Chapter 1241: Standing Her Up
Helpless, the senior brother had to use his true strength to defeat the third senior sister, making her completely convinced of her defeat.
After that, the third senior sister never troubled the senior brother again.
"Alright! I'll do my best."
Lin Yifan suddenly felt that this approach was inappropriate, but now, he had no other choice.
Arriving at the Valley Master's door, Lin Yifan gently knocked and asked, "Master, are you there?"
In fact, the Medicine Saint was definitely in the room, but he had to pretend not to know, otherwise, the scene couldn't go on.
After waiting a few seconds without a response, Xiaofang persuaded, "Yifan, Master might not be inside, we should leave!"
"Let's wait a bit longer, maybe there will be a response." Lin Yifan replied.
Sure enough, just as he finished speaking, an aged voice came from inside the house: "Who is it?"
Xiaofang was shocked. These past months, she had been visiting Master's room every few days to ask if he was there, but had never received a response. It was unbelievable that Lin Yifan succeeded as soon as he returned.
She felt there must be some unknown secret between this master and apprentice.
"Disciple Lin Yifan requesting an audience!" Lin Yifan answered.
"Enter!"
Without any hesitation, the Medicine Saint directly invited Lin Yifan in.
Without wasting words, Lin Yifan pushed open the door and stepped inside.
Xiaofang followed closely, wanting to see the master she hadn't seen for days, but was unexpectedly stopped at the door by the master.
"Xiaofang, you go and attend to your tasks first, I have important matters to discuss with Yifan."
Xiaofang was quite surprised. Usually, no matter how important the matter was, the master would allow her to be present, but not this time. This was strange.
Now, she increasingly believed there was an unknown secret between the master and apprentice.
She never disobeyed or questioned the master's orders, so she immediately retreated, distancing herself from the master's house.
Eavesdropping was out of the question since the master's powerful mana could sense everything within a dozen miles, so it was best to stay far away.
After Xiaofang left, only the Medicine Saint and Lin Yifan were left in the room.
Looking at the kind old man sitting high above, Lin Yifan had an indescribable feeling; if the other had no schemes or greed, maybe he would be a good master, but there were no ifs. He could only spar with wits in this deceptive Immortal Ring contention and survive.
"Master, disciple has returned."
"Where have you been these past few months?" the Medicine Saint asked kindly, with a normal tone of blame.
"I went on a desert journey." Lin Yifan replied.
"Did you gain any insights or make any discoveries?" the Medicine Saint asked further.
"None!"
Lin Yifan answered straightforwardly, with no hint of falsification on his serious face.
"Oh? Really? Could I have heard wrong?" the Medicine Saint wondered.
He had seen Lin Yifan personally digging a passage into the Desert Dynasty, how could there be nothing?
"What did Master hear wrong?" Lin Yifan feigned ignorance and asked curiously.
"I heard people say you found a treasure in the desert, is it true?" the Medicine Saint answered.
"That's all just nonsense they're talking about." Lin Yifan responded.
"Is that so? But they all saw it with their own eyes, how could they be lying?" the Medicine Saint was puzzled.
"Master, to be honest, there is indeed a treasure in the desert, but it's protected by a Prohibition Array, and I couldn't obtain it, so I didn't get any treasure." Lin Yifan answered truthfully.
The desert he spoke of was not the Sarata Great Desert, but the great grassland above the Desert Dynasty.
He knew what the Medicine Saint wanted, and knew he couldn't hide it from him, so he had to tell the truth and let him verify it, only then would the other believe what he said.
"Is that so? That's a pity." The Medicine Saint was skeptical.
Perhaps Lin Yifan really encountered some obstacles and didn't get the Green Immortal Ring; perhaps Lin Yifan was lying and wanted to keep the Green Immortal Ring for himself.
In any case, he had to personally go to the great grassland, enter the tunnel Lin Yifan had dug, and investigate.
He remembered the location of the tunnel, so everything would be easy.
With no answers from his inquiries, the Medicine Saint, who was happy for nothing, let Lin Yifan leave to rest and train well, not to disappoint him.
Lin Yifan obediently followed the master's instructions, recuperating and diligently cultivating in the Medicinal Saint Valley.
After finishing the scene, Lin Yifan first returned to his room and didn't go to meet the third senior sister's challenge.
The third senior sister, who had been waiting in the arena for a long time, hadn't seen Lin Yifan come to the appointment and couldn't help but wonder: "He should have finished reporting in an hour, why hasn't he come to fight? Could it be he chickened out? Or is he standing me up, looking down on me?"
The more she thought, the more furious she became, and decided to find Lin Yifan to settle accounts personally.
She went to Peach Blossom Pond, inquired with an Elder, and learned Lin Yifan's house location, so she marched over, burning with anger.
Lin Yifan, who was drinking tea and resting inside, had no idea there was a powder keg approaching him; he thought there would be nothing.
A little over a minute later, the door was suddenly kicked open, scaring Lin Yifan, who was resting inside. He thought the Medicine Saint felt he lied and came to settle accounts personally.
After seeing who it was, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Third senior sister, what are you angrily doing?"
"Why didn't you come to the agreed fight?" Mao Yingnan strode into the house and demanded.
"I was resting, wasn't I? I'll go fight after resting."
Lin Yifan was really scared, did she want to win so badly just to prove herself?
"Did you need to rest for an hour?" Mao Yingnan demanded angrily.
"I just finished reporting." Lin Yifan explained.
"What work could need reporting for that long?"
Mao Yingnan thought maybe she misunderstood Lin Yifan, so she softened her attitude a bit.
"Go ask my master, I wouldn't dare say."
Lin Yifan pushed the matter to the Medicine Saint, leaving him to handle this hot-tempered third senior sister.
Mao Yingnan backed down. She didn't dare to ask the Valley Master, as trainees interfering with the Valley Master's business might face punishment according to the Valley rules.
"Fine! Fine! Let's just say you've been reporting for this hour."
Lin Yifan didn't like hearing that, and retorted on the spot: "What do you mean 'just say', I really was!"
"Okay, okay, you were, you were." Mao Yingnan didn't want to pursue any further and asked, "Now that work reporting is done, will you go to the arena with me to duel?"
"Alright, alright! I'll come fight with you right now."
Lin Yifan was truly afraid and immediately followed Mao Yingnan to fight.
He had just sat down to rest for a bit, his seat wasn't even warm yet, and she rushed over to drag him to an appointment, leaving him helpless.
Just as they left the house, Lin Yifan and Mao Yingnan encountered Xiaofang.