"Not very likely."
Xu Taiping had not held out much hope. He merely looked up at Xuanyuan Xueluo calmly and asked, "What are your orders, Lady Xue Luo?"
"What right does an outsider like you have to call me Lady Xue Luo?"
Xuanyuan Xueluo glared at Xu Taiping in displeasure.
Her rebuke stunned Xu Taiping. Then he cupped his fists with a wry smile and said:
"May I ask what your orders are, Commander?"
Although Xuanyuan Xueluo still looked displeased, she did not rebuke him again. Instead, she warned sternly, "Although I am letting you go this time, from this day forward, none of you may set so much as half a foot inside Sword-Worshipping Manor again!"
Xu Taiping and the others had not expected that Xuanyuan Xueluo had suddenly stopped them just to say this. They immediately exchanged looks.
Still, none of them argued. They each cupped their fists in acknowledgment, then walked out of the great hall without looking back.
Once Xu Taiping and the others had disappeared through the hall's entrance, a trace of disappointment first flashed through Xuanyuan Xueluo's eyes. Then she muttered through gritted teeth, so softly that only she could hear:
"If I wouldn't acknowledge you, couldn't you have taken the initiative to acknowledge me?"
"Ten years apart, without a single word-even a bodhisattva would get angry, all right?"
"I'm furious!"
Indeed, Xuanyuan Xueluo had not forgotten Xu Taiping and the others at all. The very reason she had appeared at Sword-Worshipping Manor with the White Tiger Armor this time was that she had received a secret letter from a spy she had planted within the manor and had come to help.
It was only because she was angry that Xu Taiping had not contacted her once in ten years that she had not