Lan Fangyue looked at the old man and the young man, who were arm in arm, grinning and chuckling from time to time. Their disheveled and wicked behavior was absolutely infuriating.
At the same time, a question arose in Lan Fangyue's mind. Although she didn't know the guy's name, he didn't seem to be an ordinary person. He had a kind of magic about him. He could either infuriate people to death or quickly become friends with others. He was really a strange person.
Even the most difficult person to get along with in the Long Moon Pavilion, Elder Yao, was already arm in arm with him in less than a quarter of an hour.
"That guy!"
The thought of Yang Zhen staring at her intently as he went upstairs made Lan Fangyue's teeth ache with anger, but so what? He was going to die anyway.
Hua Youyue once said that the martial art Crossing the Void in Midair was not an ordinary martial art, but a Higher Vehicle martial art that had been integrated into the Great Dao by a powerful being. People without special talent could not even bear to look at it, let alone comprehend and master it.
Originally, everyone thought it was just a legend, but ever since the incident of a person who had comprehended it suddenly dying, Crossing the Void in Midair has become something that everyone fears.
Taking on missions is voluntary. Even if one loses their life for it, it will only become a topic of conversation. There are too many cultivators dying every day on the Youzhou Continent because of cultivation. So many that everyone has become accustomed to it.
Lan Fangyue glanced at Yang Zhen in the water curtain and felt a strange feeling. This guy with a somewhat eccentric personality didn't seem so unpleasant. It would be a real pity if he died like this.
Inside the wooden house, the Elder Yao didn't find Yang Zhen annoying at all; on the contrary, he quite liked him. "These days, fewer and fewer people know about the art of tea. You know..."
"Stop, stop, stop, old man. If we're talking about the art of tea, I could talk to you about it for a whole day and night without repeating myself, you believe me?"
"Oh?" The old man glared at Yang Zhen and said, "Kid, you're pretty arrogant, aren't you?"
Yang Zhen curled his lip. "This isn't arrogance, it's erudition. I'm here to cultivate Saint-level martial arts, not to drink tea. Also, Tie Dahai and Fat Guanyin—pfft, I don't have Tie Guanyin and Fat Dahai here right now. Maybe I can find some for you after I finish my cultivation."
"No way! You little rascal, why did you have to take that mission? Even that little girl Hua Youyue couldn't comprehend the martial arts, how could you possibly understand it?" The old man clearly scoffed at Yang Zhen's words. "You're dead! If you die, where am I supposed to find Fat Guanyin?"
"Old man, you don't believe me?"
"No!" The Elder Yao shook his head, scratching a handful of his messy beard. "It's not that I don't believe you, it's that I absolutely don't believe you!"
puff!
Yang Zhen spat out a mouthful of tea all over the old man's face, jumped up, pointed at the old man, and said, "Old man, if I can learn that ' Crossing the Void in Midair, will you call me 'Big Brother'?"
"Pah, kid, don't call me 'big brother,' you can call me 'older brother'!"
"Fine, you said it yourself, you swore it with your own Heart Demon!"
"I, Elder Yao, am a man of my word. Go and ask around, when have I ever gone back on my word?" Elder Yao said arrogantly, his nostrils flaring.
"Alright, remember what you said." Yang Zhen glanced at the corner of the wall and blinked. "Miss Lan, you're my witness!"
Startled, Lan Fangyue's eyes widened and she blurted out, "You can see me?"
After saying that, Lan Fangyue chuckled and muttered to herself, "How could he possibly see that? It's just a one-sided Water Curtain Projection!"
The Elder Yao glanced at Yang Zhen with surprise and asked, "Boy, what's your name?"
" Yang Zhen!" Yang Zhen said nonchalantly, "By the way, when does it start?"
"You really can't wait to die, can you?" Elder Yao shook his head and sighed, but his face was full of schadenfreude. "Wait a couple of days. You think opening the secret chamber is so easy? Girl Hua is coming back soon. With her there, maybe you won't have to die."
"I won't die without her, okay, two days it is. Do you provide meals here?"
Upon hearing this, the Elder Yao's beard bristled. He barely suppressed the urge to kick Yang Zhen Yang Zhen away, glaring at him through gritted teeth. "Manage!"
"That's good. How many dishes and soups are there? What's the staple food? I might be a bit picky!"
" Yang Zhen!" Elder Yao roared, furious. "Get out of here!"
Yang Zhen quickly shrank her neck and walked outside.
"Etc!"
Buzz!
A surge of energy emanated from him, and before Yang Zhen could react, Elder Yao had already blocked his way.
"You little rascal, you almost tricked me. You deliberately provoked me so you could leave before I realized what was happening, right? No way! While I was out there swindling and cheating, you were still playing in the mud."
Yang Zhen stared in disbelief, cupping his hands in a gesture of respect and saying, "I can't afford to offend you!"
"Scared now? Tell me, what if you fail?" the Elder Yao said smugly.
What failure?
"You..." The Elder Yao choked on his tea, coughing incessantly, " Crossing the Void in Midair... what do you say about failing?"
"Tch, how could I fail?" Yang Zhen strode out. "You'd better wait until you're calling me 'Grandpa'!"
"You little brat, stop right there!" The Elder Yao rushed out, then his expression changed, and he cried out, "Oh no, my medicine!"
After saying that, the Elder Yao abruptly changed direction in mid-air and rushed upstairs, not even caring about Yang Zhen.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and the news outside the Long Moon Pavilion spread like wildfire. Before the appointed time had even arrived, countless people had already surrounded the secret chamber of the Long Moon Pavilion.
"Have you heard? Yang Zhen really angered the Elder Yao, who actually said something ridiculous like he'd call him 'Grandpa' if Yang Zhen could successfully comprehend it."
"Shh, the Elder Yao has a very eccentric temper. Even Ding Keqi has to be extremely respectful in front of Elder Yao. Be careful what you say."
"I wonder if Yang Zhen will be able to successfully comprehend it."
"Him?" someone nearby scoffed. "You're overthinking it. Do you think we're here to see that madman Yang Zhen?"
"Huh? Isn't that right?"
The man laughed loudly and scoffed, "I suppose so. Most people here aren't really here to see Yang Zhen Yang Zhen die.
"Then what are you here to see?"
This place is packed with people! If they weren't here to see Yang Zhen, would it even be this big?
Suddenly, the noisy and chaotic crowd fell silent, a transformation from clamor to stillness that left countless people bewildered.
But by this time, no one cared about that anymore; everyone was craning their necks to look at the Long Moon Pavilion.
At the entrance of the Long Moon Pavilion, a group of people slowly walked out. The one in the lead wore a long white gauze dress that swayed in the breeze, yet it could not conceal her elegant and refined figure.
The woman was tall and slender with a curvaceous figure; even a simple veil could not conceal her beauty.
There was no fluctuation of vital energy on this woman, but the moment she slowly walked out of the Long Moon Pavilion, the whole world seemed to brighten up.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of swallowing saliva could be heard from countless places on the scene.
"It's Tower Master Hua! Tower Master Hua has actually returned!"
Suddenly, someone in the crowd exclaimed, and the entire scene erupted in excitement.