When Yu Xiaogang heard Tang San's thoughts, he faltered.
His foot seemed to catch on something, and he swayed slightly before steadying himself.
Dong'er.
Bibi Dong.
Tang San had said that, in his previous life, Dong'er had wiped out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect because its members had humiliated Yu Xiaogang.
She had killed them for him. Every last one.
Yu Xiaogang swallowed. His fingers tightened around his sleeve, then loosened.
He murmured silently to himself,
Dong'er, you still love me this much.
He walked a few steps with his head lowered, his stride heavier than before.
Flender glanced at him again. Unable to hold back, he asked quietly, "Xiaogang, what's wrong?"
Yu Xiaogang shook his head without answering. He was thinking.
Back then, the people of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had mocked and driven him out. He had accepted it.
For more than a decade, he had believed he would spend his life bearing the label of a failure.
But Dong'er had refused to accept that. She had told him he could take another path, make a name for himself, and still become someone no one dared look down on.
She had brought him countless books from Spirit Hall's library and studied Martial Soul Theory with him. That was how he had become Grandmaster and learned so much more.
Whenever someone mocked him while they were out, Dong'er had stepped in for him. He had never imagined she would spare no one from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, either.
I have to change Dong'er's mind.
I can't let her do so much for me anymore. She's too tired.
Yu Xiaogang did not know how he could bring her back from the path she was on.
But he knew one thing he could do: he had