Silence hung for a long time.
Xue Qinghe suddenly stood up, her figure flitting toward the courtyard gate like a ghost.
Then she placed her hand against the door, radiating a wisp of Force Qi outward along the courtyard wall to inspect the entire Martial Training Courtyard from top to bottom.
Confirming that there was no one around, she finally turned back to sit down, looked at Fang Han, and with a solemn expression lowered her voice to say in a heavy tone:
"This matter is of great importance, so we must prevent walls from having ears. Everything I tell you next, aside from leaving it in this courtyard, you must let rot in your stomach and never let a third person know!"
"Rest assured."
Fang Han nodded slightly, tapping his fingertips lightly against the tabletop as he looked at her, signaling her to continue.
Yet Xue Qinghe did not immediately tell him what happened last night, instead asking Fang Han a question in return.
"Did you recently go to the Transverse Mountains?"
Hearing this, Fang Han's surface expression remained calm, yet his fingertips paused imperceptibly for a fraction of a second, feeling somewhat puzzled as to how she knew.
However, since Xue Qinghe had already brought it up, there was no longer any point in him concealing it, so he answered frankly: "I did go once, but I only operated on the outer fringes."
Xue Qinghe nodded, lowering her eyelids to conceal the complex look in her eyes.
"It's fortunate that you only went to the outer fringes. Had you entered the depths of the Transverse Mountains, you would have inevitably encountered danger."
Fang Han was noncommittal, not knowing why Xue Qinghe was bringing this up, and merely said indifferently: "Let's continue discussing proper business."
Xue Qinghe took a