Huang Helou reproached him, "Since she looked so anxious, why didn't you bring her over as well?"
Bi Kongjing said solemnly, "Etiquette must not be cast aside! I have already arranged for Zhu Yuefu to receive her and verify her identity. If there are no issues, he will arrange for that woman to meet the Sect Leader."
With a teasing smile, Gu Tianlao inquired, "And what does that woman look like?"
Bi Kongjing had already walked some distance away, yet he still replied, "She is every bit as pretty as your Lingling, but she looks more obedient and sensible than that girl!"
Gu Tianlao's face darkened, and he snapped in annoyance, "Well played, Old Bi. You're finding a roundabout way to mock me."
All that remained for Gu Tianlao was Bi Kongjing's smug, hearty laughter.
Huang Helou smiled oddly. "Most likely another romantic debt our Sect Leader has stirred up somewhere."
As the two chatted and laughed, they realized that Lu Feng and Artisan Hero were no longer beside the courtyard.
"Quick, follow them. Where are the Sect Leader and the others going?"
Huang Helou hurried after Lu Feng's distant figure, unable to keep the doubts from rising in his heart.
Gu Tianlao was equally bewildered. Pointing ahead, he said, "That seems to be our Outer Sect plaza. What is the Sect Leader going there for?"
Artisan Hero was just as puzzled.
When Lu Feng proposed fulfilling their agreement to assist in setting up an array, Artisan Hero had initially thought he would be brought into the sect proper. He had even been looking forward to seeing the sect's battle arrays.
Yet he had never expected Lu Feng to take him to one of the Azure Mountain Sword Sect's Outer Sects—the plaza where the former Yuan Qingling Sword School, Azure