“My skin is starting to sting from your intense glare, Senior Martial Brother Zeng,” Zhao Yunxiao felt the corner of his lips twitch.
“Oh, please don’t misunderstand, Junior Martial Brother Zhao. I was just looking at you casually, but it seems that my presence might be a little too much for you to bear?” Zeng Fan answered with a smirk. “You really need to start working on your mental fortitude, Junior Martial Brother Zhao. If you are interested, perhaps I can give you some guidance on how to train that aspect.”
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“Thank you for the offer, Senior Martial Brother Zeng,” Zhao Yunxiao said in an unflustered manner. “In that case, I will be seeking your help on this soon.”
He knew exactly what Zeng Fan was doing, but Zhao Yunxiao had no intention to get involved in this messy situation.
Even though he did not know what exactly Lu Zhiying was trying to do, he believed that she was probably more than capable of dealing with things herself without their intervention.
In that case, all they had to do was to try to stay out of her way.
On the other hand, Zeng Fan blinked in confusion.
He was simply trying to taunt Zhao Yunxiao, but who knew that the latter would be so accepting of what he said?
“Are you still not done talking, Senior Martial Brother Zeng?” Lu Zhiying interjected.
“Can’t you tell that Junior Martial Sister Lu doesn’t want you here?” another young man joined in at this point. “Why don’t you get the hint and leave already? Don’t disturb the rest of us as we have our discussion.”
Sheng Qi’an.
Just like Zeng Fan, he was one of the first two to approach Lu Zhiying at the celebratory banquet last night.
“Can we just leave, Senior Martial Sister Gu? This place is getting a little too loud,” Lu Zhiying turned towards Gu Qiansi.
The latter was momentarily stunned and failed to find the words to respond.
It was just yesterday that Lu Zhiying said that she would not mind getting to know different people in the sect, so why was she acting like this all of a sudden?
Is this the legendary push-pull technique?
“I-It seems that Junior Martial Sister Lu is busy right now, so I shall not bother you,” Sheng Qi’an forced a smile in response. “In that case, I will come look for you again later.”
Zhao Yunxiao watched on in surprise as Sheng Qi’an took a gracious bow before leaving.
He could not help but admit that Sheng Qi’an was rather suave and decisive in his actions.
If he were to ever land in a similar situation in the future, he definitely had to learn a thing or two from this as well, and not over-obsess over wanting to spend time with the girl he liked.
“In that case, I will come again as well,” Zeng Fan said. “Please enjoy your breakfast, Junior Martial Sister Lu.”
And he left as well.
“That was surprisingly clean,” Zhao Yunxiao remarked.
“Yeah, I didn’t expect them to leave just like that,” Gu Qiansi added.
“Hmm? Why do you think that?” Lu Zhiying tilted her head in confusion. “Of course they have to leave. I already made it so clear for them. If they have stayed and disturbed our conversation any longer, that will only be making things harder for themselves. What’s more, their pride will definitely not allow themselves to look bad in front of others.”
Zhao Yunxiao looked at Lu Zhiying for a few moments before letting out a chuckle in disbelief.
Indeed, his hunch was right.
Lu Zhiying seemed to have a very clear grasp on the situation that she was in, so there should not be a problem just leaving Lu Zhiying to deal with it herself!
The group parted ways after they were done with their breakfast.
Nie Hanchang left alone for his training while Gu Qiansi brought Lu Zhiying to take a look at the parade of visitors from the subordinate sects.
As for Zhao Yunxiao, his first destination was the Outer Disciples Hall.
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While Zhao Yunxiao immersed himself in the world of information, numerous sect disciples had gathered to watch the entrance parade of the visiting subordinate sects.
As Zhao Yunxiao had said earlier, each of the visiting subordinate sects would usually send a grand entourage as a show of their strength and influence.
Considering the number of sects that were subordinate to the Black Tortoise Sect, this made for quite the attraction for the disciples of the sect.
The administrators of the Black Tortoise Sect understood this as well. Therefore, they specially arranged a time and place for each of the visiting subordinate sects to arrive, turning it into some sort of festive parade.
The result of that was an amazing spectacle that benefited only the disciples of the Black Tortoise Sect.
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“This... it’s hard to tell for sure,” the disciple was stumped for a moment. “It’s difficult for us to really know much about them unless we spend a significant amount of time looking into them in detail. And even then, each sect has their own secrets, so it’s almost impossible to know for sure.”
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“Junior Martial Brother Zhao was probably just sharing his opinions,” the disciple quickly chimed in. “We have to be wary of taking opinions as facts since the two are fundamentally different.”
“Okay,” Lu Zhiying answered curtly.
The subordinate sects of the Black Tortoise Sect were naturally not limited to just the Flying Swords Hall and the Armed Ape Tower, with the rest of them lighting up the parade as they arrived one by one.
They put on as grand of a show as they could while following the assigned path, eventually gathering at an elaborately decorated hall where they were welcomed by the administrators of the Black Tortoise Sect.
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“This...” He Luoxuan let out an awkward smile.
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