Chapter 1142 - 1140: The Eviction Order

After Wang Zhan made up his mind, he quickly flew towards the direction of the back mountain.

As soon as he entered the back mountain, he already smelled the true fragrance of the elixir, clearly indicating that the scent had permeated the air.

Although Wang Zhan didn’t know Zuo Linglong’s location, he followed the scent all the way, believing that as long as he used his nose to judge, he should soon be able to find Zuo Linglong.

Sure enough, Wang Zhan had only taken a few steps when he met Zuo Linglong, who was inside the cave observing the alchemy furnace in front of him, with some dirty marks on his face and his hair looking very messy.

Hearing the footsteps coming from outside the door, since his back was facing Wang Zhan, he naturally didn’t know who was standing behind him. However, he directly waved his hand and said impatiently, "Hurry out, don’t you know the rules? I’ve already warned you not to disturb me while I’m refining elixirs, otherwise if something happens, can you take responsibility?"

Seeing him like this, Wang Zhan couldn’t help but laugh but did not reveal his identity.

But when he heard the laughter behind him, Zuo Linglong’s expression turned ugly. He turned around coldly gazing at Wang Zhan, ready to get angry, but when he saw Wang Zhan’s face clearly, he even started to breathe quicker. Then he quickly ran towards Wang Zhan and directly threw himself into Wang Zhan’s arms, speaking with a pleasant tone, "Mentor, when did you come back? Why didn’t you reveal your identity just now and instead deliberately teased me? If it weren’t for my good temper, I might have taken action by now. Aren’t you worried about getting hurt?"

Wang Zhan shook his head. If his temper was considered good, then there possibly wouldn’t be anyone with a bad temper in this world, but Wang Zhan did not argue with him about this. After bringing Zuo Linglong to sit beside him, Wang Zhan finally spoke leisurely, "I just came back from outside and chatted briefly with everyone, then realized you never appeared in front of me, so I figured you must be hiding in the back mountain continuing your cultivation, that’s why I came to see you."

"How annoying!"

Zuo Linglong tightly clenched his little fist and spoke with dissatisfaction, "After those guys got the news of your return, they didn’t come to the back mountain to tell me. Don’t they understand that the relationship between us as mentor and student is deep as the sea?"

"After I leave here, I must immediately go find my senior mentor and make him suffer a bit for intentionally hiding your return!"

Watching his antics, Wang Zhan just shook his head and patted his shoulder saying, "Don’t continue causing trouble for me, besides, you can’t blame Feng Tianci entirely for this. I returned suddenly and to avoid trouble on the way, I even shielded my presence completely, so even Feng Tianci couldn’t sense my existence, naturally he couldn’t give notice in advance."

Hearing this, Zuo Linglong calmed down a bit, but soon narrowed his eyes towards Wang Zhan and quickly asked, "Mentor, do you mean your current strength has surpassed our senior mentor? So if you shield your aura, even he cannot track you?"

Wang Zhan just smiled ambiguously. He didn’t hide anything from Zuo Linglong, hence Zuo Linglong always addressed him as mentor, but Wang Zhan did not regard Zuo Linglong as his disciple, rather just as a youngster junior to him.

Zuo Linglong said in a mischievous manner, "I really didn’t expect Mentor’s strength to advance so quickly. It seems you are indeed quite different from us, and in your eyes, we are not even comparable. However, fortunately, I am pretty easy-going and don’t like to compare myself with others, so even if Mentor’s strength improves significantly, it doesn’t particularly matter to me."

"By the way, Mentor, I’ve been researching a new elixir these past two days. If it can be developed successfully, I believe many people would benefit from it, but I’m still lacking a certain sensation, so I need to continue guarding the elixir furnace here. I won’t be able to attend your celebration banquet tonight."

Zuo Linglong said this reluctantly, then quickly stood up and walked swiftly towards the elixir furnace at the side, immediately checking it over. Seeing him treasure it so much, Wang Zhan was also curious about what was inside the elixir furnace.

Wang Zhan walked over to his side and leisurely asked, "By the way, what type of elixir are you refining in this furnace? Maybe I could offer some help?"

Indeed, Wang Zhan was skilled in elixir refining, and although he could initially be Zuo Linglong’s mentor, he was now far surpassed by Zuo Linglong.

In terms of refining elixirs, Zuo Linglong indeed had an absolute talent that Wang Zhan couldn’t reach. Even some old people on the Star War Battlefield, who were constantly refining elixirs, couldn’t compare to Zuo Linglong. This was perhaps where Zuo Linglong’s talent lay, so no matter how hard others tried, surpassing him was an extremely difficult task.

Zuo Linglong’s eyes turned as he replied with a cheerful smile, "Mentor, I won’t trouble you. Besides, I suppose you don’t really know what exactly I need now, so it’s better to let me prepare on my own. Once I have refined this elixir, I’ll notify you at the first instance, and you just need to rest well down the mountain. Trust me, it won’t take long for me to settle things here, then we’ll meet up as soon as possible."

Even though the two of them had reunited after a long time, and Zuo Linglong wanted to catch up with Wang Zhan, he had many things he needed to handle, so he couldn’t afford to waste too much time to avoid everything going wrong in the end.

One should know, during this time, he had been shutting himself in this cave focusing on refining the elixir he desired, though the results weren’t very good. But now he has gradually found some clues, so he has absolute confidence that he will succeed if given a bit more time.

Although Wang Zhan wanted to stay and help, eventually he decided to walk towards the exit, not wanting to overstay.

In a blink of an eye, Wang Zhan had already left the back mountain, heading in a different direction.

Reaching the foot of the mountain, Wang Zhan saw Feng Tianci coming towards him, who pointed towards the back mountain saying, "I just went there to see Zuo Linglong, but to my surprise, that little guy was only focused on refining elixirs and didn’t pay any attention to me. In the end, he even directly gave me a dismissal order, so you better not go disturb him either, to avoid ending up like me..."

Even though both of them are Zuo Linglong’s mentors, Zuo Linglong didn’t regard either of them highly. When pleading with them to teach him skills, his mouth was sweet as if smeared with honey, but once Wang Zhan and Feng Tianci were no longer useful, he would simply discard them.

However, Wang Zhan had long been accustomed to this personality of his.

Additionally, Wang Zhan knew that Zuo Linglong actually bore no malice, it was just his nature, having such a mischievous little girl by his side indeed brought a lot of fun.

Meanwhile, Feng Tianci also showed a face full of helplessness, shaking his head and speaking to himself, "You’re right, recently he’s been busy refining some elixir, so even if I visit, he wouldn’t engage with me and would send me away quickly, just so I wouldn’t waste his time."

"I came here looking for you thinking you’d surely come to see Zuo Linglong, so I waited down the mountain for you, rather than going to find that little girl."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhan was taken aback, as they both puzzledly looked towards Feng Tianci, quickly asking, "Old Sir, why did you suddenly come to find me? Is there something you need?"

A sense of foreboding arose in Wang Zhan’s mind, his strength now surpassed Feng Tianci, plus they had many experts around them. Feng Tianci might feel he was no longer needed and develop a desire to leave the Sky Pavilion, but Wang Zhan didn’t want to see anyone leave, so he was naturally worried.

Yet Feng Tianci shook his head, with a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, and he directly said, "It’s nothing major. I just wanted to comfort you, seeing your mental state was somewhat off, worrying it might affect important matters. So I wanted to have a talk, if you have time, let’s sit up at the mountain top, where the air is nice, the view is broad, and it can ease your mind."

After all, Feng Tianci was the eldest in the Sky Pavilion, so he naturally considered things more broadly than young people.

Nodding, Wang Zhan followed Feng Tianci without hesitation.

On the way, Feng Tianci spoke slowly, "I know your mood isn’t great now, certainly because of Xiang Tian, but we have to look forward, since what’s done is done, let it be..."

"I believe, even Xiang Tian wouldn’t want to see you like this."