Xu Qingtong brought his senior sister to Zhong Ziqing's cave abode. Standing outside the door, he called respectfully, "Master, your disciple Qingtong has returned!"
"Come in!"
Xu Qingtong stepped into Zhong Ziqing's cave abode and found Lü Wenqiu there too. He hurriedly paid his respects to his master, then bowed to Lü Wenqiu as well. "Greetings, Martial Uncle!"
Du Siwen was naturally overjoyed to see her master. Still, she dared not neglect etiquette. She first bowed to her senior martial uncle and greeted him before running to her master's side.
"Master, your disciple Siwen pays her respects!"
Lü Wenqiu looked at Du Siwen fondly, then glanced at Xu Qingtong before saying, "Well, lass, not bad! You've made considerable progress in the decades you spent away with this foolish boy. You've even reached the pseudo-Nascent Soul stage!"
Then he looked at Xu Qingtong again and said, "You're not bad either, boy. You've actually reached the pseudo-Nascent Soul stage too, though you seem just a tiny bit behind Siwen! Good, good!"
Zhong Ziqing gave Lü Wenqiu a puzzled look. "Junior Brother, how can you tell that Qingtong is a tiny bit behind Siwen? Why can't I see it?"
"You can't see it, can you? That just means you're too stupid!"
"Uh, surely not. How could I be stupider than you? Just think..."
"Ahem!" Xu Qingtong coughed. "Master, I brought three more people back this time. They're all people close to me!"
"Yes, I already know! So, what arrangements do you intend to make for them?" Zhong Ziqing asked.
"Master, two of them are at Golden Core, and one is at Foundation Establishment peak. Wei City is short of people right now, so I'd like the three of them to go there," Xu Qingtong said.
In fact, he had already decided where the