Inside the hall, the woman smiled. “Master, I think you can accept him.”
The Dao Monk said in a deep voice, “How so?”
The woman said seriously, “What if he really wins first place in the struggle for destiny?”
The Dao Monk fell silent.
The woman added, “Even if he cannot get first place, is he far off?”
The Dao Monk said, “I am not afraid of the True Dragon Clan. The main issue is this An Family… Also, this kid has great karmic obstacles. I am indeed a bit worried.”
The woman smiled. “If Master has ever thought about reviving the Dao Sect, then he is the best opportunity the Dao Sect has ever had in its history. If Master has no such ambition and only wants to spend his later years in peace, then you can let him leave.”
After a moment of silence, the Dao Monk turned to glance at the spirit tablets on the incense table. A moment later, he turned and walked out of the hall.
Outside the hall, the Dao Monk looked at Ye Guan. “From now on, you are a member of my Dao Sect.”
Ye Guan bowed deeply. “Greetings, Master.”
The Dao Monk smiled. “The struggle for destiny is one year away. That means you only have one year left.”
Ye Guan nodded. “I only need money.”
The Dao Monk shook his head. “None.”
Ye Guan hesitated, then said, “Could you give me a little?”
The Dao Monk shook his head firmly. “None.”
Ye Guan was speechless.
The Dao Monk said, “I can only guide you a bit in cultivation. As for anything else, there is nothing. It is not that your master is stingy. When I took over the Dao Sect, let alone money, there was not even a single grain of rice.”
Ye Guan fell silent.
The Dao Monk added, “Also, there is no house. You will have to build one yourself.”
Ye Guan: “……”
The Dao Monk waved his hand. “I just live in this dilapidated hall. If there is anything, come find me.”
With that, he turned and left.
Ye Guan was utterly speechless.
At that moment, the woman walked up to Ye Guan and smiled. “Junior Brother Ye, hello. My name is Nanling Yi Yi.”
Ye Guan hesitated, then said, “Senior Sister Yi Yi.”
Nanling Yi Yi smiled. “Your current task is to build a house. But it is almost dark now. You can only build it tomorrow.”
Ye Guan nodded. “Alright.”
Nanling Yi Yi smiled. “I will go make dinner.”
With that, she picked up a bamboo basket and turned to leave.
In place, Ye Guan looked around. This Dao Sect was not just ordinarily miserable.
Ye Guan said softly, “Tower Lord, was the Dao Sect really glorious in the past?”
Little Tower said, “It was glorious.”
Ye Guan shook his head. “Then how did it fall to this state? Even a thief coming here would feel pity.”
Little Tower: “……”
Ye Guan sighed softly. It was not that he despised it. He felt he should change the environment here.
Since he had joined the Dao Sect, he was now a Dao Sect member.
Ye Guan sat cross-legged on the ground and began cultivating.
Every time he cultivated, his heart ached.
Burning gold crystals.
He now had only forty-seven thousand gold crystals left. It seemed a lot, but in reality, it was very little. Each cultivation session cost at least ten thousand gold crystals. If it lasted longer, even more.
Moreover, it was only expenditure without income. It would not be long before it was completely spent.
After all, if he cultivated every day, it would be gone in just over a month.
He still needed to find a way to earn money.
Ye Guan gathered his thoughts, calmed his mind, and began absorbing gold crystals.
After a long time, Ye Guan heard footsteps. He opened his eyes. At that moment, Nanling Yi Yi walked up to him. She looked at Ye Guan and smiled. “Junior Brother Ye, dinner is ready.”
Ye Guan nodded. “Alright.”
The two entered the hall. The hall was very dilapidated, and the dining table was a wooden one with only three legs.
However, the food was quite abundant.
Five dishes and one soup.
The Dao Monk smiled. “We are all family now. Make yourselves at home.”
With that, he started eating directly.
Ye Guan also began eating.
At that moment, the Dao Monk suddenly said, “Little Guan, you are a sword cultivator. That means you have a sword dao master. Who is your sword dao master?”
Ye Guan said, “I do not know her name. I only know she likes to wear a plain skirt. So, I call her Plain Skirt Sister.”
Plain skirt.
The Dao Monk frowned slightly. He thought for a moment. There was no such person in his memory.
The Dao Monk asked again, “What is her realm?”
Ye Guan shook his head. “I do not know. I only know she is a great sword immortal.”
Little Tower: “……”
Great sword immortal.
The Dao Monk glanced at Ye Guan, nodded slightly, and asked no more.
A great sword immortal would be considered a notable figure even in the Central Divine Continent.
The Dao Monk did not ask further.
He knew everyone had their own privacy.
At that moment, Nanling Yi Yi suddenly said, “Junior Brother Ye, you are a sword cultivator. So you can control your sword in flight, right?”
Ye Guan nodded. “Yes. But I cannot fly for too long. My profound energy cannot sustain it for long.”
Nanling Yi Yi smiled. “That is wonderful. In the future, when we go to Yong City, we can fly there on your sword.”
Ye Guan looked at Nanling Yi Yi. “Yong City?”
Nanling Yi Yi nodded. “Our Dao Realm is very remote. The nearest city to us is Yong City, which is tens of thousands of miles away. There is no teleportation array here. Every time I go, I have to fly for a long time. It is really tiring.”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. “If Senior Sister needs to go next time, I can take you.”
Nanling Yi Yi smiled. “Good.”
After dinner.
Ye Guan came outside the hall. He sat on the stone steps, then took out the Path Sword. He gently stroked it. He could feel Little Jia’s soul.
Little Jia.
Undying Imperial Clan.
Ye Guan slowly closed his eyes.
Going to the Undying Imperial Clan for the sword now was simply impossible.
He needed to find a suitable opportunity.
Looking at the Path Sword in his hand, his heart felt as if it was being cut by a knife.
The one who should have died was him, Ye Guan.
Ye Guan slowly closed his eyes. He clenched his hands tightly and said softly, “Tower Lord, I will slaughter the entire True Dragon Clan.”
Little Tower fell silent.
Ye Guan looked up at the horizon and said softly, “I know. Do not say things you have not done yet…”
As he spoke, his gaze gradually turned cold.
At that moment, Nanling Yi Yi suddenly appeared beside Ye Guan. She smiled. “I am not disturbing you, am I?”
Ye Guan put away the Path Sword and shook his head.
Nanling Yi Yi sat not far beside Ye Guan and smiled. “Now the Dao Sect finally has one more person. This feeling is really good.”
Ye Guan was somewhat curious. “Over so many years, has the Dao Sect always been just you and Master?”
Nanling Yi Yi nodded. “Yes.”
Ye Guan looked at Nanling Yi Yi. “What about your family, Senior Sister?”
Nanling Yi Yi fell silent.
Ye Guan said softly, “Sorry.”
Nanling Yi Yi smiled. “What are you thinking? They are not dead. Actually, I am from the Nanling Clan.”
Nanling Clan.
Ye Guan was shocked.
The Nanling Clan was one of the six great clans.
Nanling Yi Yi smiled faintly. “Shocked, right?”
Ye Guan nodded.
Inside Little Tower, Little Tower said softly, “Nanling Clan… She is that person’s descendant…”
Nanling Yi Yi smiled lightly. “Actually, I am just an illegitimate daughter.”
Ye Guan was stunned.
Nanling Yi Yi gently tucked a strand of hair blown by the wind behind her ear and said softly, “My mother was an ordinary woman from a small family. But because she met the young clan leader of the Nanling Clan, she gave birth to me. However, great clans value matching status. At that time, the Nanling Clan leader would never agree to the marriage. So…”
As she spoke, she shook her head with a smile. “So, neither I nor my mother were acknowledged by the Nanling Clan. And now, my father has become the clan leader of the Nanling Clan. I thought he would acknowledge me and my mother, but until my mother died, he never came to see her once. At that moment, I knew he had long forgotten us.”
Ye Guan fell silent.
Nanling Yi Yi suddenly turned to look at Ye Guan and smiled. “Junior Brother Ye, you will not look down on me, will you?”
Ye Guan immediately shook his head. “Actually… I am also an illegitimate child.”
Nanling Yi Yi was stunned. “Illegitimate child?”
Ye Guan nodded. “Tower Lord told me that I am actually an illegitimate son of the Ye Clan. Our Ye Clan is a super great clan in the Guanxuan Universe. My father is even a live-in son-in-law…”
Little Tower: “……”
Nanling Yi Yi said in a deep voice, “Junior Brother Ye, with your talent so strong, if they knew, the Ye Clan would definitely accept you.”
Ye Guan shook his head with a sigh. “No. Tower Lord told me that if the Ye Clan knew about me, they would frantically try to kill me. After all, the matter of an illegitimate child is very disgraceful.”
Nanling Yi Yi fell silent.
She knew great clans cared deeply about such reputation.
Ye Guan lay back on the stone steps, hands behind his head. “I will work hard. I cannot change my miserable birth, but I can change my future life.”
Hearing this, Nanling Yi Yi looked at Ye Guan. In her smiling beautiful eyes, there was a trace of unusual colour.
One had to admit, a confident man always exuded a special charm.
After a moment, Nanling Yi Yi asked, “Junior Brother Ye, do you hate your father?”
After a moment of silence, Ye Guan shook his head. “I do not hate him. I actually think he is quite pitiful. So young and already living off a woman. I do not know what he was thinking.”
Little Tower: “……”
Someone: “……”
A mysterious voice suddenly said, “Little Tower, have you thought about how you want to die later?”
Little Tower: “……”
Nanling Yi Yi looked at Ye Guan beside her and sighed softly. “I originally thought I was pitiful enough. Now it seems, Junior Brother Ye, your background is even more pitiful than mine.”
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