"My disciple?" Li Qingyu asked without betraying any emotion.
A meaningful look appeared on Shan Jiwen's face as he slowly said, "He previously used the True Martial Seal inside the Tianbao Tower. Logically speaking, in this day and age, you are the only one who knows this martial art. If he is not your disciple, then whose disciple could he be?"
A sharp glint flashed through Li Qingyu's eyes, but he did not respond at once. He merely lowered his gaze slightly, as if deep in thought.
Chen Qing actually knew the True Martial Seal?
This news had come out of nowhere!
Countless thoughts flashed through Li Qingyu's mind. The True Martial Seal was indeed one of the core secret arts he had taken away from the True Martial lineage all those years ago.
Back then, several of those old fossils from the True Martial lineage had died by his hand. After that, no one was left who knew this martial art.
Not even Jiang Lishan or Han Guxi knew the True Martial Seal.
Seeing him remain silent, Shan Jiwen continued in a low voice, "From that time onward, I guessed part of the truth. I thought he was a hidden piece you had planted within the sect, so I never spoke of it and never made any contact with him."
That was also why Shan Jiwen had known that Chen Qing possessed the True Martial Seal, yet had remained still all this time.
He had thought it was part of Li Qingyu's arrangement. If he rashly interfered, he might instead startle the snake in the grass and ruin Li Qingyu's great plan.
Yet Li Qingyu's next words made Shan Jiwen's heart jolt.
"I have never taught him the True Martial Seal." Li Qingyu raised his eyes and stared directly