Chapter 59: Dan Lao

  After the decision, Dan Daozi stood up and said: "The third place in this competition is Liu Yun, as for the second place, there is no second place in this competition, because two people tied for first place, they are Xie Qianqiu and Ye Tianfan."

  When he heard that he had gotten third place, Liu Yun suddenly became so excited that he almost cried, clearly very happy and excited.

  Dandaozi ignored the emotional outburst of Liuyun and continued, "The third place winner will have the opportunity to choose between entering the Cangjing Pavilion for ten days or receiving a pill that enhances their cultivation. The first place winner will receive both rewards, and most importantly, Dan Lao has already decided to take two people as his only closed-door disciples."

  When he heard that Dan Lao was going to take the first place as his own disciple, Liu Yun suddenly burst into tears, but not because of excitement, but because of sadness, because the opportunity to be taken by Dan Lao as a disciple had slipped away from him.

  The people present, whether participating or spectating, looked at him with sympathetic faces, making him even more heartbroken. Even the excitement of obtaining the elixir to enhance his cultivation was gone.

  Dandanzi continued: "Now please ask the top three to come on stage to receive their rewards, and also for the two first-place winners to pay a visit to Old Dan."

  Upon hearing this, Ye Tianfan began walking towards the stage, and at the same time, two others also walked towards the stage. Ye Tianfan found that the ones who got first and second place were two of the three people he paid attention to in the preliminary round.

  The one who got the first place was the young and beautiful person with excellent alchemy skills that he had discovered himself, while the third place went to the middle-aged man. Seeing that it was the middle-aged man who got the third place, Ye Tianfan thought: It's probably because of his age that Dan Lao didn't want him as a disciple.

  When it comes to accepting disciples, Ye Tianfan is also somewhat depressed. Although he has great respect and admiration for this alchemy master, he had never thought of becoming a disciple before. However, if he were to refuse now, things would only get worse, so he could only agree.

  Ye Tianfan was observing the two, and they were also observing each other. The middle-aged man, Liu Yun, was also taken aback as he looked at the two, for he discovered that both of them were so young, yet they had obtained first place, clearly their innate talents far surpassed his own.

  Another first place winner, Xie Qianqiu, was also somewhat surprised. The third place winner, Liu Yun, was nothing to be concerned about, but this beautiful female alchemist had not expected that the person who won first place would be someone around her own age. It was clear that this person's talent must be similar to her own. Thinking of these things, the gaze of this beauty towards Ye Tianfan changed from indifference to kindness.

  Dandouzhi saw that everyone had arrived on stage, so he left his seat and came to the front of several people, asking: "Liuyun, which reward do you choose? I believe you have already considered it, speak quickly."

  Liuyun saw Dan Daozi and asked him first, feeling honored and surprised at the same time. He hastily said: "Peak Master, I choose to read books in the Cangjing Pavilion for ten days."

  "Ah, not bad. You can make such a choice in accumulating your cultivation and knowledge. It's rare and precious. This is the token that allows you to enter the Cangjing Pavilion to read books for ten days. Go down." Dan Daozi said after finishing speaking, took out a jade plate from his ring and gave it to Liuyun.

  As soon as this was said, Liuxing felt a little disheartened in her heart, but she couldn't say anything more, so she just bowed to the people on stage and went down.

  After the flow of clouds went down, Dan Daozi smiled and said to Ye Tianfan and Xie Qianqiu: "You two are Ye Tianfan and Xie Qianqiu, aren't you? I didn't expect you both look so young, it's great. No wonder Dan Lao wants to take you as his disciples. If Dan Lao didn't want to take you as his disciples, I would have taken you as my disciples long ago."

  Ye Tianfan and Xie Qianqiu both said they didn't dare to accept such praise, but in their hearts, they were still very happy. After all, being able to receive the praise of a master like Yifeng was a great honor.

  "Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. This is your reward, take it well and after taking it, follow me to pay respects to Dan Lao." After saying this, Dan Daozi took out two bottles of dan medicine and two jade cards, the same as the one he gave to Liu Yun, and handed them to the two people respectively.

  After seeing that the two had packed up, Dan Daozi said to the people below that they could leave, and then led the two towards the judges' table where Lao Dan was seated.

  Yè Tiān Fán and Xiè Qiū Autumn walked up to the group of people, and in unison said: "Yè Tiān Fán (Xiè Qiū Autumn) pays respects to Teacher, Sect Master, and all Peak Masters." This caused both individuals to feel a sense of surprise in their hearts. Dān Lǎo saw that the two had such tacit understanding and was quite delighted.

  "Ah, you're all quite impressive," said Dan Lao. "I don't have anything particularly special to give out, so I'll just bestow upon you some medicinal pellets that will enhance your cultivation." With that, Dan Lao retrieved two bottles of medicinal pellets from his storage ring and handed one to each of them.

  The other silent peaks also looked at the two with a kind face, obviously the two had already been recognized by several people.

  Suddenly, Zong Zhu Mu Feng asked: "You are the brother of my disciple Xia Lingyun, you're not bad, able to rely on your own three spiritual roots talent to break through a small boundary and a large boundary in one year, even many double spiritual root cultivators can't compare to you, and your innate talent for alchemy is so good."

  Upon hearing Zong Zhu's words, the crowd suddenly looked at Ye Tianfan in surprise, and even Xie Qianqiu was no exception. Dan Lao's gaze towards Ye Tianfan also became more gentle.

  Ye Tianfan didn't mind everyone's gaze and hastily asked: "Master, I don't know how my sister has been lately, or how she's doing?"

  "Don't worry, he's doing great. Apart from constantly shouting about wanting to come see his big brother, he's been working hard on his cultivation. Now he already has a Golden Core level of cultivation." As soon as the sect leader mentioned his precious disciple, he couldn't help but smile and stand up.

  Seeing the expression of the host, Ye Tianfan knew that his sister Ling Yun was doing very well and he couldn't help but feel completely at ease.

  "Hey, I wonder when I'll get to see Ling Yun again. It's been so long and I still miss her."

  The sect master smiled and said, "Your wish will soon come true, because I have already decided to let my precious disciple participate in the inner door disciples' competition. At that time, you will meet her, and when you see her cultivation, you will definitely be greatly surprised."

  Seeing the host talking non-stop, Dan Lao couldn't help but cough intentionally and said: "It seems that people are getting old, they can even get a cold, I won't stay here for long, my two good disciples will come to find me again in two days, I will give each of you a small courtyard to live in, from now on you will live next to me. This jade slip records the address of my residence, I'm leaving." After finishing speaking, he handed over a jade slip to Ye Tianfan and the other person, then left.

  The sect leader naturally understood, so why did Dan Lao leave? As for saying he had a cold, would a cultivator in the unity stage catch a cold? So he didn't say anything else, only saying one sentence after Dan Lao left slowly: "Everyone disperse, you two remember to go to Dan Lao's place the day after tomorrow." After finishing speaking, the sect leader flew away, and the other peak masters also left.

  Yè Tiān Fán handed the jade tablet to Xiè Qiū Autumn after glancing at the address, and then said: "Hello, my name is Yè Tiān Fán. What's your name? Should I call you Shī Jiě (older martial sister) or Shī Mèi (younger martial sister) in the future?"

  Upon hearing Ye Tianfan's words, Xie Qianqiu said with some shyness: "My name is Xie Qianqiu, I'm 20 years old, how old are you?"

  "Ah, you're 20 already! I thought you were only 16 or 17 years old. And I'm almost 17 now, looks like I should call you 'sister' from now on."

  Xie Qiujiu heard this and suddenly said with joy: "I also have a younger brother, little brother, quickly call out 'older sister' for me to hear."

  Seeing the change in his senior sister, Ye Tianfan was stunned and could only say: "Senior sister, it's getting late, you should go back and rest early, I'm leaving." After finishing speaking, Ye Tianfan fled in a hurry.

  Xie Qianqiu was still a bit disappointed, but seeing Ye Tianfan had already walked far away, he could only give up and head towards his own residence, thinking that there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.