Lin Changheng had no idea what outrageous conjectures his actions had prompted in Xu Xuzhong, nor did he care.
After leaving the Wind and Rain Pavilion, he headed straight for the Hundred Refinements Hall.
Halfway there, however, a graceful figure stood waiting ahead, smiling at him with her lovely eyes slightly curved.
"Feiyue, you're out early today. Are you heading to the Hundred Refinements Hall? We can go together."
Lin Changheng smiled faintly and approached the tall female cultivator to greet her.
In the Xu Family, talisman-making and pill refining shared a hall, with separate areas on the left and right.
"You seem to have come from the direction of the Returning Peak Dojo, Brother Lin. It seems the clan truly values you as a mid-grade Pill Master."
Tantai Feiyue's refined voice sounded admiring, but Lin Changheng caught a trace of something else in her emphasis on "mid-grade Pill Master."
"I've indeed been busy these past two weeks and neglected to visit you for guidance, Princess. That was an oversight on my part. I hope you'll be generous enough not to hold it against me."
Lin Changheng and Tantai Feiyue had been friends for years and had long since come to understand each other's temperaments.
"I wouldn't dare presume. I thought that after becoming a mid-grade Pill Master, you no longer cared for our old friendship, Brother Lin."
With her hands behind her back, Tantai Feiyue leaned forward, showing off her exquisite curves as she deliberately teased him.
At those words, Lin Changheng's smile faded, and he suddenly said solemnly, "Rest assured, Feiyue. You should know what sort of man I am. Do you think I'm someone who forgets kindness and betrays his friends?"
"No... that's not what I meant at all..."
Hearing how gravely he spoke, Tantai Feiyue was