Chapter 45: Setting Off for the Qualification Exam
Bai Yu felt that the girl had been acting strange lately — listless, as if all her energy had drained away. In just a few days they were supposed to depart for the Celestial Master Hall, yet she didn’t even bother supervising his mystic arts studies anymore, often letting out long sighs.
“Hey, kid, what’s going on? What’s wrong with you these days?” Bai Yu finally couldn’t hold back and asked.
“What do you mean?” Yun Jiao looked blank.
“Come on, don’t play dumb. You haven’t added any new books to my shelf for days.” Normally, every week or so she’d pile a few more onto his already towering stack.
“Ahh…” Yun Jiao let out a long sigh before finally saying quietly, “I think… I might have angered the Ancestral Master.”
“What?” Bai Yu was shocked. “He would get mad at you?” Don’t joke — their Ancestral Master was openly, blatantly biased toward her. How could he possibly be angry with her?
“It’s true.”
Bai Yu still looked unconvinced. “What on earth did you do to upset him?”
Yun Jiao’s face stiffened. After a pause, she said in a low voice, “A few days ago, he suddenly said he wanted to teach me alchemy.”