Bai Jianzhang sat down on another stone beside the stone platform and waved his hand. "Just call me Bai Jianzhang. I'm a protector elder of the Sun-Moon Palace. Old Kong, the protector elder who attacked you that day, is one too. The two of us oversee different areas of the palace. As it happened, Elder Kong was patrolling the front that day and ran into you."
Li Bufan gave a slight cupped-fist salute. "Thank you for saving me, Senior Bai. If you hadn't called for a halt in time, I'm afraid I would already have..."
Bai Jianzhang smiled and cut him off. "All right, all right. There's no need to thank me. I called for a halt because I recognized something and felt there might be some misunderstanding."
"You don't need to be so tense, either. I just have a few things I'd like to ask you about. If it's convenient, tell me. If it isn't, you don't have to. I won't force you."
Li Bufan's heart tightened slightly. He knew he was on the Sun-Moon Palace's territory, and the cultivation of the Bai Elder before him was unfathomably deep. Lying in front of someone like this would not only be meaningless, but might instead backfire.
After pondering briefly, he said, "Since Senior saved me and was willing to sit down and speak with me properly, I naturally have nothing to hide and will tell you everything I know. Please ask whatever you wish."
Seeing his sincere attitude, the smile in Bai Jianzhang's eyes deepened.
He leaned forward slightly, his tone turning serious. "Little fellow, where did you learn the Sunflare Divine Fist?"
This time, Li Bufan did not use his previous vague excuse of having obtained it "through an exchange with someone." After thinking for a moment, he answered