"Boy, getting this old man curious enough to look into your abilities is something countless people could only dream of. Those mediocrities don't even interest me enough for a glance. If I look at you, it means I think highly of you." The old man raised an eyebrow.
Given his status and standing, taking the initiative to inspect a student's cultivation progress was undoubtedly an honor for that student. Who would have thought the fellow before him would actually be displeased?
"But my teacher told me that inspecting someone's cultivation without being invited is very rude and offensive. In the Rivers and Lakes, quite a few people die over things like that every year.
"My teacher said that if anyone examines our cultivation and secrets like that, we should go ahead and attack without holding back," Xu Yang said earnestly.
Having the old man discover that he had mastered the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra and the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body was not a bad thing. Given the man's experience and status, it was actually a good thing.
He had obtained the complete Formless Thousand Illusions Art because of it. But if he suddenly developed a Spirit Bone and the old man noticed something, he truly could not say whether that would bring fortune or disaster.
The old man froze. He could not help recalling how, in his youth, he too had hated having those seniors probe his secrets. Even when they did it out of concern, it had still made him uncomfortable. After all, what martial artist did not have a few things he wished to keep hidden?
I've actually become the very sort of person I used to hate.
A guilty look crossed the old man's face. "Very well. I promise I won't casually probe your secrets again."
Delighted,