“Smack!”
Fei Banqing suddenly slapped Ye Guan on the back of the head. “What filthy things are you thinking about?”
Ye Guan froze, stunned. “Isn’t… isn’t this dual cultivation?”
Fei Banqing glared at him, then tore his clothes completely open. At that moment, a deep red fist mark was visible on Ye Guan’s chest, the skin around it already cracked.
Fei Banqing took out a white jade bottle, opened it, and gently poured some inky-green liquid onto the fist mark. Soon, the cool, soothing sensation spread across Ye Guan’s chest.
So refreshing!
That was Ye Guan’s feeling!
Ye Guan also felt a little ashamed. Of course, how could this kind of injury be healed through dual cultivation?
Fei Banqing shot him another glare. “His Profound Flame Fist hasn’t reached mastery yet. Otherwise, that one punch could have pierced straight through your body and reduced your internal organs to ashes.”
After a pause, she continued, “Why did you use such a reckless fighting style?”
Ye Guan thought for a moment, then replied, “Two reasons. First, it was the simplest and most direct approach. Second, he looked down on me from the start, so using this method at that moment was guaranteed to succeed. I get injured, he dies!”
Fei Banqing fell silent.
Ye Guan suddenly looked disappointed. “I really wanted to kill that Nan Xuan. What a pity!”
Fei Banqing said softly, “There will be plenty of opportunities.”
Ye Guan looked at her. “Doesn’t the academy forbid internal fighting?”
Fei Banqing shook her head. “If internal fighting were forbidden, the academy would be crippling itself! Of course, there have to be limits. If someone goes too far, we will naturally step in. This time, he schemed to have Sun Xiong come after you, and he did it cleanly without leaving any evidence. You can only blame Sun Xiong for being too simple-minded!”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. “Understood!”
Fei Banqing glanced at Ye Guan, then said, “Heal properly, then cultivate!”
As she stood up to leave, she seemed to remember something and suddenly kicked Ye Guan lightly in the waist. “Don’t let your mind wander to those random dirty thoughts. I am your mentor, got it?”
With that, she turned and left.
Ye Guan felt rather embarrassed.
He had completely misunderstood!
Without dwelling on it, Ye Guan sat up. He looked at his abdomen; the injury had already healed considerably. Clearly, the healing medicine Fei Banqing gave him was no ordinary remedy!
Ye Guan took a deep breath, then directly took out the heaven-tier technique scroll. The moment he opened it, the scroll turned into a beam of white light that shot into his forehead!
A few moments later, Ye Guan began circulating the technique. Very quickly, the spiritual energy around him surged towards him!
Feeling this, a smile immediately appeared on Ye Guan’s face.
This heaven-tier technique is amazing!
At this rate, reaching the Mystic Realm wouldn’t even take a month.
As if something occurred to him, Ye Guan suddenly said, “Tower Master, what do you think of my talent?”
The little tower replied calmly, “Not good!”
Ye Guan was stunned.
The little tower continued, “In distant places, some people reach the legendary Emperor Realm at the age of ten, equivalent to over a hundred emperor-tier demonic beasts!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan’s expression changed. “It seems I’ve been a frog in a well! I need to work even harder!”
With that, he said no more and focused entirely on cultivating!
Inside the little tower, a mysterious voice suddenly spoke. “His talent… is actually pretty good!”
The little tower replied calmly, “How did his father fall back then? He got arrogant! Do you want him to become arrogant too?”
The mysterious voice fell silent.
The little tower added, “This world absolutely cannot have another King of Backers!”
The mysterious voice agreed, “Indeed!”
…
On the other side.
At the peak of a mountain, an old man and a young man stood together.
It was Elder Xiao and Nan Xuan.
Elder Xiao looked at Nan Xuan without speaking.
Nan Xuan also remained silent.
After a moment, Elder Xiao suddenly said, “The fact that he dared to challenge you while injured can only mean one thing: he was confident he could kill you!”
Nan Xuan replied calmly, “I was also confident I could kill him!”
Elder Xiao suddenly asked, “Could you have defeated Sun Xiong in such a short time?”
Nan Xuan fell silent.
Elder Xiao shook his head slightly. “I’ve heard about what happened in the Southern Mountain Range! Wanting revenge is understandable, but you were too impatient! Moreover, this time you not only exposed your strength, you also made an enemy of Sun Xiong’s backers. Sigh!”
Nan Xuan’s right hand slowly clenched, but he said nothing.
Elder Xiao suddenly opened his palm, and a scroll appeared in front of Nan Xuan.
Nan Xuan was shocked. “This is!”
Elder Xiao said calmly, “Open it!”
Nan Xuan opened it, and his expression immediately changed. “Heaven-tier profound skill!”
Elder Xiao nodded.
Nan Xuan immediately bowed deeply to Elder Xiao. “Thank you, Teacher!”
Elder Xiao said, “I’m taking you somewhere to cultivate!”
With that, he directly took Nan Xuan and vanished from the spot.
…
Inside the hall.
“Ye Guan!”
A voice from outside suddenly startled Ye Guan awake!
He turned to look. Not far away, a woman was smiling at him!
The woman wore a long black dress, had beautifully shaped eyebrows and eyes, stood gracefully, and had her hands behind her back, looking a little playful.
Seeing her, Ye Guan quickly stood up and walked over. When he reached her, he didn’t hesitate and gently hugged her, laughing, “Sister Nan!”
Ye Nan!
The daughter of Ye Xiao!
Ye Nan glared at Ye Guan. “You’ve been here for days! You never came to find me!”
Ye Guan gave an embarrassed smile. “My fault!”
Ye Nan suddenly stood on tiptoe to compare heights, then laughed. “You’ve grown taller than me now!”
Ye Guan smiled. “Sister Nan, how have you been at Guanxuan Academy?”
Ye Nan nodded. “It’s pretty good here, I just miss home a bit. We can only go back once a year during the annual holiday!”
As she spoke, she looked at Ye Guan and smiled. “I’m really happy to see you!”
Ye Guan looked her over, then said, “True Dharma Realm?”
Ye Nan nodded. “Yes!”
Ye Guan glanced around, then took out a storage ring and handed it to Ye Nan. She looked inside and immediately exclaimed, “Gold crystals?”
Ye Guan nodded. “Two thousand pieces. Keep them for yourself!”
Ye Nan immediately shook her head. “This is too precious!”
Ye Guan laughed. “With these gold crystals, you can quickly reach the Myriad Dharma Realm!”
Ye Nan still hesitated!
Ye Guan looked a little displeased. “Sister Nan, when have we ever been so formal with each other?”
Ye Nan rolled her eyes at him. “Fine!”
With that, she put away the storage ring.
Ye Nan looked around, then said excitedly, “I never imagined you would become Mentor Fei’s student and even have your own separate palace. I’m so jealous!”
Ye Guan laughed. “If you like it, you can come and live here too!”
Ye Nan shook her head. “I can’t break the rules!”
As she spoke, she suddenly took out a box and handed it to Ye Guan. He was stunned. “What’s this?”
Ye Nan smiled. “Open it and see!”
Ye Guan opened it. Inside the box was a fragrant roast chicken.
Seeing it, Ye Guan immediately became excited.
Ye Nan laughed. “This is your favourite!”
Ye Guan sat cross-legged on the floor and started eating.
Cultivators can abstain from food, of course, but that only applies to top-tier cultivators. At their level, they still needed to eat!
Not eating?
That was nonsense!
You need nutrition!
Not only do you need to eat, you need to eat well!
If conditions allowed, he would even want to eat dragon meat!
Thinking of this, Ye Guan said inwardly, “Tower Master, have you ever seen a dragon?”
The little tower replied, “I have!”
Ye Guan said enviously, “Tower Master, I really envy you. You’ve seen everything! You’re truly amazing!”
The little tower was speechless.
Ye Nan tidied her skirt, then squatted down beside him, just watching him eat.
Because Ye Guan was an adopted son, when they were young, she spent the most time with him. Because of that, the siblings had always been very close.
When they were little, whenever she caused trouble, Ye Guan would often take the blame for her.
And she would secretly cook food for Ye Guan when he was being punished!
Ye Guan suddenly looked at Ye Nan. “Sister Nan, aren’t you eating?”
Ye Nan shook her head. “You eat!”
Ye Guan grinned widely and started tearing into a chicken leg.
Ye Nan suddenly laughed. “You were really impressive on the Life-Death Stage, you know. A lot of my sisters have their eyes on you now!”
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. He had been fighting for his life, not trying to look cool.
Ye Nan laughed. “How far have you and Nalan Jia gone? Are you living together yet?”
Ye Guan immediately looked exasperated. “We’re pure!”
Ye Nan rolled her eyes at him. “What pure? You need to be bolder! Let me tell you, when a girl faces a boy she likes, she actually hopes the boy will be a little bit pervy, understand?”
Ye Guan was instantly speechless.
Looking at his speechless expression, Ye Nan shook her head and smiled. “Blockhead!”
She picked up her basket and said, “I’ll come make food for you whenever I have time. I’m off!”
Ye Guan suddenly said, “Sister Nan, be careful!”
Ye Nan looked back at him. Ye Guan said seriously, “Just be careful anyway!”
Ye Nan nodded. “Okay!”
With that, she picked up her basket and left!
Ye Guan’s face darkened. He immediately got up to find Fei Banqing.
Better safe than sorry!
When the enemy couldn’t get to him, they might target his family and use them to threaten him!
He had to prevent such cliché things from happening!
Soon, Ye Guan found Fei Banqing!
After hearing why he had come, Fei Banqing said calmly, “Don’t worry, no one would dare randomly kill people inside the academy.”
Ye Guan remained silent.
He himself had done exactly that before!
Fei Banqing shook her head. “I’ll have the outer courtyard mentors pay special attention to your sister. Also, I’ll give her a transmission talisman. If anything happens, I’ll go there personally!”
Ye Guan immediately bowed deeply. “Thank you, Mentor!”
Fei Banqing suddenly said, “I just received news that Nan Xuan and his mentor have gone to the Trial Tower!”
Ye Guan’s brows furrowed. “Trial Tower?”
Fei Banqing nodded. “The academy has nine Trial Towers specially for cultivation. Each has nine floors, and the higher you go, the harder it gets. If you can reach the ninth floor, there is a mysterious reward!”
Ye Guan grew curious. “What reward?”
Fei Banqing looked at him. “Nobody knows!”
Ye Guan was stunned.
Fei Banqing shook her head. “These towers can only be entered by people under twenty years old. Once you’re older, you can’t enter! These towers were built by the main academy’s experts who helped us establish the academy in South Province all those years ago, so even we don’t know what the rewards are!”
Ye Guan immediately said, “I want to give it a try!”
Fei Banqing replied, “Entering the tower requires top-grade purple crystals. You have to pay the fee yourself!”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. “Alright!”
After a brief hesitation, he added, “Mentor, do you need money? I still have a…”
Fei Banqing suddenly waved her hand impatiently. “Need what? I’ve got loads of money! Hurry up and go to the Trial Tower!”
Ye Guan: “…”
