Gong Leisure Cloud had not been too worried about the fire toxin. Things had gone smoothly for him afterward, and his cultivation had steadily improved.
The fire toxin flared up three times during that period, each episode weaker than the last, so he stopped taking it seriously.
But now, someone had exposed this secret in a single breath, and the fire toxin might even affect his advancement to adept. He was completely stunned.
Feng Jun could tell Gong Yannan had not known because residual fire toxin in Gong Leisure Cloud's body was not a major issue. But for Gong Yannan, an Emergence from Dust Adept, to let his own grandnephew advance under such circumstances—that was the real issue.
It was one thing for a young man to be ignorant, but was he ignorant too? That was why Feng Jun concluded this had been Gong Leisure Cloud's personal decision.
Yet when Gong Yannan heard his grandnephew say this, he let out a long sigh.
His impression of his grandnephew being afflicted by fire toxin twelve years ago was not particularly deep. However, he remembered very clearly how the family had nearly fallen apart at the time. In an instant, he understood—if he had been Gong Leisure Cloud, he would not have dared say the fire toxin was severe either.
That was right. He fully understood why his grandnephew had lied to him back then.
But having such an old matter brought to light by an outsider still made him uncomfortable. More importantly... this was information he had paid for.
Gong Yannan did not know what it felt like to have ten thousand alpacas stampeding through one's heart, but he was clearly experiencing something close to it now. Damn it, this was the answer you gave me?
At the same time, though,