Chapter 22: Powerlessness became my failure

Not knowing that he had been spied on by Wu Gensheng and his companion for an afternoon, Li Ang was doing his evening lessons absent-mindedly.

"How exactly should I solve them..."

Thinking about it, Li Ang couldn't help but feel a bit of irritability in his heart.

*Smack!*

A crisp sound rang out. Li Ang subconsciously covered his head and looked at Zuo Ruotong, who had walked up to him at some point.

He gave a sheepish smile and asked with a guilty conscience: "Ma... Master..."

"When doing evening lessons, one must avoid being restless. Be serious."

Zuo Ruotong didn't even look at Li Ang, just dropped a sentence and walked with his hands behind his back to another disciple who was daydreaming.

Seeing this, Li Ang lowered his head honestly and continued to recite the content of the evening lessons.

However, as he recited, for some reason, he thought of the content in Journey to the West.

'Master knocked me on the head, is he asking me to find him at the first watch in the middle of the night?'

'But the first watch in the middle of the night is seven to nine o'clock, and by the time the evening lesson is over, the time has passed.'

'Or is he asking me to find him as soon as it ends?'

Just like that, amidst Li Ang’s wild thoughts, the evening lesson soon ended.

Watching the Senior Brothers leaving the hall one after another, he gritted his teeth and sought out Zuo Ruotong, who was standing at the hall entrance: "Master..."

"Follow me."

Before Li Ang could state his purpose, Zuo Ruotong reached out to stop his words and led him to a side hall.

Looking at the disciple in front of him, Zuo Ruotong signaled him to sit down, then asked: "Is there any confusion in your practice of the Three-One Return to Origin?"

Li Ang, of course, wasn't looking for his Master for this reason.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but then closed it again, appearing very hesitant.

Seeing his demeanor, Zuo Ruotong didn't urge him, just waited quietly.

After a while, Li Ang hardened his heart and said: "Master, I feel something is wrong with Yunsheng and Yunze, who came up the mountain today."

He chose to blow the whistle.

But this was a choice Li Ang had made after careful consideration. After all, the worst case of exposing the identities of Wu Gensheng and his companion would be being treated as an accomplice and then imprisoned by the Three-One Sect for stealing the Three-One Return to Origin.

After all, he hadn't done anything bad.

And this didn't count for much to him, because once this matter was over, he would leave this world.

Moreover, even if he were imprisoned, it wouldn't affect his grinding of experience.

There was basically no threat to his life; this was inferred by Li Ang based on Zuo Ruotong’s personality shown in the original work and their interactions over the past few days.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to do this.

Hearing Li Ang’s words, Zuo Ruotong’s gaze suddenly became deep, and he asked in a calm tone: "Why do you think so?"

Facing his Master’s inquiry, Li Ang didn't choose to answer directly, just shook his head slightly and said: "The two of them give me a strange feeling; they don't look like they should at their age."

"Instead, they are a bit like..."

"The All-Nature demons I’ve seen before."

If someone else had heard Li Ang’s words at this time, they would likely think he was falsely accusing his fellow disciples, as the reason he gave was indeed a bit far-fetched.

But when he first met Zuo Ruotong, Li Ang had already told him that the All-Nature Sect seemed to be plotting something unfavorable to the Three-One Sect. ===== CHAPTER 24 =====