One person: Starting with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his grandmaster uncle emerges from seclusion.

Qu Tong sat in the shadows, making it impossible to see the expression on her face.

But her slightly rapid breathing betrayed the extreme turmoil in her heart at that moment.

"Zhang Tianyi..."

Qu Tong bit her red lips and squeezed out the three words through her teeth, her voice revealing a rare sense of powerlessness.

She was a master strategist, believing herself to be able to manipulate all the extraordinary people in the world at will.

But when she encountered this completely unreasonable man with ridiculously strong abilities, all her plans seemed like a joke.

go with?

That would be walking right into a trap; Zhang Tianyi's scheme was extremely risky.

Not going?

Once Ma Xianhong falls into the hands of Wang Ai and Lü Ci, the core secret of the Body Cultivation Furnace will inevitably be lost.

All her hard work over the years will not only go to waste, but may even backfire.

"President, what should we do? Should we send people to storm the execution ground?" the confidant asked tentatively.

"Rescuing someone from the execution ground?"

Qu Tong sneered, as if listening to an extremely stupid joke:

"Where are you going to rob them? In Beijing? Right under Zhang Tianyi's nose? Do you want the Yaoxing Society members to die even faster?"

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she opened them again, only a cold resolve remained in her eyes.

"Let's hold our positions and...think about it some more."

……

"Chu Lan, go and get my phone."

Zhang Tianyi squinted and tapped the armrest with his palm-leaf fan.

"Alright! What do you need your phone for, sir? Want to log in and play a couple of games?"

Zhang Chulan eagerly handed over the phone.

"Why play games? All you do all day is waste your time on frivolous things."

Zhang Tianyi rolled his eyes at him with disdain. "I have important business to attend to. I've been out for quite a few days, and I've had my precious disciple for a while now. I need to let the elder on the mountain know, don't I?"

As he spoke, Zhang Tianyi skillfully opened WeChat and made a video call.

"Beep...beep..."

The video call connected after a few rings.

The screen flickered slightly, and the first thing that caught the eye was the old master's signature white beard and his nostrils, which were very close to his face.

"Hey? Second brother? Your background looks pretty corrupt. Looks like Zhao Fangxu didn't dare to mistreat you."

The old master moved his phone further away, revealing his entire face.

He was sitting in the courtyard of the Celestial Master's Mansion, holding a bird feeder in his hand, and was clearly in a good mood.

"That's right. If Fatty Zhao dares to mistreat me, I'll go and eat his headquarters cafeteria into bankruptcy."

Zhang Tianyi adjusted her posture, positioning her face in the center of the screen, a smug smile on her face:

"Senior brother, is your cold getting any better?"

"I'm all better now. I just didn't go to that Ten Elders Meeting, so I was in a good mood and recovered without any medicine."

The old master chuckled and said, "I heard you've caused quite a stir in Beijing?"

"Not only did they raid their village, but they also used the Wang and Lü families as pawns, making them pay out of their own pockets to hold a trial?"

"Second brother, you've got one dirty trick after another. Those two old guys are probably cursing you out at home right now."

"Let them curse all they want, I just can't hear them."

Zhang Tianyi was not ashamed but proud, and then mysteriously leaned closer to the screen:

"Alright, let's not talk about those old-fashioned dishes anymore, they're disgusting."

"Senior brother, I'm video calling you today to show you a big surprise."

"A big treasure? What big treasure?" The old master was taken aback.

Zhang Tianyi didn't answer, but instead turned and waved to Chen Duo, who was sitting not far away looking at the scenery.

"Girl, come here for a second."

Upon hearing her master call her, Chen Duo immediately put down her cup and obediently walked over.

Today she was wearing a beige casual outfit, her hair flowing smoothly over her shoulders. Apart from her overly quiet gaze, she looked every bit the elegant and refined female college student.

Zhang Tianyi turned the camera to Chen Duo, her tone revealing an barely suppressed smugness:

"Senior brother, let me formally introduce myself to you."

"Chen Duo. My newly accepted, first disciple."

"From now on, he will be the only heir of the Tian Shu lineage in our Celestial Master's Mansion."

On the other end of the video call.

The old celestial master paused slightly in his hand as he held the birdseed.

His deep, old eyes peered quietly at the girl in front of him through the screen.

As a top-tier expert, he naturally noticed the abnormality in Chen Duo's body at a glance.

The terrifying, sinister aura that was forcibly suppressed in the corner, and... the wisp of purple-gold lightning in the dantian.

"Primal Thunder Seed..."

The old master murmured something, then sighed, his eyes softening.

He certainly knew about the Gu-body Saint Child, and he also knew that his junior brother had even used his own essence blood to protect the girl.

"Chen Duo, right?"

The old master gave a very kind smile to the screen:

"Now that your master has acknowledged you, Longhu Mountain will be your home from now on."

"When you have time, have your master take you back to the mountain. I'll have Rongshan cook you a vegetarian meal."

Chen Duo looked at the kind-looking old man with a full head of silver hair on the screen.

She turned to look at Zhang Tianyi, and seeing her master nod, she bowed deeply to the screen with utmost seriousness.

"Thank you, Senior Uncle."

"Okay, okay, good boy."

The old master laughed so hard his beard trembled.

Lu Jin, who hadn't said a word until now, suddenly poked her head in and squeezed into Zhang Tianyi's shot.

"Master, this girl is so well-behaved! Much better than my naughty kids!"

Lu Jin shouted loudly, "But Old Celestial Master, you have no idea how domineering Second Senior Brother was in accepting disciples this time! At the Ten Elders Meeting, he squeezed a hefty sum out of us old bones!"

"Oh? Is that so?" The old master was amused.

"you do not say!"

Zhang Tianyi shoved Lu Jin's face away and said in a Versailles-like manner:

"Yesterday I took the girl to headquarters for a meeting of the Ten Elders, and also to let those old guys get acquainted with the place."

"Oh dear, you guys don't know, those old guys are too enthusiastic. They insist on giving us gifts, and we can't stop them."

"Look, this is the Warm Jade Soul-Nourishing Pill that old miser Lü Ci gave me, and this is the Mysterious Ice Jade Pendant that Wang Ai gave me..."

Zhang Tianyi sighed, looking troubled.

"This elder's enthusiasm is a bit of a hassle; my hands are getting tired from accepting so much. Senior brother, look at my disciple, isn't he quite impressive?"

On the other end of the video call.

The old master's eyes twitched violently as he listened.

That's incredibly enthusiastic!

There was no way to stop them!

With your bandit-like behavior, this is clearly outright robbery!

"You wretched child..."

The old master laughed and cursed, but he was secretly very pleased.

Only my junior brother in the world of supernatural beings could pull off something so costly that it would make those two old foxes, Wang Ai and Lü Ci, bleed so much.

Just as the fellow apprentices were chatting happily through the screen, Zhang Tianyi was about to continue bragging about how he got Wang Bing to be his parking attendant.

Suddenly, a slightly urgent knocking sound came from the other end of the video call.

"Knock knock knock".

Immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open.

Zhang Lingyu's clear, cool voice, yet clearly tinged with a hint of unease and panic, drifted in from off-screen:

"Master... I have something to report."

"It's about... about that girl Xia He in the guest room at the back of the mountain..."

Upon hearing the name "Xia He," Zhang Tianyi, who had been lounging lazily against the back of his chair, instantly sat up straight.

In his purple eyes, the fire of gossip suddenly ignited.

"Hey? Lingyu's here?"

Zhang Tianyi brought her face close to the screen, her mouth practically stretched to her ears in a wide grin:

"Come, come, nephew, turn the camera around and let your uncle hear it."

"What happened to your little lover?"