After all, this wasn't Taiyi House's territory. The inner disciples looked united on the surface, but were actually quite cliquish. They all knew exactly which disciple residence they belonged to, and whenever the eight disciple residences competed, everything was divided with meticulous detail.
I soon drifted toward Taiyi House. Along the way, I saw quite a few disciples who had just finished class. Before I even entered the bounds of Taiqing House, Ye Anquan caught up with me. He looked utterly vexed and couldn't help saying, "Well, look at you! Instead of attending class properly, where did you run off to? You scared me half to death—I searched everywhere for you!"
"Senior Brother Ye, what brings you here?" I asked with a smile.
"You scared me to death, do you know that? I went to the artifact-refining classes earlier and asked around, only to learn that you hadn't even completed a single class today before the Grand Elder kicked you out. So I circled all around Shangqing House looking for you, and didn't even see your shadow. Now quite a few senior and junior brothers are searching for you! I had no choice but to wait here at the boundary, and then I found you were still in Shangqing House!" Ye Anquan slapped his forehead, regretting how excessively worried he had been. If he'd known I would look so happy, he wouldn't have worried about me.
"Hehe, I went to discuss the Dao with Big Sis Gu Fei. Nothing happened, did it? Come on, we should head back. House Master Ye hasn't heard about this too, has he?" I pretended to look frightened.
"You know how to be scared? If you weren't so crafty and I didn't know exactly where you'd hide to play truant, I would've told Granduncle ages