72 Day 71: The Scum Is Problematic (2/2)

But to Sun Yi and Chen Han, it's as clear as day since they've noticed the 'abnormal' behavior of the Promising Sect's leader.

It's clearly the same behavior of the Chen family's head, only that the Promising Sect's leader's behavior is explicit.

”Stop the chitchat.” Fei Yin said, his face serious. ”We're almost there – ” he told them.

They nodded. They were about to answer when Fei Yin froze. Unlike Wu Yuan, Fei Yin froze longer.

Like for... half an hour.

What the hell happened to this guy (Fei Yin)?

Upright Sect.

”Thank you very much for the help!” the Newfound Land citizens said and gratefully bowed to Elder Ho who's temporarily in charge of the sect since Fei Huang, together with Fei Lin and Xi Ling, went to the Newfound Land to help and never went back since.

Elder Ho nodded and smiled as he bowed back. ”You're all very much welcome. We're glad we could help.” He answered as he turned to another citizen of the Newfound Land.

He took a quick glance to the citizens that're appearing from the teleportation array. Fei Lin must've made them use the Upright Sect's teleportation array to make the Newfound Land's citizens' arrival to the Upright Sect faster.

”Shifu.” A voice called.

Elder Ho turned and saw his eldest disciple. ”Xian – er.” He called. ”What is it?” he asked. ”Have you finished instructing your fellow disciples?” he asked and looked at the other disciples under Fei Lin.

Some of his own disciples are also with them, giving food and blankets to the Newfound Land citizens. The remaining ones are escorting the citizens to the sect's refuge center for the citizens to temporarily stay at.

”Yes.” Gong Xian answered and respectfully bowed. He turned and took out a handkerchief. He smiled as he tiptoed to reach his master's forehead, then wiped the sweat. ”Shifu should not be tired too much.” He told him.

Ho Yue nodded, then removed his disciple's hand that's still on his face. ”Go and prepare more futons for our guests (Newfound Land citizens) to use.” He told him.

”Yes, shifu!” Gong Xian answered and bowed. He looked at the long line of the Newfound Land citizens, then immediately ran away.

Ho Yue watched as his disciple ran. Despite he's the youngest elder of the sect, next to the formerly missing Yu Sheng who he's just a few years older to, he now has five disciples for the past 15 years.

Gong Xian is the eldest and the first disciple, and there're three more male disciples other than him. The other one left is a female.

Ho Yue greeted and bowed when a Newfound Land citizen thanked him. He raised his head and looked at the dark gray sky afar. It looks like it'll be raining.

He wonder what could be now happening to the others.

Demonic Land.

”Li Shan.” Mu Jie said, his face blank as he looked at Li Shan when Li Shan stepped in front. ”So you really conformed with them.” He said, his voice cold.

The others are shocked. ”What?!” they said, shocked.

Li Shan lowered his head. ”Ah Jie, I – ” he said, then bit his lip.

”'Ah Jie'?!” they said and looked at Mu Jie.

Mu Jie ignored them. ”What?” he said. ”You can't do what I've said anymore?” he asked, frowning at Li Shan.

Li Shan didn't answer.

”What's going on?” Ming Ye asked.

”A falling out?” Fang Wen asked.

Again, Li Shan didn't answer.

Mu Jie scoffed, ignoring the others as he coldly looked at Li Shan. ”No matter if you'd come clean to them right now, your hands are already full of their comrades' blood.” He told him. ”You may have not killed this time, but...” he said and coldly grinned.

Their forehead knotted.

”What is he talking about?” Xi Ling asked, puzzled, as he looked at Mu Jie and Li Shan, back and forth.

”It seems like our disciples our safe this time.” Xie Lan said and patted Fang Wen's shoulder.

Fang Wen sighed, relieved.

”May I?” Li Shan asked to Chen Sheng after a while.

”... you may.” Chen Sheng answered.

The others looked at them.

”What is he (Chen Sheng) doing?” Chen Shen asked as he looked at Chen Sheng, his forehead knotted.

”What is he doing?” Fei Lin asked as he looked at Li Shan who's approaching Mu Jie.

”Is he going to face him (Mu Jie) alone?” Luo Shi asked.

”But, earlier... Yu Sheng said Li Shan's gonna die...” Ming Ye said.

They all looked at Li Shan.

”What?” Mu Jie asked, frowning, when Li Shan stopped in front of him.

The others are watching them closely, waiting.

Li Shan took a deep breath before he raised his head. ”Ah Jie...” he called as he stared at Mu Jie's face. ”... when will you wake up?” he asked, his face serious.

”What?” Mu Jie said, his forehead knotted. ”What do you mean?” he asked.

Li Shan stared at him for a long time they thought he wouldn't answer.

”I see...” he said, then lowered his head as he smiled – a bitter smile. ”Seems like he really gone deep in your mind... you finally broke yourself.” He said, his voice low. ”Well, we're the same now...” he said, then sighed. ”Ah Jie...” he called as he held his side. ”I hope you won't regret this.” he said and smiled as he took out a dagger.

Their eyes went wide, shocked, and looked at Mu Jie who's as shocked as them. They thought Li Shan's going to kill Mu Jie.

What happened next is truly unexpected.

Li Shan's about to stab his chest when his whole body froze. His eyes went wide, shocked, as he dropped the dagger and he collapsed on the ground.

”What happened?!” they all asked, shocked, as they looked at the wide-eyed Li Shan lying on the ground. ”What happened to him?!”

”Your Highness...” Yu Sheng called, looking at Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng didn't answer and just watched the scene.

Mu Jie stared at Li Shan who's lying in front of him, his side bleeding. His forehead knotted. Li Shan looked perfectly fine earlier when he arrived with Chen Sheng. How can he have a wound? He thought and looked at Chen Sheng.

But, Chen Sheng's face is just blank as he looks back at them two.

”Li Shan.” Mu Jie called and stared at Li Shan who's still lying on the ground. ”What are you doing? You're causing shame on me.” he told him and his eyes narrowed as he gritted his teeth. ”Stand up.” he called.

But, Li Shan didn't answer.

A vein popped in his forehead. ”I said 'stand up', damn it - !” he cursed and was about to kick Li Shan when Li Shan's body twitched.

”Huh?” the others said, puzzled.

In just a few seconds, Li Shan's body stopped moving and Mu Jie, wide-eyed, started screaming.

”Aaaargh - !” Mu Jie screamed, holding his head.

”... I thank you for giving me a perfect host to settle in.” a voice said.

Everybody is puzzled, except two.

”Mu Xie.” It was Mu Jun, his face serious. ”So you really had a deviation.” He said.

”... and so another character appears.” Zu Zhe muttered and sighed.

Everybody looked at him, more puzzled than the current situation. Just what is this guy? They thought as they looked at Zu Zhe.

Newfound Land.

”Brother Fei? Brother Fei!” Li Tian called, shaking Fei Yin.

”Senior Brother Fei?!” Lei Ling called, worried.

”Junior Brother Fei...?” Sun Yi called, puzzled. Wu Yuan's just blank.

Fei Yin heard their words are warped. What happened...? He thought as he looked around. Everything's dark. What happened to me - ?! he thought. Move, body! I need to save Sheng - !

”You don't have time for that.” A voice said.

Fei Yin's eyes went wide as he turned. ”That's - !” he said, recognizes the voice.

”... missed me?” the voice asked.