When Jiang Xiao and Yi Qingchen returned to his private courtyard, they found a tall figure standing at the gate, waiting for Jiang Xiao to come back.
"Xiao Tao?" Yi Qingchen looked at Chen Lingtao suspiciously. "What are you doing here?"
Chen Lingtao looked somewhat embarrassed and rubbed his head awkwardly. "Hehe."
Yi Qingchen suddenly remembered something and said nothing more. She followed Jiang Xiao into the courtyard, saw him to the door, and then took her leave. "Get some rest. I'll kowtow to you tomorrow."
Jiang Xiao looked pained. As a modern man, he still wasn't used to this sort of gesture. Whether he was doing it himself or someone else was doing it, Jiang Xiao found it extremely awkward.
"Just serve me some tea," Jiang Xiao said. "Let's keep everything simple. I'll start teaching you the techniques tomorrow, and the apprenticeship ceremony doesn't need to be too complicated."
Yi Qingchen nodded. "Keeping it simple is fine, but we can't mess up the rules. Go to sleep."
With that, Yi Qingchen turned and left.
When Jiang Xiao closed the door, he saw Chen Lingtao standing in the courtyard. He paused while closing it. "What are you standing there for?"
Chen Lingtao stammered, "I want to—I want to learn the giant blade from you. No, I want to learn the Fang Tian Halberd from you together with Sister Qingchen."
Jiang Xiao laughed and scolded him irritably, "What exactly do you want to learn? You haven't even made up your mind!"
Chen Lingtao hurriedly replied, "I'll learn everything! Whatever you teach me, I'll learn!"
For Jiang Xiao, this really didn't matter. Herding one sheep was still herding, and herding two sheep was still herding. He just couldn't have ten sheep show up, or the distraction would spread him too thin and