As the spearhead shifted from Jing Yuan to the greedy Heliobus, Bailu's world-shaking wisdom also vanished. She looked with satisfaction at the pair of master and disciple who hid daggers behind their smiles and said: "How can this Heliobus be so bad! It almost destroyed the relationship between us!"
"Jingliu sister, I am Bailu. I apologize for what I said earlier. I'm sorry, I didn't know those bad things were all done by the Heliobus."
Jingliu smiled gently and reached out to rub Bailu's head: "It's fine. It's good that you know now. Also, I was in the wrong just now. I didn't control myself and was too harsh on Jing Yuan."
"Jing Yuan, you won't blame me, right?"
Jing Yuan quickly smiled and said: "How could I? Oh, since this is our first meeting, it's fine to get to know each other. We can find a place to eat and chat. Consider it as strengthening our bonds…"
"Sure, sure!"
"Hahahahaha—— (laughter from all three)"
"..."
While some rejoiced, others harbored resentment. On the other side, in Fyxestroll Garden, inside the beam-shaped Fyxestroll Garden.
This was an array specifically used to imprison Heliobuses. The Xianzhou held many imprisoned Heliobuses. Excluding the seven that had escaped earlier, most of the remaining Heliobuses were gathered here. Every day they took walks and chatted within the array's range. Their days were becoming increasingly boring.
Whoosh—
At this moment, the Heliobuses suddenly saw the entrance of the great array open. Immediately after, one Heliobus was thrown in from outside.
"Convict Greedy Heliobus, guilty of ten heinous crimes, bearing primary responsibility for multiple severe incidents. Sentenced to life imprisonment with no pardon!" The Cloud Knight escorting the greedy Heliobus declared.
"Oh?"
Hearing this, the other Heliobuses immediately felt curious: A newcomer? Or was one of the brothers who escaped a few days ago caught and brought back?
Judging from the crimes the Cloud Knight listed, this guy seemed to have done quite a few earth-shattering things?
For the Heliobuses who had been bored for thousands of years, this was undoubtedly discovering a new world. They immediately gathered around: "You're… Greedy? How were you caught so quickly? What did you do? You actually got such a severe sentence?"
"..."
The greedy Heliobus didn't speak. It simply found a corner silently and seemed to have shut itself off.
The Heliobuses: ?
"Hey Greedy, what's wrong with you?"
"Why aren't you saying anything? Can't you talk?"
"Ah, this is making me anxious!"
"..."
One of the Heliobuses stepped forward and said boldly: "Just say what you did. It's not like you can ascend to heaven. Back then I possessed more than a dozen people in a row and spent all their savings from hundreds of years. Can you be worse than me?"
"Yeah! I once possessed a simp, scolded his goddess, and then blocked her. That guy cried from anxiety afterward!"
"What's that? I possessed someone to take exams for them. I specially helped failing students in cram schools take tests. In the end, I touched the interests of the tutoring classes and got caught."
"And me..."
Listening to the rising and falling voices of his companions around him, the greedy Heliobus finally gave a little response: "...Heh."
Those two short words expressed its disdain for this group of companions and its own sorrow.
Perhaps in the past, these companions' experiences would have surprised it, but after returning this time, it felt that these were all just child's play.
"What are you guys..." The greedy Heliobus's voice sounded numb, and its eyes seemed to contain tears (even though it had no eyes): "I was only out for two days, yet I started an anti-organic war, founded Penacony, locked the Erudition Path, maliciously sowed discord in the alliance's righteousness, fell into the Mara-Struck State..."
The greedy Heliobus rattled off a long list by itself. Many of the things were ones some Heliobuses had never even heard of.
"Huh?"
Heliobus No.1 was stunned: "All these… were done by you? Stop joking."
Heliobus No.2: "T-This can't be right! I've heard of the anti-organic war. Wasn't that something Rupert did? How did it become yours?"
Heliobus No.3: "I once possessed the Dragon Master. I know Penacony. The founder of that place is called Mikhail!"
Heliobus No.4: "And what the hell is falling into the Mara-Struck State? Aren't you a Heliobus?"
The greedy Heliobus murmured powerlessly: "Yeah… I don't know how these things became things I did either."
The surrounding Heliobuses grew even more puzzled: "Then what's with these charges?"
"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask… I only possessed a white-haired woman. Then for no reason I was dragged out, and they pointed at me saying 'how can you be so bad,' and then locked me up."
"When I didn't admit it, they said I was stubborn, a professionally trained Heliobus, and they had to strike hard."
"I told them they could search online to find out who did these things, but they said I must have fabricated the websites in advance."
"They wouldn't let me sleep, wouldn't give me food, wouldn't let me drink water. I... I'm innocent! Wuwuwuwu——"
"The Xianzhou people are too evil wuwuwu!"
...
Guinaifen had been feeling a bit bored lately.
This period coincided with the Martial Exhibition Ceremony. Various factions across the galaxy had received invitations, and the Xianzhou was much livelier than usual. Yet she felt somewhat empty inside.
Old Jing said he had something to do and asked for leave. She wanted to go shopping with Sushang, but the other party said she was working overtime. Even Yanqing was preparing for the competition in the Martial Exhibition Ceremony and had no time to shoot videos with her.
The Luofu Xianzhou was clearly a hot topic on the internet right now, but Guinaifen had no interest at all in riding the wave for traffic.
"Sigh… Didn't they say Stelle and the others came back too? Why haven't I seen them?"
"Aaah—— Busy, everyone's busy. Being busy is good."
Guinaifen stretched lazily, slumped powerlessly onto the table, and aimlessly scrolled through videos. Without Old Jing and Yanqing as her left and right arms, she couldn't even do live streams. She could only waste her life here.
At this moment, a figure completely wrapped in a black robe quietly emerged from behind Guinaifen. One step, two steps...
Slap!
Before Guinaifen could react to what was happening, a towel sprayed with knockout drug was tightly pressed over her mouth and nose!
W-Wait, what's going on? Kidnapping? Kidnapping me?
Guinaifen widened her eyes and subconsciously wanted to struggle, but the person ambushing her had terrifying strength. Soon, the drug took effect, and Guinaifen fainted just like that.
"Don't blame me. This is all forced by you Xianzhou people."
The person looked at Guinaifen on the ground and murmured softly. Then they took a photo of the unconscious Guinaifen and sent it to a number.
—Your friend is in my hands now. If you want her to live, bring the three guys Lust, Wrath, and Greed to Stargazer Navalia. We'll exchange her there.
—Don't think about playing tricks!
After doing all this, the person carried Guinaifen away. From the back view, a strand of red hair could faintly be seen hidden beneath the black robe.