Chapter 12: Two Reasons

After trying his strength, Meng Xin felt a little more confident, and felt that he was not as weak as he thought.

Returning to his room, he was about to start practicing when he heard a voice coming from the outside door.

"Meng Xin, are you here?" The voice was crisp and clear, and it was none other than Zhou Ruqing.

Meng Xin opened the door and said, "Yes. What do you need?"

"You know, Protector Xiao asked me to go and bring you to her." Zhou Ruqing said while looking at Meng Xing with her beautiful eyes.

"Good."

Meng Xin casually closed the door and followed her.

"Why don't you come yourself, because Protector Xiao asked you to come? She's worried about your cultivation." Zhou Ruqing said softly.

"The rest of the men are looking forward to Defender Xiao's challenge."

"I'm not like them... they're trying to suck up!" Meng Xin mentally spat.

"I've been cultivating for so long before I opened my spiritual pulse, compared to a genius like Defender Xiao, I'm just a school trash, so it's embarrassing for me to show up in front of her." Meng Xin said.

It was time to show some of his strength, after all, Xiao Yuluo herself had taught him, if he didn't make any progress, wouldn't it be a shame for her?

"Garbage?" Zhou Ruqing was a little puzzled.

"This means that it is not the teacher who teaches poorly, but the students study poorly and have poor talent, so they cannot learn anything." Meng Xin said.

After listening to Meng Xing's explanation, Zhou Ruqing understood everything and said.

"But I feel like you look very confident, so confident, like you have a lot of strength, and you don't look like you have some kind of inferiority complex because of weak strength."

"I was born to be useful. I'm not good at martial arts, but I'm good at playing the zither, right? If I didn't know how to play the zither, I can still chop wood, so why should I feel inferior?". Meng Xin said.

"Chopping wood, what's the use of it?". Zhou Ruqing was a little puzzled.

However, this guy seemed to have some insight and could speak clearly. He was born to be useful, no one has ever said that before.

Zhou Ruoqing thought to herself when she heard what Meng Xin had just said.

"Of course, if I didn't chop wood, would the dining room be able to cook for you? Would you be able to cultivate without eating? Are you ready to cook your own food?".

Zhou Ruqing was speechless, he was indeed right.

However, Zhou Ruqing was even more impressed by his words. It seemed that this man had some knowledge to teach Defender Xiao to play the zither, besides he was an elegant and handsome man.

Thanks to the gratitude of Protector Xiao, this guy has a chance to change his life for the better if he practices cultivation diligently.

They stopped talking and walked all the way to Xiao Yuluo's courtyard, and after a quick explanation, Zhou Ruqing left.

When they reached the door, Zhou Ruqing heard the sounds of the zither and froze in anticipation, and only after the song ended, she walked away with light steps.

At this moment, in the pavilion, Xiao Yuluo looked at Meng Xing with hope, gently opening her red lips and saying, "Meng Xing, how do you like my game?".

Meng Xin applauded and said: "Sister, your playing is getting better and better, you have reached the level of a zither master."

Indeed, Meng Xing felt that Xiao played better than himself, enlightened by the system. Xiao Yuluo really liked to play and was naturally more immersed in it, while he liked to just listen to music..

A smile appeared on Xiao Yuluo's face, and she said, "Meng Xin, you are becoming more and more articulate. Well, actually I called you this time because I was bored and I wanted to talk to you. Also because I wanted to know how your cultivation is going."

Then, three options appeared before Meng Xing's eyes.

[1: Keep chatting with Xiao Yuluo in a casual manner.]

[2: Refuse to communicate with her and break off relations with her.]

[3: Tell her: "Sister, let's hug each other. I do not know how many days have passed since we were separated.]

This system is deceiving me. The last two options are both deadly. The second one will break the relationship, and the third one will deepen the relationship, which is just a difficult task. Meng Xin decided to choose the first option.

Meng Xin said, "Yes, Sister, let's have a chat. What do you want to talk about?".

[Task completed, random reward: +1 to cooking skill].

Xiao Yuluo said: "Guess what I want to say?".

Guessing a person's inner thoughts was not an easy task, but given the recent events at Jianchi Peak, it was possible to understand how Xiao Yuluo felt.

"Sister, do you want to talk about Elder Wu?" Meng Xin thought for a moment and said.

Xiao Yuluo nodded and said, "Meng Xin, you're actually quite smart, you guessed my thoughts right away. I do not know who sent you to the Dining Room, because you are so visionary and smart."

"Elder Wu's death is a bit strange, and everyone is worried that there is a great danger at Jianchi Peak. It can also be assumed that you are bored because of this case." Meng Xin said while sipping tea while speaking at the same time.

"Tell me, why do you think Elder Wu was killed?" asked Xiao Yuluo.

"I didn't know Elder Wu well, so how would I know why he was killed?" Meng Xin said.

"Just don't be shy, try to guess." Xiao Yuluo said.

Meng Xin thought about it and said: "There are two reasons for Elder Wu's death. The first reason is most likely a revenge killing, someone had a conflict with him. This person could have practiced the devil art himself, or he could have secretly killed him by borrowing the devil sect's hand."

Xiao Yuluo nodded and said, "What about the second reason?".

"The second reason could be that the enemy of our True Martial Sect was chasing our Jiangchi Peak, ready to cause us trouble, and Elder Wu accidentally found out some secrets of this enemy and was killed by the other side." Meng Xin said.

Xiao Yuluo said, "These two reasons are what everyone is guessing about. However, the elders of the Hall of Law and Order have already checked everyone and have not found anyone."

Meng Xin nodded and said, "Yes, it could have been someone he was familiar with who suddenly attacked and killed him, so he was unable to resist. Or maybe that person's strength was so superior to Elder Wu's that Elder Wu didn't have time to react and was killed. No one heard any noise during the incident, otherwise, with Elder Wu's cultivation, he would have made a loud noise."

Xiao Yuluo thought for a while, and after a while she stood up and said: "Your words reminded me of something, I'll go and talk to the elders of the Hall of Law and Order. You can wait for me here."

With that, she hurriedly left, leaving Meng Xing to sit alone in the pavilion.