"..."

Even Xiu Ying, who was putting on an act was shocked at Eren's words.

More than her, the young girl was shocked. The man before her was the father of the Great Demon Sect's Master

She had never heard anything about the Sect Master's family. Most people simply thought that it was because her parents were long dead. But they were alive and even stronger than her?

The gaze with which she looked at Eren changed instantly. Previously, she was her savior who appeared strong. But now, he was someone who was even stronger than the four Overlords.

He was basically the real master of the Great Demon Sect. And as just an Inner Disciple, she had actually come across such a powerful being.

"Y-you are him?! You are the one who trained her and made her reach the realm she did?"

Even though absurd, Xiu Ying played along.

"Although she is not talented, but she is still my daughter. So I taught her a few things."

'The Sect Master is said to be the most talented person in the Eastern Continent, but in his eyes, she isn't even worth mentioning? Just how high are his standards?'

The young girl found herself in a daze. Everything felt like a dream.

"It's impossible! You can't be him!"

Xiu Ying's face was hidden behind a mask, but her voice was trembling which revealed her fear. It was as if she had lost her will to fight. She slowly stepped back.

"Where are you going?"

Eren raised his right hand while secretly winking at Xiu Ying.

Xiu Ying froze in place, her face growing pale. He flew forward, appearing right before Eren who grabbed her by the neck.

"As a Senior, don't you think it is bad to attack younglings?"

"I-I was wrong! I will never do it again! Please let me leave!"

"It has been a long time since I killed someone. And seeing how it is your first mistake that I've seen, I will let you go. But if there is a next time..."

Eren tossed Xiu Ying aside like a weak doll, staying in character.

Xiu Ying stood up weakly. She looked at Eren one last time before flying away in fear. She soon disappeared from the place.

"So many centuries have passed, yet the world still hasn't changed."

Eren looked at the sky, raising his head slightly to appear more surreal.

He turned to the young girl. "What is your name?"

"Z-Zhou Yanmei."

The young girl respectfully lowered her head. The person in front of her was so strong that she didn't want to be even slightly disrespectful.

"You aren't hurt, are you?"

"I am fine, thanks to Grandmaster."

"Hmm? Why are you calling me Grandmaster?"

"Grandmaster might not know it, but I'm a disciple of the Great Demon Sect Master. She is my master and you are her father. Hence, you are my Grandmaster."

"I see." Eren nodded, but the moment his mind processed all this information, he froze in place.

'What the...' He controlled himself, trying not to curse out loud.

He had thought that the girl might have a master the moment she revealed that Talisman. But she never expected that master to be the person he least expected!

He had just pretended to be the father of Feng Yu, and she was his disciple?

'She will kill me! She would definitely kill me if she heard that I called myself her father!'

"Grandmaster, are you alright?"

Zhou Yanmei didn't know why Eren went silent. Fortunately, thanks to his mask, she couldn't see his hair expressions.

"It's nothing. I was just thinking about something."

Eren felt like he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He couldn't receive any other options until he finished the choice he had made.

But poaching a disciple from Feng Yu... Just what kind of absurd difficulty was this?

He had come too far to give up. Even if he gave up now, what he did today was going to come to light sooner or later. He could only double down now to protect himself.

"So you are the daughter of that little brat. No wonder you are so weak despite your talent. My little girl was never talented when it came to teaching others. What a waste..."

'Weak?'

Zhao Yanmei didn't know how to take it. She was very strong when it came to her age.

She wasn't as strong as the Core Disciples of the Sect, but that was also because she hadn't been training since childhood like them.

She had only started her cultivation journey a few months ago when the Sect Master saved her and accepted her as a disciple.

In just these few months, she had gone from having no cultivation to becoming one of the strongest Inner Disciples.

"I honestly thought that the little girl would never accept a disciple. So how did you become her disciple?"

He wanted to ask her why she was still an Inner Disciple when her master was Sect Master Feng Yu.

Irrespective of her strength, just based on her master's identity, she would have become a Core Disciple easily. So why was she so unknown that even Xiu Ying didn't know her.

He also didn't remember reading about a disciple of the Sect Master. There was not even a single mention of this in the novel that he read.

....

'I see. That emotionless doll accepted a disciple to repay a favor, but that was the extent of it.

'She didn't really care about her disciple. She left her to fend for herself in the sect. Even then, this girl is so grateful for her and doesn't even realize it.'

Eren heard her story where the girl told him how she ended up becoming the Sect Master's Disciple.

After hearing it, he was slightly relieved to know that the two weren't very close.

Every once in a while, Feng Yu came to meet her and check her progress, but she didn't really teach her anything personally.

"What a waste. If you were trained properly, you could have grown so much more. That little brat truly doesn't know how to appreciate a previous jade."

"A precious jade? Me?"

Zhao Yanmei looked surprised to hear someone this strong compliment her like that. Was she really so talented?

This was the man who even called the Sect Master untalented, but he was complimenting her?

"You have a perfect bone structure and fate lines to become a powerful cultivator."

Eren started making up things, trying to scam the young girl.

Even he found it slightly embarrassing, feeling like he was a scammer who was selling old martial arts books to children by lying to them that they were destined to be great.