Chapter 610 - A Foolish Disciple?
Lin Mu and Jing Luo became a bit confused the moment they saw the disciple appraising them. They were originally going to seize the identity tokens of these disciples with the hope that there would be one of them that could allow them to pass through the barrier.
While Jing Luo could unlock this one on his own as well, it would take him a few extra minutes that they did not really have. Thus, this would be the fastest way for them to progress further.
But then this disciple who was wearing the robes of the inner court approach them with a smile on his face.
"Would honored guests allow me to provide some help?" the Disciple asked.
Lin Mu narrowed his eyes and scanned the disciple with his spirit sense, finding that he was the early stage of the core condensation realm. He didn't know what to do, but then thought of going along with it.
He gestured to Jing Luo to pause before speaking.
"We want to go past this place but we have been given the wrong kind of token it seems." Lin Mu flashed the token that they had.
"Tsk tsk~ Seems like the disciples at the registry messed up again. Let me help the honored guests then," The disciple replied.
"Oh! That would be really nice." Lin Mu said, feeling surprised.
"Please, the honor is all mine. The sect would be losing its credibility if I let honored guests be displeased." The disciple stated.
He then took out his own token and waved it at the barrier, which then opened up a gate for them.
Jing Luo was honestly quite stunned by this and had not expected this to happen. He had been ready to fight and get the identity token, but now they had been mistaken for 'Honored Guests' somehow.
He didn't know whether this disciple was truly mistaken or was acting pragmatically to save himself and his fellow disciples.
Lin Mu on the other hand, nodded his head and went through the gate along with Little Shrubby and Jing Luo.
~thud~
"Take this as a gift," Lin Mu said as he threw a fist sized stone to the disciple from past the gate.
The disciple caught it and did not recognize what it was first. But then he could feel the spirit Qi from the stone entering his hand.
"M-Mid grade spirit stone? This is a mid grade spirit stone? There can be a mid grade spirit stone of this SIZE?" The disciple couldn't help but say.
His fellow disciples, who were hesitant to approach Lin Mu were stunned as well.
"Dammit! We should have gone forward to help instead." They couldn't help but regret it.
But just as Lin Mu and Jing Luo had left the area, a group of Nascent Soul realm elders arrived at the scene. The disciple who had helped Lin Mu proceed was showing off the spirit stone to his companions and bragging.
"See! You guys just don't know when to take an opportunity." The disciple said.
"Humph! We just didn't go talk to them since we didn't know who they were." One of the other disciples stated.
"Didn't you see how strange they were? One of them was riding on that beast while wearing a mask too while the other man was built like a hill!" Another one commented.
"Exactly, and what if they were intruders and not guests at all? What would you have done then?" a female disciple snorted.
"Pfft~ you guys are just envious. How would someone even enter our sect like that? And didn't you see, they were leaving the area… not entering it. They would have surely been found if they were entering." The disciple replied.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!? A man on a beast and wearing a mask?" The Nascent Soul elder who just appearing in the sky, questioned out loud.
"Ah!" All the disciples were startled by the sudden appearance of the elders and looked up.
"E-Elders! Greetings!" They all cupped their hands in greeting.
"Repeat what you just said," The elder who had spoken before stated. The other elders also descended along with him while looking around.
The disciples then repeated the incident that had just happened with Lin Mu appearing and the disciple helping them. As soon as the elders heard it they were stunned first but then rage became visible on their faces.
"YOU FOOLS!" The elder hundred while pointing at the disciple.
"Do you know what you just did!? You let an intruder escape!" A second elder said.
"Wait, they really were intruders?" The female disciple who had commented earlier questioned as her face went pale.
"YES! They are intruders that not only infiltrated our sect but also our sacred grounds! They hypnotized the elders at the sacred ground's gate before escaping." The first elder explained.
~Thud~
All of the disciples went white with fear and the one who had helped Lin Mu directly fell to the ground.
"Did they say anything about where they were going?" The elders asked.
"No, they just said they were leaving the area." The disciples spoke, while the one who had helped Lin Mu was frozen on the ground in shock.
"GAH! You lot are useless," The elder said, feeling infuriated.
"We're not out of luck yet. The other teams of elders should encounter them if they are leaving the sect from that end." The second elder commented.
"Let's hope so…" The infuriated elder said before looking at the disciple who had helped Lin Mu. "And you! Go and report to the discipline hall and confess your crimes. I'll come to see you later personally!" The elder said before flying away in the direction that Lin Mu had gone into.
~thud~
The disciple directly fainted upon hearing the verdict, while his fellow disciples could only sign in pity. But on the other hand, they felt lucky that they did not help Lin Mu nor did anything problematic, except for getting scolded, they didn't really get any punishment.
As for the disciple who had helped Lin Mu, his fate was probably sealed now.