Uncle Qianshi needed to solve the case, so he had to take a close look at the Shadow Stone.

After watching, he frowned and asked Lin Qi and Zhao Qi, "Have the two of you offended them?"

Zhao Qi was immediately taken aback, "I just joined the team today and only greeted these two people. How did I offend them?"

She finished speaking and casually applied eyedrops. "I suspect these two have narrow hearts and are jealous of others' achievements. They resent the fact that White-Clothed Uncle Master praised someone else, which is why they spoke ill."

"You're lying!" the female cultivator glared with wide, angry eyes.

The male cultivator beside him seemed especially angry, pointing at Zhao Qi as his whole body trembled. "How dare you slander me like this?!"

Zhao Qi was dumbfounded for a moment, she said something wrong?

Unconsciously, he turned to Lin Qi for help.

Lin Qi presented a serene expression of bewilderment, tilting her head to regard the other two. "To be honest, I'm also rather perplexed. What could we, me and Zhao Shimei, have possibly done to incur such disdain from you both?"

Lin Qi stood straight, looking resolute and said, "In my opinion, we aren't familiar with each other, are we?"

Now, both of them fell silent.

It was that male cultivator who reacted quickly, immediately stepping forward to explain, "Today, Disciple Nalan made a mistake when dealing with the demonic cultivators and is feeling quite distressed. She happened to hear the two disciples discussing the matter and thought that Senior White would summon Master Jiang Yue to serve by his side. Unexpectedly... for a moment, she felt a bit unfair for Master Jiang Yue."

Lin Qi let out two snorts of disdain, said nothing more, but successfully made the male cultivator who had just finished explaining look extremely embarrassed.

Lan Shimei hadn't come to her senses yet and still nodded earnestly, her face a little ashamed. "I'm sorry, Jiang Shijie. I was reckless."

Jiang Yue gave the male cultivator a meaningful look, her gaze then shifted to Lan'er, "You shouldn't say that to me. Lin'er and Zhao'er are innocent in this matter, you shouldn't vent your anger for no reason, and it's definitely not right to act rashly!"

When Nalan's younger sister heard this, she blushed with shame and obediently listened to the reprimand.

The overlooked male cultivator stepped forward again, opening his mouth and saying: "I also have fault in this matter. I failed to soothe my junior sister's emotions and failed to dissuade her in time. I am willing to accept punishment!"

Now Naran junior sister finally reacted that something was wrong. She looked at the male cultivator suspiciously, "Strict Senior Brother, it was you who first disliked these two people, saying they were delusional. I just followed your lead!"

How did she become such a troublemaker?

As for what Lan Cangcang said, Yan Zhao didn't quite agree, but he also didn't refute it. He just sighed, "What my junior sister said is right, I was wrong about this."

Lin Qi's eyebrows twitched unconsciously.

Ginger Moon had almost guessed the whole process.

She said softly, "Although Lan Shimei has a rather impetuous personality, if no one had started it, she might not have attacked others."

Nalan Cangcang nodded quickly, finally becoming sensible, and took the initiative to stand out and apologize to Lin Qi and Zhao Qi.

"Two junior sisters, today I acted impulsively. I spoke without thinking and disrespected you... I'm sorry."

She turned and bowed to Master Qian, "Master Qian, Naran Cangcang is willing to accept the punishment!"

Things happened too quickly, leaving Yan Zhao a little embarrassed in place.

At this point, explaining further would be like shutting one's ears to? and stealing a bell, it would only make people despise him even more. So he proactively followed Nalan Cangcang and admitted his mistake.

Zhao Qi touched his head and clasped his fists, saying: "The disciple shouldn't have acted impulsively against fellow disciples. I was also wrong in this matter!"

Lin Qi looked at this, then that, and after a light cough, said, “Disciple feels…”

Suddenly, she realized that everyone's eyes were on her.

Meeting Qian Shishu's half-smile, Lin Qi decisively said: "The disciple believes that they are not wrong. They will still strive to cultivate diligently so as to avoid encountering such situations again and being unable to stop them."

Poor Zhao Qi and Nan Lan Cangcang were stabbed again, their eyes towards Lin Qi full of resentment.

Qian Shishu's gaze was slightly taken aback as he looked at Lin Qi up and down.

"In the end, he sighed softly and said: 'You look a lot like your master.' "

Lin Qi: "..."

Nonsense!

Her master was a renowned gentle beauty from the Tianyi Sect. How could she, this shameless and audacious disciple, be so similar to her?!

Qian Shishu originally had a lot to say to Lin Qi, but seeing her familiar rogue appearance, he shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, go back."

Lin Qi stared at the others, "This...isn't appropriate, is it? We haven't even decided on a punishment yet!"

She seemed to hear the sound of grinding teeth?

At last, the remaining group of people were ruthlessly driven out of the palace by Qian Shi Shu.

Nalan Cangcang and Zhao Qi, fellow disciples, fought each other. As punishment, they were ordered to reflect on the wall by eating noodles for three days.

Yan Zhaochu spoke disrespectfully and was punished with five hundred low-grade spirit stones. The spirit stones were divided equally between Lin Qi and Zhao Qi as spiritual compensation.

Zhao Qi and Nan Lan Cangcang left with seemingly normal expressions, but Yan Zhao seemed to have suffered a great blow, his face was ashen.

After going out, he let out a cold snort and turned to leave.

Zhao Qi was unhappy and said, "What kind of person?!"

Ginger Moon asked her strangely, "Don't you know Yan Zhao?"

"Should I know him?" Zhao Qi asked back.

Ginger Moon fell silent instantly. Nalan Cangcang stared in astonishment, "You both come from the same school, how could you not recognize each other?"

Zhao Qi: "..."

"I don't know him at all!" Zhao Qi scratched his head and tried hard to remember, but he couldn't find this person in his memory. Then he mumbled, "No wonder I said this person was so malicious towards me, it turns out he knew me all along!"

Lan Ran's pale face flushed red instantly, and she closed her mouth as if about to speak.

Lin Qi curiously asked, "Elder Sister Jiang, do you know what's going on?"

Ginger Yue doesn't seem to be good at speaking, but Lin Qi felt that Sister Ginger was very intelligent. She thought she was similar to her senior sister, hiding wisdom in her heart and being insightful and wise.

Ginger succinctly said: "The solitary God of Heaven, Tiancang Zhenjun, has stringent requirements for his disciples. The Yan family had a favor to repay him, so they wanted Yan Zhao to be accepted as a disciple under Tiancang Zhenjun's sect. Unexpectedly, Tiancang Zhenjun refused. The following year, Tiancang Zhenjun took Zhao Shimei as his personal disciple during the Ascension Ladder event."

Zhao Qi exclaimed in disbelief, "Just for this?!"

Jiang Yue shook her head gently, "The reason why Heavenly Coffer True Monarch refused is that he doesn't want to take on a disciple for the time being."

As a result, Zhao Qi was taken in as a direct disciple. This enraged not only Yan Zhao, but the entire Yan family.

Zhao Qi was so surprised that her mouth couldn't close. Suddenly, she realized something was wrong, "But... didn't he become a disciple?"

Ginger sighed, "Later, the Yan family pressured Tiancang True Monarch with their kindness and forced him to accept Yan Zhao. After much discussion, Tiancang True Monarch agreed to give Yan Zhao the title of an outer disciple, and... he didn't really value this disciple. Otherwise, after years as fellow disciples, how could you not even know about him?"

It's difficult for outsiders to judge this situation, but those involved, Yan Zhao and the Yan family, are likely furious.

Zhao Qi only then realized, "So he's looking down on me because of this. It just so happens that I came to Beilin recently and made some achievements. He must be even more unhappy now."

Speaking of which, Zhao Qi burst into laughter.