Does anyone actually Believes That My Master Is A Mortal?

Outside the mountain ranges.

When Chu Yuan heard that Taotie's only wish was to consume an endless amount of food, he couldn't help but cry and laugh at the same time.

He casually replied.

"Of course, that's possible."

Chu Yuan's response exhilarated Taotie.

"Then I want to take you, Demon Saint, as my master!"

Taotie knelt again on the ground, speaking these words earnestly.

"Great!"

Chu Yuan said repeatedly and reached out a hand to help Taotie to his feet.

And just like that, he officially took Taotie as his disciple.

As for why Taotie always maintained his original form, Chu Yuan was too lazy to ask.

After he had Taotie say farewell to his fellow Iron-Eater Tribe members,

Chu Yuan led the main group ahead to the clouds, to give Taotie his own space for goodbyes.

...

Beneath the mountain ranges,

Taotie was at this very moment surrounded by a group of Iron-Eating Beasts.

All of them were incredibly excited.

Taotie had become a disciple of the Demon Saint.

This also meant that they were clinging to the coattails of the Demon Saint.

The future was limitless for the Iron-Eater Tribe!

After a conversation with his fellow tribespeople,

Taotie then approached his father, Tao Shan.

Tao Shan looked at his son with satisfaction and admiration in his eyes.

He had never expected that out of all his sons,

the most outstanding one would be him.

The one clinging to the Demon Saint's coattails.

"Son, come closer, I want to explain how you should avoid certain taboos..."

Tao Shan was just about to impart some wisdom to his son.

But before he could start,

he was interrupted by Taotie.

"Uh, maybe you should keep it short, I have to go see my master now, and I wouldn't want to be late and have him misunderstand anything," said Taotie.

Taotie patted his behind, putting on a simple-minded look, and was ready to leave.

"What? Speak clearly, son!"

Tao Shan, bewildered, called out to Taotie.

"I wouldn't want my master to misunderstand. A master is like a father, and if he knew I was calling you father, he might get upset, so better keep it short," Taotie said, glancing back.

Tao Shan: "?"

Are you asking for a spanking?

Is it three days since you were last beaten so you're up to mischief again??

Tao Shan's face darkened completely.

His body trembled.

If it weren't for the fact that Taotie was now Chu Yuan's disciple, he would have already taken action.

Unfilial child!

Truly an unfilial child!!

Tao Shan still wanted to say something.

But before he could speak,

Taotie spoke first.

"Alright, stingy dad, no more talk, you never let me eat my fill. I'm going to find my master now, but I'll come back to visit when I can," Taotie said naively.

After saying this,

he turned and left, flying in Chu Yuan's direction.

Left behind, Tao Shan paused for a moment, then revealed a smile, turned around, and with many Iron-Eater Tribe members, watched as the Demon Saint's entourage departed.

...

Meanwhile,

Inside the Dragon Carriage of the Demon Saint's entourage,

Chu Yuan was looking at the round object in front of him, unable to hold back his question.

"Taotie, is it that your cultivation level isn't high enough? Why don't you want to shapeshift and insist on keeping your original form?"

Chu Yuan asked softly.

"Respected Master, I don't like using a Dao body. I much prefer my original form."

Taotie's tone had an honest simplicity to it, inadvertently making one lower their guard.

Chu Yuan felt the same way.

Upon hearing this,

Chu Yuan nodded slightly and said no more.

He planned to trick the Iron-Eating Beast a bit, then take it to the teaching mode and let the teaching mode help him in teaching it to failure.

As for him teaching it to failure himself?

He thought better of it, as his various experiences had told him.

He really couldn't teach, it was better to leave it to the teaching mode.

"Taotie, let me ask you, how is your cultivation progressing now?"

Chu Yuan casually asked.

"Respected Master, I am currently in the Tribulation Transcending Realm, my Dao Fruit is the True Immortal Dao Fruit, and my cultivation method is..."

Taotie lifted his black-rimmed little eyes, glanced at his own Respected Master, and began to ramble on.

He talked and talked.

But the things he said.

They confused Chu Yuan quite a bit.

Separated, he could understand every word.

But put together, it was like he was reading a heavenly book...

All hazy, he couldn't make head or tail of it.

Chu Yuan fell into thought.

After pondering for a while,

he still decided to bring out the teaching mode.

He really didn't get all this stuff.

He couldn't even understand what the other was saying.

"Alright, let's stop here for now, next, I'll take you to a secret space to impart knowledge, don't panic, understand?"

Chu Yuan said.

"Ah? Oh, okay, Respected Master."

Taotie paused blankly, then nodded in response.

Seeing this,

Chu Yuan immediately activated the teaching mode.

He didn't hold back at all.

After he opened the teaching mode,

a bright blue screen flickered into existence.

[Opening teaching mode]

[Teaching mode opened successfully, generating Simulated Space]

[Simulated Space generated successfully, does the host wish to enter the Simulated Space or opt for projection viewing?]

While these notifications popped up,

Taotie had already been sucked into the Simulated Space.

Only Chu Yuan was left inside the Dragon Carriage.

He thought for a moment, then decided to use the projection view. There was no need to enter the Simulated Space.

Chu Yuan thought it over and opened the projection mode.

Suddenly, an image appeared before Chu Yuan.

"Damn..."

Chu Yuan was stunned by what he saw in the projection.

In his view, the projection on the screen wasn't of clouds and seas like last time.

Instead, it was a pitch-black space, where wind, fire, thunder, and lightning rampaged without cease, an utterly terrifying sight.

Upon seeing this space,

Chu Yuan's eyes widened slightly.

This was...

He suddenly had some understanding of what the System intended to do.

It couldn't be that the System wanted to reenact some Pangu creating the world scenario.

And use it to hoodwink this disciple, right?

This method was good.

It certainly would be persuasive.

But it required setting the scene, creating a vastly different environment to fool and trick the disciple.

Obviously, Chu Yuan had no power to set up such scenes.

He played his Invincible State in various ways; he could fight, defend, summon, but had yet to invent a power for scene setting.

"This System is getting more and more interesting."

"If Hundun has appeared, maybe there'll be Pangu creating the world next. It's a pity I didn't go over there, or I could witness it firsthand."

Chu Yuan marveled to himself,

silently praising the teaching mode.

As expected of a professional teaching mode, starting off like this.

This time Taotie will definitely be screwed.

If not, it'd be completely unreasonable.

Chu Yuan waited patiently, eager to see how the teaching mode would proceed with its teaching...