Seeing the Captain like this caused Xu Qing to sigh.

“Why’d you have to go and eat so much?”

“I didn’t! You took most of it. You and your friends!” Inside, the Captain was grumbling, I wanted to eat it by myself, didn’t I? That’s a normal thing! Xu Qing, you treacherous thief! I can’t believe you caught on to me.

“Wait a second,” the Captain said, looking warily at Xu Qing. “You wanted to eat it by yourself, didn’t you?”

Xu Qing looked the Captain in the eyes and shook his head very seriously.

The Captain continued to eye Xu Qing suspiciously as Xu Qing helped him along.

“It’s all the fault of the old man and his ‘raising wolves’ philosophy. Where else in the world is there a Master who doesn’t give a bunch of resources to his apprentices, huh? Look at all the other mountain peaks! Whatever those apprentices want, their Masters get. But not us....” The Captain sighed.

Xu Qing didn’t say anything. He was already familiar with Master Seventh’s style. He would give his apprentices techniques, protective items, and even safe asylum. The only thing he didn’t give them were dao protectors and resources. On that front, his apprentices were on their own. That was the only way...