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This person's name is Zhao Fengming, and he is the prized student of the peak master of the neighboring Qingyun Peak.

Lin Zhixu: [Why did he harbor malice towards the protagonist?]

System: [Back then, he desperately wanted to become Yan Lingcang's disciple, but Yan Lingcang didn't accept students. His family tried everything, but couldn't get him in through connections. Therefore, he settled for someone else.]

Originally, Yan Lingcang had agreed not to accept disciples, meaning all beings should be treated equally, and he wouldn't accept anyone. He never expected Luo Yiyan to become the exception, so naturally, he felt jealous.

Lin Zhixu understood; wasn't this the classic scenario of "I can accept that you don't love me, but I can't accept that you love someone else"?

Zhao Fengming led Lin Zhixu forward, not stopping along the way: "Junior brother looks unfamiliar, you're not from Wucang Peak, are you?"

"Yes, I'm from Qiyue Peak."

"Qiyue Peak?" Zhao Fengming paused, turned around, and asked with a subtle look in his eyes, "The Qiyue Peak of Immortal Venerable Feng Heng?"

Lin Zhixu nodded.

A hint of undisguised surprise flashed in Zhao Fengming's eyes. He looked him up and down again before continuing forward: "Immortal Venerable Fengheng never accepts disciples. This year is unusual, as he and Immortal Venerable Wucang made an exception. Junior Brother, you must have extraordinary abilities to have caught Immortal Venerable Fengheng's eye."

"Just lucky," Lin Zhixu replied casually.

"Junior brother is too modest," Zhao Fengming smiled. "By the way, may I ask your surname, junior brother?"

"My surname is Lin, Lin Zhixu."

"So it's Junior Brother Lin." Zhao Fengming's attitude suddenly became a bit indifferent.

Lin Zhixu wondered to himself, "What, did he also want to become Yu Linzhou's disciple?"

System: [Yes. Yu Linzhou is as famous as Yan Lingcang. Unable to become Yan Lingcang's disciple, he turned to Yu Linzhou. Unfortunately, neither of them accepts disciples.]

This year, however, the two people who never take on apprentices made an exception.

After learning that Lin Zhixu was Yu Linzhou's apprentice, Zhao Fengming's attitude turned cold, and he didn't say a word the rest of the way.

The two soon arrived at Luo Yiyan's residence.

Before I even stepped inside, I could hear a noisy argument coming from inside.

Lin Zhixu frowned and quickly walked inside.

Zhao Fengming followed behind him, a slight, almost imperceptible smile playing on his lips.

In the courtyard, Luo Yiyan was surrounded by a group of people. Her back was ramrod straight, her eyes were red, but she stubbornly pursed her lips: "I said this is mine! Why should I give it to you!"

The leader was an arrogant young man, dressed significantly more luxuriously than the others. He crossed his arms and sneered, "What do you mean, 'your stuff'? I say this is clearly mine. Where would a poor mortal like you get such fine things?"

Lin Zhixu walked a few steps to Luo Yiyan's side and whispered, "What happened?"

When Luo Yiyan saw him, she paused for a moment, as if she had found someone to lean on. Her eyes suddenly reddened even more, and her voice trembled with grievance: "Zhixu... why are you here?"

"Just came to see you." Lin Zhixu glanced around at the disciples. "Let's put that aside for now. What's going on? What are they trying to do?"

Luo Yiyan took out a jade pendant. "They want this. It's a protective magic item that my master gave me, but they insist that I stole it and they want me to hand it over."

Lin Zhixu frowned: "Since this jade pendant was given to you by Immortal Venerable Wucang, why not just let Immortal Venerable Wucang claim it?"

The leading youth scoffed, "Who doesn't know that Immortal Venerable Wucang is in seclusion? You think you can disturb his seclusion for something so trivial? How many heads do you have to lose?"

Lin Zhixu said "tsk" in his heart: [System, who is this kid opposite? So deserving of a beating? 】

System: [Chu Yuxiu, the young master of the Chu family, one of the four great families in the cultivation world. His father is an elder of Wucang Peak.]

Lin Zhixu understood.

Another person with connections.

This place is truly a place where you can find a young master every five steps and a young lord every three steps.

People like him and Luo Yiyan, who have no background, are seen as lowly ants by outsiders.

However, since these ants, whom no one had ever paid any attention to before, had actually become disciples of the immortal venerable ones they had always dreamed of, they naturally found them extremely displeasing.

Zhao Fengming stepped forward, frowned slightly upon seeing this, and gently advised, "Junior Brother Chu, why be so aggressive? Junior Brother Luo, as Master Wucang's personal disciple, would surely disdain such a thing as theft."

Chu Yuxiu and Zhao Fengming were clearly acquainted, and upon hearing this, Chu Yuxiu's expression immediately darkened: "Senior Brother Zhao, you've only known him for a few days, yet you're already so protective of him? Do you think I'm framing him?"

Zhao Fengming smiled helplessly, maintaining the demeanor of a true gentleman: "Of course not. It's just that I think there might be some misunderstanding between the two junior brothers."

Lin Zhixu silently rolled his eyes in his mind: Load the cargo.

"What misunderstanding could there be?" Chu Yuxiu sneered. "Is it really such a coincidence that my jade pendant was just lost, and he suddenly has an identical one in his hand?"

"Why can't they be the same?" Lin Zhixu said calmly. "Is this jade pendant unique to you?"

Chu Yuxiu choked.

This jade pendant wasn't actually unique to him.

However, this jade pendant is also very precious. It is a high-grade earth-level magic artifact, and as far as he knows, only each elder and peak master has one.

He begged his father for a long time before he finally got one.

He absolutely refused to believe that Yan Lingcang would be willing to give Luo Yiyan such a precious thing so soon after he entered the sect.

Chu Yuxiu questioned, "You claim this jade pendant is yours, but what proof do you have?"

Luo Yiyan was stunned for a moment. It was just a jade pendant. They all looked the same. What evidence could it possibly have?

Lin Zhixu asked in a low voice, "Didn't you perform a blood oath?"

Luo Yiyan shook his head and said, "Only Heaven-level or higher or some special magic artifacts can be bound to a master by blood, but this jade pendant is only Earth-level and has a limited number of uses, so it cannot be bound to a master."

That would be difficult.

However, when in doubt, consult the system first.

[System, do you know whose jade pendant this is?]

System: [It's definitely Luo Yiyan's! How could the protagonist be a thief?! Are you questioning the protagonist's character?!]

The system was probably genuinely angered by Lin Zhixu's questioning of the protagonist, and it was unusual for it to be a little angry.

Lin Zhixu: [...Of course I don't doubt Luo Yiyan's character. Okay, sorry, I asked the wrong question. Let me rephrase it: Do you know where Chu Yuxiu's jade pendant is?]

System: [Wait a moment, let me check.]

Seeing that both of them had fallen silent, Chu Yuxiu suddenly felt emboldened and sneered, "See? You can't produce any evidence either. For the sake of Senior Brother Zhao, return the jade pendant to me, and I won't pursue this matter further."

Luo Yiyan gripped the jade pendant tightly, her eyes resolute: "I can't give it to you. This is originally mine; handing it over would be tantamount to admitting I'm a thief."

Zhao Fengming sighed softly and said earnestly, "Junior Brother Luo, no one is saying you're a thief. But you can't produce any proof, and Junior Brother Chu's jade pendant just happened to be lost at this time. It's too much of a coincidence."

"If you really found it by accident, you should return it to Junior Brother Chu to avoid hurting the harmony between fellow disciples."

Lin Zhixu felt an itch to slap that hypocritical face.

[System, is it ready yet?]