"Can hardly be seen doesn't mean it isn't there." Someone disagreed, "Perhaps, she has been using a certain wizard to cover it, once it's removed, the ugliness might cause people to poke their own eyes out."
"Hey hey! We should be talking about what we are going to do with this mussel, why did we end up judging its master?" Finally, someone brought them back to the original discussion.
"The mussel is her favorite pet; we should be discussing her first." Someone still wanted to argue on this.
"Let's just stop talking about her beauty; she is way too far from Qingluo. Qingluo is the prettiest girl. I guess the reason for The Lord to recruit her as his disciple is that she is tricky and also quite talented. Anyway, have you heard about her news in the Feixing Kingdom?"
"She used to be very weak, and no one knew about her before. However, she seemed to be possessed by some evil spirit as she suddenly changed so much. Nobody knows what tricks she played as she had made Gu Xietian kill Madame Leng (Leng Xiangyu), she even caused Gu Tianqing and Rong Yan to be executed. Oh right! One of her sisters, Gu Tianyi, had her tongue removed and was kicked out from the country and sent to the border. People said she died on the way to the border. Even Gu Tianchao has been killed under the order of Celestial Master Zuo…"
"The Gu family is considered broken now, and she was the mastermind behind it. The strange thing is, she even had the guts to cut the bond between her and her father after causing so many tragedies to the family. As though she has suffered from it! How many lives have been sacrificed because of her… Sigh, don’t you think she is such an evil person? F*ck it! I hate this kind of girl! But The Lord treasures her like his precious one, and allows the mussel to bully us…"
Everyone agreed with the statement. They were all about 15-16 years old, which was the normal age for being reckless. Therefore, the more they talked about it, the angrier they became. They were very mad when they looked at the mussel.
One of them laughed evilly, "This mussel is such a bastard! It's still cocky even after eating our mythological ride! It doesn't give a sh*t to us at all!"
"I've heard that it used to eat humans, it's a monster! We are doing a good deed if we kill it!"
"What if its master finds us to get revenge?"
"We shouldn’t be calculative then, compensate her with a bag of mussels?"
"Her Kung Fu is nothing! But my concern is she might point the finger at us in front of The Lord and ask The Lord to punish us."
"Hmph! It's the mussel's fault, and The Lord is always fair, he wouldn't be biased! I believe The Lord wouldn't simply punish us just because of the mussel."
"You wouldn't know. The Lord likes her, and he was so mad when he arrived. He immediately brought her out from the cell. He even sought justice for her and punished the principal. I feel… I feel The Lord is somewhat biased…"
"But The Lord liked her, instead of the mussel right? Let's just kill the mussel first; Gu Xijiu can't do anything even if she sues us in front of The Lord. Do you think The Lord would kill all of us just because of a mussel? We are all the outstanding disciples in the Ziyun class, and the Tianju Hall was established by The Lord. In fact, we are all considered half of The Lord's disciples. The worse case scenario is that he would suspend us for a few days…"
They had an intense discussion, one not unlike the keyboard warriors in the modern world. The mussel was getting more panicked as it listened to their conversations. Those who were surrounding it were all the experts in the mainland, and every one of them possessed a spiritual power above level six. One of them almost achieved level eight.
They bullied it and one of them even broke the Mirage Illusion. They beat it violently once they regained their consciousness. Therefore, it could only threaten them. It was surprising that they could fall into the illusion in the first place, despite having the intention to kill it.
The mussel was in a real panic, it growled, "You want to kill me right? I'm going to go all out to defeat you!" Its master did not allow it to eat humans. Hence, even though it had successfully trapped them in its illusion, it did not eat them but only wanted to teach them a lesson. Otherwise, they would not have the chance to escape from the illusion in such a short period.
"You know what, I think you better stop right now! This is a mythological mussel, and Gu Xijiu would not let you go if you hurt it…" A voice came from the back of the mussel, and a shadow appeared.
Gu Xijiu focused her attention to have a look. It was Qian Lingyu! The young man who helped her to build her house. Apparently, he was injured, and he looked pale, "You should know when to stop!"
"Haha! You're awake, man! Get lost, you idiot! This is none of your business! I'll punch you until all your teeth fall out if you dare to speak again!"
"Qian Fengtian, stop your reckless deeds! You're wrong to invade our territory…" Qing Lingyu shouted.
The teenager looked quite similar to Qian Lingyu, but he looked more handsome and muscular. He laughed sarcastically, "We? Since when have you classified yourself as ‘we’ together with the mussel? This place belongs to us, and you have lost your mind to think you can compete with us…"
"We were here first!" Qian Lingyu tried to argue.
"So what? How could rubbish from the Liuyun class compete with us who are from Ziyun class? Qian Lingyu, you should have just left together with the mussel just now. Sadly, you didn’t catch my message. Perhaps you have not learned your lesson! You still want to stand up for the mussel?"
"Qian Fengtian!" Qian Lingyu gritted his teeth and continued, "You better stop being a bully!"
"You're just rubbish! What are you going to do if I bully you?" Qian Fengtian said. He then laughed evilly, "Also, I repeat, my name is Qian Lingtian and not Qian Fengtian! I'm going to beat you until your parents can't recognize you anymore if you ever address me wrongly again! I wouldn't be as gentle as earlier anymore…"
"Lingtian, stop wasting our time. Let's kill the mussel first!" Qing Lingtian's buddies had lost their patience.
Qian Lingtian smiled with a cruel expression, "Fine, set the array! We are going to execute this mussel on behalf of the higher realm!"
The five shadows were flashing across and then stood firmly at their respective positions. A great war was going to happen soon!
"Clap! Clap! Clap!" Three sounds of claps crept into their ears from the forest nearby followed by a soft laugh, "Executing on behalf of the higher realm sounds good! But, is it a great enough deed to help the higher realm by killing a mussel?" The voice was as clear as the sound from a campanula. Everyone was shocked. Most of them were the experts, and usually, they could hear clearly even if a mosquito passed by within three miles. However, they did not even realize there was such a big living human hiding in the forest earlier!
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