A Little Cultivator Is Quite Polite

Qin Tian said with a smile, "Young friend Qiang Di, it's already remarkable that you can spar with the formation left by the Chess Saint for thirty rounds at such a young age. You've surpassed us old folks by a long shot."

He had been defeated so many times by Xu Yan, thinking his chess skills had greatly improved, only to find out he wasn't even as good as this Dao Palace disciple.

Qiang Di shook his head and said, "I've loved playing chess since I was young and studied the Way of Chess under our Dao Palace's Holy Son. I haven't achieved much yet."

The Holy Son he followed cultivated the Way of Chess and possessed extraordinary talent in it, which in turn allowed him to learn a lot.

"There are quite a few people... Huh, Old Sir Qin Tian and Miss Yudie are here too." Xu Yan, who had been wandering around the periphery, spotted Qin Tian and Qin Yudie and walked over.

He didn't think much of it, assuming the people beside Qin Tian and Qin Yudie were just minor Cultivators, so he wasn't too reserved.

Qin Yudie was the first to notice Xu Yan and greeted him with surprise, "Senior Xu, why have you come?"

She had thought Xu Yan wouldn't come to a place with so many prying eyes, so she didn't expect him to show up on his own.

Xu Yan smiled and said, "Everyone is here at this time, and there's no business at the shop, so I came to see who would get the treasure."

His gaze fell upon the shining cave dwelling and the people breaking the formation in front of it. He was somewhat surprised that those people were actually playing chess there.

Seeing Xu Yan arrive, Qin Tian quickly walked over and respectfully said, "Senior Xu, you're here."

He was a bit excited to see Xu Yan here. If Senior Xu were willing to make a move, breaking through the mere test of the Chess Saint's formation shouldn't be difficult.

Xu Yan looked at the Cultivators being defeated at chess and asked, "Old Sir Qin Tian, are those people playing chess?"

He found it somewhat amusing that these people had traveled so far to play chess, only to be so terrible at it, with most of them not even as good as Qin Tian and Qin Yudie.

Qin Tian replied, "Yes, that's the chess game left by the Chess Saint. No one can break it."

He knew in his heart that besides Senior Xu, no one in the entire Southern Domain could break this formation.

"Senior Xu."

Jiang Taiyuan also walked over, shouting with some excitement.

He had always wanted to build a good relationship with Xu Yan but had never had the chance, leaving him anxious.

Qiang Di looked at Xu Yan and frowned slightly, saying, "Who is this person? He actually has two Sea of Consciousness Realm Cultivators treating him with such respect."

He didn't recognize Xu Yan and therefore didn't understand why two Sea of Consciousness Realm Cultivators would show such respect to a Mortal. It was too unusual.

The Sect Master of the Hundred Transformations Sect stared at Qin Tian and Jiang Taiyuan and muttered, "This young man has no Spiritual Power cultivation at all; he's clearly just a Mortal. Why do those two call him 'Senior'?"

This was the first time he had seen Qin Tian and Jiang Taiyuan treat someone with such respect, even reverence, and the person was a young Mortal.

Could he be the illegitimate son of some important figure, secretly left in Tianren City to be looked after by Qin Tian?

The senior disciple of Medicine King Valley walked towards Xu Yan and cupped his fists, saying, "This disciple of Medicine King Valley greets Senior Xu."

Like Jiang Taiyuan, he was a Sea of Consciousness First Heaven Cultivator. No matter how he looked at Xu Yan, he seemed like a mere Mortal.

However, he wouldn't believe that a Mortal could command such reverence from two Sea of Consciousness Realm cultivators, so he also came over to greet Xu Yan.

Xu Yan looked at the senior disciple of Medicine King Valley and smiled, saying, "Hello, my name is Xu Yan."

As this person walked over, there was a scent of medicine, indicating he was also knowledgeable about herbs.

And he had long since reached a state of transcendence in the Way of Medicine, able to turn decay into miracles and make ordinary Medicinal Herbs exhibit heaven-defying effects.

At this moment, facing someone in the field of medicine, he felt a sense of kinship.

The senior disciple of Medicine King Valley hesitated for a moment before asking, "Where does Senior Xu cultivate?"

He felt a trace of goodwill from Xu Yan and therefore spoke directly.

Xu Yan knew this person must have mistaken him for a Cultivator, so he said frankly, "I'm right here in Tianren City, selling things I carve and paint myself, and occasionally brewing some tea when I'm bored."

Many Mortals felt ashamed and couldn't hold their heads up in front of Cultivators, but he didn't feel that way.

Regardless of whether the other party was a Cultivator or not, as long as they were polite to him, he would be polite to them.

If they were rude to him, he saw no need to force pleasantries.

Trying to curry favor with Cultivators was not his style.

Don't be fooled by his current detached and carefree demeanor; this was merely a helpless choice as a Mortal.

He once had grand ambitions to make a name for himself in this world, but reality had dealt him a harsh blow.

As a Mortal unable to cultivate, he developed his current carefree personality, but he still wouldn't fawn over Cultivators.

"Tianren City..." The senior disciple of Medicine King Valley pondered for a moment, a possibility coming to mind, and smiled, "If there's an opportunity, I will definitely visit Senior Xu with my master."

His master, naturally, was the owner of Medicine King Valley, the Medicine King.

Everyone around was astonished to hear the senior disciple of Medicine King Valley's words.

It was known that the Medicine King's mastery of pills was unparalleled in the Southern Domain, and his Spiritual Power cultivation was also top-notch. He was a significant figure in the Southern Domain.

And the Medicine King had been in seclusion for many years, at least over a decade since he last stepped out of Medicine King Valley. All external matters were handled by his senior disciple.

Now, the senior disciple of Medicine King Valley was saying that he would visit Xu Yan with the Medicine King if the opportunity arose. This was definitely explosive news.

Many people secretly pondered Xu Yan's identity. Some sharp-minded individuals connected the painting Qin Yudie gave at Qin Tian's banquet and the zither music that had appeared earlier with Xu Yan.

Coupled with Qin Tian and Jiang Taiyuan's attitude towards Xu Yan, an answer was imminent: this Senior Xu was the reclusive expert playing the zither that many in Tianren City had speculated about!

With this thought, the Sect Master of the Hundred Transformations Sect, with excitement, walked towards Xu Yan. From a distance, he called out, "This humble one, Ji Bai Bian, Sect Master of the Hundred Transformations Sect, greets Senior Xu!"

He pondered how to build a good relationship with this reclusive expert. Qin Tian had directly broken through from the Sea of Consciousness First Heaven to the Sea of Consciousness Second Heaven after receiving a painting from Senior Xu.

It was impossible for him not to feel envious, as he had been stuck in the Sea of Consciousness First Heaven for over ten years.

Lin Yansheng smiled and nodded, saying, "Hello."

He noticed that these Cultivators were quite polite, constantly calling him "senior."

However, he also understood that these people were likely minor Cultivators near Tianren Mountain, just like Qin Tian. Otherwise, there would be no need for them to be so nice to a Mortal like him.

The patriarch of the Murong Family could no longer stand still and quickly walked over, saying, "Senior Xu, I am Murong Hai. I have long admired your great name, Senior Xu."

Seeing everyone else coming to speak with Xu Yan, he couldn't fall behind. If other forces found a backer in Xu Yan and the Murong Family did not, then the Murong Family would be in danger.