The Years I Was Raised Like a Beast by My Master

Xiao Shengduan is Yue Rushuang, the Frostsword Immortal Venerable's, only disciple. Everyone envies his good fortune, but only Xiao Shengduan knows what Yue Rushuang is like in private.

"Your form is wrong. Again."

"Your sword is an inch off. Again."

"You're half a quarter-hour late today. An extra hour of practice."

Instead of the affection everyone imagines, Yue Rushuang treats him with near-cruel strictness!

After one particularly grueling training session, Xiao Shengduan finally snapped.

The young disciple's hands trembled around his sword hilt. He angrily wiped away the tears welling in his eyes and choked out, "You're not fit to be a master. All you do is abuse me!"

Abuse?

Yue Rushuang narrowed his phoenix eyes. Silently, he drew his natal sword and used its chilly blade to lift his young disciple's chin.

He was pleased to see Xiao Shengduan's trembling hand pause for a moment, then his whole body start to shake.

"I wasn't aware of that."

He'd thought a little scare would be enough, but Xiao Shengduan was so furious his whole face turned red, and he sobbed as he complained.

"Waaah, it is abuse! We get up at sunrise and go to bed at midnight. That's the schedule of beasts, not people!"

Yue Rushuang remained unmoved. He lifted his disciple's chin higher, revealing his tear-streaked face, and said cruelly, "Fine. Since you feel that way, from now on your name will be Xiao Chusheng."

Xiao Shengduan's sobbing stopped. He stuck out his neck and turned away. "I don't want that!"

He wasn't fooled. Xiao Chusheng was just another way of calling him a little beast!

It turned out that nobility and aloofness were just the image people had of Yue Rushuang. His real defining traits were ruthlessness and cruelty!

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Yue Rushuang had a very long dream. In it, after his death, his only disciple was mistreated by the immortal sects. To protect his master's belongings, Xiao Shengduan took his own life and died a tragic death.

"Master, I'm sorry. I... couldn't protect your things."

After hearing those words, Yue Rushuang watched his young disciple die. The dream felt so real that he almost believed it.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw Xiao Shengduan, whom he had just taken on as his disciple.

The bright-eyed young boy hadn't yet learned to teleport. When he saw Yue Rushuang emerge from seclusion, he excitedly ran over and bowed. "Master, you're out of seclusion!"

Young, spirited, and full of life, he was nothing like the desperate person in the dream.

Yue Rushuang sighed. Whether the dream was real or not, he had to step up Xiao Shengduan's training so he could at least protect himself in the future.

But the child was far too delicate. Before even a tenth of the training plan had been carried out, he dared to accuse Yue Rushuang of being unfit to teach.

Yue Rushuang laughed in anger. This child needed a good beating to learn his lesson.

[Detailed content warnings are in the author's note of Chapter One.]

#The character design card was drawn by the reader "A Tasty Little Mushroom." It's super cute!

Theme: Work hard to change your own fate.