Meanwhile, Xie Daoyun was rolling back and forth in bed, unable to sleep. After she saw Bi Qi leave Zu An’s room, she hesitated for a bit, but decided to go to Zu An’s room eventually.

“I am doing this for the sake of the academy and not because I wanted to see big brother Zu in particular! Even if I run into those other big sisters, it doesn’t matter.” She consoled herself while walking. While her face was turning as red as a ripe apple, she finally arrived outside Zu An’s door.

Knock knock knock!

She knocked while asking in a low voice, “Big brother Zu, can I come in?” As soon as she spoke, however, she heard a strange noise and a suppressed groan of pain.

Could it be that I distracted big brother Zu while he was cultivating and he fell over?

“Big brother Zu, did something happen to you? I’m coming in, alright?” she called out, full of worry. She gave the door a heavy push as she spoke, opening it wide.

However, what she saw was not an injured Zu An as she had imagined; rather, he was sitting upright in front of his table. He was gripping both sides of the desk firmly as if he was doing his best to resist something.

“Big brother Zu, what’s wrong?”...