We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real?

Chapter 473: What Does It Have to Do with Us?

The elder protectorʼs accusatory voice reached everyoneʼs ears.

Xiao Mo glanced calmly at the elder protector, then turned back to Tushan Jingci. ”Young Miss, this matter is mine to answer for. It has nothing to do with the Young Miss. I will handle it.”

With those words, Xiao Mo moved to step forward but Tushan Jingci immediately spread her arms wide and blocked his path.

”Xiao Mo, you are mine! Whatever happens to you is my business too. How can you say it has nothing to do with me?”

Tushan Jingci puffed her cheeks indignantly, then turned around like a little hen shielding Xiao Mo behind her, and spoke to the elder protectors with complete righteous indignation.

”My Xiao Mo is not the kind of person who picks fights without reason!”

”It must be your book attendants who did something outrageous first!”

”If anyone should be apologizing, it is you!”

”And besides, four of your book attendants could not even beat my Xiao Mo. Have you no shame?”

”Shameless!”
”Humph!”

With that last word, Tushan Jingci pulled a face and stuck her tongue out at them.

”...”

Being mocked by Tushan Jingci, the faces of the several elder protectors cycled between green and purple.

They wanted to lose their tempers but setting aside who this child was, getting angry at a six or seven-year-old little girl as men who were over a thousand years old would be far too beneath their dignity and just as the two sides found themselves at a standoff, the enforcement officer from the Hanshan Academyʼs Hall of Enforcement finally arrived.

Following the Hall of Enforcement cultivator was Teacher Xianxichun of the Qianxue Study Hall, who was Tushan Jingci and the othersʼ own teacher.

”What is the situation here?”

The Hall of Enforcementʼs officer, Jiang Feng, frowned and looked at everyone gathered.

Wang Zhong was about to speak first and try to twist the account in his favor, but Teacher Xian waved a hand to silence him and looked toward the young human girl standing behind Tushan Jingciʼs side.

”You speak. What exactly happened?”

”In reply to Teacher, this girlʼs surname is Liu, given name Shui, a young woman from Liu Family Village at the foot of the mountain. When the academy took on miscellaneous female workers not long ago, this girl was fortunate enough to be selected and has since been earning her keep here.”

The girl named Liu Shui said, trembling.

”Today this girl was ordered to come to the pill chamber to dry some herbs. The moment I arrived at the summit, I encountered these young masters. This girl walked around them to give way, but they surrounded me and deliberately walked into me, then claimed that I had run into them and threatened to throw a stone at my head.”

”It was only thanks to this young master coming out just then that this girl escaped without harm.”

As Liu Shui spoke, she knelt before Teacher Xian, crying as she bowed her head to the ground. ”This girl never had the slightest intention of offending any of the demon lords. If punishment must be given, it has nothing to do with this young master. I ask the honored one to investigate clearly.”

Listening to Liu Shuiʼs account, Xian Xichunʼs brow furrowed. He extended a hand to gently assist the girl, and a breeze of scholarly wind swept through, steadying the girlʼs head and slowly helping her to her feet.

”Is what this young lady says true or false?” Xian Xichun looked coldly at the demon book attendants. ”Do not lie to me. I can invoke the Hall of Enforcementʼs treasure to see the full course of events that occurred here.”

Chen Jue and the others, along with their family attendants, all turned to look at the book attendants as well.

”Young master, spare us! Teacher, spare us! We were blinded by folly. We beg you, young master, Teacher, spare our lives!”

These book attendants were only about two years older than Xiao Mo. How could they endure pressure of this magnitude? Their psychological defenses collapsed entirely, and they immediately dropped to their knees begging for mercy.

Teacher Xian looked toward the attendants of the Celestial Demon Kingdom, Thunder Roar Sect, and the other factions, and spoke. ”Fellow cultivators, you are well aware of our Hanshan Academyʼs rules. Your disciples have broken those rules. I trust you all know what ought to be done.”

”We understand, naturally.” The several attendants clasped their hands in a bow. ”This incident will absolutely never happen again.”

”Very well. The matter is concluded.” The Hall of Enforcement officer Jiang Feng flicked his sleeve. ”As for the compensation owed to this young lady, handle it according to the rules. Everyone disperse.”

The Hall of Enforcement had spoken its final word. Xiao Mo and the others had nothing further to say, though the result was at least a reasonable one.

”Thank you, Officer Jiang, and thank you, Elder Brother of the Hall of Enforcement. Then Xiao Mo and I will take our leave.”

Assured that the matter was settled, Tushan Jingci gave a proper bow and quickly pulled Xiao Mo back toward the courtyard to have his injuries treated.

Chen Jue and the others had no face left to continue standing there, and immediately took their companions and left.

As for Liu Shui, having come through the ordeal in one piece, she still had to go to the pill chamber to dry the herbs.

Very soon, only Xian Xichun and Jiang Feng remained on the summit.

”Did you see that just now?”

Jiang Feng walked to his friendʼs side.

Both of them were looking in the direction Xiao Mo and Tushan Jingci had left.

”I did.” Xian Xichun gave a nod. ”At such a young age, to already be at the peak of Qi Refinement, and to take on four opponents at once without breaking a sweat, he is truly no ordinary child.”

”But most importantly, the cultivation method he practices...” Jiang Feng shook his head. ”Who would have thought that the Mount Tu residence would give ʼThe Great Dream of the Yellow Milletʼ to a human male? Do you understand what that implies?”

”That is the Mount Tu residenceʼs own affair. What does it matter to us, even if we know?” Xian Xichun glanced at his friend and said with a smile.

”And besides, in both great wars between humans and demons, the Demon Realm was utterly crushed both times. What right do we have to look down on humans?”

Xian Xichun swept his sleeve behind him, clasped his hands at his back, and walked forward. His voice carried through the mountain air without the slightest care for who might hear.

”It is only that here in the Demon Realm, demon folk have grown accustomed to throwing their weight around because of their greater numbers. That is all there is to it.”

In the side courtyard where the First Prince of the Celestial Demon Kingdom resided, a book attendant knelt on the ground trembling violently, not daring to lift his head.

Chen Jue also stood beside the book attendant, bent at the waist in a bow, his posture not straightening for a long time and seated before the book attendant was the ruler of the Celestial Demon Kingdom, Chen Bing.

”I chose a rather inopportune moment to arrive. I had only just reached the Hanshan Academy, intending to check on Jue and examine his studies, when an elder from the Academyʼs Hall of Enforcement immediately came to report to me.”

Chen Bing took a sip of tea, set down the cup, and looked at book attendant Wang Zhong with cold eyes.

”Tell me. Why did you go looking for trouble with that Young Miss of Mount Tuʼs book attendant?”

Although Chen Bing was questioning the book attendant, it was Chen Jue who tensed, his fists tightening, cold sweat beginning to bead at his forehead.

”In, in reply to Your Majesty, this servant is entirely at fault. This servant broke the academyʼs rules. Please forgive this servant.”

Wang Zhong knocked his head against the floor again and again. Blood was flowing from his forehead and streaming down both sides of his face.

”Still keeping silent?”

Chen Bing looked at Wang Zhong.

A thin, gentle thread of Immortal realm pressure settled upon Wang Zhong, no less heavy than an entire mountain.

Wang Zhongʼs entire body was suddenly pinned flat against the ground, unable to move an inch. Cracks even appeared in the floor beneath him.

”Your Majesty... mercy, mercy...”

Wang Zhong pleaded without stopping.

Chen Bing stepped down from his chair and looked at Wang Zhong with cold eyes.

”Do not think that simply because I have recently made much use of your father that I would not kill you.”

”I am asking you one final time. Why did you go after Tushan Jingciʼs book attendant?”