Sun Daoyu looked at Zheng Fa for a long while, then gave him a slight cupped-fist salute.
"May I ask how I should address you?"
"Zheng Fa." Zheng Fa returned the salute.
"Brother Zheng, are you an old acquaintance of Senior Sister Zhang's?" Sun Daoyu asked, with a trace of respect on his face.
"I am not an old friend of True Person Zhang's. I have known True Person Zhang for only a few days."
With Senior Sister Zhang standing right there, Zheng Fa could only answer honestly.
"Then what is your aptitude, Zheng Fa?"
"Fire-Wood Dual-Spirit Root."
"Do you come from a great Immortal Sect clan?"
"I come from a humble background. Until a few days ago, I was still a bookboy in this residence."
Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Sun Daoyu no longer looked at Zheng Fa. He merely turned and bowed to Senior Sister Zhang. "Senior Sister Zhang, it is not that I am throwing my weight around and bullying others. It is simply that my junior brother, who has yet to enter the sect, possesses peerless talent. I truly cannot bear for our sect to miss such an outstanding genius."
Senior Sister Zhang looked at him without the slightest flicker of emotion in her eyes.
"Our Nine Mountains Sect has always excelled in Talisman Arts within the Hundred Immortals Alliance. Since my master encountered such fine jade and rare timber, we cannot let him slip away!"
Sun Daoyu spoke with earnest sincerity, as though he were considering matters for Senior Sister Zhang's sake.
"If this man gives the Immortal Selection Token to my junior brother, first, it will bring a gifted talent into our Nine Mountains Sect."
"Second, Senior Sister Zhang will gain a favor from my master. Once my junior brother enters the sect, he