Li Ye wondered if he'd heard wrong.
The proud Heavenly Maiden, Jing Lin, wanted to take him as her master?
Though she was arrogant, she had her limits and principles. Li Ye didn't dislike her.
He could tell as much from Jing Lin's servants.
Her servants were arrogant bullies who spoke rudely, but all the conflicts with Li Ye last night had amounted to nothing more than verbal sparring. They hadn't tried to kill him.
On the contrary, after Li Ye jumped into the Han River, the big man had called for him to come back up again and again.
"Lin'er sincerely wishes to take you as her master. Please accept her!"
Heavenly Maiden Jing Lin said, bowing once more.
Jing Lin had booked out the inn, so no one else could enter.
If an outsider had witnessed this scene, they would have been so shocked they wouldn't have known what to say.
"You have decent aptitude. There's not much I can teach you."
Li Ye said, politely declining on the spot.
Then he went to the counter and instructed the innkeeper to pass a message to the Dugu Siblings: he had something to take care of and would be leaving first.
Jing Lin stood frozen in place. In his eyes, her talent was merely...decent?
If anyone else had said that, Jing Lin would have drawn her sword.
But it was Li Ye who had said it.
Jing Lin realized that the man before her might be a genius among geniuses, beyond the limits of worldly understanding. In his eyes, she was just an ordinary person.
Her resolve to take him as her master only grew stronger.
After giving the innkeeper his instructions, Li Ye left.
"Master, Grandmaster has left. What should we do now?"
The big man watched Li