Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

Chapter 393: Conflict with Confucians

Baili Ling was suddenly interrupted while speaking. He was stunned and couldn't remember who the owner of the voice was.

It was the sect disciples who reacted first.

Someone shouted, "Bai, how dare you come back?"

Bai Jie uttered an "Huh?" and asked in mock surprise, "I haven't done anything wrong, so why wouldn't I dare come back?"

"How dare you say that! Let me ask you, were you the one who stole Old Man Hu's lantern? Were you the one who led Brother Yang away, leaving the camp unattended?"

"Yeah, so which eye of yours saw me doing these things? Be careful or I'll sue you for false accusation." Bai Jie said with a meaningful smile.

Seeing this smile, the speaker who had been speaking aggressively just now froze, as if he remembered something, and a look of fear appeared on his face.

He shrank his neck in dismay and stopped talking.

But all things are difficult at the beginning. Once he started, others soon followed suit.

Another man demanded sharply, "You're the one on guard at this hour, and now both the lantern and you are gone, and you're saying it wasn't you!"

"But I'm not the only one keeping watch at this hour. Yang Ce is also here. Why don't you doubt your senior brother? Do you trust him so much?"

"Big...Brother Yang would never do such a thing!"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Baili Ling and others were forced to become spectators again. Seeing this scene, all five of them shook their heads.

This is simply naked instigation of discord.

Fortunately, it was not me who was harassed by the lunatic Bai Jie, but the group of temporary teammates, otherwise I don’t know how much more trouble I would have suffered along the way.

But this still made Baili Ling even more worried. He was very worried that this lunatic would drag himself into the water in order to deal with Yang Ce and others.

No, if the speculations of those temporary teammates were true, then his side had been dragged into the water once, and the ultimate consequence was Xiao's disappearance.

Baili Ling stared at Bai Jie, who was still arguing with the scholars and killing the disciples of the sect one by one with just his mouth, leaving them angry but unable to speak out, and narrowed his eyes.

Do you want to...

As if sensing the fleeting murderous intent, Bai Jie turned around and met Baili Ling's gaze.

The former tilted his head and smiled, while the latter looked away.

Baili Ling decided to try to find Xiao first and deal with other things later.

Just as he was about to lead the team out, a steady voice sounded in the camp.

"Let me explain why."

The missing Yang Ce also came back, and what he held in his hand was the lantern that Old Man Hu had lost.

Baili Ling raised his hand to signal his teammates to wait a moment. He planned to listen to Yang Ce's explanation to see what was going on and then decide whether to take action against Bai Jie next.

"Oh, Yang, you're finally back. I was almost wronged by these brothers and sisters you brought with you. And don't let me say that, Yang, you run too slowly. You might as well let me..."

"Ask you to return the lantern you lost?"

Yang Ce pushed aside Bai Jie, who was blocking the road with his arms open and looked like he was going to give him a big hug, and handed the lantern back to Old Man Hu.

Afterwards, he turned around and looked at Bai Jie, and said coldly: "Do you think I will believe that you can return the lantern?"

"Yang, you really underestimate me. How could I not be able to do such a simple thing?"

"Oh, you ask even though you already know the answer."

"Brother Yang, what exactly happened?" someone asked, "Is it that the Bai guy wants to harm us?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Ce swept his gaze over everyone and spoke slowly, "I'm only explaining the process of the incident. As for the intentions behind these actions, some people know it in their hearts. At that time, more than half of the fire was extinguished by the Willow-Eating Earth Dragon. I was about to wake up Old Man Hu to replenish the fire, but Bai Jie got the lantern first and said he would light the fire himself instead of bothering others. This violated the agreement with Old Man Hu, and..."

He paused briefly, glanced at Bai Jie meaningfully, and then continued, "While trying to seize the lantern, we were attacked by a Willow-Devouring Earth Dragon, which took the lantern away. The situation was urgent, and I was worried about letting Bai Jie retrieve the lantern, so I followed him. I didn't have time to notify you all. I apologize."

Bai Jie took the opportunity to agree, "I already said it's none of my business, but none of you believed me."

"Who said it wasn't your fault? It's because you took the lantern without permission that all these problems arose!"

Bai Jie defended himself, "I'm just taking care of the old man's sleep. Old Man Hu is old, and during the day he not only has to lead the way, but also has to avoid attacks from the Willow-Devouring Earth Dragon. If he doesn't get enough sleep and his mental state is not good during the day, and he makes mistakes, wouldn't that be terrible?"

Old Man Hu looked at Bai Jie deeply without saying a word.

"You're just quibbling!"

Bai Jie waved his hand, ignoring the others' criticisms, and changed the subject: "When I came back, I saw that you had dismantled all the tents. I thought you had discovered I was missing and were about to go looking for me. I was slightly moved for a moment. But now it seems that this is not the case."

"After you left, we were attacked by the mutated Dead Willows, and they destroyed the camp."

This time it was Baili Ling who spoke.

When he broke free from the hallucination, he saw that the entire camp had been overturned. Although he didn't know what happened during the hallucination, he guessed that it was probably related to the mutated withered willow.

"Well, it seems that I was too sentimental." Bai Jie showed a hurt expression, but returned to normal after a few seconds.

His gaze moved around Baili Ling and the other four, finally stopping on the air beside Baili Ling.

Bai Jie said quietly, "As I recall, there seemed to be more than five of you. Where's the young master you brought with you... uh, no, Young Master Xiao?"

"Xiao was captured by the mutated withered willow." Old Man Hu sighed.

While everyone was communicating, he had already rekindled the fire that could prevent him from being targeted by the mutated withered willow.

Bai Jie raised his eyebrows in surprise.

That young man is no ordinary person. He has something hidden on his body. How could he be captured by the mutant withered willow?

Thinking of this, he turned his head and looked at Yang Ce with a smile.

Seeing Bai Jie facing him with this expression again, Yang Ce felt a little uneasy.

He stepped back a few steps away from Bai Jie and said to Baili Ling, "You guys want to go find him? Count me in."

"Brother Yang, do you want to help them?"

This time it was the sect disciples' turn to be surprised.

They said in unison: "What should we do?"

Bai Jie's mocking voice sounded at this time: "Of course we should stay here and catch your Willow-Devouring Earth Dragon. Do you really want to be a drag? Or are you such a grown-up, but you can't even catch a bug, and still need your big brother to help you out?"

"you!"

These sect disciples were so angry at Bai Jie that they didn't know what to say in rebuttal.

Baili Ling nodded at Yang Ce's offer to join, and then he looked at Bai Jie: "As for this person, if you have that intention, we appreciate it, but we don't need your help."

"Be careful or I'll tell others that you're discriminating." Bai Jie said with a smile.

Hearing what Baili Ling said, Yang Ce frowned slightly.

He was worried that if he let Bai Jie out of his sight, he would do something unimaginable, and even scared all the fellow students he brought down the mountain for training. However, Xiao's disappearance was indeed related to his dereliction of duty. It was reasonable for him to help look for him.

Just as Yang Ce was hesitating and Baili Ling was waiting for his reply, the ground suddenly shook slightly.

Everyone looked around vigilantly, worried that a new enemy was approaching.

Finally, everyone's eyes were focused in one direction.

The dark clouds that blocked the moonlight had dissipated at some point, and all that was left was yellow sand under the bright moon in the distance.