Bai Qingcheng replied with a surprised emoji, then sent another message: "Didn't you say you already have a special weapon?"
Perhaps it was Shen Xingyue who said it. I had indeed ordered a waist knife from the Golden Spear Sect, and its quality was superior. But I didn't know how to use it, I was just following the crowd.
I continued to speak truthfully: "I don't know how to use it very well."
Bai Qingcheng: "As a dignified Bai Ze, how can you not command respect if your martial arts are lacking?"
I had nothing to say. I took two puffs of my cigarette, and she sent another message: "Let me find you a master."
I replied: "Thank you, leader. I already have a master."
Bai Qingcheng: "Who is it?"
I said it was Mu Jige.
Bai Qingcheng sent a smiley face, the kind that mocks someone as an idiot. I sent her a question mark.
Bai Qingcheng: "Her shamanistic magic is very powerful, but her martial arts are relatively average. Since you have a master, let me find you a second master, specifically to teach you martial arts."
Bai Qingcheng wanted to cultivate me as a Bai Ze. Due to the previous cooperation agreement between us, I truly couldn't refuse, so I said: "Alright, thank you."
Bai Qingcheng: "She is in Jiangling. I'll have her fly over to find you later."
After I thanked Bai Qingcheng again, she didn't reply. I opened her Moments feed; there was not a single post, let alone photos. I felt she must be a very boring person in real life. She was thirty-seven and I wondered if she was married.
Rarely having nothing to do, and the Whale God not bothering me, I sat on the balcony to sunbathe and browse the latest news.
I was too busy, I didn't know what the world had become.
But after browsing for a while, I found that the world was still the same old place, with nothing new happening. And the things I had experienced recently had no trace online. I wanted to check some dark web forums, but I forgot the URL. I asked Sha Wuji, and Sha Wuji said that given the current severe situation, Shabia had shut down the dark web.
Understandable.
With nothing to do, I felt my energy had recovered somewhat, so I decided to go out for a stroll. As soon as I stepped out, I saw Chen Ke doing leg stretches in the hallway. I asked her what she was doing. Chen Ke said that while escaping last night, she realized her legs were not as agile as before, so she wanted to practice and get a feel for it.
"Were you very skilled before?" I asked. "Did you know martial arts?"
"I knew a little, but not much," Chen Ke said with a simple laugh.
"A master will be coming tonight. You can come with me to become an apprentice, I need to learn martial arts too."
"Okay!"
Thinking of this, I knocked on Zheng Bingbing's door again and asked her to notify Zhang Xiaomiao, Lu Qianxun, and that little boy made of ginseng. None of them knew martial arts, including Bingbing herself. Since the master was coming for free, it would be good for them to learn together.
The older sisters wanted to give the little ginseng boy a name, Lu Wanxun, making him Qianxun's younger brother. They asked for my opinion.
I said I had no opinion. A name was just a code. They could call him whatever they liked; I wouldn't object even if they called him Lu Wansui.
Just as I was about to go see this sibling pair, who were neither human nor demon, Chen Lu called, saying that twenty million had inexplicably appeared in her account.
How did it get transferred to her account?
Perhaps Shabia considered Chen Lu as one of our team members, like a financial director. Actually, I didn't want to involve Chen Lu, she was an old classmate, and she had no aptitude, so she definitely couldn't learn martial arts.
I explained the reason for this bonus to Chen Lu. Chen Lu said she would transfer it to me immediately. I said no, keep it. Just keep supplying us with pocket money whenever needed.
I didn't think of any immediate need for money.
It was dinner time, and Yao Yao finally woke up. The fairies, taking advantage of the approaching night, quietly left the city to hunt in the mountains. The rest of us ate takeout ordered from Milan in the conference room.
After dinner, Yao Yao expressed a desire to go shopping and asked Chen Ke and Bingbing to accompany her. I knew she was creating an opportunity for me and Diana. An exchange of demon cores didn't take much time, even a few seconds would suffice. But it felt too hasty. I saw from Yao Yao's eyes that she wanted me to savor the process.