Master Wu Yu Shielding Her Shortcomings

"Dear apprentice, rest assured—since you've become my apprentice, I won't allow anyone to bully you. Just say the word and I'll go and teach that kid a hard lesson right away."

To think that Mu Ruyue was still jilted from her marriage with her looks and talent. Wu Yu couldn't wait to teach that loathsome brat a lesson for missing out on a gem.

Who dared to bully his disciple? Whoever bullied her would just await his murderous retaliation at their doors.

"No need." Mu Ruyue shook her head and smiled faintly. "I'd have done it even if he didn't back out of the marriage. A germ-stained stallion like him is unworthy of me."

The young girl's words gradually made Wu Yu's anger subside. He laughed out loud twice and said, "Not bad. Giving up my apprentice was that brat's misfortune. With your ability, you're bound to marry a man a hundred times better than him. That sort of man is unworthy of my disciple."

Mu Ruyue's eyes twinkled a few times. "Also, don't tell anyone about you being my master for the time being."

"Why?" Wu Yu blinked doubtfully. He had wanted to let everyone in Qingyun School know that he found a good disciple and provoke that pair, Tian Yuan and his apprentice, along the way.

"It's a simple fact—I don't need too much interference on my path to growth. If you keep protecting and helping me, my strength will become stagnant."

Her need to find a backer was to deal with potentially insurmountable barriers, not for her Master to step in and handle all the dangers for her.

Where was growth without danger?

This wasn't something she couldn't understand.

"Haha, okay, dear disciple." Wu Yu nodded appreciatively. He really hasn't misjudged her and she was probably the only one, who could rightfully say that.

This girl wasn't a pampered Young Miss. She knew how to survive on this continent.

"Girl, from now on, come to me every day and I'll teach you some alchemy and cultivation methods. I just have one request—bring me first place in the martial arts tournament to be held in Feng City in two months' time."

Wu Yu smiled and stroked his white beard. Perhaps from here on out, this continent would be the land of the young. They had gotten old.

"First place?" The corners of Mu Ruyue quirked her lips and smiled deeply. "That's exactly what I was thinking."

She wasn't interested in the tournament but she knew that Mu Ting'er would definitely take part in it. It was also time for her to tell the world that she was no longer a waste!

Wu Yu looked at Mu Ruyue in surprise. Although she was smiling right now, she gave off a feeling that chilled his heart…

It was night and the moonlight was like water rippling through the air.

In a mansion not far from the Mu Residence, a man with his hands behind his back cast his deep eyes in the profound night sky, his gaze hinting at complex emotions.

The man was clad in a silver robe and his handsome divine face was shrouded in the faint moonlight—he was breathtakingly beautiful. Such a handsome man seemed like he could draw the moon down.

"Master, do you want this subordinate to go and dispose of that woman engaged to you?"

Behind him, a black-clothed woman was kneeling on one knee respectfully. She always kept her head down because she knew her master didn't like people looking directly at him, even if it was just his back.

"No need!"

"But Master, if that woman comes to the palace, she's bound to notice something, and if others were to know that Master is…"

"Scram!"

His voice was low but was penetratingly gloomy, causing Die Yi's heart to tremble instantly.

Master defended that woman? Why? That woman is just a waste. Why would Master, who's never been close to women, defend her?

Die Yi's head burrowed lower and lower as she suppressed the tremors of her heart and said, "Yes, I'll take my leave."

She knew she harbored feelings she shouldn't have, but she couldn't help herself sometimes. The only thing she could do was to prevent anyone from knowing her feelings…