Zixiao Zhenren smiled slightly.
"Huo Feng, secretly probing a junior damages your status, doesn't it?"
The bearded man, Huo Feng, burst into laughter.
"I couldn't help myself, I couldn't help myself!"
"You haven't taken a disciple in over two hundred years. Of course I wanted to see what this newly accepted disciple of yours was like!"
"Look at you, so stingy!"
After saying that, he casually looked at the people beside him.
"I'm not the only one who's curious. I'm afraid every last one of them is terribly curious too!"
"You should know, just now, I wasn't the only one probing!"
Who would have thought the few people beside him acted as if they had not heard him at all, pretending to chat as they turned their heads away.
That left Huo Feng absolutely furious.
"You all..."
At this moment, Jiang Fan had already walked up to Zixiao Zhenren.
"Disciple Jiang Fan greets Master!"
Zixiao Zhenren raised a hand in a gesture of support.
"Rise!"
Then he turned his head and looked at the Holy Master.
"Holy Master, this is Jiang Fan, the disciple this old man intends to take in this time!"
Xuan Wuji's gaze fell on Jiang Fan.
"Come forward!"
Jiang Fan did as instructed and came to the center of the square, bowing toward the Holy Master.
"Disciple Jiang Fan greets the Holy Master!"
Xuan Wuji sized him up for a moment, then slowly nodded.
"Not bad!"
"Both your temperament and talent are excellent!"
"No wonder you won Zixiao's favor!"
"Now that you have entered Zixiao's tutelage, Zixiao Hall can be considered to have a successor!"
His voice was vast and resonant, spreading across the entire venue.
"In that case!"
"I announce that Jiang Fan has officially entered my Mystic Heaven Holy Land, and shall be