In that instant, Zhu Fei’s gaze abruptly shifted towards Gu Youlan beside him.
His eyes narrowed slightly, a trace of cold light emerged, and his tone turned icy, "Gu Youlan, what is the meaning of this? Why is my friend here?"
To Zhu Fei, Tang Mengyun’s presence there must have been Gu Youlan’s doing.
Although he was still unclear why Gu Youlan had brought Tang Mengyun here, no matter what the reason, Zhu Fei subconsciously thought Gu Youlan had ill intentions.
Even for a moment, Zhu Fei almost couldn’t restrain himself from making a move on Gu Youlan, using that golden Dao Pattern from his Mud Pill Palace.
"Zhu... Zhu Fei, don’t misunderstand, Sister Lan is my friend."
However, just as Zhu Fei’s heart grew stern, and his aura began to escalate.
Tang Mengyun’s words suddenly hit like a bucket of cold water, instantly extinguishing the anger in his heart and leaving him dumbfounded.
"Meng... Mengyun, you say you and Gu Youlan are friends?"
Zhu Fei was somewhat stunned; seeing Tang Mengyun there had already surprised him greatly, and now suddenly hearing her words only intensified his surprise.
He couldn’t possibly imagine, given the identity disparity between Gu Youlan and Tang Mengyun, how could the two women be friends? It seemed nearly impossible even for them to meet, right?
But now, what seemed absolutely impossible in Zhu Fei’s eyes had occurred, and it was directly affirmed by Tang Mengyun herself.
"Yes, that day after I left you, I met Sister Lan on the road, and during this period, I’ve mostly been with Sister Lan, and she has been very kind to me."
As if afraid that Zhu Fei would get upset, Tang Mengyun quickly added after a brief explanation,
"So... so, Zhu Fei, about the thing that happened before, I’ve thought it through now, I know it was my fault, you won’t blame me, right?"
After speaking, Tang Mengyun’s face suddenly showed a rare nervous expression, just like a little girl who had made a mistake, her beautiful eyes looking at Zhu Fei, filled with trepidation and insecurity.
Zhu Fei was utterly dumbfounded; he had never expected the usually proud and somewhat capricious Tang Mengyun to take the initiative to apologize to him.
And she even said, she had now understood the thing that happened before, what exactly was going on?
Just then, Gu Youlan’s cough suddenly sounded.
Her beautiful eyes looked at Zhu Fei, her pretty eyes squinted slightly, yet her mouth still held a smiling expression, "Zhu Fei, from childhood till now, no one has ever questioned me the way you did today."
Upon hearing Gu Youlan’s words, Zhu Fei suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.
Now, he had pretty much noticed that he might have really misunderstood Gu Youlan earlier.
Although up to now, he still hadn’t figured out what exactly was going on between Tang Mengyun and Gu Youlan.
But he also realized, Gu Youlan probably harbored no ill will towards Tang Mengyun.
On the contrary, listening to what Tang Mengyun herself had just said, Gu Youlan had treated Tang Mengyun very well.
After all, with Gu Youlan’s capabilities, if she really wanted to do something to Tang Mengyun, Tang Mengyun wouldn’t have had any chance to resist, nor would she have foolishly brought herself here.
Upon this realization, Zhu Fei momentarily didn’t know what to say.
He also understood, his attitude just now wasn’t exactly good; on the contrary, it was quite poor.
And indeed, as Gu Youlan had said, with her current identity and strength, the fact that she had not flown into a rage when she was coldly questioned, but had instead still talked to him with a smiley expression, was already giving Zhu Fei substantial face.
"You...Sister Youlan, it’s not Zhu Fei’s fault, is it? After all, he didn’t know about our relationship, right?"
Seeing the atmosphere suddenly becoming somewhat tense, Tang Mengyun immediately went up to Gu Youlan, taking her arm, and seemingly cooquettishly said.
"Hehe, since Sister Mengyun you have said so, then I won’t take it to heart with Zhu Fei."
Gu Youlan looked towards Tang Mengyun with a smile brimming in her eyes, stretching out her hand to gently pat her fragrant shoulder.
"Hehe, I just knew Sister Youlan was the best."
Tang Mengyun was still holding Gu Youlan’s jade arm, secretly sticking her cute tongue out at Zhu Fei.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Fei was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Yet, through this scene, Zhu Fei finally realized that what Tang Mengyun had just told him was probably all true, and that Gu Youlan harbored no ill intentions towards Tang Mengyun.
Otherwise, Gu Youlan would certainly not behave in such a manner.
After all, with Gu Youlan’s identity and cultivation, if she really wanted to do something to Tang Mengyun, she would never put aside her dignity to perform such an act in front of him, Zhu Fei.
"Heh, alright Mengyun, let’s talk about this later, shall we?"
Gu Youlan patted the hand holding her and smiled as she spoke.
Afterwards, she turned her head again, still with a smiling face, and looked towards Zhu Fei, saying,
"Zhu Fei, actually I called you here today because I wanted to tell you that Master Su wants to take Mengyun as her apprentice and take her to practice in the Kunlun Xuan Realm, what do you think?"
As Gu Youlan finished speaking, Zhu Fei suddenly turned his head, his eyes fixated on a figure dressed in traditional attire, a ’woman’ who was calmly drinking tea at the table.
The ’woman’ wore a goose-yellow traditional long dress, a jade hairpin atop her head. As her eyes flickered, there seemed to be starlight swirling within, her aura unfathomable.
Before this, Zhu Fei remembered very clearly.
When he and Gu Youlan arrived here, aside from Tang Mengyun, they hadn’t noticed anyone else present.
But now, this ’woman’ suddenly appearing, how could it not shock Zhu Fei?
Moreover, Zhu Fei faintly felt that the ’woman’ hadn’t been absent, but that he simply hadn’t been able to detect her presence at all.
At this thought, Zhu Fei’s heart suddenly chilled.
He understood that someone who could so easily conceal themselves from his detection had a cultivation that probably wasn’t at the level of Foundation Establishment Cultivators, but rather at the Golden Core or even Nascent Soul!
"Hehe, you must be Mengyun’s friend, right?"
Just then, the ’woman’ suddenly turned her head with a smile and looked straight at Zhu Fei.
Suddenly coming into contact with the ’woman’s’ gaze, Zhu Fei’s mind instantly roared.
Just one look, merely a single look! It plunged Zhu Fei’s entire mind into sheer chaos!
There was no light around, no sound, nor could he sense any airflow rhythm. All there was, was just that endless chaos!
This... this level of cultivation, she... she was a Golden Core Cultivator on the verge of stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm!