Jiang Fan felt endless waves stirring in his heart, but his face remained calm and he said, "Please, senior, examine me."
Venerate Xinnie did not abandon the examination because Jiang Fan was so composed.
His gaze fell on Jiang Fan.
Jiang Fan immediately felt as if a mountain was pressing down on him, causing him immense pain.
The power within him surged uncontrollably to resist this force.
But.
He had just used the Execution Pen, and all his strength was completely depleted.
Where could he draw out any strength?
He was immediately forced to the ground by the pressure of this gaze.
Venerate Xinnie frowned slightly: "Why is your body empty?"
Jiang Fan showed a pained expression and with clasped hands, replied, "Reporting to senior, we were pursued and our spiritual power and physique were completely exhausted."
"Allow me to recover a bit, and it won’t be too late for senior to check again."
"If senior cannot wait, granting me a panacea for rapid recovery would also do."
Venerate Xinnie said indifferently, "Go and rest on the sidelines."
He wasn’t certain if he had sensed it wrong in the first place.
Now he was merely checking on a whim.
How could he waste precious recovery Spirit Pills on a disciple without any background?
What would be wasted would yield no particular favor.
Jiang Fan felt as if he had received a great reprieve.
He secretly rejoiced, thankful that he had used the Execution Pen to deplete the Void Flow Thunder Force and fire force.
Otherwise, he would have been in a great deal of trouble this time.
"Then, senior, could we go in first?"
"It would be a waste to squander the opportunity of being the first to arrive with great difficulty."
Venerate Xinnie glanced at Jiang Fan with a slight hesitation, unwillingly saying,
"I promised publicly that the first to ascend the Heavenly Ascending Ancient Road would be taken as my disciple."
"Are you willing to take me as your master?"
In truth, he intended to accept disciples from the Three Divine Sects and Seven Great Sects.
Firstly, because their disciples are meticulously cultivated by the sect and well-rounded in all aspects, requiring little effort to nurture from the start.
Secondly, more importantly, if he accepted a disciple from the Divine Sect,
His relationship with that sect would naturally become extremely harmonious.
Wouldn’t it be easier to mobilize their disciples to find a practitioner of the Void Flow Thunder Force?
Unexpectedly, the first to arrive was a disciple of a minor sect from such a remote place on the continent.
Taking him in would mean having to retrain him from scratch and offer no leverage on his sect’s strength.
Yet, having boasted in front of the people of Taicang State,
He could not go back on his word.
Jiang Fan felt a jolt in his heart, becoming Venerate Xinnie’s disciple?
It would be fine for a day or two, but over time, how could Venerate Xinnie not discover the anomalies within him?
Once discovered, the master-disciple relationship wouldn’t protect him at all!
He would surely be smashed to pieces instantly!
But refusing directly would offend him, so after much thought, he could only tactfully say, "I’m honored by Venerate Xinnie’s high regard."
"But I have already entered the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion; if I switch to a senior’s sect, it would be akin to betraying my masters and elders, wouldn’t it?
Having a disciple like me would affect your reputation, right?"
Upon hearing this, Venerate Xinnie was immediately delighted.
He thought Jiang Fan would surely become his disciple.
After all, being a disciple under a venerable is something even many Nascent Soul Experts dream of.
Who would have thought someone would refuse!
He naturally went along with the flow: "Alright then, since you already have a master, I won’t insist."
"Let’s just say I never mentioned it..."
Suddenly.
He looked into the depths of the blood-colored curtain, his eyes turned slightly.