The carriage continued toward the martial arts hall.
Before long, the carriage arrived safely before the martial arts hall.
Standing on the carriage, Cheng Ran watched Jiang Ning walk toward the martial arts hall's entrance.
Suddenly, Cheng Ran spoke again.
"Junior Brother Jiang!"
Hearing the call, Jiang Ning turned around.
Cheng Ran spoke again. "It was all this senior brother's fault today! Had Master Wang not appeared, this senior brother's sins would have been beyond redemption!"
Jiang Ning smiled. "All right, Senior Brother. Go back early! There's no need to bring this matter up again."
With that, he crossed the martial arts hall's threshold and disappeared from Jiang Ning's sight.
Watching Jiang Ning leave, Cheng Ran said to the driver, "Head home!"
After giving the order, he turned and entered the carriage compartment.
"Hyah—"
Under the driver's control, the carriage began moving again, heading toward the Cheng Residence.
Inside the carriage compartment.
Cheng Ran looked at Elder Zheng beside him.
"Alas—"
He sighed softly.
"Does the Young Master blame me?" Elder Zheng asked.
Cheng Ran shook his head. "How could I be qualified to blame Elder Zheng? I was too overconfident! I brought Jiang Ning out, yet nearly got him killed!"
Elder Zheng looked at Cheng Ran and explained, "Young Master, it isn't that I didn't want to obey your orders! It's that Xu Yunfeng is not someone we can conveniently offend! He works for Cao Bin, and with strength like his, he'll enter the Inspection Office sooner or later."
"Young Master also knows how great the Inspection Office's authority is! People like Xu Yunfeng cannot be offended; it is best not to offend them!"
"Moreover, although I have reached the peak of the ninth rank of martial arts, I am now old and frail, with declining vitality and blood.