Dealing with Trouble

Fortunately, Yue Shuo did not need to think too hard about it.

Gu Jiu immediately gave him the answer.

Yue Shuo suddenly understood.

It turned out that he had asked Gu Jiu to inquire about what had happened before and check on Zou Chongying and Tian Wan.

A few days earlier.

Zou Chongying had organized some kind of operation, though he had vaguely avoided explaining the specifics.

But Yue Shuo had, after all, read ten thousand volumes of books!

Following the thread of speculation, he could guess one or two things about Zou Chongying's plan.

Of course, his mind had not been on that matter.

Cultivation and advancing were what mattered.

Thus, a few days ago, Zou Chongying had said he would send someone to inform him once there was a result, yet no one had come.

Yue Shuo had not pressed the matter and simply continued cultivating.

Gu Jiu had only seemed free these past two days.

It happened to coincide with Yue Shuo wanting to advance.

So he sent Gu Jiu to inquire into the matter.

"You mean they accidentally beat that First-Rank Martial Servant to death? And the martial servants who acted were all punished?"

Only then did Yue Shuo understand that Zou Chongying had not intended to teach Qin Feng a lesson.

From beginning to end, it had actually only been aimed at the martial servants who had acted?

Of course, Yue Shuo glanced at Gu Jiu and saw that he did not seem surprised by this outcome at all.

He even felt deeply grateful toward Zou Chongying.

What Yue Shuo himself had considered was that if one sought revenge, one should find the source of it. Yet others apparently did not think that way.

Gu Jiu, too, had only fixed his hatred upon the martial servants who had injured him.

Yue Shuo turned the thought over, then stopped dwelling on it.

Gu Jiu himself did not feel wronged, so there was no need for him to say anything further.

"Then why did A-Wan tell me not to leave Creek Valley? Surely no one has pinned this matter on me?"

Yue Shuo's face remained calm, but he sneered inwardly.

Because his talent was the poorest?

Just as Chong Ying and the others would pick soft persimmons to vent their anger and save face, was the other side thinking the same way?

Gu Jiu first shook his head, then froze.

"Young Master Tian said he was afraid someone might affect your cultivation. After all, Young Master, your time is rather critical..."

Yue Shuo had originally thought

there would be trouble such as an ambush or a sneak attack.

Yet...

"If I leave, will someone ambush me?" Yue Shuo was somewhat unclear on the intensity of these conflicts.

So he asked directly.

Gu Jiu looked utterly shocked. "But Young Master, you are a cultivation disciple! How could that possibly..."

Yue Shuo fell into thought.

It seemed he had still underestimated the status and treatment of cultivation disciples in the Qin Clan. Of course, he was only a Prospective Disciple for now.

"I'm only a Prospective Disciple right now, aren't I?"

"It is precisely because you are a Prospective Disciple, Young Master, that no one would dare do anything to harm you!"

Gu Jiu said with absolute certainty.

Yue Shuo asked curiously, "You're that sure?"

Gu Jiu nodded.

"Young Master saw this servant grievously injured by others, so you think the Qin Clan is very unsafe internally. Is that right?"

Yue Shuo looked at him and slowly nodded.

"You went out perfectly well to buy things for me, then came back seriously injured..."

Gu Jiu also felt a surge of emotion, but he quickly restrained it.

Lowering his head, he reported:

"Young Master, cultivation disciples are different from martial servants like this servant..."

"You are masters! We are servants!"

Yue Shuo did not say anything about everyone being equal. The ways of the world were different; he could not act according to the ideas and views of his previous life.

He merely asked calmly:

"So conflicts are restricted to the martial servants? But how would that affect me? Since they would not harm me..."

He had never asked closely about this before.

First, it had not involved him.

Second, he had thought he understood it.

After all, he had seen plenty in the books of his previous life, and he vaguely carried the mindset that he was smarter and more knowledgeable than others.

Though twelve years of reincarnation had already adjusted his mentality.

Some lingering influence remained.

"Young Master Tian did not say much, but according to what this servant knows, they will use words or other means to disturb your state of mind!"

Gu Jiu said gravely:

"Though this servant cannot cultivate, I know that cultivation requires entering meditation. If your state of mind is affected... Young Master, you may be unable to cultivate to Qi Refining Level One within a year!"

Yue Shuo's expression turned strange for an instant.

Qi Refining Level One?

He swept his inner sight over his character panel.

[Realm: Qi Refining Level One]

Hm, he did not need to worry about that!

Still, he accepted Tian Wan's concern.

"If I don't go out, can't others come to my door to cause trouble?" Yue Shuo asked.

Gu Jiu answered seriously:

"If Young Master lived together with others, there might be some trouble."

"But Young Master holds a post at the Spirit Field in Little Brook Valley. If anyone trespasses into any Spirit Field area without permission, it is a grave crime!"

After hearing this, Yue Shuo still had some doubts.

"Didn't Chong Ying and A-Wan come here before? And Huang Sunming too..."

Gu Jiu thought for a moment before answering:

"Young Master Zou and Young Master Tian are disciples of the same intake as you, and they came from the same hometown. As long as they registered that fact and said they were invited by you, they could come and go without issue when inspections were not so strict before!"

Yue Shuo understood.

The key was... when inspections had not been so strict before!

"But when I went looking for them, I didn't see any place where I needed to register?"

"Because their residences are not within special duty zones, entry and exit do not require strict inspection or registration!"

So that was it!

Thus, inspections of areas such as the Spirit Fields had not originally been particularly strict; the relevant rules had merely existed.

But under normal circumstances.

Everyone simply turned a blind eye.

Then, trouble had broken out.

The conflict had escalated.

To prevent an even bigger incident, the previously lax inspections had become strict.

No wonder he had not seen Chong Ying or A-Wan send anyone over these past few days.

It turned out they could not come!

"They can't come?"

"That's right! Young Master Tian sent Brother Huang Da over twice, but both times he was prevented from entering. And I haven't gone out these past few days..."

Gu Jiu felt somewhat ashamed.

Apart from being responsible for Young Master's daily care, his duties also included receiving visitors and watching the gate.

He had to keep watch at all times for anyone coming to visit.

Yet he had not gone outside the Spirit Field area at all to wait, so he had not known that Huang Sunming had come more than once.

"Then won't you be in danger when you go out?"

Yue Shuo did not mind staying in Creek Valley and avoiding contact with others.

His cultivation time was tight, and he had not wanted to go out in the first place.

But he still needed certain daily supplies.

Gu Jiu had always been responsible for that.

Trouble was unavoidable.

"This servant has become vigilant. As long as I run quickly and do not get entangled with them, Young Master need not worry about this servant's safety!"

Gu Jiu's heart warmed, and he answered with a smile.

Yue Shuo understood.

"You were targeted when you went out before?"

Gu Jiu froze for a moment.

Then slowly nodded:

"But it is fine. Those people are merely Second-Class Martial Artists like this servant. First-Class Martial Artists would not stoop to such stalking!"

Yue Shuo thought for a moment.

Then asked directly:

"Gu Jiu, can you advance to become a First-Class Martial Artist? What conditions are needed to advance!?"

The best way to deal with trouble was to increase one's own strength. With sufficient strength, the current trouble would no longer be trouble.