The Disciple Defies the Master? (Please Keep Reading!)

In a pavilion, Bibi Dong and Yu Tianjun sat facing each other.

This was likely one of Bibi Dong's private spaces, off-limits to ordinary people.

"It has only been a little over a month since we last met, yet you've already become a Soul King."

Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes shifted as she wondered how Yu Tianjun's cultivation had improved so quickly.

Yu Tianjun merely smiled without answering. Finding no response, Bibi Dong helplessly turned her head away.

This guy was truly cautious. He would not say anything.

Everyone she had met in the past had showered her with flattery, but Yu Tianjun's attitude toward her was strangely indifferent.

Looking into Yu Tianjun's bright, flawless dark-golden eyes, Bibi Dong suddenly froze and, as if possessed, spoke.

"Tell me, why would a man look at a woman—a very beautiful woman—with such a possessive gaze?"

Yu Tianjun raised a brow. Seeing Bibi Dong's somewhat absent-minded expression, his tone became uncharacteristically serious.

"Don't you already know the answer?"

"But what if that man is her master?!"

Bibi Dong abruptly rose to her feet, her emotions surging.

Yu Tianjun looked at her calmly.

"I told you. You already know the answer; you simply refuse to believe it."

"Slap."

Bibi Dong slumped weakly back into her chair, her beautiful eyes dim.

Then Bibi Dong gave a self-mocking smile and removed the veil from her face.

"That is my master."

Bibi Dong murmured to herself. Though she had always refused to believe it, she recalled seeing Qian Xunji when she returned this time.

She had seen that sort of gaze in many men before. She had simply never been willing to believe it.

If only every man were like Yu Tianjun—his eyes held no desire, only clarity.

Bibi Dong did not wish to say more, but Yu Tianjun had already grasped the situation.

Some things could not be done overnight. Qian Xunji must have harbored such thoughts for a long time; Yu Tianjun simply had not expected it to happen so soon.

What a beast.

At his age, he still wanted to play that twisted game of taking his disciple and betraying his role as master.

"If you have noticed it, cut ties early. Once some things happen, they cannot be undone."

Yu Tianjun spoke calmly.

This advice had nothing to do with positions or interests. As a normal man, Yu Tianjun simply did not want to see a girl lose her innocence.

Bibi Dong clenched her fists. She wanted to refute Yu Tianjun, only to find that she could not say any of the excuses she had prepared.

"Mm."

In the end, Bibi Dong merely gave a quiet response.

Just as the atmosphere fell silent, the academy director's voice suddenly sounded.

"Holy Maiden, Yu Xiaogang has been brought here."

"Let him in."

Bibi Dong spoke irritably.

The academy director standing outside shrank his neck. Strange—Holy Maiden had seemed to be in a good mood just moments ago. Why had her voice become so icy now?

Before long, Yu Xiaogang entered the pavilion alone.

Standing outside the pavilion and looking at that familiar person, Yu Xiaogang remained silent.

"What? After running away from home, you can't even call me Big Brother anymore?"

Yu Tianjun snorted coldly, suddenly rising to his feet and standing above the pavilion as he looked down at Yu Xiaogang.

Noticing the shadow cast across his face, Yu Xiaogang instinctively lowered his head. But then his expression twisted with rage.

Why? He had clearly left the clan and lived on his own, yet when he saw Yu Tianjun again, he still instinctively felt afraid.

The oppression from so many years had seeped deep into Yu Xiaogang's heart. Though he regarded Yu Tianjun as his goal, that sense of fear remained.

"Big Brother?"

Yu Xiaogang lowered his head and sneered coldly.

"When you and Father sparred so happily, did you ever think of me in seclusion?"

"When Father personally took you out to hunt soul beasts, did you ever think about me suffering backlash after failing to absorb a Soul Ring?!"

"You and Father never treated me as family!"

The more Yu Xiaogang spoke, the more agitated he became. He even raised his head, as though he had seized the moral high ground.

But Bibi Dong, as an observer, saw through the issue.

She was not foolish. On the contrary, she was very intelligent, and she could not help speaking up.

"Setting everything else aside, wasn't your failure to absorb a Soul Ring your own problem?"

"I see you do not even have a second Soul Ring. Don't tell me you tried to absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring as your first?"

Yu Xiaogang's expression stiffened. Remembering that three-hundred-year Rock Loach Dragon, he immediately deflated.

Seeing that he was unable to speak, Bibi Dong turned away in disinterest.

"You handle this yourself."

Yu Tianjun nodded and slowly stepped down from the pavilion.

"Tap."

"Tap."

The sound of his boots striking the ground was especially piercing, like heavy hammers pounding against Yu Xiaogang's heart, turning his face pale.

"Xiaogang, you have disappointed me too much. I thought there was merely some rift between us because of our Martial Souls."

"Because when we were young, you had me absorb a plant-type Martial Soul."

"Even when you wanted to use me as an experiment, I did not hold you accountable afterward."

"But I never imagined that even Father would become someone you resented."

Yu Tianjun walked up to Yu Xiaogang. At a height of six feet, he was overwhelmingly imposing before the shorter Yu Xiaogang.

Slap!

Yu Xiaogang was sent flying seven or eight meters by Yu Tianjun's slap.

"Do you know how many resources Father gave you? Countless talented disciples would have been fortunate to receive even a fraction of them."

"Do you know how Father worried for your safety before me? If you continue acting like this..."

Killing intent surged in Yu Tianjun's eyes.

"I would not mind cleansing the family on Father's behalf!"

Dragon might spread outward. Yu Xiaogang, whose awakening had already failed, had barely stood up before collapsing to the ground.

"I... I..."

Yu Xiaogang was left speechless.

Yu Tianjun came before Yu Xiaogang. Just as during the Martial Soul awakening years ago, he seemed like a great mountain pressing down before him.

"Take care of yourself."

Yu Tianjun spoke lightly, then withdrew the suppression of his dragon might.

Yu Xiaogang felt as though he had been pardoned. He scrambled away in a miserable crawl.

Bibi Dong had witnessed everything, and admiration was impossible to hide in her eyes.

Loyal and righteous, able to take things up and let them go—this was what a man should be.

Yu Tianjun returned to the pavilion and smiled faintly.

"Sorry you had to see that. I did not expect him to say such things either."

Bibi Dong shook her head.

"You handled it well—at least, I think you did. You did not alter your values just because he is your younger brother. Blindly persuading him would be useless; only this method can make him understand his mistakes."

"See? You understand everything."

Yu Tianjun lifted his tea and drained it in one gulp.

"I shall take my leave. I hope you will heed what I said today. Do not ruin your life."

Bibi Dong sighed helplessly.

"You really have to be careful when speaking with smart people like you."

Watching Yu Tianjun's departing figure, Bibi Dong hesitated for a moment before calling out.

"I will certainly visit you someday. Now that we have said all this, we can be considered friends."

Yu Tianjun did not turn back. He merely waved his hand.

"If fate allows, we shall meet again."

"We will."

Bibi Dong murmured.