After a brief moment of stunned silence.
Lu Feng asked again, suspicion in his voice, "You said you left because you didn't want to be restrained, but the Nie Mingfei we encountered was clearly arbitrary and bloodthirsty, never taking sect rules seriously. How could she possibly have had the patience to keep such strict control over you?"
Bian Tianya's face immediately fell at those words. Looking utterly aggrieved, he said, "I want to know why too! That wicked woman was clearly indifferent to everyone else in the sect and couldn't even be bothered with them, yet she alone treated me as harshly as though I were her sworn enemy. It was as if she feared I would do something utterly devoid of conscience and wanted nothing more than to tie me to the sect."
Lu Feng frowned. "Didn't you ever ask her why?"
Bian Tianya said indignantly, "Of course I did! But she only coldly replied that my temperament resembled the man who had killed her sister back then. She said that if I wasn't properly disciplined, I would surely bring about disaster..."
"What kind of reasoning is that?!"
"If you ask me, she just couldn't find that man to take revenge on, so she was purely using me as a punching bag."
Lu Feng had already intended to ask about Nie Mingfei's enemies, hoping to understand why she had targeted him so wantonly in the Triangle Region that day. Taking the opportunity, he asked, "Do you know the identity or background of the man your master hated? Or did your master have any other enemies?"
Bian Tianya shook his head. "I did ask her something like that. I thought I could stand up for her once I grew stronger, but not only did she refuse to say a word,