Xia Qingchen walked to the high platform and cleaned it casually.
"Hey, where is the sweeping monk in this world?" Yue Mingzhu leaned in front of the wooden post, smiling half-heartedly.
Xia Qingchen said: "Situ Feng is bowing his head and asking for help. If I don't appreciate it, it will be difficult for him to be a good person."
Linglong pinched her nose with a look of disgust on her face: "You shouldn't sweep up bird droppings, it's so degrading to your dignity and status!"
Xia Qingchen smiled indifferently: "Anyone who works hard to make progress, no matter whether he is embarrassed or not, deserves respect."
There may be high and low jobs, but there is no distinction between high and low when it comes to pursuing martial arts.
"Then you sweep it, we'll watch." Yue Mingzhu sat on the sand, holding her chin in her hands, looking at Xia Qingchen with a smile.
A pair of beautiful eyes that should have filled the sky and the earth, but could only fit Xia Qingchen's serious back.
The smile that evokes from time to time is like a butterfly in the spring breeze, drawing eye-catching tracks.
"My brother Qingchen is so good at sweeping bird droppings." Yue Mingzhu pursed her lips and smiled.
A cup of tea passed by.
Sister Zhou made a patrol and was very satisfied with their performance. Basically, all the bird droppings in the vicinity were cleared away.
She only needs to simply clean up the sauce marks and she's done.
"Situ Feng, why haven't you finished cleaning yet?" Sister Zhou turned back and found that the area Situ Feng was responsible for was covered with bird droppings, and not much had been cleaned at all.
Situ Feng quickly explained: "Sister Zhou, I was trying to sweep more cleanly, but I wasted time unknowingly."
Sister Zhou casually glanced at the area that Situ Feng had swept, and found that there was only a layer of sauce marks left, which met her expectations.
She mistakenly thought that Situ Feng was slacking off, and frowned: "You finally got the task, but you cheated and cheated. If you had known this, wouldn't you have given the task to someone you cherish?"
Situ Feng felt aggrieved: "Sister Zhou, I don't have it. I also want to sweep it as cleanly as Xia Qingchen, so I want to try a few more times."
He really didn't understand why Xia Qingchen could comprehend such a profound skill at just one glance, even if he couldn't do it over and over again.
"Really?" Sister Zhou looked suspiciously at Xia Qingchen who was cleaning under the high platform in the distance.
She walked all the way and couldn't help but be surprised.
There wasn't even a trace of sauce marks along the way, and it was even cleaner than she had cleaned.
"How did you do it?" Sister Zhou came to Xia Qingchen and asked.
Xia Qingchen pretended to be dumbfounded: "Didn't Sister Zhou teach me this?"
"Nonsense!" Sister Zhou's eyes became sharp and she scolded sternly: "Tell me, did you learn it secretly?"
Xia Qingchen was speechless. He was just sweeping bird droppings. Do he still need to learn from it secretly?
"No." Xia Qingchen didn't bother to argue and just replied.
Sister Zhou stared at Xia Qingchen with a sharp tone: "You stupid wolf! I teach you how to sweep bird droppings with good intentions, but you want to steal my job?"
Cleaning away the stains is a unique skill that she is proud of, and it is the only capital that can attract the attention of the big shots on stage.
If Xia Qingchen also learns it, what will happen to her in the future?
"Okay, I don't need you here, get out of here!" Sister Zhou grabbed Xia Qingchen's broom and said angrily.
Xia Qingchen frowned. He was sweeping bird droppings here because of Situ Feng's favor.
This is not to give face to Sister Zhou in front of me.
However, there was no need for him to start a verbal dispute with a small person, that would be what Linglong said was a loss of status.
"Sister Zhou, if you have something to say, you have something to say." Situ Feng hurried over and smoothed things over with a smile: "My brother doesn't know the rules, please forgive me, Sister Zhou."
Unexpectedly, Sister Zhou got angry at him and glared sideways: "And you, you brought some shady friends with you. Don't show up in front of me in the future, otherwise I won't spare you!"
Situ Feng's face was stiff and his heart sank.
After all, Sister Zhou came to Linlang Island ten years before he did, and her connections are much better than his. If he offends Sister Zhou, life will be difficult in the future.
"Aren't you going to get out?" Sister Zhou turned away like a book, turning her face with a fierce look, as if she were facing an enemy.
At this moment, there was movement on the high platform.
A tiny ray of sunlight pierced the clouds, and the sea was about to ebb.
On the stage, an old man who was presiding over the eagle meeting said loudly: "The eagle meeting is about to begin. Contestants who have not yet appeared on the stage, please come on stage as soon as possible. We will not wait if it is late!"
Sister Zhou, who was angry, had to calm down and listen to the voices coming from the high platform.
The people standing above were each one of them, and they were all existences she needed to look up to.
Because they are all beings who at least have a deep relationship with the Supreme Being, and there is no way a low-level person like her can afford to offend them.
In the silence, Xia Qingchen clasped his fists and bowed to Situ Feng: "Then I'll go first and catch up with old times when I have time."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the entrance of the high platform.
Situ Feng was stunned for a moment, grabbed him, broke out in a cold sweat, and shouted in a low voice quickly: "Are you crazy? Why are you running to the high platform? Are you looking for death?"
Xia Qingchen smiled and patted the back of his hand: "They are calling me to come up!"
Instead, Situ Feng squeezed him tighter and scolded him with a smile: "They are calling contestants, why are you going up there to join in the fun? You don't even have to look at the people standing up there, that's where you can go up?"
Linglong, who couldn't stand it for a long time, patted her butt and stood up, took Xia Qingchen's arm and left: "Master, what are you talking about with them? You have done your best to be kind and righteous."
Yue Mingzhu also sat up and walked leisurely into the staircase entrance of the high platform.
The guard at the entrance bowed respectfully and did not stop him at all.
This scene made Situ Feng stunned. He subconsciously let go of his hand and let Linglong pull Xia Qingchen away.
"Farewell." Xia Qingchen clasped his fists again and walked up the stairs side by side with Linglong.
The guard at the entrance not only bowed deeply, but also shouted "Sir".
Watching Xia Qingchen walk up the stairs step by step and finally stand on the high platform, Situ Feng raised his neck and felt that the world was spinning and everything around him seemed unreal.
"Am I dreaming?" Situ Feng murmured.
He thought that Xia Qingchen, who was already inferior to him, had become a prominent figure on the island when he first came to Linlang Island?
His mood cannot be described as surprised.
Because the gap between Xia Qingchen's status and his own was so huge that he couldn't understand it.
He was only confused, not surprised.
"Si... Junior Brother Situ, you... your friend... are you?" Sister Zhou's voice came to his ears.
Situ Feng looked sideways and found that Sister Zhou's body was trembling uncontrollably.
His usually cold face and cold tone have all undergone earth-shaking changes.
Even the title has changed from the cold "Situ Feng" at first to the friendly "Junior Brother Situ".
Situ Feng shook his head and looked confused: "A friend from the same hometown, but I don't know his current identity."
Sister Zhou suddenly held Situ Feng's hand with both hands. She, who was not good at talking or smiling, forced out a very stiff smile: "Junior Brother Situ, you and my master are both members of Beiyuan Sword Master. We are a family."