Chapter 1058 - 553: Taking Him as a Disciple

"Hey, why aren’t you leaving yet?"

Bai Yu called out from afar, which brought Hong Mei back to her senses.

She hurried to catch up with the others, lowered her voice, and asked, "Gu Sheng, does that person want to become your disciple?"

"Yes."

"Why won’t you agree?"

"Why should I agree?"

Seeing Gu Sheng’s raised eyebrows, Hong Mei clenched her fists in anger.

"Do you have to talk like this?"

"What did I say?"

"You!"

Hong Mei threw a punch that stopped right in front of Gu Sheng’s face.

Bai Yu broke out in a cold sweat and quickly stepped between the two.

"It’s not such a big deal; why start an argument? Gu Sheng always hates trouble, so naturally, he doesn’t take on disciples. Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"Do you know Saint Ya?"

Hearing this, Bai Yu paused.

"Saint Ya? The one who was defeated by Wushuang Taoist and went into hiding afterward?"

"Yes."

"What happened to her? Isn’t she dead?"

"She’s not dead. She’s been living under an alias, and I suspect the Evil Demon is under her command. All this trouble was orchestrated by her, and her goal is revenge for years ago—to take Wushuang Taoist’s life!"

Her words made everyone’s expressions tense.

While everyone was still in shock, Hong Mei added, "It’s said that King Luo has some connection with Saint Ya."

This explained why she was looking closely at King Luo’s son.

"Are you sure?"

After Gu Sheng asked, she sighed lightly.

"I’m not sure. We had sent people to gather information, but everyone died there."

"Everyone?"

"Yes, we’ve sent over a dozen people, and none returned."

Listening to her, Bai Yu nodded thoughtfully.

"So it seems that King Luo is indeed not simple."

"Right. So if we can keep King Luo’s son close, we’ll have leverage against him. Gu Sheng, can’t you sacrifice a little for the greater good of the Jianghu? Even if it’s just pretending."

Gu Sheng frowned, clearly not agreeing.

Bai Yu understood his thoughts and hurried forward to say, "Gu Sheng, if you don’t want to accept him as a disciple, how about I try?"

Without any hesitation, Gu Sheng nodded directly.

"Of course you can."

They had discussed this issue before, and Bai Yu’s intentions were clear to him. Since Bai Yu wanted this and now implicated so many others, he had no reason to object.

Bai Yu sighed in relief and directly walked towards King Luo’s son.

Seeing him return, his eyes lit up.

"Brother, is it that Gu Sheng wants to accept me as a disciple?"

After sizing him up, Bai Yu shook his head.

"No, his mind hasn’t changed. What’s your name?"

"My name is Luochuan."

"Luochuan, would you like to take me as your master? Although my skills are a bit inferior to Gu Sheng, I’m more than capable of accepting you as a disciple."

Hearing this, Luochuan looked at him steadily for a while, then shook his head.

"You’re not Gu Sheng. Although you are strong, you’re not what I’m looking for."

His words left Bai Yu a bit helpless.

"Isn’t becoming a disciple all about learning skills? As long as you can learn, who you acknowledge doesn’t matter."

"It’s different."

"What’s different? Gu Sheng won’t take on disciples. If you keep pestering him, he’ll only become more annoyed. Right now, only I can be around him daily. Wouldn’t it be advantageous for you to take me as your master? Can’t you figure that out?"

After Bai Yu spoke, Luochuan hesitated for a moment.

Seeing his interest piqued, Bai Yu continued persuading.

After a long time, Luochuan was fully persuaded.

Seeing his expression, Bai Yu extended another olive branch.

After hesitating for a while, Luochuan gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Alright, then I’ll take you as my master!"

Finally hearing these words, Bai Yu smiled broadly.

"Great, great, good disciple, then come along with your master."

This time, Luochuan finally walked openly beside them.

He secretly glanced at Gu Sheng, whose face remained unchanged. He could only retract his gaze.

After walking for a while, Luochuan asked puzzled, "Where are we going?"

"We are following a map to rescue an important person. Along the way, you can get some training so I can see where you lack and help you improve."

Bai Yu’s reasons and excuses were ample, and Luochuan didn’t ask further.

Once they officially set out following the map, Gu Sheng led the group forward.

After traveling for a full two days, he noticed they were veering off course.

After circling the same place a few times, he finally stopped.

"Gu Sheng, are they trying to deceive us? The path ahead is correct, but the one behind seems off?"

Hearing Hong Mei’s question, Gu Sheng nodded.

"Yes, the path in front is correct, but the one behind seems strange."

"What should we do without the map for the back part?"

"There is a map for the back, but they’ve deliberately distorted it."

"That’s no different than having no map; ultimately, it’s all false."

Looking at the map, Gu Sheng shook his head.

"You can’t say that. Although the map is distorted, it’s not entirely false. There must be one real path among them; we just have to find it."

Upon hearing his words, Hong Mei leaned in for a closer look.

As she moved closer, a fragrance unique to her surrounded Gu Sheng’s nose, causing him to raise his eyebrows.

Hong Mei was focused solely on the map.

"These paths are almost twisted together; how do we navigate them? We can’t try every single one, can we?"

"Why not?"

After Gu Sheng spoke, Hong Mei’s eyes widened.

"Really try every path? What if none of them turn out to be real after we’ve tried them all?"