Inside Mingde Hall.
"Today, I accompanied the Emperor Consort to the Weaving Bureau, and then..."
Xiao Bing recounted the whole story to Ye Qinglian in detail.
But because Chu Ning had asked her to keep it quiet, she didn't mention the cultivation technique. Instead, she said she'd encountered a cultivation bottleneck and that Chu Ning had offered her some guidance...
Afterward, she had cultivated and broken through from the peak of the Fourth Realm to the Fifth Realm.
Since her breakthrough had indeed been thanks to Chu Ning's technique, saying it was thanks to his guidance wasn't exactly wrong. Then, she more or less revealed Chu Ning's identity.
"That's what happened. Xiao Bing just can't help feeling that the Emperor Consort wasn't joking..."
The two who heard this reacted quite differently. One looked incredulous; the other wore a scornful expression.
"A hidden master? Where would some hidden master come from?"
"He's just spouting nonsense, relying on Her Majesty's favor. I've met that Chu Ning myself. I couldn't sense the slightest trace of cultivation or spiritual energy from him. He must have just started cultivating recently and become too arrogant to know his place!"
"If he really is some hidden master, then I'll spar with him myself. If he can withstand even one of my moves, I'll gladly take him as my master!"
After speaking, Fang Houren gave a cold snort and said sternly, "That man may act foolishly, but why are you playing along, Xiao Bing? Pay him no mind. Let him do as he pleases, so long as he doesn't interfere with Her Majesty's dynasty."
Xiao Bing hurriedly explained.
"Actually, Xiao Bing doesn't believe it either, but I really have broken through to the Fifth Realm..."
She let her aura show, and Fang Houren froze.
Ye Qinglian, standing nearby,