Chapter 55: A Year's Promise

  "Yun Xianzi, we've been searching for you everywhere."

  The young man in white robes said with a hint of bitter smile.

  Yang Fan's heart skipped a beat as he hastily activated his Kuai Mu Gong and Transformation Technique to their limits.

  This young man in white clothes was born with a face like jade, and his appearance was elegant and refined. Compared to Yang Fan, he was slightly better-looking.

  Yang Fan took a glance and immediately recognized this son.

  He was actually the young master of the Yang family in Kyoto - Yang Yu.

  That day, at the "Ask Heaven Conference" in Yangjia Fortress, Yang Yu's cultivation base was so strong that he looked down on all the young cultivators of the Yang family from South Ridge with an air of pride and arrogance.

  At the age of sixteen, he advanced to the Condensing Spirit stage, making the entire Yangjia Village's younger generation look dull and discolored.

  And together with Yang Yu, there was also the mysterious Mr. Xu. The two of them came to Yangjia Village that day, unknown what their intentions were, and had even come to investigate Yang Fan's situation.

  Yang Fan did not expect to meet this person again at Xiuyuge.

  "Master Yang, you've all worked hard, have those materials been found?"

  Yun Yu saw Yang Yu coming over in the evening, and replied with a flat expression, with an attitude that seemed to keep people at arm's length.

  Yang Yu was somewhat eccentric and his eyes scanned the young man beside him.

  Refining Qi at the beginning? Ignore it directly!

  He didn't recognize Yang Fan and directly treated him as a passerby, ignoring him.

  Compared with the white-haired and weathered youth of last time, Yang Fan not only grew taller in physique, slightly changed in appearance, but also underwent a complete change in temperament.

  Yang Yu had only seen Yang Fan once, so it was hard for him to recognize her.

  "Yun Xianzi, those materials, I and your senior sister have bought them together, they are all placed at Miss Lin's place."

  Yang Yu's face was filled with a smile, trying his best to look gentle in front of the beauty.

  However, Yang Yu found it somewhat strange that his sudden arrival seemed to have displeased Yun Xianzi, whose attitude was even colder and more distant than before.

  Of course, even if he racked his brains, it would be hard for him to guess this reason.

  "Wait, who is this person? I've never seen him before."

  Yang Yu's gaze was fixed on Yang Fan's face again, and he felt a little familiar, but he couldn't find any relevant impression in his mind.

  "Below is the local scholar of 'Xiuyuge', who has just guided this cloud fairy to find such a beautiful place."

  Yang Fan hastily responded.

  "Oh?" Yang Yu cast his gaze towards Yun Yu Xi, he felt that something was off, how could this young man in the initial stages of refining his Qi be alone with Yun Xian Zi on a pavilion.

  What's even stranger is that all around this pavilion are water surfaces. Cultivators who practice internal alchemy simply cannot fly over here.

  A flash of panic flickered in Yun Yu's eyes, and she gazed at Yang Fan with a hint of profundity before speaking softly, "He is a local cultivator here, I just asked him to guide the way."

  Seeing Yun Yu's cooperation in the evening, Yang Fan let out a sigh of relief. He knew that this was absolutely not the time for him to take charge.

  "Sister! The materials have all been bought, we're setting off!"

  Lin Yu, the senior sister from the distant pavilion, shouted loudly across the tens of meters of water surface.

  "I'll be right there."

  Yun Yu bowed her head to Shi Jie, then walked in front of Yang Fan and smiled: "Thank you, big brother, for leading the way for my little sister just now."

  The two of them exchanged a glance, their hearts understanding each other, and they both felt the deep affection between them before parting ways.

  As soon as she finished speaking, Yun Yu's figure floated up, surrounded by a faint green glow, making her look like a fairy from the ninth heaven, elegant and refined.

  The lake water ripples gently, and the fish in the water jump out happily, one by one, revealing their faces above the water surface, drawing a silver arc, adding a few more vitality and vitality.

  Yang Fan and Yang Yu stood on the pavilion, watching, stunned by this extraordinary charm, their eyes dazed for a moment.

  The former's eyes showed appreciation, expectation and a hint of helplessness; the latter's eyes, at one moment, exposed naked greed and infatuation, but quickly retracted it.

  Yun Yu left drifting away, but Yang Yu did not leave immediately.

  He fixed his gaze on Yang Fan's face and asked faintly, "What's your name?"

  In an imperceptible manner, a faint pressure was quietly pressing in on Yang Fan.

  Yang Yu wasn't a fool. Although he didn't believe that Yun Xianzi would take notice of a Qi Refining stage cultivator, he could still sense the abnormality between Yang Fan and Yun Yuxi.

  Why are these two people alone, standing in a pavilion surrounded by water? Yang Fan, a cultivator in the Refining Qi stage, how did he end up here? And before flying over to this place, from far away, he saw the two of them standing together, looking like a couple.

  How can these doubts be resolved?

  "In the next universe."

  Feeling the pressure from Yang Yu's body, Yang Fan replied calmly and slowly, deliberately letting the name carry a "Yu" character to shift some of his opponent's attention.

  "Oh? Zhang Yu?" Yang Yu was slightly taken aback, and hadn't expected that the man in front of him shared the same name.

  Zhang Yu and Yang Yu, with only one word apart, made Yang Yu slightly distracted.

  "Alright, Zhang Yu, I'd like to ask you something. How did you get to know Yun Xianzi? Where have you taken her and who has she been in contact with?"

  Yang Yu asked lightly, with a gentle smile on his face.

  Yang Fang was about to respond when Lin Yu in the distance urged: "Young Master Yang, I and Shifu's sister are leaving soon."

  "Okay, I'll be right there."

  Yang Yu didn't dare to linger, fearing that he would suddenly startle the beauty, so he hastily mounted his sword and flew towards the direction of Yunxiaozi and the other two.

  Before leaving, he transmitted a voice to Yang Fan's divine consciousness: "You stay here and don't move. Wait for me to send off Yunxianzi, then I'll come back to ask you. If the answer is satisfactory, I will reward you with a top-grade magic weapon."

  "Hehe, young master, take care on your way."

  Yang Fan smiled and replied, but couldn't help glancing at Yun Xianzi tens of meters away. The two exchanged a secret glance before turning their bodies to look in other directions, lest they be discovered by someone with ill intentions.

  "Take care of yourself, young master. We'll meet again in a year at Kyoto's 'Kan no Tozan'."

  Yun Yu secretly transmitted her voice to Yang Fan's divine consciousness in the evening rain.

  Yang Fan turned sideways to face her, unfolding his concentrated mind and transmitting a message to Yun Yu Xi: "Yu Xi, take care of yourself too. One day, I can truly be with you openly."

  "Who?"

  Yun Yu's eyes widened in surprise as she hadn't expected Yang Fan's spiritual realm to have reached the late stage of concentrated spirit, which also made her extremely delighted.

  Yang Fan smiled silently, but with a confident face, looking far away, elegant and extraordinary, majestic like Mount Song.

  "Take care of yourself, young master, beware of Young Master Yang."

  Yun Yu suddenly saw Yang Fan possessing a concentrated mind in the later stage of the Spiritual Realm, and his heart had several more parts of expectation, while also reminding Yang Fan.

  "Don't worry, girl in the rain... I'll be fine... See you again a year later."

  Yang Fan passed on the sound, truly bidding her farewell.

  He has already entered "omniscient mode", how can Yang Yu's little trick deceive him?

  "You two, keep an eye on that young man for me. Don't let him get away. I'll be back in half a time."

  Yang Yu secretly transmitted a message to the two green-clad guards beside him.

  These two green-robed guards were his household servants, late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

  As he watched the three people leave, Yang Fan felt a slight sense of loss in his heart, but also had some expectation.

  The loss is due to one's own strength, and there is no chance of further development with Yunyu Xi. What is expected is that Yunyu Xi also has a good impression of oneself, and they can meet in Kyoto after a year.

  After a moment, when the three figures disappeared, Yang Fan finally took action.

  Maintaining his "Omniscient Mode", Yang Fan controlled an area of about 200 zhang, and his body floated up like a goose feather, jumping towards the large leaves in the lake.

  As soon as he moved, the two green-clad guards' eyes "swished" and fell on him, sharp as swords.

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