Strictly speaking, Shi Feiyang and Master Youtan had a grudge between them—a very, very deep one.
Of Master Youtan's four disciples, the first he had accepted was Jade Rakshasa Chen Yufeng. She had come from the unorthodox paths with skills already learned, and after becoming a nun, she had taken the Dharma name Jade Purity. She had converted a century or two ago.
During the battle at the Qiao Mountain Sacred Mausoleum, she had died beneath Shi Feiyang's Nine Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Swords.
His chief disciple, Suyin, had joined later, but was his true foremost disciple, the one who had inherited his teachings in full.
He, too, had perished in the battle at the Sacred Mausoleum. Along with the Dragon-Slaying Abbess, he had been blown to pieces when the swollen Heaven-and-Earth Qi Bag burst. Even his divine soul had been shattered.
Afterward, Master Youtan had employed the Buddhist Sect's Supreme Great Method to gather Suyin's scattered soul fragments from between heaven and earth. He had brought them back, carefully nurtured and refined them, then sent him off to reincarnate. By now, he had already guided him back to the mountain. Yet his primordial spirit had been damaged, after all, leaving his Spiritual Aptitude and comprehension somewhat deficient in this life. Even after recovering some of his powers, he still fell far short of his previous incarnation.
He had another disciple: Master Canxia of the Emei Sect, who had entered his tutelage after Elder Longbrow's ascension. He, too, had brought previously learned skills with him, cultivating both Buddhism and Daoism. But his Buddhist practice was not pure enough, and he had failed to delve deeply into a single path. Now he resided permanently with the Emei Sect and had returned to primarily cultivating the Nine Heavens Profound Scripture.
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