Dean Guo and Dean Fu Jia arrived the fastest, and they couldn't contain their joy when they saw Xu Yuehuai. This was the first time Xu Yuehuai had entered the academy in this way since returning here, and they didn't know how much time had passed since her last return.
Dean Guo was still acting like a child. When he saw Xu Yuehuai, there was no joy on his face. Instead, he punched the person next to him with his hand and said, "So you know how to come back. I thought the outside world was your home. People who don't know you would think that the outside world is so great. You don't even want your sect anymore. All you do is run away."
Dean Guo spoke with a sarcastic tone, leaving the beaten disciple completely bewildered. He clutched his injured arm, looking at his dean with a blank expression. He rubbed his arm and noticed Dean Guo's gaze occasionally drifting towards Xu Yuehuai. He immediately understood, lowered his head, feeling wronged but daring not to speak.
Xu Yuehuai could not possibly have missed Guo's little tricks. She just chuckled twice and said casually, "Alright, if you keep hitting him, he'll really be wronged. They're all our disciples, Master doesn't need to be so ruthless."
After being exposed, Dean Guo showed no embarrassment whatsoever. Instead, he became even more self-righteous. "Did I say something wrong? Tell me! You and this disciple are both heartless and careless. You never come back to see me. They all have their own disciples with them, but I'm the only one without."
Upon hearing this, Dean Fu Jia, who arrived a step later than Dean Guo, rolled her eyes. "Don't spout nonsense in front of your disciples. Your current behavior is truly despicable! Isn't it because you look down on those disciples that you refuse to accept any apprentices? So many people want to become your disciples, and you've rejected so many. Now you still have the nerve to come here and complain. You're really shameless."
Dean Fu bluntly exposed his words, leaving Dean Guo momentarily embarrassed, but he quickly recovered and said confidently, "So what! I just don't want those who lack talent in this area to waste their time with me, and I don't want them to squander their lives. What did I do wrong?"
Just as the two were about to start arguing, Xu Yuehuai, acting as a peacemaker, stepped in. "If you two keep arguing like this, we won't have time to chat and catch up. I'm leaving soon."
Upon hearing this, the two fell silent, their eyes both fixed on Xu Yuehuai. "Why? You've only been back for two days, why are you leaving again? Can't you stay a couple more days and rest a bit longer? Are there so many things that need your attention? Are all the others useless?"
Yuan Shui nodded in agreement. He thought Dean Guo made a lot of sense. The others were like useless people who couldn't do anything and had to rely on Xu Yuehuai for everything. What else could they be but useless people?
“This is about my own affairs. I am going to another place, and it will be difficult for me to come back to see everyone. So I came back this time to say goodbye to my two masters. After today’s farewell, my two masters may pretend that I have never been a disciple, and may even think that I am dead.” Xu Yuehuai took a step back and raised his hands to bow.
She hadn't forgotten Yan Zhi's prophecy: this journey would surely be fraught with danger, and the necessary farewell was a crucial and indispensable part of human interaction.
Dean Guo suddenly stopped venting his emotions and looked at his disciple in disbelief. When he learned of Ji Yuanchi's death, he was already extremely saddened. Although he was indeed forced by Xu Yuehuai to take Ji Yuanchi as his disciple, he did have genuine feelings for him in the little things they did together afterward.
He used to rely on his disciple and felt he could manage to get by. He never imagined that his beloved disciple would tell him today that this meeting would be their last. This news was like a bolt from the blue, leaving him utterly stunned and paralyzed.
"Why? What place is this? What are you doing that you're taking such a risk, risking your life? What do you want to do?" Dean Guo stepped forward, staring intently at her, trying to get an answer from her.
The surrounding noise and excitement vanished. Staring intently at Xu Yuehuai, Dean Fu Jia remained silent. Compared to Dean Guo, who had treated Xu Yuehuai like her own child in such a short time, her feelings for Xu Yuehuai were negligible.
To her, Xu Yuehuai was merely a person of exceptional talent, capable of inheriting her skills. If she died, someone else would do the same thing, so her existence wasn't that important. But Dean Guo had poured all his heart and soul into Xu Yuehuai and Ji Yuanchi; now one was dead, and the other was about to disappear and face death. How could he remain calm? How could he not be terrified?
Xu Yuehuai said, "This is the path I chose from the beginning, the path I was destined to walk. I knew from the beginning that the road ahead was dangerous. I just never expected that this road ahead would be even more heartbreaking than I imagined."
"On the road to growth, it is inevitable to lose a lot. Some people and some things are destined to happen. Achi's death and my going to that place are both destined, undeniable facts."
Dean Guo's lips moved, but he couldn't finish his sentence. The disciple in front of him was no longer the same person she used to be. When he first met her, Xu Yuehuai was full of vigor and high spirits, radiating expectations for the future and aspiring to great things.
But things are different now. Time can change a person, and even a person's heart. Xu Yuehuai's heart has never changed in the long river of time, but her attitude towards people and things has changed.
Dean Guo raised his hand, which was hanging by his side, as if he wanted to pull Xu Yuehuai back, but in the end he just sighed and put his hand down. "So be it. Your life is your own, and you have to walk your own path. I have no right to interfere. Our master-disciple relationship has only lasted a few months, and I have spent even less time with you. But your character and temperament are something that I can never achieve in my lifetime."
"Since you have already made up your mind about this, I naturally have nothing to say. From now on, I will consider myself as one of my disciples dead and another disciple who has gone far away and is unable to come back to visit this old man. If you still have the chance to come back, remember to come and see me, so that I know that you are safe and sound and that you are alive."
Dean Guo looked at her face and memorized her appearance. He wanted to stop her, but what good would it do? It would only breed resentment. Life and death are predestined, and wealth and honor are determined by fate. Since she wanted to do it, what harm was there in letting her?
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