"It seemed you had already discussed it?" Yu Ding Zhenren showed no surprise as he watched the two return.
Xu Kun nodded. "Master, can Wu Ben stay on Jade Spring Mountain with me from now on as my instructor?"
"Wu Ben?" Yu Ding Zhenren was mildly surprised, then smiled. "As long as you're willing, of course he can!"
Jia Dao looked delighted. He had begged Yu Ding Zhenren for ten years without receiving his consent, and could only build a hut nearby, hoping that one day he might move Yu Ding Zhenren enough to accept him as a disciple!
But he also knew that since Yu Ding Zhenren had been unwilling to take him in from the start, there was little point in him staying. Besides, Yu Ding Zhenren had already helped him once!
If not for the cultivation art Yu Ding Zhenren had bestowed upon him, when his domain had shattered and injured his foundation, he would likely have long since died a wrongful death!
Jia Dao was no fool. He understood clearly that beings like Yu Ding Zhenren did not involve themselves in worldly conflicts. Once Yu Ding Zhenren took him in, it would amount to indirectly participating in the struggle between aristocratic families. That would only muddy the waters of the imperial capital even further!
It was not just Yu Ding Zhenren. Beings like Burning Lamp had matters far more important than fighting for power and profit!
The lands surrounding the Human Race were far from peaceful!
The people of the major base cities could live and work in peace not because foreign races did not covet them, but because powerful figures like Burning Lamp, who guarded Mount Lingjiu, were carrying the burden forward!
So-called family conflicts were merely disputes within one's own walls. People like them