"You want to ask how do I know, right?" Ye Jiao smiled. Her eyes flashed momentarily with sadness and grieve. "It's because I have seen the same gaze on myself over and over again in the past."

Ah.

Wei Liao recalled how they used to treat Ye Jiao in the past. It wouldn't be weird for the girl to start bearing hatred to them because of their action. This kind of gaze, filled with concealed hatred was nothing new to her. It was extremely common for her to see this kind of gaze. 

"I see."

"Why do you hate her?"

"Because she uses me," Wei Liao replied right away. "Maybe it's just my foolishness to follow after her order like a servant, but I just want to have someone to rely on. With my low talent and low birth, I know that I didn't have much worth. I can only survive by latching onto someone powerful."

And the one who has the highest prospect was Wei Mi or the other two. Since the other two were older than him, he could only get close to Wei Mi by doing everything she told him to do. But his action was never reciprocated. She treated him worse than dirt and never cared for him at all.

It was all just a waste of time for him to follow after that girl around all these years.

He knew that he wouldn't be able to have good prospects because of his talent, but he didn't expect that even his sister would treat him that way. He truly misjudged that person. 

"People don't treasure things that they get without any effort," Ye Jiao shrugged. "Besides, she's just an ungrateful brat."

"Yeah. I agree," Wei Liao replied. He looked at Ye Jiao. "You're already living well with enough food every single day. There shouldn't be any need for you to come here again, right?"

"They have a debt of blood and obviously, I'll ask them to pay with blood too,'' Ye Jiao smiled mirthlessly. 

Wei Liao knew that it would surely be a bloodbath in Wei Family in the future. With Ye Jiao still alive and kicking, there would be a way for her to reclaim back what she had lost to them. He looked down to his condition.

"I'm nothing but a trash, but you still want to help me?"

"Naturally, I have a way to use you," Ye Jiao replied. "The question would be, would you let yourself be used by me?"

Looking at the girl younger than him, Wei Liao was not entirely sure. However, he didn't have anything left for him in the Wei Family Residence anymore. Waiting for another five or six years to form his core again and built his strength afterwards would be extremely painful. He was not even sure that they would wait that long before they disposed him.

After all, Wei Mi would soon become powerful.

"Are you going to force to absorb other people's core too?" Wei Liao suddenly asked.

Ye Jiao was surprised to hear that Wei Liao knew that method. There were three methods to recover one's core after losing it. The last one was to absorb other people's core to make their core's rank higher. It was a cruel method with a low success rate, but it would directly allow someone to have higher talent.

"You can't absorb other people's core unless you have already formed your own core by yourself first," Ye Jiao replied. She recalled that this was not the usual method to recover one's core, but more like to advance faster.

"What?"

"You still have to form one by yourself before you can absorb other people's core. If it's taking other people's core directly, you'll only limit yourself to the previous rank that you have reached before."

Wei Liao's eyes widened when he listened to Ye Jiao's explanation. He looked back at her for a moment. "Are you the one who leaked out to Su Lian that one can take other people's core?"

"I am."

"I see," no wonder that it seemed weird that the foolish woman suddenly knew so much. He looked at Ye Jiao. "What do you have in plan for me?"

"You'll know later."

"I guess, it can't be helped, huh?" Slowly, Wei Liao stood up from his position. His legs trembled because of his lack of strength, but it turned firm after a while. He looked at Ye Jiao for a moment before kowtowing in front of her.

"I, Wei Liao, swear on my name and blood in front of the Heaven that I'll follow my one and only master, Ye Jiao, until the very end. I'll obey every instruction she gives me and stays as her servant forever and stays true to her in every word I say. If she orders me to go to h.e.l.l, I'll gladly do so. If she orders me to kill my life, I'll offer my life to her. If I fail to do so, may I die in the most miserable way possible. Heaven shall be my witness that today, I, Wei Liao, pledge my loyalty and give my life to Ye Jiao."

The moment Wei Liao finished saying his oath, the wind moved as if responding to his oath. Ye Jiao could faintly feel a link was formed inside her mind, linking Wei Liao's thoughts directly to her. Her eyes showed traces of surprise as she looked at the young man before her.

His decisiveness was something she didn't expect.

"I never ask you to give your pledge to me."

"If I stay in Wei Family Residence, I'll die sooner or later," Wei Liao replied. "You're not the first person who approaches me telling me that I can grow stronger faster using some methods. She wants to use me, you want to use me, so I'll just decide my path by myself."

He knew that sooner or later he would be forced into submission. At the very least, he wanted to be the one to pick his master and pledge his loyalty to that person. The pledge he gave would bind him to stay loyal to Ye Jiao forever, but he didn't mind it at all. She should be someone better than those at Wei Family.

He wanted to believe that.

He didn't even understand why he had this conviction, but he just decided to believe it for this might be his chance to get out of the family.

Staying in that family and forced to submit to them taught him the meaning of the word 'desperate.' The helplessness he experienced might not be as much as what other people such as Ye Jiao experienced. But for him, it was extremely unbearable and painful. He wished it to end.

"There's someone else?" Ye Jiao arched her eyebrows. "I thought you only ask that question because of Su Lian."

"No, it's not her. Wei Family Third Young Miss is also a peculiar lady," Wei Liao looked at Ye Jiao. "She's also a trash because her talent is green in color or rank C. However, she seems to be rather off for me."

"is she the one who tells you that you can absorb other people's core?"

"Yes. She tells me that if I take other people's core and combine it with others, I'll be able to have higher talent. She has tried to ask me a few times, but I never comply with her," Wei Liao answered truthfully.

Ye Jiao nodded her head. She had heard of this Third Young Miss of Wei Family a few times, but she had never seen that person. It was said that the girl was beautiful but because she has lower talent, no one cared for her in the slightest. Just like her before, this young lady was also bullied in Wei Family Residence.

"She sounds quite interesting."

Wei Liao's face changed a bit. "Master, I advise you to be careful around her. She's not a normal person."

"I'll be careful. Now, you should follow after me. It'll do you no good to stay in Wei Family Residence continuously."

"Yes, Master."

"Let me take a look at you," Ye Jiao pulled Wei Liao closer and used her Eon Energy to cover up the boy's body and inspected his wounds. They didn't seem to be life threatening.

Wei Liao's body stiffened when he sensed the familiar warm energy. His eyes bulged out as he knew that it was Eon Energy, but they seemed to come from Ye Jiao. They came from this young girl in front of him, right?

Hahaha, his eyes must be playing tricks on him. There was no way that an 11 years old girl can become Eon Energy Master rank 2 or above….

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"It's just, Master is this yours?" Lu Wan pointed to the Eon Energy around him.

"Oh yeah," Ye Jiao nodded her head nonchalantly. "I forgot to tell you, I'm Eon Energy Master rank 2."

Hearing that, Lu Wan felt his mind went blank. Eon Energy Master rank 2 at the age of 11… yep, his common sense had fallen through.