With the support of Ruan Mingwei and He Hong, Wang Zhiyuan struggled to stand up. He discreetly observed Huangfu Yuchen, and his mood didn’t ease, but rather grew heavier. When did China produce such a skilled expert? As one of the hidden elders of the Covert Operations Group, he hadn’t received the slightest bit of news about this. The fact that this person had landed a hit on Chardock showed his high cultivation level. It was unclear whether he was friend or foe.
Ruan Mingwei, He Hong, Ji Chang, and Zhang Jian all thought about this, but seeing the arrogant Chardock defeated by Huangfu Yuchen, they felt a sense of gratification.
Chardock’s fury surged, his holy light overflowing. The decorative fur on his collar bristled like an irritated rooster’s feathers. Staring at Huangfu Yuchen, he shouted, “Alan, Barry, Daisy, Borg, attack together!”
“Yes!”
Without Chardock’s order, Alan, Barry, Daisy, and Borg, moved to encircle Huangfu Yuchen along with him.
Huangfu Yuchen stood in a casual posture, his right hand still in his pocket. He caught a glimpse of Wang Zhiyuan’s group not seizing the opportunity to escape and got a favorably impression towards them.
Chardock was secretly alarmed. This person was surrounded by five experts, yet he didn’t even take a defensive stance. How confident was he? However, the dignity of a bishop didn’t permit anyone to trample upon it. A confrontation was certain.
Chardock discreetly stepped back and thundered, “Capture him for me!”
Alan, Barry, and the others had no idea that their bishop was afraid of Huangfu Yuchen, and they had high fighting spirit. They charged towards Huangfu Yuchen as soon as they received the order.
Huangfu Yuchen didn’t know how many cultivators were on Earth and wad unsure how many formidable individuals existed, so he didn’t reveal his full strength. He feigned about seventy moves against Alan and the others before his palm technique suddenly turned sharp and deadly. His palms struck consecutively, injuring the four.
“You wait! It’s not over yet! Let’s go!” Chardock left a bitter threat and dashed off into the distance.
Alan and the others covered their injuries, glaring at Huangfu Yuchen in resentment before quickly following.
Huangfu Yuchen didn’t pursue, turning his attention to Wang Zhiyuan.
Wang Zhiyuan clasped his hands together, expressing gratitude, “Thank you, senior, for lending a hand. If not for you, the treasure of our nation might have been snatched by those foreigners.”
Though simple, these words were cleverly constructed. They implied to Huangfu Yuchen that they were working for the country and he shouldn’t covet their possessions.
Huangfu Yuchen looked at him with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile. “You’re just in the late phase of the Foundation Establishment stage. Your possessions are hardly worth catching my eye. Besides, do you think that you and your companions could escape if I truly intended to seize them,?”
Ruan Mingwei and his group’s expressions grew serious.
Wang Zhiyuan didn’t mind and spoke politely, “It seems I’ve thought ill of my superior with my poor mindset. It’s our fortune to meet you, senior. I’m Wang Zhiyuan. May I know how to address you, senior?”
“Huangfu Yuchen,” Huangfu Yuchen replied. “Let me ask you, do you know the highest cultivation level in Huaxia?”
Wang Zhiyuan contemplated for a moment. Could this senior have been in seclusion for quite a while? But he understood that honesty was the best policy. As things stood, this person didn’t seem hostile and fabricating lies could potentially create a future adversary. So he answered honestly, “It’s the late stages of the Divine Transformation Stage.”
After he finished, Wang Zhiyuan cautiously inquired, “May I ask, what level is senior at now?”
Huangfu Yuchen didn’t reply immediately. He swept his spiritual sense over Wang Zhiyuan’s body from top to bottom and casually commented, “You once nearly fell into demonic possession due to hastiness during the Initial Foundation Establishment stage. Since then, your progress has been even slower.”
Wang Zhiyuan was startled and smiled wryly. “Senior has keen insight.”
Without saying another word, Huangfu Yuchen suddenly slapped Wang Zhiyuan on the back.
“Old Wang!” Ruan Mingwei and the others rushed over in alarm.
“Don’t come closer!” Wang Zhiyuan sternly stopped them. He had an intuition that Huangfu Yuchen had no malicious intent. If he did, there was no need for saying all those things.
Ruan Mingwei glances with the others and stood a few steps away.
Huangfu Yuchen glanced at them, then sent some true qi into Wang Zhiyuan’s body, gently repairing and widening his damaged meridians.
Wang Zhiyuan was delighted. He immediately calmed his mind and regulated his breath. After a while, he entered a meditative state.
Ruan Mingwei and the others were elated. As cultivators, they understood the significance of meditation. Even if their cultivation level didn’t increase, their realm would become more stable. They stood quietly to the side, watching Huangfu Yuchen gratefully.
About half an hour later, the aura around Wang Zhiyuan suddenly changed. However, Ruan Mingwei and the others at the Initial Foundation Establishment stage weren’t prepared and were nearly forced to kneel under his pressure.
Wang Zhiyuan quickly restrained his aura. He respectfully bowed to Huangfu Yuchen, “Thank you, senior. I’ve now reached the Mid-Foundation Establishment stage.”
Huangfu Yuchen waved his hand. “Your talents are decent, but unfortunately, the spiritual energy is thin here. Your potential for advancement is limited.”
“Yes,” Wang Zhiyuan sighed. “Earth has suffered severe destruction. Many places with spiritual energy have been obliterated.”
Ruan Mingwei and the others exchanged hopeful glances. They simultaneously thought, if this expert was willing to help them… However, they understood the importance of restraint. They didn’t want to take advantage of Huangfu Yuchen’s goodwill. They thanked him in unison, “Thank you, senior, for helping Old Wang.”
Huangfu Yuchen considered this meeting to be fate. He took out five Foundation Establishment Pills from his storage ring. “Foundation Establishment Pills are usually taken at the beginning of cultivation, but it’s not too late to take them now. They can expand your meridians and aid in absorbing spiritual energy. However, these pills were my experimental works, and I accidentally added a trace of Lotus Grass. You decide whether to take them or not.”
Ruan Mingwei and the others looked delighted. “Thank you, senior!” Lotus Grass could cause some mild diarrhea, but it wouldn’t have any other negative effects. Compared to the benefits of increased cultivation, this was nothing.
They glanced at Wang Zhiyuan. The Covert Operations Group consisted not only of the five of them but others as well. Typically, when receiving cultivation resources, the higher cultivators used them first. Even if these Foundation Establishment Pills ended up in their hands, they might not keep them for themselves.
Wang Zhiyuan said, “Since senior has given them to you, they belong to you.”
“Thank you, Old Wang!”
Wang Zhiyuan continued, “Senior Huangfu—”
Huangfu Yuchen interrupted him, “Just call me Mr. Huangfu.”
“Very well, Mr. Huangfu. You must have left seclusion recently, right?” Wang Zhiyuan took out a business card, “This is my contact information. Mr. Huangfu, you’ve saved my life and provided guidance. In the future, if you have any instructions, I’ll do my best, as long as it’s within my capabilities.”
Huangfu Yuchen directly handed his phone to Wang Zhiyuan, “Add your contacts.”
The added their numbers and Huangfu Yuchen was satisfied to see a few more entries in his “Contacts.”
“Yuchen,” Yan Ge approached lightly. His spiritual sense had already seen the situation here, so he didn’t conceal the fact that he also possessed cultivation.
Wang Zhiyuan’s pupils contracted; yet another high-level cultivator whose cultivation was difficult to discern!
“Baby,” Huangfu Yuchen embraced him by the waist, handing over his phone, “Look at my contacts list.”
Yan Ge glanced at it and held back a smile. “Not bad.” Yuchen was a classic phone enthusiast. When he had arrived on Earth, his contacts list had only contained “Baby,” which felt awkward no matter how one looked at it. He stored numbers for checking his phone balance, ordering takeout, and even the newspaper office’s number. Later, with the addition of Xu Kai and others, he had around ten contacts. Now, thankfully, the contacts list finally had a few more respectable entries.
“I wonder who this senior is?” Wang Zhiyuan politely asked.
Yan Ge nodded at him. “You can just call me Yan Ge.”
Naturally, Wang Zhiyuan couldn’t address him so informally. “So it’s Mr. Yan, nice to meet you.”
Huangfu Yuchen: “Alright, we won’t keep you any longer. We should be on our way too. Rest assured, Old Wang, even if I need to trouble you in the future, it won’t involve your secrets.”
Wang Zhiyuan was about to respond, but he found that the two before him had vanished, leaving him both astonished and envious.
“Old Wang?” Ruan Mingwei walked up to his side.
Wang Zhiyuan snapped back to reality. “Let’s go back.”
Yan Ge and Huangfu Yuchen appeared at the mountaintop.
“Is everything settled over there?” Huangfu Yuchen didn’t even want to mention words like “Yan Yan” or “your brother.”
Yan Ge said, “They’re right ahead. They seemed frightened and insisted I accompany them down the mountain. I was worried about you, so I came to find you first.”
The rain had stopped long ago, the wind had subsided, but the sky remained gloomy. Huangfu Yuchen frowned. “Let’s just make sure they reach the bottom of the mountain.”
Yan Ge nodded indifferently. There was only the path to go down the mountain anyway.
Yan Yan and the others sat on the rocky slope halfway up the mountain, each of them soaked, tired, and hungry. They had been drenched by the rain, their minds were hazy, and being deep within the mountains, they couldn’t differentiate directions. Otherwise, they would have already descended on their own. When they saw Yan Ge and Huangfu Yuchen, their eyes lit up.
“Keep up with us,” Yan Ge walked past them without stopping, leaving only these words behind. He and Huangfu Yuchen walked further, side by side.
The group didn’t have the energy to say much, silently following behind.
They felt that Yan Ge and Huangfu Yuchen were insensitive, but fearing to provoke them, they reluctantly refrained from making any comments and kept silent.
Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, Yan Ge escorted them to where they had parked their car. After lending them his phone to inform their families, he and Huangfu Yuchen left in their vehicle.
With the support of Ruan Mingwei and He Hong, Wang Zhiyuan struggled to stand up. He discreetly observed Huangfu Yuchen, and his mood didn’t ease, but rather grew heavier. When did China produce such a skilled expert? As one of the hidden elders of the Covert Operations Group, he hadn’t received the slightest bit of news about this. The fact that this person had landed a hit on Chardock showed his high cultivation level. It was unclear whether he was friend or foe.
Ruan Mingwei, He Hong, Ji Chang, and Zhang Jian all thought about this, but seeing the arrogant Chardock defeated by Huangfu Yuchen, they felt a sense of gratification.
Chardock’s fury surged, his holy light overflowing. The decorative fur on his collar bristled like an irritated rooster’s feathers. Staring at Huangfu Yuchen, he shouted, “Alan, Barry, Daisy, Borg, attack together!”
“Yes!”
Without Chardock’s order, Alan, Barry, Daisy, and Borg, moved to encircle Huangfu Yuchen along with him.
Huangfu Yuchen stood in a casual posture, his right hand still in his pocket. He caught a glimpse of Wang Zhiyuan’s group not seizing the opportunity to escape and got a favorably impression towards them.
Chardock was secretly alarmed. This person was surrounded by five experts, yet he didn’t even take a defensive stance. How confident was he? However, the dignity of a bishop didn’t permit anyone to trample upon it. A confrontation was certain.
Chardock discreetly stepped back and thundered, “Capture him for me!”
Alan, Barry, and the others had no idea that their bishop was afraid of Huangfu Yuchen, and they had high fighting spirit. They charged towards Huangfu Yuchen as soon as they received the order.
Huangfu Yuchen didn’t know how many cultivators were on Earth and wad unsure how many formidable individuals existed, so he didn’t reveal his full strength. He feigned about seventy moves against Alan and the others before his palm technique suddenly turned sharp and deadly. His palms struck consecutively, injuring the four.
“You wait! It’s not over yet! Let’s go!” Chardock left a bitter threat and dashed off into the distance.
Alan and the others covered their injuries, glaring at Huangfu Yuchen in resentment before quickly following.
Huangfu Yuchen didn’t pursue, turning his attention to Wang Zhiyuan.
Wang Zhiyuan clasped his hands together, expressing gratitude, “Thank you, senior, for lending a hand. If not for you, the treasure of our nation might have been snatched by those foreigners.”
Though simple, these words were cleverly constructed. They implied to Huangfu Yuchen that they were working for the country and he shouldn’t covet their possessions.
Huangfu Yuchen looked at him with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile. “You’re just in the late phase of the Foundation Establishment stage. Your possessions are hardly worth catching my eye. Besides, do you think that you and your companions could escape if I truly intended to seize them,?”
Ruan Mingwei and his group’s expressions grew serious.
Wang Zhiyuan didn’t mind and spoke politely, “It seems I’ve thought ill of my superior with my poor mindset. It’s our fortune to meet you, senior. I’m Wang Zhiyuan. May I know how to address you, senior?”
“Huangfu Yuchen,” Huangfu Yuchen replied. “Let me ask you, do you know the highest cultivation level in Huaxia?”
Wang Zhiyuan contemplated for a moment. Could this senior have been in seclusion for quite a while? But he understood that honesty was the best policy. As things stood, this person didn’t seem hostile and fabricating lies could potentially create a future adversary. So he answered honestly, “It’s the late stages of the Divine Transformation Stage.”
After he finished, Wang Zhiyuan cautiously inquired, “May I ask, what level is senior at now?”
Huangfu Yuchen didn’t reply immediately. He swept his spiritual sense over Wang Zhiyuan’s body from top to bottom and casually commented, “You once nearly fell into demonic possession due to hastiness during the Initial Foundation Establishment stage. Since then, your progress has been even slower.”
Wang Zhiyuan was startled and smiled wryly. “Senior has keen insight.”
Without saying another word, Huangfu Yuchen suddenly slapped Wang Zhiyuan on the back.
“Old Wang!” Ruan Mingwei and the others rushed over in alarm.
“Don’t come closer!” Wang Zhiyuan sternly stopped them. He had an intuition that Huangfu Yuchen had no malicious intent. If he did, there was no need for saying all those things.
Ruan Mingwei glances with the others and stood a few steps away.
Huangfu Yuchen glanced at them, then sent some true qi into Wang Zhiyuan’s body, gently repairing and widening his damaged meridians.
Wang Zhiyuan was delighted. He immediately calmed his mind and regulated his breath. After a while, he entered a meditative state.
Ruan Mingwei and the others were elated. As cultivators, they understood the significance of meditation. Even if their cultivation level didn’t increase, their realm would become more stable. They stood quietly to the side, watching Huangfu Yuchen gratefully.
About half an hour later, the aura around Wang Zhiyuan suddenly changed. However, Ruan Mingwei and the others at the Initial Foundation Establishment stage weren’t prepared and were nearly forced to kneel under his pressure.
Wang Zhiyuan quickly restrained his aura. He respectfully bowed to Huangfu Yuchen, “Thank you, senior. I’ve now reached the Mid-Foundation Establishment stage.”
Huangfu Yuchen waved his hand. “Your talents are decent, but unfortunately, the spiritual energy is thin here. Your potential for advancement is limited.”
“Yes,” Wang Zhiyuan sighed. “Earth has suffered severe destruction. Many places with spiritual energy have been obliterated.”
Ruan Mingwei and the others exchanged hopeful glances. They simultaneously thought, if this expert was willing to help them… However, they understood the importance of restraint. They didn’t want to take advantage of Huangfu Yuchen’s goodwill. They thanked him in unison, “Thank you, senior, for helping Old Wang.”
Huangfu Yuchen considered this meeting to be fate. He took out five Foundation Establishment Pills from his storage ring. “Foundation Establishment Pills are usually taken at the beginning of cultivation, but it’s not too late to take them now. They can expand your meridians and aid in absorbing spiritual energy. However, these pills were my experimental works, and I accidentally added a trace of Lotus Grass. You decide whether to take them or not.”
Ruan Mingwei and the others looked delighted. “Thank you, senior!” Lotus Grass could cause some mild diarrhea, but it wouldn’t have any other negative effects. Compared to the benefits of increased cultivation, this was nothing.
They glanced at Wang Zhiyuan. The Covert Operations Group consisted not only of the five of them but others as well. Typically, when receiving cultivation resources, the higher cultivators used them first. Even if these Foundation Establishment Pills ended up in their hands, they might not keep them for themselves.
Wang Zhiyuan said, “Since senior has given them to you, they belong to you.”
“Thank you, Old Wang!”
Wang Zhiyuan continued, “Senior Huangfu—”
Huangfu Yuchen interrupted him, “Just call me Mr. Huangfu.”
“Very well, Mr. Huangfu. You must have left seclusion recently, right?” Wang Zhiyuan took out a business card, “This is my contact information. Mr. Huangfu, you’ve saved my life and provided guidance. In the future, if you have any instructions, I’ll do my best, as long as it’s within my capabilities.”
Huangfu Yuchen directly handed his phone to Wang Zhiyuan, “Add your contacts.”
The added their numbers and Huangfu Yuchen was satisfied to see a few more entries in his “Contacts.”
“Yuchen,” Yan Ge approached lightly. His spiritual sense had already seen the situation here, so he didn’t conceal the fact that he also possessed cultivation.
Wang Zhiyuan’s pupils contracted; yet another high-level cultivator whose cultivation was difficult to discern!
“Baby,” Huangfu Yuchen embraced him by the waist, handing over his phone, “Look at my contacts list.”
Yan Ge glanced at it and held back a smile. “Not bad.” Yuchen was a classic phone enthusiast. When he had arrived on Earth, his contacts list had only contained “Baby,” which felt awkward no matter how one looked at it. He stored numbers for checking his phone balance, ordering takeout, and even the newspaper office’s number. Later, with the addition of Xu Kai and others, he had around ten contacts. Now, thankfully, the contacts list finally had a few more respectable entries.
“I wonder who this senior is?” Wang Zhiyuan politely asked.
Yan Ge nodded at him. “You can just call me Yan Ge.”
Naturally, Wang Zhiyuan couldn’t address him so informally. “So it’s Mr. Yan, nice to meet you.”
Huangfu Yuchen: “Alright, we won’t keep you any longer. We should be on our way too. Rest assured, Old Wang, even if I need to trouble you in the future, it won’t involve your secrets.”
Wang Zhiyuan was about to respond, but he found that the two before him had vanished, leaving him both astonished and envious.
“Old Wang?” Ruan Mingwei walked up to his side.
Wang Zhiyuan snapped back to reality. “Let’s go back.”
Yan Ge and Huangfu Yuchen appeared at the mountaintop.
“Is everything settled over there?” Huangfu Yuchen didn’t even want to mention words like “Yan Yan” or “your brother.”
Yan Ge said, “They’re right ahead. They seemed frightened and insisted I accompany them down the mountain. I was worried about you, so I came to find you first.”
The rain had stopped long ago, the wind had subsided, but the sky remained gloomy. Huangfu Yuchen frowned. “Let’s just make sure they reach the bottom of the mountain.”
Yan Ge nodded indifferently. There was only the path to go down the mountain anyway.
Yan Yan and the others sat on the rocky slope halfway up the mountain, each of them soaked, tired, and hungry. They had been drenched by the rain, their minds were hazy, and being deep within the mountains, they couldn’t differentiate directions. Otherwise, they would have already descended on their own. When they saw Yan Ge and Huangfu Yuchen, their eyes lit up.
“Keep up with us,” Yan Ge walked past them without stopping, leaving only these words behind. He and Huangfu Yuchen walked further, side by side.
The group didn’t have the energy to say much, silently following behind.
They felt that Yan Ge and Huangfu Yuchen were insensitive, but fearing to provoke them, they reluctantly refrained from making any comments and kept silent.
Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, Yan Ge escorted them to where they had parked their car. After lending them his phone to inform their families, he and Huangfu Yuchen left in their vehicle.
