"Are you Daoist Friend Qingyuan?"
As Zhang Qingyuan wandered to a plaza, a familiar voice suddenly called out from behind him.
He turned around.
One Page Scholar was walking toward him, greeting him.
"Greetings, Scholar Daoist Friend. Have you been well these days? How are your injuries recovering?"
Zhang Qingyuan cupped his hands and bowed as he spoke.
"So it really is you. I'm fine—just a few minor injuries, fully healed half a year ago. As for you, heh, that mysterious figure on the Academy's path has certainly made quite a name for himself!"
"Haha, I was merely bored and passing the time. So long as your Academy does not blame me for leading the younger generation astray."
"Leading the younger generation astray? If you, Zhang Qingyuan, count as leading people astray, then I fear the only one in the Academy who does not is the Dean!"
One Page Scholar was rendered speechless.
However,
just as he was about to say something else,
a voice cut in.
"You are Zhang Qingyuan, the one who took the Heaven-Inducing Origin Secret Land slot? Qin Yang of Haoran Academy requests your guidance!"
Following the voice,
they saw that, at some point, a figure in gray Confucian robes had appeared nearby. He cupped both hands in salute, yet his gaze remained fixed on Zhang Qingyuan in the distance!
"Qin, what are you doing?"
One Page Scholar frowned.
Qin Yang,
the foremost among Haoran Academy's younger generation,
possessed exceptional talent. Among the younger generation of the Central Continent's Cultivation World, he could rank within the top ten!
"Senior Disciple Brother, I have long admired Fellow Daoist Zhang's great name and merely wish to request a match for guidance!"
"Qin, Fellow Daoist Zhang is an honored guest of Haoran Academy. How can you offend him so