Xu Qingtong studied Li Yingjie. He always felt that there were things about this disciple he did not know. But he could hardly question him closely. Everyone had their own secrets, just as he did, and his master, Yu Tiancheng, had never asked about his secrets.
Forget it. As long as he doesn't betray the sect, stays true to his heart, and does nothing that offends Heaven and harms others, I'll let him be!
After asking about Li Yingjie's cultivation, Xu Qingtong gave him some elixirs, talismans, and the like. Considering that he had already reached the peak of the fourth layer of Qi Refining, Xu Qingtong also picked out a high-grade flying sword, bestowed it on Li Yingjie, and then sent him away.
After Li Yingjie left, Xu Qingtong also left his cave abode and went to his maternal uncle's home.
He had not seen his uncle in a year. Chen Jialiang had more white hair than before, but he remained hale and hearty, looking nothing like a man in his seventies.
"Qingtong, why didn't you come a little earlier? That girl Siwen just left!" At the sight of Xu Qingtong, his maternal aunt, Madam Zhang, began chattering again. "She seemed to be in a bad mood. Did you two have a quarrel?"
"Aunt, what are you saying?" Xu Qingtong smiled, truly at a loss for words with this aunt of his, who always wanted to pair him with his senior sister!
"Where's my cousin? I never see her when I come!" Afraid his aunt would veer off course again, Xu Qingtong hurriedly asked.
"Don't mention her. Just thinking about her makes me angry! I don't see her even once in six months, and when she does come, she won't stay and talk to me. She gobbles down a