"Master, stop teasing him."
Qi Fei was actually speaking up for Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan felt that something was off.
More precisely, it was very much off.
Wasn't this guy in cahoots with Yao Lao, ready to watch him make a fool of himself?
And now he was taking Xiao Yan's side?
"Don't look at me like that. I've always believed in mutual consent. You can't force matters of the heart."
Qi Fei's face practically spelled out the word sincerity.
And he was being sincere right now.
As everyone knew, the first thing you had to do when planning to stab someone in the back was get behind them.
So, Qi Fei was being sincere right now.
"Oh. Well, thanks, then."
Xiao Yan eyed Qi Fei warily.
Was this guy up to some other scheme?
But all Xiao Yan got in return was a pair of sincere, wide eyes.
All right, now Xiao Yan was a hundred percent certain there was something wrong with this guy.
"I'm going to cultivate. You and Master can keep talking."
To avoid getting tricked by Qi Fei, Xiao Yan was ready to make a quick getaway.
"Hold on. Did you forget why we started this conversation?"
Qi Fei dropped the act and grabbed Xiao Yan, hauling him back.
They'd only talked for a few minutes, and he'd already forgotten what they were supposed to discuss?
"Oh, right."
Xiao Yan suddenly remembered that they'd started out discussing Medusa.
"What do you have in mind, big brother?"
Since Qi Fei had mercilessly smeared him without rhyme or reason,
Xiao Yan had decisively demoted Qi Fei from godfather to big brother.
"Here. These are my research materials and experiment records on magical beast bloodlines. Take them and study them with Medusa."
Qi Fei didn't mind Xiao Yan's