"Well... Yaoyao, I was just... uh, I was wrong. I'll accept my punishment."
Long Zhan got halfway through his excuse before Bai Yaoyao's increasingly icy expression made him hastily stop.
He had better just apologize. After a year of injections of weakening serum, picking a fight now would only get him beaten.
"Hmph, so now you admit you were wrong!" Monkey couldn't resist breaking the silence from behind her.
"Who asked you?!" Long Zhan was afraid of Bai Yaoyao, but not Monkey. He immediately glared back.
Monkey abruptly ducked his head as his fear of his master's authority surged back. He had gotten careless.
"Monkey is right. Is there a problem?" Bai Yaoyao asked without a trace of emotion.
Hearing Sister Yao defend him, Monkey immediately perked up again, like a big fighting rooster fresh off a victory! His whole face practically announced that he had finally made something of himself!
Long Zhan yielded. "All right, all right, you're both right. Don't be angry. There are so many people here. Let your master save a little face."
Lulu snorted. "If we hadn't gotten here in time, you'd be dead. What good would saving face do you then?"
Seeing the other troublemaker join in, Long Zhan felt even guiltier.
The troublemaking duo had joined forces. Their combined firepower was too strong; he needed to stay out of their line of fire!
A gray-haired Taoist priest behind him hurried to rescue Long Zhan from his predicament. "Brother Long, are these... your disciples?"
"Yes! My disciples!"
Everyone behind him first let out a collective sigh of relief. Those hateful looks had made them think enemies had come to kill them.
Then, seeing how utterly cowed Elder Long was, they all held up a hand in a gesture of admiration.
The sight actually made