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Ann Sudong took a light breath and said with a voice that was as calm as possible.

Ann Sudong was very nervous about making up such a lie in front of Old Master Hong, he only tried his best to appear calm on the surface.

”So that's how it is. Help me thank your master.”

In the end, Old Master Hong gave Ann Sudong a meaningful glance, and couldn't help but feel slightly regretful.

Old Master Hong had long predicted that if Ann Sudong had an extremely powerful master, he would definitely not let Ann Sudong divulge even the slightest bit of information. Even so, the Old Master Hong could not help but ask. After obtaining an affirmative answer, he felt a little disappointed.

”Grandfather.”

A trace of exhaustion flashed past Old Master Hong's somewhat disappointed eyes. He didn't know why, but at this moment, Ann Sudong and Hong Yingyue could see some of the vicissitudes of life in Old Master Hong's body. It was as if they could feel a pioneer walking on a desolate mountain ridge.

”Senior Hong, don't think too much into it. My master has long since stopped asking about the human world, so he doesn't want the world to know about it.”

Thinking about his Masters from the Underworld, Ann Sudong sighed softly. He really couldn't bear to let Old Master Hong experience even more exhaustion and vicissitudes.

Old Master Hong smiled as he patted Hong Yingyue's small hands, then gave a hearty laugh towards Ann Sudong. His face no longer had any signs of the vicissitudes and tiredness from before.

”How old is your master?”

Pausing for a moment, Old Master Hong still could not help but ask Ann Sudong's master.

He thought that he had overturned the topic of Master, but he never thought that Old Master Hong would actually be so persistent. Ann Sudong seriously thought about it. If he had to calculate it from the time that his Masters were alive, then that master would be hundreds to thousands of years old. If he added them all together, he would be thousands of years old.

”What …”

The moment Ann Sudong opened his mouth and said one word, he realized that he said something wrong, so he immediately changed his words: ”I don't remember.”

”I can't remember?”

This time, even Hong Yingyue could tell that Ann Sudong was deliberately lying.

Scratching his head, Ann Sudong said helplessly: ”Actually I have five masters, they have long passed away. And I really can't remember the age of every single one of my masters. ”

Five masters?

Old Master Hong looked at Ann Sudong with great shock.

Since Ann Sudong was young, then his master must be even more skilled than him in his medical skills. It was hard to imagine that the young Ann Sudong actually had five Divine Doctor level masters.

Could it be, that Ann's five masters have never revealed themselves?

After carefully recalling all that had to do with medical skills, even the Old Master Hong did not have any judgement towards the five masters that Ann Sudong had mentioned.

Looking at the grandfather-grandson pair that were trying very hard to remember, Ann Sudong felt a little guilty. Who would have thought that the five masters he had mentioned were the ancestors of Chinese medicine like Bian Que and Li Shizhen?

After searching through his memories but to no avail, Old Master Hong could only sigh regretfully, wishing that he had the chance to meet these hidden masters in the medical arts.

”Senior Hong, you don't have to be so regretful. I will pass on your gratitude to my Masters. They will definitely sense it.”

Ann Sudong could not bear to let the Old Master Hong feel sad. He thought that once he returned from the Hong Family, he would definitely buy some delicious foods and teleport over to his masters, so as to explain to them the sincere gratitude the Senior Hong had for him. Thus, he made a promise that he would definitely pass on the gratitude the Senior Hong had shown.

Old Master Hong nodded gratefully towards Ann Sudong, thinking that Ann Sudong was comforting him, he laughed bitterly and stopped thinking about it.