"Exactly," Grandmother Jia said. "This child secretly practiced an extraordinary art. I never expected him to fool even this old woman."
"Oh? What extraordinary art?" Gu Ling looked quite interested.
Actually, it was nothing special—just for show.
The Great Qian imperial treasury had every kind of martial art, enough to train all the way to Grandmaster level.
There was basically no need to covet any particular martial art.
"The Invincible Divine Art. Would Your Majesty like to see it?" Tang Luo asked.
Gu Ling said nothing. Instead, he looked at Grandmother Jia. Could she still control this great-grandson of hers?
Grandmother Jia revealed a helpless expression. "Your Majesty, please forgive him. This child became a Grandmaster and immediately forgot his place. Yet I am old and frail, unable to discipline him. He insists on witnessing the Grandmasters of the realm, and I have no choice. Your Majesty may have the masters teach him a lesson. Nothing serious will happen, and it will let him know that there are always greater heavens beyond the heavens, and greater people beyond people."
Translated, that meant: Hit him. Hit him however you like.
"But he is the Jia family's qilin child," Gu Ling said hypocritically.
A Grandmaster had suddenly appeared in the Jia family. As the Son of Heaven, he naturally had to summon him back and employ both favor and authority before he could feel at ease.
Still, the proper formalities had to be observed.
Grandmother Jia's expression turned faintly cold. "Only one who can protect the Jia family's glory and prosperity for a lifetime deserves to be called a qilin child."
Those words were entirely sincere.
She truly did not want "Grandmaster Jia Rong" to appear and disrupt the Jia family's peaceful life.
Gu Ling secretly nodded to himself. There truly was