How come I was the one being targeted?

Seeing Bai Jun nod hesitantly, Jing Yuan didn't ask too many questions, but just emphasized: "Qing Yan, you must have your own difficulties. I understand, but I still hope that you can talk to me when you have any troubles. After all... we are friends."

"Friends...yeah, friends."

Hearing Jing Yuan say this on an equal footing, Bai Jun felt indescribably moved, so he felt it necessary to ask, "So, can you tell me what happened recently?"

"Let me ask you first, how did you know that something happened recently?"

Jing Yuan sat up straight, folded his hands on the table, and looked at Bai Jun curiously.

"If there were nothing going on recently, you wouldn't have been stuck in the office working for more than ten days straight."

"Really, Qingyan, you're always extra sharp in places where you shouldn't be..." Jing Yuan was stunned for a moment, then sighed with a wry smile: "Several dragon eggs were stolen from the Scaled Abyss Realm. You should be able to understand what this means, right?"

In the Boyue Ancient Sea, the Scale Abyss Realm is the holy realm of the Chiming clan.

Since the Chiming people cannot reproduce naturally, they can only rely on returning to special water bodies to form pearl-like eggs, waiting for them to hatch and be reborn, and then emerge from the water and land on the ground as young children. The significance of the dragon eggs is self-evident.

"And it's not just dragon eggs being stolen. Lately, there's been a surge of people disappearing for unknown reasons... Even more coincidentally, they're all children of the Vidyadhara Clan. No, even putting aside Vidyadhara children, simply attacking a child is an unforgivable sin."

Jing Yuan frowned, his expression was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out of it, and his tone was terrifyingly cold. He adjusted himself for a long time before he finally calmed down his anger a little.

"In short, the complaints and protests from the Chiming clan have become something that must be addressed urgently. Master Long has also been repeatedly pressuring the Shen Ce Mansion. These multiple factors have led to an overwhelming workload."

"I roughly understand it. Do you have any idea about the mastermind behind this incident?"

Bai Jun's fingers tapped rhythmically on the desk, and the sound, neither light nor heavy, seemed to reveal the anger beneath his calm appearance.

"I once thought this was another masterpiece of the Medicine King's secret teachings, but since the last concert, the Divine Strategy Palace hasn't seen any trace of them. So I don't think they have the ability to evade the guards of the Chiming Clan and the arrests of the Divine Strategy Palace and freely enter the Scaled Abyss Realm..."

Jing Yuan calmly picked up the cold tea but did not drink it. The calm water surface was slightly rippled by his movements.

"You mean to say that it's someone from within the Chiming Clan who's causing trouble?"

Bai Jun frowned slightly, and his thumb unconsciously stroked the corner of his lips.

Jing Yuan did not answer this time. He just sighed and shook his head slightly, implying that they should not continue discussing this topic for the time being.

Bai Jun seemed to have noticed Jing Yuan's intention. He turned around and prepared to close the office door. However, as soon as he reached the door, he bumped head-on into a handsome blond young man wearing copper armor and a long robe.

"Yanqing?"

"Eh? Teacher!? You're back!!!"

Before the handsome blond boy had time to wonder, he looked up and saw Bai Jun's face clearly. His light golden eyes first blinked in disbelief, and then he made a sound of great joy.

As if unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, as if longing for someone for a long time was bursting out, Yan Qing rushed forward with tears in his eyes and was about to hug Bai Jun, and Bai Jun also took the opportunity to open his arms. Just when Yan Qing thought that he could have a big hug after reuniting with him -

Bai Jun stretched out his hands and pinched Yan Qing's cheeks fiercely, with a ferocious smile on his face.

"Okay, little yellow hair, you still remember to come back. Hurry up and pay me back the money you owe me!"

"Mmmmm! (I know!)"

Yan Qing, whose cheek was ravaged and unable to speak, could only nod pitifully repeatedly, which made Bai Jun let him go reluctantly.

"Alas, teacher, you are too unromantic, aren't you? Shouldn't you hug me first at this time..."

"Stop talking nonsense and return the money quickly. Do you think everyone will hug anyone they see like you do?"

Yan Qing let out a lost sigh, and at his teacher's urging, he took out several stacks of credit points from his wallet and handed them to the other party.

Bai Jun took the credit points without counting them carefully. Before he put them in his pocket, another sound came from the door behind him.

pat...

It seemed like the sound of a folder and a pen accidentally falling to the ground.

"Bai Jun?"

It was a soft and fragile call, like the lingering, gentle wind from the south of the Yangtze River, staining the mist and rain outside the window.

Yukong blinked his clear and beautiful eyes, staring blankly at Bai Jun's familiar face, as if suspecting that everything in front of him was another illusion.

Until Bai Jun's response sounded, Yukong rushed up quickly, stretched out her hands to Bai Jun's head, and hugged him tightly in her arms.

"You're back, so good... so good..."

She bit her lip, her voice trembling, and tears rolling down from the corners of her eyes.

"Well, I'm back."

Bai Jun responded softly, threw away the credit points in his hand, and gently patted her back with his left hand.

Several stacks of credit points were scattered randomly on the ground, and along with them, Yan Qing's expression seemed to be scattered and shattered.

Volume 115: Chapter : The Legacy of Wei Wu Must Not Be Forgotten

The hair is still a little fluffy.

Although he couldn't spare the time to carefully style his hair due to work at the Tianbosi, and it was understandable that the ends of his hair were curled up, Yukong was still a little worried.

In fact, she is already a very good-looking person, with a good enough foundation and light makeup specially prepared, and confusion hidden in her beautiful crimson-purple eyes.

Bai Jun likes girls with smooth hair. This is probably a little secret that only Yukong knows.

When he first heard about this from Bai Jun, Yukong felt that it was just like that, and didn't have many other thoughts... However, at some point, Yukong's thoughts were mixed with some subtle things.

When is it?

Perhaps he helped Qingni untie the knot in her heart? Or was it the words he said to her on that rainy night with the sound of thunder?

Yukong couldn't understand these things from the bottom of her heart. She was not good at opening up to others. She just felt her heart was in a mess, like a ball of wool tangled with needle and thread.

Putting aside his own factors, Yukong was actually very grateful for the relationship between Tingyun and Bai Jun. Tingyun was so young, energetic and talented, and was a perfect match for Bai Jun. It was better than himself with half his neck buried in the ground.

Entrusting Tingyun to Bai Jun was indeed the most reliable option, but she also felt very disappointed because perhaps her presence would affect the relationship between the two...

Even though Tingyun said something about the three of them being together, Yukong could only regard it as a careless remark made in a playful manner. After all, she was still very young, and it was normal for her to get angry due to emotional fluctuations. However, as an elder, he must not act like her and had the obligation to stop her when she was confused.

Complex emotions intertwined by morality and sensibility surged into his heart. Yukong would cover his chest and sigh from time to time, feeling as if his heart was being burned by flames.

This strange state has been in place since the incident when he went to Bai Jun's house to drink and caused trouble. The hidden emotions were completely torn out. It was as if a huge rock was thrown into Yu Kong's calm heart, and the violent ripples it caused have not subsided until now. They even seemed to be getting more intense as Bai Jun asked for leave to go out.

Sigh, it's been a month since I last saw him. I wonder how he's been doing lately. Has he been eating well? Has he added an extra layer of clothing? Is he healthy? If he is, regular doctors can't treat him...

His fingers unconsciously played with the ends of his hair, Yukong frowned slightly, and stood alone in front of the projection sand table in the hall of Sichen Palace. He had never been so troubled as today. He lowered his head and sighed slightly.

Everyone in the Sichen Palace saw it more or less, but they didn't know how to ask, let alone care. A girl who looked like an assistant clenched the case in her hand, hesitating and not daring to go forward to disturb her.

"Xiao Xi, what's wrong?"

Fortunately, Yukong's emotions changed very quickly. In less than half a minute, she noticed the girl standing next to her. A smile appeared on her gentle face again. The rational and generous Tianbo Si Siduo returned to Sichen Palace.

"Sir, this is the submission form that needs to be submitted to the General. Please review it first."

"Well, thank you very much for troubling you. If there are no other problems, I will hand it over to the general later."

The girl called Xiaoxi trembled slightly and raised her hands respectfully. After Yukong took them, she hurriedly ran back to her post.

Yukong took a quick look at the records of Tianbosi's expenses and duty, matters related to interstellar navigation, and the income of major chambers of commerce. He felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he put it in a file bag and prepared to hand it over to Jingyuan, to relax at the same time.

The Sichen Palace of the Tianbosi is neither close nor distant from the Shen Ce Palace.

Yukong originally wanted to walk there slowly and relax, but he was worried that the extra time spent on the road would affect the work of the Sichen Palace. Furthermore, he was in a really bad mood, so he quietly quickened his pace, thinking about shortening the journey as much as possible.

Little did she know that her speed was still blurred into a green gust of wind in the eyes of normal people, causing merchants and passers-by on the roadside to scream in fear. The patrolling Cloud Cavalry scratched their cheeks in confusion, and even the guards of the Shen Ce Mansion did not dare to stop her too much when they saw Yukong's appearance.

Yukong walked to Jingyuan's office with ease and saw that the door was half open. He could still faintly hear the movement in the room.

Yukong could clearly distinguish Yanqing's voice, as well as another familiar and gentle voice...

She seemed to realize something and pushed the door open in surprise. Her beautiful eyes blinked and the folder and pen in her hand fell to the ground without her noticing.

Yukong's chest rose and fell slightly due to movement and emotion. He was speechless for a moment and his mind was blank. The complex emotions that had been condensed deep in his heart quietly melted away the moment he saw Bai Jun. Then, his body took action before his brain.

The real her was actually slow, unintelligent and clumsy. When she came to her senses, she had already hugged Bai Jun involuntarily, completely relying on her emotions.

"You're back, so good... so good..."

She bit her lip, her voice trembling, and tears rolling down from the corners of her eyes.

She hugged the young man, who was much taller than herself, into her arms, let him bury his face in her neck, and gently stroked his snow-pure hair with her fingers. She didn't know whether her whimpers and embarrassing sobs were heard by Bai Jun.

Bai Jun's eyes widened, not daring to move easily. However, he could feel her tears rolling down his cheeks. He placed his left hand on her back, as if comforting a wounded child, and gently said, "Well, I'm back."

I don’t know how long this posture lasted, until Yan Qing couldn’t bear it anymore and coughed, and the ambiguous and silent atmosphere was broken.

"Master Siduo, please pay attention to your surroundings. I haven't seen the teacher for over two months. I haven't seen him hugging you or crying, okay?"

Yan Qing stared at Yukong dimly. Although he usually respected this senior Yunqi, the current situation really made his jealousy surpass other emotions. After all, Bai Jun met him to collect debts and asked for money, but when he saw Yukong, he hugged him. No one could bear the huge gap.

In other words, seeing his most beloved teacher hugging and kissing other women, Yan Qing was already strong enough not to lose her little pearl.

By the way, could he take this opportunity to threaten Bai Jun to give him a hug?

Not only Yan Qing, Jing Yuan also showed a very subtle smile, folded his hands on the table, and cast a teasing look at him:

"Haha~ I didn't expect Yu Qing to be such a proactive person. But it's not too surprising. After all, when he was young, he was a tough guy who could drive the Star Chariot through six red lights in a row. He set a record that no one in Luofu has broken so far, and it's something Yu Qing is unique in. "

"I, I, I, I, no...it's a misunderstanding, right...it's just a misunderstanding!!!"

Like the warmth of the low-hanging sun, and as fleeting as lightning, Yukong quickly withdrew from his body, waving his hands wildly, and uttered a very loud sophistry that he was not even aware of.

Her eyes were clearly filled with the panic and shyness of a young girl, but she pretended to be calm and composed, trying to appear natural. Her expression had already betrayed her confusion.

It was unknown how effective her sophistry was, but Yan Qing's eyes were still resentful, and Jing Yuan's teasing eyes became more playful, and he almost took out a camera to record Yukong's current appearance.

Yukong's face became more and more rosy, and her crimson-purple eyes, which were almost boiling, were filled with confusion and excitement. When she was about to faint on the spot due to excessive shyness, Jingyuan coughed in time and stopped the topic.

"Let's get back to the topic. What's going on, Yu Qing?"

Bai Jun bent down to pick up the folder and pen at Yukong's feet, and handed them to Yukong with a little worry, whose eyes were slightly red. She took the folder handed to her by Bai Jun, and it took her a lot of effort to adjust from the extreme overheating state.

Even though her current dignity had long since vanished, Yukong still feigned composure, coughed lightly, and explained with a blush still lingering on her cheeks, "This is the monthly expenditure and duty records of the Tianbo Division, interstellar navigation-related matters, and the income of the major chambers of commerce..."

"Excuse me, I'll take a look at it later... Now here's what I want to say. Yanqing, Yuqing, Qingyan, you three are the people I trust the most. Would you mind listening to me?"

Jing Yuan gradually stopped smiling, and his bony fingers tapped lightly and forcefully on the table. His lazy expression turned into the majesty that the three people were familiar with. Seeing this, everyone also took a serious attitude.

"You've all heard about the recent events in the Scaled Abyss Realm. Putting aside the issue of the Chiming Clan, I have a hunch that perhaps the real focus is no longer on the Medicine King's Secret Teachings and the Chiming Clan..."

Yukong frowned slightly and guessed, following Jingyuan's words, "Are you saying...the problem might lie outside Luofu?"

"It would be much simpler if that were the case."

Jing Yuan shook his head, his brows knitted together. A cold and rational light flashed in his pale golden eyes as he slowly offered a shocking guess: "What if I say that the problem lies precisely in the blind spot of our vision, that is, in the framework system we are in?"

"A traitor has appeared in the Sixth Division?!"

Upon hearing this, Yanqing and Yukong were both stunned, their eyes full of disbelief.

Just dealing with the secret teachings of the Medicine King and the affairs of the Vajra Clan is already stressful enough, so this kind of reaction is normal.

"I once thought the incident in the Scaled Abyss Realm was the work of the Chi Ming clan, but that alone doesn't explain the disappearance of the Chi Ming children. It's unlikely that something that harms the continuation of the race would be condoned by the Chi Ming clan. Furthermore, this incident happened right around the time when the Medicine King's secret teachings were being discontinued. This means that someone capable of evading the pursuit of the Divine Strategy Palace's valiant guards, and thoroughly understanding the structure of the Scaled Abyss Realm, and stealing the dragon eggs would have to meet these requirements: intelligence, ability, and a reasonable organizational structure. Unfortunately, the only Luofu clan that currently meets these requirements seems to be the Sixth Division, and they're quite high-ranking at that."

Jing Yuan methodically explained the basis for his speculation. He hoped so much that the traitor was not from the Six Departments and that everything was his misjudgment, but the current reality was so cruel.

The traitor of the Six Departments is most likely one of the core figures of the Medicine King's secret teachings.

However, the information was still too scarce, and Jing Yuan could not figure out the intention of stealing dragon eggs and kidnapping children no matter how hard he tried, so he could only give orders based on the existing speculation.

"Yu Qing, Yan Qing, and Qing Yan, please pay more attention to the Tianbo Division, Gongzao Division, and Diheng Division during this period and collect as much intelligence as possible. I have a feeling this incident may not be easy to handle."

Jing Yuan stood up, walked to the window with his back to the three people, and calmly looked at the peaceful scene on the street. Suddenly, he smiled.

"But for the happiness of thousands of families, isn't it our responsibility to cherish all expectations and hopes?"

After giving these instructions, he looked at the scenery outside the window and suddenly fell silent. After a long time, Jing Yuan signaled the three of them to leave and go about their own business, saying that he still had to work.

"Qing Yan, can you listen to me?"

Just as Bai Jun was about to leave the office door, Jing Yuan suddenly called him.

Under Bai Jun's puzzled gaze, Jing Yuan turned around, raised a bitter smile, and touched his chin with some embarrassment: "I know this may be a bit reluctant for you, but even if it is just out of my selfishness, I want to ask you to protect the safety of Bai Lu. She should not be involved in these incidents again..."

"Of course, I know that without you telling me."

Without any hesitation or delay, Bai Jun's response was sonorous and powerful.

Then, he responded to Jing Yuan with a big smile. As if infected by this smile, Jing Yuan also slowly calmed down and smiled in the same way: "Then I'll leave it to you."

Walking out of the gate of Shen Ce Mansion, the ethereal sunlight in the sky had been dyed by the color of dusk without knowing when. Looking at the beautiful sky that was so beautiful that it made people cry, Bai Jun stretched his body and thought about what he should eat later.

Well, after all, it’s the first meal back in Xianzhou, so it’s understandable to eat something sumptuous, right?

"Bai Jun! (Teacher!)"