Yin Bukui's Strategy Guide had only briefly mentioned the grudge between Sword Master and Madam Ao, without going into much detail. Now that Ye Weiming heard Madam Ao recount the past in person, he finally understood just how terrible that old bastard truly was!
Back then, Sword Master and Sword Poverty had been fellow disciples. They had both fallen in love with the same person—but not Madam Ao, as Ye Weiming had imagined. It was a young girl named Han Yu.
Sword Poverty had already won Han Yu's heart with his silver tongue—his glib talk and smooth words—but Sword Master used the treasured sword at his side as payment to make Sword Poverty give her up.
Thus, the first scumbag in this story was born.
The moment Sword Poverty saw the sword, he could no longer restrain his greed and agreed without hesitation. That very night, he abandoned Han Yu and left for distant lands, while Han Yu, in a fit of anger, married Sword Master.
At this point, the story could still only be considered a slightly convoluted youth romance drama.
In Ye Weiming's view, although Sword Poverty was a scumbag, he and Han Yu had only been dating at the time. Given the conservatism of ancient people, they probably had not yet practiced dual cultivation together. Abandoning Han Yu for a treasured sword was certainly shameful, but aside from morally despising him, no one would really be driven to hunt him down and kill him.
After all, there were plenty of scumbags in the world. Sword Poverty's performance was merely average.
If Sword Master had truly remained faithful to his original intentions and never abandoned Han Yu, it could still have been a happy ending.
But Sword Master truly lived up to being Sword Poverty's fellow disciple. His