The ten Daoist Sect falcons had already arrived at the Spring and Autumn Mountain region as the sun set.
Junior Martial Uncle Jiang Zhi, who had been "clearing the way" in front, reappeared before the Daoist disciples.
Along with him ca a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar.
He held a folding fan, and despite the cold terrain here, he continued fanning himself relentlessly.
Jiang Zhi brought Cheng Yuyan, the Ninth Realm loose cultivator, back, indeed it was unnecessary to pave the way alone in front.
If soone dared to jump out without foresight, they’d only face a dead end.
Cheng the Scholar, upon landing on the falcon, promptly began to greet everyone.
"Daoist Nangong, Daoist Chu, it’s been too long."
He then looked at Chu Yinyin and congratulated, "Congratulations, Daoist Chu, you’ve finally figured it out and entered the Seventh Realm."
"Mind your own business, who needs your congratulations?" The old Lolita feared nothing between heaven and earth, relying on having Jiang Zhi backing her up and knowing he owed the Daoist Sect a favor, she spoke with ill temper.
She was naturally lively and straightforward, inherently disliking people with a head full of convoluted thoughts.
Admittedly, Chu Yinyin was fond of playing.
However, Cheng Yuyan was different; he seed to live for the word "interesting" throughout his life.
Even she thought he wasn’t just playful like herself, but simply ntally ill!
Cheng the Scholar, after being admonished, wasn’t annoyed.
Who would bother arguing with a little kid, right?
He promptly turned his gaze to Chu Huaixu and the others.
"Presumably, you three must be Young Friend Chu, Young Friend Han and Young Friend Xu?"
Chu Huaixu, during Big Ice Cube and Xiaoxu’s daze, was the first to rise and salute:
"Daoist Sect disciple Chu Huaixu, eting Elder Cheng Yuyan."
The two then realized the scholarly-dressed man before them was indeed the legendary first loose cultivator, a powerful Ninth Realm expert!
They imdiately stood up and paid respects.
Niu Yuanshan and Mo Qingi, sitting in the corner, couldn’t help but exchange a glance, then stood as well.
Two ribbons hung from Cheng the Scholar’s hair ornant fluttered in the wind, while he lightly shook the folding fan, sizing up Chu Huaixu.
The Dead Fox always felt sowhat exposed before this Ninth Realm powerhouse.
This feeling was never given by Zhao Shuqi, who practiced pupil techniques.
Luckily, his biggest secrets were worn with confidence, believing no one could see through them.
"A Third Realm cultivation, yet possessing such strength, it truly is a hero born of youth." Cheng Yuyan did not hide his probing and praised while doing so.
Jiang Zhi, listening by the side as Chu Huaixu’s ancestral master, directly comnted, "How does my grand-disciple compare to you back then?"
"Certainly stronger than ." Cheng Yuyan replied.
He lightly shook the folding fan, smiling, added, "If during that year’s Third Realm competition, I had encountered Young Friend Chu, then I definitely wouldn’t have secured the Profound Yellow Leader position."
It was then that Chu Huaixu recalled that the Cheng the Scholar standing before him was also a Profound Yellow Leader.
However, he won it during a years-ago Third Realm competition.
He was also the only one in three hundred years to win the honor as a loose cultivator.
The last ti a person without a sect or faction won was over three hundred years ago.
Generally, any highly cultivated loose cultivator surely carries significant secrets.
As Cheng Yuyan cultivated all the way to the Ninth Realm and had previously won the leader position, his secrets must be substantial.
"It’s just a pity that in ’Borrowed Sword,’ players couldn’t dig them out."
"Besides, the character level cap during my crossing was only at Level 49."
"Such a character standing at the pinnacle of the cultivation realm, their storyline surely won’t be open in this version." Chu Huaixu mused.
At this mont, Cheng Yuyan looked at the young man before him and suddenly shifted the topic, saying:
"But, I have a reminder for you. The Heir of Prince Rui has once again obtained an opportunity to enter the Emperor’s Pool, and I’ve heard this ti his harvest was bountiful, obtaining great celestial achievents."
"Moreover, he being a royal family mber brings the power of national fortune with him."
"This year’s East and West Continent Competition is held in the Imperial Capital of the Moon Country."
"Generally speaking, his personal strength will receive a certain degree of enhancent due to the location."
"Oh, and you should be granted an opportunity to enter the Emperor’s Pool or Emperor’s Mausoleum by Your Majesty, right?"
Having said that, he looked at Chu Huaixu with a playful and intrigued gaze, not bothering to hide it.
Facing his gaze, Chu Huaixu couldn’t help but feel alard.
He felt the opponent’s words held a hidden agenda, and the gaze was evidently unusual.
"Cheng Yuyan is a Moon Country person."
"Could he know he’s sent by the organization?" Chu Huaixu’s thoughts raced.
Yet he didn’t delve deep into thinking at the ti and simply began chatting with him.
"I wonder, Elder Cheng, back in those days, did you choose the Emperor’s Pool or Emperor’s Mausoleum?" Dead Fox asked.
This Cheng Yuyan, being a Moon Country person and having won the Profound Yellow Leader position, now the Ninth Realm, must’ve entered the second layer of the Origin Spirit Realm and successfully resolved issues, surely receiving such royal rewards from the Moon Country.
Thus, he surely entered the Emperor’s Pool or Emperor’s Mausoleum.
"? I chose the Emperor’s Pool back then." Cheng the Scholar didn’t hide anything, smiled, and responded.
He also did not forget to add, "If I entered the Emperor’s Mausoleum, given my talent, and carrying the power of origin, I’d likely receive the nation’s fortune as a gift."
"Elder, being a Moon Country person, isn’t gaining fortune a good thing?" Chu Huaixu continued asking.
"Good indeed, but I am used to wandering freely. And you must understand, opportunities related to national fortune appear as gifts, yet naturally hide a price behind them."
"Or rather, the term ’price’ is too harsh, it should be called ’restriction.’" Cheng Yuyan said.
Looked like a gift, actually secretly priced.
Chu Huaixu nodded and curiously asked again, "Then, Elder, upon entering the Emperor’s Pool, didn’t you receive the Emperor’s Divine Thought?"
"You cheeky rascal, taking advantage of Elder Jiang’s presence to openly query , huh?" Cheng Yuyan jokingly scolded.
His eyes gazed deeply at the young man facing him, intentionally or not, saying, "Back then when I entered the Emperor’s Pool, I indeed could’ve acquired the Emperor’s Divine Thought, but I didn’t dare take it."
"I abhor being bound and am quite cautious in this regard."
"The Emperor’s Divine Thought, after all, is the transformation of soone else’s divine soul."
"Carrying soone else’s divine thought within , I ultimately feel uneasy, botherso within."
As he said this, Cheng Yuyan’s eyes were fixed on Chu Huaixu’s.
Briefly connecting, the Dead Fox thoroughly understood why Jiang Zhi claid this scholarly-dressed unparalleled powerhouse excels at manipulating minds.
His every word and deed easily provokes further thought and contemplation.
He intentionally or unintentionally embeds hidden information in his words.
Yet the words always tell only half, providing only half the information.
Jiang Zhi coldly chuckled aside, "You, Moon Country man, still dare think the Founding Emperor’s Divine Thought botherso?"
Cheng Yuyan imdiately chuckled and appeased, "But isn’t this idle talk among you Mirror Country folks, if Moon Country people were present, I wouldn’t dare say so."
Having said this, he glanced at everyone.
However, his gaze clearly lingered longer on Chu Huaixu and Niu Yuanshan.
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