Chapter 156: Yet This Disciple Remains So Innocent

Bai Zhu let out a light sigh. "Although what my apprentice says makes sense, but..."
"But my apprentice is still so naive..."
Su Qing: "..."
Ji Tianxin was already accustomed to her master's constant worry that she would be bullied or swindled.
"I am going to refine pills. Do not disturb me for two days," Ji Tianxin said to Su Qing.
Su Qing nodded. "Understood."
Upon hearing about pill refining, Bai Zhu grew interested as well. "Refine diligently, apprentice. Master will wait for you to emerge from seclusion."
"Mhm." Ji Tianxin gave a slight nod and entered her room.
Prince Rong's Estate.
Lin Si watched Si Kouyan, who was sitting cross-legged to heal his injuries, and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, who on earth wounded you?"
Si Kouyan formed hand seals with both hands, suppressing the surge of blood in his Dantian.
He was wearing only an inner garment on his upper body, and his complexion was somewhat pale.
This gave his celestial, breathtakingly handsome face a rather morbid sense of aesthetic beauty.
The corners of his thin lips curled up slightly. "A senior."
Lin Si frowned, but did not press further.
He presumed that the senior in the Prince's words must be an immensely formidable existence.
Moreover, the Prince did not seem angry at all.
Si Kouyan closed his eyes and resumed healing his wounds through meditation.
Xin'er's master was truly powerful. So, Xin'er learned her skills from him.
To his knowledge, among those whose cultivation could reach such a level within decades while remaining so young and fitting that appearance, there was probably only that person from the Bai family, right?
That most formidable existence of the Bai family, a once-in-a-millennium martial arts genius who had been lost in legend for about ten years—Bai Zhu.
Never had he imagined that he would turn out to be little Xin'er's master.
However... he felt that Xin'er did not entirely inherit his cultivation path. He could sense that their paths of cultivation were completely different.
Still, with such a powerhouse protecting her, Si Kouyan felt relieved.
Though... he also felt a bit jealous.
He found it somewhat amusing that he could come to like a little girl to this extent. He even had the impulse to raise this little girl within his own estate.
This feeling was akin to finding a rare and beautiful little flower to one's liking, and instantly wanting to transplant the entire flower root and all into one's own home to tend to it properly.
If... little Xin'er were his younger sister, how wonderful that would be.
At the thought of that little girl, the corners of Si Kouyan's mouth could not help but curve upward a fraction more.
Although Ji Tianxin spent two days in seclusion refining pills, for her, it merely required focus and freedom from disturbance; she still ate normally.
During these two days, Ji Yuntian and Ji Huailai wandered back and forth outside the entrance of the South Courtyard one after another.
They originally intended to inform Ji Tianxin about the matters concerning the Chen family, but Su Qing had posted a note at the gate of the South Courtyard reading: "The Young Miss is in seclusion, do not disturb."
This completely blocked them outside, rendering them unable to enter.
Furthermore, with the senior Bai still present, they certainly did not dare to force their way in and cause offense.
Yet precisely because Senior Bai was there, they were not all that fearful of the Chen family anymore. After all, they had a powerhouse senior holding down the fort at home.
Therefore, since Ji Tianxin was in seclusion, they decided not to disturb the South Courtyard and would wait until she emerged.
Thus, father and son waited and waited, until they finally saw the note at the South Courtyard's entrance removed two days later. Only then did they dare to step into the South Courtyard where Ji Tianxin resided.
"Eat." Ji Tianxin poured a red pill from a small porcelain bottle and fed it to Ji Yuanqing.
Ji Yuanqing blankly opened his mouth. Due to his mental deficiency, even the way he opened his mouth looked rather unsightly.
Yet he obediently swallowed the red pill.