Chapter 1187 - 1287: On Friendship

Therefore, Bai Feng wishes to quickly increase his spiritual power and his ability in artifact refining at this moment.

Although Bai Feng's increase in spiritual power doesn't greatly affect his overall strength, since almost all of Bai Feng's power relies on magical treasures.

However, if Bai Feng doesn't improve his spiritual strength, even if he crafts a very powerful magical treasure, or even a supreme magical treasure, he has no way to fully unleash its power.

After all, the power of a magical treasure depends on how much spiritual power you can provide for it. The more spiritual power a magical treasure can offer, even if it is just a low-level treasure, it can explode with immense power instantly. Of course, the consequence after such an explosion is that it will be directly damaged.

Indeed, if the extraordinary power unleashes the potential of a magical treasure, it will easily damage the treasure. Even a supreme magical treasure will break if it is forced to exert the power of an immortal artifact.

Besides, the reason Bai Feng is so eager to increase his strength is because he doesn't want to feel helpless when Ye Tianfan encounters difficulties.

In Bai Feng's eyes, Ye Tianfan is not only the hope of their Taichu Sect but also a good friend to Bai Feng.

When it comes to friends, Bai Feng is definitely not like others. Bai Feng believes that as a friend, one should be sincere and genuine, because if he treats friends like this, his friends will treat him the same way. Many regard Bai Feng as a friend because of his high strength, great talent in artifact refining, and his status as the successor of Taiqi Peak.

Someone like Ye Tianfan, very few are friends with him not because of his status. After all, if we talk about talent, Ye Tianfan's talent is much higher than Bai Feng's.

Thus, Bai Feng accepts Ye Tianfan as a good friend and a close one at that, as Bai Feng feels Ye Tianfan truly considers him a friend. Bai Feng and Ye Tianfan have gone through life and death together, and although Bai Feng doesn't know how Ye Tianfan views him, Bai Feng believes Ye Tianfan is a great friend, one he can sacrifice his life for.

From Ye Tianfan's perspective, whether it is Bai Feng or Brother Yun Tian, if Ye Tianfan needs to sacrifice his life to save them, he is willing, as Ye Tianfan highly values their relationship and sees them as confidants.

Others also want to be friends with Ye Tianfan, but their motives are too strong. They see Ye Tianfan as the future sect leader of Taichu Sect, which is why they want to be his friends.

However, Ye Tianfan knows what they are thinking, so he does not want to become friends with them.

The ones who can become friends with him are just a few. After all, the value of friends lies in quality rather than quantity.

Even if Ye Tianfan befriends countless worthless acquaintances, when trouble arises, if no one can support him, then what's the point of having friends like them?

Moreover, such people befriend you during your prosperity, they are even willing to be like your dogs, but once you lose favor, they will trample you more viciously than anyone else.

As though you killed their whole family, they despise you.

Ye Tianfan has encountered too many such situations in his previous world, so he does not randomly make friends in this one. He sticks to the notion that valuable friends are in quality, not quantity, befriending only those he deems worthy.

Thus, Ye Tianfan truly has very few friends in this world. In the other sects, there are only a few, and those few are friends who have also gone through life and death situations with Ye Tianfan. Ye Tianfan feels only such friends can be considered real friends, while others are not truly friends.

Perhaps some friendships with Ye Tianfan are merely acquaintances since if someone greets him with a smile, Ye Xingfan cannot respond with a scowl, right?

So, to such people, Ye Tianfan usually only nods in agreement, without much interaction.

If someone wants to converse with Ye Tianfan, he will hastily end the conversation, because Ye Tianfan does not wish to converse with them, and will excuse himself with other obligations or situations.

If Ye Tianfan meets someone he wishes to converse with, then he will engage with them in a proper conversation. Those Ye Tianfan acknowledges are often not the distasteful type of people, but those with some skills; otherwise, Ye Tianfan simply won't communicate with them, since there's no commonality between them, even if they do converse, it's usually Ye Tianfan listening to flattering remarks.

If two people are on different levels, their discourse differs too. Perhaps Ye Tianfan is interested in something that the other person hasn't even heard of, nor knows what it is. Meanwhile, what interests that person may have already been of interest to Ye Tianfan and has become something he no longer cares about, and even offers no help, potentially negative effects.

Therefore, Ye Tianfan, generally speaking, doesn't engage with such people unless they initiate a friendly conversation without involving other matters, perhaps Ye Tianfan would show some interest. However, the interaction is limited to casual exchanges, or if that person wishes to ask Ye Tianfan some questions, if they display a good attitude, Ye Tianfan is inclined to explain certain aspects of cultivation.

After all, everyone has moments of weakness, if someone seeks Ye Tianfan's advice, it signifies they are indeed someone with great diligence, and Ye Tianfan is quite willing to help such diligent people, since diligent individuals are always more appealing than those lacking ambition.

Diligence and learning are important signs on the road to being a strong person, but if lazy, there is no chance of becoming strong.

If you don't take yourself seriously, others won't either, so generally lazy people, unless already very powerful, don't attract much admiration.

In the realm of immortals, being lazy suggests self-abandonment, meaning a lack of perseverance, unless there are special reasons, others will avoid them.