"Punishment, punish me?!"
Looking at Gu Manzhi, who was wincing with pain and gently rubbing her backside, the person in the gray robe swallowed their saliva, turned around, and ran off without saying a word.
She definitely didn’t want to get spanked by this guy!
However, before she could transform into a shadow, her movement suddenly froze, as if she were trapped in a quagmire.
"Hiding in the shadows all day, as if you can’t see the light... Let me see what you’re hiding?"
Chen Mo stepped forward and reached out to take off her hood.
Seeing the somewhat unusual appearance, he was taken aback.
A cascade of white hair fell from beneath the hood, not only her hair but her eyebrows and eyelashes were all snow-white. Her red eyes gleamed like garnet, and her smooth skin was as tender as a peeled egg.
She looked just like...
But she seemed very healthy from her aura, and even being exposed to sunlight didn’t cause her any discomfort, as if she was just naturally white-haired...
The person in the gray robe froze for a moment, reaching out to touch her cheek.
Realizing that her face was exposed, she suddenly became flustered, her round eyes filled with panic, like a startled fawn.
"Why did you take off my hood? You, you’re so rude!"
The voice that was previously harsh and raspy turned soft and tender, inexplicably giving off a feeling of being easily bullied.
Chen Mo shook his head.
This person in the gray robe was hiding so deeply, he thought she was someone with a scheming mind, but it turned out to be a silly cute girl?
"As the deacon of Moon Brilliance Sect, it is your duty to protect the Holy Daughter. Why didn’t you go to the Sky Scale Guard to find me when the Gu God Sect attacked?"
"If anything happens to Gu Manzhi, how many lives do you have to take responsibility?!"
Chen Mo’s gaze narrowed slightly, and his tone turned colder.
Those two were obviously up to no good, and their methods were quite strange. If it weren’t for his timely arrival, the consequences might have been unimaginable!
Gu Manzhi didn’t want to drag him into this mess, so she deliberately kept it hidden...
But did this gray-robed deacon not understand the situation?
Faced with Chen Mo’s questioning, the person in the gray robe pouted slightly, her eyes brimming with tears as she said indignantly, "I wanted to find you for help, but Saintess Gu wouldn’t let me. She said she already owed you too much and didn’t want to involve you further... What could I do?"
"The Gu God Sect has always been ruthless and vicious, capable of anything. If it weren’t for trying to give the Holy Daughter a slim chance of escape, I would have run away a long time ago!"
"And I’m so scared of bugs, I nearly died from fright just now, and then you still had to come and scold me, boo hoo, you’re all bullying me..."
The more the gray-robed person spoke, the more aggrieved they became, tears streaming down like beads.
Seeing her looking so pitiful, Chen Mo’s mouth twitched slightly, and he asked in a low voice, "How did she become a deacon ?"
Gu Manzhi said helplessly, "She is my junior sister, just over eighteen years old, her personality does indeed have some flaws... You just need to put her hood back on."
Chen Mo replied skeptically, putting the hood back on the gray-robed person.
As soon as her face was covered, the sobbing stopped abruptly, and instantly a raspy voice came from under the gray robe:
"Mr. Chen, you’re overstepping... huh?"
Chen Mo took off the hood again, and the white-haired girl froze, stammering, "You, put it back on! I haven’t finished talking yet!"
Chen Mo felt a bit of a headache.
Dissociative identity disorder? Is the gray robe the main personality?
It seems the Moon Brilliance Sect truly has no one else available, where did all these oddballs come from?
Gu Manzhi softly explained, "Ye Henshui is self-conscious because of her unusual appearance, she’s afraid of interacting with people, which is why she’s hidden in the shadows and gradually developed such a twisted personality..."
"You’re the one who’s self-conscious! You’re the one who’s twisted!"
"Master clearly said I am like a dormant abyss, with hidden dragon scales, and when the time comes, I will lead the entire sect to revival!"
Ye Henshui pouted slightly, her cheeks puffed in anger.
Gu Manzhi said plainly, "That’s exactly what Master told me, word for word."
"You’re lying!" Ye Henshui pulled out a Jade Pendant from her collar and said, "I have the Moon Brilliance Sect token given by Master, the Green Spirit Jade..."
Gu Manzhi took out an identical Jade Pendant from her sleeve, "Did she also say, this was passed down from the founding ancestor of the sect, there’s only one, and it’s significant, and you shouldn’t show it around easily?"
The two stared at each other in silence.
Chen Mo nearly couldn’t hold back his laughter.
It seems the Moon Brilliance Sect Master is quite the storyteller too.
But it makes sense, with no money, no people, and even the Sect Treasure stolen... If they didn’t paint grand visions, probably even the remaining people wouldn’t stay.
Clearing his throat, Chen Mo said, "Back to business, about punishing you just now..."
Ye Henshui shuddered, covered her backside with both hands, and stuttered, "I-I can drink a potion! But you can’t spank me!"
Chen Mo pulled out a Token and handed it to Ye Henshui, saying, "Two protectors from the Gu God Sect have died, I doubt they’ll let this go. If there’s any further incidents, find me at the Sky Scale Guard immediately. If I’m not there, go find Li Yuan."
"If you dare hide anything again, don’t blame me for being impolite!"
Ye Henshui breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she took the Token, she realized, and exclaimed, "You killed those two guys?!"
Chen Mo nodded, "Not a trace of them left, they are dead beyond dead."
Ye Henshui’s throat moved, her garnet-like eyes filled with astonishment.
Those were two Fourth-Level Mages!
She already felt something was wrong when Chen Mo could suppress them earlier...