You should take what I said to heart. After all, I had sent some of my fellow disciples to stay by your side, watching and supervising you. If you dared to be even the slightest bit dishonest, they would report it to me. By then, even if you wanted to run, you would have no way of getting away.
So being obedient was better than anything else. Saint Lord Taichu did not want the relationship between the two of them to become so tense. He hoped the other man could recognize his mistakes. But then again, some people simply could not be left alone without being pushed.
People like Zhang Tieniu had grown up without parents to teach him, and they had died early as well. By the time he grew up, his personality had become stubborn beyond belief. No matter what you told him, he could barely take it in. He always had his own ideas and would use them to oppose you, so you could only be tougher with him. People like him were born to yield to force rather than kindness. If you tried being gentle with him—
he would think you were easy to bully and would keep causing you trouble. The reason Saint Lord Taichu understood his personality so accurately was that Saint Lord Taichu's ability to observe people had already reached an exceptional level.
So, of course, he understood exactly what this brat was thinking. At that moment, Zhang Tieniu burst into tears, nearly dropping to his knees before Saint Lord Taichu.
Of course, Saint Lord Taichu was not the sort of person who behaved strangely or treated others with complete ruthlessness. He cared greatly about personal ties. As long as you did not anger him, he would never cut off all your sources