Another Lucky Day

"Senior, I think I won."

Lin Yi's voice wasn't loud, but it rang across the entire Martial Practice Platform.

The whole crowd fell silent.

"You..." Hu Biao finally came to his senses.

But with a knife at his throat,

any excuse he could make now would be feeble and futile.

Hu Biao glanced up at Su Ji on the high platform. Catching Su Ji's eye, he gave a helpless nod and said,

"Fine. You win."

Then he turned and headed off the Martial Practice Platform.

"Won?" Bai Qiqi stared blankly for a moment, then was the first to laugh. "Hahahaha, that's it? I won!"

Bai Qiqi turned excitedly to Su Ji beside her. "Senior Brother, I won!"

Su Ji said, "We haven't treated everyone to a meal since we cracked the smuggling case. I'm planning to take everyone to Pine Crane Restaurant tonight. I'll leave the Peace Guard in your hands."

Bai Qiqi's eyes lit up.

He was letting her steal from the place she was supposed to guard!

"Mm-hmm! I'll make sure the mission is done!"

"Hey, girl, you're in charge of this Martial Practice Platform. Clean it up—the leaves have been piling up lately," a Peace Guard captain told Zheng Yu.

Zheng Yu nodded and headed to the back courtyard to find a broom.

After giving Zheng Yu her instructions,

the Peace Guard captain turned to the Zhang brothers.

"You two identical-looking idiots! Go clean the latrines!"

"Huh?" The brothers looked dumbfounded and pointed at themselves in surprise.

"What do you mean, 'huh'? If I tell you to go, then go! Do you still want to eat this afternoon?" The captain's face darkened at their stunned expressions, and his aura suddenly burst forth.

"What, you want to fight?" The brothers immediately bristled, releasing their True Qi in a sudden surge.

Clang, clatter!

At that moment, the Peace Guard members nearby, who had been watching the show, rose to their feet as well. Their faces darkened, and they all released their auras, pressing down on the Zhang brothers.

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

The Zhang brothers exchanged a defiant glance, then shouted, "Tch! Fine, we'll clean!"

Then they turned to Lin Yi, who was standing nearby as if nothing had happened, and asked, "What about him?!"

Someone in the crowd snickered. "Heh, him?"

"He's not in the same league as you two."

"He won. Did you?"

"You think you can compare to him?"

The brothers had nothing to say and slunk away.

The atmosphere at the Peace Guard station was clearly completely different from the one at the martial hall.

If Rainbow Martial Hall had a typical schoolyard atmosphere, where fellow students cared for one another and the better you did in class, the more your teachers favored you and the higher your standing,

then the Peace Guard station was a textbook workplace that valued seniority.

These people had a simple way of thinking.

If you had seniority and strength, I'd fawn on you as your junior, and you could bully me all you wanted.

If you had seniority but were weaker than me, I could still do you a favor out of respect. We could sit at the same table, drink, and shoot the breeze.

If you had less seniority than me but were stronger, I wouldn't bully you either. You'd still be one of the boys.

But if you had less seniority than me and were weaker, who would pour you a drink? What made you think you could eat at our table?

In this kind of environment,

everyone was a staunch warrior for feudalism.

And nobody was a hypocrite about it.

Others could bully me, and I could bully others.

Of course, if someone didn't follow workplace rules—

Heh, sorry, the feudal era didn't allow the collapse of proper rites and music.

You weren't one of us.

You were a stranger.

Lin Yi smiled.

He didn't mind this kind of environment or atmosphere.

He wasn't at the bottom of the ladder in this system, after all.

Since no one bothered him, he was happy to enjoy the peace and quiet.

So he simply found an empty cultivation room in the Peace Guard station and began to train.

He had to admit, the Peace Guard's training conditions were incomparably better than the martial hall's.

The cultivation rooms were all private, one person to a room!

Just then, Know Heavenly Fate, which had been silent for a long time, finally stirred.

[Know Heavenly Fate]

[Today's Fortune: Auspicious]

[Divination: Let things take their course and follow your heart.]

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow.

Still,

following his heart...

That was a little abstract.

Lin Yi paid it no mind and naturally started slacking off while he trained.

Follow your heart, and good fortune will come.

Meanwhile, in the Peace Guard station's cultivation room, Lin Yi felt his training going more smoothly than ever. Even his rate of proficiency growth had increased.

[Learned martial art Elixir Release Scripture, proficiency +1]

[Learned martial art Elixir Release Scripture, proficiency +1]

Three hours passed in a flash.

Lin Yi was so absorbed in his training that no one interrupted him.

It wasn't until nearly the end of the xu hour—around nine in the evening—

that he finally emerged from his training flow and returned to reality.

He stepped out of the cultivation room as if waking from another lifetime.

By then, it was growing dark outside.

Most of the people at the Peace Guard station had already gone home.

"I lost track of time training."

"Why didn't anyone come get me?"

Lin Yi scratched his head.

"Because I told them not to."

The next moment, a figure hanging from the rafters dropped down with a whoosh.

"Senior Sister?!"

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow.

Thump!

Bai Qiqi jumped down from the rafters, tidied her hair, and smiled at Lin Yi. "Junior Brother."

Lin Yi asked in surprise, "Senior Sister, why haven't you left yet? It looks like everyone at the Peace Guard station has gone."

Bai Qiqi leaned against a nearby pillar and said, exasperated, "Why do you think? I was waiting for you! Who knew you'd spend so long training?"

Lin Yi said, "My constitution isn't as good as yours, Senior Sister, so I have to train longer. But why were you waiting for me so late at night?"

Bai Qiqi's face instantly brightened with a smile. "Junior Brother Lin, want me to give you a chance encounter?"

Lin Yi's eyes lit up.

Mm-hmm?

Was Senior Sister about to bring him the Great Omen of the day?