Taking a Master as Teacher

With a draw of his sword, Daoist Lei dropped to his knees in horror. "You're still alive? How is that possible?!" He stared in astonishment at the shadow behind him.

Handsome beyond compare!

It was Ye Liang, whose head he had severed.

"Wonderful! I knew you'd be fine, husband!" Zi Ling immediately rose from the ground. Carefully circling around Daoist Lei, she happily threw herself into Ye Liang's arms.

"Easy. Let me put my head back on first," Ye Liang said as he reattached his head to his body. He looked at Daoist Lei. "You let your guard down."

Knowing Daoist Lei might not be so easily killed, he restored the Demon Extermination Barrier he had dismissed, layer upon layer, surrounding Daoist Lei.

"I did let my guard down. Who the hell would've thought you knew such an art of regenerating severed limbs? That's clearly a secret technique only demon beasts possess. Could you be descended from the demon beast race?"

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm just an ordinary man. I happened to obtain this secret art from the cosmos. It's nothing special—my body is simply a little tougher." Ye Liang patted his chest.

Then he looked at Zi Ling. "This time, it was thanks to your cooperation. Otherwise, even with a sneak attack, I couldn't have guaranteed striking the Thunder Gate Sage. After all, his divine sense had been covering the area the entire time."

Zi Ling shook her head. "It was nothing. When I saw you kneeling on the clouds, I guessed what you were planning. Fortunately, Daoist Lei let his guard down at the last moment. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have had the chance to make a move."

The husband and wife gazed at each other affectionately, praising one another, unaware that Daoist Lei before them had already