“Waaahhhhhh…”
Su Xiaotang was once again a mess of tears and snot, completely unable to stop.
Seeing this, Chen Qianchi couldn’t help but feel a bit awkward and complained again:
“What’s wrong, Xiaotang… stop crying…” Chen Qianchi’s face was practically buried in her chest.
“I know… but it’s just… it’s just so sad…” Su Xiaotang sobbed, wiping her tears.
“Xiaotang is still too naive. Don’t you think about it? This second senior sister is so cunning, what if this story is just her own beautified version? Maybe she fell in love with the teacher at first sight, wanted to become his disciple, and put on a whole act herself?”
Shen Yuying said with a half-smile, starting to use Chen Qianchi’s own words against her.
“Huh? Really!?”
Su Xiaotang looked at Chen Qianchi with a horrified expression.
The latter replied impatiently:
“You believe her nonsense!?”
“Well then, whose turn is it next?” Lin Anlan asked.
As soon as she said this, both Chen Qianchi and Shen Yuying looked at Su Xiaotang.
The latter scratched her head awkwardly:
“Uh… can I not say? You senior sisters already know anyway?”
“But I, your junior sister, don’t know,” Lin Anlan said, sounding a bit aggrieved.
“Alright…”
Coincidentally, before Su Xiaotang could even organize her thoughts to begin speaking, footsteps gradually approaching could be heard from outside the door.
Everyone turned to look.
The door opened the next moment.
Light streamed in, and a figure stood silhouetted against the light in the doorway.
The corners of Su Xiaotang’s mouth gradually lifted until her grin practically reached the back of her ears.
“Teacher!”
Su Xiaotang launched herself from her seat with a great leap, throwing her whole body into that person’s arms.
Her legs even left the ground as she clung to him like an octopus.
With arms around his neck and legs wrapped around his waist, Chu Fan felt his body suddenly become much heavier and couldn’t help but give a bitter smile.
“Alright, Xiaotang, get down quickly.”
“I won’t!” Su Xiaotang rested her chin on Chu Fan’s shoulder, giggling foolishly, just hanging there enjoying herself.
Until, behind Chu Fan, she saw the crimson figure following closely, slowly approaching.
Her smile gradually stiffened, then turned into trembling fear.
Su Xiaotang slowly opened her mouth wide, her pupils beginning to tremble uncontrollably.
Pointing at the crimson figure, her voice shook and stuttered:
“O-o-o-o-o-old… old monster!!!!!!”
Su Xiaotang scrambled down from Chu Fan in a panic, stumbling and crawling to hide behind the bed curtains.
She used the curtains to cover her body and half her face, beginning to tremble violently.
Seeing this, Shen Yuying’s perpetually smiling brow couldn’t help but furrow slightly.
But when she turned to look at the doorway, even her perpetually narrowed eyes couldn’t help but widen.
Along with Chen Qianchi, who was sitting by the table, her eyes and mouth also opened wider and wider.
Until that crimson figure stepped over the threshold, saw the people in the room, and gave a carefree smile:
“Yo! Kids, you’re all still alive?”
“D-d-d-d-dongfang Qingwei!?” Chen Qianchi also began to stutter.
“Qianchi, mind your manners,” Chu Fan said softly.
Collecting herself, Shen Yuying regained her usual composure, nodded, and smiled:
“This is truly… so it’s Senior Aunt Dongfang. Long time no see. We failed to properly welcome you.”
“No worries, no worries, it’s nothing.”
“Might I ask why Senior Aunt has come all this way? Is there important business?”
“Me? I was just dragged here by your teacher to be a hired thug, and to help guide your cultivation on the side.”
Hearing this, Shen Yuying couldn’t help but glance at Chu Fan as if for confirmation.
The latter gave a slight nod. Shen Yuying frowned.
At that moment, Chu Fan pointed to the trembling Su Xiaotang at the very back:
“Xiaotang, come out.”
“No…” Su Xiaotang said fearfully.
“Come on.”
“No…”
Seeing she wouldn’t come out no matter what, Chu Fan took out a meat skewer he had bought on the way from his sleeve.
Seeing the skewer, Su Xiaotang swallowed her saliva, but still didn’t come out.
Until Chu Fan let go, letting the skewer fall naturally.
And the moment he let go, Su Xiaotang teleported over with pinpoint accuracy, perfectly catching the skewer.
But the next moment, she pouted her pink lips, somewhat dissatisfied:
“Teacher, you shouldn’t waste food.”
Lin Anlan, sitting in the center of the room, couldn’t help but widen her eyes slightly at this moment.
It wasn’t out of curiosity about Dongfang Qingwei—though, without a doubt, Dongfang Qingwei was a terrifyingly powerful expert at first glance.
Because ever since she entered this room, a terrifying oppressive aura had been emanating from around her.
It wasn’t a pressure directed at people, but rather an atmosphere.
An atmosphere of absolute, unshakeable dominance—the kind that said no matter what, whether it was sneak attacks, frontal assaults, ganging up, or one-on-one combat, she would absolutely never lose to anyone or any force.
This kind of aura wasn’t something any expert could possess, and it absolutely couldn’t be faked.
Lin Anlan understood this well.
Because the Glazed Mirror Chu Fan had given her, through her increasing development of it, had gained the ability to perceive the total amount and purity of spiritual energy within a person’s body.
When Chu Fan had just stepped through the door, the moment she saw him, she was instantly shocked by his vast, incredibly pure spiritual power.
She also couldn’t help but think that this was exactly how her teacher should be—he deserved to be this way.
But the moment Dongfang Qingwei stepped over the threshold, she felt a sense of compression.
It was a very dissonant feeling, not equivalent to pressure, but rather a sense of spatial crowding.
Like being on a bus packed with people, standing at the entrance, and then the door opens and someone forces their way in.
And when Lin Anlan looked at Dongfang Qingwei, she didn’t feel the same shock as with Chu Fan.
Instead, it was a feeling…
Similar to not understanding, a desire to know how that was formed—an emotion akin to curiosity.
Because, as seen through her Glazed Mirror, the total amount and purity of spiritual energy within Dongfang Qingwei’s body were actually not much different from Chu Fan’s.
But completely unlike Chu Fan’s spiritual energy, which was like a calm lake surface, Dongfang Qingwei’s spiritual energy was more like a wild beast trying to explode outward in all directions.
In her eyes, she saw that Chu Fan’s body had a human-shaped framework, with spiritual energy circulating normally within.
Of course, Dongfang Qingwei also had a human-shaped framework, but that spiritual energy was like a wild bull trying to break out of its cage, ramming back and forth in every corner of her body, as if it could erupt at any moment.
It was as if, the moment Dongfang Qingwei stopped deliberately suppressing her spiritual energy, the entire world would be shattered by her force.
Like a brand-new bottle of cola that’s been shaken vigorously for an hour.
Like a balloon about to be blown to bursting.
Just apply a little external force, just twist the cap slightly…
And it would explode with a boom, like raging waves and furious tides, drowning the entire world.
But that wasn’t what Lin Anlan was concerned about.
Since her teacher was already a top-tier expert, it was only reasonable that his friend was an even more top-tier expert.
What Lin Anlan was concerned about was—
She didn’t know what had just happened in that instant.
In just a split second, how had Su Xiaotang managed to go from a curled-up position on the bed, teleport to the doorway, and accurately catch that skewer?
If it had been just before the skewer was about to hit the ground, that would be one thing.
There would still be some time to do it.
She could probably manage it too.
After all, there was nearly a second or more, and the bed wasn’t too far from the door.
But Su Xiaotang didn’t catch it just before it hit the ground.
She caught it the instant Chu Fan let go—even while the skewer was still in the air, having just left his hand, she had already teleported over and caught it.
But even that wasn’t what concerned Lin Anlan the most.
What made her feel most concerned was….
Her seated position was a place one would have to pass by when going from the bed to the door.
The moment Su Xiaotang teleported from the bed to the doorway, she didn’t know if she was hallucinating.
But right before her eyes, she saw something that, though faint, was definitely a flash of electricity.
And after Su Xiaotang landed, around her, there seemed to be a crackling, sizzling sound accompanied by faint electric sparks, but they quickly faded.
‘What… was that?’