Lu Yuan was deeply shaken.
Clearly, Tongtian's words had made him realize that he was no protagonist at all. After all that fuss, he was, at best, an extra whose sole job was to deliver benefits to the protagonist.
Tongtian, meanwhile, had no idea what Lu Yuan was thinking. Instead, he smiled and said, "You have quite a kind disposition. That's a good thing."
"But rest assured, Sun Monkey has his own path to walk. There's no need to worry too much about him."
"Besides, you've already given him plenty of benefits. How far he goes from here will depend on him."
"After all, to put it bluntly, you're not his parents. Helping him a little is enough. Surely you don't have to be his nanny too?"
After hearing Tongtian's words, Lu Yuan felt that he had a point.
Naturally, he said no more and followed Tongtian to Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.
Tongtian had indeed not deceived him. After returning to his palace, he immediately began helping Lu Yuan with Foundation Establishment and even taught him all kinds of Dao Arts.
This was perfectly natural.
In Tongtian's eyes, since Lu Yuan was essentially an ordinary person who had never truly intended to defy heaven, rather than a character like Long Aotian, there was no need to insist on killing him.
He could simply take him as a disciple and teach him slowly.
"Master, I changed Sun Wukong's trajectory. Will the Buddhist School come looking for trouble?" Lu Yuan could not help asking.
Tongtian replied calmly, "No. They wouldn't dare."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't mind giving them a beating."
Faced with Tongtian's domineering confidence, Lu Yuan could not help feeling astonished.
His teacher really was just as the Investiture of the Gods List described him-simply incredible.
Being able to follow a Master