A Filler Disciple

Inside the great tree.

Bai Yu quietly watched her Master perform.

Ning Rongrong glared at Xiao Wu through gritted teeth.

After all, Xiao Wu was Tang San's sister, and Tang San was the culprit who had reduced her to this state.

Suddenly, Xiao Wu let out a snicker. "One of the two has a master-disciple fate with you? Since you're asking me now, Ning Rongrong must have refused you, right? If I refuse you too, doesn't that prove you can't see the future?"

Bai Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

He suddenly realized that he did not like smart people.

Of course, perhaps Xiao Wu was not actually smart.

After all, truly smart people knew when to go along with the situation and step down gracefully.

Once she saw through the fact that he had failed to take Ning Rongrong as his disciple, she should have immediately bowed and become his disciple. That would have been good for both herself and Bai Yuan.

But Xiao Wu was simply courting death.

Bai Yuan said coldly, "So, are you choosing the path of life or the path of death?"

The smile on Xiao Wu's face froze.

But she quickly smiled again. "Ning Rongrong didn't become your disciple and she didn't die. Even if I don't become your disciple, I probably won't die either, right?"

Bai Yuan replied calmly, "Ning Rongrong is different from you. Killing her brings me no benefit. But if it were you, taking a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that has rebuilt its cultivation out with me should be enough to prove that my disciples and I are not Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts who rebuilt their cultivation. And if I use your Soul Ring and Soul Bone to appease Ning Rongrong, she should forgive me too, right?"

As he spoke the last two words, Bai Yuan turned to Ning Rongrong as though asking for her opinion.

Xiao Wu turned to look as well.

Ning Rongrong cooperatively said, "If Young Master Bai gives me a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that has rebuilt its cultivation, I will certainly represent the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in clearing Young Master Bai's name."

Bai Yuan nodded slightly in satisfaction.

Xiao Wu, however, exposed her without hesitation. "Bai Yuan, with Ning Rongrong's personality, she'll definitely hold a grudge over every slight. Forget giving me to her—even if you gave her ten or a hundred Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that rebuilt their cultivation, once she gets back, she'll definitely retaliate viciously."

Bai Yuan no longer wanted to speak.

He only felt that Xiao Wu had no sense of the situation at all.

Did he not know these things?

Still, for the sake of the reward, Bai Yuan turned to Ning Rongrong and asked calmly, "Is what she said true?"

Ning Rongrong hurriedly shook her head. Glaring furiously at Xiao Wu, she snapped, "Xiao Wu, don't slander me! The grudge between Young Master Bai and me is not impossible to resolve. If he gives me a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that has rebuilt its cultivation, this matter will naturally be settled."

Xiao Wu snorted disdainfully. "As if I don't know what kind of person you are."

Ning Rongrong no longer confronted Xiao Wu. Instead, she looked at Bai Yuan and said, "Young Master Bai, don't take her as your disciple. Hand her over to me, and from now on, you'll be an honored guest of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"

At that moment, Ning Rongrong suddenly saw hope of leaving. As long as she could persuade Bai Yuan, not only could she return home, she could also obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and repay Bai Yuan a thousandfold, ten-thousandfold for the humiliation he had inflicted on her.

Xiao Wu sneered. "More like a guest in the underworld."

Ning Rongrong gave a cold snort, seemingly disdaining to argue with Xiao Wu.

Bai Yuan silently turned his gaze toward Ning Rongrong.

To be honest, if he were some inexperienced brat who did not know what kind of person Ning Rongrong was now, he might really have believed her and thought it best to keep the peace.

But now...

Bai Yuan said blandly, "Ning Rongrong, I don't trust you. You need to give me a reason to trust you."

The smile on Ning Rongrong's face stiffened. Xiao Wu snickered, wearing an expression of eager anticipation for the show.

After a moment of silence, Ning Rongrong seemed to make up her mind. Gritting her teeth, she said, "I can bear your child. After I give birth to your child, you can let me take Xiao Wu away. No matter how vicious I am, I would not harm my child's father. You can trust me then, right?"

It was not because Ning Rongrong had fallen for Bai Yuan just because he was handsome. She simply did not want to be imprisoned here for the rest of her life, washing clothes and cooking forever.

Xiao Wu's mouth fell open. She truly had not expected Ning Rongrong to be so shameless just to leave.

Though the one who had kidnapped them was indeed extremely, extremely handsome.

Bai Yuan's heart trembled.

Would not harm her child's father?

If he remembered correctly, Qian Renxue's father had been killed by her mother.

Although Ning Rongrong was "willing" here, Bai Yuan did not dare gamble on it!

What if Ning Rongrong was as ruthless as Bibi Dong? Wouldn't he be dead meat?

In truth, though Ning Rongrong had a strong desire for revenge, she was not as ruthless as Bibi Dong, who had even killed the father of her own child and then given birth without raising the child.

Of course, Bibi Dong had been forced to bear a child. She had never wanted Qian Renxue, whereas Ning Rongrong had now resolved to have Bai Yuan's child.

Still, part of the reason was that Bai Yuan was simply too handsome. Men liked beautiful women, and women liked handsome men too.

Having a child with someone handsome, even if she was not wholly willing, was always much easier to accept.

But Bai Yuan refused. "That condition won't do. You're too young."

Ning Rongrong froze. She had always been confident in her appearance, and she had never expected Bai Yuan to reject her after she had made such a huge decision.

And he had even given such a reason as saying she was too young.

What exactly was he saying was small about her?

Her age, or something else?

"What about me is small? I only look a little younger because I take good care of my skin!" Ning Rongrong protested.

Bai Yuan said blandly, "At the very least, you have to wait until your body is fully developed."

In truth, everything Bai Yuan had said was a lie. He only wanted Xiao Wu to think that he could sell her off and reconcile with Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong was deeply frustrated.

Body fully developed—so he really was saying she was small.

Bai Yuan looked at Xiao Wu again. "Choose. Will you wait until Ning Rongrong's body is fully developed, then be given as a bridal gift to the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or will you become my disciple?"

Ning Rongrong looked at Xiao Wu. Right now, she desperately hoped that Xiao Wu would defy Bai Yuan.

That was a genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone!

Suddenly, Bai Yuan added, "Oh, one more reminder. If you want to become my disciple, you must be sincere from the bottom of your heart. I can sense that."

"If you can't be sincere, I can help you. For example, if you become my disciple, I can help you revive Da Ming and Er Ming in the future."

Xiao Wu's heart shuddered.

She did not know whether Bai Yuan truly could see the future.

But if he really could, then...

After hesitating for a while, Xiao Wu finally dropped to her knees and kowtowed. "This disciple, Xiao Wu, pays respects to Master."

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully taking a disciple."

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your number of disciples has reached three. Reward: Current Most Needed Treasure Chest. Reward: three thousand Master Virtue Points."

Hearing the voice in his mind, Bai Yuan was immediately delighted. Without further hesitation, he formed hand seals with both hands.

"Wood Spirit Array, bind!"

"Earth Spirit Array, imprison!"

Vines emerged one after another and bound Xiao Wu, while a deep pit appeared in the ground and buried her within it.

However, to prevent Xiao Wu from suffocating to death, Bai Yuan deliberately left an air hole.

From beginning to end, Bai Yuan had never intended to teach Xiao Wu cultivation. He only wanted to take her in to make up the numbers.

Just as he had previously wanted to take Ning Rongrong in, once he had met the number of disciples required by the mission, he would simply cast them aside and ignore them.

After all, he had a grudge against Ning Rongrong.

And Xiao Wu was Tang San's sister.

He had a grudge against Tang San as well.

If he taught Xiao Wu into someone formidable, only for her to betray him for Tang San in the end, Bai Yuan would truly be finished.