Chapter Seventy-Four: Becoming an Apprentice

  But then the middle-aged man, Lei Yun, brought Xiao Fan to his mountain peak and stopped. What appeared in front of Xiao Fan was a high and smooth stone wall that reached the clouds, majestic and magnificent. One side of the stone wall shone like a mirror, as if it had been carved out by someone with one sword.

  "Are you Xiao Fan?" Lei Yun said with a warm smile on his face.

  "Yes." Xiao Fan's answer was very brief, but his eyes were full of spirit as he looked at Lei Yun. Lei Yun appeared to be around thirty years old, handsome and majestic, with a slender build, originally an exceptional master, however, there was a strong aura of bookishness about him, anyone who didn't know him would definitely think he was a Confucian scholar.

  "Heh heh, do you know why I brought you here?" Lei Yun smiled slightly. It was strange to say, but facing such an extraordinary strong person like Lei Yun, Xiao Fan didn't feel any pressure at all, and instead had a feeling of ease. Xiao Fan's heart really liked this kind of feeling.

  "Isn't it supposed to be taking me as a disciple?" Xiao Fan was bewildered and didn't understand.

  "Accepting you as a disciple is secondary, helping you hide your identity is the real priority." Lei Yun smiled and said: "The Three Extremes Sect has a rule that every new disciple must go to the Main Hall of the Sect Master. Although the people in the Main Hall are not very skilled in their cultivation, their eyesight is still quite good. If you go to the Main Hall, everything you want to hide will be exposed."

  Xiao Fang smiled: "You're joking, my disciple has no secrets that can't be seen by others." But in his heart, he was shocked and amazed. Indeed, it's a strong practitioner who has reached an extremely high level of spiritual power cultivation. Just by looking at him for a few eyes, he actually sensed everything about himself. The only thing is that he didn't know how many secrets the other party had discovered about him.

  " Innate Sword Body, Chaotic Holy Body, Xiao Zhan's descendant..." Lei Yun said with a smile that was not quite a smile as he looked at Xiao Fan.

  "Cough, Senior Saint Ming, you've seen right through me with just one glance, probably no one in the world can match that. My admiration for you is like an endless sea, surging and unceasing, just like the vast starry sky, boundless and limitless..." Xiao Fang couldn't help but laugh dryly, lavishly flattering Lei Yun.

  Xiao Fan's heart was stirred up like a huge wave, now it seems that except for the secret of his own soul being a transmigrator, everything else has been known by the other party.

  But there was one thing that made Xiao Fan somewhat puzzled, no matter how brilliant the other party was, they couldn't possibly recognize him as Xiao Zhan's descendant at once.

  It seemed that Lei Yun had noticed Xiao Fang's confusion, and he smiled faintly as he said: "Don't worry, I knew your identity and background because I was a close friend of your father's. I saw you when you were born, so naturally I know everything about you."

  "Ah..." Xiao Fan's mouth slightly opened in surprise, he hadn't expected that the answer he wanted would be like this.

  "I see, I was rude earlier, please forgive me." Upon learning the reason, Xiao Fan's guard also dropped.

  "The heavens have indeed turned, and it's truly wondrous. If you hadn't been burdened with the Chaotic Sacred Body back then, making cultivation impossible for you, you would've become my disciple long ago. I never expected that today, you'd actually come to the Three Extremes Gate on your own. It seems there's indeed a master-disciple bond between us."

  According to him, before Xiao Fan was born, Lei Yun and Xiao Fan's father Xiao Zhan had agreed to let Xiao Fan become Lei Yun's disciple. However, it turned out that Xiao Fan was a Chaotic Holy Body, so even if Lei Yun accepted him as a disciple, it would be useless. Therefore, he did not end up becoming Lei Yun's disciple. Who would have thought that nearly twenty years later, Xiao Fan would come to the Three Extremes Sect on his own? It could indeed be said that this was brought about by fate.

  Xiao Fan was slightly stunned, then immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times, nine knocks, saying: "Disciple Xiao Fan has seen Master."

  At this time, Xiao Fan made a very wise choice to take the initiative to apprentice himself. From the respectful attitude of Luo Chang and others towards Lei Yun before, it can be seen that Lei Yun's strength is strong, and his status in the Three Absolute Sect is extraordinary. Moreover, Lei Yun is also the best friend of Xiao Fan's father, Xiao Zhan. It is absolutely beneficial for him to apprentice under Lei Yun without any harm.

  "Haha, okay, good boy, get up quickly." Leiyun was overjoyed and personally helped Xiao Fan up. Then, with a wave of his hand, a set of stone tables and chairs along with tea utensils appeared out of thin air.

  "Sit." Lei Yun smiled slightly at Xiao Fan, began to add tea leaves into the teacup, then saw his right hand brush through the air, a scalding hot water flow appeared out of thin air and poured into the teacup. Suddenly, the fragrance of the tea overflowed, and with just one breath, Xiao Fan felt refreshed and invigorated.

  "Come and have a cup of tea."

  The master and apprentice each held a cup of tea, savoring it. As the tea entered his throat, Xiao Fan felt that the tea water had transformed into a clear stream spreading out, and suddenly he felt refreshed all over, unable to help but exclaim: "Good tea."

  "When you were born, the world was shocked because you possessed the legendary Chaotic Sacred Body. Later, your father took you to visit all the major sects, but unfortunately, although they had a deep heritage, they couldn't solve your physical problem. Unexpectedly, you have a profound fortune and can obtain the inheritance of the Sacred Body by yourself. Moreover, you have also entered the ranks of spiritual power cultivators. If your father knew about this, he would be overjoyed." As he spoke, Lei Yun also sighed repeatedly. His cultivation was extremely high, but he still couldn't explore the past, present, and future, nor was he familiar with the way of cause and effect. He could only attribute this to fate.

  "It's just luck." Xiao Fan smiled humbly.

  "Haha, from ancient times to the present, those who possess the Primordial Chaos Sacred Body are not in the minority. However, they do not have your kind of luck. Luck is also a form of strength." Lei Yun laughed loudly.

  "If I'm not mistaken, your cultivation should be at the third rank of Transcending Mortality, right?"

  "Master has good eyesight." Xiao Fan praised, his gaze sincere and unparalleled, as if Lei Yun's words were true.

  "You little scoundrel, you still don't believe me even now." Leiyun had lived for who knows how many years and his cultivation was so strong that few people could be his match. How could he not see through Xiao Fang's scheme?

  "Quickly, speak out your true cultivation."

  "Cough, cough, the true cultivation of my disciple is indeed beyond ordinary, third-class." Xiao Fan looked at his newly-bowed-to master with an extremely innocent expression, his eyes clear and transparent, not looking like he was telling a lie at all.

  "If you won't say it, then let me tell you." Lei Yun smiled slightly, not getting angry, and then he gazed at Xiao Fan with his eyes, using his spiritual power to probe everything about him.

  "His body has transcended the limits of the extraordinary realm." At a glance, Lei Yun was shocked and felt that Xiao Fang's blood energy was like that of an ancient ferocious beast.

  "Your spiritual power cultivation is also extraordinary, you little brat actually set foot on three paths at the same time." Lei Yun's eyes widened, just how monstrous was this disciple of his, cultivating all three systems simultaneously and none of them were ordinary, who in the world could achieve that.

  "It's just luck." Xiao Fan said with a dry laugh.

  "It's all right then, I can pass on everything I've learned to you, and from now on, I'll have someone to carry on my legacy, haha." Leiyun said with a delighted smile.

  "Thank you, Master." Xiao Fan thanked him.

  "There's no need for courtesy between us master and disciple." Lei Yun smiled and asked Xiao Fan, "How many techniques have you cultivated so far?"

  "There are only two types of qigong, one is the inheritance of the Hunyuan Holy Body, and the other is the qigong for cultivating spiritual power." Xiao Fan thought for a moment before answering honestly.

  "Didn't you cultivate the Body Refining Technique?" Lei Yun was puzzled.

  "Not yet." Xiao Fan.

  After getting Xiao Fan's affirmative answer, Lei Yun was also slightly shocked and lost his voice. "Your physical strength and blood energy are like those of an ancient fierce beast, even if it's just a ordinary body cultivator, you can't compare to him, how is it possible that he hasn't cultivated any body refining techniques?"

  "Haha, good luck, good luck." Xiao Fan smiled foolishly and rubbed his forehead.

  This time, Lei Yun finally believed what Xiao Fan said about luck. If it wasn't for having extremely good luck, how could he cultivate his physical body to such an extent?

  "In that case, I'll pass on to you two cultivation methods. One is for cultivating the Innate Sword Body, and the other is a Refining Body method, which can make up for your regrettable lack of skill." said Lei Yun Dao.

  "Thank you, Master." Xiao Fan was overjoyed.

  "This technique is called the 'Nine Turns Sword Heart Scripture', which was obtained by my master in a secret realm of ancient times. Its power is not inferior to the inherited techniques of the Xiao family, remember that." Leiyun said as he waved his hand and a jade slip appeared out of thin air, handed over to Xiaofan.

  Xiao Fan took it over and infused his spiritual energy into the jade slip, memorizing its contents.

  When Xiao Fan had completely memorized the contents of the jade slip, that one jade slip turned into powder and dispersed between heaven and earth.

  "This method is called 'Arrogant Intention Golden Body Formula', it's a body-refining technique, remember that."

  Lei Yun handed another jade slip to Xiao Fan.

  "'The Golden Body Technique', isn't this the technique that San Jue Shang Ren passed down to me?" Xiao Fan was slightly stunned, and hastily finished reading the contents of the jade slip, only to discover that they were actually the same technique.

  "What a coincidence." Leiyun and Sanjue Shangren were separated by an unknown number of years, yet they both managed to obtain the "Jiao Yi Jin Shen Jue", which can only be explained as a coincidence.