Difficulty Staying Oblivious

Clouds drifted around the mountainside, layered in mist. A flight of stone steps followed the slope straight up from the foot of the mountain to its peak.

"Ten thousand years have passed. I never expected Senior Sister to take a disciple, too," Chen Huan said softly.

Setting aside the fact that his Senior Sister was a True Immortal who commanded the Supreme Sword Path of Slaughter, even her excessively aloof nature hardly seemed suited to taking disciples.

In his memories, his Senior Sister was like a lonely moon suspended in the heavens, high above and distant from everyone.

Without his Senior Brother, he even suspected she might sit alone atop the mountain until eternity.

That was precisely why he had hoped his Senior Brother and Senior Sister would get together sooner rather than later.

"It was a matter of chance," Bie Xuening said coolly.

That rebellious disciple was contrary to her at every turn, constantly provoking her and practically begging for a beating. Leave her alone for three days, and she would be climbing onto the roof to tear it apart.

But Bie Xuening had to admit that taking her as a disciple and watching her grow bit by bit had been far more interesting than she'd expected.

In fact, if she hadn't taken that rebellious disciple in first, she wouldn't have considered accepting Xiao Yunlu later.

As she thought about it, Bie Xuening raised her eyes toward Chi Jiuyu's cave abode.

Watching Chi Jiuyu show off the Star Sword to Zhao Ruohan and Ye Zhiwei, she couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

When Chi Jiuyu had been left by the pond, she had been just a tiny little thing.

Nearly thirty years had passed in the blink of an eye, and that rebellious disciple had grown from a clueless little