Hidden Moth-Chapter 573 - 328: How Many Alarming Echoes Along the Road (Part 2)

He Kao: "Can I ask a question? As the son of a martyr, being subjected to such bullying outside school, do those thugs just find their lives too comfortable?"

Liu Jingze shook his head and said: "Previously, I didn’t know my father’s true identity, and of course neither did the school nor those thugs.

My grades aren’t great, I’m a bit introverted, usually unnoticed at school, and when occasionally bullied, I don’t dare to speak up, feeling it’s embarrassing to admit... but after this incident, things should change."

He Kao: "So who knows then?"

Liu Jingze: "My mother knows, and so do the leaders at my father’s workplace..."

Liu Xinping’s deeds were not disclosed even after his sacrifice, specifically to protect his family from criminal retaliation.

Of course, the due awards and compensation were not lacking but were only conducted internally. Yan He didn’t tell the children, quietly hiding her husband’s certificates and medals.

However, there’s no such thing as completely foolproof in this world, and Liu Jingze’s experience proves that such confidentiality measures are indeed necessary.

He Kao: "What about that gang?"

Liu Jingze looked emotionlessly at the cup in front of him and said, "Since I’ve already acted, I naturally cleaned them up, and I even took the time to chase them across the border, wiping out their superior gang, which was just a few days ago."

He Kao: "Understood, so how do you want me to help?"

Liu Jingze looked him in the eye and asked back: "How do you think you can help?"

The master definitely speaks the truth, but there should still be other matters not mentioned, likely until He Kao has helped with this task.

He Kao also knew that Liu Jingze wasn’t necessarily insisting on asking for his help, this matter implied an opportunity and a test.

He Kao nodded and said: "I’ll try to handle it well." Then, a little worried, he asked, "It might take a few days, are you in a hurry?"

Liu Jingze: "I’m not in a hurry, I can just take a detour after school."

Actually, with his cultivation, those thugs couldn’t even cut him with a knife no matter how hard they tried, but He Kao didn’t dare to say this. He ate a few bites and cheerfully asked, "Nowadays, carrying cash when going out is pretty uncommon, do your teachers really not allow mobile phones?"

Liu Jingze: "If you bring a mobile phone to school, you need to write an application for your parents to sign, and you’re not allowed to take it out to play. Given these rules, I simply don’t bring one."

He Kao: "When I was in high school, we didn’t have those rules."

Liu Jingze gave him a look: "Did you have a mobile phone back then?"

He Kao thought for a moment, and realized Liu Jingze had a point. When He Kao was in high school, although smartphones had emerged, they weren’t yet widespread enough for every middle school student to have one, anyway He Kao didn’t have one at the time.

...

"What’s with the mysteriousness pulling me here?"

"There’s something I want to discuss with you, help me come up with an idea."

This isn’t in the office or at a roadside barbecue stall, but in a small reception room in the Qihuang Spirit Garden’s office building where Xiaopang is talking to He Kao.

Nowadays Xiaopang is already a Tier Two Acupuncturist from the Observing Body Sect, having just broken through a few days ago.

He Kao returned from the Flower Shocking Grotto Heaven with a set of small Tai Chi Yin Yang Array, and upon reaching home, sought out Lin Qingshuang. Lin Qingshuang picked out an area with a good enough environment but sufficiently hidden in Qihuang Spirit Garden for He Kao to set up the Array.

Of course, this was prepared for taking the Pure Yang Pill, and Elder Gu had already agreed to join Lin Qingshuang in taking the pill, just waiting for the elder’s arrival.

The wonders of the Tai Chi Yin Yang Array are not just for taking the Pure Yang Pill with Peony, theoretically, it can aid almost all dual cultivation techniques.

Now it has been quietly set up in Qihuang Spirit Garden, and coincidentally, recently Lin Qingshuang happened to teach Meng Ya and Huang Si the dual cultivation method of Observing Body, presenting an opportune environment...

With such a pair of young men and women, learning such a secret technique, and having such an array nearby, it’s easy to guess what will happen!

This incident also pushes the relationship between Xiaopang and Meng Ya forward, the two secretly use the Tai Chi Yin Yang Array for dual cultivation, thinking Lin Qingshuang and He Kao don’t know.

The dual cultivation’s effect is immediate, Xiaopang has now broken through. He didn’t break through through the conventional ceremony, but from another perspective, perhaps this is a ceremony more suited for him?

After returning from Bai Cang City, He Kao contacted Xiaopang, coinciding just with Friday dinner time. Xiaopang ran to the Qihuang Spirit Garden after work that day, followed by He Kao.

Given Liu Jingze’s sensitive identity, He Kao doesn’t want Magic Sect to know, and preferably not to use any Magic Sect means.

Though Xiaopang is also a Magic Sect disciple, he’s He Kao’s elementary to high school classmate and lifelong friend, remembering how if bullied, they’d always fight back together, so He Kao thought of him first.

Bringing Xiaopang, a descendant of the Observing Body Sect, into the discussion, He Kao had other considerations, which need not be spoken.

After settling down, He Kao explained: "Old Qian gave me half a month’s leave, during which I went to Phoenix Tail Town and also went to other places, passing through Bai Cang City, coincidentally encountering a matter..."

He took out his phone and sent Xiaopang a video—it was footage of Liu Jingze being cornered by three thugs in an alley, and it was quite clear.

Xiaopang angrily said: "These bastards really need a beating, our town used to have several gangs, often blocking people for money after school, but they eventually got straightened out by the police."