My disciples are all villains.

The young man jumped in shock. He looked at the rock warily as he demanded loudly, "Who is it?! Come out!"

A person walked out from behind the rock before he leaned against the rock and asked with a smile on his face, "Why are you so scared?"

The young man frowned as he asked warily, "Who are you? Why are you following me?"

"Don't be so nervous. My surname is Ri. You can call me Mister Ri. Nice to meet you..." The newcomer reached out as though he wanted to shake hands with the young man.

The young man was still shaken and frightened; how could he dare to shake hands with a stranger. He looked at the person in front of him and said, "Don't follow me!"

"Hey, I'm just trying to be nice. How can you be so ungrateful?"

The young man took a few steps back. "Did you come to watch the show?"

As the young man retreated, Mister Ri slowly advanced. "Is there anyone who doesn't want to watch a battle between two Thousand Realms Whirling experts? Why are you so nervous? There's a first time for everything; there's no need for you to be so nervous. What's your name?"

The young man lowered his guard slightly. The person in front of him did not seem like an expert at all. He said with a hint of pride, "I'm afraid I'll scare you if I tell you my name. My master is the Flying Star House's Ye Zhen. I advise you not to make trouble."

"Isn't Yezhen dead?"

"..." Jiang Xiaosheng looked at the person in front of him with a complicated expression. He could not help but feel the person in front of him was strange. "Did you follow me for a long time?"

Mister Ri said, "Well, yes. I was happily watching the show in the palace when I discovered you hiding in a corner. Then, I followed you here…"

Jiang Xiaosheng asked warily, "Are you a member of the royal court?"

"No." Mister Ri shook his head. "I just came to watch the show."

Jiang Xiaosheng heaved a sigh of relief. "That's good. Don't follow me anymore. I have to go now."

"Where are you going?"

"It has nothing to do with you."Jiang Xiaosheng quickened his pace.

"Ye Zhen is dead, but you still dare to come here… Is it for revenge?" Mister Ri asked as though he did not hear Jiang Xiaosheng's words.

Jiang Xiaosheng came to a halt as a tiny sword energy appeared in his hand. As soon as he turned around, the tiny energy sword shot toward Mister Ri.

Whoosh!

The energy sword was blocked by Mister Ri's protective energy before it could do any harm.

Jiang Xiaosheng frowned when he saw the golden energy shrouding Mister Ri. "You're from the golden lotus domain?"

"How observant…" Mister Ri said with a smile.

"No wonder." Jiang Xiaosheng suddenly joined his palms together.

Boom!

Jiang Xiaosheng disappeared into a puff of smoke.

"Damn it! So fast?!" Mister Ri cursed as he gave chase.

The entire place fell silent with Mister Ri's departure.

After a moment, Jiang Xiaosheng emerged from the ground and patted the dirt off his body as he said disdainfully, "This is the extent of the capability of the people from the golden lotus domain. How stupid!"

Woof!

At this moment, a fierce beast that resembled a dog came pouncing over. Its eyes were shining brightly.

"A fierce beast?!" Jiang Xiaosheng raised his hand and launched a palm seal.

The fierce beast's paws collided with the palm seal.

The beast landed on the ground on all fours before it shifted to face Jiang Xiaosheng and growled.

Jiang Xiaosheng was overjoyed. "How lucky! I met a fool and a fierce beast with a life heart!"

Woof! Woof! Woof!

Jiang Xiaosheng chuckled as he said, "Consider yourself unlucky."

Buzz!

Jiang Xiaosheng's avatar appeared in the air. In the beginning, it had a humanoid form, but soon after, it distorted and grew nine heads. Out of the nine heads, only four of the heads were raised. At the same time, a six-leaf red lotus spun under it.

The four heads snarled, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws at the dog-like beast. It looked disgusting and terrifying, like a tentacled monster.

Woof! Woof! Woof!

The dog-like beast that had never been provoked in such a manner barked fiercely; its fur stood on ends like golden needles. It was not intimidated at all. As it pounced over, it suddenly grew a size bigger.

Rripp!

The dog-like beast bit one of the heads.

Jiang Xiaosheng endured the pain and said excitedly, "You fell for my trick. This is exactly what I want! Die!"

The other three heads bared their fangs and made a move to bite the dog-like beast.

At the critical moment, a streak of light sailed past the treetops.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The three heads were pushed back in just an instant.

Jiang Xiaosheng grunted in pain due to the damage to his avatar. He staggered on his feet as he looked up. "Who's it?"

Then, he saw a young man leaning against the tree trunk, shaking his leg and smiling at him. This… Was this not Mister Ri?

"It's you? !"Jiang Xiaosheng exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right. It's me! I was afraid you'd be bored staying underground, but I was also afraid of disturbing you. Hence, I waited on the tree," Mister Ri said as he shook his head, "This dog has a bad habit. Once it clamps its fangs down on something, it won't let go…"

"You!" Jiang Xiaosheng felt the person in front of him was really too strange.

Grrrr!

All of a sudden, the beast exerted force in its bite. Its fangs and claws glinted in the light as it tore into one of the heads in a frenzy.

Jiang Xiaosheng's eyes were bloodshot as he cried out in pain. He controlled the three remaining heads to bite the beast and launched several palm seals at the same time.

A streak of light shot down from the treetop again.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The three heads were repelled again.

The streak of light continued on its trajectory and accurately deflected the red palm seals away from the beast.

Jiang Xiaosheng looked at Mister Ri and asked, "Who are you exactly?"

"It doesn't matter who I am. All you have to know is this dog is mine..."

"..."

Woof! Woof Woof!

It was as though its master's words had boosted its courage, its strength grew as well! It clamped its fangs tightly and shook its head from side to side.

Rrrip!

Soon enough, it forcefully tore off one of the heads on the avatar.

With this, Jiang Xiaosheng was heavily injured. He endured the excruciating pain with a terrified expression on his face. He retreated dozens of meters as he said desperately, "I… I didn't know this beast… this dog belongs to you… Senior, I'm already injured. Why… Why don't we call it even? What do you think?"

"No." Mister Ri waved his hand. "Doggy, go!"

At this moment, the beast looked more like Qiong Qi than a dog. Its speed was like a gust of wind as it charged out.

Realization dawned on Jiang Xiaosheng at this moment. He just discovered what kind of fierce beast and danger he had encountered. When he looked up at the young man standing on the branch of the tree, he saw the young man holding a desolate-grade weapon in his hand.

Mister Ri dove from the tree with a smile on his face at this moment.

Miserable cries began to resound through the forest in just an instant.

After a while…

Woof! Woof! Woof!

Qiong Qi barked furiously at Jiang Xiaosheng.

"He's dead. Stop barking!"

Woof! Woof! Woof!

"What? You want to eat him? No. It's too disgusting," Mingshi Yin said decisively.

Woof! Woof! Woof!

"Alright, let's compromise. You can tear them up as much as you want, but you're not allowed to eat them!"

Qiong Qi's eyes shone in excitement as it pounced on Jiang Xiaosheng.

At this moment, Jiang Xiaosheng suddenly opened his eyes. He tried to crawl away as he shouted, "You're f*cking sick!"

Woof! Woof! Woof!

...

Lu Zhou, who had just returned to the capital, was puzzled when he received the notification that he had received 500 merit points. He wondered if something had happened in the palace.

Soon after, he was notified of another 500 merit points and a domain bonus of 500 merit points.

Initially, Lu Zhou had planned to look around the capital to search for useful clues, but upon receiving these notifications, he shelved the idea and decided to return to the palace.

…

In the Political Announcement Hall in the royal palace.

The eight Great Generals and the governor stood respectfully as they said, "Long live the emperor."

Li Yunzheng who was sitting on the throne looked at them calmly before he said with a sigh, "When I wanted to see you, you didn't come... When I didn't want to see you, you came."