blueteamnovel Chapter 288 - 286: Disappearance
Chapter 288 - 286: Disappearance
Three days later.
Chen Mu was closing his eyes, sensing the Spirit Nourishing Talisman.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man surnamed Sun peeked out from behind the screen, glanced at a few people, then turned to leave.
"Stop right there!" Ai Ji glared at him, "What are you looking at!"
The middle-aged man surnamed Sun walked out from behind the screen, a sheepish smile on his face: "I just wanted to see if anyone here had sneaked away."
Had someone left the practice field halfway again?
Chen Mu couldn’t help but open his eyes.
"Has this happened before?" Lu Ku spoke out.
"In the past year, everyone has been busy with pioneering work; there was no one in the practice field, so there were no incidents," the middle-aged man surnamed Sun said with a bitter smile.
"How many left?" Chen Mu frowned slightly.
"Seven."
...
After sending the middle-aged man away, silence fell inside the cave.
"Have similar issues occurred in the Upper Court’s practice field?" Chen Mu solemnly looked at Lu Ku.
This guy had already cultivated Spiritual Light. He must have been to the Upper Court’s practice field.
Lu Ku’s eyes narrowed slightly: "I haven’t heard of any."
"What is the environment like in the Upper Court’s practice field?" Chen Mu continued to ask, his brows already furrowed.
"Not much better than here," Lu Ku replied, his expression also turning serious.
That meant the issue wasn’t much related to the practice field itself.
Chen Mu stood up from his cushion, walked around the screen, and came to the entrance of the practice cave.
Through the wind and snow, he looked down at the round Cold Moon Pond below.
A wooden plank bridge extended from the shore inward, ending at an octagonal pavilion standing alone in the middle of Cold Moon Pond.
Looking closely, one could vaguely see a figure.
"Director Song is still at Cold Moon Pond. There shouldn’t be any problem, right?" Yu Lin said hesitantly.
The six siblings from Wu Mountain also came to the edge of the cave entrance.
"Hard to say," Chen Mu shook his head.
Could it be that the giant toad had stealthily returned?
Chen Mu’s heart chilled.
Leave the mountain? No way!
Without Director Song’s deterrence below the mountain, it was even more dangerous.
But staying in the practice field didn’t seem safe either.
"This is the tragedy of the weak," Chen Mu sighed to himself.
If he had the cultivation of Song Wujie, he wouldn’t be afraid of anything!
Unfortunately...
Chen Mu glanced at the pavilion once more, then walked back into the cave and sat down on his cushion.
He might have sat down, but his heart was restless.
This uncertainty made him incredibly agitated.
"With so many people in Cold Moon Pond’s practice field, it’s not possible for me to be the only unlucky one, right?" Chen Mu murmured with lifeless eyes.@@@@
"And there are the seven brothers from Wu Mountain in this cave, if there’s a problem, it couldn’t possibly start with me, could it?" Chen Mu tried to comfort himself.
"Even if I’m not willing, there’s nothing I can do." Despondency began to spread in his heart.
"Forget it, let fate decide," he concluded.
After struggling for a long time, Chen Mu had no choice but to close his eyes in resignation.
...
In the middle of Cold Moon Pond.
The octagonal pavilion was covered with white snow, looking like a white hat.
"I saw nothing either!" Discover stories at empire
Chen Mu earnestly explained, trying hard not to look into the other’s eyes.
Fu Zi: "..."
You might as well not have explained at all!
His eyelids drooped instantaneously, and he looked at Chen Mu with a dangerous gaze.
"Who are you? Why are you lingering here and not leaving!" Fu Zi said expressionlessly.
Chen Mu’s expression turned serious. Stepping out of the cave, he clasped his hands together and bowed respectfully, "Lower Courtyard disciple Shang Huan, I’ve seen the great Director Fu."
"The scripture was just too profound, I was entranced and completely lost track of time."
Fu Zi expressionlessly glanced at the scripture in Chen Mu’s hand.
"A Cookbook for Frogs?"
Cough cough!
Chen Mu quickly shut the book and rolled it up in an attempt to cover the cover.
"’Yan Jie’s Cookbook’?"
Fu Zi’s face darkened.
You’re here at night, looking at this?!
Chen Mu kept his composure and said earnestly, "Sorry for disturbing Director Fu, please be forgiving."
"Do you know that experience of being so engrossed in a scripture that you can’t extricate yourself from it?"
"That’s the state I’m in right now!"
Fu Zi’s eyelid twitched.
I’d believe in ghosts before you!
"If I can’t finish this scripture in one go, I definitely won’t be able to sleep tonight," Chen Mu sighed, then immediately praised, "The system of our Scripture Transmission Institute is really good."
"As long as you pay enough, you could stay here till the end of time and no one would mind."
"And if you stay overnight, it’s even half price!"
"I won’t be going back tonight. I feel like enlightenment is right in front of me."
Chen Mu said solemnly, "Please, Director Fu, grant me this favor!"
While saying this, he took out three prepared White Jade coins and presented them to Fu Zi.
Fu Zi: "..."
Enlightenment?
Enlightenment on how to cook a toad?
Overnight?
Who was the damn fool who suggested this rule?
Did I add it myself?
Crap!
I’ll go cross it out later; first, I need to get rid of this troublesome fellow in front of me!
The way I lost my composure can’t be known by anyone!
That’s why I like the Scripture Cave at night, I had my reasons.
Empty, no people... Fu Zi’s right hand clenched into a fist again.
Then he saw Chen Mu turn and shout towards another part of the cave.
"Do you guys even know the rules?!"
"If you want to read here, you have to pay!"
"Hurry up and come out with the money!"
Fu Zi incredulously turned his head to look.
And he saw six figures of varying heights obediently walk out from the cave entrance, appearing before him.
It’s over!
My reputation is utterly ruined!