"Junior Yixuan pays her respects to the founding master."
When Hua gave no response, Yixuan thought she hadn't heard. She hurriedly bowed again, speaking more emphatically, but the atmosphere only grew more awkward.
Hua had just one thought: Do I really look that old?
She glanced helplessly at Griseo, who had a hand over her mouth and mischief in her eyes. Clearly, Griseo intended to watch the show.
"Um... I'm not your founding master." Hua turned to Yixuan and kept her voice as calm as she could. "My name is Hua. You've mistaken me for someone else!"
Yixuan naturally didn't believe her.
For one thing, the formation Hua had used in their earlier fight was unmistakably Yunkui Mountain's Bagua Formation.
And even if this woman wasn't the founding master herself, she had to be an ancestor of some kind. Besides, if she really was the founding master, perhaps Xiaoguang could be saved.
"Senior Hua, the formation you used shares almost the same roots as Yunkui Mountain's arts!"
"Uh..." Hua's expression grew even more complicated.
"Senior Hua, through all the generations of Yunkui Mountain, very few have been able to deploy the Bagua Formation, let alone wield it alone as effortlessly as you did. Only the founding master could have possessed the talent to master such a powerful formation completely."
"Um... I'm really not your founding master." Hua raised a hand to her forehead. "If you need something from me, please just say so."
Yixuan's flood of flattery didn't delight her. It only made Griseo's shoulders shake as she struggled not to laugh.
Hua felt that if Yixuan kept talking, she would never be able to show her face around Griseo again.
"Hua, why don't you teach Aunt Yixuan the Taixu Sword God?"
Griseo stopped smiling and gave Yixuan a serious