By rights, Xuan Yi was Lu Yuan's Master.
Lu Yuan was also Xuan Yi's Close Disciple.
Lu Yuan should have been helping Xuan Yi.
Even if he could not help her, he should not have given her another rival. After all, Xuan Yi already had far too many opponents. Above her was Hu Jiu Jiu, whose strength translated to that of a Dou Saint on the Dou Qi Continent. Moreover, in the era Lu Yuan came from—the era when the Endless Fire Territory existed—Hu Jiu Jiu had already become one of the Earth Supremes of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, equivalent to a Dou Emperor. Although Hu Jiu Jiu had stepped down by then, and the one leading the Nine-tailed Fox Clan was Hu Yi—formerly Lin Yi, who had once served Lu Yuan as a maid, and the daughter of Hu Qi Qi, the Seventh Princess of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan—Hu Jiu Jiu still carried considerable influence despite handing over her authority. To Xuan Yi, she was clearly a formidable enemy—more accurately, a troublesome rival in love.
In fact.
With Hu Jiu Jiu's qualifications alone.
Even Han Shanshan, Yao Lao's white moonlight, would have had a headache dealing with her.
She might even have regarded her as a formidable rival.
After all, Hu Jiu Jiu's advantages were simply too overwhelming.
Setting aside personal bias.
From a wholly objective perspective.
To Yao Lao, Hu Jiu Jiu was like Gu Xun'er to Xiao Yan in the original Doupo story—if anything, even more so.
Because Xiao Yan and Yao Lao were different.
Even at his most destitute.
Xiao Yan still had somewhere to live.
He could still eat normal meals.
He was never reduced to drifting from place to place.
But Yao Lao was different. He could be said to have met Hu Jiu