Chapter 487: Song Jia
"Ahm… The formation I was working with was a new one that was made together with the Alchemy Hall, using a liquid made by them as the core of the formation. In the end, some of the liquid meant for the formation ended up getting on me, causing me to shrink in size…"
Listening to Fang Yu's explanation of how she had ended up shrinking to the size of a young child, Xuan Hao could not help wondering just how Fang Yu had gotten involved with the Alchemy Hall and the Formation Hall's attempt at making a new formation.
At the same time, Xuan Hao also felt himself growing quite curious about the formation that the Formation Hall and Alchemy Hall were attempting to create…
"Is there any way for you to return to normal again, or are you stuck like this…?"
Asking one of the questions that had popped into his mind after finding out that Fang Yu had shrunk in size, Xuan Hao eagerly looked down towards the small Fang Yu as he waited for an answer.
"Ahm… If I'm not wrong, it should at most last around week…"
"How long have you been stuck like that?"
"Two weeks…"
"…"
Seeing the depressed expression on her face upon mentioning this, Xuan Hao felt a bit bad for her and inspected her body with his divine sense to see if there was anything he could do to help her undo the effects of the liquid from the Alchemy Hall.
Hm? Looks like this is the liquid that she was talking about, it seems like some of it ended up getting absorbed into her body before gathering inside her dantian.
Thinking this to himself as his divine sense secretly entered Fang Yu's dantian without the other party noticing anything, Xuan Hao used part of his power to draw the liquid inside her dantian out.
Whoosh~!
"Ah! W-what is happening!?"
Along with the surprised voice of Fang Yu, she suddenly started growing rapidly before reaching her normal height.
Rapidly putting away the liquid that he had drawn out from her dantian before she discovered anything, Xuan Hao quickly took out a plain robe and threw it towards Fang Yu. After all, her clothes didn't really start growing along with her and was about to rip apart at any moment after Fang Yu's sudden growth.
"T-thank you for the robe, I-I will be taking my leave now…" Nervously thanking him for the robe before putting it on, Fang Yu quickly ran out of the pagoda before any of the surrounding disciples had any time to realize what had just happened.
Even if she had been given a robe to cover herself up when her clothes inevitably ripped apart due to her sudden growth, Fang Yu didn't really plan to stay inside the pagoda of enlightenment with only a robe on!
"Well, at least I can focus on reading now…"
Chuckling quietly to himself upon seeing Fang Yu run away, Xuan Hao soon focused back onto the spear technique now that there was no longer anyone around to distract him.
For now, checking out the liquid made by the Alchemy Hall, that had ended up causing Fang Yu to shrink, would have to wait until he was finished at the pagoda of enlightenment.
At the very least, he did not have to deal with anyone talking to him now that Fang Yu was gone and after only a few hours. Finished reading through all the foundational spear techniques on the first, second and third floor of the pagoda.
While this had not increased his skill when it came to handling a spear too much, as he had not practiced yet, it had increased his knowledge regarding the spear to a whole new level compared to what it was before. Even if Chu Yang came up to ask him for help in something related to the spear, he would now be able to answer his questions and help him out regarding his fundamentals.
However, he still needed to learn more and practice first hand, to be able to help Chu Yang polish his spear moves and improve his mastery over the Divine Soul Spear Mantra… Something he had yet to even start learning at this point!
"This should be enough for now; I still have to teach Bai Ning before it gets too late."
Muttering this to himself as he began making his way out of the pagoda of enlightenment, Xuan Hao did not plan on staying for too long. After all, he still planned to train Bai Ning for a few days before heading to the Shattered Star Peaks.
Getting absorbed into the process of learning the spear was not really in his plans at the moment and he just planned to learn enough to not seem completely useless in the subject when Chu Yang would inevitably come and ask him for help in the future.
"Hm?"
With this in mind, Xuan Hao was just about to leave the third floor, when he suddenly noticed someone looking at him before slowly approaching him.
"Elder Xuan!"
Recognizing the young girl coming over the moment she called out his name, Xuan Hao could not help wondering just how in the world she could see through his disguise…
"You are… The granddaughter of Elder Song?"
"Yes, you can just call me Song Jia!"
Bowing her head respectfully as she officially introduced herself, Song Jia showed a pure smile as she slowly lifted her head before staring back up at Xuan Hao with her cloudy pair of eyes starring directly at him.
If not for the fact that he already knew that she was blind, Xuan Hao would never have realized that she was blind on his own. After all, she was walking around like a normal person without any difficulty and could even see through his disguise with ease…
It had to be known that even someone at the Domain Lord Realm would have a hard time seeing through his disguise, yet a young girl only at the Foundation Establishment Realm had managed to see through it!
Not to mention her ability to easily find spiritual herbs, which she had displayed during the small adventure that they had gone on together, where she ended up finding a Spirit Grade Spiritual Herb, the Earth Flower Root.
Even Xuan Hao felt amazed the more he learned about this young girl called Song Jia, and he felt even more curious about where Elder Song had picked her up from!
Another thing that made him curious, was the fact that Song Jia who had already reached the Foundation Establishment Realm was unknown inside the Flying Sword Sect.
Thinking about all of this, Xuan Hao could not help remembering how weak the young girl had been during the small adventure they had gone on. Even though she had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, she had no ability to fight against a demon beast that was only in the Qi Condensation Realm…
The disease that she was suffering from, likely had something to do with her incredibly low combat strength.
With this in mind, Xuan Hao could easily guess why the young girl was not more known in the sect and was seemingly hidden away by Elder Song.
"Hah…"
"I-is there something wrong…?"
Shaking his head as he thought about the sad circumstances of the young girl in front of him, Xuan Hao was taken aback as he heard the girl in question asking him if something was wrong.
"It's nothing, I just remembered something sad all of a sudden… Anyway, why are you here? Won't your grandpa Song get worried if he realizes that you are running around without his permission?"
"Haha, I don't need to worry about that at all! Just recently, grandpa got assigned to help out looking for setting up a group of elders to look for something in the sect's historical records by the sect master! He won't be back for a day or two!"
Smirking triumphantly as she said this, Song Jia also decided to strike a small pose. Making her look exceptionally cute to the few disciples passing by.
"…"
Compared to the young disciples passing by taking a few extra glances towards the happy Song Jia, Xuan Hao face turned dark for a short moment upon hearing Song Jia explain what had happened to Elder Song.
So… It's my fault she ran away from home…?
Smiling a bit awkwardly as he realized this, Xuan Hao understood that he could not leave the young girl to wander the sect on her own. After all, it was in essence his fault that she had ended up getting an opportunity to run away from Elder Song to explore the sect. Not to mention the fact that she might end up doing something stupid if no one looked after her, like going to the demon beast forest to look for spiritual herbs on her own…
"Do you have anything planned over the next few days that Elder Song is busy?"
"Yes, I planned to visit the demon beast forest again and see if I could find some more spiritual herbs!"
This idiot…
"How about this. Instead of going to the demon beast forest to look for spiritual herbs, you can come to my pavilion, and I can show you around, I even have a large, winged cat that you can play with~"
Not feeling the slightest bit of regret selling out the winged tiger, Xuan Hao smiled kindly towards Song Jia as he said this.
"Really!?"
"Yes, I have more than enough empty space there and one more person staying for a few days won't hurt…"
With this, Elder Song can't blame me for accidently causing his workload to increase…