Lazy Master looked utterly unwilling, but still sounded the retreat.
Lin Heng walked forward, grabbed her hand, and said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone, "Master, what nonsense are you spouting now? You boarded the pirate ship, and you still want to get off?"
"What exactly happened?"
"What else could it be? It's just that the relationship between us, master and disciple, has come under criticism, and the old-generation figures of the Dugu Clan don't agree."
"Heng'er, how about this? The two of us pretend for now that we've already fallen out..."
Before she could finish, Dugu Zixuan interrupted, "Yutong, it's no use deceiving yourself like this. The Ancestor isn't stupid."
Lin Heng frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "The Dugu Clan's Ancestor? Could he be in the Green Pavilion Sect right now?"
"Yes."
"(?Д?) Huh?" Hearing this, even Duan Shuyun froze along with them.
Weren't the Dugu Clan's old-generation figures all in the Eastern Continent? Since when did the Western Continent have an Ancestor too?
Holy crap! A few days ago, Saint Ye said there might be a mighty expert hidden in the back mountain. Could he have been talking about the Ancestor?
That shouldn't be! Weren't the Eastern Continent and Western Continent currently isolated from each other? How did he get here?
The confusion in Lin Heng's heart was exactly the same as First Senior Sister's and his master's bewilderment.
"Aiya! Whether it's true or not, there's no need to doubt it... in any case, he said he was going to break both your legs."
"..."
Lin Heng took a deep breath, held Meng Yutong's hand, and said with righteous conviction, "Don't worry. With me here... Master's beautiful legs will definitely remain perfectly intact!"
"(?′^`?) I think so too. Why don't we just break both of Rebel Disciple's