"You brat, you're still playing dumb? Daoist Bai Xing already made it crystal clear to me. She practically wanted me to bring you up there to discuss the engagement, and you're still saying the two of you are innocent? If you were innocent, would Daoist Bai Xing be in such a hurry? She isn't related to you even eight poles removed, so why would she be so eager to marry her precious disciple off to you?" Daoist Qiangong said irritably.
Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, but with his intelligence, he quickly understood what had happened.
Daoist Bai Xing, Daoist Bai Xing.
Wasn't she Luo Yihong's master, Daoist Shenhuo's old flame?
Yang Chen suddenly understood. Luo Yihong must not have been able to hold herself back and had told her master about Daoist Shenhuo. Once that happened, her master naturally became anxious. Daoist Bai Xing had pursued Daoist Shenhuo for so many years, and now that she had finally found news of him, it was already remarkably calm of her not to come looking for Yang Chen in person.
Yet this was enough to reveal Daoist Bai Xing's feelings for Daoist Shenhuo. With her status as an Enlightenment Stage cultivator, she had actually personally questioned him and even hinted for him to come here. It was clear just how much Daoist Shenhuo meant to her.
Indeed, everything Daoist Bai Xing had said had merely been a hint to him.
Talk of an engagement with Luo Yihong, talk of some entanglement—those were all hints, urging him to hurry to Qingyu Gate.
Thinking of this, Yang Chen felt helpless and said, "This junior understands what happened. Martial Ancestor Uncle Qiangong, this junior will head to Qingyu Gate at once!"
"Mm. Do you need this old man to accompany you? Though I'm