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nTranslator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

nWang Ling didn’t expect a single ring to actually cause such a huge misunderstanding, but it was Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal’s fault for being careless enough to put the ring on his ring finger. Wang Ling felt that the other man had probably neglected to think about the impact the ring would have after he received it.

nLuckily, Wang Ling hadn’t been implicated in this matter; if he came out now to speak for Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal, it would conversely make people suspicious.

nThis group of people had never lacked imagination, and always eagerly looked forward to a show, especially Dharmaraja… This kind of cultivator who specialized in thunder and lightning spells was usually wild and unruly by nature, and brimmed with enthusiasm on par with a neighborhood committee of aunties.

nUltimately, it was still Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal who would have to justify himself. If he couldn’t give a good enough reason, it was very likely that his image in everyone’s hearts would collapse… because usually, something like a secret marriage happened when someone turned “from delight to dad” 1 .

nGossip Room.

nThe gossip was still ongoing…

nJust because of one ring, the people in the chat group were in discussion for a long time. While Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal’s realm had currently come to a standstill at the peak late Soul Formation stage, he was only one step away from advancing his realm through enlightenment on the way of Tao. Nevertheless, he was still popular and widely known in the cultivation circle due to his character setting as a person of justice and the “death-courting spirit” of someone who wouldn’t submit to force.

nBecause of that, everyone in the group was especially concerned. If someone with hidden motives in the cultivation circle used this hidden marriage to attack this character brimming with justice, the aftermath would have a very severe impact.

nIt wasn’t like Wang Ling didn’t understand this. It had been quite a number of years since this chat group had been established, and they had all met each other outside the chat. They had experienced all kinds of hardships together, so their feelings were genuine.

nDharmaraja: “Everyone, whatever the truth is, let’s keep quiet for the time being until we have enough evidence. Maybe Senior Immortal finds it a troubling matter to mention! Blatantly asking him about it to his face isn’t good! It’s not giving him face!”

nStaring at the screen, the corners of Wang Ling’s lips twitched. “…” You pulled so many people in to chat about it, and you actually still want to consider ‘face’? Isn’t this being too particular?!

nCailian Zhenren: “What do you mean, Dharmaraja?”

nLightning Dharmaraja: “The best way to handle this is to ask him in a roundabout way… In addition, we have to collect as much evidence as possible. The best case scenario would be if Senior Immortal told us himself, otherwise we can use the evidence to ask him personally. What we have to do now is to look for and obtain the hammer 2 .

nEveryone: “…”

n“Senior Immortal’s secret marriage is neither a major nor a minor matter; fortunately, we few are the only ones who know about it. If people outside hear about it, it would be a very wretched end for Senior Immortal…”

nSpeaking up to this point, Dharmaraja paused, and shortly after that, shared a map of the area around his place.

nDharmaraja: “Looking at the direction Senior Immortal is headed in, the next person he’ll be seeing should be you, Immortal Toya.”

nImmortal Toya sighed. ” Ai , I was just about to refine elixirs… But Senior Immortal’s matter is more important. Don’t worry, everyone, I’ll definitely be careful in my responses.”

nDharmaraja frowned. “There is one more thing that everyone needs to pay attention to. As we all know, Senior Immortal usually has the best relationship with Ling Zhenren, and Brother Little Silver is currently staying at Senior Immortal’s place for the time being… In order not to alert Senior Immortal, I excluded Ling Zhenren and Brother Little Silver when I set up this chat.”

n“…” Wang Ling stared at the screen, his face twitching involuntarily.

nFang Xing: “???”

nCailian Zhenren: “???”

nImmortal Toya: “???”

nLightning Dharmaraja: “What’s going on? Why is everyone sending question marks?”

nFang Xing couldn’t help laughing as he typed swiftly: “Dharmaraja, look at the group members again. Ling Zhenren is in this group.”

n“…”

nInstantly, icy cold sweat broke out all over Dharmaraja’s body, straightaway drenching his back.

nHe opened the group’s members list, and sure enough, saw that Wang Ling was in the group. He was so frightened he almost threw his phone away… He had forgotten that Wang Ling’s profile picture was blank, so when he had added people, he hadn’t checked carefully, and so had included Wang Ling.

nF**k! He really was here!

nRecall!

nRecall quickly!

nIf Ling Zhenren saw the message above, it would really be too awkward!

nDharmaraja wanted to weep but had no tears to shed. He simply wanted to cry over his stupidity! And by the time he wanted to recall what he had said… it was too late.

nSystem hint: You can’t recall chat content over two minutes old…

nIt was all over… Game over!

nWhen he saw that he was unable to recall his message, Dharmaraja continued to sweat as he flooded the screen with a series of emojis to push his previous message up.

nThis was too awkward!

nFrom the screen, everyone could feel how flustered Dharmaraja was.

nAfter sending three emojis of teary smiles in a row, Dharmaraja weakly asked, with a last glimmer of hope, “Anyway… Senior Ling hasn’t been speaking all this time, he’s probably not online now, right?”

nCailian Zhenren sent several candle emojis. “Dharmaraja, my condolences.”

nFang Xing copied her message. “Dharmaraja, my condolences.”

nImmortal Toya: “Dharmaraja, is this your first day in the group… Ling Zhenren is probably lurking like he always does.”

n“…”

nDharmaraja felt his embarrassment cancer 3 flare up. It hadn’t even been ten minutes since this chat group had been set up, and Senior Ling usually only took a look once in a while… Even if he was a lurker, he couldn’t lurk all the time!

nDharmaraja wiped at his cold sweat and still felt that he had a lifeline. “Impossible… I can’t be that unlucky…”

n“…”

nJust then, a familiar ellipsis appeared! — This was the ellipsis exclusive to Ling Zhenren, and not only was it in large font, it was also in bold!

nDharmaraja looked at the profile picture and was already feeling a little hysterical: Mm, blank… Senior Ling was truly lurking! Wonderful!

n“…” Cailian Zhenren.

n“…” Immortal Toya.

nEven Nine Times Man couldn’t take it anymore. “Senior Dharmaraja, there is no harm in apologizing?”

nIn the whole chat group, only Immortal Toya and Wang Ling knew the real identity of Nine Times Man; this was actually Blademaster General Yi’s side account.

nImmortal Toya sighed in his heart. It was obvious that General Yi was surreptitiously telling Dharmaraja what the first thing he had to do was, after offending his seniors: sometimes it was better to be frank rather than coy.

nUnfortunately, it was clear that Dharmaraja hadn’t grasped this.

nA minute later…

nThere was a message from Lightning Dharmaraja: “Everyone, I am truly sorry: it was my little brother sending messages with my account… I’m sorry to have troubled everyone!”

nEveryone: “…”

nSoon after that, everyone saw Wang Ling send a series of “kitchen knife” emojis. There were exactly six of them, wonderfully consistent with his ellipsis4 !

nFang Xing: “Dharmaraja, farewell…”

nImmortal Toya: “We will remember you.”

nCailian Zhenren sighed. “Everyone remember, Master Dharmaraja was a decent man when he was alive…”

nDharmaraja screamed in misery. “Senior Ling… I was wrong!”

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