When Yang Chen saw that Ye Xu truly believed him, he heaved a long sigh of relief. He had only remembered in a moment of desperation that, theoretically speaking, he had no way of knowing about "Yang Chen."
Fortunately, my exact age had always been a mystery back in the Eastern Thirty-Six Commanderies, with no definite, absolute claim. Otherwise, this really would have been troublesome, Yang Chen thought.
Ye Xu's gaze gathered on Yang Chen once again.
Yang Chen immediately became more solemn as well.
"Yang Xilin, Golden Mausoleum speaks very highly of you. She said you passed the twentieth level of the Trial Tower and possess exceptional talent. You even reached the Earth Martial Realm at only twenty-one years old. Compared to you, that so-called Number One Genius of the Eastern Thirty-Six Commanderies, Yang Chen, could not even catch up on horseback. I had originally thought that the Western Forty-Two Commanderies had already found it difficult to produce anyone capable of contending with him. Now, it seems I was simply ignorant and poorly informed," Ye Xu said.
Yang Chen hurriedly replied, "Sect Master Ye, you flatter me."
"Hehe, whether it is flattery or not, I will judge for myself. Yang Xilin, if you wished to join the Eastern Emperor Sect directly, I, Ye Xu, would agree without a second word. With your talent, whatever you wanted to do and whatever position you wanted within the Eastern Emperor Sect, I would grant it to you. But unfortunately, you are not joining the Eastern Emperor Sect directly. You are becoming an affiliated sect. Therefore, you must show me your value—the value that can still move me even if you bring along a whole group of burdens!" Ye Xu said slowly.
Ruan Jinling could not help but look at Ye Xu in