Chen Jiang's Unlucky Day

Chen Jiang had a bad day.

He didn't rest well last night. He went to bed early to meditate, but for some reason, he fainted halfway through his practice.

When I woke up the next day, I felt sore all over, and my head felt like it had been hit by a heavy hammer.

Chen Jiang didn't think much of it, assuming he was just too sleepy last night and hadn't slept well because he was lying on his side.

But because he hadn't slept well, Chen Jiang couldn't help but yawn a few times while guarding the Teleportation Array in the morning.

This scene was witnessed by the supervisor in charge of the matter. The supervisor scolded him for his improper attitude, not only assigning the lucrative task of guarding the Teleportation Array to other disciples, but also ordering him to go back and reflect on his actions.

Chen Jiang was already depressed enough because of this kind of trouble, but when he returned to the sect, he was stopped by Senior Brother Zhao, who was in charge of the guest quarters.

Before Chen Jiang could even offer the other party a fawning smile, Senior Brother Zhao kicked him hard in the stomach.

Chen Jiang was almost completely stunned by the kick, not understanding why the other party suddenly treated him this way.

Senior Brother Zhao's face turned ashen, and he scolded him with a look of utter disappointment, "Who told you to go and ambush Sang Ying in the middle of the night? What's her cultivation level, and what's yours?! You rashly approached that group of outside cultivators; do you know that your commotion yesterday has already alerted them! Those outside cultivators are already on guard against us, and they haven't made a move all day today!"

But Chen Jiang was increasingly confused. "Senior brother, what are you talking about? When did I ever meet those outside cultivators? I only met them once when I brought them here. I haven't even seen them at all. What do you mean by 'stirring up trouble' or 'ambushing people in the middle of the night'?"

But after hearing his explanation, Senior Brother Zhao not only didn't believe him, but became even angrier. "Tch, Chen Jiang, do you think I'm a fool who would believe anything you say? I'd like to believe you, but last night I wasn't the only one who saw you blocking that female cultivator returning home late. Do you think your excuses will work now?"

Chen Jiang was starting to doubt himself after hearing his confident words, but recalling everything that had happened last night, Chen Jiang knew that he hadn't gone looking for that cultivator at all.

He wanted to explain further, but Senior Brother Zhao didn't give him the chance. "Fine, consider it a mistake I made before. From now on, don't be so eager to call me Senior Brother. Just call me Steward Zhao."

"Senior Brother Zhao, please let me explain. I know I was wrong, I was really wrong..."

"Stop talking and get lost!" Senior Brother Zhao waved his hand and turned to leave, not giving Chen Jiang a chance to continue.

Chen Jiang watched his Senior Brother Zhao's departing figure, then angrily slapped his head several times. What on earth happened last night? Why couldn't he remember any of it?!

Whether Chen Jiang remembers what happened yesterday or not, and no matter how much he regrets it now, he has offended Senior Brother Zhao and lost his job guarding the formation. Chen Jiang's downfall is irreversible, and only he knows his regret and helplessness.

At this moment, Sang Ying and the others, though not yet outside the courtyard, were carefully making their own plans.

"There's an array set up beneath the guest courtyard, so we can't sense if anyone's monitoring our actions nearby. Therefore, everyone should just stay in the courtyard for a few days. Once I break the array and that's no longer a concern, we can discuss other things," Sang Ying explained simply.

Lan Fusheng added, "It just so happens that Fuzhu and I have already calmed Green Lotus down, and she has promised to find more companions to travel with, so that she won't be alone."

Bai Kejin said, "My original task was to find a boat, but Sister Boatman has already found one, so I started keeping an eye on the people in the courtyard across the way. But today I noticed that the courtyard across the way has suddenly become quiet. Judging from the person's personality, he definitely won't leave Listening Tide Sect so soon. And even if he were to leave, he would definitely make a big show of it, not just disappear quietly like this."

Everyone's expression turned serious at that moment, and Dong Fuzhu lowered her voice to ask, "You mean, that person over there, like Red Lotus, was also arrested?"

"I didn't mean that. I was just stating what I saw." Bai Kejin was a meticulous person and dared not make any assumptions.

Dong Fuzhu didn't get the answer she wanted, and muttered something to her companion under her breath.

No one paid attention to her little temper, and instead continued to focus the conversation on the male cultivator opposite them.

Sang Ying was the first to speak, "Junior Brother Bai and I have both seen that person. He is now also at the Nascent Soul stage. Logically speaking, a Nascent Soul Cultivator shouldn't be so easily controlled. Even if a Spirit Transformation cultivator attacked him, he should at least put up a fight. Moreover, judging from his arrogant attitude a few days ago, he should have some trump cards up his sleeve, which makes it even less likely that he would disappear."

"So, this person simply left?" Duan Hanyi stroked his chin.

Jiang Zhuoxue poured Sang Ying a cup of tea. "Not necessarily. Didn't Green Lotus's sister also disappear inexplicably? At the time, Green Lotus and Red Lotus were together, and the distance between them was probably no more than these two courtyards. There weren't even many high walls separating them, but even so, Green Lotus only discovered Red Lotus was missing after she woke up."

After listening to Jiang Zhuoxue's words, everyone felt somewhat helpless, as the topic seemed to have been steered back to square one.

At this moment, Sang Ying also regretted it a little. If she had known that the person would get into trouble so soon, she should have gotten involved with him earlier. That way, no matter whether he was arrested or left, she would have the right to ask questions and could even go next door to look for clues.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Duan Hanyi suddenly spoke up, "How about I do some divination?"

Sang Ying's gaze suddenly sharpened.

Upon seeing this, Duan Hanyi immediately explained, "Little fortune teller, little fortune teller! I'm just divining a direction, it's not related to me personally, it won't be a big problem, at most I'll be sick for a couple of days."

"Besides, I've recovered quite well these past few days, and I'm not as weak as before anymore." Seeing that Sang Ying didn't immediately refute him, Duan Hanyi boldly continued, "And you see, we haven't made any progress here, and we have no evidence to suspect the Listening Tide Sect. If we can confirm whether the missing people are in the Listening Tide Sect, it will make our next move easier. Now that we have Teleportation Array, countless cultivators from other small worlds will be coming here every day. If we don't find out the truth, who knows how many more people might mysteriously disappear?"

Duan Hanyi finished speaking, not only him, but also Dong Fuzhu and the other two looked at Sang Ying with expectant expressions.

Sang Ying felt helpless under their gazes and finally waved her hand, "Fine, since you insist on doing this, I can't say much more. After all, it's your own body. But I only have one thing to say: do what you can. If you can't take it, then forget it. We'll always find another way."

Duan Hanyi then nodded in agreement.