The Old Mischief's Discourse on Heaven and Earth (3)

"Hallmaster Dao, I was wrong!" Xi exclaimed anxiously. He couldn't go wrong with apologizing first, right?

"Where did you go wrong?"

"I was wrong in..."

"If you know you're wrong, just correct it. There's no need to say it. Certain things, when said out loud, only disgust people."

Xi's face turned from ghostly white to an unsettling greenish hue, feeling more uncomfortable than if he had swallowed a fly.

Was Hallmaster Dao not in a good mood?

Who had provoked him?!

"The atmosphere on the Saint Mountain isn't good. Young people shouldn't try to learn everything. Taking the dregs and discarding the essence, that's a bad habit."

"I... will learn from this."

"Did you handle the matter assigned to you personally?" Dao Qiongcang's changed the subject smoothly, remaining calm throughout.

"Yes!"