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nTranslator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

nThe one Ming Shu was talking to was precisely Yang Wan, whose face had paled.

nShe remembered that the Host also encountered this plot of being framed. No one acted as her witness and the Host defended herself in vain. At last she was punished to kneel and ponder over her mistakes.

nBut Ming Shu was very lucky. She had a fight yesterday and changed her clothes. So Yang Wan’s testimony was full of loopholes.

n“I didn’t.” Yang Wan was frightened and waved her hands. “I indeed gave you the Dan medicines. If you stole them, just hand them over quickly, Xuan Ji, don’t get me involved.”

nMing Shu wished she could help her. “But you didn’t even describe my clothes right. Is it that you lost your memory, or was I sleepwalking?”

nShe looked at the servant disciples not far away and asked smilingly, “What I was wearing yesterday, you should remember, right?”

nThe servant disciples shrank back. They were a little afraid of Ming Shu now.

nElder Hong asked, “What did Xuan Ji wear yesterday?”

nSince the deacon elder asked, they had to answer. “A cyan dress. Xuan Ji… brawled yesterday and dirtied the Taoist robe.”

nMing Shu looked at Yang Wan. “Next time remember to do enough work before you frame others.”

nYang Wan didn’t expect that Ming Shu would change her clothes coincidentally, so she changed her excuse in a hurry. “I was wrong, yes, she was wearing a cyan dress.”

nMing Shu raised her eyebrows. “Oh? Then tell me about the flowers on my dress?”

n“I… I don’t remember.”

nFacing such an obvious change, Elder Hong was not stupid enough to believe it, so he waved his hand. “That’s enough, Yang Wan, you come to the Discipline Hall with me, I will figure this out.”

n“What’s the problem here?”

nA slightly hoarse voice sounded. A man in a dark blue Taoist robe stood under the wall and was looking this way casually.

nHe was wearing a half-faced silver mask, in a slightly odd shape, only showing his chin and lips.

nHis entire body was shrouded in a lazy air. He just leaned against the pillar as if he was really weak.

n“Master.”

nElder Hong and Elder Xu bowed to salute at the same time, and their attitude was extremely respectful.

nThe other disciples didn’t know this man.

nBut they followed the two elders and said, “Master.”

nMing Shu was not one of them, of course. The man also didn’t seem to care that someone didn’t salute him, and didn’t even look at Ming Shu.

nHe looked at Elder Hong and asked in a casual tone, “I heard you quarrelling from down the hill, what’s this about?”

nElder Hong and Elder Xu didn’t know why this master who barely showed up suddenly appeared here. They became a bit nervous.

n“Master, it’s just a little problem.” Elder Hong explained the matter to the man.

n“Oh, I see.” The man’s tone was still casual. The others all wondered what he meant by that.

nHe put his hand on the mask and seemed to think. Elder Hong and Elder Xu didn’t dare to disturb him, so the court suddenly became extremely quiet.

nAfter quite a while, the man lifted his hand. A faint glow started overflowing from his fingertips, and a beam of thin light soared to the sky, disappearing into the clouds with a long, dragging tail.

nEveryone was stunned, unsure of what he was doing.

nThen, suddenly, from above the clouds rained countless golden lights. They floated in the sky as if weaving a scene of a meteor shower over their heads, dreamy and beautiful.

nThen the lights gradually disappeared.

nIt was like they had never been real.

n“Master, what did you see?” Elder Hong asked carefully.

nThe others were stunned again. What did he see?

nWhat had happened just now?

nThe man pointed at several people with his beautiful fingers. “Her, her, him, and him, they all breathe evidence of Dan medicine. As to who did it, you should find it out yourself.”

nAmong the people he pointed at, in addition to Yang Wan and the disciple who came to report, there was also another boy and a girl. Yun Yao was the girl. She looked a bit wronged, as if she didn’t know why she was mentioned.

n“Master, what about Xuan Ji?” Elder Xu asked in an unconvinced tone.

n“Xuan Ji?” The man raised his voice in question.

nElder Xu thought the man didn’t know who Xuan Ji was, so he pointed to Ming Shu immediately.

nThe man followed his finger. But he shook his head after a moment. “No.”

nHe yawned. “I’m leaving.”

nElder Xu was still very doubtful, but he didn’t dare to question the man. “Yes, Master.”

nThe man then disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if he had never appeared at all.

n“Yun Yao, Zhao Feng, you two come to the Discipline Hall as well.” Elder Hong called the roll.

nEveryone started talking.

nBeing called out like this in front of so many people, Yun Yao’s face felt hot, and she walked out of the crowd with her head lowered.

nBut that man called Zhao Feng looked restless and moved slowly.

nSince the master said there was no sign of Dan medicine in Ming Shu, Elder Xu had no excuse to detain her. But he still insisted that Ming Shu would be punished separately for stealing techniques and brawling.

nOf course, Ming Shu didn’t care about this at all.

nElder Hong raised his voice. “All right, all of you go back to your positions. You only have one year. Then, if you can’t pass the Nine Zigzag Mountain Array and get into the internal division, you’ll have to wait for another three years to get the chance. I hope you can understand that time is precious.”

n“Yes, Elder!”

nAfter Elder Hong and Elder Xu left, everyone finally relaxed.

n“Who was that master just now?”

n“I don’t know…”

n“The way he spoke was attractive. I thought masters were all the same age as my father’s generation. Who’d have thought there’s such a young and good-looking master.”

nMing Shu was somewhat speechless. The man was wearing a mask, how could they tell he was good-looking? What if the face under the mask was scary?

n“I will see him when I get into the internal division. Ahhhh, I have to practice hard!”

n“Let’s go cultivate now.”

nEveryone scattered.

nMing Shu walked back to her room.

nThe blue Taoist robe…

nHe should be a master from Lihun Peak.

nThere were a total of seven peaks in the Yin Sect, simply referred to as the Seven Peaks. On the day they went into the Nine Zigzag Mountain Array, it would be decided which peak the internal disciples would enter.

nThe main peak was Wuying Peak. It was where the sect leader lived and generally wouldn’t take disciples. The resident population on this peak developed in a very stable parallel line.

nThe second peak was Chihuo Peak, which mainly taught swordsmanship. It was the image ambassador of the Yin Sect and the number of disciples taken in each year rose in a curve.

nThe third peak was Jinlan Peak, focused on tactical array formation. This world valued array formations very much, so there were also a lot of disciples on Jinlan Peak.

nThe fourth peak was Xingxiang Peak, mainly teaching deduction, which was also known as fortune-telling. This skill depended on talent, so the disciples were not many, and they could take only one or two disciples each year.

nThe fifth peak was Lihun Peak, which mainly taught how to refine Dan medicine. The techniques of refining Dan medicine were fading away, so Lihun Peak was now a rare and precious species in the Yin Sect. Each disciple on Lihun Peak was treated like a cherished panda.

nThe sixth peak was Yanyue Peak, where Jun Qing lived. That’s right, the lord male protagonist.

nThe seventh peak was Lingjian Peak, where disciples received swords. But this peak had been closed for almost a hundred years. There was no peak leader and also no disciples.

nThe Taoist robe for each peak was different.

nThe blue Taoist robe designated Lihun Peak. And that man should be the peak leader of Lihun Peak: Yan Yin.

nMing Shu chewed two mouthfuls of a steamed bun, and she forgot all these chores immediately.

nSoon the truth of the missing Dan medicine issue came to light.

nYang Wan lost the Dan medicines by herself. Fearing that she would be punished, she fabricated a scheme against Ming Shu.

nFinally those Dan medicines were seized from Zhao Feng. Yun Yao just happened to have a conversation with Zhao Feng and inadvertently caught the breath of Dan medicine.

nZhao Feng shouted that he was innocent.

nBut he was just caught with the stolen goods. So it was useless for him to deny it, and he was finally driven out of the sect.

nYang Wan was punished severely.

nMing Shu found that Yun Yao was relieved after Zhao Feng was driven away.

nChut , she was not right in the head.

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