95 What Happened? (2/2)

The group of seven finally reached the courtyard where Elder Xing stayed and went inside. The two Elders sat down at the table and then looked at the disciples.

”So what happened out there today?” Elder Xing looked at Gongsun Chen. For now, he only wanted a general description of the situation. That way, their questions wouldn't influence what the disciples had to say.

”We went back to the place where we stopped yesterday and then split up. I went with Yuan Lei in one direction while Kui Min, Mei Chao Bing, and Yun Bei Fen went in the other. Then we investigated the place separately. Yuan Lei and I only went back to reconvene with the others when we heard somebody play the flute. When we arrived, we saw all three of them standing together with the flute being in Kui Min's hands.”

Elder Xing nodded and then turned to Kui Min. ”You played the flute. Why?”

Kui Min uncomfortably shifted on the spot. She felt that she had done the right thing but with both Elders looking at her, she couldn't help but wonder if maybe she had done something wrong after all. Maybe she should have first contacted Gongsun Chen to ask for his opinion?

Elder Xing raised his brows when she didn't answer his question. ”Kui Min?”

”That …” Kui Min looked at Mei Chao Bing, hoping that he could explain in her stead.

”Just tell the Elders how things went from your perspective. Nobody thinks you did anything wrong. They just want to understand how things came about.” He gave her an encouraging smile but didn't explain anything to the Elders for her. After all, Elder Xing had asked Kui Min directly. It wasn't his place to speak. Especially since the one who was actually investigated was he himself. Even if the Elders didn't say so, it was indeed the case. Nobody could deny that.

Kui Min gulped but felt a bit better after Mei Chao Bing's words. ”Well, we were investigating the place when Mei Chao Bing said that he had felt a change behind us. We figured that there might be an array there that we didn't find and if it had changed, then there should be demonic practitioners there. So we decided to inform the others. I blew the flute to warn Gongsun Chen and Yuan Lei and after they rushed over, we notified the groups next to us and told them to message the others as well so they would be warned. After that, Gongsun Chen led us to meet up with the group of senior martial sister Xi.”

Elder Xing and Elder Baili exchanged another glance. It was no wonder that Mei Chao Bing had been able to notice the change in the array since he had also been the one who found it in the first place. The group had also reacted in the right way. There was nothing that could be called a mistake. That still left the question of whether or not there was more to this than met the eye.

Elder Xing turned to Mei Chao Bing. ”So what is your take on this?”