Looking at the Cloud knight who almost finished their job, Qin Shaoqing decided to leave before any trouble arises, but before he could more one peculiar young woman stopped him.
"H-Hey, where do you think you're going, you need to stay for questioning!"
"Well I'm only a passerby young lady, I'm sure these merchants can provide more in-depth explanations." Qin Shaoqing closely examined the young lady before him, wondering if he had encounter her before.
'Sushang, Sushang, where have I heard of that name before'
Faced with Qin Shaoqing's careful gaze, she felt suddenly exposed, and couldn't help to feel nervous.
"Ah!" Qin Shaoqing's mind clicked, remembering a stream he once saw when running his stall.
"You're Miss Sushang, right?"
"O-oh how did you know me."
"Haha, I occasionally watch Guinaifen's streams, my I'm quite fortunate to meet Miss Guinaifen's friend, say I didn't know you were a Cloud knight."
"Ha ha, well I never really mention it to anyone." Sushang's nervousness vanished and quickly turned to embarrassment.
"Oh? I think such thing should be something to boast about, seeing such a capable Cloud knight as yourself, fills me with ease." Qin Shaoqing's easy smile quickly melted Sushang's guard against him.
"Ahem." One of the Senior Cloud knight quickly interrupted their conversation "Sir Qin Shaoqing, correct."
"Correct Sir."
"Right, I need you to explain the situation what had happened from your perspective."
Qin Shaoqing naturally complied and recounted the situation to the Cloud knight, from the tailing till the end.
"I see, thank you for informing the Cloud knight about the location, we will be sure to investigate further." Hearing about a potential base of one of the disciple, his eyes sharped and contacted the higher up to fill them in with the situation.
"Thank you citizen Qin Shaoqing, with your valiant effort, you discovered a very dangerous Sect's location, the merit points you'll receive will be issued in a couple of days." The Cloud knight bowed towards Qin Shaoqing expressing genuine gratitude.
"No worries, you don't need to give me any merit points." Hearing Qin Shaoqing's refusal surprised everyone, merit points is as valuable as gold, he could exchange it for pills created by the alchemist commission, or weapons from the artisanship commission.
'Such firm refusal, he was not expecting any rewards from the very start.' The thought resonated with everybody else except Qin Shaoqing.
'I just don't want to encounter that High Cloud knight again.' Seeing everyone's eyes sparkle while looking at him he clearly made everyone misunderstand his intention, but he couldn't clear up such misunderstanding .
"Sir Qin Shaoqing, you are truly a humble and valiant soul, I wish you a long and steady life." Sensing Qin's refusal won't budge, The Cloud knight simply wished him a happy life, it is the least they could do.
Looking at Qin Shaoqing's steady aura, many juniors of the Cloud knight felt they had met a retired swordmaster.
Such temperament could only been forged by countless wars and battles, his demeanor and aura rival that of General Jing Yuan.
"U-Um, can I have some of your time, after this." Sushang who worked up a courage to talk asked Qin Shaoqing.
"I'll be pleased to spare some time with you Miss Sushang." Qin Shaoqing curtly smiled, but cursed inside. He couldn't refuse with this many eyes watching him.
After that, the Cloud knight took the disciples of Santus Medicus while Qin Shaoqing and Sushang agreed to meet at another place.
Bidding farewell to the merchants, Qin Shaoqing departed, and after making sure nobody was around, a series of curses escaped Qin Shaoqing.
The direction of the curse? The dysfunctional system.
[Sanctus Medicus's rage: every Sanctus Medicus member near you will instantly feel an inexplicable rage towards you!]
[Body full of dew: every long-life species and followers of Yaoshi near you will feel an inexplicable attraction towards you!]
Re-reading these messages, he couldn't help but to punch a wall beside him.
"Come on system, can you be normal for once! I don't need this, why can't you be those system that makes your host more powerful directly!" Looking at the nonexistent response from his system like always, he couldn't help but hang his head low.
Why does his system the dysfunctional one, why can't he trade this to another protagonist with a functional one.
After that more series of curses towards his system was hurled for a long time.
As if hearing his word, his system which was normally quiet, booted up in front of him.
[Hearing host request]
[Searching the term "normal system"]
[Searching...]
Seeing the unusually chatty System, Qin Shaoqing's eyes lit up in surprise.
[Quest added!]
[Mission: Acquire a disciple]
[reward: Absolute sword sense!]
[Penalty: Death!]
[Duration: 1 day]
[Good luck!]
"..." Qin Shaoqing's knee lost its strength as he looked up to the sky, in his imagination, he heard a faint maniacal laughter play in his mind.
'That damn Aeon is messing with me.'
In low spirit he made his way where Sushang had agreed to meet him. If he was about to die, he'll at least keep a promise he made with someone.
Reaching the agreed spot, he was surprised to find Sushang already waiting for him.
"Miss Sushang, I'm quite surprised you are here early." Putting his usual smile he approached the young woman.
"Oh, Senior Qin Shaoqing, good afternoon, a-and no worries, I didn't wait long." Hearing his title Qin Shaoqing's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"You don't need to call me by such title Miss Sushang I'm merely a humble citizen, nevertheless why don't we talk about why you called me here for,"
"Right, right, umm" Qin Shaoqing who noticed Sushang seemed to notice she had some difficulty talking.
"Actually how about we grab-"
"P-Please let me be your disciple!" Sushang sudden declaration and bow bewildered Qin Shaoqing and every passerby.