Does anyone actually Believes That My Master Is A Mortal?

Within the ancient temple hall.

The mysterious figure in black robes, transformed from Canglong, fixed his gaze downward.

To be precise, he was staring at Chu Yuan, who was using a chessboard as a cushion to sit on.

One...

A Qi Refinement Stage practitioner?

This ancient temple was clearly a place housing the 'Ancient Venerable Taoist's' treasured relics.

He could feel it.

Over this ancient temple, there was a sense of aura concealment.

How could a Qi Refinement Stage possibly come here?

Was it a coincidence?

Or a disguise?

If it was a coincidence...

The middle-aged man's gaze swept over Chu Yuan from head to toe.

This person's aura...

Too otherworldly.

Aura isn't something that can be disguised; for most people, it emanates from deep within their bones.

Could an existence with such an aura possibly be at the Qi Refinement Stage?

If this person wasn't at the Qi Refinement Stage, but was disguising as one.

That would be quite terrifying.

Because the middle-aged man couldn't see through this person's real realm!

However, all these were mere speculations.

Verification was needed to know the true situation of the person before him.

As for how to verify.

A fist would suffice.

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged man.

Although he didn't know why he couldn't see through the person before him.

He was still very confident in his own strength.

With his power.

There weren't many in the entire East State who could contend with him.

When it came down to it, there were only a few reclusive old monsters of the Human Race within East State, as well as the master of the renowned Taiyi Sword Sect, and those rumored Hidden Sects that might be able to arm wrestle with him.

The middle-aged man didn't think that this individual with a 'Qi Refinement Stage' façade could possibly be one of them.

Just as the middle-aged man was about to make a move.

Boom...

A clap of thunder resounded.

Lightning momentarily illuminated the entire hall.

In that instant, the middle-aged man also saw Chu Yuan's face clearly.

He subconsciously paused.

At first, he just thought this person was extremely handsome.

Then, a sudden sense of familiarity emerged.

It seemed...

It seemed as if he had seen this person somewhere before.

But the middle-aged man couldn't recall where he had seen this person.

This feeling of familiarity also made the middle-aged man hesitate to probe recklessly.

Anyone who could evoke a sense of familiarity in him was someone with the ability to be memorable.

This lone sense of familiarity was enough to prove that the person before him was far from just any ordinary trash at the Qi Refinement Stage.

"May I ask who you are?"

The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes, standing at the door, and inquired aloud.

On the other hand, Chu Yuan, who was sitting on the chessboard, was also fixated on the middle-aged man.

As the middle-aged man spoke, he, too, came back to his senses.

"Just someone seeking shelter from the rain."

"What about you, are you a local resident?"

Chu Yuan asked indifferently.

As he spoke, his gaze clung tightly to the middle-aged man.

Fearful that the middle-aged man would say he wasn't a local resident.

He still needed a local resident to guide him out of the forest.

Otherwise, who knows how long he would have to struggle before he could find his way out of the forest.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man fell silent for a moment, muttering 'someone seeking shelter from the rain' under his breath.

He turned his head to glance at the sky.

Right after his glance,

The pouring rain and thunder that had been raging instantly disappeared.

"Now that there's no rain, might you leave this place?"

The middle-aged man, sidestepping the question, asked.

Chu Yuan looked up.

The rain in the sky had indeed come to a stop.

But his Qi Refinement Stage mana had not yet recovered.

How far could he go if he left at this time?

This middle-aged man, seemingly respectable yet ill-tempered, demanded that he leave right away.

In Chu Yuan's eyes, this middle-aged man was just like someone without a realm, practically a mortal.

A mere mortal being so brash in front of him.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Although he was at the Qi Refinement Stage, he had, after all, been at the Nascent Soul Realm.

"The ancient temple isn't someone else's property, even without the rain, I want to stay here. You don't have the right to force me to leave, right?"

Chu Yuan spoke with an indifferent and gentle composure.

"So, you are determined to stay here?"

The middle-aged man said slowly.

"That's right."

Chu Yuan nodded lightly.

"May I then ask for your esteemed name?"

The middle-aged man asked again.

"Hasn't anyone told you that before asking for someone else's name, you should introduce yourself first?"

Chu Yuan shook his head and said.

The moment he said this, the middle-aged man was taken aback.

In the Cultivation Realm, dealings are typically conducted using honorific or Taoist names.

Personal names are not easily known amongst each another.

Only between good friends would one know the other's true name.

What Chu Yuan said,

Seemed quite reasonable to the middle-aged man.

To know someone else's name, one should first reveal their own.

"My surname is Ao, with the given name Ye."

"May I ask for your esteemed name?"

The middle-aged man 'Ao Ye' said.

"Chu Yuan."

Chu Yuan gave his two-character reply.

This name...

Ao Ye pondered.

He was considering whether he had heard this name somewhere before.

If this man before him evoked a sense of familiarity, then surely he had either heard of this name before or seen this person somewhere.

The Chu Yuan sitting at the chessboard was too lazy to care about this Ao Ye, and with a roll of his eyes, prepared to meditate and continue absorbing spiritual energy.

But for some reason,

Since this Ao Ye arrived,

Chu Yuan found it very difficult to meditate, as if something invisible was affecting him.

On the other side, after pondering for a long time and still not recalling where he had seen or heard of Chu Yuan, Ao Ye finally snapped back to reality.

Ao Ye first glanced at Chu Yuan who had closed his eyes.

Then he fell into contemplation once again.

The Ancient Venerable Taoist's treasure was indeed in this old temple, but it had the ability to conceal its presence, making it difficult to find.

Moreover, he had heard that the Ancient Venerable Taoist's treasure had the power to stabilize space-time, and no storage magical treasure could contain it.

Therefore, even if this Chu Yuan had obtained the treasure, he could only carry it by hand, and it was impossible for it to go unnoticed by him.

If he was not mistaken, the treasure was definitely still within this old temple...

As for Chu Yuan,

Perhaps he couldn't find the treasure, so he just sat there, planning to wait for him to find the treasure and then attempt to snatch it away.

However, snatching something from his hands would not be easy.

Ao Ye sneered to himself.

He began to walk around the hall,

Searching everywhere.

Trying to find any clues about the treasure.

This action of Ao Ye's naturally startled Chu Yuan beside him, who was having a hard time meditating.

Chu Yuan watched this guy and scoffed to himself.

In his opinion, this fellow was just looking for valuable things.

But what value could there be in such a dilapidated old temple?

Ha, if such a broken temple still contained anything valuable,

He would eat every speck of dust on the floor, leaving not a single particle behind.

Chu Yuan looked at Ao Ye with disdain, shifted the chessboard he was sitting on, moved to a corner, and continued trying to meditate.

He, someone named Chu, was not like some greedy people,

Trying to scavenge even an old dilapidated temple.

Tsk tsk.

He, someone named Chu, regarded money as mere dirt!