For Gu He, tonight was destined to be a night of heartbreak.
Atop Medicine Peak, a lone winter plum stood proudly, yet it could not capture the sorrow in a certain alchemist's heart.
"Teacher, what's wrong?" Seeing Gu He like this, Liu Ling looked at him with concern. He could figure out with his backside that his teacher had run into another brick wall with the sect leader.
Yet even when he had failed in the past, his face had never shown such dejection and sorrow. This time, however, Gu He looked utterly lost.
"Nothing." Gu He waved a hand listlessly, then looked at his disciple and asked flatly, "You've advanced to the fourth tier?"
"Yes, Teacher." At Gu He's question, a smug smile appeared on Liu Ling's face.
Becoming a fourth-tier alchemist at his age would once have made him the most promising young man in the Jia Ma Empire. Ever since Xiao Yan had appeared, however, Liu Ling had become a dispensable youngster in the eyes of many factions.
"Not bad. You may go." Gu He clearly had no heart to pay Liu Ling any more attention.
Has Teacher's spirit become this fragile since Xiao Yan defeated him?
Liu Ling inwardly shook his head and left the room.
Poor Teacher, being toyed with in the palm of Xiao Yan's hand. But I won't be.
Liu Ling descended Medicine Peak and headed toward another mountain peak. He wanted to tell Junior Sister Yanran about his breakthrough, and he also wanted to tell her:
"Xiao Yan is a scumbag. He only wants to play around with you. I'm different. My feelings are sincere."
Soon, he arrived at the side hall where Nalan Yanran lived.
"Junior Sister Yanran!" Liu Ling knocked softly on the door.
"Who is it?" Nalan Yanran's cool