Wei Ren had just been lost in thought when he remembered the scene on Barren Island, where Zhang Xiangyun had forced him to answer.
Nangong Sui had stood right beside him, watching.
If he had given in and told them back then, he would have been done for.
But he was still alive now.
How did I get swept into the sea?
An idea suddenly came to Wei Ren, making him feel both excited and uncertain.
Pei Daiqing watched Wei Ren fall silent, then hesitate, as though he couldn't make up his mind. But when he finally summoned the courage to look up at him, Pei Daiqing knew it was bad. The kid was planning to go back and get himself killed.
"I still want to go back," Wei Ren said. "There are some things I have to find out."
"If you go back like this, can you beat the people who want you dead?" Pei Daiqing asked.
A rare smile appeared on Wei Ren's face, the same roguish grin he'd worn when he first arrived at Taiyi. "You're the Agricultural School Dean, and I'm an Agricultural School Disciple. How about you teach me a couple of moves?"
Pei Daiqing smiled too, his manner gentle and unhurried. "Are you even worthy?"
Wei Ren turned serious. "As long as you're willing to teach me."
"It's not a question of whether I'm willing." Pei Daiqing shook his head, still smiling. "It's a question of whether you're worthy."
He wasn't nearly as gentle and easygoing as he looked.
Wei Ren thought the two deans of the Agricultural School were both a little insane. Shen Tianxue went without saying, but Pei Daiqing seemed normal when he looked at him, yet he wasn't normal either. After all, birds of a feather flock together. The two