Fang Ruotang paused, thinking of this disciple she had taken in halfway through her life. She hadn't put any effort into her at all, but she was indeed a pitiful little thing.

The poor thing saw that her senior sister had been crying for so long, and her eyes were also red. She could also tell that her master had changed his mind because he saw how heartbroken her senior sister was. So she was now reopening her old wounds.

But their actions were completely different from Fang Ruotang's original intention.

In her mind, she said she would never see him again, then casually gave him a few words of advice, bestowed some treasures upon him, and then they could each go their own way.

She returned to her original form, and they then devoted themselves to cultivation, pursuing the Great Dao.

If she remembers someday, perhaps she can see what these disciples will achieve in the future.

But not like now, clinging to someone's leg, reluctant to part.

She found the situation somewhat tricky, as it was her first time dealing with it, so she could only remain silent.

"Master, is it because of the restrictions that you can't come to see us anymore?" Qin Bao'er looked up at Fang Ruotang with a reluctant expression.

Fang Ruotang doesn't like to lie, mainly because she's already so powerful that she can't think of any reason for her to rack her brains to lie for others.

Therefore, to be frank, "No."

"Then..." Qin Bao'er was stunned and a little dumbfounded.

"trouble."

Fang Ruotang's overly direct words caused Li Shiyun and Jiang Zao, who were crying as if their parents had died, to pause abruptly. However, because they stopped so abruptly, they both choked and started hiccuping.

"Master, you're too heartless!" Long Aotian teased.

He was also a little reluctant to part with his master, but unlike his fellow disciples, he wasn't as sentimental. He was just reluctant to part with his generous master.

Moreover, it's good to have a powerful backer. After joining the Tianyi Sect and becoming Fang Ruotang's disciple, he realized how carefree the life of the eldest disciple of a major sect can be.

Not only does he no longer have to worry about resources, but he also has a bunch of followers who will flatter him when he goes out. He especially likes this kind of life; it's practically tailor-made for him.

"The Great Way is inherently ruthless."

Fang Ruotang looked at her ten disciples with clear and sharp eyes.

Everyone looked reluctant to part.

Fortunately, only Li Shiyun and Jiang Zao cried.

Thinking about their backgrounds, it's clear that they placed too much of their emotions on her, which is why they acted this way, with Tao Su being the one whose emotions were even more obvious.

After all, Tao Su was a food cultivator, and before she regained her memories, she loved to eat. This made Tao Su and her the disciples who saw each other the most often.

The two had a very good relationship; one would feed the other, and the other would eat.

"Master, where are you going? Can you take your disciple with you?" Tao Su looked at Fang Ruotang expectantly.

As soon as she made this request, the remaining nine disciples all glanced at her.

Then they rushed to express their desire to leave this world with Fang Ruotang.

Regardless of what Tao Su thought, everyone knew that following Fang Ruotang would lead to instant success. If their master didn't take anyone else with him, that would be fine, but if he really had to choose a disciple to accompany and serve him, why couldn't it be himself?

All the disciples thought so, but Fang Ruotang did not intend to take these people with her.

"No, you're too weak."

Fang Ruotang had already decided where she would go after leaving this world. These people's cultivation levels were too low, and they simply couldn't follow her.

She was ruthless and merciless.

For other reasons, the disciples might get the results they want by acting cute and clingy, but there's really nothing that can be done about this.

"Where is Master planning to go?" Lin Bufan asked.

I'm a little curious.

Fang Ruotang glanced at Gu Yanjin and the other six out of the corner of her eye, but did not speak.

We can't say it now, otherwise they should be prepared.

Lin Bufan was puzzled, "Can't Master tell all the disciples where he's going? At least give us something to look forward to, so that one day when we've achieved great success in our cultivation, we might have a chance to go and find Master."

"Yes! Master, how could you be so heartless as to abandon us like this?" Lu Ling pouted, looking unhappy.

"Master is really too much. Ever since I joined your sect, I have been treated like a slave without ever complaining. But now that you are leaving, you won't even say where you are going. Do you think I am such a dispensable person in your eyes?"

Fang Ruotang: ...

You know what, you're actually right.

Fang Ruotang met Lu Ling's puffed-up expression.

She was just thinking that no one in this world was worth lying to, but now she's contradicting herself.

But she would never tell a lie.

Fang Ruotang changed the subject and talked about other things.

"Don't overthink it. It's just that you can't go to that place. How about this? I promise you, I'll contact you again sometime in the future, okay?"

"Does Master keep his word?"

"Um!"

Fang Ruotang thought that her connection could be a wisp of consciousness descending.

He did not say that he would definitely come out and meet them in person in the future.

She doesn't even plan to see the Fang family again, and she won't even say goodbye to them.

Yes.

She made up her mind not to say goodbye to the Fang family. In her opinion, if a disciple with little master-disciple relationship could cry like this, then the Fang family would be even less likely to let go.

Fang Ruotang felt a headache just thinking about that scene. She decided to just disappear like the wind, leaving behind at most a message.

Parting is not something she is good at dealing with.

Perhaps it was because Fang Ruotang had such a good reputation in the past that these disciples believed her completely when she said they would meet again in the future.

Fang Ruotang breathed a sigh of relief and took out ten storage bags that she had prepared in advance, indicating that they should drip blood to acknowledge the bag as their own.

"There are some things here that you might need. I prepared them for you in advance. There is also a forbidden spell on the storage bag that I have set up to save your lives in times of life and death."

"From now on, I will no longer be able to teach you. Your future path is up to you. I won't say anything more, after all, you are not ordinary disciples who have just begun your cultivation."

"Alright, everyone get out!"

Fang Ruotang was taking on apprentices for the first time and didn't know how to teach them, but she was thinking of the bond between master and apprentice, so she called the ten of them to her side before leaving.

Not only did she provide resources, but she also left them a life-saving talisman. Her master had put a lot of thought into it. How far they could go in the future depended on themselves.

The ten people were reluctant to part, thinking that this might be the last time they saw each other, and they lingered, unwilling to leave.

If they don't leave, Fang Ruotang is prepared to disappear on her own.

At this moment, Yan Yan, who had been silent all along, seemed to sense something, stopped and turned around, and quickly stepped forward, as if afraid that Fang Ruotang would disappear from his sight.

"Master, aren't you going to see Sister Mingyu?"

"Li Mingyu?"

Yan Yan felt a tremor in his heart when he saw Fang Ruotang calling Li Mingyu's name so unfamiliarly.

When he was young, his family suffered a sudden misfortune. Although Li Mingyu took care of him, he was still living under someone else's roof. In addition, he was burdened with a blood feud, which made him more precocious and better at reading people than other children.