Chapter 55

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The elders of the Punishment Hall received the news quickly and rushed to the scene.

When they saw Xie Tingyun, who had escaped punishment without permission, standing outside the punishment hall and reminiscing with other disciples, they finally couldn't hold back any more: "Xie Tingyun!"

Xie Tingyun suddenly came to his senses and couldn't help but let out a cry before he fully realized what he had done.

His brain must have been burned by the boiling blood in his body. He had just escaped punishment and was still staying there in broad daylight. Was he just waiting for someone to catch him?

Ning Shen frowned and said, "They want to take you back?"

Xie Tingyun hummed, and without explaining too much, he dragged Ning Chen to a remote corner.

Ning Chen was caught off guard by him and stumbled for a moment before he managed to catch up. He looked at the elders of the Punishment Hall who were almost fainting behind him, and was strangely silent for a moment before saying, "Thank you... Senior Brother, you actually escaped like this?"

"Well," Xie Tingyun tried his best to suppress his nervousness, although he didn't understand why he was nervous in front of Ning Chen, and said, "This is my first time escaping punishment, so I may not have escaped well. Please forgive me. I will try my best not to let them catch up with me."

Ning Chen: “…”

Ning Chen began to wonder if Xie Tingyun's brain was broken. He always felt that Xie Tingyun's attitude had changed completely since Ma Jia met Xie Tingyun.

Ning Chen pondered for a while, and thought curiously: "He seems very nervous."

Not only the elders of the Punishment Hall rushed to the scene, but Taoist Ling, whose injuries had not yet healed, also came out. Ning Chen got angry when he saw him, but before he could do anything, he was dragged around by Xie Tingyun and left the people behind him behind.

"No," Ning Chen said incredulously, "...Is this also possible?"

Xie Tingyun grew up in Liuyun Sect and had a good memory. He could basically remember all the routes he had walked and was very familiar with the terrain of Liuyun Sect. Therefore, it was easy for him to use the terrain to get rid of the elders.

This was a huge shock to a person who was lost in the world.

Xie Tingyun slowed down his pace and turned around, facing Ning Chen who looked around in confusion and didn't know where he was. After taking a deep breath, he said, "Okay, they shouldn't chase us to death. They should repair the restrictions of the Punishment Hall first, so we still have some time."

Xie Tingyun ran all the way over, his breathing became a little rapid, but he seemed to be in a good mood, with a gentle smile on his face, even in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

Xie Tingyun slightly frowned and said softly, "Why are you here? I remember that you seemed to have been in seclusion for a long time. After you helped me that time, you disappeared. I couldn't find you even when I wanted to. It was only when a fellow disciple told me that you were in seclusion that I gave up."

"I haven't seen you in... a long, long time."

Ning Chen lowered his eyes, his gaze involuntarily resting on Xie Tingyun's eyebrows, and he was silent for a while.

So Xie Tingyun asked again: "Can you give me a chance to make amends? I haven't thanked you properly yet."

He thought for a moment and said, "You have been in seclusion for so long, you probably haven't seen what the world is like now, right? Why don't you go and take a look? The people down the mountain are very warm and welcoming."

Ning Chen stared at Xie Tingyun but still said nothing.

After a while, Xie Tingyun took the lead in looking away, trying his best to pretend not to be nervous, and whispered: "You don't like it? Well, how about I take you to see the weapons warehouse in the sect? There are magic weapons that Master has collected for half a lifetime, maybe there will be something that you like, just take it if you like it, and leave the rest to me - are you going?"

Ningchen "..."

Ning stared at Xie Tingyun with complicated eyes, and whispered: "I'm sorry, I was a little slow to react just now. It's just a simple effort, there's no need to be like this."

Xie Tingyun said with a little regret: "Really not going? There are many precious magical instruments there. I think you will like them very much."

He looked up at the darkening sky and said, "Let's do it another day. It's getting late now. But is it okay for you to run out of the torture hall like this?"

Xie Tingyun didn't take it seriously.

If you escape punishment, the worst that can happen is that the penalty will be doubled next time. It’s just kneeling, nothing else. It’s very simple.

Moreover, he could even take anything he liked from his master's treasure house. How could there be any problem with that?

Ning Chen tried to hold back, but couldn't help it, and asked in a low voice: "Is this how you treat people who have done you a favor?"

Xie Tingyun was stunned.

He had not expected Ning Chen to ask this question. He was a little surprised and indeed a little guilty, so he said hesitantly: "...Of course it depends on the person. You should repay the favor you have received, right?"

Ning Chen nodded: "That's right - so, you are repaying a drop of kindness with a spring of water?"

Xie Tingyun cleared his throat and said, "Yes."

Ning Chen became even more unhappy.

At that time, Ma Jia drove away the high-ranking fellow disciples who were bullying Xie Tingyun behind his back, and it was even Ma Jia who did it secretly!

The original owner manipulated the vest to do bad things and then came to save the beauty as a hero. He just blocked a stone for Xie Tingyun, but he was treated like this by Xie Tingyun?

Xie Tingyun didn't have such an attitude towards him!

Ning Shen felt unbalanced at the thought that such a small favor could be repaid with such a generous gesture from Xie Tingyun.

Ning Chen fed him elixirs and went into the water to rescue people and rings. After several days of hard work, Xie Tingyun finally changed his hostile attitude towards him to a gentle one.

Can this vest get such treatment just for blocking a stone?

No wonder Xie Tingyun is so easy to deceive!

Ning Chen refused to admit that his subtle possessiveness towards Xie Tingyun was playing tricks on him again.

...No matter who comes, no one will be happy!

Is it because Ning Chen is his old enemy that Xie Tingyun treats him specially?

Xie Tingyun was keenly aware that Ning Shen was not in a good mood. He was obviously at a loss and asked blankly, "...You don't like it?"

At this point, Xie Tingyun pursed his lips and whispered, "Sorry, I don't know, I just think you deserve it. Do I bother you?"

"..." Ning Chen felt even more painful.

He gritted his teeth for a long while, and managed to speak in a normal tone, saying with a look of regret: "Master, brother, it's just a small favor, why do you look like you want to repay it with your own body? It's worth it, how is it worth it?"

Xie Tingyun got nervous and misheard. He turned around and asked, "Do you want me to...?"

However, he hesitated for a long time, and finally whispered: "Can't we change to something else? If it really doesn't work... I, I need some time."

Xie Tingyun was somewhat unable to utter those four words, as this obviously challenged Xie Tingyun's values ​​and the gentlemanly etiquette he had been taught since childhood.

A sense of strangeness finally flashed through Xie Tingyun's confused mind. He always felt that Ning Chen would not make such a request.

Xie Tingyun didn't know much about matters between men. In the past, some people had said many malicious and obscene things to him because of his face, but without exception, they were all beaten back by Xie Tingyun with a single blow of his sword. From then on, no one dared to mention such things in front of him again.

If it was anyone else, Xie Tingyun would have struck him with his sword long ago, but the person standing in front of him was the one he had finally found.

That tranquility that is always casual and sharp and will never bow to anyone.

Being able to make such a request, could it be that he was being abducted? Or... the person in front of him was an imposter.

Xie Tingyun felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water over his head, and his breathing suddenly stopped.

Ning Chen: “…”

Ning Chen was shocked, and his anger was about to burn through his head: "You really dare to agree?!"

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Well, after the appraisal, it is really peaceful.

Xie Tingyun rarely saw Ning Chen so angry, but he couldn't possibly be mistaken for this look and tone.

Ning Chen held his throbbing forehead, and said in a terrifying tone like a demon: "What I meant is, it's just a small favor, why do you look like you want to sell yourself? I didn't ask you to repay me with your body!"

Xie Tingyun breathed a sigh of relief: "... Yeah. Sorry, I misheard."

Ning Chen didn't believe it at all, so he stepped forward and grabbed Xie Tingyun's jaw, forcing him to raise his head. He threatened in a low voice, "Tell me, if someone wants you to do something dirty like selling your body in exchange for a favor, what will you do?"

Xie Tingyun's expression turned cold, and he said, "I won't let him go."

Ning Chen finally felt that he had calmed down and said with satisfaction, "That's right."

Xie Tingyun also realized that he had really misheard just now, and he relaxed. At this time, Xie Tingyun also felt that his attempt to understand and agree was a little inappropriate, so he awkwardly said: "I will not agree to such an unpleasant request from others. Believe me."

Ning Chen frowned, and finally grasped the point: "What do you mean you won't agree to such a request from others? Doesn't that mean you won't agree to anyone?"

Then, Ning Chen realized that this vest seemed very special and important to Xie Tingyun, so his face darkened again, staring into Xie Tingyun's eyes and threatening him fiercely: "Tell me, if it was me who asked you to sell your body as a reward, what would you do?"

Ning Chen fully understood what it meant for the bottom line to be lowered again and again.

Just now he was still secretly unhappy because Xie Tingyun treated him differently, but now he has evolved to the point where he just wants Xie Tingyun not to be so easily deceived by people with bad intentions.

It didn't matter that Ning Chen was treated differently, but if Xie Tingyun dared to agree to such a request, Ning Chen would be the first to go to his so-called benefactor and beat him to death by pinning him to the ground.

As for Xie Tingyun...Xie Tingyun was so easy to deceive, just bring him back and give him a good scolding.

The threat in Ning Chen's eyes was so obvious that it was about to overflow, as if he would leap like a shark if Xie Tingyun dared to say a good word.

Xie Tingyun felt his heart soften involuntarily.

Why is he still like this?

But... fortunately he remains the same.

Xie Tingyun sighed softly and said with a soft look in his eyes, "I know you won't do that."

After finishing speaking, Xie Tingyun looked at Ning Chen who seemed to have been successfully flattered, and suddenly a bit of evil thoughts emerged in his mind.

Xie Tingyun said: "But if you say so, I..."

Ning calmly reached out and covered Xie Tingyun's mouth, almost going crazy: "Shut up."