"My master, one day as my teacher, a teacher for life... Uh..."
"Why?"
Seeing Ye Lin hesitate, Chu Xue couldn't help asking curiously.
"It's nothing. Nothing at all. Master, you're my teacher, and you'll be my teacher for the rest of my life."
"One day, we'll meet again."
At those words, Chu Xue smiled, her joy plain to see.
"I know. You're a hidden dragon, and this place can't contain you. One day, your name will ring throughout the whole world. I'm looking forward to that day."
"Master, let's meet again at the summit."
After Ye Lin said this, Chu Xue froze for a moment, then broke into a smile.
"At the summit."
Ye Lin knelt before Chu Xue and kowtowed three times.
"Master, I'm leaving."
"Go."
With that, Ye Lin flew toward the Sect Main Hall. Before he left, he still had one thing to do: put Li Miaoling on the Sect Master's throne.
Watching Ye Lin's retreating figure, Chu Xue's face brimmed with reluctance.
She was immensely proud of this disciple. Now that he was leaving, she felt hollow inside, as though something precious were slipping away from her.
"My disciple has gone to seek the world that belongs to him. I should be happy."
Chu Xue smiled and murmured to herself. Then she waved a hand, and the buildings behind her crumbled into ash. She, too, flew into the distance.
From that moment on, the Azure Cloud Sect had nothing to do with her.
From that moment on, she was free.
By then, the area outside the Azure Cloud Sect was packed with Outer Sect disciples, with Inner Sect disciples gathered around the middle. At the very front stood the two personal disciples, Li Miaoling and Shi Jian.
The Nine Great Elders sat in their respective seats,