Caiyun Chasing the Moon appeared just then and shouted, "What are you doing?! Let go!"
Caiyun said angrily, "This is the Dean's eldest legitimate grandson! Aren't you afraid of punishment from the Elder Council for treating him like this?!"
Zhuiyue added, "No matter how arrogant and overbearing you've been toward others in the past, you absolutely cannot be crude and disrespectful before the Young Master!"
Long Aotian looked at the two of them. "I'll say this once. Get lost."
"Hey, hey, hey..."
Lu Chengwen stepped between them, intending to play peacemaker.
"Ladies, your Young Master has taken a master, the kind where he performed the three kneelings and nine kowtows and announced it to the world. You know that, right?"
The two women answered together, "We know!"
"He apprenticed himself to my Martial Uncle, Ming Disha. My master is Hun Tiangang, and he and Ming Disha are sworn brother disciples. Ming Disha is our own Martial Uncle, right?"
"Th-that's right."
"Then what does that make us to him?"
The two women panicked and exchanged a glance.
Caiyun's mouth twitched. "E-even so, matters within your sect can be... discussed properly!"
"Exactly." Zhuiyue added, "We have no right to interfere in your sect's affairs, but the Young Master is still the Dean's own grandson."
Lu Chengwen said, "Since he has joined the sect, he has to follow its rules. Disrespecting Senior Disciple Brother is betraying one's master and ancestors! Isn't that right, Senior Disciple Brother?"
Long Aotian nodded slightly.
Caiyun bit her lip. "Young Master, they are your senior brothers within the sect. By the rules, you cannot disrespect them either."
"What?!" Bu Ersun said furiously. "I've had teachers before, and it was never this much trouble!"
Zhuiyue said awkwardly, "That was because you were in the Elder Council. Everyone knew whose