Tan Siqin stared at him for a long time, looking at Zhang Ye's innocent appearance, her gaze softened: "Good job, Zhang Ye! You're something else. A small outer sect disciple, who hasn't even been out in the world for half a year, defeats two demonic path disciples, Gao and Ai Tuo, enters the third layer of foundation building, kills an Eastern Sea foundation building disciple, saves inner sect sister Lü Qingxiu, snatches the divine wood tripod, now condenses his spiritual power, destroys true transmission disciple Shi Tianyun's half-life cultivation, and takes his fourth-grade flying sword. Did I, Tan Siqin, misjudge him? Even Huo Tianlang wasn't as awesome as you back then?"

  "Reporting to Master Uncle, the disciple is bullied everywhere, suffers a lot, and often hovers between life and death, with every step taking great care. It's not easy."

  Tan Siqin still had a straight face, but there was a hint of smile in her eyes, and she said softly, "Good for you, always being bullied everywhere. I really hope that the people who died unjustly at your hands will have better eyesight in their next life."

  Tan Siqin immediately returned to her cold demeanor and said something more reasonable, "It's hard on you. Indeed, your path of experience is different from that of ordinary people. It's only natural that you're progressing so rapidly, the heavens are rewarding you, I won't be jealous, you take care of yourself. Best to come up with a plausible excuse before Zhang Zheng finds you, it seems like you don't want to spit out Shi Tianyun's flying sword?"

  Zhang Ye didn't dare respond, but thought to himself, "The things that have been swallowed will still be spat out, how can this be so bullying?"

  "Teacher, what's wrong with Master Jie?" Zhang Ye asked immediately.

  Tan Siqin thought for a moment and said: "Your first question is to ask her, how important is she to you?"

  "I don't know how important it is, but I just want to know about her situation," Zhang Ye said.

  "What's the use of knowing? What can you do?" Tan Siqin asked lightly.

  Zhang Ye experienced many twists and turns, relying on his thoughts of Dashi to comprehend the divine ability, at this moment he didn't think twice before suddenly clenching his fist tightly.

  Tan Siqin's face changed slightly.

  Zhang Ye clearly saw that Tan Siqin was unhappy. Moreover, he didn't know what was going on, but Zhang Ye vaguely sensed a flash of murderous intent on Tan Siqin's body for an instant.

  "This might be fate, and also a calamity." Tan Siqin's cold gaze immediately turned gentle, "Zhang Ye, I won't interfere with your future path. I don't think much about your encounters either. The truth is, your senior sister can't come back. The master who is her teacher has also issued an edict prohibiting any discussion of Lan Tianying, which no one can defy. If you want to stay alive, from now on, you are not allowed to mention it again."

  Zhang Ye lowered his head and didn't respond, but in fact, he had already formed his own thoughts and decisions in his heart.

  Tan Siqin turned around and walked quickly, "Follow me back to the mountain."

  "Never mind," Zhang Ye said, "Master Tan Siqin doesn't need to wait for me. You go first, I'll come later."

  "Nonsense. You will return to the mountain alone, and before I officially declare you as an inner disciple, you will surely die at the hands of Huo Tianlang. How many heads do you have?" Tan Siqin stretched out her hand like a claw, grasping Zhang Yesui like a small chicken, and took him into the clouds, heading in the direction of Tai Xuan Peak.

  Tan Siqin's cultivation was truly terrifying, her speed of movement above the clouds made Zhang Ye not even dare to open his eyes. It was at least a hundred times faster than Zhang Ye's own flight.

  Before one's eyes, Tai Xuan Peak is already in sight.

  Flying over the top of Tai Xuan Peak, Tan Siqin said it was straightforward. The sound of the voice was like an ancient giant bell, clearly floating in the air above Tai Xuan Peak: "Outer door disciple Zhang Ye, I, Tan Siqin, personally taught him the secret skills, allowing him to go out and practice, now that he has returned from his practice, specially granted Zhang Ye, promoted to inner door disciple."

  The promotion of inner disciples is not as troublesome as that of true transmission disciples, requiring the joint recognition of the elder hall and more detailed assessment.

  Inner door disciples only need to meet a few conditions. First, after building the foundation and experiencing it, regardless of whether there is a contribution or not, it will be confirmed by Tan Siqin, the commander-in-chief elder, and passed through. Or make special contributions to the sect, although they have not built the foundation, but with the recommendation of true transmission disciples, reviewed by Tan Siqin and promoted, such as Xu Ying.

  In all aspects, Zhang Ye had already qualified for these conditions. At first, Lan Tianying had indeed recommended Zhang Ye, but due to Huo Tianlang's obstruction, it was suppressed. However, on the eve of Lan Tianying's departure for Zhenyao Tower, in order to protect Zhang Ye, he once again begged Tan Siqin. Thus, Tan Siqin made an exception and specially allowed Zhang Ye to go out and gain experience before building his foundation.

  At this point, Zhang Ye has met all the conditions and is not afraid of being stopped by the other elders. From now on, as announced by Tan Siqin in public, according to the rules of the sect, it has been established. To abolish Zhang Ye's status as an inner disciple again, a decree must be issued by the Sect Master himself, which will take effect.

  But the true disciples did not have the power to kill or spare the lives of inner door disciples, and the rules of the Tai Xuan Gate were strict and severe. This was also considered as Tan Siqin's protection of Zhang Ye according to Lan Tianying's intention.

  Earlier, Shi Tianyun was unscrupulous and dared to look for trouble. This was because it conformed to the sect's rules. Before Zhang Ye had an inner disciple status, even if Shi Tianyun killed him on the grounds that "he didn't like his face", he wouldn't have violated the sect's rules.

  After announcing Zhang Ye as an inner disciple, Tan Siqin transmitted her voice in the air and asked: "Huo Tianlang, did you hear my words?"

  "Disciples remember the teachings of Master Shifu." The voice of Huo Tianlang came from the summit of Tiangou Peak.

  Zhang Ye's heart skipped a beat as he sensed that Huo Tianlang's aura had become flawed, and it seemed that he had suffered a relatively serious injury, which would take some time to recover from.

  "Go by yourself, cultivate well from now on." Tan Siqin released Zhang Ye's arm, "Letting you rush back at the end of the year is to let you make preparations and confirm your inner disciple identity. This way it will be convenient for you to participate in the Spring Trial Sword Conference that occurs once every four years."

  As she spoke, Tan Siqin transformed into a blue light and disappeared.

  Tan Siqin mentioned the trial meeting, Zhang Ye was not unfamiliar with it. In the past, Zhang Ye had also occasionally gone to watch those senior brothers' competition.

  The top two winners of the Swordsmanship Conference will receive extremely generous rewards, and it is said that they can choose a manual or a treasure, and directly become a true disciple. Otherwise, you need to naturally advance to a true disciple, unless you rely on yourself to break through into the division of gods.

  Zhang Ye did not follow Tan Siqin's instructions and immediately went to the Nei Men Zhixing Yuan to report. He returned to that small thatched cottage from before.

  It's been half a year since we parted ways, and I have this feeling of things being different now.

  The vast snowflakes are floating, and a faint warm air is emanating from that small hut, as if someone is living there?

  He gently pushed open the door, and saw a thin young man huddled under a thin blanket, shivering. Zhang Ye felt as if the young man on the bed was his former self.

  "Huh? Brother Shifu wants me for something?" The young man on the bed turned over and found Zhang Ye.

  "I am Zhang Ye, the former owner of this hut." said Zhang Ye.

  "It turned out to be Zhang Ye Shixiong, and the little one was Weimin." He hastily got out of bed, knelt down and said: "Outer door disciple Weimin, pays respects to Shixiong Ye."

  Zhang Ye didn't even have time to respond, the door was kicked open with a loud crash, and a voice bellowed in, grabbing a whip and lashing out: "You lazybones, so you're hiding here enjoying yourself, I've been searching everywhere for you, thinking you were dead, sleeping during broad daylight!"

  Bang!

  That black eagle was still that wicked, raised his whip and lashed out, beating Wei Min until he rolled on the ground screaming in agony.

  "Huh... it's Zhang Ye, no, Brother Ye." The black figure only then noticed Zhang Ye sitting in the corner and hastily made a fist and bowed.

  Pounce

  His face was punched with a fist, and the Black Eagle let out a miserable cry as he flew out of the window, leaving two teeth on the ground.