Chen Miao had thought there would be other activities afterward, such as sparring.
But there were not.
After the Lin Family members brought everyone to their lodgings on the island, they left.
Their lodgings this time were not large, with one room for each of the four of them.
After giving them a few brief instructions, Kong Xunzhen went off to drink tea and chat with Zheng Mei and Weng Bo.
Zheng Cuicui greeted Chen Miao, then returned to her room.
Chen Miao glanced at the remaining two men and went straight back to his own room without saying anything.
Zhu Sheng and Xu Jin remained outside, both looking rather grim.
Their poor performance that evening was not what had left them with such complicated feelings. Rather, it was the disregard they sensed from Kong Xunzhen.
Ever since the three of them had been called into that room that night, Kong Xunzhen seemed to have grown somewhat indifferent toward the two of them.
Although they had assured Kong Xunzhen that they had not brought up the Cangzhou Kong Clan of their own accord, he seemed to have his own ideas.
If things continued like this, there would be no need to decide who was the eldest or second senior brother when they returned from Jiangya County. Kong Xunzhen might well have only one disciple left by then.
That was something neither Zhu Sheng nor Xu Jin could accept.
Unbidden, the scene of him stabbing his biological father and younger brother to death that night flashed through Zhu Sheng's mind.
"Why did you have to force me?"
Chen Miao sat in a chair in his room, seemingly eating pastries, while the Mystic Mirror actually hovered high above.
Without even rising a hundred meters, Chen Miao could already take in the