And just as Lin Tian was thinking this...
Suddenly...
The Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Flowers Sect spoke again from the raised platform. "All right, that concludes our discussion of sect affairs."
"Now, let us talk about something unrelated to our sects."
Hearing this, Lin Tian looked toward the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Flowers Sect on the raised platform with some confusion in his eyes.
And her voice rang out again at that moment.
"I wonder... before you set out, did your master ever mention me to you?"
Lin Tian: ?
Upon hearing this question...
A string of questions immediately flashed through Lin Tian's mind.
After all, the question itself was not strange.
He even detected a different sort of meaning in her tone?
Could his earlier guesses have all been right?
Was the relationship between the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Flowers Sect and Guan Tianming, the master he had only recently taken, truly something out of the ordinary?
Of course, this now involved matters between his elders.
Lin Tian could only answer honestly. "Sect Master Hua, my master did indeed mention you before sending me here."
"What did he say?!"
Almost the instant Lin Tian spoke, the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Flowers Sect immediately asked.
And at that moment, her tone even... seemed to carry a trace of barely perceptible... anticipation???
Hearing this, Lin Tian continued without the slightest hesitation. "Master said that you met and traveled together when you were young."
"And so you formed quite a deep bond..."
As she heard this...
An exceedingly faint smile appeared unconsciously on the face of the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Flowers Sect.
But before she could react...
Lin Tian's voice rang out again.
"So Master said that you and he are