Chapter 32 A Wisp of Divine Soul

An extremely powerful aura was rapidly approaching.

Chen Xiao could feel it, and Yang Potian clearly could as well.

He furrowed his brow and looked towards the powerful aura.

It came from the mountain, moving at an incredible speed.

Whoosh—

A beam of white light streaked through the air.

When the white light came to a halt, everyone realized that it had materialized into a person.

It was an old man with snow-white hair and beard, dressed in a white robe and white shoes.

Seeing this person, Zhu Xiao'e was overjoyed and cried out, "Grandpa!"

Zhu Xuanqing lowered his head in shame and called out, "Father!"

The other three Golden Core experts addressed him as Master.

Chu Luo respectfully called him Grandpa Zhu.

Chen Xiao smiled slightly. This was getting interesting. This old man was at least a Nascent Soul cultivator, and his aura was even stronger than that of Tu Junhou.

However, upon closer inspection, Chen Xiao suddenly noticed something was off...

The white-robed old man nodded slightly, acknowledging the greetings.

Then, his gaze fell upon Yang Potian, his eyes filled with indifference.

Yang Potian was also sizing up the white-robed old man. He didn't act rashly, because he sensed extreme danger from the old man.

He had thought the four Golden Core experts were Yaowang Valley's last trump card, but he didn't expect such a powerful person to be hidden here!

"So, a Divine Realm martial artist. No wonder you dared to barge into my Yaowang Valley. Speaking of which, it's been over thirty years since this old man last saw a Divine Realm martial artist," the white-robed old man said calmly.

He didn't think highly of Yang Potian just because he was a Divine Realm martial artist, but he also didn't show any disdain in his words.

"Old sir, may I ask for your honorable name?" Yang Potian cupped his fist, retracting his murderous aura.

"This old man is Zhu Hanshan, just an insignificant nobody, not worth mentioning." The old man stated his name, neither haughty nor humble.

Yang Potian had indeed never heard of him, but he would be a fool if he underestimated the old man because of that.

"Senior Zhu, this junior did not intend to offend. I was merely desperate for medicine, and therefore have been impolite. I hope Senior will not hold it against me." Yang Potian played the hypocrite to the extreme, as if he wasn't the arrogant and overbearing person from just now.

"The elixirs in Yaowang Valley are not something anyone can obtain. Everyone, please leave." Zhu Hanshan's words were polite, yet they exuded an overwhelming sense of authority.

Even Li Xun whispered, "Uncle Yang, why don't we just go back..."

Yang Potian snorted angrily, "Hmph, having accepted a commission, I must see it through. Yang Potian's word is worth a thousand gold. If I can't get this done today, how will I have the face to call myself the Great Hero of Guandong in the future?"

"Old sir, since you insist on stopping me, then I'll have to offend you!"

Before his words faded, the cyan-purple aura around Yang Potian suddenly surged, and his hair grew several inches longer.

However, Zhu Hanshan simply waved his hand dismissively, and Yang Potian crashed down from mid-air with a thud, kneeling directly in front of Zhu Hanshan.

"Uncle Yang, what are you doing?" Li Cun was full of question marks. She wondered why Uncle Yang, who was about to fight the old man, had suddenly knelt down to him.

Li Xun, however, was a clever person. Seeing Yang Potian's struggling expression, he immediately realized that Zhu Hanshan must have forced Uncle Yang to kneel with a single wave of his hand.

Thinking of this, he was instantly horrified.

Facing such a powerful opponent, Uncle Yang was likely doomed today!

Yang Potian's situation was as Li Xun had guessed. He was kneeling on the ground, struggling desperately in his heart.

But it was no use, because not a single muscle in his body would obey him. He couldn't even speak.

Zhu Hanshan looked at Li Xun and said calmly, "Take him away. Don't do anything foolish again!"

"Thank you, Senior, for sparing our lives!" Li Xun quickly cupped his fist in gratitude, ordered the driver to come down, stuffed Yang Potian into the car, and then sped away.

Zhu Xuanqing asked in confusion, "Father, why did you let them go?"

Zhu Hanshan didn't speak, and Zhu Xuanqing's heart tightened, thinking he had angered his father.

"Grandpa, I missed you so much!" Zhu Xiao'e rushed towards her grandfather, wanting to give him a hug.

But as soon as she touched Zhu Hanshan, his body suddenly began to dissipate, gradually turning into wisps of white smoke and disappearing.

"Grandpa? What's going on?" Zhu Xiao'e was dumbfounded.

Only then did Zhu Xuanqing react, laughing loudly, "Xiao'e, that wasn't your grandpa's true body, just a wisp of your grandpa's primordial spirit!"

Zhu Xiao'e suddenly understood, "That's right, Grandpa is in secluded cultivation and won't be out for at least half a year. How could I have forgotten that!"

"To think Master scared away Yang Potian with just a wisp of his primordial spirit!"

"It seems Master's cultivation has advanced again. We are far behind!"

"Hehe, Master is a peerless genius. You think you can compare to Master?" The four Golden Core experts said one after another.

In fact, Chen Xiao had already seen that this old man was not his true body. As for the claim of a wisp of primordial spirit, he didn't quite agree.

Because the Zhu Hanshan from just now was entirely a mass of energy. When he froze Yang Potian, his energy was almost completely exhausted, which was why he turned into wisps of white smoke and disappeared when Zhu Xiao'e rushed over.

But regardless, this old Zhu was the strongest person Chen Xiao had seen so far. He wondered where his true body was in secluded cultivation, and whether he would have the chance to see his true face this time.

"Young Master, the Valley Master will be very happy that you're back. Let's go see him quickly!" Zhu Xuanqing said excitedly.

Chu Qingsong's life-or-death challenge to the Valley Master had caused the entire Yaowang Valley to be in a pessimistic mood these past few days.

He felt that Chu Luo's return would alleviate this somewhat, so he couldn't wait to take Chu Luo to see the Valley Master.

"Oh, right, Uncle Zhu, I forgot to introduce you. This is my good friend from the secular world, Chen Xiao. I'm going to take him into the valley today." Chu Luo introduced Chen Xiao to everyone.

Zhu Xuanqing frowned slightly. He thought that it wasn't a good time for Chu Luo to bring a friend back.

However, he didn't say much, just nodded slightly at Chen Xiao, as a greeting.

The group entered the mountain gate and walked towards Yaowang Valley.

The Yaowang Valley was extremely large. They walked for a long time without seeing any buildings, but they passed many medicinal fields.

However, these medicinal fields were just ordinary medicinal fields, not all filled with spiritual herbs as Chu Luo had said.

"Could it be that Chu Luo was tricking me?" Chen Xiao was wondering when he suddenly sensed an extremely abundant spiritual energy.

Almost at the same time that he sensed this spiritual energy, the Yin-Yang Jade on his chest suddenly began to vibrate uncontrollably...