When Chu Xisheng got up in the morning, Lu Luanli still had not returned.
There was, however, a Paper Crane on the square table in the sitting room.
Chu Xisheng unfolded the Paper Crane. Six elegantly written characters were on it.
Out on business. Don't worry-
Chu Xisheng raised his eyebrows and asked Chu Yunyun curiously, "Did she leave this here last night?"
Chu Yunyun rolled her eyes at him. "If it had been last night, do you think I wouldn't have noticed?"
Chu Xisheng began to think back carefully.
When Lu Luanli left last night, he indeed had not seen a Paper Crane on the square table.
That meant the Paper Crane had flown back after he fell sound asleep again.
Chu Xisheng shook his head slightly, puzzlement in his eyes.
Who knew what Lu Luanli had gone off to do? She had actually stayed out all night.
But the girl was at the seventh rank with dual cultivation of technique and martial arts, her talent close on Qin Muge's heels and her fighting strength beyond the bounds of her rank. Even against an upper-sixth-rank opponent, she could retreat unscathed. It was hardly his place to worry about her.
"It's just as well she's away." Chu Xisheng tucked the Paper Crane into his sleeve. "Help me take a look at my saber techniques. After waking up today, I gained some new insights into them. Lend me your discerning eye."
Chu Yunyun's gaze shifted slightly. Here we go again.
Chu Xisheng's sleep was another thing she could not understand.
Whenever Chu Xisheng encountered a crucial point in martial arts he could not understand, a night's sleep would let him grasp it thoroughly.
A move he had only begun practicing the day before would improve enormously by the time he woke