Asking for Guidance
When the yin spirits of Yu Ci and the Tu family brothers hurried back to the Fa Tian Secret Realm, Zhang Yan was indeed outside Yu Ci's closed-door stone chamber, leaning against the door in a half-asleep daze. When the three yin spirits entered, he merely lifted his eyes without any reaction.
Uh, it seemed the visitor had come with ill intent?
To a Core Formation cultivator like Zhang Yan, the restrictions of the Fa Tian Secret Realm were practically nonexistent. He could come whenever he wished and leave whenever he pleased. That was the privilege of the strong; even if Zhang Yan had already come infinitely close to falling, it remained the same.
The Tu family brothers were somewhat afraid of him from the bottom of their hearts. They hurriedly called out, "Senior Brother Zhang," then returned their yin spirits to their bodies—after all, meeting someone in yin-spirit form was rather impolite. As for the flying sword Zhang Yan held in his hand, the two brothers did not dare utter a word. They could only place their hopes on Yu Ci.
"Senior Brother Zhang, please come in."
Only after Yu Ci returned to his body did he open the stone door again and invite Zhang Yan inside. Aside from Li You and Meng Wei, this was the first time someone from the mountain gate had visited him, and it was Zhang Yan, an opponent he had once gambled in combat against, in the Fa Tian Secret Realm no less. The feeling was exceedingly strange, so Yu Ci was especially courteous:
"Senior Brother Zhang has spared the time to come here. What business brings you?"
Since it was a place of cultivation, and he occasionally needed room to practice external martial arts and sword techniques, the stone