Cao Yuan: ...

"Give it to me?" Lin Qiye was stunned.

"Yes, Lao Cao goes crazy when he draws his sword. He won't be able to use this sword even if you give it to him. I see that you, Qiye, have used it quite smoothly before, so I'll give it to you!" Baili Pangpang said as a matter of course.

"But I don't know how to use a sword..."

"You don't have to use it for close combat, just use it as a tool." Baili Pangpang continued.

"All right."

Lin Qiye took over [Qi Yuan], carved a summoning formation on the hilt, and put it aside.

"Why hasn't the teacher come yet?"

They chatted for a long time. Cao Yuan looked at the time and couldn't help asking.

Baili Pangpang pondered for a moment, "Maybe his six-hand van broke down on the road."

“…It’s not impossible.”

"What level of teacher would Commander Ye have to pay such a high price to hire?" Fatty Baili began to speculate, "Could it be another human ceiling?"

"It's unlikely." Cao Yuan pondered, "The human ceiling does not belong to the Night Watch system. Commander Ye should not be able to hire them. Besides, we are just an unknown team that has lost the qualification to become a special team. It should not be worthy of a human ceiling to come and teach us in person."

Lin Qiye nodded in agreement.

"It's already past two in the morning. I guess the teacher won't come tonight. Let's go back and rest." Lin Qiye looked at the time and said to the others.

At this time, the others were also very sleepy, and Galan even dozed off on his shoulder. Hearing that they finally didn't have to wait here anymore, they nodded and got up and went back to their rooms.

The lights were turned off and the entire warehouse was plunged into darkness.

…

Half an hour later.

A figure slowly pushed open the door of the warehouse.

He carried the sword case on his back and walked into the warehouse. The moonlight stretched his shadow very long...

"Is this the place..." He looked around and muttered to himself.

Then, as if he had noticed something, he squatted down on the spot and lightly touched the ground with his fingertips.

A thin layer of ash clung to his fingers.

"The ground is very dirty..."

“Neither can ventilation.”

"The rust on the wall needs to be dealt with."

"The dishes weren't cleaned very well."

“…”

He was like a ghost, quietly walking around the entire warehouse with a slightly furrowed brow.

"It looks like I'll have to work overtime tonight..."

…

the next day.

early morning.

There was a rapid knock on the door.

Lin Qiye opened his eyes, got out of bed and opened the door, only to see Cao Yuan standing outside with a strange expression.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qiye asked puzzledly.

"Qi Ye... this place is haunted." Cao Yuan held it in for a long time before finally uttering a word.

"What?!" Lin Qiye was stunned.

"Come with me and see."

Cao Yuan took Lin Qiye and walked directly to the kitchen opposite. As they walked, they said:

"I just got up for my morning class and wanted to prepare breakfast. As soon as I walked into the kitchen, I saw..."

The two walked into the kitchen, and as soon as they opened the door, Lin Qiye froze in place.

Yesterday, because it was too late and the kitchen was not needed for the time being, Lin Qiye and others did not come to clean it, so it was always dirty...

But now, the whole kitchen looks brand new, as if it had just been renovated. The floor that was originally covered with dust and greasy dirt now does not have a single speck of dust, and every tile on the wall is shining brightly!

Lin Qiye walked slowly to the sink and looked at the pile of white plates that looked like they had been polished. He was stunned.

"Why do I remember... these plates were originally carved with patterns?" Lin Qiye's expression became strange, "Where are the carvings? Why are they all white now?"

“Isn’t it very weird?” Cao Yuan said seriously, “Qiye, I am a Buddhist after all. If I really encounter a ghost, I am not afraid of it... But this kind of ghost, I have never seen it, and I have never even heard of it. To be honest... I am a little bit helpless.”

Sizzle, sizzle...

A faint sound was heard outside the door.

Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan looked at each other, ran out of the kitchen quickly, and ran straight to the large open space in the center of the warehouse in the distance.

As soon as they ran to the open space in the middle of the warehouse, the two of them were stunned.

This... is the warehouse they came to yesterday?

Their figures were reflected on the spotless ground. The mottled rust on the surrounding walls had all disappeared. The originally turbid air completely dissipated, replaced by the fresh scent of detergent. Even the dust on the ceiling was cleaned up.

In an empty space, a young man was holding a mop, with the sleeves of his shirt rolled up. He lowered his head and mopped the ground, his eyes full of seriousness.

He seemed to have noticed something and looked up at Lin Qiye and the other man. His dark circles were as bright as panda eyes.

He pursed his lips, his eyes showing a tangled look, and after a long time, he slowly spoke:

"Um...hello."

…

Five minutes later.

space.

Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, Jia Lan, and An Qingyu stood in a row, looking at the unprepossessing young man in front of them with strange expressions.

“Qiye, he couldn’t be…” Fatty Baili nudged Lin Qiye beside him, with a look of doubt in his eyes.

Lin Qiye nodded silently.

“It doesn’t look like it.”

Baili Pangpang muttered to himself.

The young man was wearing a black shirt with the sleeves neatly rolled up on both arms. There were still a few drops of water on his hands. He lowered his head unconsciously with his eyes drooping. There was no temperament at all. He looked more like a waiter in a restaurant than a night watchman.

“Um… may I ask who you are…” Lin Qiye asked tentatively.

"I'm the teacher that Ye Fan asked to be in charge of your comprehensive education. I should have arrived earlier, but the six-hand van broke down on the way last night."

"My name is Zhou Ping." The young man added, "Ping means ordinary."

Zhou Ping?

Lin Qiye and the others looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.

This name...haven't you heard of it?

"Um, hello, Teacher Zhou!" Baili Pangpang greeted first and was about to say something else when Zhou Ping's body suddenly shook.

"Um, don't call me teacher." Zhou Ping seemed a little uncomfortable.

Don’t call me teacher?

What should it be called?

"Then...what should we call you?" Lin Qiye asked doubtfully, "What position do you hold in the Night Watch?"

Zhou Ping shook his head. "I'm not a night watchman, and I don't have any job title."

Lin Qiye was stunned, and looked at An Qingyu beside him, with shock in his eyes.

The teacher that Ye Fan had hired at a great cost...

Not the Night Watchmen...

Could it be that he really is...

Zhou Ping thought for a moment and said, "If you don't know how to address me, you can just call me Sword Saint like everyone else."

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