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Hall of Enlightenment.

Gu Yanying's pavilion had an inner and outer section.

The inner section was Gu Yanying's private space for rest and cultivation, while the outer section was where he lectured and imparted knowledge.

While Gu Yanying was in the middle of teaching, Xu Ming suddenly arrived.

"Oh? It's Brother Xu Ming!" Gu Yanying paused his lecture, feigning nonchalance, and said with a smile, "I wonder what brings you here?"

Although Gu Yanying addressed him as a brother, his demeanor lacked genuine respect.

Gu Yanying's ten-odd disciples also turned to look at Xu Ming, as if anticipating a spectacle.

Xu Ming said calmly, "It's about Bai Qingqiu and Qin Jian!"

"Bai Qingqiu? Qin Jian?" Gu Yanying pretended not to know, saying, "Those two are my disciples! Did they offend Brother Xu Ming in some way? I'll be sure to discipline them properly! Please forgive them, Brother Xu Ming!"

Bai Qingqiu and Qin Jian were precisely the ones Gu Yanying had sent to poach talents from Xu Ming's side!

Now that Gu Yanying saw Xu Ming at his doorstep, he naturally assumed that Xu Ming was furious about the poaching attempt, so he directly put on a "I know nothing" act for Xu Ming.

Gu Yanying's eldest disciple also chimed in, saying, "Teacher, I might know what's going on!"

"Oh?" Gu Yanying looked at his eldest disciple, "Tell me about it!"

The eldest disciple said, "Junior Brother Bai Qingqiu and Junior Brother Qin Jian mentioned to me before that they had a friend with exceptional talent; it's just a pity that he's already a disciple under Teacher Xu Ming, and they wanted to invite that friend, named 'Zhao Xu,' to become a disciple under you, Teacher!"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Gu Yanying deliberately darkened his expression and said, "How could such a thing be done? Isn't this equivalent to poaching Brother Xu Ming's talent?"

"I scolded them both like that at the time!" The eldest disciple echoed, "However… the two of them are young and impetuous, and probably didn't listen to my words. It's very likely that they still did such a thing…"

"This…" Gu Yanying looked at Xu Ming with a troubled expression, "Brother Xu Ming, it's my lack of discipline! I've made you laugh…"

"It's nothing!" Xu Ming said calmly, "I'm not here for that matter!"

"Oh? Not for that matter?" Now Gu Yanying was genuinely surprised—he couldn't imagine what else Xu Ming could be here for.

"Speaking of which, it's still my lack of discipline, and I should apologize to Brother Gu!" Xu Ming said with an apologetic expression, "My disciple, Zhao Xu, said that he has two good friends who are disciples under you, Brother Gu, and he insisted on inviting those two good friends to become disciples under me—those two are none other than Bai Qingqiu and Qin Jian!"

Xu Ming directly returned Gu Yanying's previous words verbatim.

"What?" Gu Yanying was dumbfounded.

Xu Ming continued, "Now, Bai Qingqiu and Qin Jian are already disciples under me; the two of them are embarrassed to bid farewell to you, Brother Gu, so I had to personally come and say it for them!—Speaking of which, it's my luck to receive such excellent disciples! Please don't mind it, Brother Gu! Haha!"

With that, Xu Ming didn't wait to see Gu Yanying's expression and left with a flourish.

Heh heh! You want to poach Brother Ming's talents and embarrass Brother Ming? Then don't blame Brother Ming for poaching them back!—Zhao Xu had indeed poached Bai Qingqiu and Qin Jian to Xu Ming's side, and Xu Ming had indeed accepted the two.

"This… this is impossible!" Gu Yanying felt that his dozens of disciples were all looking at him like he was a joke. He quickly sent a message to Bai Qingqiu and Qin Jian.

Bai Qingqiu and Qin Jian quickly replied to his message with a few short words: "Sorry, Teacher!"

Then, they directly cut off communication.

"Ungrateful disciples!"

"Ungrateful disciples!!!"

Gu Yanying was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood—he was clearly the one who sent his disciples to poach Xu Ming's talents; how could he have failed to poach them and even had his own talents poached instead?

"Get out! All of you get out!" Gu Yanying roared in a fit of rage.

His dozens of disciples didn't dare to provoke their teacher's anger and retreated one after another. Even the eldest disciple, who had previously helped him put on the act, was no exception.

"This matter must not end like this!!!" How furious Gu Yanying was!

Suddenly, an idea struck him: "Among the disciples Xu Ming accepted, isn't there a Mu Chengyun, who has a feud with Void Cliff?—Void Cliff is a Nirvana Realm powerhouse, why don't I use his hand to deal with Xu Ming…"

Thinking of this, Gu Yanying already knew what to do next! He quickly used his connections to spread rumors about Xu Ming to Void Cliff.

Sure enough, Void Cliff didn't know before that someone had actually accepted Mu Chengyun as a disciple!

After receiving this news, Void Cliff didn't say anything, but his expression turned slightly gloomy: "I've already spread the word within the Hall of Enlightenment that anyone who dares to accept Mu Chengyun as a disciple will be going against me, Void Cliff! That Xu Ming is just a newly arrived Manifestation Realm cultivator in the Hall of Enlightenment, yet he dares to defy my wishes! ?"

"Hmph!" Void Cliff snorted heavily in his heart, "Since he dares to disrespect me, then don't blame me for not giving him face either—Moon Slaughter!"

Void Cliff sent a message and called out.

"Teacher, you called for me?" Moon Slaughter was already at the peak of the Primordial Realm and was about to complete his apprenticeship; however, he respected his teacher, Void Cliff, very much.

"In the Hall of Enlightenment, there's a new teacher called 'Xu Ming,' do you know about him?" Void Cliff asked.

"This disciple has been in seclusion and doesn't know!" Moon Slaughter said.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know!" Void Cliff obviously didn't take Xu Ming seriously and said indifferently, "This person actually dared to disregard my face and accept Mu Chengyun as a disciple! Go and warn him!"

"Yes! Teacher!" Moon Slaughter replied, "Besides a warning, should I teach Xu Ming a lesson?—This disciple is untalented, and although I'm only at the peak of the Primordial Realm, under your careful guidance, Teacher, dealing with an ordinary first-level Manifestation Realm cultivator shouldn't be a problem!"

"No need! A warning is enough!" Void Cliff said indifferently, "If that Xu Ming admits his mistake and corrects it, then that's that! If he doesn't know what's good for him, this teacher will have his own way of dealing with him!—You may go!"

Xu Ming, of course, didn't know that he had just dealt with Gu Yanying and was now being targeted by Void Cliff.

At this time, he was instructing his two newly accepted disciples—Bai Qingqiu and Qin Jian.

At Zhao Xu's suggestion, Bai Qingqiu and Qin Jian had specifically tidied up their hair before coming to see Xu Ming. The two were extremely puzzled as to why they had to tidy up their hair. Could it be to show respect to Teacher Xu Ming?

Soon, they knew why! Because… Teacher Xu Ming's guidance didn't follow the usual path—it relied solely on touching heads!

After Xu Ming touched their heads, the two instantly understood how to proceed on their cultivation path; while shocked, they secretly rejoiced that they had chosen the right path!—If they hadn't chosen Teacher Xu Ming, they wouldn't have had this opportunity.

Just as Bai Qingqiu and Qin Jian were shocked and rejoicing, Moon Slaughter came to their door.

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