I Fabricated the Techniques, but my disciple really mastered them?

Border Wilderness, Wu Country Royal Palace, inside a small stone house.

Tian Zi scratched his messy hair and looked expectantly towards the outside of the stone house, but then he hung his head in disappointment.

"He's really not coming back, is he? Without him, how bored I am."

Being alone for a long time had become a habit, but suddenly, being pulled out of solitude by someone made it unbearable to be lonely again.

Tian Zi was not naturally a patient person; it was the situation that forced him to stay put and get used to it.

And the arrival of Li Xuan had broken his routine, making it difficult to stay patient any longer.

"If only I knew, I would have said something valuable."

Tian Zi felt some regret.

Finally, someone came along who was incredibly strong and seemed agreeable without malicious intent, but due to his own caution, the conversation stalled, and now the person didn't come anymore.

"Sigh, Taicang tricked me into coming here and locked me up, only to die himself. Isn't this tormenting me?"

Tian Zi sighed.

"Taicang might have died, but insisting on preserving this Domain, protecting others, really has made me suffer. What should I do now?

"This Domain has started to have some problems as well. Taicang's painstaking efforts are ultimately unappreciated."

Reflecting on this, Tian Zi started to blame Taicang and felt immense distress.

"That guy must be very strong, stronger than Taicang? Even stronger than that terrifying person?"

Tian Zi furrowed his brows in thought.

"Next time he comes, I'll speak of some things and see how he reacts, whether he knows something."

Tian Zi was recalling something.

"Besides Taicang and that terrifying person, where else could there be such formidable beings? If they really existed, Taicang would surely know of them, and so would that terrifying person.

"But he's not disguised as that terrifying person, nor is he one of those other six. Could it be that his strength is truly so great that even Taicang and that terrifying person are unaware of it?"

The more he thought about it, the more Tian Zi found it incomprehensible.

"That terrifying person, although very strong, was still discovered by Taicang, not just by Taicang, but also by those other six, yet he has never been mentioned before.

"Taicang never mentioned him, nor did those six; it's really strange. If his strength is so great that he has become invincibly lonely, he probably wouldn't care about the Domain.

"He wouldn't be coveting the Domain like that terrifying person, would he?"

Tian Zi mused, contemplating what things he should or shouldn't say when he saw Li Xuan again.

He even thought about how he might cautiously probe whether the other party was indeed invincibly lonely.

"If he truly is so strong, he should know about the battle between Taicang and that terrifying person, right?"

A thought suddenly struck Tian Zi, and he pondered whether he could test this out.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Right, if he comes again, I'll test whether he knows about the battle between Taicang and that terrifying person. Such a mighty battle, if he doesn't know of it, then he must not be from the same era as Taicang, but a newcomer.

"If he is a newcomer, no matter how strong he is, could he truly surpass Taicang?

"If he truly surpasses Taicang, that would only mean that this newcomer is too monstrously talented, but that seems nearly impossible!"

The more Tian Zi thought about it, the more he felt he was clever, quickly grasping the crux of the matter.

Waiting left and right, but not seeing Li Xuan come, Tian Zi's hair got messier, and he became increasingly agitated.

The only bed left in his space was smashed to vent his frustration.

After smashing it, he regretted it.

"It's over, I can't even lie down comfortably anymore. This was a bed made by Taicang for me!"

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Tian Zi almost wanted to cry without tears.

"He's not really never coming back, is he?"

Deflated, Tian Zi slumped down inside the small stone house, looking utterly dejected.

He didn't even know how long he had been sitting there.

Just then.

"Tian Zi, little friend, what's happened to you?"

Upon hearing this voice, Tian Zi was immediately overcome with emotion, tears filling his eyes. Finally, he had come.

"How come you..."

As Tian Zi lifted his head, his body trembled, his heart shaken, his eyes widened, and he stood up abruptly, becoming instinctively reserved.

"You, you..."

Li Xuan, enveloped in the Taoist Ancestor Halo, stepped into the stone house, quite pleased with Tian Zi's reaction.

"Little friend Tian Zi, there's no need to make a fuss."

Li Xuan said as he arranged a table and brewed a pot of tea.

"Come, let's have tea!"

The Taoist Ancestor Halo gradually disappeared, and he returned to looking quite ordinary.

The more ordinary he appeared, the less composed Tian Zi became, growing even more reserved.

All the thoughts he had prepared about how to probe were forgotten.

He picked up a cup of tea and gulped it down to calm his nerves!

If it had been any other time, he would have refused the tea, or if he had drunk it, he would have complained it was trash. But now, after drinking a cup, Tian Zi seemed unaware of the bad taste and poured himself two more, drinking them down one after another.

To steady his shock!

"Tea should not be drunk this way, but never mind, you as a little friend, do not understand the etiquette."

Li Xuan shook his head and said.

Tian Zi gradually recovered from his surprise and, scratching his head with curiosity, asked, "Senior, what was that just now?"

That scene he had just witnessed was the most shocking of his life.

"Oh, it was just a trace of my true essence's power."

Li Xuan said with a casual smile.

Inside, however, he was delighted. He had surely bamboozled Tian Zi, hadn't he?