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Chapter 212 Class
Chapter 212 Class
"So that's how it is!"
"So what do you think?" Bai Ke asked, looking at his disciple who still looked incredulous.
"In that case, what should we do when we get back? Now that the elder knows what we went to do, should we act as if nothing happened when we get back?"
"No! Not only can we not pretend nothing happened, but we must also go back and apologize to the elders!"
"Huh? Senior Brother, why is that? Didn't you say that the Elder knew everything about our operation? Why do you want to go back and apologize now?"
"Since the elders are aware of this and are turning a blind eye, clearly indicating they're not going to get involved, why should we do this?" The disciple asked, still looking puzzled, after hearing Bai Ke's words.
"Are you really stupid?!" At this moment, Bai Ke gave the disciple a hard flick on the forehead. The disciple cried out in pain, clutching his head and looking at Bai Ke with a pitiful expression.
"Senior brother, I just don't understand. Can you explain it to me? What if I don't understand the intricacies of this and accidentally let it slip when we get back?"
Seeing his pitiful appearance, Bai Ke rolled his eyes at him and then explained, "The elders know about our robbery of the spirit stone vault in Mo Yun Kingdom, but we didn't know that the elders knew about it!"
Therefore, in order to show that we are of high quality and that we felt guilty for doing this without the elder's knowledge, we must apologize to the elder when we return.
That way, the elder will think, "Yes, we are a group of honest disciples, not disciples who can secretly do things behind his back."
Since the elder has tacitly approved of our actions, it proves that he will not blame us; at most, he will reprimand us.
So we don't need to worry. We can just go back and explain the matter to him directly.
It would be best to offer the elder some spirit stones as an apology, which would also earn us a good impression and benefit our training trip. Why not kill two birds with one stone?
"Oh, I see... Senior brother, I understand now. We'll all listen to you, hehe!" The other disciples also looked enlightened.
And so, Bai Ke gave his fellow apprentices a lesson in conspiracy theories.
The group walked along the mountain path on their way back, bathed in warm sunlight. Wildflowers of various colors bloomed brilliantly by the roadside, attracting several butterflies that flitted among them.
Several butterflies noticed the approaching people and immediately fluttered away towards the distant flower bushes. A gentle breeze blew, and everything was so beautiful.
As Bai Ke walked along, he looked at the happy and joyful expressions on his disciples' faces and couldn't help but feel a little happy himself.
Actually, the reason he didn't tell his disciples earlier, and why they had to go back and confess to the elder first, was that they had robbed the spirit stone vault of Mo Yun Kingdom and obtained so many spirit stones.
If we don't try to curry favor with that elder, and if this matter is later discovered, he can't just deny everything and distance himself from the situation, leaving us to take all the blame!
Only if they are honest with the elder and hand over some spirit stones to show their sincerity and remorse will the elder accept their spirit stones and be bound to them on the same rope.
They have no worries that the elder will report them or punish them. On the contrary, if someone discovers this, the elder will not only not stand aside, but will also help them cover it up.
Hmph, the spirit stones they worked so hard to bring back aren't so easy to accept.
The reason I didn't tell the disciples these things earlier was probably because I didn't want them to be exposed to these darker aspects so soon. The lesson I gave them earlier was enough for them to process for a while.
"Sigh, spending so much time with these disciples has made me a bit soft-hearted towards them. However, I'm not a kind person, and being so soft-hearted and compassionate isn't my style."
"I'm actually the main villain here!" Thinking this, Bai Ke smiled slightly and quickened his pace forward.
An hour later, Bai Ke and his group finally returned to the inn where the elder was staying. As soon as they entered, they saw the elder sitting in the hall, drinking tea and waiting for them.
The disciples were taken aback, and those who felt guilty exchanged glances. Bai Ke was the first to react, continuing to walk up to the elder, bowing respectfully and saying, "Elder!"
The elder hummed in response. Then, he slowly put down his teacup, looked up at Bai Ke, and asked, "Where did you and your group just go?"
"Reporting to the elder, the disciples have just gone to the spirit stone vault of Moke Territory in Moyun Kingdom."
"Oh? What brings you there?" the elder continued to ask unhurriedly.
"The disciples were rash, please punish us, Elder!" Bai Ke said, bowing again. The disciples behind him saw this and quickly followed suit.
"Judging from your formation, what exactly happened? What did you do at the spirit stone vault in Namoko?"
Upon hearing the elder's question, a disciple behind Bai Ke immediately replied, "Elder, since we left Moyun Kingdom to escort Li Mu, we have been repeatedly assassinated and poisoned by the Moyun Kingdom along the way."
During this period, the disciples didn't even get a proper rest, so they were all holding their breath.
Knowing that the Mo Yun Kingdom had a spirit stone vault nearby, the disciples wanted to vent their anger by robbing a batch of spirit stones from the Mo Yun Kingdom's spirit stone vault.
We can get more spirit stones and teach the ruler of Moyun Kingdom a lesson at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.
The disciples just went to Namo to collect the spirit stone vault... that's why we're back late. However, we did manage to steal a batch of spirit stones, and we even got a portion for you, Elder.”
As the disciple spoke, he took out a storage bag from behind him and handed it to the elder.
The elder glanced at the bag, coughed lightly, and said uncomfortably, "Foolish! Who gave you permission to do such audacious things!"
You are all disciples of the Tian Ce Palace, and each of you represents the face of the Tian Ce Palace as you come out for training. To go there so rashly and have your identities recognized by the guards is unthinkable.
Wouldn't that add another layer of resentment between Tian Ce Palace and Mo Yun Kingdom?
"When the Mo Yun Kingdom comes to our Tian Ce Palace demanding an explanation, can you bear the consequences?!" As he spoke, the elder excitedly slapped the table beside him.
At this moment, Bai Ke suddenly spoke up, smiling as he said to the elder beside him, "Elder, don't worry, we went blindfolded when we went to rob those spirit stones."
The clothes we wore were ordinary and unmarked, so the soldiers of the Mo Yun Kingdom wouldn't recognize us, much less cause trouble for our Tian Ce Palace.