"Hahaha, Junior Brother Jiang, you were hiding your true ability, weren't you?"
Gu Mingxuan gave an awkward laugh.
"In that case, your senior brother won't ask anymore!"
"Otherwise, it would make it look as if I were prying into your secrets!"
The scene returned to its laughing, harmonious atmosphere...
Just then—
Sun Xiaochuan suddenly spotted a woman sitting in the opposite corner. His eyes shifted, and he said to the people beside him, "Look!"
"Senior Sister Lin is here too!"
"Heh, today is Junior Brother Jiang's joyous day, yet she hasn't even said a word of congratulations. She's been sitting there the whole time. How aloof!"
Jiang Fan followed his gaze and saw a woman in a pale-blue long dress seated in the corner.
The woman looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, with refined features and a cool, aloof bearing.
She sat there alone, the delicacies on the table untouched.
Only a cup of clear tea was in her hands. She took the occasional shallow sip, as if she paid no attention at all to the surrounding clamor.
Hearing this, Zhao Yue took the opportunity to sneer.
"Lin Qingxue? Hasn't she always been like that?"
"Relying on a bit of talent, her eyes are practically on top of her head!"
"I'd wager that if the sect hadn't ordered it today, she might not have come at all!"
Seeing this, Gu Mingxuan deliberately shook his head.
"I heard Senior Sister Lin has been trying to break through to the Saint Realm recently, spending all day in seclusion!"
"Perhaps today's ceremony disrupted her cultivation plans, so she's a little unhappy!"
"But that's normal too. If it were me, I'd probably feel a little resentful as well!"
Jiang Fan listened to the few of them gossip behind her back, his expression calm.
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