"As long as everyone's alright. How are Jiuxiao and Xianchen doing?" Zhang Lie had been rather laissez-faire about the dojo's operations because he trusted Zhang Hong to take care of them.

"Your two apprentices? They've been training day in and day out as though their lives depended on it—I feel sorry for them just watching it, so you'd better not assign them too many trials!" Zhang Hong chastised him lightly.

Zhang Lie began to laugh. "They're training of their own accord—I didn't assign them any goals."

"Hoh?" Zhang Hong seemed momentarily taken...