Questioning

Creak—

At a certain moment.

The sound of a door scraping against the floor rang out.

The reception room door was pushed aside, and a figure walked straight in.

Seeing who had arrived, the Uchiha servant who had been standing off to the side like a statue hurried forward and bowed. "Clan Head!"

That was right. The newcomer was none other than Uchiha Fugaku.

His gaze did not linger on the servant at all. He simply raised a hand, signaling for him to leave.

Seeing this, the Uchiha clansman tactfully withdrew.

Tap, tap, tap—

Uchiha Fugaku took a few steps to the front of the reception room and sat down in the seat of honor.

He picked up the teacup, poured himself a cup of tea, took a light sip, and then quietly looked at Qian.

At this moment, however, Qian still had not stopped cultivating.

It was not that he had failed to notice the other party enter. Rather, his experiment had already reached a critical stage, and he was on the verge of breaking through a key point. He truly did not want to waste this opportunity.

So he simply pretended not to have noticed him and continued focusing, controlling the Yang Release Chakra inside his body to meticulously strengthen the organs and cells throughout his body.

Soon, a minute passed, and Qian finally opened his eyes.

It was also at this moment that Uchiha Fugaku spoke.

He said, "How were the gains?"

Hearing this, Qian turned to look toward the seat of honor, pretending as though he had only just noticed him, and hurriedly stood. "Clan Head!"

Seeing him rise, Uchiha Fugaku reached out and pressed his hand downward. "Sit."

"Yes, Clan Head!"

Qian answered, then sat back down in the chair on the right.

Only after