Chapter 31: Young and Reckless
Dream Dao Attainment, Opening Scheme Against Cultivators
Dream-Making Expert
After fresh rain in the empty mountains, in a small mountain village courtyard illuminated by a single Faded Lamp.
Fang Yun, dressed as a barefoot doctor, warmed a pot of new wine and sliced a plate of cured meat and sausages, then set them out. He smiled at Wan Teng, who was dressed in military attire.
“A poor reception.”
“Junior Brother is being too formal. Before I met Master back then, I had eaten my share of bitterness too.”
Wan Teng laughed boldly, drinking in great gulps and eating in large bites, showing none of the pampered airs of someone accustomed to comfort, nor any disdain for Fang Yun.
Fang Yun smiled and didn’t say much. He simply accompanied Wan Teng in drinking, inwardly guessing at Wan Teng’s purpose in coming.
Though both of them had once learned from Lin Qi’s own mouth that Lin Qi had three disciples in total.
They had never met each other.
Nor did Lin Qi have any intention of letting them meet in reality.
And just two days ago, Lin Qi had told him in a dream that he would be traveling far for a while, instructing him to cultivate diligently and keep a low profile in all things.
Yet Wan Teng had suddenly shown up at his door, announcing his own name and acknowledging him as his nominal Junior Brother.
This made it hard for Fang Yun not to suspect the intentions of this nominal Second Senior Brother.
Wan Teng saw Fang Yun’s faint wariness and wasn’t angry. He only smiled.
“Come to think of it, this is the first time you and I have met. It would be nice if Eldest Senior Sister were here too.”
“By the way, have you ever seen Eldest Senior Sister?”
Fang Yun shook his head.
Wan Teng smiled again. “So you’ve never seen Eldest Senior Sister. But that’s normal. After all, we haven’t even truly seen Master.”
“Sometimes I wonder whether I really have a Master, or whether everything is just a dream of mine…”
“Senior Brother Wan, you’re drunk.”
Fang Yun frowned, interrupting Wan Teng’s words with displeasure.
He would not allow anyone to question Master, even if that person was Wan Teng.
“Junior Brother Fang. Have you ever participated in the Ascension Assembly?”
Wan Teng wasn’t angry at Fang Yun’s interruption. Instead, he asked.
Fang Yun shook his head.
“I went.”
Wan Teng toyed with his wine cup and laughed at himself. “Yet I failed to pass the Ascension Assembly’s test. Isn’t that incredible? I was clearly a Qi Refining first-layer cultivator, yet I couldn’t pass the Ascension Assembly’s test.”
Fang Yun couldn’t hide his surprise. He blurted out, “How can this be? Could it be because the technique we cultivate doesn’t meet the Ascension Assembly’s testing criteria?”
“I thought so at first too.”
Wan Teng sneered. “But later I understood. It wasn’t that I was lacking. It was my surname, my bloodline, that was lacking. Haha, Junior Brother Fang, do you know what the Ascension Assembly’s real test is?”
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It’s not talent, aptitude, bone structure, or ability. It’s surname and bloodline.”