Chapter 257 Promotion
Zhou Ling successfully got to the private room that his master mentioned. Although he was still young, at this moment, after all the crazy things he had experienced before, he really wanted to pat his old waist and say thank you for his hard work!
Being promoted to this level within just a few hours was entirely the result of her hard work.
God knows how many times she has run up and down the stairs today in order to fight for this spot!
When she first entered the Treasure Pavilion, she marveled at how high the floors were and how large the space inside was, but now she really wanted to slap herself in the face.
What was there to sigh about? What good family would build a commercial building so flashy, with so many complicated steps, which was useless except for its beauty? But she was just a mortal at this moment, and mortals could not take the "elevator" specially developed by cultivators. She could only rely on her own two thin and short legs to run up and down.
However, I did reach the door, and was very surprised to find that the door to this compartment was not closed tightly!
Although she was in an unfamiliar environment now, Zhou Ling didn't know much about the situation here, so she didn't dare to use her spiritual sense or mental power to investigate. But even in this situation where there was a crack in the door, even if she didn't use those, she could just prick up her ears and listen carefully. If there was any movement inside, she should be able to hear most of it.
"If my father knew about this, he would not let you go."
A youthful male voice suddenly sounded in the cubicle. The voice was so loud that Zhou Ling, who was listening attentively with her ears pricked up, felt shocked. She almost dropped the tray in her hand and made a noise, which was heard by the people inside.
But after all, she had seen strong storms before, and she steadied her hands, so no one noticed anything unusual here.
"We are doing this without telling him, why do you want to let him know?"
Another slightly vicissitudes of life voice was heard, and the tone was full of helplessness.
"You changed your mind and wanted to tell him the news here!"
The older man seemed to see through the boy's thoughts and immediately began to ask.
The reason why the boy is a boy is that he has experienced too little, and his style of doing things is completely unlike that of a veteran. When he was slightly confronted like this, he felt a little embarrassed and his whole face turned red.
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm not that kind of person!"
"What kind of person are you? You keep saying that you don't want to see people suffer and want to participate in our plan, but now you're worried about your father and want to escape or tell on us?"
The repeated questioning seemed to have pushed the young man into a certain situation.
"I won't desert or snitch! I just think that since I've joined you, you should also consider that the person you're dealing with is my father. For my sake, you shouldn't do anything to really hurt him."
Through the small crack in the door, Zhou Ling saw the young man standing up with his fists clenched.
His tone was no longer as timid as before, now he was very powerful and the words he said were hard to disobey.
However, the elegant uncle sitting opposite the young man obviously didn't buy his trick.
"He has killed many innocent people. So what you mean is that we just need to remove him from the position of the head of the sect. We cannot resort to lynching or punish him?"
……
Hearing this, Zhou Ling held his breath, turned around slowly, pressed his back against the wall, and didn't dare to breathe.
The master just asked her to come and see if she could find out any information, but didn't ask her to come and listen to such a big piece of news!
The new leader's own son and his own junior fellow apprentice are secretly plotting to bring him down?
Although the matter has not been clarified yet, from these few words, Zhou Ling probably knew that the so-called new leader was actually a bad person, and even his own son did not stand on his side.
Although the crack in the door was still there, the sound of the conversation inside could still be heard clearly but vaguely. But Zhou Ling didn't dare to listen anymore, not because the content was so explosive that it scared her, but because she had stayed at the door for long enough. If she stayed any longer, she would definitely be discovered.
He tiptoed along the wall again, turned around, and lightly lifted his toes. Just as he was about to slip away, the sound coming from the crack in the door suddenly became clear and was still ringing in his ears.
"After listening for so long, are you leaving now? Don't you want to come in and sit for a while?"
Zhou Ling: "..."
Well, she must be hallucinating.
After picking his ears, Zhou Ling raised his foot and tried to leave as if nothing had happened.
But the experience of being carried back and forth like a chick when his cultivation was weak seemed to happen again.
She felt her body lighten, and her feet lifted off the ground uncontrollably. Like a ghost, she was caught and floated into a compartment with a half-open door.
The three of them sat there staring at each other for a long time. The atmosphere gradually became tense and awkward. The older man frowned and took the initiative to speak.
"Your face has been touched up, right? Why can't my spiritual sense detect it? This shouldn't be the case. The famous Zhou Ling can't have such a disgraceful appearance."
Zhou Ling was surprised when he spoke with a northern accent.
"You came from Winterfell?"
A question came out of her mouth and she regretted it right after she said it, but it was too late to cover her mouth.
"Yo? Are you here from Zhidong as well?"
The handsome middle-aged man's face was full of surprise, but the next second...
"Can you two stop pretending? It's okay about Zhou Ling, but you, Uncle Master, have already dug up everything about her upbringing. You even know how many mouthfuls of food and water she eats and drinks a day, even if you have records. How can you be so surprised about this now? Can you please change the subject to the real business? The situation is urgent now, and we don't have that much time to waste!"
The young man slammed the table, interrupting the meeting of fellow villagers who were about to appear, his eyes full of tears.
Maybe these two are a duo of saboteurs, each one is better than the other.
It is not convenient to talk about investigating someone's background openly, so when he was exposed by this stupid nephew, he was shocked and angry for a moment, but he couldn't curse at him directly in front of Zhou Ling, so he could only endure it for the time being.
"You're right. Let's talk business first. Regarding this disaster, your Wan Dao Sect was the fastest to arrive. I wonder if your master and the others have any plans for the future? If so, you can discuss it with us. After all, more manpower is never a bad thing."
The handsome middle-aged man stroked his stubble-like beard and spoke earnestly.
but……
"If that's the case, why don't you just talk to my master? What's the point of arresting me?"
(End of this chapter)
