Chapter 419 - 265: Senior Brother (Part 2)

Chapter 419: Chapter 265: Senior Brother (Part 2)

"POP~"

Ye Shuping watched as a fissure abruptly tore through the space in front of him. It happened so fast that before he could react, Yu Fei tumbled out.

"How did it go? Was it a success?"

He reached out, a gentle stream of Qi Jin steadying Yu Fei’s form, and then sent out a wave of mild energy to dispel his student’s discomfort.

The moment he saw Yu Fei, Ye Shuping understood why he had been delayed.

At Yu Fei’s current realm and strength, he was incapable of making consecutive teleports.

"It was a success, Teacher! I made it back to the Geometric Pyramid Realm!"

An expression of undisguised delight spread across Yu Fei’s face. This ability was just too much of a cheat.

"Excellent, excellent!"

Ye Shuping looked gratified. In his opinion, acquiring resources was a secondary benefit of Yu Fei’s ability; its true potential lay in one day exploring the secrets of the alien races.

There were countless border realms, and in many of them, no Cross-Border Black Fog corresponding to the local alien races had ever been found. Take the Golden Stone Gang Realm for example. The aliens here weren’t particularly strong, but even after scouring the entire world, no one had discovered a Cross-Border Black Fog.

In some realms, the Cross-Border Black Fog was easy to find, but anyone who dared to cross through it simply vanished.

Over the years, many Martial Saints nearing the end of their lives had chosen to take that desperate gamble, but the result was always the same.

No one knew what the Cross-Border Black Fog was like on the alien races’ side. It was like a bottomless abyss that swallowed everything, leaving no trace.

Yu Fei possessed the ability to teleport across worlds. Once he became a Martial Saint, if he could also resolve the current chaos among humanity’s top echelons, he might one day have a chance to unravel the mystery of the alien races.

"Yu Fei, I’ve been thinking. My original plan was to have you earn your own cultivation expenses through trials, advancing your training step by step.

But your ability is simply too extraordinary, and now you can freely travel between two worlds. For you, resources are readily available. I think it would be best to focus purely on your training for now and set all other miscellaneous matters aside.

Put all your effort into raising your realm. During this process, I will select some suitable missions for you. How does that sound?"

After personally witnessing Yu Fei travel between two worlds, Ye Shuping’s plans had completely changed.

"Okay, Teacher. I’ll do as you say!"

"Good!"

Ye Shuping nodded in satisfaction.

"Come with me. Let’s leave this realm for now. I’m taking you to a place that will be your training ground for some time to come!"

"Leave your anchor point here, then come with me to another border realm to set a new one. From now on, you’ll officially be at the university, but you’ll be training with me in secret!"

Yu Fei was a little confused.

"Teacher, I want to know who my future enemy is. Or at least, who my potential enemies are!"

Ye Shuping stared at Yu Fei.

"Why do you ask?"

"Teacher, I’m not an idiot. You’re the principal of Shenhan, a man of immense status and power. The fact that you have to take me as a student in secret means there must be someone who would wish me harm because of it!"

"So, I figure being your student comes with certain dangers. I’ll have to face them, but I need to know who my opponent is."

Ye Shuping fell silent for a moment, then decided it was best to answer truthfully.

"One of your senior brothers."

"A senior brother?"

Yu Fei was stunned. That was not the answer he’d been expecting.

"Yes. He was the successor I was grooming, but I later discovered that our core beliefs were incompatible. We ended up on opposite paths.

That senior brother of yours is now just waiting for me to die so he can change the world according to his own ideals.

But I believe he lacks the strength to succeed, and his path will inevitably lead to failure.

This is our fundamental conflict. Fortunately, your senior brother is ’filial.’ He has no intention of making a move while I’m still alive. He’s content to wait for me to pass away, hold my funeral, and only then enact his new policies."

Yu Fei was taken aback. "Well, I guess he really is filial. He’s certainly being considerate of an old man’s feelings."

"Heh, it makes no difference to me. But if he found out I’ve taken on a prodigy like you, do you think he wouldn’t get desperate? He may be filial toward me, but do you really think he’ll be so brotherly toward you?"

"That’s a good point. What’s this senior brother’s name?"

Ye Shuping let out a long sigh.

"His name is Yang Jingxuan. He’s your fourth senior brother."

Hearing this, Yu Fei suddenly grew curious. "Teacher, how many students have you taken in?"

He heard Ye Shuping slowly begin to speak.

"I have taken sixteen disciples in my life. You are the last. Only nine are still alive today. And of all my students, only you and Tang Lihui are not yet Martial Saints."

Yu Fei could barely detect the hint of a boast in those words.

"Huh? You mean your students can die?"

Ye Shuping’s voice was candid, his tone level.

"Why wouldn’t they? A Martial Artist’s life is long. Anything can happen."

"Then... what happened to the seven who passed away?"

"Three died at the hands of alien races. Two died exploring the Cross-Border Black Fog on the alien side. The remaining two... I killed with my own hands."

Yu Fei’s eyes shot wide open. ’Damn, being your student really is dangerous!’

Ye Shuping seemed to read Yu Fei’s dark thoughts and turned to console him.

"Relax. The two students I dealt with personally had gone down the wrong path. It couldn’t be helped. Others wanted to be lenient due to their status, but I refused."

Yu Fei suddenly grew curious. "What did those two senior brothers do?"

Ye Shuping’s tone suddenly became world-weary. "One showed cowardice in the face of the enemy, sent his men to their deaths, passed on false intelligence, and sabotaged our allies. He deserved to die.

The other deceived his superiors and bullied his subordinates, showed a flagrant disregard for human life, and even secretly joined the Megrez Association. I investigated, and the evidence was irrefutable."

Then, Ye Shuping’s tone grew profound, heavy with emotion, as he looked at Yu Fei and said,

"Yu Fei, you must not be like them. The strong should not be a threat to the weak, but a shield for all life!"

That single sentence sent a shock through Yu Fei’s heart.

’The old man might as well have said it outright: If you dare mess up in the future, kid, I’ll kill you with my own two hands!’

He could sense the complex emotions in Ye Shuping’s voice, and he could also feel his goodwill.

It was a stark contrast to their first meeting, when the old man had shown him no goodwill at all. Back then, even though he had accepted him as a student, it had felt more like he’d discovered an amusing trinket and taken it in on a collector’s whim.

But as Yu Fei revealed more and more of his talent, the old man’s goodwill had grown, layer by layer, until it had become something substantial.

’Under these circumstances, if he ever did something truly awful in the future, the old man would probably be heartbroken... and then kill him with tears in his eyes.’

"Mr. Ye, who are you looking down on? First of all, would I even need to screw over a teammate to save my own skin? If we were in real danger, my teammates would die long before I did!

And as for that garbage from the Megrez Association, I swear I’ll wipe them out in my lifetime!"

"Hahaha... Good!"

Ye Shuping suddenly burst into loud laughter, realizing he had been overthinking things. From facing the dregs of the Illuminati in Tianning County to looking out for his classmates on the battlefield, helping the Security Bureau deal with Night Owl Mansion, and even quelling the black market...

All these incidents showed that even though Yu Fei could be impulsive and a bit crazy at times, his moral compass was true.

However...

Ye Shuping recalled something else. Back when Tianning County faced that crisis, those two, Tang Shengquan and Kong Sheng, had also been there. And yet, the small county had still suffered grievous losses.

’If this kid ever finds out what really happened back then, I’m afraid...’

’I’ll have to investigate this.’

"Yu Fei, you’re good at everything, but your self-cultivation could use some work."

"Huh? Teacher, my Inner Qi is perfected! I’ve checked it over and over! Is there still a flaw?"

Ye Shuping’s next words caught in his throat.

"Never mind. Let’s go."

"Hey, Teacher, what do you mean...?"

Yu Fei didn’t linger in the Golden Stone Gang Realm. He left through the normal passage and, since he was leaving ahead of schedule, he said a quick goodbye to Zhang Wenji, telling him he wouldn’t be returning.

Zhang Wenji expressed his regret, adding that if Yu Fei ever needed anything in the future, he just had to say the word. Now that his own power was on the rise, certain things were much easier for him to arrange.

No sooner had they left the Golden Stone Gang Realm than Ye Shuping led him to the next border realm.