"You already have a master, so why did you take another one?"
"I just remembered what you said earlier. You used to say you were an independent cultivator, and I believed you."
"But when I later heard that you had a master, I started wondering. Weren't you an independent cultivator? Why did you take a master?"
Changqing whispered this beside Li Changsheng's ear, having only just thought of it.
Hadn't Li Changsheng said he studied under his master deep in the mountains? Why had he taken another master now?
So which of Li Changsheng's words were true? He said he was an independent cultivator, but independent cultivators had no masters.
After hearing Changqing's words, Li Changsheng realized that the excuses he had made up when lying had indeed contradicted each other somewhat.
But Li Changsheng had not thought much of it back then. After all, he had just arrived.
He could not tell others everything about his past, so whenever someone asked, Li Changsheng simply made up an excuse on the spot.
"Ah, Brother Changqing, I really am an independent cultivator. That master of mine isn't someone I formally took as my master."
"I never became his disciple. He said he would never accept disciples again."
"As for that Great Power who taught me my abilities, I simply call him Senior."
Li Changsheng spoke to Changqing, while Li Wei moved closer as well. The two of them had clearly heard what the little demon cat said.
Now, they did not know which of Li Changsheng's words were true either.
Still, there had to be one version that was true, but who cared which one it was?
Everyone had secrets. So when Changqing had asked Li Changsheng earlier,
he had not expected Li Changsheng to explain anything. He had merely been