The brief exchange between the two men made everyone's scalps tingle. All of North Mang knew that the Black King was powerful, but no one could say exactly how powerful he was.
Only now, through the words of his enemy and disciple, did they catch a glimpse of it.
Even someone as powerful as the Qilin Marshal only dared to meet the Black King through an avatar. What that implied was self-evident.
"Oh?" Bai Ye smiled faintly. "There isn't one now, but there will be once the Forbidden Evil God descends?"
Lu Chen trembled slightly. He let out a deep sigh, as though he wanted to argue, but ultimately gave up and merely said in a muffled voice, "Yes, Teacher."
"You're far more honest than Du Tianming." Bai Ye sounded somewhat wistful. Though his two disciples had both forgotten their roots, their personalities were entirely different.
Du Tianming's mouth was full of lies, while Lu Chen had forgotten his roots even more thoroughly, yet he would not casually deceive his teacher.
Lu Chen gave a self-mocking smile. "Perhaps in your eyes, Teacher, this is the only thing I'm better at than Du Jingzhe.
I know he is your favorite disciple, but I'm still very happy to have one thing over him.
At least... in your eyes, Teacher, I'm not completely worthless."
Bai Ye's eyelids twitched at those words. The hell, now you're acting wronged!?
Saying that in front of the whole world? Wasn't that asking people to misunderstand? It made him seem ridiculously biased.
Bai Ye's concern was not without reason.
Some quick-witted reporters had already imagined the whole drama behind it.
They believed the Qilin Marshal had most likely staged this to prove himself before his teacher and retaliate against his teacher's favoritism.
It sounded absurd, but for reporters