It was an Ice Binding Technique. Su Jiu could not help sighing. She had known it-known that after hearing all this, her Junior Granduncle would once again try to solve the problem alone.
But how could Su Jiu let him have his way?
Su Jiu curled her lips into a smile. "Junior Granduncle, I've grown up. Don't underestimate me."
Chu Luohen's Art missed its mark, leaving him briefly startled. Only after hearing Su Jiu's words did he look up at her.
A trace of desolation crossed his eyes. Yes, A Jiu had already reached the nascent soul middle stage. Even compared with him, she was only one stage lower.
He could no longer teach her anything, nor did he have the right to interfere in her life again.
At first, he had not actually liked this martial niece very much. For a time, he had even considered her nothing more than trouble Chu Mojin had dumped on him.
In principle, Su Jiu completing her training and no longer needing others to worry about her should have been a good thing. Yet only when the moment truly came did he realize that her growth had not made him all that happy.
Su Jiu walked past Chu Luohen. When she noticed that he had not followed, she turned back with a slightly puzzled expression. "Junior Granduncle?"
Chu Luohen snapped out of his reverie as though waking from a dream, then caught up with Su Jiu.
The rest of their journey went as smoothly as Su Jiu had expected. Yet the smoother it went, the more uneasy she felt, for it also proved that her conjecture was correct.
Following their earlier deductions, they found a secluded courtyard, but neither of them entered immediately.
Looking through the stone archway, they could take in the