Ye Fan seeking instructions from Ji Yuan

The Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen smiled to Ji Yuan, "Senior, my sword please. We have a soul agreement."

Ji Yuan: …

Ye Fan: ???

Fairy Xuan Xueqi asked curiously, "What soul agreement?"

Ji Yuan reluctantly took out the saintly divine sword from his spatial ring and gave it to the Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen. "Hurry and leave."

The Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen smiled with great delight, "If Senior needs my help in the future, please don't hesitamte to look for me. After all, we are acquaintances now…."

JI Yuan thought bitterly: Do you think that I will dare to look for you again?

Then Qi Qifen was smiling mysteriously to Ji Yuan, "You have saved my life tonight. So I ought to repay Senior in the future."

Ji Yuan muttered, "You can give me back my sword…"

The Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen then began to search the dead body of the Great Saint Shi Dabian and crushed the memory stone that was with him.

Ji Yuan was thinking: She didn't know that I have another memory stone that records the events earlier. Maybe I can use it to blackmail her…

The Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen then turned to smile at Ye Fan, "Young hero, thank you for coming to my aid earlier. I shall not forget about this. If you need any help from me or my Luna Alliance in the future, please let me know."

Ye Fan smiled, "I didn't do anything much really."

The Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen smiled, "May I know which cultivation sect and alliance that you belong to? And this maiden too?"

Fairy Xuan Xuefeng was donning a curtain veil so it was impossible for the Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen to see her features. 

Fairy Xuan Xueqi said impolitely, "This Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen here. You can go now. Or are you placing bets on these two foolish and naïve men at the same time?"

Ji Yuan, Ye Fan: …

The Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen smiled weakly at the impolite words of this lowly 5th realm maiden that dared to expose her hidden cards.

Indeed, she was trying to place bets on either of the two men to gain more advantages in the future.

She guessed that this Senior and this Ye Fan had an unknown relationship and they don't seem to be enemies either. 

And so she though, it was safer to be friendly to both at the same time for now.

The Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen was not angry and she smiled, "This saintess shall take my leave now. Farewell."

With that she had disappeared with great delight in the darkness of the night. 

When Fairy Xuan Xueqi saw that the Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen was gone, she turned to say coldly to Ji Yuan, "Papa, what soul agreement and why did you ask Ye Fan to be here?"

Then she turned to Ye Fan and asked, "Ye Fan, what is going on here?"

Ye Fan stammered, "Erm… actually I…" 

He had promised Senior Ji Yuan not to reveal his meeting with him tonight.

Fairy Xuan Xueqi was not upset with Ye Fan for his hesitations and she knows that it was her papa that had setup Ye Fan tonight or else that Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen would not have mentioned about a soul agreement between the two of them.

Ji Yuan pretended to say, "Alas, I was actually planning to meet Ye Fan in this place to instruct him a thing or two on his sword cultivation. But this thing has to happen…"

"This has nothing to do with the soul agreement between that Great Virtuous Saintess Qi Qifen and you," Fairy Xuan Xueqi coldly said.

Ji Yuan: …

Even Ye Fan was looking at Ji Yuan with a frown.

Ji Yuan laughed as he patted Ye Fan on his shoulder, "I am just trying to test the integrity of Ye Fan here to see if he is a fitting match for you. I must say that he is quite good and you have made a good pick."

Fairy Xuan Xueqi was delighted, "Papa, you don't mean that you have approved of us?"

Even Ye Fan was excited as he looked with anticipation at Ji Yuan, hoping that he would approve of them.

Ji Yuan weakly smiled, "Of course, of course…"

This was a lie of course. 

But seeing his daughter so happy and quickly threw away her cold intelligence aside because of her love for Ye Fan, this made him sighed heavily in his heart.

I will surely expose this Charlatan Ye Fan one day.

This Ye Fan and Qi Qifen are both charlatans. They must have conspired together for sure…

The hearts of the cultivators are dark and treacherous indeed.

Fairy Xuan Xueqi was amicably talking to Ji Yuan now, "Papa, so what instructions do you have for Ye Fan?"

Ye Fan also quickly asked, "Senior, please give me your instructions."

It was his dream of learning sword arts from the Sword Saint Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan looked a little sheepish as he had no intention of teaching this Charlatan Ye Fan anything. 

So he gleefully said, "Ye Fan, you won't be a good sword cultivator. That is because you are not a sword energies cultivator."

When Ye Fan had heard this, his face began to sink and he was sighing heavily.

Fairy Xuan Xueqi was not happy to hear this so she stepped Ji Yuan on his foot.

This caused Ji Yuan to say, "My daughter's sword arts and my sword arts are two different sword cultivations. She isn't a sword energies cultivator like me too and I will only accept a sword energies cultivator as my protégé. However, I can still enlighten you a little. Your Omnipotent Invincible Force is indeed powerful and you should continue to work on it. The fact that you didn't die instantly from that Great Saint Shi Dabian's profound attack proves it. Luckily, he didn't use his full profound strength on you or you won't be able to survive…"

"Get to the point," Fairy Xuan Xueqi coldly interrupted him.

"Hahaha…" Ji Yuan laughed. 

"Therefore I want you to spend 3 hours daily to carve a wooden doll of my Xueqi with a small knife. Can you do that?"

Ye Fan politely answered, "I can do it."

Fairy Xuan Xueqi interrupted Ye Fan, "Don't! He is just making a fool out of you. Papa, are you going to instruct Ye Fan or not?"

Ji Yuan frowned, "I am instructing him but he has weak foundations. Didn't I teach you to carve wooden dolls for 10 years in the past?"

Ye Fan was startled, "Xueqi has been carving wooden dolls for 10 years?" 

Fairy Xuan Xueqi said hatefully to Ji Yuan, "Papa, I have finally realized your intention after all these years for asking me to carve a wooden doll. It is so that you do not have to buy me a doll to play with when I was a child."

Ye Fan: …

Ji Yuan said weakly, "This isn't true at all…" 

Ye Fan had suddenly interrupted, "Senior, how long should I carve the wooden doll?"

Ji Yuan smiled, "As long as you have become very good in it then I shall teach you my sword art. The same wooden doll, you cannot spend more than 3 hours on it."

Ye Fan politely said, "Senior, then I will do as you have said."

"Ye Fan!!!" Fairy Xuan Xueqi was exasperated. "My papa is an old wily fox…" 

Ji Yuan frowned, "This is not the way to talk bad about your papa in front of an outsider."

Fairy Xuan Xueqi pulled Ye Fan's arm to her and smiled, "Ye Fan isn't an outsider to me. You are."

Ji Yuan: …

"It is said that love makes a maiden stupid. Now I really believe it…" 

Then he walked off as he mutttered, "Anyway, don't forget to check this great saint's profound treasures that are on him. See you soon." 

Fairy Xuan Xueqi said to Ye Fan after Ji Yuan was gone, "Don't mind my papa. He is difficult to get along and has a foul mouth." 

Ye Fan smiled to her, "Actually your papa loves you alot and he is only trying to protect you. He has even left the profound treasures of this great saint to us. I understand him and I will make myself worthy for you." 

Fairy Xuan Xueqi tenderly rested her head on his shoulder, "Ye Fan. Ye Fan..."