Yun Yi had been paying attention to Yun Yan's situation. When she noticed that Yun Yan's face was as black as the bottom of a pot after turning the page, she didn't think much of it and leaned over to look at him.
After reading the words above, Yun's lips twitched slightly.
There were two lines of text on it, one large and one small.
The larger text reads: Author: Nonsense. Only eight characters.
The smaller line of text contained a few more words, forming a rather long sentence: "This is a fabrication by the author. If you wish to use it, please ensure your own safety first."
This introduction clearly wasn't a serious book. Yun Yan endured it for a while, but finally managed to suppress the urge to throw it back to Yun Twenty-Five, and turned a few more pages.
Sure enough, when I turned to the sixth page, I saw the whale apologizing, accompanied by an illustration. The person was indeed a person, and the whale was indeed a whale.
Yun Yan was completely speechless.
Looking at his men, who were now a perfect replica of themselves, he couldn't help but wonder if it was because he was stupid enough to have chosen this group of guards, or if the guards were just plain foolish enough to copy this bizarre book verbatim.
But regardless of the type, the intelligence of these guards is worrying.
They wanted to kick these people out, but they were all secret guards carefully trained and cultivated by the Yun family, who had spent a lot of money, resources, and effort on them.
Although the Yun family is the richest, they don't spend money like this.
Moreover, although these people are somewhat dim-witted, their strength and cultivation are truly remarkable, and they are extremely loyal to him.
Over the years, I have suffered a lot to protect him, but apart from this one time, I have never put him in any dangerous situation before.
Thinking of this, Yun Yan took a deep breath and finally suppressed his plan to kick them all out.
However, he had already made up his mind that when he returned this time, he would hire ten or eight tutors for these guards, and no matter what, he would cure their illiteracy and lack of common sense.
Having figured all this out, Yun Yan's expression returned to its usual blankness. He tossed the book to Yun Yi and added, "When we get back, you'll all be sent to the punishment hall to receive your punishments."
He turned and went back to his room, no longer looking at them; just one look at them gave him a headache.
The guards, upon hearing that they would have to go back to receive punishment, all wilted.
With their heads drooping, they untied the whale they were carrying and then all looked at Yun Twenty-Five, as if waiting for him to make another decision, which made everyone's mouths twitch.
Yun Twenty-Five was also a bit dim-witted; he didn't notice anything amiss, dropped the whale on his back, and started resting his chin on his hands, pretending to be deep in thought.
He instinctively reached for the book, only to realize that the young master hadn't returned it to him; his book was still in Yun Yi's hands.
So, Yun Twenty-Five stopped pretending to be profound, put his hands down abruptly, and ran quickly towards Yun Yi.
He ran to Yun Yi's side, and without saying a word, immediately grabbed his leg and started wailing, "Boss, boss, my book is still in your hands, can you give it back to me?"
After saying that, he fawned over Yun by massaging her legs, looking extremely ingratiating.
Yun Yi, however, did not accept this. With a forceful movement, he shook the person off and pulled his leg back.
Undeterred, Yun Twenty-Five quickly rushed back, clinging tightly to Yun Yi's leg and wailing, "Boss, boss, please give me back the book! I really need it; it's so important to me."
Yun glanced at him: "How important?"
Yun Twenty-Five: "It's extremely important. I spent a month's allowance to buy it." In reality, it only cost ten low-grade spirit stones. He said it was expensive in order to get the book back.
Yun Yi's expression was unreadable: "Is that so?"
Yun Twenty-Five nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, boss, please give it back to me." As he spoke, he looked at Yun Yi with pitiful eyes.
Then, Yun Yi looked at Yun Ershiwu and smiled. Yun Ershiwu thought there was hope of getting the book back, so he also grinned foolishly.
The next moment, he suffered a severe blow.
Yun Yi quickly suppressed his smile and, right in front of Yun Twenty-Five, condensed his fire elemental power, burning the book to ashes.
That wasn't all. Seeing Yun Twenty-Five's dumbfounded expression, he coldly added, "Yun Twenty-Five will be fined two months' salary, and the rest of you will each be fined one month's salary."
After saying that, he didn't wait for anyone's reaction and turned to leave, leaving a group of guards standing there looking at each other in bewilderment.
Of course, there were also Shushu and Longyin's group of spectators, who had certainly broadened their horizons today.
Then, after a while of looking at each other in bewilderment, and seemingly unable to come up with an answer, the group of Yun family guards turned their pleading eyes to Shushu and his group.
As the self-proclaimed wise man, Yun Twenty-Five was the first to step forward, timidly asking, "Fellow Daoists, could you please help me resolve this question?"
Dear fellow Daoists, Shushu, Luli, Xu Ruoyun, Fu Ziang, Tutu, Longyin, and Longyi, what should I do if there are some questions I don't really want to answer for them?
However, in the end, Shushu still spoke up: "Fellow Daoist Yun Twenty-Five, do you think it's possible that the 'thorn' in 'bearing thorns to plead guilty' is not the 'whale' in 'whale'?"
Yun Twenty-Five was still completely bewildered: "Not the whale as in whale?"
Shushu nodded, and Yun Ershiwu pressed on, "Which whale was that?"
Xu Ruoyun forced a reply: "The 'Jing' in 'Jingtiao' (荆条)!" Tutu even took out a sprig of thorny branch and waved it in front of the Yun family guards.
Instantly, all the guards' faces showed shock, disbelief, and disbelief.
Yun Twenty-Five, who came up with the idea, was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
Stiffly, he looked at the brambles, then at the whale, then back at the brambles, and finally back at the whale, his expression beginning to crack.
Finally, a deafening wail pierced the sky: "Damn it, you lied to me! My ten low-grade spirit stones!"
"Wrong," Fu Ziang stopped him, meeting Yun Twenty-Five's gaze, and added precisely, "To be more precise, it was ten low-grade spirit stones, plus two months' salary, which Yun Yi just fined."
Alright, this time Yun Twenty-Five wasn't just wailing, he actually burst into tears.
Not only him, but even the group of guards behind him remembered this.
Then, the number of people crying increased from one to a whole group.
Shushu and the others really didn't want to listen to the nagging, so they exchanged a glance and left together.
Not long after they left, Yun Yan and Yun Yi, unable to bear the disturbance any longer, slammed the door of the spirit artifact house shut and activated the soundproof array as well.
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