As the two spoke, Rui Wen and Feng Xian, Ye Lan and Jin Yue'er, Zhu Zhuqing and Bai Chenxiang, who were engaged in paired training, all noticed Ye Qifeng and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei arriving.
They all stopped their sparring practice. Together with Xiao Mingyue, who had been watching from the side and providing healing support, they gathered around Ye Qifeng and greeted Ghost Douluo Gui Mei.
Ye Qifeng's arrival lifted the spirits of the seven members of the Second Squad, their excitement impossible to hide. The girls chirped around Ye Qifeng for quite a while before finally dispersing and returning to their cultivation.
Ye Qifeng kept Feng Xian behind, intending to ask about Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's unusual changes.
Because Gui Mei had arrived, Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind as well. Master and disciple were currently whispering to each other nearby, discussing cultivation matters in private.
After Rui Wen and the others left, Ye Qifeng looked at Feng Xian, pointed at Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan in the distance, whose gaze was slightly unfocused and whose mind seemed elsewhere, and asked gently:
"Feng Xian, do you know what is going on with Elder Ju's condition?"
Following the direction Ye Qifeng indicated, Feng Xian glanced at Yue Guan. She first froze, then shook her head slightly.
"I am not entirely sure either. For some time now, Teacher has often been like this, spacing out and losing focus from time to time."
"However..."
Ye Qifeng looked at her and asked naturally:
"However, what?"
Feng Xian did not answer immediately. She pondered for quite a while, and only when her expression turned somewhat strange did she reply in a soft, gentle voice:
"I think Teacher may be like this because of my mother."
Ye Qifeng was slightly startled.
"Because of your mother? What do