Hearing the familiar voice, the aged voice in the void suddenly cried out in surprise, then transformed into a blurry, elderly figure.
When his gaze swept over the two people from Ye Courtyard, he couldn't help wondering why his disciple was here.
After the Five Great Families' assessment, shouldn't she have gone to the Pill Tower to prepare for the upcoming Pill Gathering?
But the moment he looked closer, he was stunned. A man and a woman were alone together in one room, and judging by the signs of battle on the bed, they had clearly just been through an unimaginably intense struggle.
Hadn't Cao Ying always prided herself on being pure and chaste, never going near men? How could she...
"Teacher, it's a long story." Under Xuan Kongzi's scrutinizing gaze, Cao Ying looked a little embarrassed.
She couldn't exactly say that her skills weren't up to par, that she'd lost the assessment and even ended up losing herself to her opponent.
Losing face once was bad enough. She was afraid that if she said it aloud, she'd anger her teacher to death.
"You..." Looking at how spineless Cao Ying seemed, Xuan Kongzi was speechless for a moment, unsure what to say. His disciple had given herself to someone, and he, her master, had been kept in the dark.
If he hadn't sensed something amiss above Holy Pill City, he had no idea how much longer he would have remained in the dark.
But then again, Cao Ying was no longer a child. As his disciple, if she could find a good match, that would make their bond as master and disciple worthwhile.
He could naturally see that Xiao Ze harbored an immense force within him. Whether Dou Qi or soul power, both far surpassed those of ordinary people.
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