Lan Zun looked at Murong Xue with a helpless face.

"What are you waiting for? Come on!" Murong Xue found the tea very delicious, so she poured herself another cup after she saw Lan Zun do nothing and urged him.

Lan Zun's face darkened and threatening words came out through his gritted teeth. "I think it's necessary to teach you how to respect your teacher now."

Murong Xue took a moment before she answered with a flattering face, "Oh, Master, I know I keep saying these, but I'm really just kidding." However, Lan Zun found her irritating grin only more uncomfortable with her creepy face.

Lan Zun cast a spell to freeze Murong Xue and she turned into a quiet sculpture at once. Once Lan Zun got rid of Murong Xue's annoying noise and now that she was unable to do anything, he felt relieved and peaceful. "I'll go and check on Feng Ziling as you asked. You wait here."

Murong Xue cursed her mentor again and again quietly.

Murong Xue realized that she had to dial it down in the future after her unbridled behavior caused her trouble. She could not move now and it made her feel horrible. The uncomfortable feeling made her determined to cultivate hard to get back at Lan Zun one day. Thinking of freezing her mentor, Murong Xue forgot how she wanted to keep her head down just now and began to grind her teeth in her mind.

"Mr. Lan Zun, I achieved purple-level within one week as you asked. Can I be your student now?" Feng Ziling asked when he saw Lan Zun walk out.

"Good. You have potential." Lan Zun was satisfied with Feng Ziling's attitude, which he thought was something his students were supposed to have. Thinking of cheeky Murong Xue, Lan Zun only felt she deserved it. "Come with me," he said to Feng Ziling.

Feng Ziling tagged along at Lan Zun's heels. Despite Lan Zun's company, he could still feel the bamboo forests' desire to kill, so he remained solemn and respectful, which was completely different from Murong Xue's casual manner.

Lan Zun returned to the bamboo house and saw Murong Xue still standing on one foot, a chuckle flashing in his eyes. Then he put on his poker face again before anyone could notice his smile. Sitting in the chair, he ignored Murong Xue's vicious eyes and felt cheerful.

Feng Ziling paused for a moment when he saw Mu Tian, but he came to himself very soon. According to the rules of the world of ascension, he had to serve his mentor tea now. Mu Tian had no wounds and his breathing was calm, so Feng Ziling guessed Mr. Lan Zun just wanted to make Mu Tian learn from his naughty behaviors.

It was not difficult to halt others, but one could be halted only when the other one was at least two levels higher than him. If the two were both at purple-level, it would not work. Moreover, the halting spell would not last long, and to cast such a spell was troublesome, both of which refrained many people from using it.

To cast a halting spell, people needed to pronounce the magic words, which was not always successful. Opponents probably swooped in when one was trying the spell, so trying to halt others was not cost-effective.

Few could cast a halting spell in an instant like Lan Zun.

Feng Ziling only saw a teacup on the table in Mr. Lan Zun's house, so he thought naturally the teacup belonged to Mr. Lan Zun. Then he poured another cup of tea and got down on his knees in front of Lan Zun, straightening up. "Master, please have some tea."

Lan Zun took over the teacup and wanted to drink it when he saw Murong Xue's strange eyes, which reminded him of her drinking from his cup before. He found it hard to swallow now.

At the same time, Feng Ziling stared at Lan Zun with hopeful eyes and his hesitation made Feng Ziling doubt if he regretted his decision.

Lan Zun struggled to swallow down the tea after quite a while.

The moment he looked up, he saw amusement in Murong Xue's eyes. She was saying with her eyes, "I used your teacup, but you still drank it, ha-ha."

"On your feet. From now on, you are my senior disciple," said Lan Zun flatly.

"Yes, Master." Feng Ziling rose up and stood aside obediently.

A book appeared in Lan Zun's hands from nowhere. He handed it to Feng Ziling and said, "No matter what cultivation method you have been trying, follow the method in this book now. It can help you become a god one day. Since you two are my students, you can't be restricted to the Fengyun Continent."

"I won't disappoint you, Master," answered Feng Ziling firmly, holding the cultivation method.

"Good." Then Lan Zun squinted at Murong Xue and felt that she did her time, so he removed the halting spell with a wave of his hand.

"Master, it's unfair. Feng Ziling got the cultivation method, but I got nothing." Murong Xue was unhappy. She was the first one to ask her mentor for a gift, but she only received a useless hairpin.

Lan Zun cast a look at her and backfired, "You didn't serve me tea."

Murong Xue did not know the rules before. Now, she heard what Lan Zun said and poured another cup of tea, handing it over respectfully. "Here you are. Drink it."

Standing aside, Feng Ziling was having a hard time covering his shock. He did not expect Mu Tian to be so bold in front of honorable Mr. Lan Zun. He was shocked not only by Mu Tian's attitude but also by the fact that Mu Tian had not served tea yet.

Lan Zun refused with a sneer. "No."

With her mind going blank, Murong Xue almost dropped the teacup. "Why?"

Lan Zun sat in the chair leisurely and took out a book to read attentively. "Nothing. I don't want to be your mentor now."

Murong Xue put the teacup on the table with a bang. "Are you kidding me? You wanted me to be your student first."

"I find you too slow-witted to be trained, so I'd better give up now," said Lan Zun without looking up from his book.

Murong Xue hurried forward and snatched the book from Lan Zun's hands, throwing it away. Then she said spitefully, "It's for the best. I don't want you to be my mentor anyway. You are not helping."

Lan Zun felt a twitch in his face. It was true that he had not planned to take Murong Xue on as his student. He only became her mentor to keep her around him, so he did not ask her to go through the procedures or serve him tea. He did not want the mentorship to be real.

However, when Lan Zun heard what Murong Xue said, it still hurt.

Seeing his mentor's dark face, Feng Ziling feared that Mu Tian would be punished again, so he walked over to cover Mu Tian's mouth with his hand and keep his head down. "Master, Mu Tian is not being serious. He admires you and praises you all the time."

"Oh, what does he say about me?" asked Lan Zun coldly while he watched Murong Xue struggling.

"He always says you are the one he admires the most. You are handsome and charming and you have achieved so much in cultivation. He adores you." Feng Ziling was lying through his teeth.

"Handsome and charming, how could he tell that?" asked Lan Zun.

Feng Ziling was brought up short when he saw his mentor's mask that covered his whole face.

At this moment, Murong Xue broke free from Feng Ziling and took this opportunity to laugh at him. "Ha-ha, good flattery!"

Feng Ziling gave Mu Tian a cold glare. He did these for Mu Tian's sake, but Mu Tian rewarded him with sarcastic remarks.

Lan Zun waved them off with a miserable look. "You two go and cultivate now. Mu Tian, you follow your current cultivation method because it's different from others. You'll understand what I mean one day."

Murong Xue saw Lan Zun's pale face and felt guilty. "Master, are you okay?"

Lan Zun saw her worried look and felt happy that at least she had some conscience. "I'm fine."

"Really?" Murong Xue did not give up.

Lan Zun felt speechless since he only felt uncomfortable because of her. He gave her an irritated look.

"Ha-ha," Murong Xue said with a grin, "I just want to enliven the atmosphere."

"Then we'll enter the Space now," Murong Xue asked carefully when Lan Zun seemed to be very unapproachable now.

Lan Zun did not bother to look up. He just dismissed them with a wave of the hand.

After a while, Murong Xue and Feng Ziling entered the Space. With such an ideal place to cultivate, they would be foolish if they chose somewhere else.

Lan Zun raised a bitter smile after his students left. He feared that he was unable to refrain from approaching her as time went by.

If Mu Ruoyu had been on the Shenlong Continent now, some people would have made a move now. Therefore, Lan Zun knew he had to do something and prepare in advance.

In an instant, Lan Zun disappeared from the bamboo house.

"Ziling, you find a place here to cultivate while I go to the waterfall," Murong Xue told Feng Ziling. After two steps, she seemed to think of something and turned to ask him, "By the way, where is your sister? We should also let her in."

"She is busy doing something these days. I'll ask her later." Feng Ziling recalled that his sister confessed that she liked Mu Tian the other day.

After that, he was unwilling to let his sister meet Mu Tian, but he did not know why.

Murong Xue did not think too much about it. She just nodded and entered the waterfall. She believed what her mentor said before and she was teasing him to help him relax because Lan Zun had been preoccupied after she woke up. She was not interested in that cultivation method.

More importantly, she had the feeling that Phoenix Soaring was specially made for her, which was in great harmony with her soul.