Chapter 294: Recall

When Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion, the first thing that met his eyes was a beautiful face still brimming with anger. Instantly, the good mood he had brought back from his fruitful trip vanished.

"Huang'er, why are you here?" Xiao Han groaned inwardly. What was this called? Wasn't it being caught red-handed?

Setting aside the documents he had been reviewing, Yi Huang looked up expressionlessly, then suddenly broke into a smile and said in a gentle, soft voice:

"Our great Pavilion Master has returned?"

"It wasn't in vain that I've been waiting here for you!"

Killing intent—that was definitely killing intent!

Xiao Han felt goosebumps rising all over his body and hurriedly explained, "I only went out to explore some ruins this time."

To make his sophistry more convincing, Xiao Han's Storage Ring flashed, and over a dozen light orbs along with five or six Storage Rings floated in the air, presented before Yi Huang.

"Hmm?" Yi Huang's willow-leaf brows furrowed slightly. She picked one up at random to examine it, and her expression immediately calmed down a little.

Afterwards, she casually probed one of the light orbs with her Soul Power and exclaimed, "A Heaven-Tier Dou Technique?"

Yi Huang had never expected that this random light orb would actually contain a Heaven-Tier Dou Technique. One had to know that even after Langya Pavilion had developed for so many years, excluding the unique Dou Techniques of experts like Xiao Han, they possessed no more than a dozen Heaven-Tier Dou Techniques. As a result, this haul had actually doubled their collection?

Even if they weren't all Heaven-Tier Dou Techniques, the grade of items kept together like this likely wouldn't be low.

She cast a questioning gaze at Xiao Han, "Which Alchemist expert's Inheritance Ruins did you rob this time?"

Aside from a high-level Alchemist, Yi Huang couldn't think of any other possibility for someone to produce so many good things.

Xiao Han chuckled and said, "I just found the ruins of an ancient sect."

Yi Huang's eyes widened abruptly, "An ancient sect?"

She smacked her lips in extreme envy, "You really are lucky!"

Was this the textbook definition of picking up money the moment one steps outside? The results of a single exploration of ruins were almost catching up to the years of development of their Langya Pavilion.

A person cannot become rich without windfall, and a horse cannot grow fat without night grass—this saying truly does not deceive me!

Mentioning the ruins, Yi Huang seemed to recall something. She stared at Xiao Han with half-moon eyes, "Tell me, how did you know that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit would appear in those Saint ruins?"

"What?" Xiao Han said with a look of "shock," "There was a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the ruins?"

The expression was quite sincere; had she not already understood Xiao Han's character, Yi Huang might have been fooled.

A playful smile hung on the corner of Yi Huang's mouth as she asked amusingly, "Do you know what happened during the time you were away?"

"What?" Xiao Han was startled and asked subconsciously.

"Hehe~" Yi Huang chuckled a few times.

"The Third Elder of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, Zhuli, personally came to visit to thank the Ice Saint for providing the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan with news of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit."

"Is this true?"

Xiao Han's expression had already changed the moment Yi Huang mentioned Zhuli's personal visit. He could only say that he had encountered a group of pig-like teammates!

Xiao Han coughed lightly and said, "I just happen to know a little about the owner of those ruins."

At this point, he could only try to find a way to quibble, "The owner of the ruins should be the Creation Saint; I have seen records about him in ancient books."

"Oh?" Yi Huang's tone shifted several times before finally changing, "So that's how it is!"

She then stopped questioning him.

As his bedfellow, how could Yi Huang not know that Xiao Han had secrets? But she also knew that his feelings for her were not fake and that he would never do anything detrimental to the friends and family around him, so she was happy to play dumb.

As she spoke, she threw out another pitch-black Jade Slip, which Xiao Han caught with quick eyes and nimble hands. After a brief glance, Xiao Han said in surprise:

"The Ancient Clan Coming of Age Ceremony?"

Yi Huang nodded and said, "That's right."

"The Ancient Clan Coming of Age Ceremony, held once every twenty years, will begin in three months. As a super faction in the Central Plains, we naturally cannot be absent."

Afterwards, Yi Huang's tone changed, implying something: "Some preparations still need to be made as early as possible!"

"Hmm!" Xiao Han pondered, "Has the candidate from the Pavilion to attend the Coming of Age Ceremony been decided?"

Yi Huang nodded, "I will call Xian'er back this time and have her and that girl Xin Lan go over."

The three people including Xiao Wu who had attended the Coming of Age Ceremony back then had now reached the Dou Sheng level. Having not appeared in the outside world for many years, they were the hidden strength of Langya Pavilion and could not be easily moved.

Since that was the case, the only one left to choose who carried enough weight was Xian'er, that girl at the Dou Zun Peak. As for Ye Xinlan, she was just being taken along to broaden her horizons.

Yi Huang's words made Xiao Han suddenly remember that he seemed to have a disciple who had been thrown out. After such a long time, he wondered how he was doing?

……

At this moment, after being beaten by several Elders of the Tianman Sect working together, an exhausted Xiao Wu was sitting cross-legged in cultivation.

Although Xiao Wu had been the one on the receiving end of the beatings ever since coming to the Tianman Sect, his strength had progressed extremely rapidly, and his physical strength had also increased significantly.

"I really don't know how Teacher found a group of such terrifying guys." After finishing his cultivation, the first thing Xiao Wu did was his routine complaint about Xiao Han's actions.

In Xiao Wu's view, this Tianman Sect was simply a gathering place for monsters.

So many Dou Sheng experts were quite rare even in the Central Plains; at least, apart from Langya Pavilion, Xiao Wu did not know of any other faction that possessed them.

And Xiao Han, who could mobilize the Tianman Sect with a single letter, became increasingly terrifying in Xiao Wu's heart. He still remembered that when he produced that letter of recommendation, the Tianman Sect treated it with great importance, and all kinds of sparring partners were arranged for him thoroughly.

In fact, Xiao Han had only used the simplest method—spending money!

With a few Ninth Grade Pills thrown down, the Elders of the Tianman Sect naturally would not refuse the "reasonable" request to "temper" Xiao Wu.

Just as Xiao Wu was enjoying his hard-won leisure time, Xian'er's cold figure flew over rapidly from the distance.

Xiao Wu asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"We have to go!" Xian'er flicked her finger, shooting the Jade Slip in her hand toward Xiao Wu, who caught it, and she continued:

"Teacher said the Ancient Clan Coming of Age Ceremony is about to begin, and I need to attend as the representative of the Pavilion."

"The Coming of Age Ceremony, huh!" Memories from twenty years ago flooded back into Xiao Wu's mind. Back then, he was just a young man who had just entered the Dou Zun level, and he had even united the Langya Guard to capture one of the Four Heavenly Sovereigns of the Soul Hall alive.

Twenty years later, the former Dou Zun had become a great Dou Sheng expert. Xiao Wu sighed, "Time flies like an arrow!"

Looking back, he saw Xian'er looking at him with an extremely strange expression. Her tone was solemn, mixed with intense worry:

"Are you sick? Let's hurry back and have the teacher take a look at you!"

"Sick?" Xiao Wu was stunned and carefully checked himself; he was perfectly normal, and his body felt better than ever.

Then, Xian'er's words made a black line appear on his forehead, "If you aren't seriously ill, how could you be so serious?"

Has my slacker image already become so deeply rooted in people's hearts?

Sighing helplessly, Xiao Wu stood up, "We should go and bid farewell now!"

The two-year period agreed upon for his departure had arrived; returning was merely a matter of time.

As his voice fell, Xiao Wu's figure transformed into a streak of white light, darting toward the distant main hall of the Tianman Sect.