You bastard, you need a conscience when you do things!

Lin Feng gritted his teeth and recounted the harrowing experience.

"But it's true that I got lost. The moment I stepped out of the secret passage, I ran into a ten-thousand-year Nether Owl. That beast forced me straight into the inner circle. Getting lost was one thing, but then my luck just went from bad to worse..."

After listening, Flender and Zhao Wuji were completely dumbfounded.

The two exchanged glances, their faces filled with disbelief.

After a long while, Flender finally swallowed hard, patted Lin Feng on the shoulder, and looked at him with an expression of utter bewilderment.

"You kid got chased into the inner circle by a ten-thousand-year soul beast and managed to come back completely unscathed? Tell me the truth, do you have connections in high places?"

"Connections? What kind of connections?"

Zhao Wuji nodded along, adding with a look of astonishment:

"We've seen people with connections to the heavens, but this is the first time we've seen someone with connections to the earth."

"Hey! Dean, Uncle Zhao, keep it low-key, keep it low-key. My clothes are just a little dusty, that's all."

Lin Feng proudly brushed the dust off his clothes, turned around with his hands behind his back, and said with an air of nonchalance:

"The mere Star Dou Forest and some ten-thousand-year soul beasts—I come and go as I please. It's nothing worth mentioning."

No sooner had the words left his lips than a cold, slightly playful female voice drifted over from behind him.

"Is that so? I wasn't aware you possessed such ability..."

Hearing that familiar voice, Lin Feng whipped his head around and saw his "cheap" teacher standing behind him, though he had no idea when she had arrived.

She had changed out of the blood-stained gilded dress and was now wearing a simple white gown, which made her skin look as fair as snow. She appeared pure and flawless, exuding a cold and distant aura.

Seeing his teacher in this new light, Lin Feng's eyes lit up.

"Teacher, you're here."

"Teacher?"

Flender and Zhao Wuji froze in place, their faces filled with shock.

The two exchanged a quick look, their brows furrowing.

Wasn't this woman the same Soul King from before?

How did she suddenly become Lin Feng's teacher?

Lin Feng coughed twice, leaned half a step toward Qian Renxue, stood up straight, and introduced her with a solemn expression:

"That's right. This is the benefactor who saved me in the Star Dou Forest, and she is also my teacher now."

Qian Renxue nodded slightly toward Flender and Zhao Wuji, her expression cold and indifferent, devoid of any extra emotion.

"Greetings."

As her gaze swept over the two, she had already formed a judgment in her heart.

Flender looked like a profiteering merchant who wouldn't move without profit; perhaps Lin Feng's obsession with money and his greedy nature were picked up from this man.

As for Zhao Wuji, one look was enough to tell he wasn't exactly a saint either...

Flender and Zhao Wuji quickly suppressed their shock, squeezed out polite smiles, and responded in unison.

"Greetings, Your Excellency. Thank you for saving our academy's student; we will remember this favor."

Flender glanced at Lin Feng, then turned back to nod politely at Qian Renxue.

"Please excuse us, Your Excellency. We need a moment of your time to have a private word with Lin Feng."

Qian Renxue nodded slightly and said in a cold, soft voice:

"Please, go ahead."

She turned and walked slowly to the tree outside the house, leaving them enough privacy.

It was clear that Flender was very wary and guarded against this teacher who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Far from being displeased, she felt a faint sense of amusement; at the very least, it showed that these two truly cared about protecting the boy.

As soon as Lin Feng followed the two inside, Zhao Wuji shut the door.

Flender turned around, rubbing his temples with a headache, and looked at Lin Feng helplessly:

"Tell me, what exactly were you thinking? Do you have any idea what it means to rashly accept her as your teacher?"

Zhao Wuji stood to the side, frowning as he looked at him in speechlessness.

"Little Lin, you're usually more calm and cunning than anyone else. How could you be so reckless this time?"

"Didn't I tell you before that this woman's identity is definitely not simple? The guard following her is at least a Soul Douluo."

"Don't you realize how big and how outrageous the secrets surrounding your own martial soul are?"

He paused and let out a heavy sigh.

"Sigh, I really don't know what to say to you this time."

Lin Feng, of course, knew Qian Renxue's background better than anyone, but he couldn't possibly tell them about her identity as the heir to Martial Soul Hall and the future Angel God.

He could only bite the bullet and say:

"Dean, Uncle Zhao, I believe Teacher would never harm me."

"If she truly harbored ill intentions, she wouldn't have bothered saving me in the Star Dou Forest; she could have just let the Human-Faced Demon Spider kill me. Regardless, I know what I'm doing, and nothing will go wrong."

"Besides, my life was saved by her in the first place, so what is wrong with taking her as my master now?"

"This..."

As these words fell, Flender and Zhao Wuji fell silent.

For a moment, neither of them could find a single word to refute him.

They had originally intended to step in and decline this master-disciple relationship on the grounds that a child didn't understand the rules and was merely speaking in jest.

But the debt of a life saved stood before them—a debt as heavy as the sea. Even if someone demanded you serve them as a slave for a lifetime, it wouldn't be considered excessive, let alone simply becoming their disciple.

They certainly couldn't force Lin Feng to become a heartless, ungrateful wretch...

The scene remained silent for a while.

Flender heaved a heavy sigh.

"Give it to us straight: how much of your Martial Soul's trump cards did you tell her?"

Lin Feng rubbed his nose.

"Uh! Everything you know, Teacher knows too, and everything you don't know, Teacher knows as well."

Once these words were out, Flender and Zhao Wuji froze in place, their eyes wide and round, staring at him in utter disbelief.

"You brat!"

The next second, both of them completely lost their composure.

"Little Lin, you heartless thing! We've poured our hearts and souls into accompanying you for so long, and our bond can't even compare to a woman you've only met once and spent a few days with?"

"You bastard, you have to have a conscience when you do things!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Both of you old men, watch your mouths. What do you mean 'that woman'? That is my respected Teacher."

Lin Feng immediately straightened his face, correcting them with a serious expression, then shrugged nonchalantly and said righteously:

"Besides, my Teacher invested fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins into me in one go. Isn't it normal for her to know a little more?"

He raised an eyebrow.

"Dean, if you invest fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins in me right now, I can let you know a little more than my Teacher does this very instant."

Flender's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and he cursed loudly.

"Money, money, money! You brat are the reincarnation of a Gold-Swallowing Beast. Not a single coin!"

Zhao Wuji looked at him with disdain and spoke irritably.

"Flender, I think we should stop worrying about this kid. Once he hits a brick wall, he'll realize just how deep the waters of the Spirit Master world are and how dark people's hearts can be."

"Hey! What darkness or no darkness..."

Lin Feng corrected them with a look of displeasure.

"My Teacher possesses an Angel Martial Soul, the very synonym for light. If she is dark, then wouldn't we be the dark abyss?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was about right, Lin Feng immediately dropped his joking demeanor, his expression turning suddenly serious.

"Dean, Uncle Zhao, I know you are worried about me, but try to look at the bright side."

He paused, lowered his voice, and said word for word:

"I can only tell you that my Teacher's background is immense, and her talent is top-tier."

"Don't let her youthful appearance fool you; she is already a Spirit King-level powerhouse. Add to that the Spirit Douluo powerhouse who was following her that day... just think about it for yourselves."

Flender and Zhao Wuji's pupils shrank, their eyes filled with shock.

Angel Martial Soul!

That was a legendary god-tier Martial Soul!

They had previously felt that this woman's identity was unfathomable, but they never imagined her origins were this grand. This background was more than just terrifying; it was a level they didn't even dare to imagine.