Cangyuan Sect.
"Senior Brother, Li Shuang of the Sword Sect has arrived." A disciple said, fawning over Yan Fan.
A subtle smile flashed in Yan Fan's eyes: "She's finally here? Good, good, I'll go find her now."
The disciple's expression immediately became strange.
Yan Fan glanced at him: "What's with that expression?"
The disciple coughed lightly: "It just feels like Senior Brother, you really care about Li Shuang."
Yan Fan nodded frankly: "I do care a lot."
The disciple's eyes lit up, looking like he had discovered some juicy gossip.
But a strong fighting spirit flashed in Yan Fan's eyes: "Among our peers, she's the only one who has ever defeated me. This time, I must compete with her again. I lost to her back then. But this time, I will never lose again."
The gleam of gossip in the disciple's eyes dimmed, and he clenched his small fist: "Senior Brother will definitely win."
Yan Fan nodded and walked out directly.
He could win.
That was certain.
But he also didn't want the victory to be too uninteresting.
There were only two days left until the Great Sect Competition.
He hoped that what he brought would allow Li Shuang to advance further.
That way.
His victory wouldn't be too easy!
Lin Qingling and Li Shuang were just about to arrive at the Sword Sect's residence.
Outside the residence.
A figure stood tall and straight like a pine tree, already waiting there.
The person turned, and it was none other than Yan Fan, the disciple of Cangyuan Sect whose reputation had been soaring recently!
"Greetings, Senior Lin." Yan Fan respectfully bowed.
Lin Qingling was a little surprised: "Yan Fan? What are you doing here?"
Yan Fan looked at Li Shuang: "This junior has something to discuss with Li Shuang, a disciple of the Sword Sect. I hope Senior will grant me this convenience."
Lin Qingling looked at Yan Fan, then at Li Shuang, and smiled.
She turned and instructed: "Xiao Shuang, the Sword Sect disciples are all on the mountaintop. Come up yourself after you're done talking."
Li Shuang: "...Yes."
Lin Qingling flew away.
Li Shuang looked at Yan Fan indifferently: "What is it?"
She didn't particularly like Yan Fan.
Nor did she dislike him.
To sum it up in two words: not familiar.
She really couldn't think of anything Yan Fan would want to talk to her about.
Yan Fan raised an eyebrow: "Let's talk privately."
Li Shuang nodded.
The two found a secluded spot.
Yan Fan smiled slightly and took out a recording stone.
"I'm giving this to you. After you go back, study it slowly yourself," Yan Fan said.
Li Shuang was taken aback: "What is this?"
Yan Fan stood with his hands behind his back, a confident smile in his eyes: "I don't know if Senior Lin told you, but recently, I've had some fortuitous encounters. Li Shuang, the former you actually still had a chance to catch up to me. However, after I obtained this encounter, you are destined to be left far behind by me."
Li Shuang: "..."
She looked at Yan Fan with a rather complicated expression: "You came to tell me just this?"
She was now suspicious.
All those things about Yan Fan that reached her master's ears, it was all intentional on Yan Fan's part…
He lost to her before.
So he wanted to show off in front of her?
Li Shuang felt a bit amused and frustrated at the same time.
This was somewhat childish.
Yan Fan coughed lightly and said with a serious expression: "How could I do something so boring? I unexpectedly resonated with an Eye of Myriad Laws and entered the City of Myriad Laws. In that City of Myriad Laws, the most top-tier geniuses of the Central Continent gather! It is truly a gathering of elites."
Li Shuang's face was expressionless.
Yan Fan couldn't help but add: "You probably don't know about the Eye of Myriad Laws and the City of Myriad Laws, do you? How about I introduce them to you?"
"Initially, the Eye of Myriad Laws is a Bronze Eye."
"When the soul fuses and enters the Integration Realm, the Eye of Myriad Laws will evolve into a Ethereal Silver Eye."
"As cultivation continues to increase, it will eventually become a Golden Glint Eye."
Yan Fan reached out, and a small, bronzed eye appeared in his hand: "This is the initial Eye of Myriad Laws: the Bronze Eye."
After saying that.
He eagerly looked at Li Shuang, wanting to see her envious and jealous gaze.
Li Shuang: "..."
She really wanted to cooperate, but she wasn't very good at acting.
Yan Fan first furrowed his brow, then relaxed: "You might not know, but those peerless geniuses from the Central Continent are truly terrifying compared to you and me. I was lucky enough to be there at the right time and witnessed a top-tier fortuitous encounter belonging to geniuses."
A hint of longing flashed in Yan Fan's eyes: "That is the true battlefield of geniuses! I wouldn't dare to aspire to that genius ranking. My greatest goal in this life is to personally participate in such an encounter. Even if I'm eliminated on the first level, it would still count as having experienced it."
Li Shuang: "...You can do it."
Yan Fan glanced at her: "I know you can't quite imagine what I'm saying right now."
He thought for a moment and then directly played the content of the recording stone.
The scene was precisely Li Shuang venturing into the Soul Golden Altar.
"See? This is the current number one genius of the human race, Li." A hint of longing flashed in Yan Fan's eyes: "She is personally taught by the legendary City Lord of Myriad Laws, and is also one of only two peerless geniuses of the human race to clear the Soul Golden Altar. In the future, she will definitely grow to become a leading figure of the human race."
"Speaking of which. Your name is Li Shuang, and her name is Li. There's a slight similarity in your names. She's also a Sword Cultivator, also has an Ice Spirit Root, so, I think…"
Li Shuang was taken aback.
Hmm?
Was Yan Fan perhaps suspecting that she was Li?
Was he specifically here to test her today?
She was still pondering.
Yan Fan said, "Therefore, I believe that watching her battle footage will be of immense benefit to you!"
In the footage.
Li Shuang was being hammered by the Thousand Machine Hammer Array.
Yan Fan said with an admiring expression: "See? The strength of Li's soul, enduring such a soul hammering, is absolutely beyond what you or I can imagine."
Fast forward to Li Shuang severing the source threads with a single sword strike.
Stars twinkled in Yan Fan's eyes: "See? Even the former number one genius could only choose to cut them one by one. But Li? She utilized the principle of mutual generation and restraint of the Five Elements, and with a realm far beyond ordinary people's imagination, she unleashed an incredibly terrifying sword strike!"
"Did you see that sword strike? You and I pride ourselves on being geniuses, yet we can't even dream of catching up to her!"
"And look at her calm demeanor, her spirit of never giving up…"
Yan Fan actually gushed endlessly with compliments for Li.
Li Shuang lowered her head, silently digging her toes into the ground.
It was… just incredibly awkward!
"Alright. Take this recording stone; Li's sword techniques will be enough for you to study for ten or eight years." Yan Fan handed over the recording stone.
Li Shuang: "..."
She took it with a complex expression: "Thank you..."
"No need to be polite," Yan Fan said slowly: "Li Shuang, I've acquired such resources, you are destined to be left far behind by me. However, when I reach the top, if I look back and find no one behind me, wouldn't that be too lonely?"
"I hope you can improve faster. At least, enough to give me a little sense of being chased."
"In the future, if you and I are fortunate enough to collectively achieve the Tribulation Transcendence realm, I believe you can assist me in making the Southern Azure Continent a better cultivation world."
Li Shuang's lips twitched.
Good, good.
Is this scoundrel Yan Fan trying to recruit her as a minion?!