On the mountaintop.
"Beep beep beep."
Just after finishing roast meat, Ye Fan's communication jade pinged.
The message was from True Person Zi Yun.
The sect had been built, and Ye Fan was being called home.
After bidding farewell to the monkey troop, the two of them took a flying boat to the Blazing Sun Mountain Range.
True Person Zi Yun enthusiastically led the two around the newly built sect city.
"Good disciple, look at this new training ground, it's much better than our old one, isn't it?"
"Look at this newly built alchemy room, something we wouldn't have even dared to dream of before!"
"I know you like fishing, so I made you a new Jing Ming Lake, just like our old one."
...
Ye Fan responded with perfunctory replies, feeling increasingly annoyed.
[Assisted host in signing in at the training ground, obtained a copy of the "Sole Dominance Divine Skill."]
[Assisted host in signing in at the alchemy room, obtained a Nine Revolutions Breakthrough Pill.]
[Assisted host in signing in at the Spirit Gathering Pavilion, obtained a top-grade Spirit Gathering Array Diagram.]
...
Ye Fan could clearly feel a pile of miscellaneous items appearing in his spatial ring.
If it were just this, it would be fine.
This damned system, perhaps due to too many bugs, had gone completely haywire and was becoming more and more abnormal.
[Can this dump be called an alchemy room?]
[Are the pills refined here meant for people to eat?]
[Damn it, upgrade!]
[Can this thing be called a mountain protection array?]
[Can this piece of junk offer any protection?]
[Scrap metal modification in progress!]
[This child's toy, how dare you call it a spirit gathering room?]
[Let's play!]
...
As they walked, True Person Zi Yun also felt something was strange.
All the sect buildings had just been completed, and she had personally inspected them. There were no issues.
But today, for some reason, she felt as if something was different...
"By the way, my precious disciple."
After the tour was mostly finished, True Person Zi Yun took out a large bed from her ring:
"Now that we have money, I made you a new one."
Ye Fan glanced at it.
His previous flying bed was only the size of a double bed, but this one had been upgraded to an eight-person bed.
"This one is faster and more stable than the previous one, and the soundproofing is excellent." True Person Zi Yun chuckled slyly, "And I've added some fun features for you."
After speaking, True Person Zi Yun pressed a button on the headboard of the bed.
"Click."
With a slight sound, a small platform protruded from the bed.
Then, the small platform began a piston-like motion at a certain frequency...
"See those buttons next to it." True Person Zi Yun continued her sly explanation, "Different buttons can adjust different speeds."
"As for what they're used for... you understand." True Person Zi Yun patted Ye Fan's shoulder, "This is as far as I can help you, good disciple. Don't disappoint me."
With that, True Person Zi Yun left with a lewd chuckle.
Ye Fan's mouth twitched fiercely.
What kind of eccentric master had he found?
Did she think she was James Bond?
This was too indecent!
"It looks quite interesting." Liang Rujing touched the moving platform curiously, "Ye Fan, what is this function for?"
"Children shouldn't ask so many questions."
Ye Fan gently tapped Liang Rujing's head and, with a dark expression, put the bed back into his ring.
In the evening, Ye Fan escorted Liang Rujing to the mountain gate.
After Liang Rujing left, Ye Fan looked at the new sect and nodded.
The new sect was indeed much more beautiful than the old one, and living in such an environment would be more comfortable for both body and mind.
"Excuse me, is this the Zi Yun Sect?"
A weak voice entered Ye Fan's ears.
Ye Fan turned around and was immediately stunned.
"You?"
"You?"
It was none other than the little boy he had played cards with before.
Behind him was a small convoy.
"You... you're a cultivator?" the little boy's expression was clearly a bit nervous.
"Sort of," Ye Fan replied casually, then pointed to the convoy behind him, "What is this?"
"It's like this..." the little boy replied weakly, "Your sect ordered a batch of fabrics and daily necessities before. I'm here to deliver them..."
Ye Fan nodded.
Although the Zi Yun Sect was a cultivation sect, it still couldn't do without these things.
At least the disciples with lower cultivation still needed to consume food, drink, and daily necessities.
"I say, Zhang Banxian," Ye Fan teased him, "Have you changed professions?"
"Can't help it," the little boy scratched his head, "It's for a living..."
"That..." at this point, the little boy said awkwardly, "How about I return the money I won from you before..."
After all, he was just a mortal and was afraid that Ye Fan, this esteemed cultivator, would get angry and kill him...
At the same time, he cursed inwardly.
Why would a cultivator come to a fortune-telling stall to join in the fun...
"Alright, let them deliver the goods," Ye Fan gestured, "The money you won is yours. I'm not one to refuse to lose."
"By the way," Ye Fan said, "How about we play a few more rounds?"
Although he didn't care about the money, he was still very unhappy about losing to a little kid all the time.
Since the dog system was not interfering, he had to prove his reputation as a gambling king!
They say old people are like children, and Ye Fan's state of mind was probably like this now.
After Ye Fan repeatedly assured him that he wouldn't retaliate for losing money, the little boy reluctantly agreed.
He had no choice but to agree.
If he refused, he might anger this esteemed cultivator and still suffer misfortune...
Half an hour later, the little boy left cautiously.
Ye Fan, with a dark expression, returned to the new Immortal Jade Peak.
As expected, he didn't win a single round...
Not long after, Li Mingbai arrived at the peak with a basket of vegetables.
Besides delivering vegetables, he also had some cultivation puzzles he wanted to ask Ye Fan for advice on.
Ye Fan sat by the stove and threw a pile of books into the fire.
"Sole Dominance Divine Skill."
"From Qi Refining to Tribulation Crossing."
"Great Power Heavenly Dragon."
...
Li Mingbai gulped.
Although in the cultivation world, even the most trashy cultivation methods had very impressive names.
But it also depended on who presented them.
The cultivation methods in Senior Brother Ye's hands were all top-grade!
His own cultivation method, the "Eternal Undying Art," was a prime example.
It had directly made him the sect leader's favored disciple, with all sorts of cultivation resources being supplied generously!
Now, so many top-grade cultivation methods were being burned like this...
Li Mingbai could swear.
From now on, if anyone dared to boast about their wealth in front of him, he would definitely give them a good slap!
Damn nouveau riche!
I've seen what true wealth looks like!
"Senior Brother Ye, are you troubled by something?" Seeing that Ye Fan seemed to be in low spirits, Li Mingbai asked hesitantly.
"It's nothing really," Ye Fan said indifferently as he tossed more cultivation methods into the stove, "Just a bit depressed."
For some reason.
Ye Fan's words, combined with his actions, gave Li Mingbai a sudden urge to beat him up...
After burning over a dozen cultivation technique manuals, Ye Fan went to the fruit orchard in the small courtyard.
While Li Mingbai kept swallowing his saliva, Ye Fan took out pill after pill that shimmered with multicolored light.
The seven-colored radiance flowed continuously, and just smelling it made Li Mingbai feel as if he were about to break through!
Li Mingbai knew that these were definitely super top-grade!
Then Ye Fan took out a small mortar and pestle and ground the top-grade pills into powder, one by one.
The top-grade pills turned into powder and were buried in the ground.
Ye Fan patted the medicinal powder off his hands.
Li Mingbai's heart twitched violently.
Top-grade pills.
*Bang!*
Just like that, they were gone...
"By the way, Junior Brother Li," Ye Fan turned and looked at him, "You seem to have something to say but are hesitant. Is there something you want to tell me?"
"Nothing," Li Mingbai quickly shook his head, "It's getting late, I should be going back..."
With that, Li Mingbai slipped away.
He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he might really lose control and punch Ye Fan in the face...
If he did something so disrespectful, he would be finished!
Ye Fan didn't mind and picked up a watering can to water the flowers.
Looking at the purple jade ice flame flower, which was about a meter tall, Ye Fan nodded with satisfaction.
It seemed that during his absence in the imperial city, his beloved flower had been well taken care of.
But now that it was so tall, it was practically a... tree?
Clear water slid down the leaves.
The purple jade ice flame flower stretched leisurely in the gentle breeze.
It hadn't enjoyed its master's watering for a long time.
This feeling was truly wonderful.
It was a pity that it was now too tall, and its master couldn't water its flower heart anymore.
The dry feeling in its flower heart made it uncomfortable.
...