If his guess was right, this boy's cultivation should also have reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, making him evenly matched with himself. Just as all kinds of thoughts were turning through Lin Xuan's mind, the Red-Haired Ancestor suddenly withdrew his divine sense, and even closed both eyes, as though he had sunk into meditation.
Everyone could not help but freeze. At this moment, True Person Withered Wood stepped forward. First, his gaze swept over Lin Xuan and the other two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, and only then did he speak, calm and unhurried. "Senior Red-Haired has come here because he wishes to take a servant from among the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. I wonder which of you three young friends will obtain this opportunity."
"What? Take a servant? Wasn't it said that Patriarch Red-Haired wanted to find a disciple to inherit his mantle?"
Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian remained silent, but Xu Han looked both shocked and furious, and he spoke in a flustered rage.
"Oh, I'm afraid the rumors outside were mistaken!"
True Person Withered Wood still wore that kindly, benevolent expression, yet no matter how one looked at him, he looked like an old fox.
Xu Han still wanted to speak, but the Core Condensation cultivator beside him, who bore quite a resemblance to him, opened his mouth. "Enough, Han'er. Rumors being passed on wrongly is only normal. Most likely, you made a mistake yourselves."
In You Province, although the Xu Family could be considered a rather large cultivation clan, it naturally fell far short when compared to the strength of the Heavenly Eye Sect. Moreover, if they continued to entangle themselves in this matter, they might even anger the Red-Haired Ancestor. That would bring an unimaginable disaster upon the family.
"Yes, Third Uncle."
Xu Han was