Chapter 76: A False Alarm
Even though they were at a considerable distance, Shen Luo was able to clearly make out the features of the old man and the young lad.
The younger one was dressed in the uniform of a disciple of the Spring and Autumn Pavilion, his black long hair not tied up in the usual topknot of a Taoist, but instead wound up tightly into a bun, casually held in place with a wooden hairpin.
With a lean figure and extremely handsome features, it was one of the three Inner Sect Disciples, Gu Hualing.
Standing opposite Gu Hualing was an elderly man, tall in stature with a complexion as dark as dusk.
Around his lips was a well-kept ring of greyish-white whiskers. He wore a seamless Taiji Daoist Robe and on his head was a Lotus Crown identical to that of Master Fengyang. He appeared meticulous, with an imposing aura.
This man was also known to Shen Luo, he was Gu Hualing’s Master, Wang Qingsong.
Shen Luo had seen him several times before on lesson days at the San Qing Temple. He always gave very detailed lectures, even clearer and easier to understand than Master Luo or Master Fengyang, but he was so strict and solemn that the disciples were somewhat wary of him.
"Are they in the middle of a transmission of power…” Shen Luo paused, a nagging suspicion forming in his mind.
If it truly was elder Master Wang teaching Gu Hualing certain techniques, then his current actions may have strayed into the realm of stealing forbidden knowledge.