520: Chapter 520 Making Amends!

Luo Shui's pupils contracted suddenly, and she instinctively raised her sword to parry.

But there were too many stones and they were too fast; she couldn't block them all.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The gravel smashed into the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Luo Shui was submerged in the debris and dust.

The surroundings fell silent.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the area filled with smoke and dust.

Bai Shanshan stood where she was, panting heavily, her forehead covered in sweat.

Most of her true qi had been consumed, and her mental strength had reached its limit.

But she did not lower her guard, her eyes fixed intently on the smoke.

Soon.

The smoke gradually dissipated.

Luo Shui was kneeling on one knee, her short sword stabbed into the ground, supporting her body to keep from falling.

Her Buddhist robes were in tatters, her body covered in dust, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth.

But she was still standing.

No, she was kneeling.

Yet her eyes were still as bright as two stars.

She looked up at Bai Shanshan, her lips moving as if she wanted to say something.

But before the words could come out, her body swayed and she collapsed to the side.

"Luo Shui!"

Abbess Jingan turned pale with fright and struggled to get up, but the injury to her chest left her with no strength.

Ye Chen waved his hand behind him.

Two nuns from Qingyin Nunnery understood and hurriedly ran forward to support Luo Shui from both sides.

Bai Shanshan slumped onto the ground.

"I'm exhausted..."

She breathed heavily, but there was a smile on her face.

She won.

Although it was a hard-won victory and she had almost lost.

But she won.

Ye Chen walked over, squatted beside her, and said with a smile, "Not bad, not bad. You didn't embarrass me."

Bai Shanshan gave him a look.

"You have the nerve to say that?"

"Putting my life in your hands—weren't you afraid I'd actually lose?"

Ye Chen shrugged. "If you lost, you lost. Did you really think I'd honor the agreement and let her deal with me?"

Bai Shanshan: "???"

Bai Wanqing: "???"

The group of nuns: "???"

They realized.

It turned out this guy had planned to back out all along.

If he lost, he simply wouldn't admit it. Who could do anything to him?

Luo Shui had just been helped up by two nuns and was clutching the wound on her shoulder.

As a result...

She heard Ye Chen's words and felt completely unwell.

"You... what did you say?"

"You just said... you wouldn't admit it even if you lost?"

Ye Chen turned his head and looked at her with an innocent face. "Did I say that?"

Luo Shui: "???"

"I didn't say that."

Ye Chen spread his hands. "You must have misheard. Besides, what you should care about right now isn't me not admitting defeat, but the fact that you lost."

Luo Shui's expression instantly collapsed.

That's right.

She lost.

She lost to a novice who had just entered the Heaven Realm today, to a woman who didn't even know any martial arts moves.

She bit her lip, her eyes turning slightly red, but she forced herself not to let the tears fall.

Abbess Jingan knelt nearby, feeling bad as she watched Luo Shui like this.

Luo Shui wanted to escape the fate of being a 'whetstone,' but she still ended up being one.

This sense of frustration was more painful than the loss itself.

Abbess Jingan wanted to offer a few words of comfort, but then...

Ye Chen glanced at her and said indifferently, "Alright, you can take the others and leave."

Abbess Jingan was stunned.

"Instructor Ye... you... you're letting us go?"

"What? You don't want to leave?" Ye Chen tilted his head. "That's fine too. Stay here and keep your little nun company."

"No, no, no! I'll leave! I'll leave!"

Abbess Jingan waved her hands hurriedly and struggled to crawl up from the ground. Ignoring the dull pain in her chest, she turned to call the others to leave.

"Wait."

Ye Chen's voice came from behind.

Abbess Jingan's footsteps suddenly stiffened. "Instructor Ye... what else do you require?"

"Remember to pass on a message."

Ye Chen held up three fingers and waved them in front of her.

"Three days. Only three days."

"In three days, if I say I'll kill the hostage, I really will."

Abbess Jingan shuddered and nodded repeatedly. "I remember! I will definitely pass on the message!"

Having said that, she didn't dare stay any longer and left with the thirty-odd disciples of Shenni Nunnery, not daring to look at Luo Shui once throughout the process.

After all...

She had no face left!

They had arrived haughtily but were leaving in a pathetic state.

That scene...

They couldn't see it themselves, but they knew very well in their hearts just how ridiculous it was!

Abbess Jingci stood to the side, watching Abbess Jingan's retreating figure with mixed emotions.

More than twenty years ago, when they were still fellow disciples, Jingan was the smartest and most talented disciple of Qingyin Nunnery. Everyone said she was the future hope of the nunnery.

But now?

That once high-spirited junior sister had been soaked in the dye vat of the Kunlun Ruins for twenty years and had long since become a different person.

While she herself guarded this dilapidated nunnery; although poor, at least...

Her heart was at peace.

Abbess Jingci withdrew her gaze, pressed her palms together, and softly chanted a Buddhist mantra.

Once the people left.

Ye Chen turned around and looked at Luo Shui, who was still kneeling on the ground.

"Luo Shui, right?"

Luo Shui looked up and glared at him coldly, remaining silent.

Ye Chen didn't care about her attitude and said to himself, "From today on, you will stay here to make up for your crimes."

"Make up for my crimes?"

Luo Shui frowned. "What do you mean?"

"It means..."

Ye Chen pointed at Bai Shanshan. "You will accompany her to the police station and follow her arrangements. You will do whatever she tells you to do."

Luo Shui's expression changed instantly. "You want me to listen to her? I am a disciple of Shenni Nunnery. How can I be at the beck and call of a secular police officer?"

"Then do you want me to kill the hostage right now?" Ye Chen raised an eyebrow.

Luo Shui: "..."

Fine!

What a 'kill the hostage'!

She gritted her teeth, the fire of anger in her eyes almost overflowing.

But in the end, she still lowered her head.

"I... I understand."

Bai Shanshan stood up from the ground and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Little nun, don't be so reluctant."

"Following me won't be any worse than staying in Shenni Nunnery."

Luo Shui glanced at her coldly and didn't respond.

Bai Shanshan wasn't annoyed either and cheerfully patted the dust off herself.

Bai Wanqing stood to the side, watching her sister's carefree manner, and shook her head helplessly.

But in her heart, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Her sister was safe for the time being.

The buddha head had also been recovered. Although this trip had its ups and downs, it was ultimately safe.

Ye Chen looked at the sky. The sun was already setting in the west, and the mist on the sea was gradually clearing, revealing a golden-red shimmer.

"You all wait outside; I'm going inside for a moment."

Bai Wanqing was startled. "What else do you need to do?"

Ye Chen turned alone and walked toward the interior of Qingyin Nunnery. "Handling the matter of the buddha head."

Hearing this, Luo Shui became even more curious.

Because.

The people above had only asked for the buddha head by name but didn't know what secret it actually held.

That feeling of being scratched by a cat's curiosity was truly uncomfortable.

...

Ye Chen passed through the front hall, the courtyard, and the dark secret passage, returning to the cave.

At a glance.

The buddha head was placed neatly on the ground.

Ye Chen stood still in front of the buddha head and was silent for a moment.

"No matter where I put it, this thing is too big and too conspicuous."

"Instead of having others covet it, I might as well take out what's inside first."

"It also saves Bai Wanqing and the others from trouble..."

Thinking of this.

He squatted down, raised his right hand, and a golden light slowly lit up in his palm. Then, he struck down with his palm.

*Crack!*

The crisp sound of shattering echoed in the cave.

A crack split down the middle of the buddha head, and the fissures then spread in all directions like a spider web, covering the entire head in the blink of an eye.

Ye Chen reached out and gently pried it; the buddha head shattered into countless pieces.

And in the middle of the pile of rubble lay a bronze key quietly.

It was exactly the key to open the bronze gate of the Kunlun Ruins!

Ye Chen grabbed it and smiled.

"By my count, I already have four!"

"When I get the one from the Martial Arts Tournament, I'll have half of the keys..."

"At that time, I will have the absolute initiative!"

...

That evening, Ye Chen and his group stepped onto the pier of Xiamen City.

Bai Shanshan stretched lazily and moved her shoulders, her bones making a series of popping sounds.

"Dry land feels much better. After rocking on the boat all afternoon, my bones are about to fall apart."

Behind her, Luo Shui followed expressionlessly, her features making her look like a porcelain doll.

Bai Wanqing walked side by side with Ye Chen.

"A-Chen, thank you so much for today."

"If it weren't for you, I don't know what would have happened to Shanshan."

Ye Chen waved his hand. "Why be so polite? Shanshan is practically my disciple; it's only right."

Hearing this from ahead, Bai Shanshan turned her head and rolled her eyes.

"Practically your disciple? How many days have you taught me?"

Ye Chen held up two fingers matter-of-factly. "Twice."

Bai Shanshan was speechless. "Twice? And you have the nerve to say that?"

"The first time, I taught you object control and laid the foundation."

Ye Chen explained solemnly, "The second time, I turned you from a martial arts novice into someone in the Heaven Realm. Are you still not satisfied?"

Bai Shanshan: "..."

Well...

Quite satisfied.

After all, some people practice their whole lives and never reach this height, yet Ye Chen sent her there in a single day.

Although the process was a bit rough, the result was real.

She huffed and turned away, no longer paying attention to Ye Chen, but a joyful smile could not be hidden at the corners of her mouth.

Bai Wanqing looked at her sister's 'tough talk, soft heart' manner, smiled, and then turned to Ye Chen. "A-Chen, let me treat you to dinner tonight as a thank you."

Ye Chen paused and thought for a moment.

"Sure."

As soon as he spoke.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Bing Lan.

[Lan Lan, the matter is settled. Bai Wanqing is treating me to dinner tonight; I'll be back late.]

Less than three seconds after the message was sent, Bing Lan replied.

[Understood.]

Bai Wanqing stood to the side, glanced at his phone screen, and couldn't help but smile.

"What? Checking in?"

Ye Chen nodded matter-of-factly. "Of course."

Bai Wanqing spoke wistfully.

"I usually don't make people check in." "}],