Ning Yao didn't say anything when she saw Chen Ping'an returning from the city wall, yet Granny Bai felt worried and aggrieved again, pulling Nalan Yexing aside to ferociously scold him.0

Nalan Yexing didn't talk back, accepting his fate. It was rare to see a lofty sword immortal being wronged like this.1

He drank by himself to wash away his frustration.1

Chen Ping'an was accustomed to applying ointment and medicine to his wounds, and Grandma Bai had already given him the keys to the Ning Residence's medicinal room and treasure chamber a long time ago.0

While walking over to the medicinal room, Chen Ping'an told Ning Yao and Grandma Bai about the assassination attempt on Guo Zhujiu, also explaining the cause and the eventual outcome.0

Grandma Bai grumbled that these underhanded people who liked to pick on children truly deserved to die.0

Ning Yao didn't think too much about this, unwilling to dwell on the matter as long as the young girl was okay. Anyhow, Chen Ping'an liked to think about these things, so she would let him do all the thinking.2

Since Ning Yao was accompanying Chen Ping'an, Bai Lianshuang didn't get in their way. She hadn't scolded Old Bastard Nalan enough just then, what with Chen Ping'an being present and all, so she was going to find an opportunity to scold him to her heart's content.5

Chen Ping'an made his way to the familiar medicinal room, completely unfazed even though his arms were bloody and mangled, with many bones in his...0