Chaos Systems
Chapters. 126 - Overthinking

A week later, Shan Bu valley, Yin Lang Sect.

"Curtain! Exorbitant! So the great master who had been staying here all this time was Mu Chou Ran?!" Snapper Jin Qinwu as he got word from Jin Mifeng and Yan Fengying who had just finished their assignment.

"Patriark Sect! Relax for a moment! You're not gonna have a heart attack, are you?" Yan Fengying asked indifferently as if he did not know the state of Jin Qinwu and the others.

"13 years ago we destroyed it. It could be that the man would counterattack and destroy this Sect with his troops." It was clearly one of the sect higher-ups who was standing to the left of Jin Qinwu's throne.

"Dad! We can't just shut up! It would be best to attack all the remnants of the Mu family before they counterattack and destroy the Yin Lang Sect." It was clearly Jin Mifeng to Jin Qinwu who seemed to be very worried about the state of his sect.

Jin Qinwu was silent for a while before he asked back, "Did no one know where the current residence of the Mu family is?"

Yan Fengying raised her hand abruptly and replied, "I think I know where they live." His answer that managed to make the whole view point at him. "... Of course they were in Qianlu city which was far away from Zhang Palace and the other four Sect regions."

"Huh! He thought he could protect his people in a place very far from here?!" Jin Qinwu snorted and spoke as if he was the winner. "... Prepare an army to attack Qianlu city and exterminate the entire Mu family!"

Meanwhile, in the territory of Xuanzhou City Hua Jian Sect. Inside his residence, Zhao Bingyan looked pondering after he came home without bringing Mu Chen Xiao back with him because back then, Mu Chou Ran had already captured him first. He did not expect that all this time, the one who had always stood around him was Mu Chou Ran who was pretending to be Shang Ren. And it seemed, he felt guilty for having snatched Mu Chen Xiao from his own father.

"Qian Yue's. Is returning Mu Chen Xiao to the criminal a good thing?" Zhao Bingyan muttered who kept staring out the window while in her room.

Not long after, the sound of knocking on the door happened for a while and there came the voice of a woman who said, "Grandmaster Zhao! Can I come in?" It was her question that made Zhao Bingyan have to turn her head towards the door.

Already these few times, Li Chu Yi had always knocked on his door and asked to enter his room. However, Zhao Bingyan still rejected him as she wanted to be alone and mused over all the mistakes he had made towards everyone including his regret for having killed Qian Yue.

"Go! I don't want to see anyone here." Zhao Bingyan replied that managed to shock Li Chu Yi because this was the umpteenth time he had been rejected by her.

"But, Grandmaster Zhao! I—"

"I told you to go!" Zhao Bingyan snapped directly at Li Chu Yi who was still behind the door of her room.

Li Chu Yi looked extremely disappointed. He could only be silent for a few moments while lowering his head and looking down at the door. He felt worried because since his return from Yong Fei, Zhao Bingyan had always locked himself inside his room and he did not even touch his food at all.

"Then, Yi'er will be leaving soon." His words were then walking away from Zhao Bingyan's room towards somewhere.

After Li Chu Yi moved away from her room, Zhao Bingyan fell silent again and her gaze looked back at the overcast sky. Some time ago, the snow season had just finished and they had entered the spring which was supposed to be the sunniest and coolest season. But only for this year. Spring in their place looks very cloudy unlike the years of yesterday.

"Are you stupid or what?!" Said a young man who had been standing behind the door of his room as he was muttering alone.

He was a young man of the Zhao family descendant who had a grumpy nature and always acted as he wished. From his tone of speech that was as if he was scolding her, it was unmistakable that this person was Zhao Wei Lu who accidentally flashed in front of her room and decided to speak to her despite only a few words.

"What's wrong? I—"

"You don't want to talk to anyone else! Yes I know that! No need to say it repeatedly! Everyone knows you want to be alone!" Said Zhao Wei Lu who was scolding Zhao Bingyan, his own brother.

"If you know what to talk to me for?" Zhao Bingyan asked Zhao Wei Lu who was behind her door.

"Nothing! I'm just making sure you're alive! Master Yuan is very worried about you because you haven't touched your food in days. He's afraid you'll die and rot inside. Actually I don't want to talk to a shitty person like you either! I came only because of the coercion of Master Yuan!" He said while kicking the door to make a very disturbing sound.

Zhao Bingyan was expressionless as she stared towards the door. "... If you already know I'm okay. Why don't you get out of here?" He said without thinking about the feelings of everyone who was worrying about him.

”......”

Zhao Wei Lu was silent for a while and stopped kicking his door. He lowered his gaze and thought for a while.

"Does Qian Yue mean a lot to you? How good is he to make you keep confining yourself like this just because his son has returned to his own family? I'm sure if Qian Yue was still here, he would definitely immediately tell Mu Chen Xiao to go back home and tell him to do good to anyone. In fact, how long will you imprison people's children just to repay Qian Yue's kindness?" Zhao Wei Lu said coldly however, not getting any response from Zhao Bingyan who heard it from inside.

”Could what he said be true?” inner Zhao Bingyan thought about it.

"Here you only worry about one student but, do you not think at all about the students who are worrying about you because they continue to be silent in the same place? You really are a stupid and weak teacher!" Zhao Wei Lu said angrily as he walked away from the room.

Zhao Bingyan fell silent after she heard Zhao Wei Lu scolding her since earlier. He tries to think clearly and forget things that once happened to him.

”Maybe Lu'er is right. I was too overrated in thinking about it. I had to get out of this place immediately.” Inner Zhao Bingyan as she finally got off the top of her bed and took out her outer clothes which were on a table.

Not long after, Zhao Bingyan finally came out from inside her room and showed herself to all the disciples while they were on the training field.

When these disciples were able to see Zhao Bingyan back, their expressions turned to be extremely happy and finally everyone ran over to Zhao Bingyan to ask how she was currently.

”It turns out nobody lied to me. I am the one who has made them think of me even beyond what I have thought since a long time ago.” Zhao Bingyan's inner self as she gazed towards the entire disciples who were crowding her. "... From now on, the state of the Sect will be better than it used to be."