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

“My friend, you’ve taken a rather unorthodox path.”

Xiao Zizai's gaze swept back and forth over Baron:

"Amitabha. Our brothers were kited by a bunch of Japanese devils for half a day outside, and it was not easy to find this place."

"You think you can just walk away after saying you were passing by and carrying the main course we're looking for?"

Xiao Zizai extended a hand, from which golden energy faintly swirled, and his tone gradually became dangerous:

"Are you saying you don't respect us?"

Baron's eyes turned completely cold as he looked at Xiao Zizai blocking his way.

He knew that this matter could not be resolved peacefully today.

"Get out of the way."

Baron's voice was firm and unwavering: "I must take this person away today."

As he finished speaking, a hidden and dangerous flow of Qi began to circulate on Baron's body.

"Hey! Barron! Don't be impulsive! Don't be impulsive!"

Seeing the tense situation, Zhang Chulan quickly jumped in to act as a peacemaker.

He knew Baron's background well; although this foreigner was powerful, even Bao'er couldn't do anything to him.

But in front of their own advisor, they were no different from being made of paper.

"Barron, take my advice, put him down right now!"

Zhang Chulan earnestly advised, almost to the point of snatching the person away:

"Why are you so stubborn? You're a blond, blue-eyed foreigner, and he's a fat, native-born Chinese old man. You two are completely unrelated!"

"You have no relation to him whatsoever. Is it worth risking your life to fight us to the death for him? It's not worth it!"

Upon hearing Zhang Chulan's words...

Barron was silent for two seconds.

Then.

To everyone's astonishment, he shook his head very solemnly.

"Zhang Chulan, you're wrong."

Baron looked at Nguyen Phung on his shoulder, a barely perceptible hint of respect flashing across his resolute face:

"He is not some irrelevant person."

"He is my master!!"

"Holy crap?!"

"What?!"

A collective gasp filled the entire water cave.

Zhang Chulan almost slipped and fell; his hand pointing at Baron was unsteady.

"You...you're saying this fat guy is your master?!"

"You're a foreigner who traveled all the way to China and became a fugitive's apprentice?!"

Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing were also filled with disbelief.

The Six Treasures Immortal Thief, a skill of such caliber as the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, was actually passed on to a foreigner?!

Ruan Feng's criteria for selecting apprentices are really unconventional!

however.

Amidst the widespread shock.

Zhang Tianyi, who had been lazily watching the show, suddenly brightened up.

"Yo ho?"

Zhang Tianyi shoved Zhang Chulan aside and went straight to Baron.

He looked Barron up and down as if he were examining a rare treasure, a bright smile playing on his lips.

"Interesting, very interesting."

"Master Dao, we've been looking for this person for so long, and we didn't expect to find two of them right away."

Zhang Tianyi pointed happily at Baron and Ruan Feng:

"This even comes with a free gift?! Buy one get one free?!"

Zhang Tianyi stood with his hands on his hips, his arrogant aura seemingly filling the entire water cave.

"Two copies of the Six Treasures of the Immortal Thief! This is a huge profit!"

"I'm determined to have this cultivation technique today!"

He pointed at Barron's nose, exuding an air of dominance:

"Even if Jesus came, it wouldn't make a difference, I'm telling you!!!"

Looking at Zhang Tianyi's bandit-like face, Baron felt incredibly bitter.

He is an extremely rational survival expert.

Faced with this utterly irresistible force, he knew that fighting desperately would be tantamount to throwing his life away.

"A real person."

Barron took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and tried to negotiate with the most realistic terms:

"I know I can't beat you, and I have no intention of fighting back."

Barron looked at Zhang Tianyi and proposed his trade plan:

"You want the Six Treasures Immortal Thief? Fine."

“I am willing to write down this technique and all my insights and experiences from these years of practice and give them to you word for word.”

"We only beg you to have mercy and let us leave this island."

Barron felt that his suggestion was very reasonable.

No one should refuse.

but.

Hearing Barron's serious negotiation...

"Pfft!"

Zhang Tianyi burst out laughing.

He looked at Barron like he was an idiot.

"No, this is a foreign guy."

Zhang Tianyi stuck out his little finger and picked at his ear, his face full of disdain:

"You're way too shameless!"

Zhang Tianyi pointed at Ruan Feng, who was unconscious on Baron's shoulder, his tone full of self-righteous contempt:

"I'd rather leave such a big founder out of my life."

"I want your study notes, written by your little apprentice?!"

"Do you think I'm some kind of junk collector?!"

Barron was speechless, his face turning pale and then red.

"But... he's gone mad, his memory is fragmented..."

"Then you don't need to worry about it."

Zhang Tianyi snorted coldly, interrupting him:

"What's wrong with being crazy? I'll just have someone read his memories!"

"Extracting directly from the original source is the safest way, understand?!"

Barron was clearly stunned.

He never expected that this expert from the Celestial Master's Mansion would have a simpler and more straightforward thought process than him, a special forces soldier!

"Master, this is against the rules..."

Barron wanted to try again.

"Noisy!"

Zhang Tianyi completely lost her patience.

"You're getting all out of breath when I talk to you nicely!"

Before he could finish speaking...

Barron didn't even see how Zhang Tianyi raised her hand!

"Snapped!"

A crisp, extremely clear sound.

Zhang Tianyi's palm struck Baron squarely on the back of the neck.

"Uh……"

Even with his formidable physique, Baron couldn't withstand the slap.

His eyes rolled back, and his tall body fell straight forward.

Along with Ruan Feng on his back, the two of them crashed into each other with a thud and passed out completely.

"Phew, the world is quiet now."

Zhang Tianyi waved his hand dismissively, "Stop rambling on and on. Don't you know villains die from talking too much? Even though he's not a villain."

"..."