The Sect Master felt surprised and couldn't understand why Ping Wenfu suddenly knelt down before him.

Beside him, Gu Zhenxiong quickly explained everything to the Sect Master.

Once the Sect Master understood, he burst into hearty laughter and said, "Ping Wenfu, you were considered one of Mr. Fang's most proud disciples. Back then, Mr. Fang spared no effort in teaching you medical skills. How could you fail to recognize your own mentor?"

Although it sounded like a reprimand, in reality, it was an excuse for him.

With Fang Yu's return like this, even if someone had wisdom that reached the heavens, as long as he did not reveal his identity, no one could guess who he truly was.

"Stand up and talk," Fang Yu said indifferently.

"Yes!"

Ping Wenfu stood up respectfully.

Now, he didn't even have the courage to look Fang Yu in the eye. Just thinking about his earlier words and actions, he felt a pain in his heart as if it were being pierced. According to the old rules, his actions were unforgivable, and even if he were sentenced to death, no one would sympathize with him.

Fang Yu looked at Ping Wenfu with a detached gaze, shook his head, and said,

"You have truly disappointed me!"

Hearing this,

Ping Wenfu felt a chill run down his spine.

He did not lift his head.

But this voice, this tone, this imposing aura, this murderous intent... was no different from the Dragon Emperor of old.

Upon thinking of the strict punishments he had faced back then, his heart trembled.

"A thousand years have passed… and your medical skills have not improved at all!"

"Master, please forgive me!" Ping Wenfu, drenched in sweat, was about to kneel again.

"You do not need to kneel."

Fang Yu said indifferently, "Society has undergone many changes these days... many rules and concepts have long been altered... Besides, back then I only taught you some medical skills, I was not your true master."

Ping Wenfu's expression drastically changed as he said,

"Master, in my heart, you are my mentor! Even though you have always forbidden us from calling you as such! But this will never change!"

"Stop flattering me."

Fang Yu glanced at him, "So many years have passed, yet your medical skills haven't improved; in the future, when you go out, don't tell outsiders you were taught by me."

Ping Wenfu's face flushed red with embarrassment as he lowered his head.

The Elder laughed heartily and said,

"Mr. Fang... you really can't blame him... ever since you disappeared from Tiandu Mountain, Ping Wenfu has been unable to eat, growing thinner by the day. To find your whereabouts, he even braved great dangers to search for you on Tiandu Mountain. In total, he persisted for a hundred years. He went there every day... Later, his brothers and sisters from Taia Sect couldn't bear it and continuously persuaded him, and only then did he return to Taia... Alas, were it not for everyone holding him back, I reckon he would have kept searching."

A thought moved Fang Yu's heart.

It was unexpected that the Dragon Emperor's former subordinate could be so loyal and devoted to him!

The Elder continued, "Afterwards, Ping Wenfu was in low spirits. In Taia Sect, sometimes, even when I spoke to him, he would talk back, but he remembered everything you said by heart, even regarding it as a precious code. Once... when the lotus seeds in the Lotus Pond were ripe, I wanted to pick one, but he wouldn't allow it... he said that the master had always wanted to taste lotus seeds, fearing that you might come back one day! After so many years, no one in the entire Taia Sect has eaten a lotus seed."

This made Ping Wenfu extremely embarrassed, blushing like a woman.

But...

This all felt like the behavior of a wench.

Listening to it was somewhat awkward.

Fang Yu coughed and said, "Fu Xi, are you spouting nonsense again?"

The Elder erupted into wild laughter, pointing at Fang Yu and saying, "Just teasing ya... what I said is half-true, half-false. Indeed, Ping Wenfu has been truly diligent in his duties as a student. However, as for the person who kept searching for you during those hundred years, it wasn't Ping Wenfu, but rather the senior sister of Taia Sect, Zuo Li."

Zuo Li?

Fang Yu frowned.

Because this name sparked no recollection in his mind.

Not even an image.

At this moment—

Standing by the side, Gu Zhenxiong clasped his hands and said, "Senior sister Zuo Li's devotion to the master was indeed profound... Unfortunately, ever since the theft of Taia Sect's Life Extension Pill, senior sister Zuo Li couldn't extend her life and passed away three hundred years ago."

Everyone sighed in lament.

"Do you know who stole your Life Extension Pill?"

Upon hearing this question, the Elder snorted coldly and said, "In the Nine Provinces of Huaxia, the only ones who would dare to target our Taia Sect, aside from the Three Divine Sect, would be the Five Great Divine Palaces..."

Fang Yu nodded.

"I think I know who it is..."

"Who?"

The Elder also wished to learn who had managed to infiltrate Taia Sect and steal a large number of Life Extension Pills, "The Five Great Divine Palaces can produce their own Life Extension Pills; they have no reason to steal from Taia. Could it be the Penglai Sect or the Kunlun Sect?"

Fang Yu smiled faintly and said, "The more impossible it seems, the more possible it is."

The Elder was startled.

He originally wanted to say something more.

Fang Yu waved his hand and said, "We can discuss that later... My main purpose today is to retrieve some items, not to chat about family matters."

"Mr. Fang, that doesn't seem quite appropriate... After all, we are old friends. You should at least cure my illness before you leave. If this old bag of bones dies, you'll have to grieve once more," the Sect Master joked.

"Don't start... An Eighth Grade Soul Condensing Pill should be enough to sustain you for a while. As for the Life Extension Pill, I need to collect herbs and find something related to the Life Extension Grass," Fang Yu said.

"Alright then..."

Seeing Ping Wenfu's embarrassed face.

Fang Yu then said:

"This has nothing to do with you..."

"Yes. Sir, are you not angry anymore?"

"Angry with you? You really overvalue yourself."

With that said, he walked with his hands behind his back towards the outside of the Purple Sun Hall.

When he got outside,

Fang Yu finally asked, "By the way... Fu Xi, what is it exactly that I left with you back then?"

"I'm not sure of the specifics, but you'll know once you get there."

They nodded at each other and left the Purple Sun Hall.

The disciples of the Taia Sect outside the hall saw the Sect Master emerge with a rosy complexion and cheered with joy.

However...

When they saw Fang Yu and the Sect Master talking and laughing together, even acting like brothers, they were all dumbfounded.

What was even more unbelievable to them was that Ping Wenfu, who seemed to be so averse to Fang Yu, was obediently following behind Fang Yu like a well-behaved child.

...

The back mountain.

Lotus Pond.

When Fang Yu returned to the Lotus Pond, he couldn't help but sigh.

The scenery of the Lotus Pond was the same as it had been. The only thing missing was the vitality of people. Everything else, the settings, the paths, hadn't changed at all.

"Gu Zhenxiong, you and your brother guard the entrance. Do not allow anyone to come in!" the Sect Master ordered sternly.

"Yes!"

Even Ping Wenfu had to wait outside.

The other Elders of the Taia Sect hurriedly rushed to the Purple Sun Hall upon hearing that the Sect Master had awakened.

Afterwards, Fang Yu and the Sect Master walked towards the small pavilion behind the Lotus Pond.

Unfortunately, the pavilion had gathered quite a bit of dust as it hadn't been visited for a long time.

The Sect Master said, "I feel you're in a rush, let's have the Guest Welcoming Wine another day. Let's retrieve the items for you first!"

"Okay!"

After that,

The Sect Master slapped the ground with a single palm.

"Lin!"

"Bing!"

"Dou!"

"Zhe!"

"Jie!"

"Zhen!"

"Lie!"

"Zai!"

"Qian!"

The Nine-character True Words burst forth.

The very earth trembled.

"Hand Seal! Unmovable Ming King Seal!"

Fang Yu couldn't help but brighten up, exclaiming, "The Dharma Seals of the Taia Sect are truly the most legitimate seals in this world! Impressive!"

Hum.

Humming sound.

In the center of the Lotus Pond, with a bang, two balls of firelight broke through the surface of the water and shot into the sky.

"Two Fragments?" Fang Yu's body shuddered!

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