Chapter 72 Useless. You're a piece of trash, all you do is cause trouble for others...
Young, after all, too young. He couldn't contain his temper after being questioned a few times.
She bent down, her fingertips stained with a little blood that hadn't dried yet, and gently rubbed them together. Then she looked up and scanned the furnishings in the room.
The room was neatly furnished, with no signs of struggle or fighting, indicating that the person who entered must have been someone their senior sister trusted and knew very well.
If it were someone from the Weeping Dew Pavilion, judging from the conversation she overheard earlier, their senior sister would certainly not be so unguarded.
In other words, the person who came in must be her fellow disciple, someone who came with her.
Li Chen slowly stood up, his gaze falling on the disciples of Biyun Pavilion.
As they were carefully observing their expressions, a shrill scream suddenly came from outside.
Immediately, a person tumbled and crawled into the house, shouting loudly, "There's a ghost!"
The scream startled everyone, and they all turned to look in the direction from which the person had rushed.
When they finally saw the figure slowly approaching, they all gasped and screamed, as if they had really seen a ghost. Some even almost jumped on Li Chenjin.
Those who came to watch the spectacle were terrified and turned deathly pale.
The people from Biyun Pavilion, far from being frightened, all wore expressions of joy. One of them even rushed forward to greet them, exclaiming happily, "Senior Sister, you're alright!"
When Han Shannan saw the senior sister they had mentioned appear, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise and doubt, and asked in surprise, "There's so much blood in this room, how come she doesn't seem to be injured at all?"
Upon hearing his words, someone immediately retorted sharply, "What? You damned lecher! Do you perhaps hope that our senior sister will actually meet with some misfortune?!"
"I've said it so many times, I'm not a lecher!" Han Shannan shouted. "Don't you find it strange? This is your senior sister's room, and there's so much blood of unknown origin in the room."
"And your senior sister, who mysteriously disappeared before, has suddenly returned unharmed. So whose blood is this?"
"..."
His words left everyone speechless, and the room fell silent. The expressions on the faces of those around them grew increasingly strange. Even the disciple who had rushed over and grabbed the senior sister's hand earlier became somewhat frightened and immediately let go of her hand.
Yes, there's so much blood in this room, and the eldest sister disappeared earlier, but now she's suddenly back without a scratch. So what's wrong with her now...?
Is he even human?
Thinking this, the man slowly raised his head.
When her gaze fell upon the person's seemingly stiff smile and empty eyes, she gasped in surprise, stumbled back several steps, and nearly fell to the ground.
Just as everyone was filled with anxiety, Li Chenjin, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke up: "Please do not panic. I am actually a disciple of Zen Master Mingcun of Wufo Temple in the Zen cultivation world. My surname is Li and my given name is Chenjin. I have seen many demons and ghosts before. I can assure you that this young lady is definitely not a ghost."
As she spoke, she looked at Liu Yan, the Pavilion Master of Qilu Pavilion, and caught a fleeting look of shock in the other's eyes. Clearly, she had not expected that not only people from the Dharma Cultivation Realm had come to her place, but also people from the Zen Cultivation Realm.
Some of the people present had never heard of her name, and even Zen Master Mingcun did not know who she was.
Fortunately, most of these people had heard about it to some extent, so she didn't need to explain too much.
Those who had initially watched her with the intention of watching a spectacle suddenly became much more respectful.
Immediately, a man asked timidly, "So...so you are Layman Chenjin. I have long admired your name, but...I have heard that you rarely leave the Zen practice community, and whenever you go down the mountain, it is to do things for Zen Master Mingcun."
"Now that you have come here, could it be that... there are evil spirits causing trouble in this place?"
The moment the words "evil spirits are causing trouble" were uttered, the expressions of those around them changed drastically. Immediately, someone shouted out, "I... I'm not participating in the Biyun Competition! I never expected to win; I just wanted to broaden my horizons. This place makes me uncomfortable. I'm not participating anymore; I'm leaving!"
"Me too! I'm not participating anymore, I'm leaving!"
"I want to leave too!"
"Me too!"
Seeing so many people making a fuss about leaving, Liu Yan, who had remained silent, showed no change in expression, as if it didn't matter to her whether these people made a fuss or not.
Li Chen glanced calmly in Liu Yan's direction and said gently, "Everyone, there's no need to worry. I've come here only to meet with friends on behalf of my master."
"The Zen meditation community and the Dharma practice community have always been on good terms, and my master is also a close friend of Elder Shen despite their age difference. However, recently, my master has been busy lecturing and spreading the Dharma and has not been able to come to see his old friend for the time being, so he asked me to come and pay a visit."
She spoke sincerely and earnestly, though there seemed to be something left unsaid in her words. However, because the people around her were in a state of confusion and uncertainty, no one thought about it deeply or paid attention to it.
Liu Yan, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke up, continuing the previous topic: "Senior Sister, all of us fellow disciples were very worried about you. Where did you go earlier? What happened in your room?"
"I'm fine." The eldest sister said with a faint smile, her tone extremely calm. "After you left, a womanizer appeared. I don't know where he came from. Fortunately, at the crucial moment, a cultivator from the cultivation world arrived and killed the womanizer. All this blood is that womanizer's."
As she spoke, she looked slowly and somewhat stiffly at her fellow disciples who had strange expressions, and continued, "I'm tired, and this room is uninhabitable. Tonight, who among you is willing to squeeze in with me?"
The group looked at each other, none of them responding. It was as if none of them wanted to share a room with this senior sister who had suddenly disappeared and reappeared, and whose words seemed to be made up on the spot.
Just as everyone was at a stalemate, someone stepped forward and took the senior sister's arm very affectionately, saying with a smile, "Senior sister, why don't you come and rest in my room tonight?"
The eldest sister's smile deepened slowly, and she nodded somewhat stiffly, saying, "Alright, junior sister."
"..."
The other disciples of Biyun Pavilion watched the two leave hand in hand, their expressions strange and silent, their thoughts unknown.
The onlookers, seeing that the excitement had died down, also dispersed.
Seeing that the senior sister had no intention of pursuing Han Shannan, Li Chen apologized to the remaining disciples of Biyun Pavilion. Then, he took the opportunity to bring Han Shannan, who had been labeled a "lecher," back to the house.
However, they are not returning to their original house, but to Shen Zhengyuan's house.
After pushing open the door to the top floor, Li Chen walked straight to the couch and sat down. The tea table that had been removed had somehow returned to its original place.
She and Shen Zhengyuan sat on either side of the tea table, each picking up their teacups and leisurely enjoying their tea.
Han Shannan stood not far away, watching them sit in front of him. The other dozen or so people who came with Shen Zhengyuan stood on both sides of the room, leaving him alone in the middle, looking like a prisoner who had been dragged into court and was about to be interrogated.
He looked around and, finding that all the chairs in the room had been put away, said with great dissatisfaction, "Hey! Li Chenjin! I went there to gather information! Now you're not only siding with outsiders, but you haven't even left me a chair!!"
Shen Zhengyuan scoffed coldly, as if he had heard an extremely funny joke, "What information can you, a piece of trash, gather besides causing trouble for others?"
Han Shannan naturally knew Shen Zhengyuan's identity. He initially wanted to swallow his anger, but the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't hold back. He immediately roared, "Who are you calling trash?! What gives you the right to say that to me? You're an ancestor of the cultivation world, does that make you so great? I..."
"Alright, enough with the arguing at a time like this." Li Chen slammed down his teacup, then turned to Shen Zhengyuan and said, "We've known each other for years, how come I never knew you could be so rude? He's still young and inexperienced, so it's inevitable that he'll make mistakes. Why do you have to belittle him like that?"
After saying that, she looked at Han Shannan and said slowly, "However, you were indeed reckless in this matter, disrupting many of our plans. He didn't lay a hand on you, just said a few words to you, so just listen carefully. Don't be angry, first tell me the information you've gathered. If it's really useful, you'll naturally have a seat. If it's useless..."
She glanced at Shen Zhengyuan, intending to see his expression, but unexpectedly met his gaze. She immediately coughed lightly and said, "If it's useless, then if he won't let you sit, you can stand. Anyway, with your physique, standing all night won't hurt you. Just consider it practice. Back when the Sword God eradicated evil spirits, he didn't sleep or rest for days. Since you want to learn her swordsmanship, you should naturally have some perseverance too."
Han Shannan: "..."
For some reason, listening to Li Chenjin's words always gave him a feeling of wanting to get angry, but not knowing how to get angry.
However, for now, he could only do as Li Chenjin said, revealing everything he had overheard, and finally concluded: "This place must be the same as Xicheng Town, where the Pavilion Master of Qilu Pavilion also worships that statue! Everything she is doing now must be for revenge!"
"According to what those people said, the master of Biyun Pavilion used to ignore Liu Yan and didn't care about her, allowing her fellow disciples to bully her every day. Later, when he let her go down the mountain, he gave her half of Biyun Pavilion's treasures, probably just out of guilt."
"And Liu Yan must be fully aware of all this. She hates her fellow disciples, so she must also hate her master. Therefore, their master must be the first target of her revenge! The fact that her master agreed to let her organize the Biyun Competition must be the result of her revenge, either because he was coerced by her or because he was controlled by her!"
Li Chen nodded, and after he finished speaking, he continued slowly, "But what you said later is ultimately just speculation. Since we've never seen their master in person, how can we believe that your speculation is correct?"
“I’ve never met their master, but don’t you find it strange?” Han Shannan said. “Their senior sister is the designated next pavilion master. Now that their master is seriously ill and unable to manage the Biyun Pavilion, shouldn’t he pass the position to his beloved disciple as soon as possible?”
Author's Note: When Xiao Han and Xiao Li started arguing...
Xiao Li: You're wrong, you're wrong too (struggling to hold the water) [doge emoji]
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