In the corridor outside the hall, Junior Sister placed a listening-type Fuji against her ear, listening to Zhang Ze's voice and frowning slightly.
"Big dummy..."
She muttered softly, then transford into a breeze and left the corridor.
...
In the compartnt, Zhang Ze sat for a while longer, feeling it was pointless, and decided to find a quieter place.
He had promised Junior Sister not to hide here in the future.
But it was still too early to go back, and the archives were too noisy. Zhang Ze thought for a mont and decided to go to Fried Shide for a while.
That place was quiet.
It's a bit absurd, but Fried Shide hasn't even opened its doors yet.
Because the evil boss Lily of Fried Shide Auction House had been staying at System House, not leaving since returning, treating it as if she discovered a new continent every day.
She had long neglected Fried Shide's operations.
And all the employees of Fried Shide were staying in the Northern Territory, visiting family or traveling. It would take a while before they returned.
"I'm going to check Fried Shide," Zhang Ze said to Xiangxiang.
"Hmm, then I'll return to the archives." Xiangxiang, limited by her physical form, couldn't leave for now.
Zhang Ze left, and Xiangxiang's projection faded and disappeared.
Right after she vanished, a cluster of spores of the sa color as Xiangxiang descended from where she had been hovering.
The spore condensed into a form.
It was a Smoke-type Fuji.
She had been hiding in Xiangxiang's projection the whole ti.
The Smoke-type Fuji looked at the small blue dot on the platter, arms crossed, in the manner of a spy chief, "You? Which departnt are you from? Who's your contact?"
The blue-dot-looking Button-type Fuji snickered, "Heh, don't ask, I won't tell you, and don't push . I have dirt on everyone here, including you. Push , and I'll... heh heh heh..."
Smoke-type Fuji, "Impossible!"
Button-type Fuji, "I know it's impossible; I'm just quoting lines. What do you think? Am I cool?"
"..."
"Indeed, we're really too cool!" ×2
In a short exchange, the two tiny spies inexplicably shared joy, colluding together, rging and evolving into a Hot-Air Balloon Fuji, then flew away and vanished with a puff.
...
Sword Sect Main Pavilion.
The Fuji in Sister Wang's hand reported the situation, then jumped to the ground, "Mission complete, situation report finished, I'm leaving!"
Sister Wang, "Rember to keep it a secret, don't tell anyone about this."
"Don't worry, my Fuji has the best character in the world!"
After saying this, the little Fuji waved goodbye to Sister Wang and scurried into the shadows of the ancestral hall like a mouse, vanishing.
Sister Wang, "Forget it, so things can't be forced."
It wasn't clear whom she was speaking to.
After the little Fuji left, Sister Wang looked up at the portrait in the ancestral hall.
The portrait of the old Sword Sect ancestor, Chen Xing.
The muscular figure in the portrait was far from how she rembered him.
In Sister Wang's mory, Chen Xing was always the brat running and causing trouble behind her, with a mischievous grin that made one want to knock him upside the head.
"You lied to back then, saying you liked quiet girls, so I pretended to be quiet, then you said you liked lively ones.
"In the end, I found out what you truly liked were those with a large bust.
"Heh, why don't you write this in your autobiography too?"
Sister Wang placed on the offering table the "Legend of the Sword Sect Ancestor," reportedly handwritten by the ancestor himself, but sold three volus for ten yuan.
"Philistines, your Sword Sect is full of philistines."
With that, she turned and left the ancestral hall.
......
Thousand chanism Pavilion.
Zhang Ze stood in front of Fried Shide's door, reaching to unlock it, but just as he touched it, he felt sothing was off.
There was lightning under the lock, the triggered kind.
Before the red glow of the Thousand chanism Thunder exploded, Zhang Ze grabbed the lock on the door.
With a muffled bang, the sudden explosion didn't cause much damage, just wisps of smoke seeping from between Zhang Ze's fingers.
Who was the genius hiding a Thousand chanism Thunder under the lock?
Luckily, Thousand chanism Town had good security, no thief families, and no mischievous people trying to play with this lock.
"Look! That guy farted with his hand!" A passing unlucky kid shouted behind Zhang Ze.
Zhang Ze glared at the brat, scaring him off before pushing the door open and entering Fried Shide.
He left a note at the front desk.
[Fried Shide Employee Rule No. 480: No burying thunder under locks, a fifty-yuan fine if discovered.]
After setting the note, Zhang Ze entered Lily's office as if he owned the place, comfortably leaning back in the chair and pulling out Lily's hidden snacks.
Rocking back and forth in the chair, he stared at Lily's ceiling, quietly zoning out, contemplating life.
But after a while, Zhang Ze's ears twitched; he heard footsteps on the stairs.
Initially thinking it was Lily, he realized it was Maomao when the footsteps reached the door.
Maomao sneakily stood upright on its hind legs, peeking inside the room from the door's edge.
Upon seeing soone there, it wanted to bolt, but recognizing Zhang Ze, it trotted over excitedly, jumped into Zhang Ze's lap, and began to nuzzle him affectionately.
"Good dog, such a good dog." Zhang Ze stroked Maomao while watching the ceiling, muttering to himself, "Sotis, not being human isn't so bad. What do you think? Free to do whatever you want."
Maomao wriggled in Zhang Ze's arms, occasionally sneaking glances at Zhang Ze while nibbling on the snacks on the table.
Zhang Ze's words flew over its head; it was just there for the snacks.
As the two exchanged conversations in separate frequencies, a breeze slipped in through the window crack.
Li Yueqi materialized.
"The old man asked to bring this over. What did you an by saying you're not human... huh?"
Seeing Zhang Ze's pose, Li Yueqi swallowed her unfinished words.
It reminded her of so unsavory matters.
Because of the Beast Taming Sect's unique nature, over the years, so cultivators due to spending too much ti with their Spirit Pets, and having personal quirks, would occasionally cross moral boundaries.
The Beast Taming Sect's stance on this was neither supportive nor to be spread.
Seeing Zhang Ze's tender actions with Maomao, combined with his words about not being human...
Female Hero Li remained silent, drifting into misunderstanding.
"I interrupted you two. I'll leave now..."
"Hey! Don't go! It's not what you think!" Zhang Ze quickly got up.
Zhang Ze didn't know what Li Yueqi was thinking, but he recognized the look identical to intelligence exchanges with the village's old lady.
It definitely wasn't good.
"Don't co over! I won't spread it!"
"Let explain!"
Maomao tilted its head, watching Zhang Ze's departing back, barked once, and then buried its head back in the snacks.
So delicious.
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