Qing Chen spoke calmly, "Since you already have a Ti Traveler under your command, then you should know that Ti Travelers can only hide things within their bodies to take away."
"Oh, that's true," Li Changqing nodded, "but what if, you are a Ti Traveler, with actions before and after traveling through ti that are impossible to detect, sothing that other Ti Travelers cannot achieve. So many incredible things have happened to you already, one more wouldn't make a difference."
Qing Chen contemplated how to explain himself.
Dying of embarrassnt was sothing to be avoided if possible.
It was like when he let Yi ssage the Dayti group in the Outer World for him.
Qing Chen knew it didn't really matter whether everybody knew he was the boss or not, but in fact, if everyone truly found out, they would recall his acts of playing dual roles...
Therefore, Qing Chen still set the price for Yi at one hundred yuan.
Just as Qing Chen was racking his brains to clear himself of suspicion, Lao Shijiu's voice suddenly ca from outside, "Boss, the old master is critically ill. The Secretariat has requested your presence at Baopu Tower imdiately, and Qing Chen must go as well."
Li Changqing was stunned for a mont, then hurried outside.
At this mont, nothing was more important than this.
The three of them got into the car at the entrance, Xiao Ying drove, and Lao Shijiu, sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and said, "This ti it seems different, even many mbers of Li's Third Generation have received notification from the Secretariat, which never happened before; they usually only notify the second generation."
Li Changqing appeared sowhat downcast, "It seems real this ti, he has finished what he wanted to do, and the civil war in Jindai and Deer Island is destined to fail, he can rest easy now."
Qing Chen sat quietly in the car, looking out the window, reminiscing about the lonely figure fishing on the broken bridge, recalling the smile when he first handed the Dragon Fish to him.
It was only a brief interaction, and everyone had known each other for less than a month, but it felt as if they had known each other for a long ti.
Qing Chen's grandfather in the Outer World was still alive. He also had two uncles and two aunts. His grandfather had been quite good to him as a child, but later had a stroke and beca a vegetative person. Qing Guozhong had borrowed money from all his siblings, and as a result, they lost contact with each other.
Now, the old man was like Qing Chen's grandfather, having given him much and attempting to teach Qing Chen so lessons with the twilight of his own life.
Only, the man had no ti left.
Qing Chen suddenly felt that this severe winter had grown a few degrees colder.
Upon arriving at Baopu Tower, the middle-aged man who had given the Pratimoksha to Qing Chen, stood emotionlessly at the door, with a middle-aged woman beside him.
One of them searched n, the other won; everyone entering Baopu Tower had to go through this body search, and those with chanical limbs had to dismantle them before entering.
Baopu Tower was large, but by the ti Qing Chen and Li Changqing arrived, it was already crowded with people.
"Who were the middle-aged man and woman at the door just now?" Qing Chen curiously asked.
"The woman takes care of the old master's daily needs, and the man has been the old master's protector for many years. His na is Li Yunjing," Li Changqing said, "I don't know his real na. Li Yunjing was a na given by the old master, who also included him in the clan trust's beneficiary list, making him a mber of the Lee Family."
"What level is he?" Qing Chen inquired curiously.
"I am not sure," Li Changqing shook his head, "His depth is unfathomable."
Baopu Tower is a square building designed in the shape of a 'return,' a typical skywell architecture.
The center of the building is hollow, allowing one to look up and see the sky.
The ground is paved with bluestone tiles. When it rains, water pours down along the eaves, forming curtains of water inside Baopu Tower.
Everyone stood on the open space in the center of Baopu Tower, so with solemn faces, so covering their faces and crying, and so leaning against the pillars lost in thought.
Li Tongyun and Li Yinuo were also present.
At that mont, Li Yunshou walked out from a room on the second floor, overlooking everyone below. "Chang Qing, the old master is calling for you."
Li Changqing glanced at Qing Chen, "I'll go up first, see you later."
Qing Chen, as an outsider, stood alone in the courtyard, surrounded by mbers of the Lee Family. So were curiously assessing him, thinking he must be the new instructor from the Martial Arts School.
Could it be that the old master wanted to speak with him before passing away?
Qing Chen ignored the others and found a chair to sit down quietly, waiting.
After a while, Li Changqing also ca out from the room on the second floor, her eyes red as if she had just cried.
Li Yunshou said, "Li Tongyun, your grandfather is calling you upstairs."
The people around were stunned; even many from Li's Second Generation didn't have the privilege to enter Baopu Tower, yet Li Tongyun was allowed to go in first.
The young girl obediently walked upstairs and entered the room to see the old man lying weakly on the bed.
Her eyes reddened, and large tears fell.
The crying was heartfelt; besides Li Yinuo, the old master had been the kindest to her since she crossed over.
The old man dismissed everyone else and weakly smiled, "XiaoTongyun, co close to your grandfather."
"Okay," Li Tongyun obediently walked over and stuffed her small hand into the old man's cold hand.
The old master said, "During this ti, you have been helping that woman nad Jiang Xue, haven't you?"
XiaoTongyun paused for a mont, then nodded her head.
"Why did you want to help her?" the old master asked.
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