Max Level Metaphysician: A Debt Repayment Journey…?
Chapter 301: Resolved Among Peers

Chapter 301: Chapter 301: Resolved Among Peers

"Ouch, my ear, it hurts, hurts, hurts!"

Xia Xin cried out in pain, clutched his ear, and with a vigorous struggle, ran behind Jiangli, pointing at the empty space in front of him, "Ancestor, see, I told you it’s not good to bring ghosts around, right? Ghosts are not the same as humans!"

Xia Xin couldn’t see Fu’er.

But Jiangli could see clearly.

Seeing the two of them messing around, Jiangli couldn’t help but smile wryly, "What a fuss over nothing, Jiaoyang Temple has seen ghosts before, and after all, ghosts were once humans."

Thinking Jiangli was taking his side, Fu’er grew even more indignant, hands behind his back, glaring at Xia Xin: "That’s right! Technically, I am your elder, you little tyke. You don’t even greet your elder properly, how did your master teach you?"

Xia Xin, unable to see Fu’er but able to hear him, glared in the direction where he should have been, turned his head away, and completely refused to acknowledge Fu’er as an elder.

What elder? He was clearly here to compete with him for the Ancestor’s attention!

"Ancestor, look at him, look at this kid!" Seeing this, Fu’er felt even more that Xia Xin was being disrespectful and complained over and over.

Jiangli lifted his eyelids, glanced at him, and said indifferently, "He’s my disciple now."

Fu’er: "..."

Jiangli then added leisurely, "If we really want to talk about seniority, his seems to be higher than yours now."

Fu’er: "???"

Xia Xin: "!!!"

Xia Xin’s eyes widened with joy, "Really, Ancestor?"

"It was just a figure of speech," Jiangli withdrew his hand, still somewhat disdainful of Xia Xin, "As for you, you’re not yet worthy to be my disciple. It’s just that I promised your master I would teach you well."

Upon hearing this, Fu’er said excitedly, "So, Ancestor, is he really your disciple now?"

Jiangli’s response was also reluctant, "I suppose so, begrudgingly."

Fu’er couldn’t accept it and almost started throwing a tantrum, "No way, Ancestor, how, how could you take him as a disciple! It was one thing to lose out to Tianxuan, but how can I not be a match for such a baby now?"

At those words, Jiangli remembered something from the past.

Fu’er and Tianxuan had joined Jiaoyang Temple one after the other.

Back then, she hadn’t had any direct disciples under her name.

But she did have quite a few Outer Sect Disciples.

Fu’er and Tianxuan were both standout among those Outer Sect Disciples.

Although Jiangli had personally brought Tianxuan into the fold, she hadn’t declared him as her disciple at the time.

So the disciples were unaware of Jiangli’s intentions.

Fu’er had even competed with Tianxuan, hoping to leapfrog over him and become Jiangli’s direct disciple.

Obviously...

In the end, Jiangli chose Tianxuan.

Fu’er knew that his talent was no match for Tianxuan’s, he had lost fair and square.

But now, more than eight hundred years later, losing to Tianxuan was one thing.

And now he had lost to Xia Xin, this infant.

Fu’er was mentally shattered.

Jiangli hated it when people threw tantrums and exclaimed impatiently, "Enough, act your age; such a scene is shameful. I have an honored guest arriving soon; don’t scare them away. As for you and Xia Xin, don’t bother working out the generational seniority; it’s too complicated. Besides, you won’t be staying here long."

With those words, Jiangli stepped toward the side hall.

Approaching the entrance of the side hall, Jiangli paused, and as he pushed open the door, he instructed, "Xia Xin, go offer incense to our founding master."

"Sure thing!"

Xia Xin’s mood instantly lifted from its previous sullenness, and he happily agreed.

Strutting proudly, he hummed in Fu’er’s direction and scampered off toward the main hall.

Fu’er was quite upset.

However, even if Jiangli hadn’t said those words, he wouldn’t actually hold a grudge over a junior.

And now it was even more impossible.

As for the main hall...

He couldn’t go there at all.