Chapter 47 (1/2)
Chapter 47: Did She Do Anything Wrong?
Finally, against Lu Chongyang’s great pressure, Zhou Bai temporarily got his consent.
Watching Old Lu leave, Zhou Bai let sighed with relief.
He thought, In two months…I must succeed.
Not long after Lu Chongyang left, a paper crane flew in front of Lu Chongyang. It gave off an inkling of primordial spirit power.
“Chongyang, how is Zhou Bai?
“What? You agreed to let him cut class for two months? What are you doing? Do you know you might ruin a genius like this?
“You’re being too irresponsible…
“Sigh. All right, I understand. You’re…really too soft. During the second round of exams, you were the only one to tell them about the three main codes of Tao practice.
“And now you’re being so lenient with Zhou Bai.”
Lu Chongyang responded quietly. “As I said once, Tao practice depends on one’s will. It’s one’s personal choice. Since Zhou Bai chose this path himself, then there’s no meaning in forcing him to take another path.”
The paper crane said, “What if he fails?”
“Then that means he chose the wrong path. Every practitioner has to pay the price for their choices.”
***
On the other side, behind the window of the police station, Li Xiuzhu watched with an intriguing smile on his face as Zhou Bai and Lu Chongyang went their separate ways.
One of his colleagues walked up behind him, “We found it. The man who was in contact with Sakurako is named Wei Dong. According to the records at the frontier inspection station, he left Donghua City this morning in a car.”
Li Xiuzhu asked, “Where did he go?”
“I don’t know. According to the driver, he disappeared halfway. They couldn’t find him after searching.”
Li Xiuzhu asked, “Did he escape into the wilderness? Show me the route of that flying car.”
“What are you going to do? There are traces of a second person helping to set up the formation at the dorm, and we found paper charms made by Wei Dong.”
“Wei Dong hasn’t returned to his dorm since last night, and now he’s escaped into the wilderness. He’s fleeing to escape punishment.”
Li Xiuzhu looked at the information and said, “Escape into the wilderness? Don’t you find that peculiar? With his practice level in the first realm, there’s no way he can survive out there.”
“Who knows? Maybe there are people from Overturn Heaven waiting to receive him.”
Lu Chongyang said, “Then why didn’t Sakurako’s room have signs from Overturn Heaven? If they left marks in Jian Xing’s and Sun Chuan’s rooms, why didn’t they leave them in Sakurako’s room?”
“Who knows? Maybe they forgot. Hey, you’re not thinking of continuing the investigation, are you?”
Li Xiuzhu said, “Get me a flying car…no, buy me a ticket for the flying car Wei Dong took.”
“What are you planning on doing?”
Li Xiuzhu smiled. “I think there’s something wrong with this Wei Dong. Why don’t I go ask him in person?”
***
Zhou Bai returned to his dorm, relieved. After a whole night, it was almost dawn.
“I’ll sleep first, then get up at night to self-study.” Zhou Bai sighed. “Two months from now, I must get first place.”
Elsa didn’t know what happened, but seeing how determined Zhou Bai looked, she started barking.
But once Zhou Bai lay down, he realized that he seemed to be too excited. He couldn’t fall asleep at all.
Christina, who had been curled up in practice in his mind, finally unfurled her body. She yawned while stretching her back.