Bai Ye's gaze remained unchanged. He ignored the three of them outright and looked at his beloved disciple.
Feeling his teacher's gaze, Du Jingzhe lowered his head even further. Fear grew wildly like vines, wrapping tightly around his heart and constricting it ever more.
It really was Teacher! Teacher was still alive!!
Damn it, Teacher couldn't have heard what I said earlier, could he?
No one knew how much pressure Du Jingzhe was under at this moment.
At that moment, Bai Ye spoke calmly. "Du Tianming."
The familiar form of address made Du Jingzhe shudder all over. "This disciple is here!"
"Do you still remember what I told you sixty years ago?"
"This disciple has not dared forget it for a single moment!"
A smile tugged at Bai Ye's lips. Look, this was his favorite disciple: always so respectful, always keeping his teacher's words in his heart, always remembering his roots.
Most importantly, Destiny truly did not cause trouble.
Before, he had not known Destiny's worth and had mistaken Lu Chen for treasure.
Only after seeing Lu Chen and the Chief Judge forget their roots did he realize that Destiny was still the best.
"Oh? What did I say back then?"
Suppressing the terror in his heart, Du Jingzhe said in a trembling voice, "You said... you would come back for me." (Chapter 761)
Those words had made him fake his death and hide for decades.
Bai Ye nodded with a smile. "Correct. That is why I have come."
The burning blood in Du Tianming's body cooled bit by bit. Yes, Teacher had returned. My time to die has come as well.
It was a pity that his All-Beings Divine Path was not yet complete. Otherwise, how could he... sigh.
At his weakest age, he had encountered the most overbearing