Gu Changqing's words left everyone in the East Sea stunned.
What was going on?!
Hadn't the Wine Sword Immortal fought Zhunti over the Sea-Calming Divine Iron for Wuzhiqi's sake?
Zhunti's side had now returned in defeat.
Yet... not only did Gu Changqing refuse the Sea-Calming Divine Iron,
he no longer wanted even his three newly accepted disciples?
Their minds had gone numb!
Of course, Ao Cunxin knew her Master meant nothing of the sort.
Could it be... he wanted me to teach the Dao on his behalf?
The moment that thought arose, Ao Cunxin's heartbeat involuntarily quickened.
Teaching the Dao on her Master's behalf.
Those words carried no small weight.
They meant her Master recognized her strength, approved of her cultivation, and trusted her ability to teach.
Though she was the Wine Sword Immortal's disciple, though she was the supreme ruler of the Four Seas Dragon Clan, though she had just beaten Saint Zhunti into fleeing in panic, she had never taught anyone before.
All she knew was how to fight.
All she understood was battle.
What could she teach?
How to brawl, to her three junior brothers?
The corner of Ao Cunxin's mouth twitched slightly, and a complicated look flashed through her eyes.
But that thought passed in an instant, soon replaced by another emotion.
Since Master said so, I should simply do as instructed.
Her Master never acted without a purpose.
If he said, "Stay in the East Sea," there had to be a reason for that arrangement; if he said they should cultivate alongside her, he surely had his own considerations.
She did not need to ask why. She only needed to do what she ought to.
That was all.
At that thought, Ao Cunxin's gaze grew resolute, and solemnity settled over her strikingly heroic face.
Meanwhile,