Just as the young man was about to succeed, Bai Lan strolled forward. "You think a hundred thousand Spirit Stones is enough to buy one of my Single Spiritual Root cultivators? You must be dreaming."
The young man froze and halted his movements. He first glanced back at Bai Lan, then studied Di Wu Yin carefully for a long while, astonishment written across his face, as though he had never expected her to possess such talent.
He had only thought Di Wu Yin was a little maid at Bai Lan's side. He had not expected her to have such a background.
"You... are that Young Pavilion Master?" A flash of resentment passed through the young man's eyes before he forced a smile. "My apologies, my apologies. I am Yan Gu. My father is Elder Yan, a Mid Nascent Soul cultivator. I never expected the person beside the Young Pavilion Master to be so outstanding. Hahaha."
Yan Gu, Elder Yan?
Bai Lan did have some impression of his name. Back during the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion entrance competition, Bai Lan had intended to send out every Qi Refining stage trial cultivator except herself and claim first place.
But plans could not keep up with change. In the end, she had missed two people, both preselected Heavenly Secrets Pavilion cultivators with Nascent Soul backers behind them—the sort who were inconvenient to touch.
One was named Lin Ruoshui, an elder's disciple of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. The other was Yan Gu, the son of a Heavenly Secrets Pavilion elder.
The former was suspected to be part of Long Aotian's Harem, while the latter was Long Aotian's experience bag.
Seeing his young master speak this way, the Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator following behind Yan Gu tactfully withdrew his pressure.
Bai Lan stepped forward to support