Although Bai Xun was unhappy, he knew the city's demons were best left to the immortal sects to handle.
He was a clever man. He knew Wang Yue had deliberately told him to seek out the immortal sect, and likely had no intention of hiding the truth. So Bai Xun saw no reason to keep it from him, either.
But thinking of how this adopted son had watched his daughter become a laughingstock for so long, he said coldly, "Go if you must, but the engagement is definitely off. If you earn Shuo'er's approval someday, then we can talk about the marriage."
Chong Zhao knew that hiding the truth had hurt her deeply, so he hurriedly said,
"Father, I truly had my reasons!"
When Bai Xun frowned, Chong Zhao quickly added, "I'll do as you say, Father. I'll do everything I can to earn Shuo'er's forgiveness!"
Bai Xun merely snorted before saying, "Qingyun Temple is just outside the city. Abbot Sun has already left, and a High Immortal lives there now. He was the one who told me you'd joined the Lanling Immortal Sect!"
Hearing this, Chong Zhao began to wonder if the immortal at the temple belonged to some immortal sect and happened to know him.
After taking his leave of Bai Xun, Chong Zhao didn't go to investigate Buji Lou at all. Instead, he headed for Qingyun Temple!
Bai Shuo had already reached the second stage of her training there. In other words, she now possessed the strength of the Snow Moon Sword Immortal—perhaps even greater.
It wasn't that Bai Shuo's cultivation surpassed that of the Snow Moon Sword Immortal, Li Hanyi. The main reason was that, though both were sword arts, the power of the techniques in Youthful Song of the Wanderer was nowhere near that of