Honest Yun Shan

To say that Yun Shan is cunning and shrewd is absolutely true; it's all been honed by age and experience. However, his lofty ambition to revitalize the Misty Cloud Sect remains unchanged.

Seeing Yun Potian face again, Yun Shan couldn't help but shed tears, and memories of his youth from those days kept resurfacing in his mind.

"Not bad, you haven't forgotten your grandmaster." Yun Potian nodded.

"How could this disciple dare to forget?" Yun Shan knelt down and kowtowed three times. If it weren't for Yun Potian's casual guidance back then, his cultivation level wouldn't have changed so rapidly. Now that he is the sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, he will never forget the kindness of his master's enlightenment.

"Get up first. I am merely a Soul Imprint left behind by the original body before its death," Yun Potian said, one hand behind his back and the other pointing at the sleeping Na Lan Yan Ran on the ground. "The one you should truly worship is her."

Should we kowtow to this girl from the Nalan Family?

Yun Shan was quite puzzled by these words, wondering why the patriarch would say such a thing.

Yun Potian said, "Little Shanzi, today I'm going to tell you a huge secret, but you mustn't tell anyone else after you hear it."

Upon hearing that it was a major secret, Yun Shan immediately became nervous. If his ancestor was taking it so seriously, it must be a matter that would shake the world. He dared not take it lightly and immediately pricked up his ears to listen to his ancestor's teachings.

Yun Potian began to tell the story in a gentle and detailed manner.

"The secret I'm about to tell you is related to this girl. Actually, I am not the founder of the Misty Cloud Sect. According to seniority, you should call me Grandmaster. The founder of the Misty Cloud Sect is someone else."

Back when I was just a lowly Dou Zhe, I met my mentor who changed my life. My mentor was incredibly powerful; her name was Ye Qianqian, and she held great prestige on the Dou Qi Continent. It was under her tutelage that I achieved what I did back then!

Yun Shan was overjoyed to learn that the first leader of their Misty Cloud Sect was actually this ancestor, and that there were actually eight Ancient Families in the Central Continent, all of whom were descendants of Dou Di.

"Later, my mentor was betrayed by Ancient Families that repaid kindness with enmity, and died. After the passing of my ancestor, my Misty Cloud Sect was suppressed by many forces in the Central Continent, and was forced to abandon its glorious thousand-year foundation and come to this desolate and barren Northwest Continent. The foundation of the sect was thus destroyed."

At this point, Yun Potian sighed deeply and said, "The past is truly unbearable to recall, but now our Misty Cloud Sect's opportunity has arrived."

He pointed at Ye Qianqian on the ground and said, "This girl is the reincarnation of our Misty Cloud Sect's founder. You must protect her life until she successfully awakens her memories of her past life. Only then will our Misty Cloud Sect truly become powerful."

Yun Shan was incredulous. He carefully examined Na Lan Yan Ran but found nothing unusual about her. Why was Yun Potian so certain that this woman was the reincarnation of their ancestral master?

At the same time, Yun Shan also had great doubts about Yun Potian's appearance. Having lived for so long, he had come to realize a truth: hearing is believing, and seeing is not necessarily believing.

Even though Yun Potian's soul was extremely powerful, there were still quite a few people on the Dou Qi Continent who could manipulate their souls in this way.

Therefore, Yun Shan began to feel a sense of skepticism and wariness towards the soul of Yun Potian before him.

"Little Shanzi, do you know why I was so powerful and stood out from the crowd back then?" At this moment, Yun Potian suddenly said, "Actually, it was all because my Ancestral Master gave me a divine-level Heaven Tier Cultivation Method technique."

"There are actually divine-level cultivation techniques in this world that surpass the Heavenly Rank?" Yun Shan asked in surprise.

On the Dou Qi Continent, although there are many cultivation techniques for practitioners, high-level techniques are extremely rare and are generally held by the Hidden Family and powerful forces.

Their Misty Cloud Sect's highest-level cultivation technique was only at the Earth Rank. It's unbelievable that Yun Potian cultivated a God-Rank technique back then.

"That's right, it's a divine-level cultivation technique." Yun Potian waved his hand, and a scroll formed in mid-air using his soul. The scroll displayed characters, "This is the divine-level cultivation technique that I cultivated back then, which can make your cultivation advance by leaps and bounds."

Yun Shan's gaze was fixed on the words on the scroll. He only glanced at it, but was completely captivated by the section on the Dou Qi circulation technique, as if he were bewitched.

He tried to circulate his Dou Qi according to the incantation above, and in an instant, the bottleneck in his body that he had not been able to break through for many years loosened up by more than half.

Yun Shan was both surprised and delighted. He hurriedly forced himself to memorize the incantation. If he went back and cultivated according to the method, he was sure that he could break through to the Dou Zong realm in less than a day.

Yun Potian solemnly said, "This cultivation technique is called the Eternal Sacred Body Art. It was written and created by our ancestral master. After cultivating this technique, one can live forever. If one cultivates it to the Great Ascension Realm, one can even live as long as heaven and earth. Back then, I only cultivated it to the first level, and I hadn't even mastered it yet, but I could still roam freely on the Dou Qi Continent."

"Hiss!" Yun Shan gasped. He had lived for so long and this was the first time he had ever heard of such a technique. His trust in Yun Potian increased to eighty percent.

"Grandmaster, may I ask if there is a next chapter to this divine-level cultivation technique?" Yun Shan had just finished reading the first chapter, which only recorded the beginning of the first level, the "Endless Vitality" chapter. He was already eager to read the next chapter.

"That's all," Yun Potian chuckled.

"What? It's over?" Yun Shan stood there dumbfounded, completely stunned. He was engrossed in watching it when Yun Potian suddenly said it was over.

It's like a book lover who's just started reading and is on a crucial level, only to have the author suddenly abandon the story. This makes Yun Shan, who's scratching his head in frustration, feel an urge to kill Yun Potian.

"Yes, that's all," Yun Potian said helplessly, spreading his hands. "Hehehe, I'm just a Soul Imprint of Yun Potian. This is all the memories I can pass on. If you really get hooked on it, then you should take good care of Grandmother. Maybe when Grandmother awakens her past life memories, she'll give you the complete manual?"

Yun Shan agreed with Yun Potian's words. This girl from the Nalan Family really is the reincarnation of their Misty Cloud Sect's founder!

It seems this is the only way. He must protect Na Lan Yan Ran well and wait for the Ancestral Master to awaken her memories of her past life.

Thinking of this, Yun Shan suddenly had a wicked idea. If he started currying favor with the Nalan Family and ingratiating himself with Na Lan Yan Ran now, wouldn't he become the closest person to the Ancestral Master in the future? Yun Shan chuckled, as if he had seen a potential stock.

"Xiaoshanzi, my time is running out. Before I go, I have to tell you one thing: you must protect our Ancestral Master and wait for her to safely awaken her memories. At the same time, do not reveal the secret of our Ancestral Master's reincarnation. The future of the Misty Cloud Sect depends on you. You must remember this!"

After Yun Potian finished speaking his last words, his soul vanished into thin air in the room.

Yun Shan bowed deeply to the empty air before him, saying, "Yun Shan will humbly obey the Grandmaster's decree and will surely bring glory to the Misty Cloud Sect."

"Huh, how did I fall asleep?" Just then, Na Lan Yan Ran, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened her beautiful eyes and pretended to look around.

"You are... Master Yun Shan?" Na Lan Yan Ran immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Yun Shan.

"No, no, absolutely not!" This startled Yun Shan, who hurriedly helped Na Lan Yan Ran up.

Now that it is known that Na Lan Yan Ran is the reincarnation of the ancestor Ye Qianqian, how could he possibly accept her kneeling before him again? The ancestor kneeling before a junior—if she were to awaken her memories one day, wouldn't she personally kill him?

Just as Yun Shan was about to speak, two figures suddenly appeared outside the door. It turned out to be Nalan Su, who had been alerted, and Na Lan Yan Ran's grandfather Nalan Jie.

"I wonder what brings Sect Master Yun Shan to my Nalan Family?" Nalan Jie was puzzled when he saw Yun Shan appear in his granddaughter's room.

He wondered why this old fox, who had been in seclusion for years, had come here today. Could it be that he was after the Nalan Family?

"I've been feeling rather bored lately, so I thought I'd take a stroll. I heard that Yanran was harmed by thieves and is unable to cultivate, so I'm quite worried and have come to offer my comfort."

Yun Shan was momentarily embarrassed. After a forced laugh, he took out a token and handed it to Na Lan Yan Ran, explaining, "My Misty Cloud Sect is not a cold-blooded sect. Once a disciple of the sect, always a disciple, and that can never be changed. Although Yanran has been removed from her position as the Young Sect Master, her contributions to the sect over the years have been invaluable. This is a Supreme Great Elder Token. Apart from the sect leader, the entire Misty Cloud Sect obeys this token. From this day forward, Yanran is the First Great Elder of my Misty Cloud Sect."

"What?"

Nalan Jie and Nalan Su both gaped, unanimously believing they were hallucinating. Yun Shan had actually come to the Nalan Family in person to visit Na Lan Yan Ran and even appointed her as the First Great Elder of the Misty Cloud Sect! What kind of good fortune could there be? Could this Yun Shan be an imposter?

Na Lan Yan Ran fiddled with the First Great Elder's Token in her hand, her expression calm and composed, and refused:

"Grandmaster, you should take back this Great Elder. Recently, Yanran has fallen ill with a strange disease. She often dreams of memories that are not her own, and many cultivation techniques have appeared in her mind. I don't remember them very clearly, but there is one called something like the Eternal Technique. In short, Yanran is afraid that one day she will become seriously ill and unable to live. How can she then assume the sacred and great profession of Great Elder?"

Yun Shan's eyes lit up; upon hearing these words, he was so excited he almost danced on the spot.

"That's not an illness, Yanran. It's not an illness at all. You need to sleep more, take care of your health, rest more, and have more dreams like that."

Yun Shan quickly took out a number of precious nourishing pills from his Storage Ring and stuffed them all into Na Lan Yan Ran hug the pills tightly. Finally, he patted her shoulder and said earnestly:

"Yanran, our Misty Cloud Sect... can't do without you!!!"