Xuanji had guessed correctly.
She had barely turned and fled a short distance when she heard a deafening bang. A huge hole burst through the Sect Leader's roof, and Grand Martial Uncle spiraled into the sky, screaming.
Xuanji shuddered and fled faster.
She was also astonished. How exactly had Grand Martial Uncle appeared behind the Sect Leader without a sound? That ability was far too incredible. Was this the power of the Heavenly Dao?
Flustered and furious, Qiu Wuji shouted through the hole in the roof, "Who gave you permission to enter my room on your own? You have no manners!"
Chu Ge zipped back to her side and grinned. "Xuanji's already run off. You don't have to pretend..."
Qiu Wuji viciously stomped on his toes. "Who's pretending? You're just not allowed! Not allowed!"
"All right, all right. I'm not allowed."
"I wasn't reading about Ximen Qing! I was examining those underlined passages to see if there was anything to them!"
"Yes, yes, yes. You were looking at the underlining."
Qiu Wuji glared at him for a long while. Unable to do anything about him, she could only lower her voice. "According to your earlier thinking, 'Qiu Wuji's Disciple' is just a walk-on mentioned in passing in the book. Such a person exists, that's all. Anything you do here falls outside the plot. But this period is a crucial part of the plot for us people in the book. You shouldn't be involved. Coming in now is ill-timed. Getting involved in any of the plot only creates trouble for yourself, and it'll be hard to make it all fit afterward."
"Us people in the book." That phrasing made Chu Ge want to laugh again. "So now you're excluding outsiders? I'm an out-of-towner, am I?"
Qiu Wuji huffed. "You are. You're