Chapter 25

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Regarding the strength of Guo Jing and Qiao Feng's Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, this can only be speculated by future generations.

However, at this moment, the strength Guo Jing displayed was enough to shock everyone.

Zhao Hao's gaze was deep, constantly calculating the strength comparison between himself and Guo Jing, until Guo Jing left the Chongyang Palace.

"Let's go, we'll go see that little brat." Seeing Guo Jing leave, Zhao Hao did not follow.

"Aren't you going to check it out?" Li Mochou asked curiously.

"Since Guo Jing has come, what else is there to see? Even ten Helu combined wouldn't be a match for Guo Jing." Zhao Hao said.

"Don't you plan to keep Helu here?" Li Mochou asked.

Helu held a certain status in Mongolia, and given Zhao Hao's current position, it was not surprising that he would take action against Helu.

"His head will remain on his neck for now. When I need it, I will come to take it." Zhao Hao said calmly.

Helu was just one person, and killing him would not be difficult for Zhao Hao.

By the time Zhao Hao and Li Mochou found Yang Guo, Lu Qingdu, a disciple of Zhao Zhijing, had already started beating him.

"Guo Jing brought this little boy to Chongyang Palace to learn martial arts, but he injured so many Quanzhen disciples. The Seven Quanzhen and Guo Jing have a deep friendship, so the Quanzhen disciples naturally dare not show any disrespect to Guo Jing. This little boy will likely face many hardships from now on. If Guo Jing were smart, he would take him away. However, there seems to be some enmity between Guo Jing and this little boy." Li Mochou thought of how Yang Guo had told Guo Jing that he and Huang Rong had killed his father at the foot of the mountain.

If that were the case, it was hard to rule out the possibility that Guo Jing was deliberately acting this way to make Yang Guo suffer in the future.

If that were true, Guo Jing's cunning would be truly terrifying. Li Mochou narrowed her eyes.

Zhao Hao smiled lightly. This kind of human nature and worldly affairs, Li Mochou could understand, and even ordinary people could see through it. However, Guo Jing either did not understand, or he was pretending not to understand.

The reason behind this, Zhao Hao found very interesting.

"Do you think Guo Jing will leave this little boy in the Quanzhen Sect after this?" Zhao Hao asked.

"It's hard to say. It depends on whether Guo Jing truly cares for this little boy." Li Mochou said.

"Do you remember Zhao Zhijing, who was humiliated by Guo Jing's palm strike?" Zhao Hao asked.

Li Mochou nodded. Zhao Zhijing had gathered ninety-eight Quanzhen disciples to form the Big Dipper Formation and used the move "Seven Stars Facing the Moon," which, although it did not defeat Guo Jing, Li Mochou admitted that she might not have been able to withstand that strike.

"If Guo Jing hands Yang Guo over to Zhao Zhijing and makes him Zhao Zhijing's disciple, what would you think?" Zhao Hao asked.

"If that were the case, it would be pushing this little boy to his death." Li Mochou said decisively.

The reality once again matched Zhao Hao's prediction.

Guo Jing turned the tide, repelling Helu and his group. The Seven Quanzhen were grateful to Guo Jing, and when he proposed that Yang Guo join the Quanzhen Sect, the Seven Quanzhen naturally agreed.

Yang Guo was too young, and since his father, Yang Kang, had once been a disciple of the Seven Quanzhen's Changchun Zhenren Qiu Chuji, Yang Guo could only become a disciple of the next generation of the Seven Quanzhen.

Among the third-generation disciples of the Quanzhen Sect, Zhao Zhijing, who had just suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Guo Jing, was the leader.

As Guo Jing's junior, the Quanzhen Sect naturally wanted to find the best master for Yang Guo, and among the third-generation disciples, Zhao Zhijing was the obvious choice.

"Brother Zhao, I entrust Yang Guo to you today. Please teach him strictly in the future, without any reservations. I thank you in advance." Guo Jing said.

Zhao Zhijing did not dare to be negligent and bowed, saying, "Please rest assured, Master Guo. I will do my best to discipline this child."

Seeing the amiable conversation between Guo Jing and Zhao Zhijing in the Chongyang Palace, Li Mochou, who was secretly observing, felt a chill.

"Guo Jing's cunning and ruthlessness are truly profound. Indeed, hearing is not as good as seeing. This renowned hero in the martial world is even more ruthless than I am." Li Mochou said with a cold laugh.

She directly regarded Guo Jing as a hypocrite.

In fact, Guo Jing's actions today were indeed pushing Yang Guo into a fire pit.

Guo Jing's behavior could be described as "killing without spilling blood."

As an observer who saw everything, Li Mochou naturally scoffed at this.

This kind of hero, who kills without spilling blood, has less blood on his hands than she, the "Crimson Fairy," but his despicable and dark side is not much less.

Guo Jing took his leave, and Yang Guo could not help but shed tears of farewell.

For Yang Guo, who had grown up in hardship, Guo Jing, to some extent, had replaced the role of his father, who had disappeared from his life at a young age.

So he could not bear to part.

Guo Jing wiped away Yang Guo's tears and said gently, "Guo'er, follow your master and learn well. I will come to pick you up after some time."

"If Guo Jing doesn't come back to Chongyang Palace within five years, I'll change my surname to his." Li Mochou said with a cold laugh.

With her negative view of Guo Jing, she naturally found everything about him disagreeable.

However, Zhao Hao did not refute Li Mochou's statement.

In this matter, Guo Jing indeed did not act honorably.

Because Guo Jing did not return after he left.

He was gone for more than five years.

Yang Guo's father, Yang Kang, was Guo Jing's sworn brother. Although Yang Kang's death was his own fault, Huang Rong was also partly responsible.

Guo Jing repeatedly said he would treat Yang Guo like his own child, but this time, he left the child in the unfamiliar Quanzhen Sect for over a decade.

During this period, he neither inquired nor cared, as if Yang Guo did not exist.

This behavior, while not wrong, certainly did not earn him praise.

Guo Jing's life was dedicated to the country and the people, and he was worthy of the majority of the world.

But there were two people he definitely owed.

One was Huang Rong, and the other was Yang Guo.

In these two people, he gained much but gave little.

Guo Jing did not return, and when his figure disappeared, Zhao Zhijing and Qiu Chuji's expressions immediately changed.

"Without rules, there can be no order. How can you control yourself, child? Zhijing, you must discipline him well and not take it lightly. Otherwise, bad habits will be hard to break and will harm him for life." Qiu Chuji said sternly.

"Please rest assured, Uncle. I will do my best to discipline him." Zhao Zhijing said this without the smile he had shown to Guo Jing.

Yang Guo did not yet know what kind of life awaited him.

"This little boy is in for trouble." Li Mochou said.

Zhao Hao nodded silently.

Guo Jing, are you really foolish, or are you pretending to be foolish?

Is it wisdom disguised as foolishness? Loyalty disguised as treachery? Or are you truly naive and unaware of human nature?