Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 164: Questioning

Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr

Students were students, but those of Basking Moon Academy were naturally of a higher status. Tang Jie's words were for etiquette's sake, but actually forsaking this welcome would be lowering the prestige of the academy.

Hierarchy was omnipresent, as was abuse of this hierarchy. It was just that oppression was not something that needed only be expressed through words and facial expressions. The everpresent class differences were the greatest representation of the nobility of Immortals and the lowliness of mortals.

Elder Xu invited the three into the room, and Tang Jie immediately seated himself at the head seat. "We have come here to ask you about Lin Lang."

"High Immortal, please ask as many questions as you please. This lowly one and his daughter will tell you everything we know." Xu Xi'an pointed at himself and then at the young girl next to him.

The young girl was probably Xu Mujun. She was very beautiful, but she kept her head bowed and seemed unwilling to speak.

Tang Jie thoughtfully glanced at her and then sipped his tea. "I have heard that when Young Lady Xu was at Cloudflow Academy, she was on good terms with Lin Lang. Is this true?"

Xu Mujun softly nodded and answered, "Young Master Tang, this truly is the case. I had been away from home for the first time and had nobody around me upon entering the academy, leaving me very discomfited. At that time, Lin Lang appeared and helped. As time went on, I began to develop feelings for him. I did not think… I did not think that he would be so ambitious that he would become a spy for Godhead Palace…"

The girl began to sob.

Tang Jie corrected, "To be more precise, his father was a spy for Godhead Palace. As for the man himself, we cannot know until we catch him."

The girl was taken aback by his words. "Young Master Tang, are you saying that Lin… he isn't a member of Godhead Palace?"

"I haven't said that he is or is not, only that we have to catch him first to confirm it," Tang Jie indifferently said. "Right, Young Lady Xu, might I

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