"Master, I'm a proper person," Ye Fan was utterly stunned. "This is inappropriate of you to suddenly act like this..."
"What are you thinking, brat? I told you to take off your shirt!" True Master Ziyun said with disgust. "I'm over a thousand years old, more than enough to be your grandmother's grandmother!"
Ye Fan obediently took off his shirt, though he couldn't help but grumble inwardly.
Over a thousand years old and still unmarried, who knows what kind of perversions must have built up in your mind...
Besides, if we're talking about age, who knows what you'd have to call me...
True Master Ziyun placed her hand on Ye Fan's body, controlling her true qi to examine him carefully.
One minute.
Five minutes.
Half an hour.
...
After a full hour, True Master Ziyun was sweating profusely, exhausted.
Her heart was breaking.
Because she couldn't feel any cultivation from Ye Fan...
This wasn't right?
This isn't how cultivation works?
She firmly believed that Ye Fan had resolved both Ziyan's demonic energy issue and the large stone. If she couldn't find anything now, it could only be attributed to the characteristics of his Innate Dao Body.
Perhaps it could hide his cultivation from others?
"Good disciple, tell me honestly," True Master Ziyun glanced around, her expression full of mystery. "What realm are you at now?"
"Mortal," Ye Fan replied honestly.
"I understand you want to keep a low profile and not show off," True Master Ziyun said with an 'I know everything' expression. "Don't worry, my lips are famously tight, I'll never tell anyone else!"
"I'm really just a mortal," Ye Fan spread his hands helplessly. "To cultivators, I'm no different from a newborn baby, just a weakling."
True Master Ziyun was stunned at first, then utterly shocked!
A newborn baby?
Isn't that hinting at Nascent Soul?
He's only been here for two months and already cultivated from mortal to Nascent Soul?
Hiss~
She, who had cultivated for over a thousand years, was only at the fifth level of Nascent Soul.
And he achieved it in two months?
Is the Innate Dao Body really this monstrous?
After the shock came jubilation!
In her eyes, Ye Fan could no longer be described as a genius; he was more monstrous than a monster!
But that was no longer important!
Firstly, Ye Fan's loyalty to the Ziyun Sect was unquestionable.
With his talent, surpassing her would only be a matter of half a month.
Would his gaze be limited to their small Ziyun Sect?
Moreover, after these two months of interaction, she could still see that Ye Fan had a deep affection for the Ziyun Sect.
There was no need to say more; the Ziyun Sect would surely flourish under his leadership in the future!
Excellent!
When this boy decides he's been low-key enough, I'll hand over the Sect Master position to him.
Then I can finally relax!
"Alright, I understand," True Master Ziyun nodded with a smile. "Then you continue cultivating... playing. I'll be going now."
Only after True Master Ziyun left completely, with the little fox embraced in her arms, did the little fox finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Finally...
I don't have to be cooked!!!
Although it found the contract in its mind was still there, as long as it could leave here, it didn't care.
Even if this contract could never be broken, as long as it didn't have to get close to this terrifying master again, it was fine!
At this moment, it suddenly realized that True Master Ziyun's embrace was the warmest and safest place in the world...
Seeing True Master Ziyun's mysterious expression as she left, Ye Fan felt that his master might truly have some psychological issues...
What do you understand?
After breakfast, with nothing else to do, Ye Fan decided to go fishing by Jingming Lake again.
The fish soup yesterday was delicious, and he could conveniently retrieve his fishing gear that he'd left there.
At the same time.
In the Ziyun Sect's meeting hall.
True Master Ziyun had a headache.
She had just settled her precious disciple's pet, and these elders were already storming in aggressively.
"Junior Sister Ziyun, I think we should have a good discussion about the ownership of Immortal Jade Peak," the First Elder said first.
"This kid has been in the sect for a full two months," the Third Elder chimed in. "He just eats, drinks, and plays every day, without cultivating even once."
"Yes, Sect Master. If Ye Fan were just an Innate Dao Body, having Immortal Jade Peak all to himself would be fine," the Fourth Elder added. "But if he continues to occupy the spiritual peak without cultivating like this, isn't it a waste of resources?"
The other elders also chimed in, their words implying they wanted Ye Fan to move out of Immortal Jade Peak.
"If what you all say is true, I naturally wouldn't say much," True Master Ziyun said smugly. "But who told you my precious disciple hasn't been cultivating?"
"To be honest!" True Master Ziyun's aura suddenly became much stronger. "My precious disciple is already at the Nascent Soul realm!"
"Junior Sister, we understand you protecting your disciple, but you should at least tell a believable lie," the First Elder said speechlessly. "I met that kid a few days ago, and he had no cultivation at all. From no cultivation to Nascent Soul in a few days, do you believe it yourself?"
"Bang bang bang!" Just as the other elders were about to say something, the meeting hall door was knocked.
"Enter," True Master Ziyun said calmly.
"Sect Master, something's wrong!" A disciple from the patrol team ran in frantically. "Second Elder has gotten into trouble again!"
As a result, the other elders lost their interest in arguing over Immortal Jade Peak and flew out with True Master Ziyun.
Speaking of the Second Elder, they all got headaches...
The Second Elder was the Ziyun Sect's most skilled alchemist, and more than half of the Ziyun Sect's pills were refined by him and his disciples.
This was originally a good thing, but the Second Elder always had some strange ideas when refining pills and then acted on them...
This led to his pills often having terrifying side effects...
The most terrifying thing was that he always had to test the effects of his new pills on himself first...
At this moment, the Ziyun Sect's base was extremely lively.
The Second Elder, with white hair and a face covered in ash, was running madly all over the base.
Seeing a female disciple, he'd embrace her and call her wife; seeing a male disciple, he'd hug him and call him son...
"Sigh, Second Elder is truly pitiful..."
"I heard that last time after he ate his own pill, he forced the Purple Eyed Chasing Cloud Leopard, his mount, to drink with him for three hours, making the leopard drunk for three days and three nights."
"Yours is mild. I heard that on one occasion, after eating his own pill, the Second Elder cried at a tree for an hour. If his disciple hadn't found him later, who knows how long he would have cried."
...
The disciples watching from afar began to whisper among themselves.
Ye Fan, who was passing by, saw a crowd gathered ahead and was puzzled. Before he could figure out what was happening, a figure "whooshed" and shot in front of him.
"Yun'er!" The Second Elder grabbed Ye Fan's arm, his face full of excitement. "This time, Father won't let anyone hurt you again. Come, let's go home and reunite with your mother!"