Chapter 2: The One-Armed Old Man

  Master?

  Ye Lin watched as Xing Tian walked away, his facial muscles twitching.

  Master?

  What's going on? This guy who grew up with me, just like we wore the same pants, has a master?

  Suddenly, Ye Lin felt a strange sensation, as if he couldn't see the person in front of him clearly anymore.

  Xing Tian walked towards the back mountain with caution, careful not to startle the ferocious beasts that lived there.

  Watching him skillfully avoid the strong aura, Ye Lin knew that Xing Tian might not have been lying, because he now saw a column of pure energy shooting straight into the clouds in his eyes.

  Its varying thickness notwithstanding, there isn't a single one that is weaker than the fourth layer of Refining Body and Cleansing Organs Realm. The current self, in front of these ferocious beasts, probably only has the possibility of being treated as food.

  "That was five years ago, when I went alone to the back mountain to find a spiritual medicine for you. Unexpectedly, in the back mountain, a three-zhang-tall mixed-yuan golden ape suddenly jumped out, its strength had already reached the yuan-dan boundary, only one step away from evolving into a demon. I fought a big battle with it, after a hundred rounds, I was still no match for it, and was beaten to the point of being unable to fight back. In the end, I could only escape, but unexpectedly, that beast's speed was so fast, I didn't even have half a chance to escape its clutches. At that time, I thought: my life is over."

  Xing Tian also felt a lingering fear, as if he had returned to five years ago.

  "Just as I was despairing, my master descended from the sky, and with just a release of his aura, he forced that beast to kneel on the ground. Afterwards, seeing that my bloodline had a unique heavenly gift, my master decided to take me in as his disciple."

  Ye Lin stared at Xing Tian with a dumbfounded expression, as if he had heard a heavenly book. At the same time, his heart was filled with gratitude. It turned out that five years ago, Xing Tian had fought against the ferocious beast of Yuandan Realm for him.

  "Thank you, Xing Tian."

  Think about it, five years ago, at that time, Xing Tian was probably only eleven years old, and he could already contend with the fierce beasts of Yuan Dan realm. Ye Lin couldn't help but feel envious of Xing Tian's natural talent in his heart, thinking to himself, if he had such talent, why would he be bullied by Ye Zhen every day? Every time resources were allocated from the family, they had to be given to Xing Tian immediately, for fear that if they delayed even a little, Ye Zhen, that scoundrel, would use various excuses to gamble with him and win.

  Ye Lin had indeed lived a life, and from it, he could hear that the extraordinary master who took Xing Tian as his apprentice was looking at his innate talent. If not for his strong innate talent, perhaps the other party would not have taken him as an apprentice.

  Then, if I follow Xing Tian now, will his master accept me as a disciple?

  It seems that Xing Tian saw through Ye Lin's thoughts, and he smiled slightly, saying: "My master is a good person, and for the past five years, he has been very good to me. I think, as long as I ask him, he will accept you as his apprentice."

  Xing Tian was just a young man after all. Although he had great strength, his mind was still that of an innocent youth, not as mature as Ye Lin who had been reborn into this world.

  However, Ye Lin was also a master in his past life. Although the masters of that time were not comparable to those of today, he would never back down. So, looking at Xing Tian, he smiled slightly and said: "Alright, Xing Tian, let's hurry up. Otherwise, we might encounter another ferocious beast, which would be troublesome."

  Although five years ago, Xing Tian had danced with the ferocious beasts of Yuandan Border, however, Hou Shan was a branch of Lian Yao Mountain Forest, who knew if there would be any ferocious beasts within?

  If a monster were to suddenly appear, even Xing Tian would be powerless to resist.

  "Alright, let's go!"

  Xing Tian has been active in the back mountain for many years and is very familiar with it. He certainly knows that here, there will be some demon beasts coming from the depths of Lian Yao Mountain Range, although few big demons appear, but some ordinary small demons, he has seen quite a few.

  Afterwards, both of them focused on walking and neither said much.

  After more than half a time, they finally arrived at a cave in the deepest part of the back mountain.

  The cave is very large, about three meters high and one meter wide, very deep and dark. From the outside, it looks pitch black.

  Xing Tian arrived at the cave entrance and loudly shouted: "Master, Xing Tian has come to see you."

  Not long after, a heavy footsteps came from the cave, 'plop plop', as if a giant was walking.

  Ye Lin was taken aback: "Could it be that his master is a member of the Giant Tribe?"

  Ye Lin knew that in this world, there were many inconceivable races, including the Giant Race, the Dwarf Race, even the Dragon Race, the Angel Race, and so on.

  However, when he really saw its shadow, Ye Lin was shocked again and said: "Fierce beast."

  All that was seen was a giant ape, over two meters tall, with golden fur all over its body. Moreover, this giant ape held an iron rod as high as its eyebrows in its hand. The moment the iron rod struck the ground, the earth shook and jumped up and down.

  A long, lingering humming noise.

  "Hum, it's you again, where is my master?"

  When he saw the giant ape, Xing Tian's face turned dark and he asked in a bad tone.

  Ye Lin found it somewhat strange and asked: "Who is he, why do you have such a big opinion of him?"

  In Yelinde's opinion, since this giant ape was raised by Xing Tian's master, it should have a good relationship with Xing Tian. However, looking at the current situation, things don't seem quite right.

  "It's that mixed-yuan golden-haired monkey I was just talking about, born with infinite strength and great talent. My master said it's some kind of divine beast."

  Looking at the giant ape, Xing Tian's face looked terrible, and he said: "The most hateful thing is that this big guy often bullies me. Several times, I was beaten by it until I was seriously injured, almost killed."

  Xing Tian's words were not yet finished, when the Great Ape was very impolite and suddenly struck down with a big stick, this stick contained several tens of thousands of kilograms of force, Ye Lin knew that even if he barely dodged it, he would still be on the verge of life and death.

  "Damn it, you're still bullying me."

  Xing Tian let out a strange cry and leapt up, no one knew where he had produced a large axe from, grasping it with both hands, he swung the axe down at the giant club.

  Bang!!!

  The ground shook violently, and some large boulders beside the cave were shattered into pieces by the powerful collision of the two forces.

  "Awesome!"

  A piece of debris came flying over, whizzing past Ye Lin's ear, the force blowing off a few strands of his hair, startling him into jumping.

  Fortunately, he was standing behind Xing Tian, otherwise, with just this one move, he would probably have ended up handing over his life here.

  "Damn it, stop fighting!"

  Seeing two guys still wanting to continue fighting, Ye Lin was so scared that his face changed color.

  He knew that if he continued like this, even if he stood behind Xing Tian, there was still a great risk factor.

  However, at this time, even if Xing Tian did not want to fight, he had no choice, because the big golden-haired ape's large stick was coming down again.

  Awesome!

  Ye Lin only truly realized at this time that in this world, without strength, one would be so helpless. Even if you stood still, you could still get shot.

  "Monkey, aren't you stopping yet?"

  Just as Ye Lin was about to give up in despair, a loud and clear voice came from inside the cave.

  Upon hearing the voice, the large golden monkey indeed did not dare to be presumptuous and stopped in its tracks.

  Until then, Ye Lin dared to walk out from behind Xing Tian's back. Suddenly, he saw that the corner of Xing Tian's mouth was actually oozing a thread of blood.

  It's obvious that after what just happened, Xing Tian has suffered internal injuries.

  "Are you okay?!"

  Yeh Lin originally wanted to ask what was going on, but seeing this, he could only change his words and ask about the extent of his injuries instead.

  "I'm fine, if it wasn't for being injured by Second Elder's palm yesterday, I wouldn't have lost to this big hairy ape."

  Ye Lin couldn't help but smile wryly, now understanding why Xing Tian would harbor such great resentment towards this big monkey. Being constantly bullied by a big monkey, even someone with Ye Lin's temperament would have grievances in their heart.

  "Come on in!"

  That vigorous voice came out from the cave again.

  "Let's go and see Master. I want Master to judge who is right. This damned big hairy ape always bullies me."

  As he spoke, Xing Tian took Ye Lin and walked into the mountain cave, completely ignoring the large iron rod still clutched in its hand, the big hairy ape with gritted teeth.

  Ye Lin looked at the giant ape, feeling the enormous aura emanating from its body, and not daring to be slow, respectfully bowed to it.

  It doesn't matter if it understands or not, as long as I get my point across.

  The outside of the cave looks dark, but after entering, it's not completely dark. Every ten meters or so, there is a moonstone that emits a faint glow.

  This cave is very deep, and after walking for over ten zhang, we still haven't reached its end.

  However, Ye Lin didn't ask and just followed him inside.

  After walking for another dozen or so yards, I saw in front of me a large stone chamber, directly opposite the entrance to the mountain cave. In the center of the room was a stone bed, on which sat an old man dressed in black, with his legs crossed under him.

  There was something strange about this old man in black, who had only one arm; his right hand was missing from the shoulder down, and his sleeve hung empty.

  This is actually an old man with one arm.

  Xing Tian came before the one-armed old man, knelt down respectfully and said: "Master!"

  The old man with the broken arm was very serious, his long eyebrows hanging down to his shoulders, a pair of sharp eyes like knives scanning Xing Tian and asking: "What's going on with your injury?"

  Xing Tian did not dare to hide it, and told Ye Lin about what had happened at the Ye family yesterday. He then pulled Ye Lin again, and begged: "Master, please accept Young Master as your apprentice."

  At this point, Ye Lin also had no choice but to kneel down and said: "I beg of you, senior, to accept me as your disciple!"

  Although he was a master in his past life, Ye Lin now had no choice but to ask for help.

  He didn't have much hope, he knew that his innate talent was really too poor, even his grandfather had said before that he didn't have the slightest possibility of becoming a strong person.