The Shadow

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, Ouyang Xiuyah gave a slight nod and asked no more. Instead, she pointed to the bowls and chopsticks on the table. "Eat first. The food's about to get cold."

They'd already waited a while for someone, and if they kept chatting, they really wouldn't get to eat.

Just then, Jiang Yan rubbed his stomach for the third time. This time, he wasn't pretending. He was genuinely hungry.

He picked up a large bowl and his chopsticks, then wolfed down the meal the two women had specially prepared.

Lu Lu and Ouyang Xiuyah exchanged glances and smiled.

They were both quite pleased with Jiang Yan's performance.

After the meal, the three of them took a stroll by the lake, casually chatting about what they'd been up to lately.

Jiang Yan glanced at Ouyang Xiuyah and broached the subject himself. "How's Qingyu Academy?"

He wasn't asking about the academy itself. He wanted to know how she was faring there.

Ouyang Xiuyah's expression didn't change. "It's all right."

All right?

That meant things were only so-so. Jiang Yan furrowed his brow; he knew her well enough.

At that, Lu Lu spoke up from beside them and told him the truth.

In fact, Wuyuanjia and Ouyang Xiuyah were having a fairly ordinary time at Qingyu Academy.

As a prefecture-level academy, Qingyu was full of talent and had even more experts. So Wuyuanjia, who had held a pivotal position in Yehuai City, had become an unremarkable artificer after arriving here.

As his disciple, Ouyang Xiuyah, a Golden Core Realm cultivator, naturally held an even lower position and wasn't given much attention.

It wasn't as if they were deliberately snubbed or given a hard time, but compared with their lives in Yehuai City, their circumstances were worlds apart.

Fortunately, Ouyang