Inside the Yun Household's reception hall.
After hearing Li Ping's words, Yun Qisheng first looked stunned, then his expression visibly darkened.
As the head of the Yun Household, he was a man whose long sleeves danced skillfully through social affairs. Keeping his emotions off his face was a basic courtesy for him.
His dark expression was actually more of a deliberate display for Li Ping, meant to convey his displeasure.
Sometimes, expressing one's attitude through facial expressions was more effective than words.
In Yun Qisheng's eyes, the Yun Household had painfully parted with the Artifact Furnace left behind by their ancestor, presenting it to Li Ping as an apprenticeship gift, all to find Yun Lingsu a teacher.
That was no small price to pay.
Because of this, several others had even mocked him at a meeting of the clan elders for "betraying his teachers and ancestors."
Knowing he was in the wrong, he could only meet the others' mockery and incomprehension with a smile, but he had been holding a bitter breath inside all along.
He was waiting for his granddaughter to unleash her talent for alchemy and become a second-tier upper-grade, or even a Third-Tier Pill Refiner.
Then he could finally hold his head high and say, "I looked far ahead, endured humiliation, and shouldered the burden to cultivate a high-tier Pill Refiner for our clan. What do you have to say now?"
But now, Li Ping's words had shattered his plans. How could he not be angry?
Most importantly-Yun Qisheng glanced at Li Ping and thought irritably, This Master Yan really has no idea how to conduct himself!
Li Ping was going on a long journey and could no longer guide his granddaughter in alchemy.
Although Yun Qisheng felt helpless about this, there was little he could say.