Chapter 19: Bank Run
This artificial blue color was instantly splashed with mud, covered with gray and black mud spots, becoming a miserable appearance, and there was no trace of the original clear color.
Pei Ci narrowed his eyes and spoke softly in his mind, his voice gentle, like a spring breeze:
"Chu Chu, is it your off-duty time now? You should go back first."
This scene had nothing to do with Chuchu or the mission, and it also looked a bit like bullying, so Pei Ci didn't want his system to see it.
Although it was a negotiating tone.
The next second, he was extremely decisive and took the initiative to cut off the connection with the system space. He opened the space jump tunnel as the host and sent his own system away.
Before Chu Qingkong could figure out what was happening, he was forced into the space jump tunnel.
"Why?!……"
If you jump into the space jump tunnel by yourself, you won't feel too dizzy. But if someone pushes you in, the dizziness will be doubled.
"Wait a minute!!!..."
The tunnel is closed.
All this happened in a split second. On the mountain of Lanwu Sect, only Pei Ciyi and Jiang Jia were left.
At night, the wind blew across the bamboo forest on the mountain, like the howling of thousands of ghosts.
The standing young man's moon-white robe was spotless and moved by the wind, as if he was about to disappear into the night.
Jiang Jia's face turned pale, and he screamed subconsciously: "Ah——!"
She opened her eyes wide as if seeing him for the first time, and the expression on her face changed several times, starting with admiration, then flashing through shock, shame, anger and hurt, and crystal tears immediately fell: "Brother Qiyi, did I do something wrong? Why would you treat me like this?"
Anyone who sees this scene would probably be moved by her and would want to hold her in his arms and stop her from crying.
——But the boy in front of her didn't.
Pei Ci looked at him indifferently with a half-smile on his face. Under the moonlight, he looked like a demon that had suddenly appeared from hell.
"Miss Jiang, you seem to have misunderstood something. Please stop bothering me. I have no interest in you." His long eyelashes drooped, his gaze lightly falling on the dirty clothes, and he said slowly, "One more thing, my love for blue has nothing to do with the color blue itself."
"What do you mean?"
Jiang Jia refused to listen and became angry. Her voice was sharp and fierce. "You don't like me? Think about it carefully. I am the eldest daughter of the Jiang family and the headmaster's first disciple!"
Pei Ci scoffed lightly: "Hmm."
Jiang Jia cried and threatened, "You will regret this. If you really want to offend me, be prepared to face the consequences!"
Pei Ci smiled nonchalantly, and this time he didn't even bother to answer.
His sleeves flowed like water as he turned and walked into the cave. He raised his hand gently and closed the door.
…
Jiang Jia's revenge came quickly.
The Lanwu Sect accepted him into the sect, but there was still a strict hierarchy within the sect. Only children from wealthy and prestigious families could enter the inner sect and worship the elders as their teachers.
Pei Ci was just an orphan without a family supporter. He could not study with a master like the inner disciples. He could only be an outer disciple and do odd jobs.
In large sects, the outer disciples were numerous and their lives were filled with intrigue and scheming. Everyone wanted to one day surpass the others, stand out, and enter the inner sect.
Therefore, when Miss Jiang announced that she was looking for someone to bully a young disciple, everyone actively stepped forward and was willing to please this young lady who came from a noble family and was the master's first disciple.
They fantasized about gaining her favor, and then having her help them say a few words in front of the headmaster, so that they could enter the inner sect to practice. Then, looking back at the guy who had been liked but didn't cherish it, they became more and more disgusted, and couldn't help but feel jealous and ridiculed.
The next day, several young outer disciples blocked the door of Pei Ci's cave, speaking in loud voices and saying:
"Come out for me!"
"So what if you're relying on your good looks to gain popularity? Now you've offended Senior Sister Jiang, haven't you?"
"You don't know what's good for you! It would be so easy for Senior Sister Jiang to deal with you!"
There was a commotion outside the door.
It was quiet inside the door.
A heaven-level soundproofing sound was stuck to the door, motionless, with runes on its surface shining brightly and flowing like waves.
All sounds were blocked by an invisible barrier and quietly dissolved and disappeared.
Time passes.
Disciples outside the sect: "..."
I've been shouting for the whole morning, but why is there no movement from the people inside?
They looked at each other, each seeing confusion and bewilderment in their eyes. They shouted so hard that their throats hurt, their mouths felt dry, but it seemed like all their shouting was in vain.
"Hey!" the leader shouted at the top of his lungs, "Are you dead in there?!"
A stone flew out from the door.
The stone fell to the ground, and the green leaves that were crushed into powder.
——To indicate that he was not dead, so that they could continue shouting.
Disciples: “…”
Hey, is this science?!
They couldn't swallow this and started chattering again.
Occasionally, a few small stones were thrown from the room, indicating that the people inside were still alive.
After another hour, everyone's voices were completely hoarse.
"Ahem, ahem, brothers, listen to me!" One person lowered his voice and said hoarsely, "This kid must be scared of our numbers, so he doesn't dare to come out. It doesn't matter. If he doesn't come out today, will he never come out? Will he miss his classes or his meals?"
"Big Brother is absolutely right. All we need to do is wait for him inside the sect, ambush him, and mess with him! It's almost noon, we can wait for him at the cafeteria door!"
"He's just a little disciple. Can't we handle him?"
"We are united as one and will definitely do whatever Senior Sister Jiang asks us to do!"
The disciples reached a consensus, as if the shouting for the whole morning and one hour had been a great success, and then entered the second stage of pranking people.
So they smiled at each other, put their arms around each other's shoulders, and walked away with a swagger.
Inside the room, everything was quiet as usual.
The silent note continued to operate, and there was a small wooden bomb throwing tool on the ground at the door. Every ten minutes, it would automatically swing up and down and throw a small stone.
Pei Ci was sitting at the table writing talismans. With a flick of his fingertips, the bombing tools were automatically put away.
He smiled slightly, listening to his own system finally coming to work in the system space, and complaining in a dizzy voice.
"Why did you send me away yesterday? Why why why?"
"Sorry, I wanted you to get off work early and rest a little longer."
The word "get off work" easily strikes the hearts of workers.
"Well... okay then." Chu Qingkong glanced at the sky. The midday sun was high in the sky. The scorching heat could be felt through the window. The sunlight was blinding. "It's almost noon. Do you want to eat, A Pei?"
"Um."
Chu Qingkong opened the "Dora Chuchu's Treasure Box" with familiarity, revealing a row of delicious food -
Abalone steamed siu mai, puff pastry Portuguese tart, flaky puff pastry roast duck, thick-cut ox tongue, French cream corn soup, and a passion fruit peach mousse dessert platter.
The system store has all kinds of good stuff, so a simple lunch is no problem.
What's more, in the Xuanhuan world, the canteen only sells "self-grown spiritual plants", which cannot be more bland. It is similar to the voice of modern social animals: "A piece of bread picked up by the homeless at the door is better than the company cafeteria" -
Therefore, Chu Qingkong would always prepare exquisite and delicious set meals for the host on time.
When he was around, Pei Ciyi never went to the cafeteria.
The price of this package is a bit expensive. The suggested retail price in the system store is 300 points, but——
"A Pei, this requires 500 points!!"
“My price increase is justified…”
Chu Qingkong was about to start talking nonsense seriously, reiterating his philosophy of not accepting suggestions, when his voice was interrupted.
Pei Ci thought that he was the only host of his system and all the points he earned came from himself. His heart couldn't help but feel sweet like honey flowing, and he felt a little softer.
He gave a charming smile and answered lovingly and gently, "Chu Chu, how about I earn you a little more? How about 1,000 points? No, how about 2,000 points?"
Chu Qingkong: “…”
Chu Qingkong: "Okay ovo!!"
*****
At night, the outer canteen finally finished serving spiritual plants for dinner and closed its doors.
In order to stop the people, the disciples who had not even eaten and were starving, climbed down slowly from the treetops of the cafeteria with their legs shaking like sieves, supporting each other and staggering out.
Under the moonlight, their shadows were long and desolate.
Jiang Jia finished a day of training and came out from the inner gate, ready to see what was happening outside today.
Seeing the trembling crowd, she frowned slightly and asked arrogantly, "How's the situation? Has Pei Ciyi been squeezed out?"
The disciples were silent for a moment.
"It's...it's getting squeezed!" The leading disciple's voice was so hoarse that he couldn't speak. He answered with difficulty, "He...he didn't even have a meal today!"
"Very good, continue, for another month." Jiang Jia's expression relaxed, and he laughed triumphantly, "I'm waiting for him to be ashamed of himself! I'm waiting for him to apologize to me now, beg for mercy, and preferably confess his feelings to me - there's still room for improvement in this matter!!"
Disciples: “…”
"Senior Sister Jiang is wise!!"
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