The Perils of the World, Always Keep Something Up Your Sleeve
Hua Yunfei saw his confusion and explained:
"This is a cultivation method passed down by the Founding Ancestor of the Backer Sect. It is extraordinarily wondrous."
"It contains thirty-six top-tier Concealment Arts, as well as seventy-two lesser Concealment Arts."
"Master all those Concealment Arts, then integrate them completely, and you will have the Unfathomable Concealment Art!"
"From then on, even if a Saint stood before you, he would be unable to see your true realm!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Bufan's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered a whole new world.
Master... was he teaching me how to be a sly old six?
Did that mean he should not reveal his realm on the surface, but keep some of it hidden within, only using it when necessary?
Ye Bufan possessed extremely high comprehension and quickly understood Hua Yunfei's meaning.
At the same time, he had a question. Could it be that every disciple of the Backer Sect cultivated the Unfathomable Concealment Art?
"Keep this on you!"
Hua Yunfei took out another jade pendant and hung it at Ye Bufan's waist.
Ye Bufan asked, "Master, what is this?"
Hua Yunfei explained, "A Concealment Jade Pendant, created by the Backer Ancestor. It looks like an ordinary jade pendant."
"However, its material is special. It can interfere with others' attempts to spy on you and help you conceal your realm to an even greater extent."
"This is double insurance. Every Backer Sect disciple has one. On the surface, it is a token of the Backer Sect and a symbol of its disciples."
Ye Bufan turned over the jade pendant and indeed found his name and identity information engraved on its back.
He could not help but feel deep admiration for the Backer Ancestor he had never met. His attention to detail was as fine as a strand of hair!
"The world is fraught with danger. Always keeping something up your sleeve is the key."
Hua Yunfei instructed him, successfully instilling the sect's philosophy of lying low into the inexperienced Ye Bufan.
Ye Bufan listened with great seriousness, nodding as he secretly pondered how much he should hide in the future.
"Junior Brother, this is a required lesson for every Backer Sect disciple."
Mu Qiuxue raised her Identity Jade Pendant and said.
Ye Bufan suddenly looked at her seriously and asked, "Senior Sister, have you hidden your realm too?"
"When we fought just now, I kept feeling that your realm rose and fell unpredictably. So it wasn't just my imagination."
"Not at all. You are overthinking it. Girls are all innocent—how could we have such deep thoughts?"
Mu Qiuxue met Ye Bufan's gaze, shook her head with a smile, and refused to admit anything.
This was also one of the sect's principles!
As long as you were not caught red-handed, deny it to the bitter end!
You had no evidence, right?
Ye Bufan chuckled and did not press further. It was enough for him to understand in his heart.
"You have not yet reached the Violet Palace Realm, so you have nowhere to store certain things. Thus, as your master, I will give you a Storage Ring for the time being."
Hua Yunfei took out a golden ring with a piece of jade set in its center, engraved with the character "Fan."
This was not merely a Storage Ring; it also contained a powerful concealment spell.
As long as Ye Bufan wore the ring on his hand, it would better help him hide himself.
It could be considered the third layer of insurance his master gave his disciple.
Hua Yunfei felt that the sect's two layers of protection were not secure enough. Three layers would be safer.
Moreover, the Storage Ring could block the deductions of certain powerful cultivators, making things even safer.
Beyond that, if Ye Bufan encountered a life-threatening danger, the Storage Ring would project Hua Yunfei's avatar to save him!
Of course, there was no need for Ye Bufan to know any of this.
It was enough to keep it hidden.
Hua Yunfei's mind was filled with the ten-year sign-in-tier reward from the disciple-accepting mission.
Although he possessed more good things than even the Ultimate Sacred Ground.
Who would ever complain about having too many good things?
Thus, three days later.
After Hua Yunfei carefully explained the matters Ye Bufan needed to pay attention to while living on Daoyuan Peak, he quietly left the Backer Sect.
He had no idea how long this trip would take, so Hua Yunfei simply treated it as a journey.
He had transmigrated a hundred years ago and had never properly seen this world. This time, he would travel through it properly.
Naturally, that was under the condition that he did not expose himself.
As an aspiring young man devoted to the way of lying low, the greatest taboo when going out was letting others discover his tracks.
Who knew whether he might suffer a hidden plot like Tianji Zhenren?
Better safe than sorry.
Hua Yunfei took out a flying boat from the Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven. It was a Saint-grade magical artifact.
Its greatest characteristics were its speed and its ability to conceal itself!
It was just right for travel.
The last time he left the sect, he had relied entirely on flying himself. It had truly been rather tiring. This time, he had learned how to enjoy himself.
The inside of the flying boat contained its own space, stocked with all sorts of delicacies. There were even entertainment facilities for leisure within the boat.
A Saint-grade flying boat like this might only be used by the Ultimate Sacred Ground. Even if ordinary sects possessed one, they would find it difficult to bear the Spirit Stone consumption required to operate it!
It consumed one Mid-Grade Spirit Stone every minute!
Hua Yunfei arrived at the power cabin and took out ten thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, piling them inside.
If he put in more, he would not need to keep watching the power situation.
In any case, he was not lacking in Spirit Stones.
For this trip to accept disciples, Hua Yunfei made a plan. He intended to first visit some remote mountain villages and dig for gold.
Too many top-tier prodigies, born into poverty, were buried away in ordinary places.
They went their entire lives without ever shining, never knowing they were immortal cultivation geniuses until they died of old age.
Therefore, Hua Yunfei intended to give those people a chance this time—and give himself a chance as well!
But...
Half a month later, Hua Yunfei left the thirtieth village in disappointment. As expected, geniuses were not so easy to encounter.
After visiting so many villages, even those with Mystic-grade aptitude were rare. Nearly all had Yellow-grade aptitude, while even more possessed mortal roots!
They were a hundred and eight thousand miles away from his requirements. With such aptitude, entering the Backer Sect would already be difficult. Even Mystic-grade aptitude only had a slight chance.
After wandering around for another five days without finding his target, Hua Yunfei felt somewhat helpless.
It seemed he had boarded the system's pirate ship. Low-grade Saint aptitude was far too difficult to find in this era!
"System, sign in!"
A new month had arrived. Helpless, Hua Yunfei called upon the system to sign in.
Ding, sign-in successful! Cumulative sign-in time: one hundred years and two months Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a Great Sage Weapon—the Tuosheng Sword
Tuosheng Sword?
Tuosheng?
Why did that sound so familiar?
"Another Great Sage Weapon. I have so many I can barely carry them all."
Hua Yunfei disdainfully tossed the Tuosheng Sword into the Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven. He possessed weapons of every grade, so he had never cared much about such sign-in rewards.
At this moment.
Hua Yunfei's flying boat arrived at a place called Qingyang Town.
The situation there caught his attention, and his brows slowly furrowed.
This town was being ravaged by bandits!
Everyone was being slaughtered!
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