Ayao answered truthfully, "I learned the ways of emperors, I learned the suffering of the common people, and I learned the strategies for governing a country."
Lingxi questioned, "What are you doing right now?"
Ayao pinched his palm hard, even when it bled, but he still wouldn't let go.
His master wanted him to be a good emperor, so that the people could live in peace and prosperity, and the world could be peaceful and prosperous.
He has always known this, and he has been working hard to achieve it.
I've memorized hundreds of years' worth of thick books, copied obscure policy essays thousands of times, and remembered tens of thousands of principles, yet I still can't understand one thing.
Ayao looked up, his eyes brimming with tears, "Master, did you save me only for the sake of the world?"
Lingxi answered without hesitation, "Yes."
Ayao was heartbroken.
In his master's heart, he was just a tool, a tool for the benefit of the people, not a person at all.
He had known this for a long time, and he had understood it long ago.
My heart aches so much, even more than the wound on my palm.
Undeterred, Ayao asked one last time, "All these years, have you ever felt even a shred of affection for me?"
Lingxi lowered her eyes, her fingers trembling slightly, her expression as cold as ever.
"Everything I do is for the sake of the world."
Ayao bit her lower lip hard and roared at the top of her lungs, "You used me and then threw me away? What kind of good thing is that?"
"Master, don't even think about getting rid of me!!"
Ayao's eyes were fierce, and his hands were clenched into fists, like a raging lion.
Lingxi stared at him and said, word by word, "From now on, you are no longer my disciple, and you are not allowed to call me master."
"I have no apprentices!"
The five words were deafening.
Ayao was too weak to support himself and knelt on the ground, tears and blood streaming down his face, as if he had lost his soul and was just an empty shell.
His master expelled him from the sect.
His master didn't want him anymore.
He no longer has a master...
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