"Sigh!" Gu Tao lamented with an exasperated chuckle, "Don't I have my own techniques? What are you implying here?"
"Oh... erm... Xiaoyun, right, quite talented indeed..." Xiuling stammered, "Well... I just hit it off with her, you know! What's wrong with taking an apprentice, eh! Didn't I present you with my sworn sister as a student?"
"Hey! Is that how you make a trade?"
