Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 836 Your Master Doesn't Want You Anymore
“I have let down your parents and the ancestors of Longhu Mountain.”

Zhang Zhiwei dramatically burst into tears, displaying his highly theatrical side, "You've ruined such a good child. Master, if you have any knowledge in heaven, please strike me down with lightning."

"Come on, stop pretending to be a coward." He Songling was not polite at all. "With your master being so weak, he can't even electrocute you, let alone use lightning magic. He couldn't even move you by pulling on a high-voltage power line."

"die!"

Zhang Lingyu really couldn't hold back anymore. It was one thing to catch my lover, another to mock me, and yet another to insult my master. I could barely tolerate that, but now he dares to curse my grandmaster. If I give you more time, will you even have to make up stories about Zhang Daoling selling hooks?
Anyway, this could be considered a special permission from his master, so the Yin Lightning struck He Songling.

He Songling pulled Xia He in front of him to act as a human shield.

Zhang Lingyu's black lightning immediately stopped.

"See? I told you so, she's having too much of an affair with the Quanxing demon." He Songling threw Xia He aside. To be honest, this little girl was really bouncy; she bounced twice after being thrown to the ground.

"You should be glad you're living in a good era. If this were seventy or eighty years ago, when that idiot Hu Tu from the Shuzi Sect was still around, and he dared to have an affair with the Quanxing demon, not to mention you, Zhang Lingyu, the entire Celestial Master's Mansion would have been branded as a heretical sect."

“Hmm, given that guy’s character, it’s quite possible.” Zhang Zhiwei also curled his lips. Although he didn’t attend that alliance meeting, Zhang Zhiwei had seen clearly how his junior brother Zhang Huaiyi was hunted down, how his reputation was ruined, and even how his own master couldn’t protect his decision in public.

Zhang Lingyu was terrified by the conversation between his master and his companion. He thought to himself, "Is this really my master? Although he's usually a bit unconventional, he's always been careful with his words. He's not like this today, speaking so recklessly."

Could it be that Master has also been controlled by him?
An uncontrollable, rebellious thought arose in Zhang Lingyu's mind.

"You traitorous disciple!"

Zhang Zhiwei punched Zhang Lingyu, sending her slamming into the ground. The hole he had made earlier overlapped with the one Xia He had created, which could be considered an indirect kiss.

"Master," Zhang Lingyu cried out, feeling wronged, "Why did you suddenly hit me?"

"Although I don't know what you're thinking, I can tell from your eyes that you're thinking about something very offensive." Zhang Zhiwei snorted twice and said, "Do you think I've lived these past hundred years for nothing? A young man in his twenties like you has no secrets from me!"

"Is that so?" He Songling sneered again from the side, "Then do you know that the little Taoist boy serving Tian Jinzhong is Gong Qing, the acting leader of Quanxing Sect?"

"What did you say?!" the Celestial Master and his disciples exclaimed in unison.

“Xiao Yuzi, is he the acting leader of Quanxing?” Zhang Lingyu shook his head: “Impossible. Xiao Yuzi has been on the mountain for three and a half years. Would the acting leader of Quanxing, who has so much free time, come to Longhu Mountain to infiltrate for more than three years? Then who in Quanxing can still respect him?”

“I’m telling you, your Celestial Master’s Mansion isn’t some boarding school for the four provinces. People can do whatever they want after work, okay?” He Songling said disdainfully. “They only work eight hours a day. What do they do for the remaining sixteen hours? Do you know? Did you follow him down the mountain?”

"Ah...ah, I..." Zhang Lingyu was speechless again.

“You’re ruined, this kid is completely ruined. You can’t even argue back, what else can you do? If you run into that idiot Hu Tu, I reckon he could drive you to suicide in just a couple of sentences.” Zhang Zhiwei shook his head and sighed repeatedly. “Alright, Lingyu, since you won’t choose my first option, then you can only choose the second one.”

"What is it?" Zhang Lingyu had a vague sense of unease. "You have colluded with the Quanxing heretics, betrayed your sect, and betrayed the righteous path. You are expelled from the Celestial Master's Mansion. Tomorrow I will announce this decision to the world and remove your name from the Longhu Mountain official website."

Zhang Zhiwei looked down at Zhang Lingyu, who was lying on the ground, his small eyes flashing with a cold, inhuman light: "From now on, you are no longer my disciple."

"Master, Master!" Only then did Zhang Lingyu realize what it truly meant to be struck by lightning.

Regret, self-blame, fear, anger—a mix of emotions swirled in his heart.

"Hehehe, your~master~doesn't~want~you~ anymore~" He Songling, like a wicked adult teasing a child, suddenly appeared from the side and whispered devilishly in Zhang Lingyu's ear, "From now on, you're no longer a member of the Celestial Master's Mansion~"

"I...you...how could someone like you exist!"

Zhang Lingyu was too kind-hearted. Even at this point, he didn't hold a grudge against anyone. All his negative emotions were directed at himself for "making a mistake that any man would make."

He admitted that he had indeed had an affair with the Quanxing demon, and not just an ordinary affair. It was only right that his master expelled him from the sect and removed him from the family genealogy.

“Let’s go. Since the old master doesn’t want you anymore, you’ll be my disciple from now on.” He Songling picked up Xia He and Zhang Lingyu, and grinned at Zhang Zhiwei: “Old Zhang, see? What did I tell you? He’s sure to do it this way.”

"Alright, you decide what to do. This kid..." Zhang Zhiwei still thought highly of Zhang Lingyu, otherwise he wouldn't have defied the world and forcibly reopened the school to take him as a disciple when he was over ninety years old.

Let alone the Celestial Master, even back in the day, when Master Ma, who performed crosstalk, wanted to open his school and take on more apprentices, he couldn't because his disciples and grand-disciples objected. And their reasons were quite valid; many of them had already become grandmasters, and if you suddenly put someone younger than their grand-disciples above them, they wouldn't be able to handle it.

But Zhang Zhiwei still did it anyway, which shows his expectations for Zhang Lingyu.

It's a pity; it seems that simply keeping him by my side on the mountain isn't enough to teach him properly. Especially with his stubborn personality, I can't change it myself. Perfect, let him be the most shameless person in his knowledge to teach Zhang Lingyu a lesson.

Even if he'd been corrupted, Zhang Zhiwei was confident that no matter how badly Zhang Lingyu was influenced by He Songling, he'd only become as bad as Zhang Chulan. He had his limits.

"Let's go." With a flash of lightning, Zhang Zhiwei's figure disappeared from the spot.

He Songling caught up from behind and pressed down on his shoulder. He knew what Zhang Zhiwei was anxious about. Although Tian Jinzhong's limbs were intact in this life, he was still just an ordinary superhuman and couldn't withstand an ambush or encirclement. Now that it was confirmed that the acting leader of Quanxing was after Tian Jinzhong, then he must be in the most danger.

"Hey buddy, what era are we living in? Why do we still need to run?" With that, he opened the Anywhere Door of the Time Chamber and, based on the aura, teleported directly to where Tian Jinzhong was.

"Wow, this is quite lively."

As He Songling led Zhang Zhiwei out of the door, they were greeted by a spectacular display of special effects.

(End of this chapter)