After Changchun left, Wang Chen returned to his own estate.
Thinking back on his exchange with that Purple Mansion cultivator, he still felt lingering fear.
In that earlier situation—
if the other party had shown even the slightest hint of malice, Wang Chen could not possibly have gotten through that ordeal so easily!
It made him feel that Changchun was not as worthless as others claimed.
As a Purple Mansion cultivator, Changchun had always had a poor reputation in the Yunyang Sect inner sect. Derisive, even contemptuous nicknames such as "Venerable Spirit Stone" and "Tofu Venerable" had left his standing in tatters.
Especially during that lecture, when Huang Yuxiu of Mingxiu Peak had come to collect a debt in public, leaving him utterly bedraggled.
He had lost both face and substance, cleanly and completely.
His standing in the hearts of Sunset Peak's disciples had plummeted in a straight line!
After that incident, Changchun had vanished from everyone's sight for a time, and even the rotating Purple Mansion lectures had ceased.
It had left people quite speechless.
Although Wang Chen held no prejudice against Changchun, he had inevitably been influenced by the rumors.
Only now did he understand that no Purple Mansion cultivator could be underestimated!
Leaving aside everything else, Changchun's bearing was truly extraordinary.
This Purple Mansion cultivator had seen that Wang Chen had encountered a fortunate opportunity, yet had shown no covetousness.
Though his proposal to take Wang Chen as a true disciple was rather puzzling, after Wang Chen refused, the Purple Mansion cultivator did not persist. He left cleanly and decisively.
From beginning to end, he had never used his status to pressure Wang Chen.
And his final words carried no threat.
They were more like a warning!
But Wang Chen would not give up continuing to cultivate