"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, Li Dafeng threw down his sword and stormed out of the room.

His Master had shown him kindness, and he couldn't go against his Master's orders; moreover, he didn't want to lose his life because of Lin Yifan, as it would have been too unworthy.

Why would he say so? Because he knew Xuji True Master's temperament too well—decisive and ruthless, heartless and cruel. If he didn't stop, Xuji True Master might really strike him dead with his staff.

"Big Brother! Where are you going?" Li Xiaofeng followed him out, worry in his heart.

After things had settled down, the landlady came up to Lin Yifan, asking with concern, "Young man, are you alright?"

She was unusually solicitous toward Lin Yifan because he had brought back the millennium Blood Ginseng and saved An Qi. Had it been any other time, she wouldn't have given Lin Yifan a second glance.

"Thank you for your concern, Granny. I'm fine," Lin Yifan replied with some effort.

Truthfully, having expended a great deal of his cultivation power in battle, it would have been false to claim he was alright. Battling beyond his current realm was still very difficult for him.

"Who is she?" the landlady asked, pointing at Xiao Fang.

Looking at this woman, she seemed somewhat familiar, yet she couldn't remember where she had seen her; thus, she was curious about the woman's identity.

"She's my senior sister, and also a disciple of Medicinal Saint Valley," Lin Yifan answered.

"After you fell down the abyss, was it she who saved you?" the landlady questioned.

The abyss was far too deep; unless one was a True Master Realm powerhouse, it presented a life-threatening danger. The realm of the woman in front of her appeared to be only that of the Divinity Transformation Realm, not of a True Master Realm powerhouse. If Lin Yifan had been saved by this woman, then the veracity of his words was called into question.

"No, it was my Master," Lin Yifan replied.

In truth, he didn't know how he had left the abyss and appeared in Peach Blossom Valley. The only explanation was that he had been washed there by water. After all, the only path to Peach Blossom Valley was via water.

He lied to avoid arousing the landlady's suspicions; and this explanation was more plausible.

"Bright True Master, that old man?" Xuji True Master asked in puzzlement.

Bright True Master roamed the world; he couldn't have possibly appeared at that place so timely unless he was coincidentally working nearby or just passing through.

"Exactly," Lin Yifan confirmed.

"Why would he appear in the Jiminy Primitive Forest?" Xuji True Master continued to inquire.

"Gathering herbs!" Lin Yifan answered.

Everyone knew that Bright True Master also held the title "Medicine Saint"; therefore, the explanation of gathering herbs was reasonable.

"What herbs was he gathering?" Xuji True Master pressed.

"That's not something I can disclose. Master's secret, cannot be revealed," Lin Yifan replied.

At this point, Xuji True Master didn't pursue the matter any further; now the most important thing was to check An Qi's injuries. Other doubts could be set aside for the moment.

"Miss An! How do you feel now? Are you completely well?" Xuji True Master asked earnestly, his demeanor doing a one-eighty from his earlier interrogation of Lin Yifan.

"Are you the granny who helped extend my life?" An Qi asked curiously.

She felt a bit of fear towards the strange old woman before her, sensing that the old woman's current display of concern was all feigned.

"Mm," Xuji True Master responded benevolently, nodding with a kind and friendly face.

"Thank you, Grandma, for rescuing me. I, An Qi, am deeply grateful," An Qi earnestly replied.

"It's nothing, just lifting a finger, hardly worth mentioning," Xuji True Master said modestly, while a domineering plan had already taken shape in her heart.

"I must, I must repay this debt of gratitude," An Qi insisted resolutely.

"If you truly want to thank me, then agree to one request I have," Xuji True Master said, no longer demurring and getting straight to the point.

Hearing this, Lin Yifan immediately stiffened, then asked, "Grandma, what do you want to do?"

He had long guessed that the landlord grandma had other motives for rescuing An Qi; now that An Qi had survived, she certainly came to claim what she wanted.

If she wanted the mysterious power within An Qi's body, then from now on An Qi would become her puppet, with no freedom of her own.

He could not allow such a thing to happen, he must stop it, and use all his strength to do so.

"Young man, don't be nervous, this is a good thing for your girlfriend," Xuji True Master replied with a full smile.

She knew what Lin Yifan was anxious about; but, whether Lin Yifan opposed or agreed today, An Qi, as a Closed-door Disciple, was sure to be hers.

"What good thing?" Lin Yifan questioned, somewhat disbelieving.

"To become my, Xuji True Master's, Closed-door Disciple," Xuji True Master answered.

This reply slightly startled Lin Yanping, who was standing behind Xuji True Master; she had not expected that after all the efforts of her master to save An Qi, it was to take An Qi as a Closed-door Disciple, which made her utterly jealous and uneasy.

To know, Xuji True Master had never taken a Closed-door Disciple before, and An Qi was the first.

She had dreamed of becoming her master's Closed-door Disciple, of cultivating that mysterious and powerful martial arts, but no matter how hard she tried, Xuji True Master simply looked down on her, refusing to take her as a Closed-door Disciple.

Angered and humiliated, she couldn't help but ask, "Master! Why? Why can she become your Closed-door Disciple, and not me?"

"Because her talent exceeds yours," Xuji True Master bluntly stated.

"Talent? Where does it show? She is nothing but a mere mortal, to this day her Dantian hasn't even gathered qi, how is her talent better than mine?"

"Do you believe, or not, that within five years, her Realm and strength will surpass yours?" Xuji True Master retorted.

"I don't!" Lin Yanping responded decisively.

"You don't believe it, huh? Fine! Then let's make a bet. If she can't defeat you in five years, I will take you as my Closed-door Disciple. If she defeats you, then you will diligently stay as an outer disciple. How does that sound?" Xuji True Master inquired.

"Fine! I just don't believe she can surpass me in five years," Lin Yanping uttered indignantly.

She had achieved her current realm through over a decade of arduous practice, so she refused to believe that An Qi could surpass her in a mere five years; it simply was an impossibility.

"Then it's settled," Xuji True Master mocked inwardly.

As for the Extreme Yin Jade Body, she still had high hopes. After all, those who possessed such a physique were invariably the strongest of their era.

The landlord grandma's response made Lin Yifan breathe a sigh of relief; he had thought the landlord grandma wanted to use An Qi as an Energy Body for absorption and cultivation. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.

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