Ye Fan stayed in the materials room and sorted out the newly obtained drafts.
Situ Jiaojiao walked in casually, looked at the things in Ye Fan’s hands, and said with interest, “You got something good from the old man again!”
“The old man is in seclusion. He said that there is no need to prepare materials for the next few days,” Ye Fan said calmly.
When Situ Jiaojiao heard the good news, she couldn’t help but feel a little excited. She didn’t have to see the old monster for several days, which made Situ Jiaojiao breathe a sigh of relief.
After feeling relieved, Situ Jiaojiao had a vague suspicion that the old man’s retreat was related to Ye Fan’s talisman diagrams.
Ye Fan turned his head, looked at Situ Jiaojiao, and said, “I found a few drafts missing two days ago. Did you take them away?”
Situ Jiaojiao was shocked, but her face did not show panic.
Situ Jiaojiao raised her head and said unhappily, “Why would I take your things? Did you make a mistake?”
“Are you kidding? I’m extremely intelligent. How could I make a mistake?” Ye Fan said unhappily.
Situ Jiaojiao sneered and said, “I really can’t see how intelligent you are.”
Ye Fan glanced at Situ Jiaojiao, shook his head, and said, “Your eyesight is really not very good!”
Situ Jiaojiao: “…”
Ye Fan packed up the drafts and looked at them one by one. From time to time, he frowned thoughtfully, as if he had some understanding.
If it weren’t for Ye Fan’s previous drafts, Situ Jiaojiao would have thought that Ye Fan was just pretending.
Situ Jiaojiao looked at Ye Fan and asked tentatively, “Did you really just study under a mysterious-level talisman master?”
Ye Fan tilted his head. When he was in Blue Cloud Sect, he studied under a peak spiritual-level talisman master for a period of time. Spiritual-level talisman masters were divided into four grades: low-level, intermediate-level, high-level, and peak-level spiritual level. The gap between each stage was huge. Ye Fan estimated that Situ Jiaojiao had only just reached low-level spiritual-level.
It was Bai Yunxi who said that he had studied under a mysterious-level talisman master. Ye Fan liked his wife the most, so naturally he would not refute Bai Yunxi’s words. “That’s right! I have studied under a mysterious-level talisman master.”
Situ Jiaojiao took a talisman diagram and said, “If you have only studied under a mysterious-level talisman master, how could you draw such a talisman diagram?”
Ye Fan snatched the drawing from Situ Jiaojiao’s hands and said with displeasure, “Don’t always steal my things. It’s very rude, you know?”
Situ Jiaojiao snorted lightly and bluffed, “Just taking a look to see if there’s anything special about it.”
Ye Fan said with displeasure, “My things are only for my partner to see.”
Situ Jiaojiao frowned and said with displeasure, “You mean, you want me to be your partner in exchange for these talisman drafts? You really know how to make outrageous requests.”
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Situ Jiaojiao clasped her hands behind her back, thinking to herself: Fan Ye finally showed his true face. It turned out that this guy had been playing hard to get.
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Ye Fan looked at Situ Jiaojiao unhappily and said, “What are you thinking about? Xi Yun is my partner. My things are only for him to see.”
Situ Jiaojiao opened her eyes wide, looked at Ye Fan, and said in surprise, “You… are you partners?”
Ye Fan’s words knocked Situ Jiaojiao’s mind into chaos. Situ Jiaojiao couldn’t help but turn her head back and forth between the two of them.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Yes! Can’t you tell? Your eyesight is too bad.”
Situ Jiaojiao: “…” She had found it odd that two cultivators shared the same cave residence. She originally thought that the two of them shared the same cave residence to make it more convenient to swap the night watch.
Situ Jiaojiao looked at Bai Yunxi. Bai Yunxi’s current appearance was not very good. Bai Yunxi looked ordinary after taking the face-changing pill. Ye Fan also used special materials to put a lot of freckles on Bai Yunxi’s face, really making things difficult for Bai Yunxi. Although his appearance was not good, he had a good temperament. At first glance, he didn’t make others feel he was ugly, just ordinary.
In this world, there were quite a few male cultivators who paired up with other male cultivators, but proportionally speaking, there were not many. Situ Jiaojiao didn’t think in that direction at all.
Wang Chenxiao frowned, glanced at Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi, and secretly rejoiced in his heart.
Wang Chenxiao had always regarded Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi as imaginary rivals, but it turned out the two were actually a pair and there were two less opponents. Wang Chenxiao suddenly realized that he had no opponents here.
“I didn’t expect the two of you to be a couple. I really couldn’t tell,” Wang Chenxiao said in a pleasant mood.
Ye Fan rolled his eyes and said, “Your eyesight is not very good either!”
Wang Chenxiao: “…”
…
Sheng Zhihao came out of seclusion after more than ten days. As soon as he came out, he made a list of many materials for Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi to prepare. Ye Fan had originally already adapted to the rhythm of processing materials. However, when Sheng Zhihao came out of seclusion this time, the tasks assigned suddenly doubled again.
Ye Fan took a pill and kept processing materials.
“That princess hasn’t come today! If she came, it would be over. It would only be a hindrance.”
“She won’t come today. I think Senior called her away. Maybe he wants to accept her as a disciple.”
Ye Fan nodded, said, “Oh” and said, “Then she is blessed.”
“I see that the princess seems to be very interested in the talisman diagrams you drew.”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Yes! I clearly told her that the old monster’s talisman drafts are the taller pile, but she always gets it wrong, this silly girl.”
Bai Yunxi smiled faintly and said, “How do you know she picked up the wrong ones by accident rather than on purpose?”
Ye Fan turned to look at Bai Yunxi and said, “Why would she deliberately take the wrong ones?”
Bai Yunxi smiled and said, “Because you are a genius!”
Ye Fan said, “That’s right! Maybe she stole my intellectual property.”
Ye Fan just said it casually and didn’t take it seriously. Bai Yunxi’s eyes turned and many thoughts flashed through his mind, but he didn’t dwell on this topic.
…
Situ Jiaojiao walked out from Sheng Zhihao’s cave residence, and Wang Chenxiao immediately greeted her.
“Princess, are you okay? Senior didn’t make things difficult for you, right?” Wang Chenxiao said.
Situ Jiaojiao took a deep breath and said, “Let’s talk about it when we get back.”
When Wang Chenxiao heard Situ Jiaojiao’s words, he was secretly happy, feeling that the clouds had finally cleared and he could see the moonlight.
“Senior wants to accept me as a disciple and teach me the talisman skills of the Divine Talisman Sect,” Situ Jiaojiao said.
Wang Chenxiao’s eyes lit up and he said, “This is a good thing!”
Wang Chenxiao was the disciple of the vice-president of the Talisman Masters Association. Wang Chenxiao once heard his master say that Sheng Zhihao’s level of talisman skill was unparalleled, and even the president couldn’t match it. If he hadn’t offended the Tianyi Sect for a woman, the Divine Talisman Sect would have had a chance to flourish in his hands.
The reason why the Divine Talisman Sect was destroyed back then was ostensibly because the Divine Talisman Sect colluded with the demon girl, which offended Tianyi Sect. However, in fact, the incident with the demon girl was just an excuse. Tianyi Sect had long wanted to take action against the Divine Talisman Sect. There were rumors that the Divine Talisman Sect had once produced a God Transformation talisman master, and that cultivator left behind a treasure that was related to how to advance to the God Transformation realm.
Knowing that Sheng Zhihao wanted to take Situ Jiaojiao as his disciple, Wang Chenxiao felt a little sour in his heart. If Princess Jiaojiao became Sheng Zhihao’s disciple, the gap between him and Princess Jiaojiao would inevitably become wider and wider.
Situ Jiaojiao frowned and said, “It’s indeed a good thing, but I don’t understand what he said at all.”
Situ Jiaojiao bit her lip. She could probably guess that Sheng Zhihao accepted her as his disciple because of Ye Fan’s talisman diagrams. Maybe because of those talisman diagrams, Sheng Zhihao overestimated her level of talisman ability. It would still be okay at first, but as time went on, Sheng Zhihao would definitely become suspicious.
Wang Chenxiao looked at Situ Jiaojiao and said, “Take it one step at a time.”
When Wang Chenxiao heard Situ Jiaojiao mention Ye Fan’s talisman diagrams, he felt a little more mentally balanced. Wang Chenxiao was a little jealous of Situ Jiaojiao. Wang Chenxiao thought to himself: If he got the talisman diagrams, the person accepted as a disciple by Sheng Zhihao might be him.
Situ Jiaojiao said dully, “Let’s talk about it later.”
…
Situ Jiaojiao walked into the materials room and saw Bai Yunxi processing materials, but Ye Fan was nowhere to be seen.
“Fellow Daoist Xi Yun, where is Fellow Daoist Fan Ye?” Situ Jiaojiao asked Bai Yunxi.
Bai Yunxi smiled and said, “He went out to catch a wild monster beast. This guy has a big appetite. He has been too busy recently and has no time to eat well. He happened to be free today.”
Situ Jiaojiao: “…” Went out to catch a wild monster beast.
Situ Jiaojiao looked at the talisman diagram next to her and said, “Is this the newly collected talisman draft?”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Yes! I heard that Senior has accepted you as his disciple. Congratulations.”
Situ Jiaojiao smiled reluctantly and said, “Senior is very strict.”
Situ Jiaojiao searched for a long time, but couldn’t find what she was looking for. Bai Yunxi looked at Situ Jiaojiao’s movements with a calm expression and said nothing.
Situ Jiaojiao raised her head and saw Bai Yunxi staring at her. Situ Jiaojiao suddenly felt like she was being seen through.
The door was pushed open, Ye Fan stuck his head in, and said happily, “Xi Yun, I caught a nest of snow chickens. You know snow chickens are a rare and delicious bird! They are known as the rarest bird in the world and are very expensive! I also found a few eggs. If we raise these chickens in a pen, we will have eggs to eat every day.”
Situ Jiaojiao: “…”
Bai Yunxi blinked and said, “That’s just right! I want to eat poached eggs!”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “I’ll make them right away.”
“Fellow Daoist Fan Ye, wait a moment,” Situ Jiaojiao said hurriedly.
Ye Fan glanced at Situ Jiaojiao and said, “Is something the matter?”
Situ Jiaojiao bit her lip and thought for a long time about how to speak.
Ye Fan blinked and said, “Okay, you think about what you want to say and then tell me. I’m going to roast a chicken and poach some eggs.”
Situ Jiaojiao wanted to say something, but Ye Fan was already gone.
“Fellow Daoist Fan Ye is really obsessed with eating!” Situ Jiaojiao couldn’t help but say.
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “That’s right!” Speaking of which, Ye Fan had actually cut back a lot now. When he was on Earth, he talked about eating big meals and ordering takeout every day.
Situ Jiaojiao bit her lip and thought to herself: Fan Ye was really a genius in talisman making. Which talisman master didn’t know how to study talismans seriously and only thought about food!?
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T/N: All these fake geniuses… instead of constantly thinking of taking credit for someone else’s work, maybe work on improving your own skills. Also, yes, Bai Yunxi can see right through you, shitty princess. I bet he hid Ye Fan’s drafts before she got there so she couldn’t keep stealing them. Only Ye Fan would actually believe she took them “accidentally” lol.
