NOVPUBLife hurries by like a swift horse passing a slit, how precious are these moments of joy.
Both understood this and cherished it immensely.
After the meal.
Wang Ba recounted the matter concerning Wang Qingyang.
"Dad, you’re only in the early stage of Golden Core and you’re already taking disciples?"
Wang Yi’an couldn’t help but show his skepticism, "Aren’t you leading disciples astray?"
"Wang Yi’an!"
Bu Chan’s face turned stern as she said in a cold voice,
"Your father has mastered knowledge from a hundred schools, skilled in spells and familiar with spirit food and beast control. How could he not take a disciple!"
"Apologize to your dad!"
Wang Yi’an looked unconvinced, "But my master is so powerful, he only started taking disciples when he was in the late stage of Golden Core, dad is just at the early stage, it really is too soon..."
Bang!
Bu Chan’s palm slammed heavily on the table made of Class III spirit wood.
Wood chips flew, and the table instantly split with a crack.
Glancing over the crack, Wang Yi’an instinctively shivered and quickly bowed his head to Wang Ba,
"Dad, I was wrong!"
This scene made Wang Ba quite amused yet unable to hold back laughter.
But seeing Bu Chan’s protective demeanor, he also felt somewhat guilty.
As the saying goes, strict fathers and kind mothers. As a father, he had been absent from home in his early years, not fulfilling his paternal duties, which made the ordinarily gentle Bu Chan have to act both as father and mother, making her image in front of their child so stern.
Each time he thought of this, he couldn’t help but feel sorry for Bu Chan and Wang Yi’an.
However, when it came to educating his successor, Wang Ba didn’t dare contradict Bu Chan. He could only first glance at Bu Chan’s expression, understand the message and then clear his throat, saying sternly,
"Enough, don’t let it happen again."
Although Wang Yi’an was still somewhat reluctant, he ultimately didn’t dare to argue further in front of Bu Chan and muttered to himself.
And Bu Chan, curious, looked at Wang Ba and asked,
"So what plans do you have for Qingyang next?"
"Since I’ve taken her as a disciple, I naturally plan to impart the Dao of Dharmas to her. Of course, we will have to see if she possesses the talent."
Wang Ba stated truthfully.
Bu Chan nodded her head,
"Qingyang has had a tumultuous life, it hasn’t been easy. Tomorrow, I will go to Yunguan Courtyard to help look after her on your behalf.">
"But you should also bring Qingyang into the Sect earlier."
Wang Ba nodded, "That’s what I was thinking too. After I resume my position in the Sect, I’ll pay a visit to the Myriad Library and Myriad Cave and exchange for some items."
At that moment, Wang Yi’an also snapped out of it, his face showing excitement, "Dad, mom, doesn’t that mean I’m going to have a junior sister?"
"What does that have to do with you?"
Bu Chan said softly but sternly.
Wang Ba laughed heartily,
"You are a disciple of Xinjian Peak, and she belongs to my Wanfa Peak. Plus, even when Qingyang comes, you still have to call her ’senior sister’ because she is much older than you."
Qingyang’s original body, Ye Lingyu, was only about a dozen years younger than Wang Ba.
Wang Ba was now nearly a hundred years old.
Qingyang was more than double Wang Yi’an’s age.
Upon hearing this, Wang Yi’an grumbled discontentedly,
"Much older? She must be an old hag then…"
But that comment immediately provoked Bu Chan’s scolding, "What nonsense are you talking about! Go cultivate!"
"Fine, I’ll cultivate! When my master returns, I’m going back to Xinjian Peak, I have no desire to stay here!"
Wang Yi’an, feeling chastised, grumbled a complaint and then flew straight away from Wanfa Peak.
"That kid, he really idolizes Senior Brother Zhao."
Wang Ba said with a chuckle.
"You’re still laughing, brother!"
Bu Chan looked concerned,
"Yi An is not a bad kid, he has great talent and is clever, but at over thirty years old, he still acts like a child who hasn’t grown up, without any proper demeanor, and he can’t keep his mouth shut. Back in our days at Tianmen Cult, with such an attitude, we would have no idea where we would have lost our lives by now."
Hearing this, Wang Ba reassured her,
"It’s not Yi An’s fault, he has the protection of Senior Brother Zhao and us inside the Sect, and several of our senior uncles often look after him. He has never suffered much since he was young, hasn’t seen the cruelty of human hearts. It’s unrealistic to expect him to be like we were in our youth."
"Besides, we went through all those hardships so that Yi An doesn’t have to endure what we did, right?"
"That’s true, but..."
Bu Chan hesitated slightly.
Wang Ba continued patiently,
"The situation really is just like that. When he grows older and goes out to experience the world, facing setbacks and hardships, he will naturally change. That’s the natural course of things. Besides, the fact that he maintains such a character now, although sometimes irritating, is not a bad thing."
"To speak of one’s child in such a manner..."
Bu Chan couldn’t help but smirk and gave Wang Ba a glaring look, but it lacked force and instead carried a lot of charm.
This caused Wang Ba’s heart to ripple, and without being able to resist, he picked her up around her waist.
"Hmm… the child is still here…"
"He’s angry and has run away from home."
"Brother..."
"Hmm?"
"Let’s go inside…"
...
"A year’s time, but the Stone Lizards haven’t changed much."
Wang Ba looked at the various Stone Lizards in the spirit beast ground.
When he left the Sect, the number of Stone Lizards here was nearly the same as when he returned.
But that was also normal, considering the short time he had been away.
After thinking it over, he still released all the spirit beasts he was carrying with him.
This included the Wu Monkey King.
In the previous battle with the Sword Cultivator of Demon Dao, the Wu Monkey King was seriously injured.
Even though Wang Ba had taken great pains, the Wu Monkey King’s injuries had still not fully healed.
That was due to the scarcity of Spiritual Energy in the outside world.
Now placed in Wanfa Peak, under the nourishment of dense Spiritual Energy, it should recover soon.
