"Martial Uncle Pudu, I'm really sorry to bother you so late. Someone filmed my spell duel with Tingxue... Oh, you've already seen it? All right, then. Thank you for your help."
"...Congratulations on reaching Foundation Establishment? Ah, thank you, Martial Uncle... No, no, please don't tell my master I've reached Foundation Establishment. Yes, yes, there are reasons I can't explain. Please."
Duan Yuxian put down her phone and made an OK sign at Zhou You. "Whew, all sorted!"
Since her martial uncle already knew about the video, he must have started handling it. She wouldn't have to worry about what came next, and her mood soared.
Duan Yuxian's series of practiced moves left Zhou You baffled. "What are you...?"
"He's the elder in our sect who handles contact with the outside world. His Daoist name is Pudu, and he really keeps up with the times. Whenever someone uses a spell and ordinary people see it, we go to him for help."
"Martial Uncle uses the sect's publicity budget to maintain a team of internet trolls. They're very professional at handling this sort of thing."
Zhou You couldn't help marveling. This was what a major sect looked like: professional, with an elder dedicated to external affairs and a publicity budget.
Then there was their Carefree Sect, which couldn't even deal with rumors. He was always hearing people at school spread stories about him, saying he was shamelessly keeping a girl on each arm, holding Chu Xiaoyao while hogging Su Tingxue. Lately, there had even been whispers that he was involved with Tang Shiyin.
Their Sect Master was being slandered like this, yet the Grand Supreme Elder and Vice Sect Master did nothing!
But who Pudu was hadn't been what puzzled Zhou You.
"I meant, why won't you tell your master you've