Chapter 454 – Dividing the Spoils
Cao Yuan: ……
”Give it to me?” Lin Qiye froze.
”Yeah, old Cao goes crazy when he draws his sword, he won’t be able to use this sword even if I give it to him, I see that you used it quite smoothly before at Seven Nights, so I’ll give it to you!” Baili Fatty said rightfully.
”But, I also can’t use the sword ah ……”
”You can not use it for close combat, just use it as a tool.” Baili Fatty continued.
”Alright.”
Lin Qiye took the [Prayer Abyss] and engraved a summoning formation on the hilt of the sword before setting it aside.
”What do you guys say, why hasn’t that teacher come yet?”
The few people chatted for a long time more before Cao Yuan looked at the time and couldn’t help but ask.
Baili Chubby pondered for a moment, “It could be that his six-handed van broke down on the road.”
”…… It’s not impossible.”
”A teacher who can make Commander Ye pay a great price to invite him, what level should it be?” Baili Chubby began to speculate, “It shouldn’t be another human ceiling, right?”
”It should be unlikely.” Cao Yuan mused, “Human ceilings aren’t part of the Night’s Watch’s system, Commander Ye shouldn’t be able to invite them, and we’re just a nameless squad that has lost the qualifications to become a special squad, it shouldn’t be worth a human ceiling personally coming to teach.”
Lin Qiye nodded in agreement.
”It’s already past two in the morning, so I guess that teacher won’t be coming tonight, so we’d better go back and rest individually.” Lin Qiye glanced at the time and said to the others.
At this point, the others were already sleepy, and Calan even dozed off by leaning on his shoulder, so when they heard that they would finally not have to wait here in agony, they nodded and got up to return to their rooms.
The lights were turned off, and the entire warehouse was suddenly plunged into darkness.
Half an hour later.
A figure slowly pushed open the door of the warehouse.
He carried a sword case and stepped into the middle of the warehouse, the moonlight pulled his shadow long ……
”Is this the place ……” he mumbled as he looked around.
Then, as if he sensed something, he squatted down in place and gently wiped his fingertips on the ground.
A thin layer of ash adhered to his fingers.
”The ground is dirty ah ……”
”The ventilation doesn’t work either.”
”The rust on the walls needs to be dealt with.”
”The plates aren’t brushed very clean either.”
”……”
Like a ghost, he strolled through the entire warehouse silently, his brows furrowing slightly.
”Looks like we’ll be working overtime tonight ……”
The next day.
Early morning.
A sharp knock sounded on the door.
Lin Qiye opened his eyes and got out of bed to open the door, only to see Cao Yuan standing outside the door with an odd expression.
”What’s wrong?” Lin Qiye asked suspiciously.
”Seven Nights …… This place is haunted.” Cao Yuan held his tongue for half a day before finally stifling out a sentence.
”What?!” Lin Qiye froze.
”You come with me and take a look.”
Cao Yuan led Lin Qiye, directly towards the kitchen across the street, and while walking, said:
”I just got up to do my morning class and wanted to go prepare breakfast first, and just after I walked into the kitchen, I saw ……”
The two walked into the kitchen and just pushed the door open, Lin Qiye froze in place.
Yesterday, because the time was too late, and the kitchen could not be used for the time being, so Lin Qiye and the others did not come to clean it, and the place has always been dirty ……
But now, the entire kitchen was brand new, as if it had just been renovated, and the floor, which was originally full of dust and greasy dirt, now didn’t even have a single speck of dust, and every tile on the wall was bright and glowing!
Lin Qiye slowly walked over to the side of the dishwashing sink and looked at the stack of dishes that were as white as new, as if they had been tossed in the light, and his entire body fell into a stupor.
”How do I remember …… these plates turned out to be carved?” Lin Qiye’s expression quirked up, “Where are the carvings? How did it all turn into white plates?”
”Isn’t it weird?” Cao Yuan said with a straight face, “Seven nights, how can I say that I’m also a Buddhist, if I really encounter a ghost, I’m not afraid of it …… But this kind of ghost, I’ve never seen it before, I’ve never even heard of it, to be honest …… I’m a little out of ideas up.”
Stabbing, stabbing ……
Outside the door, a vague sound came.
Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan looked at each other and ran out of the kitchen quickly, running straight toward the large open space in the center of the warehouse in the distance.
Just after running to the open space in the center of the warehouse, the two people froze in place.
Is this …… the warehouse they came to yesterday?
The immaculate ground reflected their silhouettes, the mottled rust on the surrounding walls all disappeared, the original somewhat turbid air completely dissipated, replaced by the cleaner’s fragrance, even the dust on the ceiling was cleaned up.
In the empty clearing, a young man was carrying a mop, the sleeves of his shirt rolled up in both hands, mopping a spot on the ground with his head down, his eyes full of seriousness.
As if he sensed something, he looked up at Lin Qiye and the two of them, a pair of dark circles under his eyes as distinct as panda eyes.
He pursed his lips, and a tangled color emerged in his eyes for a long time before he slowly opened his mouth:
”Well …… hello guys.”
Five minutes later.
Open space.
Lin Qiye, Baili Chubby, Cao Yuan, Jia Lan, and An Qingyu stood in a row, their expressions oddly sizing up the unimpressive young man in front of them.
”Seven Nights, he shouldn’t be ……,” Baili Chubby arched Lin Qiye next to him, a puzzled look appearing in his eyes.
Lin Qiye silently nodded.
”It doesn’t look like it either.”
Chubby Baili secretly muttered a sentence.
That young man was wearing a black shirt, the sleeves at his arms were neatly rolled up, a few drops of water still remained on his hands, he unconsciously lowered his head, his eyes were a bit lowered, there was not the slightest bit of temperament to speak of on his body, and he didn’t look like a night watchman, but instead looked like a waiter at a restaurant.
”That …… may I ask who you are ……” Lin Qiye tentatively opened his mouth.
”I’m the teacher that Ye Fan found to be in charge of your comprehensive education, I should have arrived earlier, but that six-handed van broke down halfway last night.”
”My name is Zhou Ping.” The young man added, “Ping as in flat.”
Zhou Ping?
Lin Qiye and the others glanced at each other, all seeing the bewilderment in each other’s eyes.
This name …… hadn’t heard of it, huh?
”Eh, good day teacher Zhou!” Baili Chubby obediently took the lead in greeting and was about to continue saying something when Zhou Ping’s body suddenly shook.
”That, don’t call me teacher.” Zhou Ping seemed a little uncomfortable.
Not to be called teacher?
Then what should be called?
”Then …… what should we call you?” Lin Qiye asked suspiciously, “Do you have any position in the Night’s Watch?”
Zhou Ping shook his head, “I’m not a Night’s Watchman and I don’t have any position.”
Lin Qiye froze and glanced at An Qingyu next to him, shock surfacing in his eyes.
The teacher that Ye Fan had hired at great cost ……
Not a night watchman ……
Then he shouldn’t really be ……
Zhou Ping thought for a moment and spoke, “If you guys don’t know how to address me, you can just call me Sword Saint like everyone else.”
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