The Lost Crystal Card
Xue Mo put her hands on her hips and stared icily at Chen Guangfa. When Chen Guangfa whispered in her ear, her eyes visibly widened.
She turned and looked at Chen Guangfa. When she saw his expression, she frowned and walked to a corner.
"Senior Apprentice Sister, look …."
Behind Xue Mo, Chen Guangfa revealed his bald head and said softly, "Don't worry.
"This is the target of our academy's high-level mission, Li Cheng. He's a fourth-stage sky supreme with over twenty subordinates. Although he's not a member of the bandits' gang, he's still a relatively famous bandit. If I'm not mistaken, the others he's tied up are probably his accomplices. "
Chen Guangfa spoke carefully, then licked his lips.
"We really did make a mistake."
Instantly, the tavern fell so silent that even the drop of a pin could be heard.
Xue Mo rubbed her lips uncomfortably. Her clear eyes brimmed with indescribable awkwardness.
Chen Guangfa didn't need to tell her; she knew they'd made a mistake.
Li Cheng had been on the academy's mission board for almost a year now. How could she possibly not recognize him? When she thought back to what the person who'd asked her to do, it really had been a group of people who'd taken over the tavern, not just one person.
It was all her fault for running into him just now. He'd just happened to be tidying up the treasures on the table, so she'd subconsciously mistaken him for a bandit.
Of course, Xue Mo wasn't the type to take responsibility for her mistakes.
Now that she knew she'd wronged him, she immediately put on an apologetic expression and bowed deeply.
"I'm sorry, I missed you. This person is on our Skyspan Academy's bounty. Since you took care of him, why don't you come with me back to the academy to receive your reward? When the time comes, I'll play host and apologize to you. "
With that, she deliberately put on a gentle smile and nodded at Ye Zichen.
"You're crazy."
Ye Zichen rolled his eyes viciously, then turned and left the tavern.
Xue Mo froze in place, as if she'd been petrified. She watched helplessly as Ye Zichen left. After a while, she came to her senses and flung her arms.
The temperature in the tavern suddenly dropped, and the biting cold wind mixed with ice and snow wreaked havoc.
Beside him, Chen Guangfa did not even dare to breathe loudly. He could only silently circulate his divine power to resist the cold.
"What are you acting all high and mighty about?"
After a while, when the tavern was covered in a layer of frost, Xue Mo spat with an annoyed expression.
The chill in the tavern receded considerably. Chen Guangfa, who was bitterly resisting the cold, carefully glanced at Xue Mo's expression, then gulped.
"Senior Sister, what should we do with these people?"
"What else can we do? Capture them and bring them to the academy."
When Chen Guangfa heard this, he hurriedly got to work. Xue Mo, on the other hand, watched Ye Zichen leave with a frosty expression.
At that moment, Xue Mo saw a flash of silver.
Ye Zichen took a closer look and saw a crystal card lying on the chair where Ye Zichen had been sitting.
"Ye Zichen."
This crystal card was none other than the one Huang Yang had warned Ye Zichen over and over again not to lose it.
"Who is the lunatic here, not even taking care of the crystal card properly?"
Xue Mo pinched the edge of her crystal card and walked outside. By now, Ye Zichen was nowhere to be seen.
"Senior Sister, should we go back to the academy now or leave tomorrow morning?"
Baldy and the others had all disappeared from the tavern. If there were no surprises, they should have been kept into Chen Guangfa's Spatial Divine Tool.
Chen Guangfa's gaze fell on the crystal card in Xue Mo's hand. He leaned over and glanced at it.
"Isn't that the person just now?"
Chen Guangfa exclaimed in astonishment.
The importance of a crystal card in the Divine Mountain was second only to the person's life. If he lost it, he would have no way of establishing himself in the God Realm.
But not long after, Chen Guangfa shouted again.
"Senior apprentice-sister, look at the date he arrived at the Divine Mountain."
Xue Mo was still trying to figure out what to do with the crystal card. When she heard Chen Guangfa's shout, she glanced at it again.
Not long after, she froze. She stared at the date and confirmed it several times.
"The date is today?"
"To be precise, it should be yesterday. It has already passed Ling Chen," Chen Guangfa said.
"…"
Silence.
How was that possible?
If the date on the crystal card really was when Ye Zichen ascended, how could he have subdued Li Cheng?
No, that wasn't entirely possible!
When she'd fought Ye Zichen, several peerless experts had suddenly appeared in the tavern.
It was entirely possible that he was a descendant of some great family clan, and those experts had been protecting him from the shadows. When Li Cheng wanted to do something bad to him, those experts appeared and suppressed him.
But if he was someone from the Divine Mountains, then the crystal card shouldn't have been yesterday. It should have been given to him the moment he was born.
But if he were an ascender, there shouldn't be experts protecting him, right?
Xue Mo felt like her brain had run out of steam. No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't come up with a logical explanation for the experts' appearance or the date on the crystal card.
"Senior apprentice-sister?" Chen Guangfa interrupted her train of thought.
"What did you just say?" Xue Mo suppressed her confusion and said, "I said …. What should we do now?
I said …. What should we do now? Should we wait here for him to return, or should we just go back to the academy? "
"Of course we should wait here. If he loses his crystal card, how can he establish himself on the Divine Mountains?"
"But the academy only gave us three days off, and in a few days, it'll be time for new students. Don't forget …. You made a bet with Sun Jialing this time. "
As she said this, Xue Mo's eyes flashed with hesitation.
Sun Jialing was in the same batch as her, but Sun Jialing opposed her in every way. A few days ago, the two of them had made a bet about who could recruit the most new members for their respective societies.
As for the punishment for the loser, it was rather childish ….
Whoever lost would have to stand naked in the academy grounds for an hour.
At first, Xue Mo disdained making a bet with Sun Jialing. After all, no matter what, her society's chances of winning were lower than Sun Jialing's.
But that woman had pushed her too far, forcing her into a corner. In the end, she agreed.
Of course, whether it was because of her pride or because of the punishment, she had to win!
By now, there were already ascenders hurrying to Skyspan City. Quite a few student societies were mobilizing new students. For Xue Mo, who had made a bet, this period of time was especially important.
But when she thought about the crystal card in her hand ….
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