Mu Fusheng's network is pretty damn big.
Not a single word of this got out.
The Starfall Sword Ancestor Sect got it too, and kept their mouths shut.
When Chang'sheng got back,
Ye Qiubai kept his head down, and came over obediently.
He held his wooden sword in both hands, and handed it over.
His face was all grim and serious as he said, "Master, please punish me!"
Blackie and Shi Sheng stood nearby, both looking weirded out.
They remembered what Ye Qiubai said earlier.
"So, how should I act so Master won't punish me?"
Then Mu Fusheng had come over with a suggestion.
Confess and plead guilty!
That's right, just own up and apologize. That way, you'll always get a lighter sentence.
It's a master-disciple thing, after all.
Master could never bear to punish you too harshly.
So then—
Ye Qiubai believed him.
He grabbed a wooden sword, lifted it up with both hands, handed it to Chang'sheng, and asked for punishment on his own.
