"Ah! Why?" Wang Yan's heart stirred at those words, and he hurriedly asked. At the same time, he wondered why every slightly older fellow called him a brat. Although his cultivation was still at full completion of the Cultivation Realm, and Venerable Gray Three had only accepted him as a nominal disciple, the venerable had already given him two Qi Condensation Pills. If he exchanged for another two himself, his chances of advancing to the Core Condensation Realm would be astonishingly high... It was fair enough to call Wang Yan his disciple already. Yet from Venerable Gray Three's tone, it seemed he had not originally intended to take Wang Yan as a disciple...
"I already told you not to let your cleverness trip you up!" Venerable Gray Three said mildly. "Did you know that disciples of the cultivators in charge of the Four Great Peaks must enter the triennial Four Peaks Competition as soon as they advance to the Core Condensation Realm? Did you?"
"Huh? There's a rule like that?" Wang Yan froze, sounding rather surprised. After a pause, he hurriedly continued, "But I haven't advanced to the Core Condensation Realm yet, have I? And surely you have other senior disciples, Master?"
"Didn't you hear me clearly? Disciples who have just advanced to the Core Condensation Realm!" Venerable Gray Three said gravely. "Heh heh! Do you understand now?"
"So that's how it is!" Wang Yan did not particularly mind. "Nothing will happen if I lose, will it?"
"Rest assured, your life won't be in danger. You'll simply be posted to a Branch Hall if you lose!" Venerable Gray Three said with a smile.
"Tch!" Hearing Venerable Gray Three's laughter, Wang Yan suddenly realized he had been played. The old fellow was clearly getting back at him for his ulterior motives