The Obstructive Tang Sect Master Arrived Late, but Arrived All the Same

Ten minutes later.

"Senior Bei, thank you for going easy on me."

Bai Jingtian stopped his fist in front of Bei Bei, then ended his Martial Soul Possession.

Bei Bei was still standing there with his guard wide open, with no time to defend against Bai Jingtian's punch.

Although the two had agreed at first to spar only in their ability to control lightning, they had gradually gotten more and more carried away, and both had proposed fighting with all their strength.

Neither of them had noticed that their crotches had gradually bulged as well.

So the two had used their other abilities and enjoyed a satisfying fight, which had ended with Bai Jingtian coming out a notch above.

"I didn't expect you to be so impressive, Junior Bai... I hope I can compete alongside you in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament next year."

Bei Bei accepted his defeat frankly and praised him from the bottom of his heart.

The two were about to say more, but an untimely voice suddenly rang out:

"Bei Bei, Yutong, where are you?"

"Teacher Xiao Ya? We're over here..."

Startled by the sudden voice, Huo Yutong hurriedly came to her senses and shouted toward it.

Before long, a girl with her hair in a single ponytail, looking youthful and lively, came through the bushes and appeared before them.

"Bei Bei, Little Yutong, what are you doing here... What a handsome junior! Is he planning to join the Tang Sect?

"Hello, Junior. My name is Tang Ya. I'm a fourth-year student, and I'm also the current master of the Tang Sect.

"If you're willing to join the Tang Sect..."

Although Tang Ya was quite pretty, and Bai Jingtian would have been more inclined to take a few extra looks if she had appeared on the cover of an R18 doujin, the moment she opened her mouth, the little goodwill he had toward her vanished without a trace.

"Sorry, Senior Tang. Senior Bei and I were just exchanging pointers, and I have no intention of joining a sect at present."

Bai Jingtian shook his head and turned to leave.

However, Tang Ya did not seem ready to give up. Seeing Bai Jingtian about to leave, she immediately used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, blocking his path in the blink of an eye, and pressed on:

"Junior, may I ask your name? Who else is in your family?"

"Bai Jingtian. My dad is the only one I have left. The Bai Clan was attacked by Evil Soul Masters not long ago, and there aren't many of us left. If there's nothing else, Senior, then I'll..."

Bai Jingtian answered in a tone neither servile nor overbearing, but a bad feeling immediately rose in his heart, and the hand tucked in his pocket clenched into a fist.

The very next moment, his foreboding came true.

After hearing Bai Jingtian's answer, Tang Ya was instantly overjoyed and blurted out:

"That's wonderful!"

"What did you say?" Bai Jingtian's expression immediately grew colder, and with his back to the sun, his face darkened considerably.

Bei Bei immediately realized something was wrong and was just about to speak up and stop Tang Ya when Bai Jingtian continued:

"Dozens of people from my Bai Clan died at the hands of Evil Soul Masters, and all you have to say about it is a casual 'that's wonderful'?

"You son of a bitch with no parents to raise you, go and die!

"Level twenty-eight Soul Power, Sea Tiger Blast Fist, ora!"

Bai Jingtian raised his hand and struck, smashing a fist into Tang Ya's chest and sending her flying backward. She broke through five whole trees before falling into Sea God Lake.

"Senior Bei, is this the current master of the Tang Sect? Forgive me for speaking bluntly, but you'd be better off considering a replacement.

"I think you'd be well suited to being the Tang Sect master. I hope you'll give it serious thought."

Bai Jingtian shook out his wrist without a change of expression, then left the clearing in another direction.

Bai Jingtian felt that the little path Tang Ya had taken was terribly unlucky, and even urged himself to cultivate harder, hoping to master Extreme Fire and burn the bushes there clean away.

Tang Ya's world-shaking wisdom was an even more unbearable sight than Lan Meng's. Unfortunately, heaven's will in this world demanded the revival of the Tang Sect. Even though Tang Ya was trash on par with Rudeus, and even sank below the limits of human decency by willingly becoming an Evil Soul Master, she still had a child of fortune and a noble scion who never abandoned her to help her revive the Tang Sect.

Bai Jingtian, however, was not about to indulge her. After she said something so stupid and mocking, he greeted her with a Sea Tiger Blast Fist.

That punch might not have killed Tang Ya, but it would at least teach her a profound lesson.

If she later tried to take his life by following the path to death, Bai Jingtian would not mind killing this last legitimate master of the Tang Sect.

"Eldest Senior Brother, wasn't what Teacher Xiao Ya just said going too far? I remember she said the same thing to me back then...

"Is it a good thing in Teacher Xiao Ya's eyes that our families met with misfortune?"

As Huo Yutong followed Bei Bei to Sea God Lake to fish Tang Ya out, she could not help asking him, her eyes full of grievance.

She had just recalled Tang Ya saying the same thing to her back then. At the time, she had been immersed in the joy of having just become a Soul Master and her uncertainty about the future, and Bei Bei had quickly changed the subject and invited her to become a Tang Sect disciple, so she had not thought much of it.

But now, on closer thought, there was something very wrong with this sect master. Huo Yutong had heard that Tang Ya's parents had also been killed by villains, so in theory, shouldn't she have been able to sympathize even more with her and Bai Jingtian?

"...Sorry, Junior Sister. Xiao Ya is too eager to have someone join the Tang Sect, but no one at the academy is willing to join a sect that has already fallen into decline, so she..."

Bei Bei grabbed Tang Ya's arm and pulled her out of the icy lake water as he explained with some difficulty.

"But even so, she shouldn't have said that, should she?"

Huo Yutong did not lend a hand, instead continuing to question him.

She felt some pain now. She wanted very much to ask about this matter and get to the bottom of it, but for some reason, a concept was always trying to influence her, wanting her not to care about this little matter and to continue striving for the revival of the Tang Sect for the rest of her life.

"...Now that things have come to this, let's save her first.

"Several of Xiao Ya's ribs are broken, there's blood in her mouth, and she seems to have drowned as well. I need to save her quickly."

Bei Bei's expression also grew very ugly. His own parents had died when he was very young, so even though he forced out an explanation, it was utterly feeble.

Thus, a certain thought in his mind immediately took over, forcibly changing the subject.

*This place should do. Besides Extreme Fire, I'll start practicing Ice and Snow as well.

If I run into that madwoman Ma Xiaotao, I'll at least have a method better suited to countering her.

Bai Jingtian found another clearing and began cultivating.