Chapter 8: Yun Yun: Master, Those Twenty-Five Years, You Must Have Been Very Lonely

"Yanran greets Ancestral Master!"

Nalan Yanran spoke crisply, her voice light and melodious.

This address of Ancestral Master was called out extremely sweetly, full of sincerity.

Her face bore respect, her clear eyes gazing at Yun Yi.

A kindly smile surfaced on Yun Yi's face.

"Truly well-behaved."

Afterward, he took out a Jade Bottle from his Storage Ring and handed it to Nalan Yanran.

"Didn't expect Yun'er to have a Disciple already."

"First meeting, nothing good to give, take this Seven Grade Pill, it can assist in raising your Cultivation Base."

Yun Yi merely glanced once and knew Nalan Yanran's Cultivation Base had now reached Dou Wang Peak.

This Seven Grade Pill was of little use to Yun Yi, so he simply gave it to his little grand-disciple as a greeting gift.

"Seven Grade Pill!"

Hearing this, the surrounding Elders couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

You must know, the person with the highest alchemy attainment in the Jia Ma Empire, ordinarily being able to refine a Sixth Grade Pill is already extremely rare.

Yun Yi could casually take out a Seven Grade Pill to give away...

But thinking of Yun Yi's terrifying Dou Zun Cultivation Base, it seemed quite reasonable again.

"Ah? Seven... Seven Grade?"

"This isn't right, is it?"

Nalan Yanran stared wide-eyed in shock.

Because she had just come out, she hadn't witnessed Yun Yi's heart-shaking scene from before.

Faced with the Seven Grade Pill suddenly delivered to her hand, she didn't dare accept it.

"Yanran, still not accepting it!"

Yun Yun reminded with a smile, her eyes revealing doting on her beloved Disciple, "What are you standing on ceremony with your Ancestral Master for!"

"Thank you, Ancestral Master!"

Hearing Yun Yun speak, Nalan Yanran only then dared accept the Jade Bottle with both hands, then carefully put it away.

Yun Yi laughed lightly and patted Nalan Yanran's head.

Just then, Yun Shan looked at Nalan Yanran and made up his mind.

"Since Junior Brother and Yun Yun are both unwilling to be Sect Master, why not let Yanran try."

"Currently, Yanran's Cultivation Base has already reached Dou Wang Peak, with her ability and character, I feel it's quite suitable."

Hearing this, Yun Yun's eyes brightened.

Right, Nalan Yanran's current Cultivation Base, even as Sect Master would be enough.

"I also think it works!"

Yun Yi nodded with a smile at this time, "This child Yanran is indeed not bad."

"Then let it be decided."

After all, it's not like Nalan Yanran alone must shoulder the Yun Lan Sect's advance, there are still many Elders to assist.

"What?"

Hearing this, Nalan Yanran instantly stared wide-eyed.

She blankly extended her index finger, pointing at herself uncertainly probing, "Me? Be Sect Master??"

Never expected that just coming out, she would be persuaded by a group of elders to be Sect Master.

She looked at Yun Yi, then at Yun Yun and Yun Shan, suddenly suspecting whether this was all her illusion.

Last second getting a Seven Grade Pill for free, next second ascending to Sect Master on the spot...

Who would believe this if told?

"Yanran, this time listen to Ancestral Master and Master, believe in yourself..."

Yun Yun lightly patted Nalan Yanran's shoulder.

"But I... I'm only a Dou Wang after all." Nalan Yanran was somewhat flustered.

"Rest assured, with your Ancestral Master's Seven Grade Pill, you'll soon be able to Breakthrough to Dou Huang."

Yun Shan knew Nalan Yanran's inner unease, persuading with a smile.

"Anyway the Yun Lan Sect will end up in your hands sooner or later, now is just earlier."

Under everyone's persuasion, Nalan Yanran bit her lip and nodded in agreement.

She knew, this one nod meant from now on her shoulders bore an additional heavy burden.

The Sect Master position matter resolved, Yun Shan seemed to have unloaded all burdens.

"Junior Brother, we haven't gathered in many years, today we must drink to heart's content!"

"Good, but I want to go pay respects to Master first!" Yun Yi's gaze turned toward the Ancestral Hall direction, expression solemn.

Yun Shan blanked a moment, then sighed, "You just returned, should go pay respects."

Next, everyone together went to the Ancestral Hall.

The Yun Lan Sect's Ancestral Hall was solemn and dignified, the surrounding walls carved full of predecessors' achievements.

Entering the Ancestral Hall, a simple and heavy aura rushed at the face.

Yun Yi's expression was focused, he slowly walked to where Master and the Yun Lan Sect's many ancestors' Ancestral Tablets were enshrined.

He picked up incense, lightly lit it, then respectfully bowed and inserted the incense into the Incense Burner.

Toward his own benefactor Master, Yun Yi's heart was full of regret.

If only I had ventured out earlier back then, with the opportunities I later encountered, perhaps I could have obtained some life-extending Dan Pills for Master.

Then Master would not have departed so soon.

Thinking of this, he gently shook his head and let out a long sigh.

"Master, Ancestors, I am Yun Shan, Eighth Generation Disciple of the Yun Lan Sect."

"Beside me is Junior Brother Yun Yi."

At this moment Yun Shan likewise held incense and bowed respectfully toward the Ancestral Tablets.

"Junior Brother Yun Yi has been exceptionally gifted since childhood, his Cultivation swift..."

"In this generation, with my Junior Brother Yun Yi, the Yun Lan Sect will surely reach unprecedented glory!"

"Ancestors above, please bless Junior Brother with flourishing martial fortune!"

When Yun Shan offered incense, his gaze was clear and his voice resonant.

Every sentence was praise for Yun Yi.

Yun Yi smiled faintly and did not refute.

When he became a disciple, Yun Shan was already decades old.

Though called Senior Brother, he cared for him like an elder in daily life.

An elder brother is like a father.

For this bond with Yun Shan, he has always kept it in his heart.

Afterwards, the group moved to a secluded courtyard in the Yun Lan Sect; the two brothers sat facing each other, drinking and talking at length.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran also sat quietly nearby.

The table was filled with fine wine and delicacies, the fragrance of wine overflowing.

As the mood deepened, Yun Shan patted Yun Yi's shoulder with a curious face, "Junior Brother, what exactly have you experienced these past thirty years? Tell Senior Brother quickly."

Yun Yi lifted his wine cup, took a light sip, a trace of recollection in his expression.

"After leaving the Jia Ma Empire, I first went to Hei Jiao Yu."

Everyone knows Hei Jiao Yu is a chaotic land.

But no one knows that for Yun Yi, who possesses the Killing System, it is also a blessed land where he can rapidly raise his Cultivation Base.

After staying there for a time, Yun Yi's reputation gradually rose. However, to avoid affecting the Yun Lan Sect, he never revealed his identity outside.

If he had not finally provoked Di Mo Lao Gui, perhaps Yun Yi would not have gone to Zhongzhou so early.

In that battle, Yun Yi was Unable to Withstand and could only flee far away.

That Di Mo Lao Gui was also a ruthless man; he pursued Yun Yi relentlessly along the way.

Until Yun Yi escaped to Tianyang City and passed through a Space Wormhole to Zhongzhou, only then did he give up the chase.

After Di Mo Lao Gui returned he did not explain the situation, so people of the Northwest Continent thought Yun Yi was dead.

Speaking of this part, Yun Shan could not help but exclaim, "Truly thrilling!"

"Good thing you have great fortune and fate."

Yun Yi smiled faintly, moistened his throat with wine, and continued recounting his affairs in Zhongzhou.

Zhongzhou's resources are far richer than the Northwest Continent; Yun Yi grew very fast and also dealt with many Zhongzhou Strongmen.

Every Strongman who met Yun Yi would involuntarily marvel at Yun Yi's growth speed.

"After that came the Ancient Ruins Explosion; I entered the Ancient Ruins together with hundreds of thousands, but in the end was trapped inside for a full twenty-five years..."

Yun Yi pointed at his wine cup; Nalan Yanran filled it to the brim with a face full of admiration.

"The events after that, you already know."

Listening to these past events, Yun Shan took a deep breath, sighing endlessly.

He gently shook his head with emotion, "Junior Brother, your journey has truly been not easy!"

"In just thirty years, more splendid than my whole life."

"Senior Brother, you are mistaken; it is less than five years..." Yun Yi smiled and held out five fingers, "I was still trapped for twenty-five years."

Nalan Yanran listened entranced; besides pouring wine, she propped her chin with both hands, eyes unblinking as she watched Yun Yi.

For this Ancestral Master of hers, admiration grew ever stronger in her heart.

So much so that Nalan Yanran now yearned in her heart for that exciting outside world, somewhat regretting having agreed to become Sect Master.

However, listening to Yun Yi lightly recount these hurried thirty years, Yun Yun's gaze was Complex.

She looked at Yun Yi, full of heartache.

Master went out that time; nearly thirty years, endured countless hardships and dangers, and in the end was trapped for twenty-five years!

"Master, those twenty-five years, you must have been very lonely..."

(Chapter End)