Zhang Qinggee who seed dazed suddenly looked up at Yang Qing as she answered,
"It's about Jiang Fu, do you think he is okay? senior ng Chao never called us. It's been over a month now.." she said.
"It really has.."
Yang Qing realized in the middle of the craziness, from the sect evaluations and the ss he dragged in the na of the Golden Bamboo Pavillion, supervising and setting the exams for the new entrants, and the whole fiasco with Ma Yuan, in the midst of it all, the matter with Jiang Fu had sipped his mind.
It had already been a month since Jiang Fu left in preparation to break through to the palace realm. During the welco party for Dean Zhu Lao, Jiag Fu seed to have a connection with the Dean, deputy hall master Ren Shu, and superior domain court judge ng Chao.
He still rembered the case he had which was a three-way disagreent between the Yellow Lotus Sect, their core disciple Zhao Qi, and the Mountain Springs Pavilion rchant organization.
The case ended up being a ruse that the Yellow Lotus Sect had set in motion as a bid to protect Zhao Qi, in the event that the sect got destroyed.
It had a few twists here and there, however, the biggest twist was the presence of the spiritual wisp of a quasi-soul formation expert inhabiting their core disciple, Zhao Qi.
The expert had once been the founder of a rank 2 sect, 900 years ago by the na of the Crystal Palm Jade Sect, and had been one of their strongest combatants who was the reason the sect had managed to hold on for 3 years despite being besieged by multiple rank 2 sects at the ti.
The sect had been destroyed because there was a rumor they had found a saint-grade treasure at the Millionsfold Treasure Ocean, which turned out to be true, as that expert survived the final onslaught thanks to the treasure.
The expert's na was Deng Chao, and when he made an appearance, Yang Qing noticed sothing, sothing that seed familiar at the ti that he couldn't place his figure on until the end of the case, which he later realized was the crystallized smooth shine, the incorporeal figure had on his entire body, though that shine was more concentrated on his hands. He had seen sothing similar in Jiang Fu.
His hands were smooth as if they had been carved from white jade, though he usually hid it. Yang Qing guessed that maybe Jiang Fu and Deng Chao may have had the sa connection, his guess was maybe their cultivation art had the sa origin, or maybe a familial tie, which was why he had asked Deng Chao if that was his real na, to which he said it wasn't but didn't explain further.
ng Chao had made an appearance that day during the case, specifically because of the presence of Deng Chao whom he admired for his bravery in the fight those years back. ng Chao had stood witness to everything that happened back then, to helpless to intervene because towards the end, quasi-soul formation experts intervened, and the Order at the ti was too young and understaffed to do anything about it, including himself.
However, ng Chao continually made investigations into what happened to that sect that day, including the identities of the third hidden attackers, who eventually destroyed the Crystal Palm Jade Sect along with Deng Chao.
According to what Lei Weiyan had insinuated that day, it seed like ng Chao had made significant progress in the investigation.
Yang Qing that day did go to find Jiang Fu and verify his guess on him having ties with Deng Chao, but he missed him, as he already left to prepare for a breakthrough to the palace realm.
However, the interaction between Dean Zhu Lao, Ren Shan, and ng Chao during the welco party more than confird his guess as ng Chao even told him he would invite him over to discuss sothing that concerned them both.
The eting never happened and Yang Qing had almost forgotten about it. If it wasn't Zhang Qinggee bringing the matter up, he would have taken so ti before he rembered the matter.
Jiang Fu was one of the few people Zhang Qinggee wasn't shy with. She had taken to him ever since she was small during her days working at the restaurant in her early years. It was a nerve-wracking job for soone so shy and nervous.
It was Jiang Fu who helped her get through that period. Despite being one of the busiest chefs in the restaurant, he always walked with her as she did the rounds, and after her shift was done they'd share deserts.
Yang Qing beca friends with them during one of those tis, as he realized he could score free dessert and tea personally made by one of the greatest tea brewers in Jiang Fu.
In exchange for free dessert and tea, Jiang Fu had Yang Qing help Zhang Qingge with her rounds at the restaurant, to which Yang Qing readily agreed, and he even pulled over Xia Boqin whom he was already friends with at the ti since they were in the sa year, to help. Yang Qing knew Xia Boqin with his righteous nature would help, then he went on further and roped in Kang Huilang, who owed him from a lost bet, and later Dai Chen joined too.
Dai Chen was a year ahead of them, but he beca friends with Yang Qing first, on account of Yi Jie, whom Yang Qing always hung around with, and Feng Xin. Yi Jie had already been brewing wine since their institute days, which drew in the wine fiend Dai Chen.
When Dai Chen ca in, Yu Huifeng who always secretly liked him back then, wasn't far behind, so she too got roped into the help Zhang Qinggee bandwagon, and thus the six-judge friendship was born along with Jiang Fu who made after-work deserts and tea a regular thing for them.
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