"All right, the three of you can go together. Don't stay out too late; we still have to travel tomorrow."
The plump woman spoke gently. She also cast the middle-aged scholar a sidelong glance, then waved to the three of them, signaling for them to go early and return early.
Then she gave the disciple who had spoken first a meaningful look. The disciple immediately understood his master's wife's intention: she wanted the two of them to properly console their junior sister.
Yan Qingchen watched the three leave after swiftly turning around. Junior Sister Zhong had lost all the liveliness she once possessed, and he could only sigh softly to himself. There was nothing he could do.
This time, this senior brother had proposed bringing his disciples out for experience. That alone would have been fine, yet he had insisted on bringing Junior Sister Zhong along as well.
Along the way, naturally, he could not speak too much with Junior Sister Zhong in front of Liu Siyu. Besides, his cultivation with Liu Siyu had reached an entirely new stage...
Afterward, the seven split into two groups and headed respectively toward the inside and outside of the inn.
What they did not notice was that among the three groups being received by other nuns in the distance, a man and a woman were also asking about the varieties of vegetarian meals here, looking thoroughly interested.
It was already evening, the peak time for guests to arrive. Such scenes came one after another without end, so no one would think anyone here was particularly unusual.
Just after the female cultivator surnamed Zhong left with her two senior brothers, the man and woman asking about the vegetarian meals spoke a few more words. Then hesitation appeared on the male cultivator's face.
After considering