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"Then, I shall return first."
Having returned to the momentarily halted grand hall, Xie Qi pointed towards his own room and spoke up to Wan Yu.
"Mmm."
Wan Yu also nodded in agreement.
The recent meal had put Wan Yan's questions to the test, and honestly, he treated them as if he hadn't heard them at all. However, Xie Qi must have played a part in that, blocking quite a few questions for him.
This Wan Yan, you could say he was clever, but he dared to ask all sorts of questions, appropriate or not.
After he received Xie Qi's words, he returned to his room, only to find upon entering that two elders had set their sights on him.
"What are you doing?"
He was startled for a moment before walking over and sitting down at the table.
"Young Sect Master, you haven't offended Wan Yan, have you?" the Ninth Elder asked.
"Offended him?"
Xie Qi let out a scoff.
"How could I offend him? At most, I made him think I was foolish enough."