Chen Qingxuan said, "Zhou Qing, stay behind. The rest of you may return."
After the disciples bade farewell to their Martial Uncle and Senior Apprentice, they headed down the mountain together.
Only then did Chen Qingxuan say, "Senior Xuan Zhe came specifically to ask me about you today."
Zhou Qing gave a wry smile. "I have troubled Senior Xuan Zhe."
Xuan Zhe smiled. "How is this any trouble? I merely happened to discover a lingering ghost in the Spirit Realm Network that refused to depart."
"At first, I thought someone had been lingering in the Spirit Realm Network all day. But when I went to investigate through the formation foundation of the Spirit Realm Network, I found nothing but an empty shell without mind or spirit. I examined the aura of that shell and discovered it belonged to Zhou Qing, the Senior Apprentice of the latest cohort."
"I found the name Zhou Qing familiar. After thinking it over for a while, I remembered another strange tale I had only recently heard about him."
Chen Qingxuan had never heard this part before and could not help asking curiously, "What strange tale?"
Xuan Zhe said, "A female disciple named Yuan Hongying was working at the Array Institute when she lavishly praised her Senior Apprentice as a genius in formations, saying that by relying solely on his own exploration, he could create formations within a few days."
"Those boys at the Array Institute naturally refused to believe it, so the girl produced a formation that she claimed had been constructed by their Senior Apprentice."
"After seeing it, those boys could scarcely believe their eyes. They thought the girl was merely toying with them. The matter even sparked a round of heated discussion at the Array Institute, so I remembered the name."
"This time,