Su Fan roared at the old man.
Passing through the clouds, it was the mountaintop! He was still on the previous mountaintop!
Su Fan was all too familiar with the environment here!
"Don't get excited! Listen to me."
The old man soothed Su Fan's emotions.
Su Fan vented his emotions and then let go of him.
"Speak!"
Su Fan said to the old man unceremoniously.
If the other party couldn't give him a reasonable explanation, his beard wouldn't leave here intact today!
"This is actually still a test for you."
The old man panted and said to Su Fan.
"Test your mother!"
Upon hearing this, Su Fan immediately rolled up his sleeves and prepared to attack.
"Don't get excited! Don't get excited! The test is over, it's over!"
The old man quickly changed his tune.
He touched his beard guiltily. If he hadn't reacted quickly, his beard would have been lost.
"It's like this, there were three tests, and you've passed them all."
The old man explained to Su Fan.
"Three? Didn't I only pass two?"
Su Fan asked somewhat strangely.
"Heh, actually, the cave you passed through the first time was the first level of the test, which tested whether your mind was delicate enough."
The old man explained to Su Fan.
"The second test was to assess your strength and whether you were qualified to accept the inheritance."
"The test just now was to test your perseverance and whether you have an unyielding spirit."
"All in all, you have passed all of them."
The old man stroked his beard and said to Su Fan with satisfaction.
He was actually a bit guilty. In fact, he hadn't experienced the third test yet. That cave was just an accident. It was where he had lived a long time ago. Fearing that Su Fan would really pull out his beard in anger, he could only cancel the last test.
"I see. You've been monitoring us from the beginning. What is the inheritance? Give it to me quickly."
Su Fan extended his hand to the old man and said.
"Follow me."
The old man waved his hand, and the surrounding environment changed instantly.
The wooden house and the surrounding plants began to dissipate like a burning scroll.
"Everything you just experienced was just an illusion. It's the same here. The real inheritance has always been before your eyes."
As the old man spoke, a new scene appeared before him.
It was still on the mountaintop, but there were no plants or wooden houses around. Instead, it was desolate, with a tomb standing alone. In front of the tomb, there was a simple wooden tablet inscribed with the words "Gui Gu."
"I taught countless disciples in my life, but in the end, I died alone in this place. The art of strategy and persuasion that I created throughout my life has not been passed down. I am unwilling. My last remnant consciousness awaits a destined person to bring the art of strategy and persuasion back to the world."
The old man said in a deep voice.
"Then what is this?"
Su Fan's expression changed, and he looked at the old man strangely.
"I am just a remnant consciousness now, like the illusion just now. When I have fulfilled my wish, I will dissipate into the heavens and the earth."
The old man said magnanimously.
"Then you're going to die?"
Su Fan fell silent for a moment. If the price of his inheritance was someone else's life, he would rather not have it.
The old man shook his head.
"It should be said that I have been dead for a long time. The only reason I exist is because of my obsession. If I cannot pass on the inheritance to a destined person, it would be true suffering."
"But..."
At this moment, all of Su Fan's resentment towards the old man had vanished.
"What is your name?" the old man asked Su Fan.
"Junior Su Fan," Su Fan replied immediately.
"Su Fan, good, good, are you willing to call me Master?" the old man asked Su Fan expectantly.
"Disciple Su Fan, greetings, Master!" Su Fan knelt down without hesitation and kowtowed to the old man.
"Good! Good!"
The old man was very happy. After thousands of years, he finally heard someone call him that again.
"Apprentice, extend your head here," the old man said to Su Fan.
Su Fan moved closer obediently and extended his head.
The old man reached out and lightly tapped Su Fan's forehead.
Su Fan felt a coolness on his forehead, and a large amount of information flooded into his mind, like a divine enlightenment, allowing him to quickly receive and understand this information.
His master had passed on to him a cultivation technique called "The Art of Strategy and Persuasion," which included not only martial arts but also movement techniques, various attack methods, secret arts, and more.
Su Fan slowly opened his eyes. The old man had already disappeared.
Su Fan was startled.
"Master!"
He shouted loudly into the surroundings.
But no one responded.
"Master!"
Su Fan shouted again, but still, no one answered him.
For some reason, Su Fan felt a stinging sensation in his eyes.
Although the old man had tricked him before, upon learning that he had waited here for thousands of years, he suddenly felt that the old man was lonely and pitiful.
Su Fan knelt down again before the tomb and kowtowed three times to his master.
From now on, he, Su Fan, had a master, and his master's Taoist name was Gui Gu!
After Su Fan cleaned the tomb for his master on the mountain, he then descended.
Down the mountain, Su Bei and the other two were protected by Xiao Bai, facing a group led by Li Jun.
They couldn't go up and couldn't find Su Fan for revenge, so they set their sights on the three who were traveling with Su Fan. Fortunately, with Xiao Bai guarding them, Su Bei and the other two were temporarily safe.
Long Jianchuan was still kneeling at the foot of the mountain, gazing up at it.
At this moment, a figure descended the steps.
Long Jianchuan's heart leaped with joy.
"Master! Master!"
Long Jianchuan shouted loudly at the figure.
Su Fan on the steps was stunned.
When did he get a cheap apprentice?
The others were also attracted by Long Jianchuan's voice. Seeing a figure descending the mountain, they were all overjoyed.
But as the figure approached, their expressions gradually became strange.
By the time Su Fan walked down, everyone's expression was as if they had eaten shit.
"Who just called me Master? My eldest disciple?" Su Fan asked them with a smile through the barrier.
Long Jianchuan's expression immediately turned disgusted.
He angrily punched the barrier.
"If you have the guts, come out!"
The existence of the barrier prevented Long Jianchuan from touching Su Fan.
"I'm not coming out, you bite me!"
Su Fan made a lewd face at him.
Long Jianchuan was so angry that he wanted to rush in and tear Su Fan apart.
"We can't do anything to you? But are you not going to care about your companions?" Jiu Di sneered and glanced at Hu Xuelan and the others, threatening Su Fan.
Long Jianchuan was stunned and then burst into laughter.
"Su Fan, I advise you to come out, otherwise, I won't be polite to your friends," Long Jianchuan said to Su Fan with a cold smile.
"I advise you not to do that," Su Fan's expression changed, and he warned Long Jianchuan.
"Then it depends on whether you can stop me," Long Jianchuan smiled, turned to face Hu Xuelan and the others, and launched an attack.
Xiao Bai was the first to step forward. Only Xiao Bai had the strength to block Long Jianchuan here.
Jiu Di also sneered, and with a flash of his body, he attacked the three of them.
Li Jun and Wu Yun hesitated. After all, both of them had obtained their sects from righteous paths. Their previous opposition to Su Fan was purely for personal gain. In this situation, it was bullying the weak, which made them feel ashamed.