Shen Haotian's half-true, half-false remark left Xu Qingtong at a loss for how to answer.
After pondering for a moment, Xu Qingtong replied, "Should you need anything, Sect Master, I will spare no effort!"
Shen Haotian nodded, thinking, This little fellow really is a slippery one! After a brief pause, he said, "Since Miss Dongfang is your Dao Companion, you can see to her enrollment in the Academy yourself!"
Xu Qingtong bowed once more. "Thank you, Sect Master. I shall take my leave!"
After Xu Qingtong left, the Grand Elder looked at Shen Haotian and said, "Sect Master, had you not mentioned it, I truly wouldn't have noticed that girl was an incarnation!"
"Indeed. That boy Xu Qingtong's refining methods are truly extraordinary. If I hadn't already known he had exchanged for tiger-patterned white jade lotus, I might not have discerned her origins either!" Shen Haotian said.
"That boy really is talented!" the Grand Elder said. "By the way, how is the investigation in Law City coming along?"
"Well, the boy did spend some time in Law City, and he did present himself as a rogue cultivator. Before that, however, he came from Yangquan City on Siwei Island!"
"Siwei Island? How could that godforsaken place, where even birds won't shit, produce a cultivator like him?" the Grand Elder asked, his face full of puzzlement.
Shen Haotian said, "That remains unknown! Siwei Island is too remote and short of resources. We have no eyes and ears there either, making it extremely difficult to investigate!"
Xu Qingtong left Cloudwater Retreat with Third Senior Sister and returned to his cave abode.
"Senior Sister, what sort of classes do you intend to take?"
Du Siwen glared at him. "You have a senior sister too? What's her name?"
Xu Qingtong froze, then understood. Slapping