Grand Elder, Master Demonic Sword, and the other peak masters also spread out their spiritual sense.
Before they could search carefully, two figures came from afar under everyone’s watchful eyes.
A man and a woman.
The woman was lovely, while the man wore a white robe and looked like an immortal descending to the mortal world, incomparably handsome.
“A man like that should fetch a lot of money if sold to the Joyous Union Sect!”
A Foundation Establishment disciple clicked his tongue, his words full of jealousy.
Some female cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Sect lit up when they saw the young man.
Unlike the righteous path sects, female cultivators of the demonic path had no such thing as chastity or female virtue.
In matters of love between men and women, it was never certain who would end up using whom.
“He really is handsome.”
Chu Zixue’s seductive gaze carried a hint of surprise, but after she saw the green-skirted girl beside the handsome man, her face instantly stiffened and anger appeared.
“Lu Luo! You still dare to come back!”
Chu Zixue rebuked coldly.
The other Foundation Establishment cultivators also looked unhappy; clearly, they had recognized her too. Lu Luo had always followed Chu Zixue, and most Foundation Establishment disciples had seen her before.
They had searched for a long time and found nothing.
And now she had turned up on her own.
“Lu Luo, the one who fled with that cultivation cauldron?”
Grand Elder, with deep eyes, glanced at Lu Luo and finally shifted his gaze to the handsome man.
Master Demonic Sword said nothing and also looked over.
“I am Ye Bufan. Greetings, seniors.”
Ye Bufan’s expression remained calm as he stepped forward and cupped his hands.
As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell silent for a moment, and the demonic cultivators’ expressions became very complicated.
“Didn’t they say that cultivation cauldron was an old man? Is this damn thing an old man?”
A Foundation Establishment disciple stared in disbelief.
Some inspection disciples who had seen Ye Bufan’s aged appearance before also could not help doubting their own sanity at the sight.
He bore no resemblance at all to that frail old man whose eyebrows were nearly buried by the earth.
Chu Zixue was stunned even more.
Her beautiful eyes widened.
After repeatedly confirming the aura, she was certain it really was that cultivation cauldron.
But no matter what, she could not connect the handsome young man before her with the hundred-year-old man in her memory.
“Hehe, how interesting. This seat wants to know how you reversed time and returned to youth.”
Grand Elder’s eyes grew even deeper as he slowly walked toward Ye Bufan.
With every step he took, his aura grew stronger.
It was like an endless ocean.
Compared with him, Ye Bufan seemed like a lone boat on the sea, liable to be capsized by a single wave at any moment.
“This seat wants to know even more: since you clearly escaped the Heavenly Demon Sect, where did you get the nerve to come back?”
His voice was cold and stern, and the pressure was terrifying.
The several peak masters, including Master Demonic Sword, remained silent, but their eyes were fixed on Ye Bufan as if they wanted to see straight through him.
The Blood Peak peak master licked his lips as if he were looking at a priceless treasure. “Grand Elder, I won’t fight you for anything else. I only want his blood.”
They were all old monsters who had lived for several hundred years.
It was the first time they had ever seen such a strange person and such a strange event.
“Master…”
Lu Luo trembled all over and grabbed the corner of Ye Bufan’s robe.
On Demonic Sword Peak, she was only a minor Foundation Establishment cultivator, and Core Formation was an unreachable cultivation true person to her.
Whether in status or strength, such a realm was top-tier in Zhao Kingdom.
Killing her would take no more than the snap of a finger.
“Before, my aged appearance was nothing more than a disguise technique. As for why I came back… the Heavenly Demon Sect is Zhao Kingdom’s number-one sect, and I had long wanted to seek apprenticeship there.”
Ye Bufan was not panicked and said with a smile.
Grand Elder froze. Before he could speak, the Blood Peak peak master grinned, his eyes revealing a strange crimson light. “Then you’re badly mistaken. My Heavenly Demon Sect doesn’t really want to take you as a disciple.”
What value could taking him as a disciple have compared to dissecting him and studying him?
“Shut up!”
Just then, a middle-aged man in a purple robe with a head full of purple hair walked out from deep within the Heavenly Demon Sect.
He stood on a massive skull and shouted coldly at the Blood Peak peak master.
The Blood Peak peak master was stunned, and Grand Elder and Master Demonic Sword all stepped forward and cupped their hands.
“Greetings, sect master!”
“Greetings, sect master!”
Many Foundation Establishment cultivators hurried forward to pay their respects, not daring to look directly at him.
The Heavenly Demon Sect master was overwhelmingly formidable and could be called the number-one figure below Nascent Soul, with nearly a hundred Core Formation true persons dead by his hand.
And beside the Heavenly Demon Sect master was a blue-clad young man.
He had sword-like brows and bright eyes, with an extraordinary bearing.
He looked Ye Bufan up and down, his gaze full of coldness and mixed with a trace of jealousy.
The sect master’s personal disciple, Liu Wangchuan, was also a saint candidate.
“From now on, Little Friend Ye will be a core disciple of the Heavenly Demon Sect and will reside in the First Courtyard of Demonic Sword Peak, enjoying the treatment and privileges of a saint-core disciple.”
“As for the sixth floor of the Scripture Repository, Little Friend Ye may go up to choose a technique, but only this once.”
The Heavenly Demon Sect master turned to Ye Bufan and said gently.
The Heavenly Demon Sect Scripture Repository had six floors, and the higher you went, the higher the level of the technique manuals and the more precious they became.
Only saint candidates and the sect master could enter the sixth floor.
“What?!”
Everyone was shocked, and the Blood Peak peak master’s expression froze on the spot.
“Why?”
Chu Zixue and Shangguan Qingyao changed color even more.
“Because he is the Old Ancestor’s disciple!”
The Heavenly Demon Sect master said coldly, then waved his hand. “Dismissed!”
“Demonic Sword Peak master, take Little Friend Ye to register him in the records.”
After saying that, he left with the blue-clad young man.
He had come here only to warn the several peak masters so they would not entertain any crooked thoughts.
“The Old Ancestor?”
Grand Elder and the several peak masters looked at one another, unable to hide the emotion in their eyes.
That Old Ancestor had never taken a disciple before.
The other Heavenly Demon Sect disciples were even more shocked beyond measure.
Although Ye Bufan was only a core disciple, he was still a Nascent Soul true lord’s disciple. What kind of prestige was that?
He could even compare with a saint candidate.
“ Old Ancestor’s disciple.”
Chu Zixue was somewhat dazed, from cultivation cauldron to supreme-grade Foundation Establishment and then to Old Ancestor’s disciple.
This one-level leap in status had already completely surpassed her.
No one could accept that.
“Yes!”
Master Demonic Sword’s eyes flickered as he ordered, “Zixue, take Little Friend Ye to the First Courtyard and get him familiar with the surroundings.”
“Father!”
“Be good!”
Master Demonic Sword’s voice turned a little stern, then he said gently to Ye Bufan, “If Little Friend has any problems in the future, you can look for my daughter.”
“Thank you, Senior.”
Ye Bufan cupped his hands in thanks, as if he had already forgotten Master Demonic Sword’s earlier ill-intentioned gaze, and had even more completely forgotten his grudge with Chu Zixue.
With his current lack of strength, throwing harsh words around and turning hostile with Chu Zixue would have been foolish.
This was a demonic sect.
Every one of them was a ruthless figure.
Even with the little girl in a white dress’s deterrence, if pushed too far, Master Demonic Sword would still kill him for his daughter.
“Let’s go!”
Chu Zixue reluctantly led Ye Bufan toward Demonic Sword Peak.
The other peak masters looked at the backs of the two of them, then at Master Demonic Sword, and all sighed.
It was obvious.
This old fox wanted to dissolve their previous enmity while also improving his relationship with Ye Bufan.
If he could use this to climb up to the Old Ancestor, then his status would rise along with it, and he might even have a chance at the Nascent Soul great path!
“She got the better of me again!”
Shangguan Qingyao snorted coldly, her beautiful eyes flickering as no one knew what she was thinking.
Very quickly, the news that Ye Bufan was the Old Ancestor’s disciple swept through the entire Heavenly Demon Sect like a storm.
It shocked many people.
From a cultivation cauldron to the Old Ancestor’s disciple, the leap was simply unbelievable.
Some undercover agents of the righteous path even hastily sent the news back to their own sects.
It was estimated that before long, Ye Bufan would become the number-one target for elimination in the eyes of the righteous path prodigies.
On the other side.
Ye Bufan looked at the antique three-story pavilion before him, took in a mouthful of dense heaven and earth spiritual qi, and was very satisfied.
Along the way, he had heard Lu Luo mention it.
First Courtyard.
It could be called the premier cultivation ground of Demonic Sword Peak, not only with a massive spirit-gathering formation, but also a defensive formation; even a Core Formation true person could forget about breaking in.
This greatly increased Ye Bufan’s sense of security.
“I wonder if Fairy Zixue knows of any powerful Foundation Establishment techniques in the Scripture Repository?”
Ye Bufan asked Chu Zixue without showing his feelings. He was badly in need of a cultivation technique right now.
If there was free labor, there was no reason not to use it.
“The Heavenly Demon Sect has a forbidden technique called 『Heavenly Fiend True demonic art』. It was created by the first-generation Heavenly Demon founder and reigns supreme over Zhao Kingdom; no technique can compare to it.”
Chu Zixue kept a straight face, and when she heard this, her eyes rolled and she revealed a seductive smile.
“The only question is whether you dare to cultivate it.”