Chapter 646: Instructor Lin

"Senior Brother Li! It's bad! There's another monk with a hairy face outside causing trouble!"

"Wait! Don't speak yet, my situation is more urgent! Senior Brother Li! I have a red-faced man here, nine feet tall with a two-foot-long beard, who is specifically asking for Senior Brother Zhuge; this is his second time coming!"

"You shut up too! *Cough cough*, Senior Brother Li, please help, I have a man here surnamed Lin who says he is a commander of the Imperial Guard of the Northern Qian Dynasty, here on imperial orders with an imperial decree for the Sect Leader!"

"Senior Brother Li! I see a black-faced one on my side too..."

"Hey! Senior Brother Li!"

"Senior Brother Li!"

Before the mountain gate of the Divine Path Sect, the cries of "Senior Brother Li" sounding like fledglings begging for food made Li Yiyi feel his head buzzing.

He clapped his hands and said powerlessly, "... Everyone be quiet, speak one by one."

No effect.

A group of fellow disciples were still chirping and shouting around him, and there were even signs of them coming to blows while pushing each other.

Li Yiyi was somewhat annoyed and deepened his tone: "Shut up!"

Still no effect.

The fellow disciples were no longer even looking at him, but were instead bickering with the people beside them.

Although Divine Path Sect disciples were socially anxious toward outsiders, each one of them like an ostrich among men, they had never had the slightest bit of social anxiety toward those inside.

"Sigh."

Regarding this situation, Li Yiyi sighed powerlessly, then took a golden token from his bosom.

"Everyone be quiet and listen to me!"

This was the token of the current Beiganhuangdi, Li Long, and its effect was equivalent to the Emperor himself being present.

Once the token appeared, the noise stuttered for a moment; the surrounding fellow disciples blinked their eyes, sized up the token, and confirmed the origin of this token.

"Wow, a Golden Token."

"It's the Emperor's Token of Beigan!"

"The Emperor himself is present! Well, Senior Brother Li is a royal relative, after all."

Then...

They continued pushing each other again, completely disregarding this token.

What royal relative?

What Emperor himself present?

Hey, don't know, don't know, don't know any of it!

What does it have to do with us?

No matter how awesome their Emperor is, can he manage things inside the Divine Path Sect?

Thus, the battle between the fellow disciples continued; they usually felt embarrassed to make a move, so they took this opportunity to settle personal scores and resolve the grudges between the various peaks.

"..." Li Yiyi looked at them expressionlessly, his mouth twitching a few times, and finally he sighed deeply and said powerlessly: "I originally didn't want to do this, you all forced me."

Thus, amidst the noisy sounds, Li Yiyi put away the Golden Token, reached into his inner pocket again, and took out a seemingly plain and unremarkable Wooden Token.

In an instant, even Li Yiyi hadn't reacted, all the noisy sounds had disappeared, and the senior and junior brothers who had just been fighting in a ball all stood obediently with their heads lowered.

"... Sigh!" Li Yiyi took a deep breath looking at this scene, then slowly exhaled, raised his finger to point at them, and nodded repeatedly.

"Fine, fine, fine."

He hadn't even spoken just now, yet these guys had already become honest.

You all had actually heard me speaking long ago, right?

So this was all just playing me for a fool just now!?

Fine.

I have no objections.

That token looked ordinary, and there were no exquisite carvings or engravings on it, just a full moon depicted on the front.

This token originally represented Luoyue Peak within the Divine Path Sect, and as of today, it specifically referred to a certain personage currently entrenched on the peak.

"... Alright, stop arguing."

"You, you, you, you go find the people they want to see; as long as it's not an excessive request, bring the people over and let them resolve it themselves."

"You, you, you, ask them what they want to do, then report it to the Senior Uncle."

Listening to the various instructions, the quieted senior and junior brothers looked at each other, looking at one another with an appearance of still wanting to say something, but after being glared at by Li Yiyi, they could only nod collectively and honestly go do what they were supposed to do.

If they could, they really didn't want to do these things involving talking to outsiders.

But that bad guy Senior Brother Li didn't play by the rules and even brought out "that personage," so they could only obey the order obediently and bite the bullet to do things they weren't accustomed to.

Offending a Senior Brother Li was one thing, but one could not be disrespectful to that personage.

Watching the others leave, Li Yiyi sighed, nodded to the junior brother who was still waiting in front of him, and said: "As for you... you take me to see that Instructor Lin."

"Once we reach the place you can leave; I will receive them personally."

The other party was from Beigan and carrying an imperial decree, so it was most appropriate for him, a prince, to be the one to interface with them.

The junior brother who remained at the end had originally been somewhat anxious, thinking he was going to be made difficult by his senior brother, but he hadn't expected to hear such a promise from Li Yiyi.

"Oh, okay, Senior Brother, follow me."

Thus he nodded excitedly and led Li Yiyi toward the place where that instructor surnamed Lin was waiting.

Li Yiyi followed behind the junior brother, his mind filled with a thousand thoughts as he walked.

"This really has changed into a different appearance."

Thinking of the changes in these days, Li Yiyi was somewhat speechless.

Without any warning, everything had changed.

He had clearly been doing quite well as an undercover agent in the Butian Alliance, having already completed several missions for them and taken root within; in a little while, he should have been able to get a promotion and become a superior among the official members...

But who could have known that a single recall order issued by the Divine Path Sect would forcibly drag him back to the mountain gate.

There was no room for rebuttal, no time given for hesitation; he was simply tossed back.

Although it was somewhat difficult to abandon the results he had worked so hard to achieve, Li Yiyi himself also missed the beloved woman waiting in the sect, so after hesitating for a long while, he chose to be obedient.

Then, he was instantly brought back from Wentian City to the Divine Path Sect by a fox hair tucked inside the recall order.

A journey of ten thousand miles in an instant, the ends of the earth within reach.

Such a shocking scene completely stunned Li Yiyi, and the unwillingness in his heart was suppressed.

Afterwards, Li Yiyi learned more details from the mouth of Shi Xiaoxiao—that great person had achieved Ascension.

Li Yiyi had also sensed the changes at the time, but his cultivation was not high enough to understand the details; he only vaguely knew that someone had achieved Ascension and had also unlocked a shackle for all living beings.

But he really had not expected it to be that person!

Ah?

Achieved Ascension?

Him?

That Ren... Senior Uncle?

Li Yiyi knew of Ren Yidao's talent and acknowledged his strength, but was this not a bit too fast?

It seemed that not much time had passed since he last became famous throughout the world, right?

The development of this world was too fast, making Li Yiyi somewhat unable to comprehend it.

In the end, he could only find a reasonable excuse for himself, assuming that Ren Yidao had been hiding his true strength all along, that he had long possessed the qualifications to achieve the Dao, and was a big shot playing in the Earthly Realm.

Playing in the Earthly Realm, huh... Hmm, just like his own father and mother; despite being the noble Emperor and Empress, they always liked to dress up as other people to travel and go on incognito visits to various places.

No wonder the two of them could get along so well, and no wonder his Imperial Father had taken the initiative to become sworn brothers with Senior Uncle Ren back then.

Heh, two old things who were birds of a feather!

Just as Li Yiyi was lost in thought, the junior brother leading the way had stopped his steps without realizing it.

"Senior Brother, we have arrived. This is Instructor Lin, and then there are, um, the others."

After bringing Li Yiyi to the place, the disciple turned around quickly, walked to his side without looking back, and after speaking quickly, he left in a hurry, "I will leave the rest to you, Senior Brother! I am going now, um, I am leaving!"

Whoosh—

Turning around and leaving, all in one go.

Li Yiyi watched his junior brother's rapidly disappearing back and coughed twice in embarrassment, then turned to bow and apologize to Instructor Lin and his group: "... Cough, cough, apologies, my junior brother was rude, please do not take offense, everyone."

After apologizing, he raised his head and finally looked properly at the three people in front of him.

A team of two men and one woman; the middle-aged man leading them looked imposing and vigorous with bright eyes and no beard, while the woman wore a black gauze hat, revealing only a pair of smiling, squinting eyes.

The third person looked the youngest, only in his early twenties, standing to the side with his eyes closed and arms hugging his sword.

Judging from the aura emitted by these three and their attire, it was definitely not a disguise; being able to confirm that they were truly people from Beigan made Li Yiyi secretly heave a sigh of relief.

It was just a bit strange that Li Yiyi had actually never seen these three before, nor did he know which branch of the Imperial Guard they belonged to.

"Greetings, Instructor Lin, I am... uh?"

Li Yiyi was just about to greet them when he suddenly froze, staring at Instructor Lin and blinking his eyes.

People from Beigan, and they don't even recognize me?

This...

Li Yiyi thought of a possibility, his face twitched a few times, and he looked at the woman whose eyes were full of smiles, his lips twitching.

Li Yiyi really wanted to shout out loud at this moment, but in the end, he held it back, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled.

Haa!

He cupped his fists at Instructor Lin and asked earnestly: "... May I ask, Instructor, what is your honorable name?"

And that Instructor Lin also returned the salute earnestly, saying loudly: "I, without changing my name or surname, am surnamed Lin, named Long! You can just call me Brother Lin!"

Brother Lin?

"..."

These two words could not be spoken by Li Yiyi no matter what, and in the end, they could only turn into a helpless, long sigh.

"Hmm? What is wrong with this little brother? Is he feeling unwell?"

Li Yiyi raised his hand to his forehead, feeling as if his vision had gone black; he waved his hand and then sighed powerlessly:

"... Imperial Father, you are joking with your son again."

"What Imperial Father? What is this little brother talking about?" Lin Long blinked his eyes and looked at him with an innocent face.

Li Yiyi rolled his eyes and explained speechlessly once more: "Imperial Father, it is normal for your son not to recognize a leader of the Imperial Guard, but it is impossible for a leader of the Imperial Guard not to recognize your son."

Lin Long: "Uh, this..."

"Furthermore, your son is a prince; no matter how bold a leader of the Imperial Guard is, he would not call your son 'little brother'..."

After Li Yiyi finished speaking, he looked at the "Lin Long" who was scratching his head with dead fish eyes, stopped looking at him, and instead turned to bow respectfully to the woman who was already shaking with laughter beside him: "Mother, you have come."

"Mm, hehe, this Empress has come." Ran Yeting nodded with a smile, beckoned to Li Yiyi to let him come forward, and then raised her hand to rub the top of his head, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and Yi'er has become even more intelligent; you truly take after me."

Li Long on the side considered it his fate; he no longer hid it and shouted: "What nonsense, this intelligence clearly comes from me."

Heh.

Ran Yeting chuckled and ignored her man's incompetent rage, taking Li Yiyi to look at the young man standing with his sword, and said softly: "Yi'er, greet your ancestor; counting the generations, you should call him Great-Grandfather."

Li Yiyi understood who this was by now and bowed respectfully to Li Yandao: "Greetings, Great-Grandfather."

Li Yandao opened his eyes, looked him up and down, and nodded, appearing somewhat satisfied, and said softly: "Not bad."

"Smart enough, unlike his father, who has no proper conduct."

Li Yiyi did not dare to respond to these words at all and could only obediently shrink to his mother's side, acting like a good boy who had heard nothing.

Li Long, having been praised, curled his lips but did not refute it, letting Li Yandao evaluate him as he pleased.

Anyway, he is the ancestor, so I shall just pretend I heard nothing.

Moreover, this is a good thing; after becoming an Immortal, not only has our ancestor's appearance returned to his youth, but it seems his Heart has also become much younger, to the point that he would actually make such a joke.

Heh.

How could I possibly be lacking in decorum? Ancestor Heaven truly loves to joke.

Since he had already been exposed, "Instructor Lin" no longer pretended, instructing his son: "Alright, Yiyi, just act as if you didn't notice, and take us inside. Ancestor Heaven will go to see Sect Leader Sikong, and your mother and I will go to see Brother Ren."

Li Yiyi nodded obediently, then took out a token to send a message.

Obedience is one thing, but the rules and procedures still had to be followed; in any case, their movements could not be hidden from Immortals, and their family's three Immortals were likely already aware of their arrival.

Sure enough, no more than three breaths after Li Yiyi sent the message, the Great Array outside the sect opened wide, and the sound of a bell rang out from within the mountain gate.

The Welcoming Bell.

This was to tell all the disciples of the sect that important guests had arrived and that they should not fail to show proper courtesy.

Afterwards, a white fox with a slender build rode the wind and arrived, landing before the mountain gate and transforming into a delicate-looking youth.

"Brother Long, why have you come in person?"

"Haha, isn't it because you, the Jin King, wouldn't go to Wentian to pay your respects to me? Since that is the case, I have come myself."

"Haha, then that really is this younger brother's fault."

Ren Yidao and Li Long laughed and embraced, then nodded toward Ran Yeting, and finally looked at Li Yandao, bowing with a smile: "Many thanks to you, fellow Daoist, for your righteous action that day, which relieved me of quite a bit of pressure."

Li Yandao did not act arrogant and returned the salute, saying earnestly: "Daoist Ren, there is no need for this. I imagine that even without my intervention that day, you would have been able to resolve it easily. On the contrary, I am the one who should thank you for the grace of Opening the Dao that day."

"Haha, fellow Daoist, you are too kind. What I did could only be considered adding flowers to a brocade, but your actions were truly like sending charcoal in snowy weather."

After Ren Yidao finished speaking, he did not let Li Yandao decline further, instead saying: "By the way, you have come at just the right time; I happen to have a matter I need to ask Beigan for help with."

"Oh? What matter?" Li Long was somewhat surprised, wondering what could possibly stump the current Ren Yidao.

"Finding someone."

Ren Yidao scratched his head, thinking of the request Xue Sui had made of him, and felt a bit of a headache.

"Finding a lineage of Immortal God descendants."