"Don't! Please, don't do this!"
Qing Ming was stunned as well. He hurriedly stepped aside, not daring to accept Old Man Lie Shan's grand bow.
Hadn't Si Wenming called this old man "Lord Lie Shan"? This old man's identity had to be terrifying.
If Qing Ming dared accept Old Man Lie Shan as his disciple, even Si Wenming would deal with him.
"Lord Lie Shan, you're killing this little fellow with courtesy!"
Si Wenming came to his senses and hurried over, reaching out to help Old Man Lie Shan up. "You're the Human Emperor's teacher! If you acknowledge him as your master, then would the Human Emperor... call him Grandmaster? Would Qing Ming still be able to leave the house after this? Would he even dare to?"
"Uh... that's true!"
Old Man Lie Shan scratched his head and shook it gloomily. "How did that bastard Yao Chonghua end up becoming Human Emperor? Now this old man can't even take a master. How about it... Si Wenming, you become Human Emperor and make that bastard Yao Chonghua yield his position to you?"
"..."
Everyone looked at one another.
Lord Lie Shan, only you would dare say something like that!
Lie Shan Clan was Emperor Shun's teacher. Back when Emperor Shun had still been farming, Old Man Lie Shan had taught him martial arts and cultivation.
Although Old Man Lie Shan had only taught Emperor Shun in his youth, Emperor Shun still respected Lie Shan Clan to this day and continued to treat him as his master.
"Thankfully Emperor Shun didn't inherit Old Man Lie Shan's temperament. Otherwise..."
Ji Hao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. If Emperor Shun had been as unreliable as Old Man Lie Shan, then the Human Race... would probably have gone extinct long ago, right?
"Lord