Bound by Pain, Freed by Vengeance Chapter 69

In his previous life, Gu Xing also discovered the whereabouts of his junior apprentice Bai Lian when he was in Juesheng Temple, so he hurriedly brought Bai Lian to his side and took good care of him. After he found that he could not persuade Bai Lian to return to the valley to accompany his master, Gu Xing could only send a pigeon letter to his master, saying that Bai Lian's escape was because he took his junior apprentice out of the valley to see the world.

Gu Guizi actually understood what was going on, but seeing Gu Xing defending Bai Lian, he stopped chasing him and just said in his reply: "If you don't go out to fight, you are not worthy of being Gu Guizi's disciple."

Gu Guizi has always had an unwritten rule that before he gives the nod that his apprentice is ready to go out, his apprentice cannot walk around in the world under the name of his disciple, because his nod means that he thinks his apprentice is not yet independent. Letting a person who is unable to be independent to create his own life in the world is bound to cause trouble, and Gu Guizi can't afford to lose face.

However, even so, Gu Xing had never heard Gu Guizi say something like "You are not my apprentice".

In other words, Bai Lian's sneaking away this time really angered Gu Guizi. Bai Lian was not Gu Guizi's apprentice because he valued his talent. He was just the son of an old friend of his. Because the old friend's family was tragically murdered, the couple and their son and daughter-in-law all died, so Bai Lian, the grandson, was brought to Gu Guizi's side to be raised.