Insufficient balance

  Mo Sheng returned to his room, put away the clothes he had bought, then washed up and took a comfortable bath. After turning off the lights, he sat cross-legged on his bed and ran through the internal skill mantra of "Mantra of Brahma" several times. He felt the hot flow in his body growing stronger, and its circulation speed getting faster and faster.

  The next morning, Mu Sheng woke up feeling refreshed and invigorated. It seemed he had made progress after all. After washing up, Mu Sheng arrived at the main hall to find Eldest Miss and Wen Hao already there. Upon seeing Mu Sheng arrive, Eldest Miss seemed to have made a decision and said: "Now that Mu Sheng is here, let's go together! Wen Hao, remember what I just said."

  "Brother Zhao said with his head down: 'Sister, I remember, you can rest assured!'"

  But Mo Sheng was a bit confused, but he didn't dare ask, so he could only listen and wait for instructions.

  After a while, Qin came with a package in his hand. The eldest sister asked Mu Sheng to take it and went out. Mu Sheng took the package and thought to himself "I haven't had breakfast yet? And I have to work hard again. It seems that from now on, I need to buy some food for breakfast at night."

  Following the young lady and Zhao Wenhao to Yafeng Academy, at the entrance of the academy stood two men and one woman. Among them, Mo Sheng recognized two people, Wang Zichuan and a girl named Bao Yue. Another man held a treasured sword, wearing white clothes that made him look extraordinary handsome. When he saw Mo Sheng and the other three, only to hear Bao Yue laugh and say: "Xin Ya sister, you've finally arrived! My brother thought you weren't coming!"

  Zhao Xinyan smiled and said, "Our little Bao Yue has arrived, how could I not come?" Bao Yue playfully blinked her eyes. At this time, a man in white clothes walked up and said, "Gong Ming has met Miss Zhao," and then bowed.

  Zhao Xinyan returned the courtesy, saying: "Young Master Song is too polite." Meanwhile, Wang Zichuan, who was standing aside, also spoke up and said: "Zichuan has seen Miss Zhao before, and now she's becoming more and more beautiful."

  Huoyue also chimed in, "That's right, my sister Xingya is the number one beauty of Hunyuan City, this reputation isn't just for show."

  Zhao Xinyan faced others' praise without any expression, and only said lightly: "Wang Gongzi is overpraising."

  Huà Yuè said: "Xīn Yǎ jiě, you're being too modest, that's not good! The teacher has said before that excessive humility is actually arrogance!"

  Zhao Xinye didn't say a word, and her calm expression made it impossible to tell what she was thinking. Mu Sheng couldn't help but admire this naive and romantic girl, but he also worried that her lack of guile would make her vulnerable in the face of cruel reality.

  Facing the enthusiastic discussion of the four, Mu Sheng and Zhao Wenhao were clearly left out. Mu Sheng didn't mind, but Wenhao couldn't bear it, feeling ignored, so he spoke loudly: "Are you pretending I don't exist?"

  Bao Yue smiled and said, "Wen Hao, don't mind, we just forgot for a moment, it won't happen again." Song Gongming stepped forward and said, "Wen Hao, why didn't you introduce us to this young master beside you?"

  Just as Zhao Wenhao was about to speak, Wang Zichuan sneered and said: "What's there to introduce about a small reading companion? Wenhao, why did you bring him along?" The tone seemed to carry some resentment. Zhao Wenhao didn't know how to respond, he couldn't say it was his older sister who wanted to bring him along, could he?

  At this time, Zhao Xinyan said displeased: "Is it that we have to bring someone and still need your permission?"

  Wang Zichuan knew that his words had displeased the beauty in front of him, so he explained: "Miss Zhao, I didn't mean it that way, and I hope you won't misunderstand."

  Bao Yue then said "words are not in line with the heart", Song Gongming heard this and sternly said: "Bao Yue", Bao Yue made a face at his brother. Looking at Bao Yue's mischievous appearance, Song Gongming had no solution, but he was secretly delighted in his heart. Wang Zichuan that fool, fell into his own trap and still doesn't know it? Now that Wang Zichuan has offended Zhao Xinyi, his chances of winning will be greater, Zhao Xinyi, I, Song Gongming must get you.

  After this, the atmosphere became somewhat oppressive, but fortunately, there was a lively person in the team named Bao Yue. So on the way to Hunyuan Temple, Bao Yue suggested that his brother tell some interesting stories about his experience practicing martial arts at Wuxiang Sect. Then Song Gongming began to talk about his experiences at Wuxiang Sect.

  Wang Zichuan was quite disdainful of this, but didn't say anything. He didn't want to make the beauty angry again, that would make his own chances even slimmer. "I must not lose to Song Gongming, that hypocrite," Wang Zichuan thought to himself.

  Compared to others, Mu Sheng wasn't so concerned, just a little hungry. Walking alone at the back, he was quite calm in his heart, although Song Gongming's words were passionate and enthusiastic, but Mu Sheng didn't have the mind to listen to him boast. The only thing that made Mu Sheng curious was that the big sister would occasionally look back at herself from time to time, but this action of the big sister made Song Gongming mistakenly think it was her encouragement. So he spoke even more enthusiastically, and Wang Zichuan hated Song Gongming so much that his teeth ached, looking at Song Gongming's complacent appearance, Wang Zichuan almost swallowed him whole. The big sister didn't say anything about the misunderstanding of Song Gongming, still walking in front with Bao Yue, chatting and laughing.

  Only Zhao Wenhao, who was outside, knew that his older sister had a crush on Mu Sheng. Now he couldn't understand his sister's behavior even more. However, he didn't dare to say anything, as he both respected and feared his own sister.

  When a group of people arrived at the Hunyuan Temple, they were told that due to the recent passing of the temple's abbot, they would not be receiving guests for the time being. So the group went to a nearby bamboo forest outside the temple, where it was cooler, and rested there. Suddenly, the eldest sister asked out of nowhere, "Have you ever seen anyone play a tune with a bamboo leaf?" After saying that, she also glanced at Zhuo Sheng.

  Musheng felt a chill in his heart, could Big Sister be referring to him? Suddenly he thought, even if she was talking about him, when the time comes, he would just deny it and there's nothing she can do about it. With this thought, Musheng also felt at ease.

  Hearing this, Song Gongming said: "I don't know where Miss Zhao met such a strange person. If I had met him, I would have made friends with him."

  The big sister said with interest: "It's right here"

  The prince river is now more honest, not saying a word, just lowering his head, thinking about something. Bao Yue mischievously said: "Xin Ya sister, what does the person who blew the tune look like? Is he very handsome and cool?" Song Gongming shouted again: "Bao Yue"

  But Bao Yue didn't care about her angry brother and instead looked at Zhao Xinye with a hopeful face, hoping to get an answer.

  Zhao Wenhao was surprised, when did his older sister meet such a strange person and not tell him. Mu Sheng now knew that the eldest miss was talking about himself, so he walked to Zhao Wenhao's side and said: "Young master, I'll go get some water over there, can you hold onto my package for me?"

  Zhaowenhao was still thinking about his older sister's matter. He casually said: "You go! Just put the package next to me."

  After putting the package away, Mochou quickly left. If he didn't leave, it would be dangerous. The young lady heard Bao Yue ask this and was about to say "You've seen that person too", but found that Mochou was already gone. She thought to herself "He's quite fast at running away with things". So she could only say: "Actually, I was quite far from that person that day and didn't see what he looked like clearly. It's a pity to disappoint Bao Yue."

  "Never mind, Xinye sister," said Yueyue with a smile. "Next time you see that person, be sure to take a good look at what he looks like!"

  "Enough, Bao Yue!" Song Gongming said angrily.

  The mischievous Bao Yue stuck out her little tongue. Song Gongming realized that bringing Bao Yue today was a huge mistake and he would never bring her again. Fortunately, Miss Zhao didn't get a clear look at the man's face, otherwise he would be in danger. No, he was already in danger, Miss Zhao had an impression of the man, if she found out who he was, she would eliminate him immediately. Song Gongming thought sinisterly in his heart, but these evil thoughts were covered up by his smiling expression.

  Next, Big Sister let Wen Hao open the package, and each of them was given a few pastries, which made Bao Yue overjoyed. The several people started eating and chatting together like this.

  And so, Mu Sheng arrived at the riverbank, patted his chest and thought to himself that fortunately he had escaped quickly, otherwise he would have fallen into the trap set by the young mistress. It seemed that in the future, he should not provoke that woman again. But hadn't he been ignoring her all along? This was truly inexplicable. Mu Sheng shook off these thoughts - it's best not to try to guess a woman's mind.

  He took off his shoes and socks, and washed his feet in the river. Listening to the gurgling sound of the water, Mu Sheng's heart calmed down again.

  At this time, a hand stretched out from beside him in front of himself, and the slender white hand was still holding three pastries, "It looks like it's for yourself to eat." Musheng thought.

  Musheng turned around to see that it was the young lady, and he was shocked. He couldn't believe she still wouldn't let him go. So he stared at the young lady, who lowered her head in embarrassment under his gaze. In fact, even she herself didn't understand why she seemed to be possessed by a demon and brought pastries to this strange person. Musheng saw that the young lady was embarrassed, and thought to himself "It seems I misunderstood her." So he turned back around, took the pastries and said: "Thank you!"

  The young lady saw him turn back, and carefully sized up the strange man in front of her. Although he had a short haircut, under that gray scholar's hat, it didn't make people feel uncomfortable. When she heard Mu Sheng say thank you, the young lady came back from her thoughts, wondering what she was thinking about.

  Obviously, the big sister was very dissatisfied with this situation, so she returned to that cold tone and said: "Finish eating and hurry back, we'll be leaving soon."

  Musheng was eating pastries and felt that the taste was actually quite good. "Women are really unpredictable!" Musheng muttered to himself.

  After finishing, Muzhen quickly put on his shoes and socks and went back. They seemed to be leaving too. Taking the package from Wen Hao's hand, he only heard Wen Hao say in a low voice: "I left two more for you inside."

  "Thanks!" he said, slinging the package over his shoulder and following them from behind.