. For some unknown reason, he suddenly felt his chest become slightly heavy, seeming to be a bit depressed.
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“If you’re not interested than just forget it.” Huai Zhen felt it boring and turned around to look at the three that were currently working hard to practice. Then she glanced at Lai Yixin and suddenly smiled: “Though this exchange natures method was passed down, but there were probably quite a lot of skills lost.”
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“What exchange natures?” Chen Luonian asked.
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“It’s what you guys call Bian Ti and absorbing qi(炁).” Huai Zhen said: “I’ve looked closely. Though that pair of sweethearts obtained qi(炁), they only know how to manipulate it roughly. It’s a bit of a shame.”
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Chen Luonian was a bit surprised as he asked: “What does that mean? Can you teach them?”
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“Who cares about them!” Huai Zhen smiled sweetly: “In any case we’re just temporarily using them for a while.”
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Chen Luonian gave a sigh. Though these words were true, he couldn’t help but feel a bit apologetic for it. However, whether she’ll teach or not depends on Huai Zhen’s willingness, he can’t force her.
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At this time, Ye Weishan had already finished the phone call and returned to the basement. Her expression was a bit solemn. She looked at everyone and suddenly said: “Everyone…… Please stop, I have something that I must say.”
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Hou Tianliang and the others one after another stopped and turned around to look at Ye Weishan.
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“Sect Leader said your background checks have already passed, he wants us to immediately head over there.” Ye Weishan continued: “While at it we’ll conduct the induction ceremony.”
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Everyone was stunned. Lai Yixin spoke astonished: “Why aren’t we waiting until the Sect gathering? Isn’t it a bit too early?”
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“I know, but Sect Leader seemed to be unwilling to elaborate on the phone and just told us to immediately head over.” Ye Weishan knitted her brows as she said: “Everyone get ready. In a little bit we’ll take a taxi over.”
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As everyone moved, Ye Weishan looked towards Huai Zhen and spoke a little hesitantly: “Huai Zhen jie, sorry about this…… We have to head back to the Sect.”
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“Don’t worry.” Huai Zhen smiled: “I’ll go home first.”
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“I’m really sorry. We welcome you to come again next time.” Ye Weishan said apologetically.
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“I’ll talk with Luonian a bit and leave.” After Huai Zhen said that, she walked towards Chen Luonian and approached his ear: “Did you properly observe the Yuan Xi?”
“Huh?” Chen Luonian blanked out for a moment before replying: “Don’t you have to be around before I attempt it?”
“Must I say it before you think of it?” Huai Zhen extended a finger and flicked Chen Luonian’s forehead: “Can’t that useless time ability of yours control it? That previous condition of course becomes invalid.”
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Who would have known? Chen Luonian frowned: “Practicing is not a problem, but is it really useful? How about you point out how the phoenix attacks enemies?”
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“Don’t know.” Huai Zhen blinked: “No one can find the phoenix fighting. What the phoenix is capable of, no one can figure out.”
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“And you’re still telling me to practice?” Chen Luonian said snappily.
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“There’s always hope of becoming stronger.” Huai Zhen glared: “I’m warning you first. Next time you force me to appear and waste my cultivation, I’ll beat the crap out of you.”
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“Why does changing forms waste your cultivation?” Chen Luonian didn’t understand.
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“The current environment of the world is unsuitable for manifesting in my true form, it harms the vital energy a lot.” Huai Zhen spoke seriously: “Afterwards, the process of returning to human form is also very difficult.”
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Then that really is a little inconveniencing. Chen Luonian thought about it and said: “When you have time, let’s try undoing the vow again.”
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Huai Zhen didn’t expect Chen Luonian to bring this up himself and was slightly surprised for a moment. She looked Chen Luonian up and down before finally saying: “Of course it’s good……. you’re really not afraid of dying? Weirdo.”
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“Wha?” Chen Luonian turned around and said: “Then let’s not undo it after all.”
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“No, undo it, undo it…….” Huai Zhen acted like a spoiled child as she pulled Chen Luonian’s left hand and pinched that band-aid, asking with a smile: “What are you covering the Blood Ice Ring for?”
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“You’re not allowed to wear that kind of stuff at school.” Chen Luonian said as he turned over his hand to lift up Huai Zhen’s slender flawless jade fingers and closely examined it. In his heart, he silently praised it. Knowing how to transform is really great, you can change into the most perfect form.
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“Are you eating my tofu?” Huai Zhen giggled.
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“Biting your tofu will cause people’s teeth to shatter……” Chen Luonian said peevishly: “But it’s really pretty good-looking, how do you transform this?”
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“If you get misunderstood by others it’s not my problem.” Huai Zhen said.
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Chen Luonian froze and his gaze shifted over, only to see that the rest of them had already finished cleaning up and were waiting at the door, looking towards him and Huai Zhen with suspicious expressions. Chen Luonian silently exclaimed “crap” and hurriedly let go of Huai Zhen’s hand: “Why didn’t you say so earlier? Let’s go, ‘jiejie’!”
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Huai Zhen laughed with a ‘pfff’ before walking towards everyone.
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Everyone said goodbye to Huai Zhen at the school gates, then walked to the main road and hailed down two taxis and sped towards Yonghe City.
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Two taxis passed through Zhonghe City and got to Yonghe City. Not long later, they stopped in front of an office building. Everyone got off the cars and behind Ye Weishan and Lai Yixin’s leads, walked towards the downwards spiraling stairs on the left side of the building.
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This type of building was designed to purposefully build one floor half a story higher. Thus, to get to the first floor you must climb up half a staircase and vice-versa to get to the base floor you also have to climb down half a staircase. Due to this, the entrance to the base floor was higher than the pavement by a half.
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Like this, it increased the amount of shop fronts, allowing the base floor to also become a business shop front with a spacious entrance. However, the place Ye Weishan brought everyone to didn’t seem to be a place that did business. Although the metal roll-up door outside was rolled up, but there were no signboards nearby and that dark-colored large glass entrance which blocked the view of the inside completely lacked any welcoming flavor. Looks like this was the destination.
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Ye Weishan took out a key and opened the glass door, letting everyone enter. Behind the door was a wood-separated, long and narrow empty room similar to an entrance hall. Everyone followed Ye and Lai through a wood door. Inside was a wide expanse of space. Stone tiles were laid out on the ground and in the deepest area, there was a long wooden stage that looked like a lecture platform.
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This spacious large hall was only lit by a few wall lamps so it was rather dark. Just as everyone was looking around, the stage lights in front suddenly lit up. The entire room brightened up and it was only at this instant that everyone noticed that on the platform not far away, stood a man and a woman.
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The man was a forty or so robust man leaving his hair in a short business man’s cut. He wore a refined well-fitting black silk blended fabric Tang suit, on his upper lips was the rarely seen 八(eight) shaped mustache. On his face was a good-natured smile and he nodded to everyone.
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The woman seemed like a young woman about twenty or so. She wore a short-sleeve white blouse that seemed to imitate a cheongsam and a tight fitting skirt that reached to her knees. Her long hair was parted and draped over her shoulders. A few large rolls spiraled in front of her chest, hanging down to her waist area. This woman’s face only had on light makeup. On the corners of her mouth hung a mild smile. She seemed like a very warm and gentle big sister.
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For the male, just let it be. This big sister is also quite pretty. Chen Luonian sized her up while thinking, this sect seems like it purposefully accepts beautiful girls. Could it be that Sect Leader has the same passion as him?
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Ye Weishan and Lai Yixin turned around and sent a meaningful glance towards everyone, then bowed as they said: “Sect Leader, Big Brother Huang.”
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The hell!? The Sect Leader is actually this Big Sis? Isn’t she way too young? Chen Luonian and the rest were shocked for a moment before they hurriedly followed to bow and greet the people.
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“Hello everyone.” The Sect Leader’s voice was soft and gentle, causing people that heard it to feel very at ease. She looked at everyone and smiled: “Which two were the ones that went yesterday?”
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“Sect Leader, it was them two.” Ye Weishan turned back, pointing at Huang Zongru and Chen Luonian as she introduced: “Chen Luonian, Huang Zongru.”
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The Sect Leader’s gaze stopped on Chen Luonian for quite a while before she spoke a bit doubtingly: “You’re Luonian? It doesn’t look like you have injuries?”
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“That injury wasn’t anything serious.” Chen Luonian didn’t know how perceptive the opposite party was and couldn’t help but feel a bit lacking in confidence.
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“If you’re fine then it’s good.” The Sect Leader slightly smiled, then looked at the four as she said: “My name is Bai Xuanlan, I’m the second generation Sect Leader of Bai Sect. This is my husband, he’s called Huang Qi and is also a member of Bai Sect…… You guys probably know that the reason I called you guys here today is because I’m planning to conduct the induction ceremony earlier than planned…… And might also conduct the Bian Ti while at it.”
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“Bian Ti? This soon?” Ye Weishan was surprised.
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“But we still haven’t collected enough monster essence yet?” Lai Yixin also said.
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“No everyone will necessarily join, isn’t that so?” Bai Xuanlan said, smiling faintly.
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Everyone blanked and fell silent. Could it be they still need to take tests?
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Ye Weishan said: “Sect Leader, what you mean is……”
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“Nowadays, it’s no longer the same as the past……” Bai Xuanlan said: “As long as you pass the moral conduct investigation and is willing to join, we’re willing to accept. But are you guys really willing to join?”
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The four looked at each other. If they weren’t willing to join what did they come here for?
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“You guys come with me.” Bai Xuanlan led everyone towards the side and walked into one of the rows of seats arranged in a small hall. A projector that had already started to play was hanging above. White light hit the cloth surface in front and continuously flickered.
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“Sit.” Bai Xuanlan indicated for everyone to sit down as she continued: “Before you guys make your decision, we have a video for you guys to watch…… This is a video we got only today afternoon, even Weishan and Yixin have not seen it before.”
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No wonder the two of them also had puzzled looks on their faces. Chen Luonian and the others sat down and stared at the large screen.
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“This film is probably from about a month ago…… the seventh month and fifteenth day by the lunar calendar. It was filmed using a camera with special optical fiber and long camera lenses. It’s only a few minutes long. It’ll be starting soon.” Bai Xuanlan stood next to the screen and explained. Her husband Huang Qi walked behind everyone to close the lights, then he started the video player.
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Immediately following that the screen flashed and a spacious underground cave appeared on the screen. Following the swiveling camera angle, it could be seen that powerful halogen searchlights were hung high above in the cave all around, lighting the cave up so that it was bright as day. In the space stood a circle of ten or so men and women. They were each wearing different types of clothing but in everyone’s hands was a slender dagger. They silently moved together into a circle, not a single one of them spoke.
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“Li Sect’s?” Ye Weishan asked, surprised.
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“No.” Bai Xuanlan said: “The guard of the dagger isn’t in a straight line but curves slightly downwards. They’re from He Sect.”
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Only after Bai Xuanlan said this did everyone notice that the guard of the dagger really did curve downwards, which was quite different from Li Sect’s standard handguards.
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“Didn’t we, because He Sect and our way of thinking is different…… have very little contact with them?” Ye Weishan asked.
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“En, look at it first. It’s almost about to start.” Bai Xuanlan said.
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Everyone’s attention focused onto the video again only to see that out of that group of people eight walked out and stood at eight different positions. They simultaneously lifted their daggers and pointed them downwards, slightly facing each other. Chen Luonian was not unfamiliar with this motion. Yesterday night the two from Li Sect also started with this motion.
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Then that means, this place is also a place capable of ‘monster appearance’? But last night just three people casting techniques in addition to himself already managed to shake out that troublesome tusked monster. Right here eight people were casting the technique at the same time, what kind of monster would be summoned? If these people’s skills were on par with those two from Li Sect, then afraid the results would be far from good.
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When Chen Luonian thought to here, he couldn’t help but cast a glance at Ye Weishan. Seeing her grave expression with her brows slightly knitted, it seems she was also a bit worried.
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After those eight stopped their movements, the next step was probably just to wait. In a period of silence, all that came through the video was the hum of the electricity generator. From the screen the transformation of qixi also couldn’t be seen so it was actually quite boring. Chen Luonian and Huang Zongru still knew roughly what they were probably doing, but Hou Tianliang and Zhang Zhiwen became a bit impatient. The two shifted here and there on their seats, but didn’t dare to complain.
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Suddenly the surrounding lights flickered and there was the sound of an air explosion. An ash gray wolf-like giant creature suddenly appeared in the center of the scene. This creature’s body was about four, five meters long. Its enormous head was probably half the height of a person. He continuously moved under the lights, seeming a bit at a loss. It looked in all four directions, a bit confused as to what was going on.
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Following precisely, that group of people from He Sect shouted and all of them simultaneously lifted their daggers and sent attacks towards that creature. That creature suffered a few strikes, its fur fluttered and it lowered its head, seemingly astonished, looking down at the people below it. Suddenly, it leaped forward and chomped the upper half of a middle-aged man’s body. With a twist of its head, the person’s body was torn in half and blood flew in all directions.
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Everyone around was shocked and started crying out in alarm and retreated. Some people rose up vigorously and attacked, but their attack power didn’t seem to be strong enough to cause the creature much damage. The creature completely ignored it. Raising its head, it chewed that half of the body. Only sudden splatters of blood could be seen splashing out from the corners of that creature’s mouth.
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Oh shit! Is that guy eating a steamed dumpling? Chen Luonian stared at the scene, flames rushing to his head. If it weren’t for the fact that he wasn’t on scene, he probably would have rushed up again.
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Then, the creature started to agilely jump around everywhere. Its claws strike and its mouth chomped. The people fell one by one. Not even three minutes later, the entire cave was completely stained by blood, the casualties were disastrous. At this time, the camera had already randomly rolled onto the floor. In its lens only a sea of blood and some indistinguishable corpse parts and flesh could be seen. And from the surrounding blood-curdling screams and cries continuously reverberated. It was not hard to imagine what was happening.
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Suddenly, the screen turned black. The video had ended. After a few seconds, Huang Qi opened the lights and silently walked to Bai Xuanlan’s side.
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At this time, the facial color of the six were not pretty. Honestly speaking, if this was a movie, based on the degree of blood and violence it would definitely be classified as R-rated. These six teenagers that haven’t even fully turned eighteen wouldn’t even have the qualification to watch it.
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“Last night, after Ye Weishan told me what happened yesterday, I passed on this news to Li Sect and He Sect. And today I received this rare to come by video file.” Bai Xuanlan said: “The creature in this video doesn’t seem to really have the same appearance as what Weishan described, but I still wanted to let you guys to verify it with your own eyes. Is it indeed different? Weishan?”
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Ye Weishan slowly shook her head as she replied: “It’s not the same. The dog monster from last night was much bigger. Several times bigger. This one looks like a wolf. The one from last night didn’t really look like that, it looks more like….. more like a……”
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“Fox!” Chen Luonian could not help but interrupt. Otherwise, if Ye Weishan continued to keep calling her a big dog monster, if Huai Zhen heard, Ye Weishan might meet with a bad end.
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“Right.” Ye Weishan’s eyes lit up and she nodded towards Chen Luonian: “Its head was more like that of a fox, but the luxurious fur on its body…… Its still more like a dog.”
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It’s still a dog? I’ve already done my best. Chen Luonian blinked his eyes and didn’t say anymore.
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“The color was different too. The one from last night was much prettier, it was snow white.” Huang Zongru actually only saw half a glance, but still could tell that the two were not the same being.
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“I also felt like they were different.” Chen Luonian also supplemented a sentence. He was actually the one most clear. The original form of that guy Huai Zhen was much more frightening than that of that wolf monster’s just now. That wolf monster’s head was just half the height of a person. Huai Zhen’s head was even bigger than a car. When this wolf monster wanted to eat someone, it still had to bite it into two halves and chew a couple bites. Huai Zhen just lifted her head and stretched her throat and she was able to swallow down that tall Chisel Tooth. Not to mention based on the speed Huai Zhen showed when she charged out yesterday, the camera probably couldn’t even capture her shadow. The two were completely not of the same class.
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Anyway, bringing the point back. How in the world does Huai Zhen’s body transform bigger and smaller? Is it like blowing a balloon? Or is it that even the physical body can be transformed out from nothing? Next time he has to find her and ask.
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“Since you guys all say that, then it probably is a different monster……” Bai Xuanlan turned around: “Qi ge*, help me send the reply. Say it really is a different one…… I believe Li Sect’s side probably gave the same reply.”
She calls him by his name and ge which means big brother. It’s often used by childhood sweethearts when the girl used to be the ‘little sister’ of the guy and they eventually get together but some girls just like to call their boyfriends that.
“En.” Huang Qi’s voice was very low. He nodded to Bai Xuanlan and gently smiled before walking out.
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Bai Xuanlan turned back around to fix the six, a bitter smile appearing on her face: ‘When He Sect sent the picture over, they mentioned several things. In this incident, twenty people died and four were injured. They lost more than half of their elites and they lost the tracks of this wolf-like monster afterwards…… the Leader of He Sect originally suspected that the one you guys saw last night was this one.”
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“After experiencing this, the Leader of He Sect…… is still alive?” Ye Weishan asked hesitantly.
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“He didn’t participate in this military campaign…… In reality, he didn’t know about this exercise at all.” Bai Xuanlan softly sighed: “If he was there, even if he couldn’t kill the monster, it probably wouldn’t have been this devastating.”
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This means…… if the Leader of He Sect was there, he could have stopped that wolf monster? Everyone couldn’t help but be a bit amazed. The Bai Sect Leader in front of them, Bai Xuanlan, could it be that she also had this ability?
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“The He Sect Leader had always believed that humanity were not a match for monsters, so the positions we held were different.” Bai Xuanlan slowly continued: “In their Sect, there was someone that didn’t accept this view and didn’t believe that the monsters were that strong and powerful. And so, he found a group of people that shared the same views as him and on August 15th, selected an long abandoned monster congregating area to carry out the technique to attract monster…… In the end—— In He Sect, there’s already no more combat ready members.”
After being silent for a while, Bai Xuanlan slowly said: “To enter the Martial Dao School Bai Sect means that in the future you’ll have to prepare to fight against monsters like this. In the future there’ll be even more powerful monsters…… In addition, as long as the Sect gives an order you guys will have to abandon your families, your studiesT/N to become humanity’s first line of defense against the monsters…… After knowing this, are you guys still willing to join?”
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Hou Tianliang, Zhang Zhiwen and Huang Zongru’s faces were all a bit pale. The three originally joined half out of fun, and even though the three all encountered monsters before, at that time Lai Yixin looked way stronger than the monster so the three simply didn’t feel the danger at all. But now, after seeing that bloody scene, they finally understood that things weren’t that simple.
On the contrary, Chen Luonian wasn’t that surprised. Even though seeing that scene also caused him to be quite stunned, but he had already been swallowed by Huai Zhen before after all and had heard Huai Zhen mention about powerful monsters. But from another angle, he had never felt the pressure of it being his mission to fight with monsters. If it weren’t the fact that monsters would spontaneously appear at his side, there’s no way he’d want to join this kind of dangerous Sect.
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Back then he simply had no choice. To not join would mean that he was forcing Huai Zhen to become his bodyguard. These people wanted to exterminate monsters in the first place so borrowing their strength didn’t count as using them…… But should he continue to stay?
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As Chen Luonian deliberated, Bai Xuanlan looked at Lai Yisin and said: “You as well…… take this opportunity to properly consider whether you want to stay or not. If you don’t want to continue fighting against monsters, leaving the Sect now is a good decision.” But she didn’t ask Ye Weishan.
Hearing what Bai Xuanlan said, Lai Yixin thought about it, then opened his mouth and asked: “Does Sect Leader believe we’ll win?”
Is this person insane? After seeing the scene earlier he still asks this? How was it possible to win? Chen Luonian suddenly realized that he truly didn’t understand Lai Yixin at all. He only occasionally loses his rationality, but this guy seemed to simply lack any rationality to speak of?
“If I completely did not believe, we should have chosen the He Sect’s method.” Bai Xuanlan said: “Since I chose to fight, then it means that although victory is uncertain, I still believe there’s a possibility.”
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“I also believe Sect Leader!” Lai Yixin exposed a optimistic smile as he said: “Of course I’ll stay behind to help.”
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“You silly child.” Bai Xuanlan revealed a warm smile. Smiling, she said: “You just have blind trust in me, but these couple of new ones do not necessarily have that, so I must give some supplemental information. Weishan, do you also feel we’ll win?”
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Ye Weishan reflected on it for a moment before saying softly: “Even though I can’t think of how we can win, but I also believe Sect Leader…… I think, Sect Leader probably still has something you haven’t told us?”
“Weishan is right.” Bai Xuanlan looked at the four large boys and said: “You guys probably also feel that it’s very strange. Just then that monster’s display of power was so strong, but why haven’t I given up hope?
Seeing the four nod, Bai Xuanlan continued: “Do you guys know of ‘dao xi’?”
The four more or less heard these two words from Ye and Lai before, but never heard any explanation, so all of them shook their heads.
“The Martial Dao School originated from the Daoist School of the Warring States Period. The Daoist School believed that the so-called Dao first separated from the intangible then transformed into ten thousand forms. The dao practitioner is without name, without form, without nature, and thus encompasses all formsT/N2.” Bai Xuanlan suddenly said a string of words that everyone didn’t understand. Seeing the four little fellows stare blankly, she slightly laughed as she continued: “dao xi is just one of the most primitive forms of qi xi. Even though it’s impossible to express, impossible to describe, it controls all the logic of the heaven and earth(world), all the connections between the immortal and mortal world. dao xi even extends to transforming into all kinds of power. Into the humans, monsters, and immortals’ qi xi, even into the life energy of all living things.”
It sounds a lot like Hun Dun Yuan Xi? But it seemed a little different, or was it that it was actually two different things?
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“Reportedly, several millenniums ago for some unknown reason, the immortal world and the mortal world moved apart and dao xi gradually scattered, creating the current world.” Bai Xuanlan slowly spoke: “But half a year ago, dao xi actually started gradually increasing and monster appearances increased. But because right now there’s still not enough dao xi, only small monsters can appear. A large monster like the one that unexpectedly appeared in the film is predicted to have difficulty existing in the current environment…… That’s why even though it killed so many people, afterwards it disappeared and we never received any news of the wolf monster causing a calamity in the human world.”
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“Then in the future as dao xi gradually increases, monsters that will be as strong as that wolf monster will be able to freely appear?” Ye Weishan asked.
“Correct.” Bai Xuanlan slightly nodded, then continued: “But at that time, I believe there’ll also be proportionally more qi that humans can absorb into their bodies. Don’t you two feel that there are much more qi xi inside your bodies than several months ago?”
“That’s right ah. Then in the future we’ll be able to beat them?” Lai Yixin joyously asked.
“This is just speculation.” Bai Xuanlan paused for a moment, then said: “Other than this, of course there are still other secretly passed down methods that could increase the sect members abilities. In the past society, it wasn’t necessary, but in the future if there’s really a need……”
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Could it be the methods to use qi xi that Huai Zhen talked about before? Chen Luonian inwardly nodded. If only the method to absorb qi was passed down, that would be too strange.
“That not right ah.” Ye Weishan’s brows knitted again as she said: “If it’s like this, then the large white dog that appeared last night was even stronger, so how can it still exist?”
It’s still a large white dog? Chen Luonian laughed secretly. When he gets back he has to have a good laugh at Huai Zhen.
“We don’t understand this aspect either, if there was the Legendary Creatures of Ancient China Record, perhaps we could have figured out which type of monster it was.” Bai Xuanlan gave a heavy sigh: “But the Martial Dao School has already scattered and Taiwan’s subdivision Sect also doesn’t have a copy. So I’m planning to ask Qiao Wen to go to Chengdu City’s Crane Mountain to try to explore the dao’s origin and see if there’s any passed down ancient books.”
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“You’re going to have Qiao Wen jie go to Chengdu?” Ye Weishan was a bit surprised: “Didn’t that place become a tourist spot? Is it possible to still find anything?”
“We’ll try our luck, perhaps we will end up encountering disciples from other sects.” Bai Xuanlan thought about it a moment, then turned back to the four: “In any case, everything is still speculation. The two worlds have already been separated for several millenniums already, so more than half the ancient stories are exaggerated. The strength of the monsters can only be estimated, no one is absolutely sure. In the coming battle, there will definitely still be people that end up sacrificed…… You guys are still young after all, there’s no need to take risks.”
Seeing that no one spoke, Bai Xuanlan continued: “Because of yesterday’s incident, we’re worried that there’ll be changes outside of expectations. So if there are any new joining members, we wanted to have them go through Bian Ti earlier…… After all, to completely adapt to the monster essence it still takes two, three months of effort so the earlier you go through Bian Ti, the better…… If you four are all willing to join, the monster essence that you lack the Sect can supplement first.”
“That’s great!” Lai Yixin happily exclaimed: “Then you guys can go through Bian Ti together!”
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The four looked at each other, no one spoke. After several seconds, the first to speak was actually Huang Zongru. He stammeringly said: “C…… can I ask a question?”
“Of course.” Bai Xuanlan smiled.
“Then…… I heard Weishan say that Li Sect…… their members are all people chosen from the military or the police. Letting them fight with monsters, don’t you think….. don’t you think it would be more suitable?” Huang Zongru asked: “Why would Bai Sect agree to accept students like us?”
“I didn’t set out to particularly look for young people, but our Sect has always allowed each team leader independence. As the group leader, since Weishan wanted to take you guys, I also won’t interfere.” Bai Xuanlan smiled: “But you guys really are quite young….. Back then, there were external reasons why Weishan was allowed to enter the Sect so early.”
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After hearing this, Huang Zongru seemed to have made up his mind. He took a deep breath before saying: “I lack a lot of courage, but…… I’m willing to join. I want to help, no, I’ll definitely be able to help.”
Zhang Zhiwen suddenly gave Hou Tianliang a small shove and whispered: “How about it? Of course we’ll join too, right?” But then he saw Hou Tianliang with his head lowered and was a bit surprised.
“I didn’t think it would be this dangerous at first……” When Hou Tianliang said this, he paused for a moment. Then with a bitter face, he said: “It’s not that I’m afraid of the danger. It’s just that if it’s this dangerous my dad won’t allow it.”
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“That’s right ah, your dad is super scary……” Zhang Zhiwen knitted his brows: “Then what do we do? Should we not join? But even Unrivaled Giant joined?”
“I don’t know either.” Hou Tianliang furrowed his brows.
“Tianliang! I’ll help you talk to your dad.” Hearing what they said, Lai Yixin slapped his chest and said this.
“Gah?” Hou Tianliang’s expression as he looked towards Lai Yixin was full of shock, as if he found it a little incomprehensible.
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“Everyone……” The Chen Luonian that had been deliberating the entire time suddenly opened his mouth and said: “Sorry, I’m not joining.”
“Eh?” Everyone’s eyes shot over. Hou Tianliang was actually the one that ‘eh’ed the loudest.
“I probably won’t be able to help.” Chen Luonian said: “So it’s better to just forget it.”
“How could it be possible that you wouldn’t be able to help?” Lai Yixin said, dumbfounded: “Yesterday if it weren’t for you Weishan would have been in danger.”
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Chen Luonian’s gaze couldn’t help but turn towards Ye Weishan, only to see that she was also looking at him, her expression a bit complicated as if she were a bit surprised.
Lai Yixin looked at Ye Weishan then turned back to ask Chen Luonian: “Luonian, why aren’t you joining?”
Saying he’s afraid of dying might be easier to accept…… Chen Luonian’s eyes turned and he nodded: “It’s too dangerous, I don’t want to get involved any further. Yesterday I almost died.”
After saying this, everyone couldn’t speak a word. Ye Weishan, even more, bit her lips as she hung her head as if blaming herself. Seeing this, Chen Luonian couldn’t help but feel a bit bad. His gaze turned towards the Sect Leader Bai Xuanlan, but only saw her warmly smile towards him: “Everything is up to you to decide, everyone also shouldn’t try to force Luonian.”
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It’s a pity there’s no more chances to appreciate this pretty big sis. Chen Luonian inwardly sighed, then said: “Sorry, I’m leaving first.” And headed out.
“Wait, I’ll send you out.” Lai Yixin chased after him.
He still hasn’t given up? Chen Luonian wryly smiled as he glanced at Lai Yixin, but also didn’t feel it right to refuse. So he could only allow Lai Yixin to accompany him out.
The moment they went out of that video room, Lai Yixin couldn’t hold back anymore and hammered own palm: “It’s all my fault. If it weren’t for the fact that I fell unconscious yesterday, it wouldn’t have caused you to get hurt.”
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“You held it off for a long time, that’s already really amazing.” Chen Luonian smiled as he said: “Don’t worry too much, it’s just I’m afraid of dying.”
Lai Yixin sadly spoke: “No you’re not, yesterday if it weren’t……”
“That’s right, I didn’t bring that dagger with me. Tomorrow I’ll bring it over to return it to you.” Chen Luonian said.
“That doesn’t matter that much……” Lai Yixin said: “Do you need to consider it some more?”
“No.” Chen Luonian walked out of the doors while slightly shaking his head: “Don’t send anymore, I’ll head back myself.”
Lai Yixin’s brows knitted. After thinking a while, he finally said: “I’ll find you to discuss about this another day.”
This person really doesn’t seem to know how to write the two words ‘give up’. Chen Luonian was a bit annoyed but also a little amused, but seeing Lai Yixin’s sincere appearance he couldn’t bring himself to be angry. In the end, Chen Luonian bitterly smiled, shaking his head. Waving, he left on his own.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Sonia
[Chiyomira’s Corner]
And woohoo~ Another chapter done~~ Island is going really slowly… but… I’ll get somewhere eventually~ Thanks for reading~
-4/27/17- on hiatus again due to the crisis of ap exams finally being less than a week away. I plan to resume posting again during the third week of May, more info here. Things are subject to change depending on whether I get any translators.
Chiyomira is now recruiting translators for this series! Chiyo has plans to pay staff translators, but whether it’s possible will depend on how well a Yumeabyss patreon does, which will be tested out in June. Meanwhile, please join with the expectation of little to no pay. View this google doc for the test blurbs and more info.
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Native/practically native knowledge of English + Proficient-advanced knowledge of Chinese
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