But she did not close the courtyard gate immediately. Instead, she stood silently at the entrance, seemingly waiting for someone.
After waiting quietly for a while, she lowered her head, looking somewhat downcast, then silently closed the courtyard gate.
Clang!
Almost the instant Liang Zhu slid the bolt into place, several figures appeared at the courtyard entrance as though out of thin air.
They were none other than Xu Taiping and his companions.
Fairy Lingyue folded her arms and asked Bai Yu beside her with some curiosity:
"Bai Yu, what's the background of that girl in yellow?"
Bai Yu glanced down at the Voice Transmission Jade Slip in hand, then answered:
"Her surname is Yu, and her given name is Lan. Though she came up the mountain six years later than Liang Zhu, her cultivation has already reached the half-step Heaven Gazing Realm."
"Besides being exceptionally talented, she also possesses an extremely rare type of spirit bone, the gui water spirit bone. She is among those the Azure Profound Sect is focusing on nurturing in this generation."
Fairy Lingyue looked off in the direction Yu Lan had left and said with a faint smile:
"A little pride in the young isn't a bad thing, but turning that pride toward bullying fellow disciples is rather improper."
Bai Yu curled a lip and said:
"Well, I can't stand the way that girl behaves."
Ping'an nodded as well and said:
"Bullying people is wrong."
Then Fairy Lingyue, Bai Yu, and Ping'an all turned their gazes toward Xu Taiping.
It seemed that all Xu Taiping had to do was give the word, and they would chase after Yu Lan and teach her a lesson.
But Xu Taiping offered no comment on Yu Lan. Instead, he looked around with nostalgia on his face before saying