"Good, good, good. This martial uncle promises you. When we return this time, I'll definitely give it my all and spar with you properly."
Hearing Xiao Yao say this, Chen Huai'an knew he could not put her off this time, so he hurriedly agreed.
"A gentleman's word!"
"Four horses couldn't chase it back."
Having received a definite answer from Chen Huai'an, Xiao Yao nodded in satisfaction, a smile appearing on her face as well.
Back when she had first entered the path of cultivation, she had heard about Chen Huai'an from her master, Yang Yuanhong.
Within the Yang Clan, only two cultivators had, thus far, been personally granted a surname and renamed by the Immortal Venerable.
One was Tiangong Peak's master, the Yang Clan's Chief Disciple alchemist, Chen Huaien. The other was her martial uncle Chen Huai'an, who, like her, possessed two spirit pearls within his body.
The former's identity and origins were recorded in detail in the clan's history. Yet Chen Huai'an's background had been deliberately omitted, never entered into the clan records. It was only said that the Immortal Venerable had brought him back to the holy land to cultivate while he was still an infant.
Xiao Yao had once asked her master out of curiosity, but Yang Yuanhong had not directly given her an answer. That only added another layer of mystery to Chen Huai'an in her eyes.
Later, after receiving teachings and treasures from the Immortal Venerable and completely refining the two spirit pearls into her body, Xiao Yao had always wanted to compete with this martial uncle Huai'an, whose origins were so mysterious.
But because the gap in their cultivation had been far too great in their early years, even when they had opportunities to discuss the Dao, Chen Huai'an usually instructed and taught Xiao