The atmosphere here was quite cheerful. When Pu Tianyi learned that Xu Yuehuai already had a lover, the light in his eyes dimmed slightly, but he quickly smiled. Why should he be sad here? Even if Xu Yuehuai didn't have a lover, it wasn't his place. For a moment, he lowered his eyes and gave a helpless, bitter smile.

Pu Erge looked at him. He was the first person to discover that his younger brother had special feelings for Xu Yuehuai, and he was also the one who was most worried about him at the moment. But seeing that Pu Tianyi was in good condition and still had the energy to invite everyone to eat, he said, "Alright, you two, since Yueyue is up, hurry up and eat. After you finish eating, the two of them still have things to do. Grandpa, don't keep them here."

Pu Tianyi said reproachfully, and Grandpa Pu sat down at the table to cooperate. During the meal, no one spoke much.

Xu Yuehuai had brought everything she needed to say, and it was time for her to leave. After finishing her meal, she said goodbye to the Pu family, wondering if this farewell would be the last time they would meet.

Upon learning of her departure, Grandpa Pu wiped his face and immediately said, "Please be careful. I have no other requests, Yueyue. When you're out and about, please be careful and don't end up like Xiao Chi, okay?"

Xu Yuehua nodded obediently, waved goodbye to Grandpa Pu, and the two set off on their journey away from here.

After leaving the Pu residence, Xu Yuehuai planned to take a look at the academy.

"Old Guo, your courtyard is too quiet. Aren't you planning to find another apprentice or something?" Dean Fu Jia said, lying on a chair and looking at the sky.

Dean Guo closed his eyes briefly. "I'm doing so well here. It's peaceful and quiet. Nobody bothers me. I finally got rid of two troublemakers. Do you want me to serve another one? No way. I'm old and should rest properly."

"Have you heard about the death of the Pu family girl? Everyone in Qingcheng is saying that it was one of your other apprentices who killed her. You've done nothing all these months, just locked yourself up in this place. What are you doing?" Dean Fu Jia looked at Dean Guo with a puzzled expression, wanting to get an answer from him.

But Dean Guo closed his eyes and ignored what she said. Dean Fu Jia was so angry at his behavior that she laughed. "Can you please stop making this face every time we're talking about serious matters? It's so annoying."

"Everyone is worried about you, but they don't dare to come and see you, so they have to send me, someone who has a grudge against you, to add fuel to the fire!" Dean Fu Jia said angrily.

Dean Guo sighed and said, "That girl isn't that kind of person. I don't believe it, but if I say I don't believe it, will everyone believe me? So what do you want me to do? Tell me, if I stand up and speak out, no one will believe me, and if I don't want to hear those rumors and hide away, is that wrong too!"

Dean Guo became slightly agitated as he spoke, even shouting. He had tried to explain that when the matter first came to light, he was out for a meal when he overheard people next door discussing it. He went up to explain to them, but they wouldn't listen to him. Nobody would listen to him. One of them said, "You're their master, of course you'd side with one of them. What's so strange about that?"

This statement seemed to have robbed Dean Guo of all his power to resist. He then thought that since things had already come to this, he might as well continue like this, since things couldn't get any worse anyway.

Dean Fu Jia fell silent. She didn't know about these things. "So you're going to stop seeing outsiders just because of a few words from others, and let them gossip about you? Saying you've let down your two disciples, do you really have nothing to say? Do you really not feel angry?"

Dean Fu Jia's question was exactly what Dean Guo was thinking, but he couldn't do it, so what could he do? This matter could only continue as it was.

"Dean! Dean!" A shout came from outside the door, disturbing both Fu Jia and Dean Guo, who turned around and said to the person yelling, "Shut up!"

At this moment, the two were surprisingly in sync and in agreement. The disciple was stunned for a moment, shut his mouth, and seeing how angry the two deans were, he didn't know whether he should say what he had said.

"Speak up! You came here shouting all the while, and now you're not saying anything," Dean Fu Jia said to the disciple, taking two deep breaths.

The disciple wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking to himself that he should delegate this kind of task to someone else next time. This was too offensive; he was furious but dared not speak out, and had no way to express his bitterness.

"Um... um, Senior Sister Xu Yuehuai is back." When the disciple hesitated and said this, the two elders sitting in the chairs were stunned. After exchanging a glance, they walked outside together.

"Where is it? Lead the way quickly, take us there." Dean Guo was the most excited. He wanted to know what had happened up there. The Pu family was unwilling to talk about it, and they had no other channels, so the matter was left unresolved.

...

"Senior sister, what kind of world is the second floor? How is it different from here? Is there anything special about it?" A junior sister surrounded Xu Yuehuai, her eyes blinking, looking very cute.

Xu Yuehuai answered these questions without even thinking: "Actually, there's nothing special about it. It's all the same stuff. If there's anything different, it's probably that there's more spiritual energy in the air and more experts, so you could lose your life at any time."

Xu Yuehuai was not joking. They had been in the sect for so long without going out and had not suffered any harm, but the world outside the sect was a different world altogether.

After hearing this, the junior sister's eyes suddenly lost their sparkle, as if she was no longer looking forward to the future. "Is it that scary? I was saying that when I grew up I would definitely go to the second floor to see the world. Now I think it's not so bad to stay here. At least I can keep my life."

The junior sister shook the goosebumps off her body.

Xu Yuehuai glanced behind her and saw a group of junior brothers and sisters surrounding her, making it impossible for her to get in. She could only patiently answer one question after another.

"Senior sister, are there even more handsome men on the second floor?"

"have no idea."

"Senior sister, are the people on the second floor able to go anywhere, whether it's flying or diving? They're all incredibly powerful."

"Pretty much, most people would."

...

After answering one tedious question after another, Xu Yuehuai finally saw someone who could save her. The deans were happy to hear that Xu Yuehuai had returned, but they were also worried.

Especially Dean Guo and Dean Fu Jia, these two personally taught Xu Yuehuai. If she is sent back this time, it will confirm that she did something wrong.