52 Day 51: The Scum Is Confused (1/2)

The deafening silence continued, no one dared to break it or else Fei Yin will snap. They know better not to anger a brokenhearted man than an already injured demonic beast.

This is an unspoken rule between the male cultivators. The silence continued until they reached the Newfound Land.

Newfound Land.

”Ah! They're here!” it was Lei Ling, together with the other Newfound Sect disciples.

They saw the large group approaching wearing orange (Newfound Sect), red (Promising Sect) and purple (Upright Sect) robes. ”Shifu! Founder! Senior Brother Chen! Senior Brother Li! Senior Brother Feng! Senior Brother Fei!” he called as they all waved their hands, welcoming the large group.

Lei Ling and them are waiting on the entrance of the Newfound Land looked at the large group that flew past them and headed towards the Newfound Sect.

”Let's go!” he told his fellow brothers as he mounted on his sword.

”Yes!” the Newfound Sect disciples said as they all flew.

The curious citizens followed as well, running after Lei Ling's group, since they also wanted to know what exactly happened to their home.

Newfound Sect.

”Shifu?!” Chen Han said, surprised, when they saw Ming Ye and Luo Shi waiting in front of the Newfound Sect.

”Shifu!” Sun Yi said, smiling brightly at Luo Shi.

”Shifu.” Wu Yuan said and nodded at Luo Shi.

You can immediately see the different attitudes of the top three disciples of the Promising Sect. Ming Ye just smiled at Chen Han – his disciple. Luo Shi grimaced at the different reactions of his two disciples – Sun Yi and Wu Yuan.

”Senior Brother Ming. Senior Brother Luo.” Xie Lan greeted and bowed. Fang Wen, Fei Lin and Xi Ling followed suit.

The six elders, one a sect leader (Xie Lan), one a grandmaster (Fei Lin), and four are sect elders (Fang Wen, Xi Ling, Ming Ye and Luo Shi) were from one place where they studied – Upright Sect.

Ming Ye and Luo Shi smiled at their four juniors.

”Senior Brother Ming. Senior Brother Luo.” Fang Wen called and bowed. ”Thank you for looking after our sect and people again.” he said, then sighed.

Ming Ye and Luo Shi nodded. ”En.” Luo Shi answered. ”We're at fault, anyway, back then when we didn't protect well your disciples.” He said, his face went serious as he remembered the Newfound Sect's disciples that died when the Newfound Land was attacked.

”Elder Luo...” Li Tian and the others called. ”It's not...” they said.

They were cut off when the Lei Ling and the other disciples arrived, followed by a large group of people.

”Shifu! Founder!” Lei Ling called as he and the other disciples ran towards them. ”Ah.” He said and they all abruptly stopped when they saw the purple robes.

They all noticed earlier, but just didn't believe it. They all already expected for the Promising Sect to come here since Ming Ye and Luo Shi stayed in the Newfound Land after the two and other elders of the Upright Sect, together with Xie Lan and Fang Wen, went here to inspect the Newfound Land.

But, they never expected for the people of the Upright Sect to come back here again.

Fei Lin and Xi Ling nodded at the newcomers.

”Good morning.” Xi Ling greeted. ”I'm Xi Ling, an elder of the Upright Sect.” he told them.

”W – We knew...” Lei Ling answered. ”W – we saw you f – fetch Senior Brother Chen back at the Promising Sect and brought him to the Upright Sect.” he explained, then bowed.

The disciples behind him also bowed.

”This disciple's name is Lei Ling. Greetings, Elder Xi. Elder Fei.” He said and stood straight as he looked at Fei Lin who's obviously the spitting image of their Senior Brother Fei.

Fei Lin smiled at them, which made them relaxed.

”Excuse me.” a voice said.

They all turned to the crowd who's looking at their group. From the group of cultivators, one exclaimed.

”Wu Bai?!” it was Feng Mo. He looked at the white – haired handsome man standing in front of the crowd. He gasped and immediately turned to the elders in their group. He lowered his head and hid between Chen Sheng and Li Tian, his face red because of embarrassment.

Wu Bai chuckled when he saw his tutee's cute action. He then turned to the group of cultivators, then bowed. ”Greetings.” He said and stood straight, a smile on his face. ”This one's name is Wu Bai. I am Feng Mo's tutor.” He said. ”I am here on behalf of the Feng family.” He explained.

Feng Mo reacted again. ”I still can't come back.” He told him. ”Tell mom and dad – ”

”They're doing fine.” Wu Bai told him. ”But can't come here themselves due to some reasons...” He explained.

Feng Mo's eyes went wide and sharply looked at Wu Bai, his eyes asking. Wu Bai nodded and glanced at the group of cultivators who are looking at them back and forth.

Xie Lan coughed. ”Mo – er.” He called to his disciple. ”Family is the most important. You go with your tutor for now.” he told him and nodded at Wu Bai.

Wu Bai bowed and uttered thanks. Feng Mo bowed to the group, then ran towards Wu Bai. They all looked at the mysterious tutor as he and Feng Mo left.

”A cultivator?” Ming Ye asked.

Li Tian shook his head and respectfully bowed at Ming Ye. ”He is simply just Brother Feng's tutor.” He told them.

They all nodded.

”No.” it was the silent Wu Yuan. ”He's once a cultivator.” He told them.

They all looked at him, surprised.

”Yuan. You don't mean...?” Sun Yi said, his forehead knotted.

Wu Yuan looked at his lover. ”He's my uncle.” He answered.

Their eyes went wide. Now they realized the mysterious tutor of Feng Mo and the silent lover of Sun Yi has the same last name. They just knew, though, since they just personally met Wu Bai.

Wu Yuan continued. ”I didn't expect to see him here...” he said and looked at the direction where Wu Bai and Feng Mo went.

”Why, Senior Brother Wu?” Li Tian asked.

Wu Yuan turned to him. ”Although our family is mainly affiliated with the Promising Sect, yet he chose to be a rogue cultivator.” He answered.

”Why?” Chen Sheng asked.

Wu Yuan turned to him. ”We don't know, either.” He answered. ”He just woke up one time and said he's removing his name to our family's register.” He explained. ”But, since it'll shame our family's name, we just hid the fact he left the family and travelled to nowhere.” He said.

Silence fell, but now it's because of the rogue cultivator that's now working as a tutor.

”Will you tell him to your family?” Li Tian asked.

Wu Yuan shook his head. ”We've decided not to associate ourselves with him even if we've crossed paths on the road.” He answered.

They all nodded, praising Wu Yuan's cool temper.

”Excuse me.” a voice said. They all turned and saw it was the leader of the Newfound Land's citizens.

They all looked at each other. Xie Lan cleared his throat and looked at the man. ”Please come in.” he told him.

And they all went inside the sect to discuss the matters regarding the Newfound Land's mystery.

Feng mansion.

Black lines covered Feng Mo's face after he read the letter Wu Bai gave him. It was from his parents.

”You say...” he said, his hands shaking as he read the letter. ”What 'some reasons'?!” he said and ripped the letter. ”So they just stayed in the Promising Sect to make friends with some families?!” he asked, mad.

Wu Bai cleared his throat. ”And Madam Feng gave birth to your sister – ” he told him.

Feng Mo snapped. ”Argh!” he screamed as he stomped his foot on the wooden floor, his foot stomping echoed on the empty mansion. He took deep breaths to calm himself. ”Well, at least the Feng family will have a new heir... wait.” He said and looked at Wu Bai, his forehead knotted. ”Why are you here, anyway?” he asked. ”You could've just left me the letter there and leave – ” he said.

Wu Bai cut him off. ”To whom am I a tutor of again?” he asked and smiled.

Feng Mo grimaced and didn't answer. He forgot. He thought and looked away. Wu Bai chuckled.

Feng Mo frowned and looked at the white – haired man before him. ”Since shifu permitted me to stay here for today...” he said and sighed as he walked towards his room.

Wu Bai followed.

Feng Mo stopped and turned to him. ”Why are you following me?” he asked, puzzled.

”I'll make you food.” Wu Bai answered.

Feng Mo's brows raised. ”You can cook?” he asked, surprised.

Wu Bai looked at him, different emotions passed in his eyes for a second Feng Mo thought it was just his imagination.