"Sect Master Ling, my junior sister has always had this temper. Her words can be a little sharp, so please don't take offense. You saved us this time, and we don't want to owe you a favor. Tell us, is there anything we can do for you?" Mu Yi said.
They certainly would not readily leave a favor unpaid, especially one owed to Ling Tianya. They did not want too many ties with him.
"Never mind, I'll stop joking with you. Consider this repayment for a favor I owe you," Ling Tianya said.
At these words, surprise filled all three faces. They were bewildered and could not understand.
Ling Tianya said he was repaying a favor he owed the three of them?
Then why did none of them know about it?
"Sect Master Ling, what makes you say that?" Mu Yi asked.
Li Cong and Xu Yan Yun also stared intently at Ling Tianya. They did not really believe he would have misspoken, so surely he had a reason for saying this.
"For Huang Xiao," Ling Tianya said with a smile.
"Huang Xiao? That boy Huang?" Li Cong asked in surprise. "Could it be that you once owed that boy a favor, Sect Master Ling?"
"Junior Brother, have you lost your senses?" Xu Yan Yun said irritably. "That boy Huang certainly has fine talent, and it's true that his cultivation advances a thousand miles a day, but do you think he could possibly have made Sect Master Ling owe him a favor?"
Li Cong shook his head slightly and said nothing more. Naturally, he too thought it impossible, but apart from this rather absurd explanation, he could think of no other reason.
"Because Huang Xiao is my grandson. My own flesh and blood," Ling Tianya said directly.
"What?!" All three