Chapter 51

"Y-You......"

Hou Danchen was instantly speechless.

If it were really up to Li Chen to choose, regardless of the intentions of both parties, he could be sure that Li Chen would never choose him. After all, he had beaten Li Chen half to death.

"Cough, cough!"

Seeing that the two were about to stare each other down indefinitely, and not letting him leave, Li Chen had to cough a few times to remind them.

"What are you coughing for? You're so young and not even sick! Say, who do you choose?"

Hou Danchen glared at him, clearly annoyed.

"Li Chen, no matter what your choice is, I can guarantee that no one will dare to bully you on Nanyun Peak!"

Zang Xingqian shot a glance at Hou Danchen, his meaning clear.

"Head of the Hall, Head of the Academy!"

Li Chen felt suffocated by the faint aura emanating from the two, and had no choice but to bow to each of them. "Could you please tell me what this is all about?"

"Are you that weak? You look pretty strong. Well, well, well, it's just that you have to choose between me and the zombie face to be your master!"

Hou Danchen sized up Li Chen, though his words were rather rude, his old eyes revealed a hint of concern.

"Choose a master?"

Li Chen was taken aback but quickly understood. It seemed that these two big shots had really taken an interest in his innate defective body.

First, there was the old monster Li Mingyun, who was suspected to be a Dantian Realm expert, who had inexplicably taken him as a disciple, given him a jade slip that couldn't be read, and then left him.

Now, after fighting with Zhang Chulong, he had attracted the attention of the two major figures on Nanyun Peak, and Li Chen truly didn't know when he had become a hot commodity.

"Exactly!"

Zang Xingqian looked at Li Chen with a burning gaze, as if he were a priceless treasure.

Being stared at by these two powerful figures, Li Chen felt extremely uncomfortable and became even more suspicious.

By his standards, although his talent was good, it wasn't enough to warrant such a fierce competition. Could it be that they had found out about his ten-layered Small Circulation cultivation?

But upon reflection, it didn't seem right. According to Li Mingyun, very few people knew about such martial arts titles. How could two Ganyuan Realm experts just happen to recognize them?

"Kid, as long as you take me as your master, you can choose any elixirs, cultivation techniques, or spirit weapons. I guarantee you'll break through to the Ganyuan Realm within five years!"

Seeing him hesitate, Hou Danchen tempted him.

"Hmph, do you have something I don't?"

Zang Xingqian coldly snorted, showing no intention of backing down.

"Zombie face, are you determined to compete with me?"

Hou Danchen said with a cold face.

"Old monkey, are you determined to compete with my Discipline Hall?"

Zang Xingqian retorted, not willing to back down.

"Then let's have a fight. Whoever wins gets this kid!"

Hou Danchen narrowed his old eyes, emitting a dangerous light, and his aura surged again.

"Fight, then fight. With your mere early Ganyuan Realm cultivation, you've never beaten me!"

Zang Xingqian got into a fighting stance, staring intently at Hou Danchen, ready to fight to the death at any moment.

Whoosh!

Lei Peng, seeing the situation was not good, let out a screech, flapped his wings, and flew to a distant ancient tree.

Squeak!

The little monkey, being a clever creature, also sensed the two formidable old monsters. Without any ill intent towards Li Chen, it left him and scampered to a corner of the eaves, peeking out to watch the commotion.

"Head of the Academy, Head of the Hall, I already have a master!"

Seeing the two about to fight like children over a candy, Li Chen was in a headache and had no choice but to tell the truth, inwardly cursing the two little creatures.

"What?"

Hearing this, the two simultaneously floated to his side, each grabbing one of his shoulders and coldly said, "Who is he? Where is he? Bring him out and fight us!"

"Hisss!"

Li Chen couldn't withstand the grip of the two major figures and winced in pain, almost having his shoulder crushed.

Seeing this, the two awkwardly withdrew their hands and exchanged glances.

"I don't know where he is, but I think you two won't be able to beat him!"

Li Chen recounted the events of that day, but he concealed the fact that he had reached the ten-layered Small Circulation, wanting to see if the two knew.

Although Li Mingyun had taken him as a disciple, Li Chen's years of hardship had made him cautious and not easily trust others.

His behavior was strange, hiding in the Li family for years with such cultivation. After all, his three years as a medicine slave were all under his watch.

Those times of agonizing screams from the drug poisoning, the indifferent, inhuman gaze, every time he thought about it, Li Chen felt a chill run down his spine.

Now, after cultivating by devouring a demon core, he had developed inner breath. When he met him again, the man had inexplicably become a Dantian Realm expert, and in the entire Xuan Yun Sect, there was probably only the Sect Master.

Even more bizarre was that he had taken him as a disciple.

If this happened to someone else, they would probably be overjoyed, but to Li Chen, it felt like an ominous sense of danger.

Of course, he would never say this out loud, only that he had inadvertently revealed his cultivation, attracting the attention of a hermit expert, who had taken him as a nominal disciple.

"Dantian Realm Master!"

The two, with their extensive experience, could guess from Li Chen's brief description that it was definitely the characteristic of a Dantian Realm expert, and they fell into deep thought.

Li Chen didn't urge them, as long as they didn't fight, he wouldn't suffer the consequences.

"What do you think?"

Unusually, Hou Danchen didn't call Zang Xingqian by his nickname.

"There's no other way!"

Zang Xingqian nodded with a stern, expressionless face.

Li Chen was confused, not understanding what was going on, but a sense of unease rose in his heart.

The two old men's behavior was strange, and if he fell into their hands, it might not be better than facing the mysterious old monster Li Mingyun.

With his current cultivation, he didn't know that among high-level martial artists, there was a secret technique called "transmitting sound in secret."

The two seemed to be saying nothing, but they had already discussed for a long time in secret, and he couldn't detect it.

"Kid, we won't hold you accountable for your past actions, but you have to agree to one thing!"

Hou Danchen said solemnly.

"Head of the Academy, Head of the Hall, I won't hide it from you. Although I experienced everything Zhang Chulong said, I was not the one who started it!"

Li Chen hurriedly explained, trying to clear himself of any trouble.

"Hmph, whether or not you did it, we say we won't hold you accountable, so we won't!"

Zang Xingqian gave him a fierce glance, his meaning clear: If we decide to intervene, you're dead. If we don't, you can do as you please, but it's up to you.

Li Chen, being a smart person, naturally understood the implications. His mouth twitched, and he could only hang his head in resignation, looking like he was leaving it to fate.

"Heh, don't be so unhappy, old man is telling you, others would kill to get this opportunity. How many people are crying and begging for this chance!"

Hou Danchen said with a reluctant chuckle.

"Seniors, please tell me what you want, I will follow your instructions!"

Li Chen knew he had no choice and resigned himself to fate.