Once everyone had left, Yue Buqun no longer had to hold back.
"Hui, isn't it too soon to make this decision?
They've only just returned to Mount Hua. No one knows whether they have other plans."
Ning Zhongze looked worried too. By rights, her disciple shouldn't have been so quick to trust people.
Gu Hui reassured them. "Master, Mistress, don't worry. Unless they're fools, they won't entertain other ideas after receiving such a powerful manual.
Besides, they've only just returned, and we're giving them a powerful manual, authority, and status. Isn't that a statement in itself?
It silently shows that Master and I are willing to welcome them with open arms.
It'll also win their loyalty completely. And even if they do have other ideas, they'll first have to defeat Master and me. Grand-Master is old now, and I don't think anyone else can manage it.
What we did today was meant to win them over. My fight with Grand-Master was meant to keep them in check.
If they truly lose their senses, we can expel them from Mount Hua and make their actions public. They'll have nowhere to stand in the martial world. No one will trust them or dare to. Their only options will be to turn bandit or set themselves up as mountain lords.
With powerful manuals in their possession, they'll have no shortage of people eager to hunt them down.
If they're smart, they won't dare harbor disloyal thoughts.
And if they're that foolish, they aren't worth entrusting with important duties. The sooner they show their hand, the better."
A chill ran through Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze. Good heavens, when had their disciple become so calculating? He could swallow someone whole without leaving a trace.
It seemed they had worried for nothing. One day, this