At the side, Dai Mubai's face turned green when he heard that. He stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Zhuqing.
"Zhuqing, don't make things difficult for Ao Yin. I can too—"
"You can't—"
Zhu Zhuqing flung Dai Mubai's hand away. She had traveled thousands of miles, chasing him from the Heaven Dou Empire, only to find a coward who spent every day chasing pleasures and running from reality!
She had chosen Ao Yin for three reasons. First, she was deeply disappointed in Dai Mubai. Second, she wanted to provoke him into seeing reality clearly. Third, she truly wanted to grow stronger and escape the fate of relying on men!
What assassins feared most was light. If she could fuse with the Southern Bright Lihuo, she would be able to hide beneath the light itself, and her strength would rise by a great deal!
Dai Mubai wanted to explain himself.
But Zhu Zhuqing's voice was incomparably cold. "Enough! You can flee the Star Luo imperial family, so why can't I choose my own path...?"
The words at Dai Mubai's lips were swallowed back down, his expression complicated.
Zhu Zhuqing ignored him and looked at Ao Yin again. "Can you be my instructor?"
Ao Yin rubbed his nose. He knew all too well about the tangled bond between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. But just as Zhu Zhuqing had said, everyone had their own path to walk. She wanted to become stronger—what right did Dai Mubai have to interfere?
Besides, could Ao Yin refuse a request from a stunning beauty like Zhu Zhuqing?
Clearly not!
It was not anything excessive. She merely wanted an instructor to train her, didn't she?
And it was not as if he lacked experience. During the six years he had spent with Xiao Wu at Notting Academy, he