Inside the training room.
Li Ping sat cross-legged, let out a long breath of turbid qi, then rose and headed toward the door.
The year was not yet up.
He had emerged from seclusion because Meng Wanjun had informed him that a Core Formation Cultivator had come to visit.
But he had not finished his greater celestial circuit at the time and could not conveniently stop cultivating, so he had not come out immediately.
After leaving the training room, Li Ping called Meng Wanjun over.
"Was it Xu Guike?" From her description, Li Ping quickly guessed the visitor's identity.
"After I told him you were in seclusion, that senior said he would come back tomorrow," Meng Wanjun said, recounting everything that had happened.
Finally, she stuck out her tongue. "Young Master, I haven't broken through yet, but this time you came out of seclusion doesn't count."
The next day, Xu Guike indeed came to visit with his wife.
Li Ping led the couple to the pavilion in the courtyard. After serving spirit tea, Meng Wanjun gave a faint smile and went off to attend to her own work.
During their ensuing conversation, Xu Guike learned from Li Ping that the beautiful female cultivator in his cave abode belonged to the Meng Family. A cold glint flashed through his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.
He was a man who drew a clear line between gratitude and grudges.
The ones who had caused his master's death were Meng Zixing and Meng Qingyi. It had nothing to do with the other members of the Meng Family.
As for the benefits the other members of the Meng Family had enjoyed... after Meng Zixing and Meng Qingyi died one after another, the Meng Family had fallen into utter decline. There was no need