Li Lianhua's appearance drew the people of Hundred Rivers Academy around him, their eyes alight with excitement. Everyone was eager to confirm whether the news was true. Meanwhile, Xiao Ziqin, who had been injured, was ignored by everyone and became a joke.
Watching Li Lianhua surrounded by the crowd, Xiao Ziqin seethed with anger and jealousy. A voice roared in his mind: "Li Xiangyi, you were dead. Why did you have to come back?!"
Li Lianhua had no idea what was going through Xiao Ziqin's mind. Now that his identity was exposed, he could only exchange pleasantries with his old friends. But after ten years of witnessing the fickleness of human nature, he had become better at reading people. He knew that more than half of those present weren't sincerely happy to see him return.
He didn't want to put his old friends in a difficult position, so he went along with Wang Yue's words. "Everyone, I've retired from the martial world. I'm just a wandering doctor now. From here on, I'll enjoy my retirement with my disciple. My disciple, Fang Duobing, is one of the three Alliance Leaders of the Four Directions Alliance. I hope you'll all look after him."
None of the four—Buddha Bi Baishi—had expected Li Lianhua to say that. They all froze.
Li Lianhua was willing to live at the newly established Four Directions Alliance, but not return to Hundred Rivers Academy. Was he still thinking about the dissolution of Four Directions Gate all those years ago?
Seeing this, Qiao Wanwan shifted her gaze away from Wang Yue. Her heart twisted with pain.
When Li Xiangyi disappeared and Dan Gudao died, Xiao Ziqin proposed dissolving Four Directions Gate. As Li Xiangyi's fiancée, she hadn't stepped in to stop him. With no leader, Four Directions Gate had