Hatred Born of Love
As one of Ningxiang Yike's disciples, Ruan Zhou carried considerable weight among them.
Ningxiang Yike had originally had only six disciples.
She had always been assessing a successor for the sect master's position among those six.
Yun Zhiyi was the seventh, her final disciple.
From the moment Yun Zhiyi entered her tutelage, her master seemed like a completely different person.
She gave people the feeling of having found a priceless treasure.
She practically treated Yun Zhiyi as her own daughter.
More than that, she seemed to regard her as an emotional anchor.
She devoted everything to nurturing Yun Zhiyi, even choosing her as the sect master's successor during the process.
Although the other disciples felt somewhat disappointed by this,
they did not dare defy their master's orders.
Yun Zhiyi had not disappointed Ningxiang Yike either, displaying extraordinary, peerless talent.
After only five years in the sect, her cultivation had already crushed that of every other disciple.
As the third disciple, Ruan Zhou loved that junior sister of his deeply.
So deeply that he could not pull himself free.
A month before her death, their master formally passed the position of sect master to Yun Zhiyi.
At the time, he had not given it much thought.
After all, all he had ever wanted was to ask his master to betroth Yun Zhiyi to him.
He would never forget that night, when he had knelt outside his master's door and made promise after promise.
Promising that he would love her for the rest of his life.
Though his master said that she could not make decisions about marriage on Yun Zhiyi's behalf,
she would help him ask Yun Zhiyi what she thought.
Naturally, he could not have wished for more.
That woman Yun Zhiyi was cold as ice.