"Don't pull such a long face. Being able to be my dog is a blessing you cultivated over several lifetimes."
Lu Bei was quite proud. "Go ask around in the mortal world. How many people have begged on their knees and still couldn't get this opportunity?"
Perhaps. After all, you had shattered Yinglong's thousand-year scheme and become supreme in the mortal world. You certainly weren't short of dogs willing to come knocking.
Jiang Suxin did not argue. Instead, he asked curiously, "Sect Master Lu, there's something I find rather puzzling. What exactly did you see in me?"
Was it his measured planning, or his all-around talent? He was equally suited to serve as a minister or a general.
If that was the reason, he could just say so. Jiang Suxin could change!
"Art! It's because of art!"
Lu Bei patted Jiang Suxin on the shoulder. "Your masterpiece benefited this Sect Master immensely. I've studied it repeatedly to this day, and every time I gain something new. I took a liking to you for no other reason than that we 'hit it off.'"
"..."
"That's right. We're the same kind of person."
As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Xiao silently retreated several steps. The corner of Jiang Suxin's eye twitched. He had thought of every possibility, except this one.
Yinglong's death had not been unjust. He probably had not guessed what was going on in Lu Bei's head even at the moment of his death.
"Sect Master Lu, you misunderstand. All the painting techniques I learned came from Yinglong's Third Incarnation. He left behind the inheritance of the Yin Feng Huang Quan Sect in the mortal world. I found the secret art of 'Dragon Painting, Eye-Dotting,' and that was how I—"
"No need to explain. I understand."
Lu Bei gave