Chapter 584 - Mouth Shut Till Death (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“The two of you recognize this object?” Lonemoon asked.

“Of course we do,” Ling Wen Xuan answered. He looked up at the group, overwhelmed with guilt. “This is the golden dagger of the academy’s law enforcement teacher. He uses it to summon people who have broken the law for a hearing.”

The moment he finished speaking, a similar looking white light shot into the room. This time, it stopped right in front of Ling Hong. It did not make any move to attack him, like the previous one did to Lonemoon. The previous one probably tried to attack Lonemoon because of the sword Qi surrounding his body.

“You mean to say that the Immortal Academy is sending for me?” He stared blankly at them. He wasn’t even a disciple of the Immortal Academy. What was he sending him for?

“It looks like we’ve gotten our fellow Daoist in trouble,” Ling Wen Xuan said in a guilty manner. “If I’m not wrong, the academy is now sending for you and Ling Hong because of what happened in the first round of the competition.”

“The first round?” Lonemoon hesitated.

Ling Hong also reacted immediately, “Isn’t the first round already over?”

“But what you did in that mystic realm…” He looked over at Lonemoon and the others and said gingerly, “The competition was too… surprising. It caused the academics to suspect something was amiss, especially because you and Ling Fei were in the third group, yet you managed to obtain over 60 array flags. Of course the academy would look into it.”

“Didn’t we come to a conclusion on that already?” Nobody in the mystic realm on that day would have told the truth behind what happened, right?

“Most of the disciples who were in the mystic realm that day obviously didn’t tell the academy,” Ling Wen Xuan said as he frowned. “But someone definitely would!”

Ling Hong started, as if suddenly realising something. His eyes widened. “Ren Qing!” His expression darkened as he cursed under his breath, “This bastard again!”

“Fellow Daoist Lonemoon…” He turned to Lonemoon, wrecked with worry. “The few of you got into trouble this time because you came to help my brother. That Ren Qing and I have an ongoing feud. That’s why he told on you on purpose. If the academy decides to pursue this matter… Please just tell them that we are the masterminds behind this entire thing.”

“That’s right,” Ling Wen Xuan added. “It’s us Ren Qing wants to go up against. This has nothing to do with you all.”

“You’re taking this too seriously!” Lonemoon smiled. There was not even a hint of worry on his face. “We conducted the sale in the mystic realm with our own interests at heart. How can we say it had nothing to do with us? What’s more… Is there a rule that states we are not allowed to conduct sales during the competition?”

“…” The two brothers stared blankly back at him. Indeed, there was not.

“So don’t worry,” Lonemoon said. “The teacher of your academy wants to see me, so I’ll go and see him.”

“But…” Ling Hong hesitated to say something else.

However, Lonemoon had already turned around to address his two other companions. “Chef, bring Shen Ying back to the inn. Make sure she doesn’t get lost! Also… No wandering outside!” With that, he turned back to Ling Hong and Ling Wen Xuan. “We’ve bothered you today. We’ll take our leave now! Fellow Daoist Ling Hong, let’s go.” They had had no opportunities to investigate the matter regarding the spirit seed thus far. Now that the opportunity had arisen, of course Lonemoon could not let it go to waste.