"Nothing much. A few people found out I've accepted disciples a us some gifts to support your cultivation," Yun Wuji said dismissively.

  "…Is that so?" Xiao Che and Xiao Lingxi looked from Yun Wuji to the decimated bodies scattered on the ground far away and uood what he meant.

  "Xiao Qingyue broke through to the Profound Realm. I'm going to cook something special to celebrate," Yun Wuji said, patting the heads of Xiao Che and Xiao Lingxi before walking back to the pace.

  The main reason he didn't instantly teleport to the Xiao Sed start massag people was because of these two.

  The Xiao Sect is sidered their aral lineage in a sense. Even though they don't have strong bonds with or care about the sect, killing all the high-level cultivators would be like killing their aors.

  Yun Wuji is a cold and somewhat narcissisti, but when he siders someone close to him, he genuinely cares for them and is siderate. However, he sometimes uses unventional methods to achieve what he thinks are the best results.

  Since he took these two as his disciples, his care and sideration naturally extend to them as well.

  True, they won't provide him with any tangible bes, but for him, retionships aren't built on such things. After tless betrayals over the years in the Azure Cloud ti, he's grown colder, but his experiences have made him value retionships more than mere bes.

  And strictly speaking, he doesn't need anyone's help to reach the peak, not even divine iances. With his talent alo's certain he could bee the stro, provided he doesn't die prematurely.

  Additionally, if he really were to build retionships only with people who offer some value, there would be just two individuals on this entire p who fit that criterion: Xia Qingyue and Feng Xue'er. These two are the only women with enough talent to stand out in the Realm of Gods.

  Needless to say, Xia Qialent is unique in the universe. Feng Xue'er, oher hand, was born with the Phoenix God Body, which is perfectly patible with Phoenix's power. She was also trained by the Phoenix Spirit, who bestowed upon her all its power and iance.

  In parison, others don't have notable talent. Even Chu Yue, who is in her forties, only reached Emperor Profound with his help.

  Yun Wuji shook his head, his thoughts drifting once again.

  "Really?! gratutions, Sister Xia Qingyue!" Xiao Lingxi and Xiao Che said, their eyes filled with awe and envy.

  Xiao Lingxi had been cultivating for months before being Yun Wuji's disciple and had only reached the third level of the Elementary Profound Realm.

  Xiao Che is even worse; he only retly healed his veins and is still stuck at the first level of the Elementary Profound Realm.

  "Master's cooking!" Their envy faded when they heard Yun Wuji would be cooking. All their attention shifted to the food. They had tasted his cooking when they celebrated the day he accepted them as disciples.

  They quickly followed him back to the pace, eager for his cooking...

  Two days ter, the trembling leader of the Xiao , Xiao Yunhai, arrived, apanied by the Gra Master of the Xiao Sed all the high-ranking members of the sect.

  They k before Yun Wuji's door, presenting him with their ereasury and begging for his fiveness.

  -----"Today is your weekly iion," Yun Wuji said from the podium in a room resembling a from Earth. There were only three desks in the room, with Xiao Lingxi, Xiao Che, and Xia Qingyue seated at them, all focused on him.

  "This week's topic is: what should you say to your oppo after crushing them?" he asked, looking at the three.

  Two weeks had passed sihe Xiao Set. Yun Wuji found the experieeresting and decided to teach them how to behave like Long Aotian for fun.

  "Teacher!" Xiao Lingxi's hand shot up eagerly, her face bright with anticipation.

  "Let's start with you, Lingxi," he said, pointing at Xiao Lingxi with a nod.

  Xiao Lingxi lifted her , pced her hands on her waist, and said arrogantly, "It's not that I'm strong; it's just that you're too weak!"

  "Nie, Lingxi!" he praised, causio puff out her chest in pride. He then turo Xia Qingyue, who had raised her hand, and said, "Qingyue, your turn."

  Xia Qingyue looked ahead and said in an indifferent tone, "You should be proud for making me use 10 pert of my strength."

  "Very pretentious, I like it!" Yun Wuji said, praising her. "I'm going to use this ime. Good work, Qingyue!" His words made her blush with pleasure.

  "It's your turn, Xiao Che," he said, addressing the silent Xiao Che.

  Xiao Che hesitated for a moment before saying, "Thank you for letting me win?"

  "-_-lll" Yun Wuji, Xiao Lingxi, and Xia Qingyue all facepalmed.

  "Little Che, you 't say that, it too me!" Xiao Lingxi reprimanded Xiao Che.

  "But Master told us to never look down on our oppos!" Xiao Che replied, feeling wronged.

  Yun Wuji always remihem to be careful and never look down on any oppos no matter how weak they are.

  "Ag cool and fident doesn't mean we're looking down on our oppos. And fighting o be done in style!" Xia Qingyue chimed in from the side.

  "Hmmm, that's right. By showing an aggressive attitude, your enemies will think twice before ag," Xiao Lingxi added.

  "Really?" Xiao Che asked skeptically. He felt there was something off about their logic but couldn't quite put his finger on it.

  "Xiao Che, you failed the weekly test again. You o kill three Elementary Profous on your own by tomorrow," Yun Wuji said with a serious face, resisting the urge to ugh at their iion.

  He set up this css for fun, just to see them act out of character. He especially liked seeing Xiao Lingxi, who used to be really meek, start to show more fidence.

  "Uood, teacher," Xiao Che replied, his head slumped. Last time, he had failed the test and nearly died fighting the beasts if it hadn't been for Yun Wuji's protective talisman that teleported him back to the pace, things would have ended badly.

  "You two did a good job today. You have the rest of the day off," Yun Wuji told Xiao Lingxi and Xia Qingyue.

  "Yes, master!" they both replied.

  "Master, would you like me to apany you on a walk around the city?" Xia Qingyue asked, her eyes shining with excitement.

  Xiao Lingxi g Xia Qingyue in surprise, her teeth ched in frustration. She had also wao spend time with Wuji but hadn't expected Xia Qio beat her to it again. Last week, Xia Qingyue had already spent the entire day with her master.

  "Maybe ime. I've got pns for today," Yun Wuji said, looking at her ft figure with disappoi. He turned her down because he already had pns for the day. If it had been a more mature woman asking him out, he might have sidered postponing his pns.

  "Is that so..." Xia Qingyue nodded, her face showing obvious disappoi.

  She had been looking forward to spending time with him, but it seemed her ce would have to wait.

  Yun Wuji walked out of the , deep in thought. This m, he had mao break through to the 10th level of the Profound Sky Realm. It had been a long time since he'd fought seriously, and he po head out today to find some Monarch Realm beasts to test his current limit.

  "Master, wait!" Xiao Che called out as he ran toward him, breaking Yun Wuji's thoughts.

  "Little Che? Why are you in such a hurry? Is something urgent?" Yun Wuji asked, looking at him with curiosity.

  "…No, I just need yuidan something," Xiao Che said, hesitating before speaking.

  "I'm your master; I'll help if I ," Yun Wuji replied, giving him a reassuring look.

  "It's like this, my fiancée tacted me and wants to meet," Xiao Che expined.

  "What's the problem with that?" Yun Wuji asked, raising an eyebrow.

  "In the past, she always looked down on me and talked me down. Sometimes, she even urged me to break the e," Xiao Che expined, his face reddening with embarrassment.

  "Do you wao go and ftten her ?" Yun Wuji asked after a moment of silence, his tone casual.

  "No! Don't! I didn't mean that," Xiao Che quickly protested, his face pale with fear. He could vividly recall how people from the Xiao sect trembled like vibrators in front of his master.

  "I want to know how to make her respect me," Xiao Che said, his voice barely above a whisper.

  "Ah! You want to assert your dominan the retionship," Yun Wuji said with a proud grin. "You came to the right person! It's easy to make your fia only respect you but also g to you like a leech."

  "Really?" Xiao Che asked, pleasantly surprised, though he found the leealogy a bit odd.

  "It's simple," Yun Wuji expined casually. "Just do what she did to you, talk her down, treat her like trash, make her feel like it's the greatest privilege just to breathe the same air as you. She'll be hooked in no time."

  "Master! I'm asking for help, why are you trolling me?" Xiao Che said, clearly not taking the advice seriously.

  "I'm pletely serious," Yun Wuji said, knog Xiao Che on the head. "Girls like her despise the weak and revere the strong. With my bag, if you follow my advice, she'll end up like a leech ging to you for life."

  "Ouch! Really?" Xiao Che asked hesitantly, holding his head lightly.

  "I'm your master; of course, I wouldn't lie to you."

  "...Okay, I'll do as you said, Master. Thank you!" Xiao Che said, bowing deeply before hurrying off. He still had three beasts to hunt down.

  "Well, I did say she'd bee a leech," Yun Wuji watched Xiao Che run off, shaking his head. He couldn't quite ect this naive Xiao Che with the smooth/scum Che from the novel. "Anyway, she serve as experience for him. He always throw her away once he grows up."