When Fate Came Calling

It was a shame, really. He was actually going to miss the new disciple assessment.

"What's so interesting about watching other people take an assessment? You should've entered the Back Mountain Secret Realm to train ages ago." Chen Zui had finally returned from sending his things off, and there was a hint of anger on his face.

Bian Chunchou couldn't help asking, "Who managed to make you angry? Don't tell me your mother wrote another letter to scold you?"

"Of course not. My mother would never do anything so boring." In Chen Zui's heart, his mother was the best person in the world, while Wen Xu and Bian Chunchou were barely tied for second. "I ran into some cultivators bullying someone weaker on the way here. I couldn't stand it, so I stepped in and taught them a lesson."

Bian Chunchou was astonished. "I thought you only had eyes for your blade."

"I do. What's the problem?" Chen Zui saw no problem at all. "The handbook Wen Xu gave me says that if I see someone weak being bullied, I may offer appropriate help, provided circumstances allow."

In Langyuan City, Chen Zui felt it was his duty as a disciple of Yonglu Mountain.

"You updated his little handbook again?" Bian Chunchou turned to Wen Xu.

Wen Xu paused with his tea halfway to his lips. "Mm. I added two things." Chen Zui's Foundation Establishment had given him a deeper understanding of how that blockhead's mind worked. Once they returned, he had updated the handbook as a gift to celebrate Chen Zui's breakthrough.

"But if even you could tell they were bullying the weak, they must have gone much too far. You should've taken them to the City Lord's Office and had them locked up for a couple of days."

Chen