Wait a minute, where is my master?

Youren Island, outside the city, a small mountain.

On the mountain path near the Ice Spring.

"Young Master, Uncle Youren must have misunderstood something. Usually..."

After Island Master Wu left, Yaoer immediately started explaining to Jin Xu.

"It's alright, you don't need to say anymore, I understand."

The little Taoist waved his hand, signaling that she didn't need to continue.

He knew that in the eyes of Water Monkey Uncle, he was probably the so-called "yellow fuzz".

Even though he really hadn't intended to do anything to the Little Fish Demon who seemed not very smart, nor had he genuinely signed a master-servant contract with her.

"Hiss, how should I explain later? Say that I accidentally fished Little Yu up, and then she insisted on clinging to me as her master, even the title 'Young Master' took two months to correct?"

Jin Xu thought it over while grinding his teeth, and then shook his head.

"No, such an explanation would be worse than keeping silent."

A moment later, the little Taoist gave up thinking for the time being and turned his head to Yaoer, who was suddenly looking up at the mountaintop with confusion, and earnestly said,

"Little Yu, when you introduce me and Little White to your friends and relatives in the future, you can call us partners or friends, but you cannot call me your master anymore, understand?"

In the past, Jin Xu hadn't noticed and thought that correcting the address would be enough, and there wouldn't be any problems.

But today's incident made him realize that he had to seriously emphasize it to the Little Fish Demon.

"But Young Master, you are my master, and I am your demon servant."

Yaoer shifted her gaze back from the mountaintop, and with a look of astonishment, let out a response.

Then, a layer of mist suddenly appeared in her eyes. Her features slightly creased, and her voice choked up as she said, "Young Master, you don't want Little Yu anymore, do you?"

"????"

The reaction from the Little Fish Demon filled Jin Xu's face with question marks, giving rise to a feeling of helplessness.

He pondered for a moment, wanting to explain something but fearing that Yaoer wouldn't understand.

So, after stammering a few words, an idea suddenly popped into his head.

"Eh, I am not... Like this, as your master I command you, when you introduce me and Little White to friends and relatives in the future, you should say we are partners or friends."

"Alright, Young Master!"

Hearing the little Taoist speak like this, Yaoer agreed with a smile on her lips. Her features instantly relaxed, and the mist in her eyes vanished as if she had never been on the verge of tears.

"..."

Jin Xu felt like he had been tricked.

It was the first time he had realized how persistent Yaoer was about recognizing him as her master, just like her persistent desire to become the number one chef in the Nine Provinces Realm.

"I'll need to have a good talk with Little Yu when there's time."

The little Taoist thought to himself, and then extended his Spiritual Sense towards the mountaintop.

His gaze then suddenly sharpened, and his demeanor became more intense.

On the side.

Little White, who had been quietly munching on steamed buns, unable to interject, looked at her temple master and Sister Little Yu, not understanding what was happening.

She couldn't grasp why such a simple issue of master and servant required so much debate between the two.

"Even that Water Monkey from before. With the cultivation of the temple master, if he were to announce that he was looking for a few demon pets, I bet all the creatures of the Demon Clan would fight over the chance. Why did that monkey act as if Sister Little Yu was at a great loss?

And the temple master, too. The Demon Clan respects strength above all; why bother explaining yourself to him? If I were you, I'd have simply shown off the Hand Palm Thunder!

That would have settled everything."

The husky, completely clueless about what had just occurred,

was using its own unique wisdom to ponder how it would have resolved the matter if it were Jin Xu.

Suddenly.

Little White, engrossed in thought, sensed a shift in the aura of the temple master beside her.

Then, she heard Jin Xu speak,

"Little White, the vengeance for that explosion in Shangjing City back then, can be avenged today.

Come, let's go to the mountain peak."

...

Atop the mountain.

Wu Youren, holding an iron rod, curiously sized up the man and woman before him with his fiery, piercing eyes.

Afterward, he scanned the ground, examining the traces of battle present.

"Five explosive craters, each permeating the scent of charred flesh and a wisp of sinister energy.

It looks like someone used corpse explosion and triggered some yin attribute magical treasure.

On the ground lay four broken wolf hair jade brushes, such items are commonly used by Confucian practitioners.

It seems that the one who fought with the ghost from the sky was a Confucian practitioner.

And that man over there, despite his disheveled appearance, his clothing still barely resembles the attire typically worn by scholarly youths, so he must be the Confucian practitioner.

This person has withstood five powerful explosions and is still standing; it suggests he has profound roots, and there's a fair chance he comes from a major sect, possibly a disciple of the Qingmu Academy among the Four Great Immortal Sects."

However, his aura is unstable, and his eyes are red, suggesting there must be some internal issues.

As for this female cultivator..."

Uncle Water Monkey initially thought the torn clothes of the Third Elder indicated a typical and cliché scene of a hero saving a beauty common in the Cultivation World.

But after observing for a moment, he suddenly noticed something amiss.

Wu Youren's fiery, piercing eyes were endowed with natural divine skills, capable of seeing through the cultivation of those a whole realm above himself.

Under his meticulous inspection, he was surprised to find that this woman who appeared to be just a Golden Core Realm beauty, was actually a great master in the Divinity Transformation Realm.

"A conspiracy!"

Lord Wu was instantly alarmed and quickly controlled the hair on his body to prevent it from standing on end.

"Could it be that all this commotion was aimed at me?

I, Elder Wu, have not offended anyone recently.

Aside from three months ago when I got drunk and smashed a Water Mansion five hundred miles away, two months ago when I injured a black dragon while practicing martial skills, and a month ago when I wished the Ancestor of the Shark Clan a long life of ten thousand years during his 9,999th birthday celebration.

I really haven't offended anyone recently."

Wu Youren quickly reviewed his past three months' experiences in his mind and suddenly realized Yu Yaoer was still below the mountain.

He hurriedly communicated with her using Spiritual Sense.

At the same time, he secretly crushed a Four Seas Order in his storage magical treasure—something meant only for dire emergencies and for summoning island masters from the Shui Clan.

While Uncle Water Monkey was busy with these things,

The Third Elder, who had been nonchalantly ignored by Yao Qinxiao, had come back to her senses.

A flash step brought her in front of him, and she patiently began to speak.

"Mr. Yao, I am Nie Yaner, Nie Yaner is me. Are you going to abandon me just because my appearance has changed?"

Yan Meishan displayed a tearful expression, which made her seem incredibly pitiful.

Mr. Yao, still lucid from the pain on his tongue, listened quietly to her and after a long silence, gently nodded, then tried to step around her to leave.

"...Yao Qinxiao! You came all this way because of a fragment of my Spiritual Sense. Now you're leaving just because I don't look like that young girl?"

Seeing the unyielding manner of the man, the Third Elder's expression suddenly changed, and she sharply questioned him.

To put it simply...

The formidable Third Elder of the Demon Sect, Yan Meishan, had been rattled.