Uncle Chen

"Junior nephew dared not deceive senior uncle. After Junior Brother Han and I discovered Senior Brother Lin, we immediately went to treat him. Unexpectedly, Senior Brother Lin tried to possess me. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and prevented him from succeeding!" Li Yunfan said respectfully, cupping his hands.

He never intended to hide it, after all, the other party was already dead, while he was still alive and well. With his Fire Spirit Body aptitude and status as Li Huayuan's personal disciple, the other party would not be stupid enough to seek justice for a dead person.

Moreover, since the other party was originally planning to possess another body, even if their primordial spirit is destroyed, no one can say anything.

Lei Wanhe was taken aback at first, then a look of appreciation appeared in his eyes. He originally thought the other party would pretend to be stupid, but he did not expect him to admit it so generously.

"Hehe, since that's the case, he can only blame his bad luck. My two junior disciples, please continue your reminiscing. I have some matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first." After saying this, Lei Wanhe transformed into a streak of light and left the place.

Seeing Lei Wanhe's escape light completely disappear on the horizon, Li Yunfan said to Han Li, "Junior Brother Han, since all those people from the Thousand Bamboo Sect have been eliminated by Senior Uncle Lei, I won't disturb you any longer. Tomorrow, Junior Brother, please go directly to my cave, and we brothers will go together to pay our respects to our Master!"

After bidding farewell to Han Li, Li Yunfan piloted the Cloud Piercing Boat and left Han Li's cave. However, before leaving, he asked Han Li for a few more spiritual herbs in case of emergency.

After returning to his cave, Li Yunfan sat cross-legged on a futon and began to meditate and regulate his breathing. He only woke up from his meditation the next day when Han Li came to his cave. He then took Han Li to pay his respects to Li Huayuan.

Only then did Han Li finally realize the difference in status between himself and Li Yunfan: he was just an ordinary disciple, while the other was a personal disciple!

After paying his respects to Li Huayuan and informing him of his advancement to the mid-stage, Li Yunfan only stayed for a short while before taking his leave from Green Wave Cave. Han Li, on the other hand, stayed there for a day for some reason before returning to his cave.

As soon as Li Yunfan returned, he immediately began to cultivate in seclusion. He planned to first cultivate the first level of the Great Evolution Technique to perfection, and then go to the Tianxing Sect market to collect some materials for refining puppets. He also planned to go to Qi Yunxiao's place to see if Xin Ruyin had cracked the altar formation.

And just like that, five months passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Li Yunfan, who was sitting cross-legged on a futon with his eyes closed in meditation, suddenly felt something strange and then opened his eyes.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly flipped his hand and took out a small blue flag. Then he spat out a stream of spiritual energy and injected it into the flag. The flag immediately flew into the air and grew to a size of more than ten inches.

Seeing this, Li Yunfan raised his hand and pointed at it. The array flag instantly emitted a burst of spiritual light, and he closed his eyes again. A moment later, when he opened his eyes again, a fist-sized flame appeared in front of him.

He raised his hand and released a stream of red spiritual energy into the firelight, which immediately blazed brightly, and then Li Huayuan's voice came from within.

"Yun Fan, come to Green Wave Cave. Your master needs to speak with you!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the flames exploded with a loud bang, vanishing without a trace.

Li Yunfan frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, but couldn't figure out why Li Huayuan wanted to see him. In the end, he sighed helplessly, got up and left the cave.

At the speed of the Cloud Piercing Boat, Li Yunfan quickly arrived at Green Wave Cave. After sending out a transmission talisman, the senior brother Yu Kun came out to meet him as always.

"Junior Brother Yunfan is here! Come in with me, Master and Mistress are waiting for you!" Yu Kun said with a smile as soon as he saw Li Yunfan.

"Senior Brother Yu, do you know why Master wants to see me?" Li Yunfan asked softly after following Yu Kun through the barrier outside the cave.

Yu Kun smiled and glanced at Li Yunfan, a rather intriguing expression on his face, and said, "Junior Brother's opportunity has arrived! This is truly a great thing. Among the other junior brothers, only Third Junior Brother has such an opportunity; the rest, including myself, have no chance of having it!"

Li Yunfan was completely bewildered. How come he didn't know he had any special opportunity?

With a sense of doubt, Li Yunfan entered the reception hall. At this time, three people were sitting on the chairs in the hall. In addition to Li Huayuan and his wife, there was a man in his forties with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and a righteous look in a green robe.

"Yunfan is here! Come and greet your Uncle Chen!" Li Huayun greeted him as soon as he entered.

"Uncle Chen" Li Yunfan respectfully bowed with his hands clasped.

The man in the green robe looked Li Yunfan up and down, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes before he quickly concealed it, and said calmly, "Hmm, he seems alright, and his cultivation is passable, but I wonder what his character is like."

"Senior Brother Chen, you can rest assured that my disciple's character is absolutely impeccable. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accepted him as my personal disciple!" Li Huayuan said with a smile.

Listening to their conversation, Li Yunfan's doubts deepened. However, as a junior, he couldn't interrupt the conversation between his elders, so he could only stand quietly to the side and listen to them continue talking.

"Yes, I naturally trust my junior brother's judgment, but this matter concerns Qiaoqian's lifelong happiness, so we still need to investigate it carefully," Uncle Chen nodded and said.

"Of course, I've met Qiaoqian a few times. She's beautiful, has excellent cultivation aptitude, and is very polite. She's really good!" Li Huayuan praised with a smile.

Hearing this, Li Yunfan, who was standing to the side, finally understood what had happened, and couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself.

"It seems that this Senior Uncle Chen is the Core Formation cultivator from the Chen family in Yellow Maple Valley. I didn't expect that he would personally come to examine me for Chen Qiaoqian's sake. I just don't know if this was his own idea or if Chen Qiaoqian asked him to..."

Afterwards, Li Huayun and his wife chatted with Uncle Chen for a while before he took his leave. Li Huayuan naturally saw him off personally from Green Wave Cave.

"Yunfan! I've met Chen Qiaoqian once. Apart from her cultivation aptitude not being as good as yours, she's a perfect match for you in every other way!" Li Huayuan's wife said to Li Yunfan with a smile.

Li Yunfan looked bitter, unsure of what to feel. In the end, he was the one who provoked them first, and now that their family elders had come knocking on his door, he couldn't very well explain the situation to them.

Seeing Li Yunfan's expression, Li Huayuan's wife couldn't help but feel suspicious. She frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly asked.

"Yun Fan, do you already have someone in mind as your Daoist partner?"

"Master's wife, I have no one I admire at the moment. I am devoted to the Dao and have never considered the matter of a Daoist partner..." Li Yunfan shook his head gently and then spoke.

Upon hearing this, Li Huayuan's wife felt somewhat relieved and offered some words of advice.

"It's not too late to consider it now. That girl and you are both cultivators from Huangfeng Valley, and she is a disciple of the Chen family. If you can become her Daoist partner, you will be on the Chen family's side, and your future cultivation resources will be much better than they are now. Although her aptitude is not as good as yours, she is still quite talented and shouldn't hold you back in your cultivation. Moreover, she clearly likes you, otherwise Senior Brother Chen wouldn't have personally come to your master's place. No matter how you look at it, it's very advantageous for you."

Just after she finished speaking, Li Huayuan returned from outside. After hearing his wife's story, he frowned and sighed after a moment.

"Yun Fan, you should go back first and think about this matter carefully. Senior Brother Chen came to visit in person, which shows that he attaches great importance to this matter. However, he is a Core Formation cultivator after all. Whether you agree or not, he cannot force you to do anything."