Chapter 168

Chapter 168: Little Radish
Ye Cong Xin was sick and tired of the three of them in her heart, but she still worked hard to keep up the image of a caring and sensible Junior Sister.

With her gentle persuasion, Lan Zi Yu and the other two finally quieted down.

The main hall.

Fang Cheng Lang knelt in the center of the hall, his eyes lowered. He looked both guilty and remorseful.

“Cheng Lang, I am very disappointed in you.”

Fang Cheng Lang silently bowed his head to the floor in a formal kowtow. He did not say a single word to defend himself.

Master Qing Yan lifted his eyelids and glanced at him. His dark eyes were like a deep pool with no bottom, gloomy and impossible to read.

After a long time, he spoke in a low voice: “At this Sect Grand Tournament, you must take first place.”

Fang Cheng Lang answered in a deep voice: “Disciple will do my best.”

“Leave.”

“Yes.”

When Fang Cheng Lang walked out, for some reason he reached back and closed the hall doors.

The great hall was suddenly plunged into darkness.

In the huge space, one could hear a pin drop. It was so quiet it felt like a dead place.

Master Qing Yan sat still on the seat made from the top Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of the Cultivation World. Out of nowhere, a boundless sense of loneliness rose in his heart.

He was never someone who liked noise or crowds.

Back then, an old friend had entrusted a child to him and left Fang Cheng Lang in his care.

Only then had he reluctantly accepted his first Personal Disciple.

Not long after, Lan Zi Yu joined the Five Elements Dao Sect. The Old Sect Master could not bear to see his talent wasted, so he sent him up to Lone Moon Peak.

After he had a first and a second disciple, Master Qing Yan no longer resisted taking in more. But his standards were strict, so after all these years he had only taken five disciples in total. As for Yu Zhao and Ye Cong Xin, they were completely unexpected.

Yu Zhao.

Master Qing Yan unconsciously said Yu Zhao’s name in his heart. Her stubborn face appeared in his mind.

“Mm.”

All of a sudden, he let out a muffled groan. The veins at his temples jumped wildly, and an odd flush rose on his face.

Why!

Why did his old head injury act up every time he thought of Yu Zhao!

Could it be that there was some unknown connection between him and Yu Zhao?

“First Senior Brother, Master did not punish you, right?”

As soon as they saw Fang Cheng Lang come out, Lan Zi Yu and the others rushed over to surround him.

“Master is broad minded. How could he bother to hold a grudge against me?”

The others fell silent.

They did not believe a single word of what Fang Cheng Lang said.

But there really was no strange expression on Fang Cheng Lang’s face, so they could not question him too much. As usual, it was Ye Cong Xin who broke the awkward mood.

She smiled with curved eyes and said: “First Senior Brother, we passed the Qualifying Trials today. That is something to celebrate. Why don’t we all go to the bamboo grove and celebrate together?”

“Good! I agree!” Quan Ye said loudly, his brows dancing with excitement.

Lan Zi Yu and Su Ming were not very interested, but they did not want to spoil the fun, so they did not object.

Fang Cheng Lang, however, shook his head and refused: “You all go celebrate. I am going to visit A’Jue.”

“First Senior Brother…”

“Junior Sister, have fun.”

Ye Cong Xin wanted to act spoiled a bit more, but Fang Cheng Lang left that one line and then turned and walked away.

Quan Ye pouted unhappily: “First Senior Brother is really no fun at all.”

Ye Cong Xin forced a smile and said: “It is fine. Even if First Senior Brother does not go, the four of us can still celebrate.”

“Junior Sister, I think we should drop it,” Su Ming said. “It is just a few of us. There is nothing much to celebrate. Let’s pick another day.”

First Senior Brother, Fourth Senior Brother, and Yu Xiao Zhao were not here. Even if they sat together to drink and chat, it would not be very fun. It would be better to sneak off and find Yu Xiao Zhao and ask what she really thought.

Lan Zi Yu had never been very eager to go in the first place. When he heard Su Ming say this, he followed along and said: “Su Ming is right. Let’s wait until Cui Jue has recovered for a while and then everyone can celebrate together.”

“Hey, hey, what do you mean by that? Junior Sister means well, yet none of you are going. What is that supposed to be!”

A lot had happened in the five years that passed, but Quan Ye knew nothing about it.

All he saw was that Fang Cheng Lang, Lan Zi Yu, Su Ming, and even Cui Jue, who was resting and healing in the cave residence, were all faintly distancing themselves from Ye Cong Xin. That made him very upset.

Su Ming rolled his eyes and said: “If I want to go, I go. If I do not want to go, then I do not.”

Lan Zi Yu was even more direct. He simply flicked his sleeve and left.

Su Ming snorted, then dragged his feet and walked away in a lazy, swaying way.

Quan Ye’s face turned dark.

Second Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother had never taken him seriously.

[One day, I will make them understand the price of bullying me.]

Just then, he suddenly heard a low sobbing sound beside him.

Quan Ye snapped back to himself and saw Ye Cong Xin crying, her tears falling like pear blossoms in the rain.

He panicked and tried to comfort her in a clumsy way: “Junior Sister, do not cry. You look really ugly when you cry.”

Ye Cong Xin almost swallowed her tears back down out of anger.

“Fifth Senior Brother, it must be that I am not doing well enough. First Senior Brother and the others do not like me anymore,” she said between sniffles, forcing down her anger.

“They do not like you, so you can just not like them either,” Quan Ye said.

Ye Cong Xin choked on her words for a moment. Her eyes rolled, then she said while crying even harder: “I know I am not as smart as Senior Sister Yu, and I am not as powerful as Senior Sister Yu either. That is why they all like Senior Sister Yu and do not like me. But I am really sad…”

“Yu Zhao? She is stirring things up again?” Quan Ye’s eyes turned fierce. “I knew that fake was up to no good. Just wait here. I am going to get justice for you right now.”

He did not listen to Ye Cong Xin trying to stop him at all and rushed down the mountain with heavy steps.

Ye Cong Xin was dumbfounded.

She only wanted Quan Ye to comfort her and feel sorry for her. She did not want him to go cause trouble for Yu Zhao.

Ye Cong Xin stomped her foot in frustration.

This time she really learned a lesson. Quan Ye simply did not have a brain. When she talked to him, she could not be too indirect, or it would backfire.

On the other side.

Quan Ye stormed toward the Inner Court like a hurricane.

Xiu Luo and the others had only just come back from the Martial Practice Field. They had not started cultivating yet. They were sitting in small groups, talking about today’s Qualifying Trials.

Quan Ye’s arrival put them all on guard right away.

“Where is Yu Zhao? Tell her to get out here right now!”

Quan Ye stood at the foot of the mountain, roaring in anger. His robe was stretched tight over his solid muscles, showing clear outlines.

The Inner Disciples looked over at Xiu Luo, Feng Qi Yun, and the others who were close to Yu Zhao.

“You are Little Luo, right? Tell me where Yu Zhao is!”

Quan Ye recognized Xiu Luo as the person who had stood next to Yu Zhao before. He spoke in a rough, booming voice.

Little Radish?

Feng Qi Yun and the others had been ready to face the troublemaker Quan Ye with cold expressions, but when they heard his words, they almost burst out laughing.

What kind of nonsense Little Radish!

Whoever came up with that nickname was a genius.

“Go to hell with your Little Radish! Your whole family are Little Radishes!”

Xiu Luo’s face turned red with anger.

She was smaller than most female cultivators her age. She hated it when people said she was small, and now someone had even given her such an awful nickname.

Quan Ye was clearly insulting her.

“Huh? Why are you cursing at me?”

Quan Ye was completely confused.

Xiu Luo had already rushed forward with her fist clenched: “You are asking for a beating!”

Quan Ye’s eyes lit up. He threw thoughts of Yu Zhao to the back of his mind at once and excitedly punched back.

Bang!

Not far away, Lan Zi Yu and Su Ming, who had just met again and were staring at each other in awkward silence, heard the noise. Their faces changed at once.

“This is bad! It is Quan Ye! He came to look for Yu Zhao too! Did he already start fighting with her?”

“Let’s go!”