"Hm?"
Jiang Yang froze for a moment at this, then hurriedly asked:
"What about Senior Sister? Didn't she come to pick you up?"
"Master went into seclusion a few days ago."
Cong Huaijin pursed her lips and replied:
"Before she left, she took me to find you, Martial Uncle. When she saw you were in seclusion, she brought me to Senior Butterfly-Bearing first."
"Uh..."
Once Jiang Yang understood, he could not help chuckling. As a master, Chu Qingjian was rather like a hands-off shopkeeper. Most of the time, she could not spare a moment to teach her disciple; she could hardly be called competent.
Still, Jiang Yang understood that she was at a critical stage in cultivating her secret art and probably had no time to look after her disciple. He patted Cong Huaijin's head and said:
"I understand."
His gaze flashed as he inspected her cultivation, then he praised her:
"You managed to reach the sixth layer of Qi Refining on your own, with no one supervising you. That shows how hard you've worked."
Cong Huaijin narrowed her eyes happily and lowered her head.
"It's thanks to the elixirs you left me, Martial Uncle. Senior Butterfly-Bearing also gave me a few pointers on cultivation now and then."
Hearing his name mentioned, Butterfly-Bearing leaped up, transformed into a round-faced Daoist attendant, and landed beside Jiang Yan, cupping his hands.
"Greetings, benefactor."
"You're here, Butterfly-Bearing."
Jiang Yang nodded and got down to business:
"Is True Person Xuanyan here? Please announce me. Tell him Jiang Yang wishes to see him about something."
"He is."
Butterfly-Bearing pointed toward the crown of the tree.
"My lord is resting up there. He said that you needn't be announced, benefactor. You can simply go up yourself."
"In that case, thank you."
Jiang Yang thanked him, then