"Your disciple pays his respects, Master!"
Ye Han bowed respectfully to the Seventh Elder, a hint of unease on his face as he lowered himself.
Although Senior Brother Zhang had told him that the Seventh Elder had summoned him for something good.
He still could not be sure whether the Seventh Elder would suspect anything after his cultivation had advanced a whole level so quickly.
The Seventh Elder looked him up and down, then nodded in satisfaction. "Good. Your cultivation has been advancing quite rapidly lately. It seems you really have had a fortuitous encounter of your own. Sending you to the Darkness Forbidden Ground last time nearly held you back."
Ye Han grew slightly nervous at those words, thinking the Seventh Elder was about to ask about what had happened inside the Darkness Forbidden Ground again.
After all, with his poor aptitude, the speed of his cultivation progress was truly rather astonishing.
The Seventh Elder changed tack and continued, "There is no need to be so nervous. Having your own fortuitous encounters is certainly a good thing. Although aptitude is very important to us Cultivators, fortune matters even more. Since you possess such fortune, perhaps heaven and earth have a duty for you to fulfill. Forcibly disrupting it would invite heaven's punishment."
Ye Han's expression shifted slightly at this. He had seen similar claims in some books.
But he had always dismissed them as groundless nonsense.
Still, the Seventh Elder did not seem inclined to ask about the Darkness Forbidden Ground, which allowed him to breathe a little easier.
So Ye Han asked, "Then, Master, why have you summoned your disciple?"
Senior Brother Zhang Lingjun had said the Seventh Elder had something good in store for him, but what exactly was it?
The Seventh Elder nodded and said, "This