35 Extra: Convention of the Nine Monkeys

Five youths were seated on a round table having a thorough discussion.

Fifth Monkey: "I know all of you are very concerned. We finally found out Rinley's location. It looks like she's interested in entering the Sacred Palace Trial Grounds. Do you guys think we should report it to the clan head?"

Seventh Monkey: … "Even if we report back to the clan, you think they can drag back Rinley to the Fire Continent? That little girl is very stubborn."

Fifth Monkey:… *turns to look at Seven and sighed, "Looks like your head is still functioning after all…"

Seventh Monkey: (╬ Ò﹏Ó)

Fifth Monkey: (￣_￣)

Seventh Monkey: (#▼___▼#)

The building tension was broken when suddenly, four more youths entered the room.

Sixth Monkey: "Big brother, didn't you say we will wait a year for little nine to stabilize his cultivation before entering the trial grounds? Why did you change your mind?

Fifth Monkey: "Did you get permission from the Clan Head?"

Sixth Monkey: "Yes, the elders are quite happy actually. They said something like 'real men should face great adversaries.'"

Fifth Monkey: "You four just got here so I will tell you what happened. Rinley ran away whi—"

Four Monkeys: "WHAT!!!"

Fifth Monkey: ((╬◣﹏◢)) "LET ME FINISH SPEAKING!"

All eight: "…"

Fifth Monkey: "So Rinley got away during the travel. We tracked her down and it seems like her goal is the trial grounds. I managed to convince Uncle Leo not to forcefully drag her back, instead, we will go in with her to protect her. Listen carefully, she is currently in disguise. We will meet her at an auction in Wuxi City, but we will pretend not to know her identity. We must successfully invite her to go inside the trial grounds with us."

"Okay so here's the big plan. After we meet her… all of you need to do nothing but shut your mouth!"

Eight Monkeys waiting for some grand plan: "…"

Fifth Monkey: "No hugging, no petting, no being touchy, no acting all-excited and no speaking. Just stand and blend in the background. All of you are just acting as props. It's even better if the readers forgot you guys exist!"

Eight props: "…"

Fifth Monkey: "Understand?!"

Sixth Monkey: "That seems easy, but will that really work?"

(Author: ... Easy huh.)

Fifth Monkey: "As long as all of you shut up and behave, everything will work." [Sigh, I am really the only normal person in this clan.]