Chapter 9: The Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts
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It wasn't until afternoon that Xia Lingyun woke up from her cultivation state. After waking up, she saw her brother still by her side and excitedly said: "Brother, I can do it too! From now on, I want to learn from you and punish evil and promote good, hehe." Ye Tianfan said: "Yes, not only can you cultivate, but your talent is also quite good. However, you mustn't be arrogant. In the future, you need to work even harder at cultivation. After all, no matter how good one's talent is, if they don't cultivate, they will eventually become ordinary people. Do you understand?" "I understand, brother." Xia Lingyun said with a smile. Seeing Xia Lingyun's expression, Ye Tianfan knew she hadn't taken his words to heart and could only sigh and shake his head, no longer bothering her. He comforted himself by thinking that she was still young and didn't understand things, but he had forgotten that he wasn't much older than her - just one year older. Since they weren't going to discuss this further, Ye Tianfan said: "Lingyun, go rest now. Tomorrow we're heading to the Wan Shou mountain range. Originally, I was planning to go alone since it's too dangerous there and even a slight mistake could lead to falling. So, I'm not really in favor of you going with me. If you hadn't been so insistent, I wouldn't have let you come along. Once we're inside, be sure to listen to me, got it?" Xia Lingyun pouted, indicating that she understood. The next morning, the two set off after packing up their things.
"Ah, okay," Xia Lingyun said, rubbing her sleepy eyes. Ye Tianfan didn't think much of it and continued, "Alright then, let's go." He started walking towards the outside of the inn, with Ye Tianfan leading the way and Xia Lingyun looking around in all directions. After all, when she used to be a beggar, she didn't dare look around carelessly, remembering the time she got beaten for doing so. Now, under her brother's care, her childhood curiosity had returned, and she was making up for lost time by gazing around at everything on the street.
As he was hastening to the city gate, the young master of the Wang family finally arrived. It turned out that since yesterday, the young master had sent someone to investigate Ye Tianfan's identity, but naturally, they didn't find any useful information, which made him curse loudly. He had never suffered such a great loss before and was furious to the point of being uncontrollable. As the saying goes: "A gentleman takes revenge after ten years, while a petty person takes revenge overnight." Therefore, on the second day, he hastily invited a Golden Elixir stage cultivator from the Wang family to preside over "justice" for him.
With a fierce momentum, he arrived in front of Ye Tianfan and said loudly: "Yesterday, you made me lose face, today I have invited my family's patriarch to preside over justice for me." As he spoke, he pointed to an old man in the Golden Dan period. The crowd that came to watch the commotion looked at him with eyes full of reverence, and the old man also seemed to enjoy the gaze of the crowd, looking at them with pride. However, the next sentence from the young master of the Wang family broke this atmosphere, and the old man's face turned black. He said: "Heh heh, the little girl beside you is yesterday's little beggar, I didn't expect her to be even more beautiful than I imagined, haha, she will soon belong to me." When he heard these words, the Wang family patriarch's face became darker and darker. If it weren't for the fact that he was the most beloved youngest son of the Wang family master, he wouldn't have come to help him out. The young master of the Wang family looked at Ye Tianfan with expectation, hoping to see his anxious and fearful emotions, but he was disappointed. Ye Tianfan just looked at him calmly like a fool, while Xia Lingyun's eyes were initially filled with fear, but looking at Ye Tianfan's calm expression, her worried and fearful eyes relaxed, and she hid behind Ye Tianfan, making faces at him.
The young master of the Wang family's face was about to turn green with rage, and it seemed that Ye Tianfan had never taken him seriously, treating him like a monkey. Looking around at the crowd watching the commotion, he felt his lungs were about to burst from holding back laughter. He just wanted to grab this detestable little brat and give him a good thrashing. However, he knew he couldn't beat him, so he turned to the cultivator he had invited for help with pleading eyes. But the cultivator ignored him, staring straight at Ye Tianfan instead. The young master of the Wang family felt his face lose even more dignity, and he began to resent the cultivator as well, thinking that he would definitely speak ill of him in front of his father when they returned home. As for how the cultivator thought about the young master, he didn't care anymore. If it were in the past, he might have tried to think carefully about how to please the young master, but now his mind was reeling with shock and wonder: How could this be? This person is so young, how could he possibly have achieved the cultivation of a Yuan Infant? After a while, the cultivator thought it through and realized that Ye Tianfan must be hundreds of years old, only using some kind of technique to maintain his youthful appearance. It was no wonder he thought that way - after all, the master of the Wang family had spent over 200 years cultivating to reach the Yuan Infant stage, which was considered quite good in terms of natural talent on the Tianqi Star. Unfortunately, he didn't know that his initial thoughts were actually correct.
No matter what, since it's a Yuan Ying period cultivation, I have to serve well. Even if I can't build a good relationship, I mustn't offend him. Thinking of this, Wang Jia Gong Feng bowed to Ye Tian Fan and said: "Senior, welcome to Ye City. I don't know what brings you here, but perhaps our Wang family can be of some help to you." Gong Feng spoke respectfully. Meanwhile, the young master of the Wang family was already frightened silly. After all, although he was a spoiled brat who had everything he wanted, he also understood the importance and power of a Yuan Ying period cultivator. The entire Wang family only had four Yuan Ying period cultivators, including the family head, the ancestors, and Gong Feng. And within the family, there were those who would take advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble for their own patriarchs. After all, there were many factions within the family, not just the one led by his father. Perhaps next time, he would be stripped of his position as head of the household. He knew that his father valued the position more than him, and might even sacrifice him to keep it. Even if he didn't die, he would have to peel off a layer of skin. Gong Feng also seemed to think of this point, looking at him with sympathetic eyes.
Ye Tianfan listened to his words, only gazing at them calmly, making their scalps tingle until half a day later he said: "I'm just passing by, you're too enthusiastic, coming to find me three or four times." His one sentence made the two of them sweat profusely, and finally Sheng Feng said: "How could that be? If we knew Senior was coming, our master would have come to welcome you long ago." Hearing his words, Ye Tianfan thought to himself: if not for my high cultivation, I would have been taken care of by you guys long ago; if not for needing to rush to the Wan Shou Forest, I wouldn't want any extra trouble and would have taken care of you already. Thinking this, he said: "Since that's the case, then I'll be off." Before they could react, he had already walked far away.
One day later, Ye Tianfan and his companion finally arrived at the Wan Shou Forest, giving people a first impression of grandeur, secondly the trees were tall, and the grass was deep.
