The cultivation island.
After they returned, Lin Letian, who had been following behind Zhou Qingran, suddenly fell to his knees. His face was full of remorse. "Teacher, I was wrong."
Zhou Qingran stood with her back to Lin Letian, her silhouette beautiful. Her bare jade feet were pearly white and crystalline. Her voice was very soft, without a trace of emotion. "What were you wrong about?"
Lin Letian lowered his head. "I just figured it out. They weren't targeting me; they were targeting you, Teacher. And by openly bringing friends from the heavens back with me, I gave them a reason to make their move."
"They chose to pick a fight with me today not by chance. They knew you would arrive today, Teacher, and did it on purpose."
When Zhou Qingran had said that everyone targeting her should come and apologize, he had understood.
Deng Gang and Zhao Fenghua were merely the sparks. It looked as if they were targeting him, but in truth, it was the mentors behind them who were suppressing Zhou Qingran.
Zhou Qingran gazed ahead, her snow-white robes fluttering like those of the Guanghan Fairy. "Get up. You did nothing wrong. And even if you had, I've already forgiven you."
With that, she walked toward the edge of the island. Her jade feet never touched the ground; she was naturally beautiful, her bearing peerless.
Lin Letian lifted his head and stared at Zhou Qingran's back, his eyes full of astonishment. "Teacher, you really don't blame me? But..."
"There are no buts." Zhou Qingran's snow-white robes fluttered as she looked into the distance. "You did nothing wrong. That's what I said."
Lin Letian fell silent, deeply moved.
"Teacher, what about them..." A moment later, Lin Letian looked toward Ye Bufan and the other three.
"What about