I Truly Had Gone Blind

Seeing Gu Shaoan suddenly step across his line of sight, Song Qingshu furrowed his brows, his face immediately revealing his displeasure.

Taking in this reaction, Gu Shaoan secretly shook his head.

His temperament is truly awful.

Gu Shaoan was not the only one who felt this way. Miejue felt the same at that moment.

He was the foremost disciple of Wudang's third generation, while his father was Wudang's acting Sect Leader. His martial arts could also be said to rank first among Wudang's third-generation disciples.

In the past, Miejue had held some favor for Song Qingshu, believing him to be a promising young talent.

If Song Qingshu could marry a disciple of the Emei Sect, it would also give Emei a little more confidence in the martial world.

But now, after looking at the young disciple with starry eyes, handsome features, and a composed bearing—

Then looking at Song Qingshu, whose joy and anger were both written plainly across his face, Miejue let out a cold snort inwardly.

She suddenly felt that she had truly been blind before, to think that such a man could be considered a promising young talent.

Immediately, Miejue shifted one step to the side, blocking Song Qingshu's gaze, and said, "Since Sect Leader Song finds this discourteous, you should properly teach your son, so that he does not continue making mistake after mistake."

At the end of her words, Miejue let out another cold snort.

Her voice, infused with True Qi, seemed to explode beside Song Qingshu's ears, startling him into a shudder.

He raised his head, but when his gaze collided with Miejue's cold, displeased eyes, he hurriedly lowered it again.

Had it been someone else, hearing Miejue say this would likely have made them feel resentful.

But Song Yuanqiao was honest and kind, and Song Qingshu had been the discourteous one first.

Hearing Miejue's words, he sternly swept Song Qingshu with a glance, showing a hint of anger at his failure to live up to expectations.

Then his gaze fell on Gu Shaoan in front of Zhou Zhiruo, and he asked, "From what I see, the little child behind Abbess is full of spirit, with proper features. At such a young age, he already possesses some of Abbess's composure. May I ask who he is?"

At the mention of Gu Shaoan, the displeasure on Miejue's face eased somewhat. She said, "This is the Personal Disciple I took in two months ago. Shaoan, come and meet Sect Leader Song."

Gu Shaoan stepped forward, raising his right hand in a sword-finger salute over the hilt of his sword and performing the Emei disciple's ritual.

"Emei disciple Gu Shaoan greets Sect Leader Song."

His voice was neither servile nor overbearing. Its tone was clear, yet still carried a hint of childishness.

Looking at Gu Shaoan before him, Song Yuanqiao's eyes lit up.

"Your disciple's speech and manner are extraordinary. At such a young age, his words already carry a touch of scholarly refinement."

Miejue nodded. "My disciple was originally from a scholarly family in Jiangnan. Unfortunately, his family fell into turmoil. As it happened, an Emei disciple passed by, so he was brought back to Emei."

After hearing what Gu Shaoan had gone through, Song Yuanqiao sighed.

"When the age is chaotic, life is difficult. In this world, things are hard for those in the martial world, and even harder for ordinary people. Your master once spent an entire sixty years roaming the martial world and suppressing demons, believing that he could bring peace to it for some time."

"He once wiped out the bandits who had been wreaking havoc across Huaiyang Mountain. Yet when he passed through Huaiyang half a year later, he discovered that new bandits had appeared on Huaiyang Mountain, and their deeds were even more vicious and brutal."

"Only then did Master understand that evil arises from the heart, and wickedness comes from people. Wherever people exist, the wicked under Heaven can never be completely eradicated."

"That so-called sixty years of suppressing demons was actually..."

Although he did not finish, how could Miejue fail to understand his meaning?

Miejue herself hated evil with a passion, and the wicked she had killed throughout her life were already beyond counting.

How could she not understand this principle?

But when the road was uneven, someone still had to smooth it out.

If everyone saw injustice and pretended not to see it, then the world would truly fall into chaos.

That was also why the reputable orthodox sects differed from the Demon Cult and those neutral forces.

One could mock those orthodox sect members behind their backs for being pedantic and rigid.

But even the villains of the martial world knew that if they were ordinary people who encountered injustice, the only people they could turn to were these orthodox sects.

Perhaps he felt that the topic had grown too heavy, so Song Yuanqiao changed the subject.

"To become Abbess's disciple, this young brother must surely possess some extraordinary quality to have won Abbess's Favor."

Miejue smiled, then gave Gu Shaoan a gentle look. An expression of comfort and satisfaction unconsciously appeared on her face.

Song Yuanqiao had originally said this merely as a polite remark. He had not expected Miejue to react this way.

For a moment, Song Yuanqiao could not help becoming more curious about Gu Shaoan.

As they made their way up the mountain, Zhou Zhiruo could not help lowering her voice and asking, "Junior Brother, didn't Senior Sister Ding say that during True Master Zhang's birthday celebration, Emei had an unpleasant falling-out with Wudang, and that their relationship was poor afterward?"

"But why does it seem that Master and Sect Leader Song are quite familiar with each other?"

Gu Shaoan glanced at Zhou Zhiruo. "Senior Sister once said that she was saved by True Master Zhang, after which Sect Leader Song personally escorted her to Emei. If Master's relationship with Wudang were truly poor, how could she have accepted Senior Sister as a Personal Disciple?"

Relationships between people in the martial world were already complicated, let alone relationships between sects.

Zhou Zhiruo shook her head.

This was something she had never been able to figure out either.

After entering Emei and learning about the relationship between Wudang and Emei from Ding Minjun, Zhou Zhiruo had even worried for a time that Miejue would dislike her because of it.

Because of this, she had spent a long while feeling anxious and fearful on the mountain.

It was only after discovering that Miejue treated her and the several senior sisters equally that she finally put her mind at ease.

Seeing Zhou Zhiruo's reaction, how could Gu Shaoan fail to tell that she still did not understand?

The matters involved were simply too complicated, and explaining them was certainly not something that could be done in a moment.

Moreover, there were other Wudang and Emei disciples nearby, so Gu Shaoan could not say too much.

He immediately said, "Senior Sister, if you cannot figure it out, then do not dwell on it. Once you can understand it in the future, you will naturally know."

"For now, you and I only need to remember that we are Master's disciples and disciples of the Emei Sect. We only need to obey Master's and the sect elders' instructions."

Miejue and Song Yuanqiao walked ahead, but both had returned to the Innate Realm, their inner force having transformed into True Qi. The sensitivity of their Five Senses far surpassed that of ordinary people.

Although Gu Shaoan and Zhou Zhiruo had lowered their voices to a whisper, to the two of them it was no different from murmuring beside their ears.

After hearing what Gu Shaoan said, Miejue could not help smiling.

She glanced at Song Qingshu, who was walking beside Song Yuanqiao, and amid her satisfaction, a hint of disdain appeared in her eyes.

Song Yuanqiao, meanwhile, could not help turning around to look at Gu Shaoan, secretly praising him.

Then he turned back to look at Song Qingshu.

He found that Song Qingshu's gaze was still fixed on Gu Shaoan and Zhou Zhiruo. His expression immediately darkened.

At the same time, seeing the intimate way Gu Shaoan and Zhou Zhiruo leaned toward each other and whispered, Song Qingshu felt displeased despite knowing that Gu Shaoan was very young.

But before he could think further, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

He looked up and happened to meet Song Yuanqiao's disappointed, displeased gaze, as well as Miejue's triumphant look containing a hint of contempt.

Song Qingshu: "?????"