"Steward, Young Master Cao just returned and is a little tired. Hurry and pass down orders to keep all unrelated persons away from the East Warm Pavilion, lest they disturb his rest," the old man behind Cao Wuxin suddenly told the elderly steward.
"Ah? Yes, yes, yes. I'll notify everyone at once. We certainly mustn't let them disturb Young Master Cao's peace." The elderly steward nodded hastily, then hurried away.
Unlike the elderly steward, however, Xu Wuyu glanced at the old man behind Cao Wuxin when he heard this, his expression hostile.
The meaning of the old man's words was perfectly clear. What did he mean by unrelated persons? Didn't that include him as well?
He was seething inside. In terms of standing, this old man was merely one of Cao Wuxin's subordinates, and even his own status was higher.
But the old man's cultivation was upper peerless, and he was no match for him yet. Moreover, the old man was one of Cao Wuxin's trusted men, a fox borrowing the tiger's might. Yet even so, there was nothing he could do to him.
Ordinary experts would never dare disrespect him, even if they were stronger than he was. After all, he was a young expert the sect was focusing its efforts on nurturing.
Li Wujing laughed, then cupped his hands toward Cao Wuxin. "I just remembered I have something to attend to. I'll be leaving first."
With that, Li Wujing quickly left.
The reason Li Wujing did not react as strongly as Xu Wuyu was that his fellow disciples in the sect generally looked down on him. It was not that his cultivation was insufficient. Although he fell short of Xu Wuyu and Cao Wuxin, he still ranked above average among his fellow disciples.
The main reason was that