Giving Senior Brother Qi a Little Eye-opener

At the thought of the Great Bamboo Peak disciples' names, Hao Shuai couldn't help finding them amusing.

From the names of Song Daren and the others, it seemed Tian Buyi had initially planned to take only five disciples and hadn't given it much thought. He'd simply named them after the Confucian virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faithfulness.

Who could have known that later on, by a twist of fate, Tian Buyi would take a sixth disciple: Du Bishu, whose original name was Du Dashu.

Tian Buyi must have been rather vexed at the time, so he couldn't be bothered to change the name. In the end, Su Ru had been unhappy with Du Bishu's gambling habit, and his bizarre name—Dashu could also mean "uncle"—so she'd forced him to change it to Du Bishu, which sounded like "gamble and always lose."

As for his seventh disciple, Zhang Xiaofan, Tian Buyi had simply ignored the naming scheme. He'd given him whatever name came to mind and couldn't be bothered to change it.

So, once Hao Shuai knew the names of the Great Bamboo Peak disciples, it was easy to tell who was who by matching them to where they were standing.

Sure enough, after Song Daren finished introducing them, each person matched the name Hao Shuai had expected.

Hao Shuai stepped forward and greeted them all politely. The Great Bamboo Peak disciples were watching him with eager curiosity in their eyes.

With everyone staring at him, Hao Shuai couldn't help rubbing his nose. It seemed he'd once again been caught in the crossfire of his own reputation, leaving a group of fellow disciples feeling complicated about him.

This time, Hao Shuai had guessed right.

Ever since word spread throughout Qingyun Sect that he'd reached the Third Layer of Yuqing in