Time ticked by.
At last, the powerful figure behind the chair spoke, his voice low.
"Mm, not bad. I'm very satisfied!"
Gu Yue, who had been somewhat nervous, was a little dazed. She felt that voice sounded extremely familiar.
But since this was the office of some powerful figure from the Spirit Pagoda, she suppressed the doubts in her mind.
However.
When Gu Yue saw the chair slowly turn around and saw that familiar figure, her beautiful eyes widened instantly.
Her usually cool voice abruptly rose as she cried out in disbelief.
"Xu Yue?! What are you doing here?!"
"Why can't I be here?"
Xu Yue smiled at Gu Yue and countered with a question.
"This is the Spirit Pagoda..."
Gu Yue spoke instinctively, but halfway through, she suddenly realized something and stared at Xu Yue in shock.
"Your teacher... is from the Spirit Pagoda?!"
She suddenly recalled that when Xu Yue had disappeared, Xu Xiaoyan had mentioned that there was a teacher behind him.
Moreover, given Xu Yue's background—having grown up in Mu Chen's home at the Eastsea City Blacksmith Association since childhood—his teacher's status, strength, and other qualifications could not possibly have been inferior to Mu Chen's.
Combined with his extraordinary talent, the answer was obvious.
Xu Yue's teacher had to be a top-tier powerhouse renowned across Douluo Continent.
And among all the forces on Douluo Continent, whose intelligence network could be more well-informed than the Spirit Pagoda's?
"That's right. Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu, the Spirit Pagoda's vice tower master. She's also the one who was supposed to contact you."
Xu Yue relayed what Leng Yaozhu had instructed him to say.
"Teacher is currently in seclusion, attempting to break through to a new realm, so I'll be taking full responsibility for contacting you."
"So... you were the