To be fair, Yue Qing had suspected it long ago. With so many Red Phoenix Merit Honorees around Feng Jun, he had to be able to help older cultivators divine their way into Core Embrace—Qu Jianlei was a living example.
But Yue Qing had not wanted to publicize it. Because of his master's death, and because Broken Blade had failed to act while in charge, he had grown somewhat disheartened with the Azuresteel Sect.
In fact, he even looked down on his fellow sect members a little. Are you all blind? You can't see such an obvious clue?
Of course, the most important thing was that he wanted Feng Jun to help him secretly deal with Feng Yishu, so the less attention Feng Jun drew, the better.
But Guan Hongxiu had undergone Core Embrace on borrowed ground at Liba Beach before so many people, and Feng Jun's performance had been astonishing. There was no way to hide the news. Even Azuresteel Sect disciples were asking, "Yue True Adept, doesn't our Azuresteel Sect have quite a few Merit Honorees too?"
Yue Qing had always been proud toward those above him but never domineering toward those below him. He would not brusquely refuse his disciples, but if he were to refuse them with sound reasoning—where was he supposed to find the reasons and evidence?
In any case, the disciples had caught on. If he still did nothing, people would become suspicious. Besides, circumstances had forced his hand—he had to fight for something on behalf of his former fellow disciples.
Feng Jun could not avoid the matter either, so he asked in return, "Back then, Sun Rongxun nearly died saving me. What have those senior and junior brothers of yours done to deserve my full support?"
That question truly stumped Yue Qing. If