What?
She was the best candidate?
Qin Xiuqing's mouth twitched.
My dear disciple.
Did you misunderstand what "best candidate" meant?
She was too embarrassed to criticize her and could only say, "The truth of the matter still needs to be verified."
"But..."
Ling Qingzhu wanted to say more, but Qin Xiuqing cut her off. "We'll talk after the truth becomes clear."
She also knew this was not baseless.
But she simply would not let her go.
Ling Qingzhu grew anxious. "Master! We can't wait!"
"Go back into seclusion and cultivate properly. As for everything else, I have my own plans. You needn't worry about it."
Qin Xiuqing refused decisively.
"Fine, sigh..."
Seeing how resolute her master was,
Ling Qingzhu had no choice.
She could only sigh softly, turn around unwillingly, and drift away atop a Green Lotus beneath her jade feet.
Watching her departing figure,
Qin Xiuqing also let out a helpless sigh.
What a pity.
Chen Xuan had been such a fine prospect.
Yet her own female disciple had ruined it all.
Honestly, she was feeling a little afraid in retrospect.
That day, if Chen Xuan had gone berserk, would he have beaten up even her, his master?
After all...
He possessed a trump card capable of killing a Samsara Stage expert.
Though she did not know what it was, where he had obtained it, or when he had acquired it,
one thing was certain.
It was definitely a divine-grade treasure.
Whether she could obtain that treasure was secondary.
The key was that Chen Xuan could be of enormous help to Ling Qingzhu in sensing Tai Shang.
She wondered,
if she, as his master, stepped forward now,
could she still salvage the situation?
At worst, she could let him choose a few more concubines from among the other outstanding