4 We Are Impressed!

The gates of the Immortal Guardian Sect sat on the main peak of their mountain ranges. The spiritual aura in the area was being gathered by array formations and it surrounded the peak.

The calm came after the storm. The sky was spotlessly blue. Sunlight scattered down and landed on the countless majestic buildings that towered in great numbers.

Before one could even reach the gates, one could already feel a faint sense of oppression from the buildings.

Walking slowly on the long stone steps, Su Yin was filled with agitation.

He was about to start cultivating.

In the near future, he would certainly be able to fulfill his dreams… Sword Kinesis Flight, flying three thousand miles at one go, and crossing the 19 states in an instant!

As for the average cultivation techniques being unsuitable for him… that was nothing!

As a transmigrator, how could he show that he was special if any average cultivation techniques out there suited him?

Those techniques being incompatible to him would be most normal.

I understand!

There was quite a distance between the Forbidden Grounds and the sect grounds. Su Yin was an average man, his speed wasn't fast, neither was he able to use Sword Kinesis Flight.

Chen Yu and Zhao Ruoxu thought that their Grand Uncle-Master was intentionally contemplating life, and their admiration for him grew even more.

Following behind him, they introduced the world of cultivation to their Grand Uncle-Master and they also told him everything in regards to the sect's current situation.

Although the Great Yan Prefecture was just a state at the extreme border of the Qianyuan Continent. It actually covered a huge area of land. With its diameter going beyond hundreds of thousands of miles.

The number of existing sects in the Great Yan Prefecture weren't less than thousands.

In order to standardize and allocate resources more efficiently, an alliance of sects was made and they established a rule that involved appraising each and every sect in the Great Yan Prefecture once every five years.

The various sects throughout the prefecture were divided into grades depending on the number of their elites, as well as their overall capability. A sect could be placed into the first class, second class, third class, and so on.

The Immortal Guardian Sect was considered very powerful when the "cheap senior" was still around. But when he died, they gradually declined. Five years ago, they had to exhaust all of their efforts to barely enter the top ten, ranking right at the bottom-end of the first class.

A new round of appraisal will begin three months later. If the Sect Leader, First Elder, and the others were unable to make a breakthrough, they will definitely drop a class.

This was why the Sect Leader along with the others disregarded the danger and went deep into the Jade Sea in search of opportunities.

"Only treasures that are discovered are considered an opportunity. If nothing is found, then it would be the end of them… The cultivation world is indeed perilous!"

With a solemn gaze, Su Yin sobered up significantly.

Immortality and Sword Kinesis Flight were attainable here, but it essentially had to be exchanged for with one's life! Experts were everywhere; the slightest carelessness could lead to your death.

You wouldn't even know how you died!

"Without sufficient strength, one cannot easily go wherever they want."

Hope would continue to exist as long as you are alive.

But once you are dead, there would be nothing left.

"Grand Uncle-Master… The Master and the Elders have been waiting inside for you inside for a long time already!"

Just as he was musing, Chen Yu's voice sounded. Su Yin then realized that he had arrived before a large hall. Taking in a deep breath, he lifted his foot and stepped in.

The hall was spacious. It covered a good few hundred square meters.

Thick and huge stone pillars supported the wooden roof, giving one a sense of boundlessness.

Inside the hall, several old men bowed with cupped fists upon seeing him walk in.

Then, their combined voices reverberated.

"Greetings, Little Uncle-Master…"

After nodding, Su Yin looked at the six people before him.

According to Chen Yu's introduction, there were only six Elders left in the whole sect: 9th Elder Wu Yuan, 10th Elder Yuan Buyi, 13th Elder Mu Kaishan, 17th Elder Sun Tinghe, 18th Elder Zhang Liaoqing, and the administrative Elder Tian Yuan.

These people were all at the Immortal Temple Realm.

Even the strongest among them all, Elder Wu Yuan, was only around Class 5 of the Immortal Temple Realm. He was still a long way from the Grand Master Realm.

It was no wonder why they forced him to leave seclusion. The cultivation levels of these elders were indeed insufficient to support a first-class sect in a place such as the Great Yan Prefecture.

While he surveyed everyone, the Elders were also watching him. Very soon, they were staring at one another.

Hadn't he cultivated earnestly for ten years?

Then, why… why does he look like he doesn't have any bit of cultivation strength at all?

After hesitating for a moment, Elder Wu Yuan could not help but speak, "Chen Yu should have told you about the problems that the sect is facing. We hope Uncle-Master can preside over the sect!"

"I can preside over the sect, but I have two things I have to make clear in advance."

Su Yin voiced the things that he had contemplated on the way, "First, I am only taking charge of the sect in name, I will not manage the affairs of the sect, nor would I interfere. As for how to convince and stabilize the disciples, you have to find a way yourselves."

Since ancient times, wealth and authority had always tempted the human heart. Before he had sufficient capabilities to actually handle the sect, he must not open this can of worms.

Everyone nodded.

Previously, these elders had been worried that this Little Uncle-Master would forcefully manage the sect after he learned of its situation. But now, it seemed like they were overthinking.

Su Yin went on, "Second, I need a quiet place to live in. It's best if it has a huge courtyard where I can grow vegetables, grow rations, and won't be easily disrupted by people."

"This…"

After hesitating for a moment, Elder Wu Yuan said, "There is such a place. But it has been uninhabited for a long time. Moreover, it's a little remote, and the spiritual aura isn't too strong…"

"So long as it's quiet!" Su Yin nodded.

Right now, the more low-key he was, the better.

It was best if he did not interact with anybody. Otherwise, he would easily be exposed.

As for remoteness… could it be even more remote than the Forbidden Grounds?

"I will have someone tidy it right away!"

After responding, Wu Yuan looked over at him. A slightly conflicted expression appeared on his face, "Forgive me for my boldness. I wonder… which realm Little Uncle-Master is already at?"

He wasn't the only one who found it odd, the other five elders were similarly confused as him.

They were already at the Immortal Temple Realm, yet they still couldn't perceive Su Yin's capabilities. Could it be that in just ten years… he had surpassed them already?

"Me?" Being questioned directly, Su Yin was embarrassed. He wanted to conceal the truth but he ultimately shook his head, "I'm just a mortal…"

"Mortal?"

Everyone was stunned at the same time.

After a moment of hesitance, Wu Yuan asked, "Then… May I use divine consciousness to probe for a moment?"

An innate Dao body and after ten years of diligent cultivation…

A mortal?

Is he joking with us?

"You may!" Su Yin nodded.

"Excuse me…"

Breathing a sigh of relief, Elder Wu Yuan's consciousness moved. His divine consciousness immediately extended forward. But soon enough, a frown spread on his face.

He felt the slightest fluctuation of true vitality aura!

The force continued.

He distinctly sensed that when his divine consciousness penetrated the other party's skin, he felt as if he struck steel and bedrock. He found it difficult to even move an inch forward. Furthermore, Su Yin's muscles itself carried an extremely strong sense of suppression against him.

It seemed to be actively repelling his strength.

Boom!

Then, a majestic aura came sweeping towards him. For a moment, he was a little delirious, he felt as if what he was examining was no longer an average man, but an immortal.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

He took seven to eight steps back successively, his face pale.

Immortals must not be insulted and sages could not be probed.

The legends had it that immortals or sages contained the Great Dao in their bodies and the average person was not allowed to casually pry into. If they made such an offense, they would automatically suffer a backlash.

Could it be that an innate Dao body of immortal bloodline also had such an ability?

"Let's try again!"

Gritting his teeth, he exhausted all of his efforts this time.

But after several breaths, he could no longer bear it.

With a "pu", fresh blood spurted out of his mouth.

"What's wrong?"

The five remaining elders extended their divine consciousness over with equal curiosity.

"Don't!"

Elder Wu Yuan hurriedly shook his head. But before his words could reach them, the five elders retreated the same way as he did. Their faces looked extremely pale.

"…"

Su Yin smiled bitterly.

Previously, he had still been worried that these elders would be too prideful and wouldn't work well with him. But now it seemed like he had been overthinking…

He'd even spat blood…

They were clearly even more professional than Chen Yu and the others!

Everybody in the highly esteemed Immortal Guardian Sect, one of the top ten first-class sects of Great Yan Prefecture had become skilled actors for the sake of self-preservation! This was truly not an easy task!

Pitiful!

Wretched!

Sad!

"If there is no other matter, I shall be heading to my residence…"

Knowing that it was his lack of capabilities that reduced everyone to this state, Su Yin felt as if he was sitting on thorns.

"Er… sure!"

After faltering for a moment, Wu Yuan gave an order.

Chen Yu and Zhao Ruoxu walked out with Little Uncle-Master.

Once he left, the room quietened down again.

"I understand now!"

After quite a long time, Elder Wu Yuan's wore a grave look on his face as his voice reverberated throughout the area, "He is indeed the Little Uncle-Master! He is far-sighted to the point that we cannot compare to him! To be honest, why haven't I thought of this method?"

Everybody was puzzled.

Instead of directly answering the questions within the minds of the elders, Elder Wu Yuan asked them, "If someone with an innate Dao body and an immortal bloodline cultivated for ten whole years told you that he is just an ordinary mortal without the slightest cultivation… Would you believe it?"

"No!"

"If I say he has reached the Grand Master Realm, would you believe it?"

"I still do not!"

"And this is where Little Uncle-Master is the most brilliant!

"According to what I said, by pretending to have the capabilities of a Grand Master at the age of eighteen…

"He could definitely be counted as the first in the entire Great Yan Prefecture to have such a cultivation realm at eighteen years of age!

"He could even rank among the first five in the whole Qianyuan Continent. With such a great reputation, there will certainly be countless powerhouses coming forward to challenge him…"

Elder Wu Yuan explained, "He can dodge once. But what about twice, thrice, and many other times? The day when his lie would be exposed would come sooner or later!"

Everyone nodded.

While bearing immense fame, he would also have to endure even greater pressure.

"Pretending to be a mortal, retreating as advancing, doing the exact opposite, hiding his true cultivation, preventing people from seeing false and the truth at the same time…

"This carries greater deterrence and is even more unsettling to others!

"It is better than the so-called 'pretending to be an expert' strategy!"

Elder Wu Yuan sighed. "Although Little Uncle-Master is only eighteen years old, he is able to easily manipulate the hearts of humans. This thinking—this wisdom and intelligence, we simply cannot compare to!"

"If he says he is strong, no one would believe it. But if he says that he is weak, people would still not believe it. In that case, why not make it more mysterious and pretend that he has no cultivation strength at all? It'll make people suspicious and wary!

"The effect would instead be even better than if he pretends to be an expert!"

Everyone was suddenly enlightened.

Recalling the youth's actions once again, the more they thought about it, the more they felt that his actions indeed fit the idea perfectly. It was flawless.

"Little Uncle-Master's pretense has already begun, we cannot hold him back. From today onwards, everyone has to get serious, do not breathe a word about his cultivation!"

Elder Wu Yuan instructed, "In addition, his whereabouts are to be kept confidential. Let everyone know that there is such a person, but do not let them know where he is! Mix the truth with the false, the more mysterious the better!"

"Yes!"

Everyone cupped their fists.

This was the true pretense!

His casual actions contained such astounding profound meanings…

He was truly the Little Uncle-Master.

We are impressed!