Chapter 32: White Disciple’s Turn to Be Guarded by Me!
Luo Chen, without even noticing, had already flipped to the last few pages. From initially feeling shy and forcing himself to read on, to later flipping pages skillfully—all within such a short span, he’d grown enough to feel pretty good about himself.
He even had the thought, “Meh, it’s just so-so.”
Sure, it looked nice—yet all those images were just pretty pictures after all.
These images could influence his body, but they couldn’t shake his spirit.
“But what does Bai Disciple actually mean with this?”
Luo Chen still couldn’t figure it out. He couldn’t understand what Bai Disciple’s message was—did he perhaps send the wrong book?
Burdened with confusion, Luo Chen turned to the very last page of the *Spring and Autumn*.
Unlike the previous pages, which featured mostly revealing poses of women, the last page was different.
There were no more seductively posed women; instead, several tiny figures separated by grids were engaging in dialogues.
At first, Luo Chen paid it little mind, but as soon as he glanced again, he froze—as if time itself had paused.
The story was simple, but he couldn’t stop his thoughts from racing. The parts he couldn’t understand earlier suddenly clicked.
If Bai Feng were here, he’d realize that the last page was a silly comic he drew out of boredom, based on memories from his past life, and it was all localized for his current world. He thought it was a waste to keep it hidden away, so he put it in the last few pages as a freebie, and surprisingly—it became quite popular.
In fact, among his fans, a few kept urging him to seriously consider drawing comics.
Luo Chen gently rotated his neck and read carefully, one word at a time:
In the picture, a man and a woman are there. The man, exhausted, places a pill on the table; the girl stands before him, mockingly sneering:
“Senior Brother~ Your skills are so bad again?~ Can’t even refine pills properly?~ After so long, you’re still only making low-level pills. Aren’t you ashamed to stay in the sect?~”
The man said nothing, merely sitting quietly, head bowed as he endured her teasing.
After a fierce round of mockery, the girl suddenly had an idea. She decided to go to her fellow fish-for-fish Senior Brother’s refining spot the next day—to give him a good laugh.
Cue a scene change to the next day: the girl was hiding behind a wall, witnessing an unfriendly-looking old man scolding her senior brother:
“Why didn’t you refine the Gathering Qi Pill today?”
Senior brother hesitated and tried to explain: “Elder, you said yesterday that I didn’t need to refine that pill anymore.”
But the old man got even angrier: “Are you brainless? Yesterday was yesterday; today is today. Do you want me to cover the costs if you delay the orders? Listen up—when you’re refining pills here, think it through properly! Don’t assume everyone will spoil you like your parents!”
The senior brother trembled slightly, hurriedly nodding and apologizing, “Sorry, I’ll go refine the pill right away!”
“Good-for-nothing, you’re out of pills now. If you mess up again, get lost!”
“Yes, yes.”
The senior brother hurriedly got to work again, while the girl hiding behind the wall trembled, almost crying: “So scary!”
But the last picture wasn’t of her teasing her senior brother anymore; instead, she was reaching out and hugging him, apologizing:
“Sorry, senior brother. You’re already amazing.”
Luo Chen’s gaze fixed on that final scene, and he felt as if something inside him was shattering.
It was just a simple comic—only a few lines. Yet, it suddenly ignited all the emotions he’d been bottling up.
He raised his head, trying to open his eyes wider.
Though the man in the comic was an underdog with little talent, his experiences mirrored Luo Chen’s so closely—but also completely differently.
After being beaten by Bai Feng and going through self-doubt, a simple comic suddenly woke him up. He finally realized what was wrong, where he’d gone wrong.
At that moment, his door was pushed open without a single knock.
Luo Chen casually closed the book, turning to face his uninvited guest: his junior sister.
If this had been before, he might have been a little flustered. But now? It felt like… nothing at all.
“Senior Brother, did you send out the gift?”
His junior sister’s question was exactly what he expected. To her, he was just a tool—a means to an end.
Even the accusation of him being framed was believed by her junior sister and senior sister instead of him—someone who had been with her for years.
Seeing that Luo Chen was slow to respond, his junior sister frowned and shouted loudly: “Are you deaf? I’m talking to you!”
Seeing her impatience, Luo Chen couldn’t help but feel a little amused.
Bai Feng really hit the mark. Turns out, he was truly just a humble little dog, so insignificant that anyone could kick him around.
He stood up from the ground, looked at his junior sister, and replied in a flat tone:
“It’s already sent out. Bai Feng has received it. If there’s nothing else, please go back. I need to rest.”
“You…” His junior sister’s eyes widened, as if she couldn’t believe he spoke to her like that.
“Junior Sister, please go back. Remember to knock next time.”
Luo Chen waved his hand, channeling a force that pushed his sister out of the room and then swiftly closed the door, leaving her outside, baffled.
“Senior Brother, what’s wrong with you?!” her voice echoed from outside, but he didn’t reply. After a moment of silence, she stomped her foot: “Even if you kneel before me someday, I’ll never forgive you!”
Watching her footsteps fade away, Luo Chen finally couldn’t hold back his laughter—but tears also streamed down uncontrollably, falling onto the floor.
Was this all his effort had amounted to?
It was so laughable, it almost made him cry…
Luo Chen looked down at the book on the ground, carefully picking it up. He gently brushed off the dust.
Thanks to Bai Feng, otherwise he might never have realized how ridiculous his own actions looked.
He thought about the rumors within the sect about Bai Feng. If he still had even a shred of doubt before, now he was even more convinced: Bai Feng was not that sort of person!
And those rumors were definitely suspicious. Luo Chen remembered that Bai Feng had been studying Array on Qingzhu Peak, rarely leaving his room. Yet, the rumor mill raged on, louder than ever, which was completely abnormal.
Someone must be targeting Bai Feng behind the scenes.
Since Bai Feng had given him a new chance at life today, he decided to take down all those scheming to harm him.
……
“Ah-choo!”
Bai Feng suddenly sneezed, feeling a breeze of cold air around him.
Had the temperature dropped again recently?
He tightened his clothes and took a quick glance at the system.
Good. No anomalies. Even after scolding the luck-devouring dog, he didn’t lose any luck points. Turns out, s*ck-ups really aren’t that easy to break.
Bai Feng finally relaxed, feeling quite satisfied with himself.
As a promotional tool for the *Lingying Stone – Gai*—no, it should just be called the *Animation Stone*—he had picked a popular old animation from his previous life: *Rabbit Hole*.
Even though it revealed nothing explicit, it was quite “mature.”
Very suited for a satirical artist like him.
He was already looking forward to the day when the Animation Stone would sell like hotcakes.
Alright, back to work!
Rabbit hole~