If Lu Tianqi had still been a gentle, handsome young gentleman with a touch of worldly innocence back when he was in the Azure Tide Sect, then the Lu Tianqi of today was a man whose heart had been blackened by power and profit.
He still smiled, but ever since Bai Su had abandoned him here and slipped away alone, that smile had never again reached his eyes. He no longer let anger show on his face. Everyone knew that the more happily Lu Tianqi of the outer gate smiled, the more certain it was that his anger was about to erupt.
The disciples who had just been gossiping stiffened at the sight of him. They had no idea how much Lu Tianqi had overheard.
"What were you talking about so happily?" A smile still hung at the corners of Lu Tianqi's mouth, but his dark eyes were bottomless.
"N-nothing." These disciples were only at the lower levels of qi refining. How could they dare tell him the truth?
Lu Tianqi did not get angry. Instead, he looked in the direction they had been discussing and saw a group of young men and women wearing the Azure Tide Sect's sect robes.
One girl in white robes embroidered with black and gold stood out the most. Her bone age was only eighteen, yet she had already reached foundation establishment. She stood straight, her entire being radiating an aura of noble righteousness. Even the sheath of the sword on her back was enough to reveal that it was no ordinary weapon, while her speech and bearing displayed the breezy grace of a true gentleman.
Blazing like the brilliant sun and proud beyond compare, she was clearly the central figure among these ten disciples.
The longer Lu Tianqi looked, the deeper his resentment