Azure Phoenix Fairy looked at Ye Han and said calmly, "First! My name is not Divine Sister. Second! You don't need to cozy up to me! I won't help you with anything! Third, understand your place! Among cultivators, the accomplished command respect! I'm a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, while you're merely a Qi Refining Realm cultivator! You should address me as Martial Uncle."
Seeing Azure Phoenix Fairy suddenly turn cold toward him, Ye Han grinned, revealing a mouthful of gleaming white teeth. "Divine Sister! Then let me say this. First, I call you Divine Sister because you're as beautiful as an immortal. Second, I'm not trying to cozy up to you, because we already have a connection. We belong to the same sect, don't we? Third, I know my place perfectly well. Among cultivators, the accomplished command respect. Your cultivation is indeed higher than mine right now, and I'm indeed just a Qi Refining Realm cultivator. But don't assume I'll stay this way forever!"
Ye Han was angry. He had only wanted to build a good relationship with Azure Phoenix Fairy, yet she had given him a lecture instead. In the end, he couldn't hold back those words.
He didn't know what he would become in the future. He had simply voiced his most honest thoughts at that moment.
His cultivation was indeed low, and his talent was poor. Within the Azure Profound Sect, he could barely move an inch, and people bullied him at every turn.
But he believed in himself. He had already endured far more bitter days, and his circumstances were much better now. At long last, he had a chance to become a powerful cultivator.
He would never let this opportunity slip away. He would never remain like this for the rest of his life.
He had complete faith in himself.
At Ye Han's words, a trace of astonishment appeared in Azure Phoenix Fairy's eyes, and she studied him intently.
Why did this boy's words sound so much like what he had said back then?
Before he had become a True Disciple, he had struggled to become an Inner Sect Disciple and suffered terribly under others' bullying.
In any case, he had gone through something similar and spoken words like these.
She overlaid the image of this boy, young in years but old in spirit, with his figure. Whether in bearing or gaze, the two seemed to overlap...
Especially that line of his: We belong to the same sect, so doesn't that give us a connection? How could we truly have no connection?
Only he would have said something like that.
Could this really be a coincidence?
How could this Ye Han resemble him so closely?
Could the Seventh Elder have noticed something too, and that was why he had exchanged Cave Abodes with this boy?
But the thought flashed through Azure Phoenix Fairy's mind and was gone. Her expression remained cold as she said, "For someone as naive as you, entering the cultivation world may be a disaster! I hope you truly come to understand how cruel it is!"
Indeed, even someone as powerful as he had been, who had shone dazzlingly for a brief time and been called the Azure Profound Sect's strongest True Disciple...
Had vanished without a trace after only a few short years. His identity token had shattered long ago.
That meant he had been dead for a long time.
Perhaps that proved that someone as naive and full of feeling as he was truly unsuited to cultivation.
At any rate, that was what Azure Phoenix Fairy believed. Once this Ye Han truly witnessed the cruelty of the cultivation world, he would undergo a fundamental change.
After all, she too had once been so innocent and carefree.
Hearing this, Ye Han looked at Azure Phoenix Fairy with blazing eyes. "If you live in fear, how can you cultivate?"
Azure Phoenix Fairy's eyes suddenly lit up at those words. As Ye Han spoke, an unprecedented aura flashed from him...
It was hard to believe that such an aura could come from a little brat like him-the aura of a powerful will that even ordinary cultivators rarely possessed...
With a mindset like this, why worry that he wouldn't succeed?
Perhaps everything was ordained by heaven in ways unseen. Perhaps this Ye Han would become someone as powerful as him. Perhaps there was no perhaps about it.
The path of cultivation was strewn with thorns and countless dangers, yet it also held limitless possibilities.
Yes! If you feared the future, how could you become a powerful cultivator?
A cultivator with such an unyielding drive to better himself could accomplish great things, even amid the dangers of the cultivation world.
Azure Phoenix Fairy suddenly saw Ye Han in a new light. Just what sort of power would burst forth from that tiny body? How powerful a cultivator would he become? Or would he, like that man, die in the prime of his life...
There was no shortage of heaven's favored talents like him, gifted beyond measure and brimming with limitless possibilities. Yet few truly became high-level cultivators and set foot upon the immortal path...
So Azure Phoenix Fairy looked at Ye Han and said, "It's rare to have a mindset like yours! Then I'll wait and see just how far a little child like you can go on the path of cultivation!"
Hearing this, Ye Han said with complete confidence, "The road lies beneath my feet. How far I can go depends entirely on whether I keep moving forward!"
Azure Phoenix Fairy said blandly, "Enough! No matter how pretty your words are, they're useless. No one can help you. You can only rely on yourself."
Then she changed the subject, looking at Ye Han with a faint, teasing smile. "Oh, right! Didn't you say you wanted a favor from me? I wonder whether a gentleman like you still wants my help."
Ye Han grinned. "What gentleman? I only wanted to ask Divine Sister to tell me your name."
Azure Phoenix Fairy frowned. "My name is Qing Feng! You may call me Martial Uncle Qing Feng."
She paused, then turned her palm over, revealing a small bottle. Tossing it to Ye Han, she said, "Since we've exchanged so many words, we must have some affinity! Consider these few Qi Refining Pills a first-meeting gift from your martial aunt."
Ye Han caught it. He hadn't expected Azure Phoenix Fairy to give him a bottle of pills. These pills weren't something you could buy just because you had Spirit Stones; even the Azure Profound Sect imposed purchase limits...
When Ye Han had gone to buy that single Qi Refining Pill, the person in charge had told him that each person could buy only three Qi Refining Pills a month, and the price doubled with each pill.
What did that mean?
The first Qi Refining Pill cost one Spirit Stone, the second cost two Spirit Stones, and the third cost four Spirit Stones.
Wanted to buy more? Sorry, impossible! Cultivation resources were limited. They couldn't give all the pills to one person.
The rules weren't without loopholes, either. Many Inner Sect Disciples couldn't bear to use their Qi Refining Pills and instead sold them for two Spirit Stones each, earning a clean profit of one Spirit Stone...
Of course, doing so delayed their cultivation. After all, taking one or two Qi Refining Pills each month made their cultivation several times faster than that of disciples cultivating the same way without them...
Ye Han hadn't expected Azure Phoenix Fairy to suddenly give him a bottle of Qi Refining Pills. Although he didn't know how many were inside, it was still an enormous windfall.
So he said respectfully, "Martial Uncle Qing Feng! Thank you so much! If I achieve success in cultivation, I'll definitely repay you!"
He was no ungrateful wretch. Azure Phoenix Fairy was indeed just as he had thought: she wasn't as cold and aloof as she appeared. It seemed he really did need to build a good relationship with her.
Azure Phoenix Fairy glanced at him and said, "Oh, right! You'll need to be careful about cultivating the Azure Mystic Art."
At those words, Ye Han's expression shifted. "Careful about what?"
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