Chapter 223 - Prying For Information (1/2)
Meanwhile, Grandmaster Shen had turned toward Elder Shan that was standing in the doorway, shaking like a leaf. In all his years as an Elder of the Hei Dian Sect, he had never seen such a disciple! No, it should be said that he had never seen such a daring person. Who had the guts to talk to the Grandmaster like that? Even seeing how the Grandmaster was looking at him right now elicited the urge to flee in Elder Shan.
”Elder Shan.” The Grandmaster narrowed his eyes while looking at the doorway. He had to make sure that he didn't miss out on this opportunity. ”What do you know about this new disciple?”
”Uh, that … not … not much, Grandmaster.”
”Mn?” Shen An De slightly arched his brows.
The Elder's shaking got worse. As amicable as the Grandmaster looked, those who were old enough knew that he could be downright demonic if you got on his bad side. Elder Shan was old enough to have seen his fair share of the Grandmaster paying back grudges. ”Well, he only arrived yesterday. As I've said before I didn't have the time to ask anything. He brought his lover with him and asked for the dwellings almost immediately. I didn't dare keep him back in case he really is as talented as he seemed.”
”You said he was a practitioner?”
”Indeed and a highly talented one at that. At least it seemed that way when he demonstrated his strength yesterday.”
Grandmaster Shen nodded slowly and pensively tapped his knee. Although he hadn't seen this disciple in action yet he had also thought that he was pretty good. At least he had had that aura about him that a lot Of highly talented practitioners shared.
Mn. Looking at it that way it probably wasn't surprising that this man might have something to do with his sister-in-law's memory loss. At least he would have the power to erase her memory. Then again he shouldn't have any reason to. Moreover, he hadn't seemed like he knew that Hong Bao had lost her memory. Instead, it seemed like he carried a grudge against her because she had killed someone. That person … could it be the lover Elder Shan had mentioned?
Grandmaster Shen looked at the Elder again. ”That lover of his, what do you know about him?”
Elder Shan shifted on the spot. Now that the Grandmaster seemed to have taken an interest in this manner he really felt like kicking himself. Why hadn't he tried to pry for more information yesterday or asked some simple questions on the way to the estate? ”There isn't much to say about him. He seemed to be about sixteen or seventeen years of age but he had only attained the seed stage. There was nothing remarkable about him.”
”Then what did you think about their relationship? Did they seem close?”
Elder Shan nodded. ”As I said the first thing he asked about after being admitted to the sect were the dwellings. I thought they would be preoccupied for a few hours so I didn't bring him over yesterday. Who knew that they would still be doing it when I came by this morning?”