At the Sea Entrance.
Winter Melon stared, dumbstruck, as the two approached from afar. By the time it snapped out of its daze, they were already standing before it.
It did not know whether Xie Lingyu's breakthrough right in front of it had been a show of force meant to keep it in line.
But standing before Chu Xingchen, it had no courage to step out of line anyway.
Winter Melon's thoughts were a little tangled, but it quickly discarded those useless thoughts and hurried forward to greet them. "Senior Chu, I heard you had instructions for me?"
Chu Xingchen looked Winter Melon over, then gave a gentle smile and nodded lightly:
"Yes, there is indeed something I need to trouble you with."
"Please give your instructions." Winter Melon answered first, then hurriedly reminded him, "But lately, with your disciple's assistance, I've already corrected quite a bit of intelligence, and I've also helped out a great deal."
Good deeds done behind the scenes were worth nothing; good deeds proclaimed aloud were worth a thousand gold pieces.
Winter Melon understood that crude, obvious principle, especially given that it had already been caught with a prior offense.
Chu Xingchen raised his hand slightly, and a great stream of light drifted out of his Spatial Ring. In mere moments, that great stream of light became a fairly imposing ship.
Only after finishing this did Chu Xingchen answer:
"I heard from Chen Baiqing. You've been doing very well lately, which is precisely why I called you here today."
Winter Melon glanced at the ship behind it, its expression stiffening slightly. It had an extremely bad prediction, but it still forced a smile and asked:
"Are you planning an outing...?"
"If you want to put it nicely, you could say that." Chu Xingchen led the