"Yes, Master!" Once Xiao Hua released the Heavenly Horses and flying carriage, Fu Zhiwen skillfully took the reins and answered calmly.
"Chang Yuan..." Seated securely atop the flying carriage, Xiao Hua comforted her. "Earlier, your master used a secret technique and discovered that You Zhongquan may encounter some calamity. But the outcome should be danger without real harm, so do not worry."
Chang Yuan let out a breath of relief and nodded. "This disciple was thrown into disorder because she cared too deeply. With Master here, this disciple can rest easy."
"Mhm. Tell this old man about what you have ordinarily learned..." Xiao Hua nodded slightly and asked.
After Chang Yuan recounted everything she had learned in her life to Xiao Hua in full detail, he nodded inwardly. Chang Yuan truly was Xin Kingdom's talented lady. Not only was she proficient in the four arts of zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, even her Confucian cultivator realms had reached the late stage of refining essence into Qi. Yet because she was a woman, the Chang family had not fully passed down their family cultivation techniques to her. Her realm had remained stalled there, unable to advance an inch for a long time.
"Master, our Confucian school says that a woman's lack of talent is virtue. My father did not advocate letting this disciple cultivate too much. Although this disciple possessed excellent aptitude from childhood, she always had fewer opportunities to cultivate than others. And if not for Mother secretly passing down the clan's cultivation techniques behind Father's back, this disciple could not possibly have cultivated to this point!" After finishing, Chang Yuan bit her lip and said softly, "This... is also one reason why this disciple resolved to take a master just now."
"Hehe, Yuan'er, there is no need to feel