Li Tiancheng was also affected by the aftermath and nearly lost his balance. He noticed that none of the inner disciples were willing to protect him, so his face paled slightly. Several inner sect brothers suffered losses at Li Tianyan’s hands, and he suspected they were already angry with him. If he had known this, he would not have participated in this dangerous encounter.

Watching Li Tianyan easily battling Xiao Zhengqing, he felt even more resentful. Li Tianyan had been a failure in his eyes since he was a child, but everyone around him said that he would soar if he joined Tianfan Immortal Sect. Even his father favored Li Tianyan even more because of this. Li Tiancheng was the legitimate son with excellent talent, yet he never received proper attention from his father.

Until the Tianfan Immortal Sect election, Li Tiancheng was tested and found to have intermediate qualifications of three spiritual roots, while Li Tianyan was considered a useless person with five spiritual roots. At that moment, Li Tiancheng thought he was the one favored by fate and would become a powerful immortal.

But when he arrived at Tianfan Immortal Sect, he realized that with his qualifications, it was challenging to build a foundation, and the sect wouldn’t waste too many resources on them. Meanwhile, Li Tianyan, whom he thought would be trampled like an ant, had turned into a ninth-level Qi Condensation cultivator. If Li Tianyan went to Tianfan Immortal Sect, he would likely be trained as a direct disciple. Thinking of this, Li Tiancheng suddenly hoped Xiao Zhengqing could kill Li Tianyan by mistake.

Unfortunately, Li Tiancheng’s expectations were soon dashed. The scimitar in Xiao Zhengqing’s hand was cut into two pieces and was knocked off the courtyard wall by Li Tianyan. Seeing Xiao Zhengqing injured and falling to the ground, Li Tiancheng suddenly felt panic in his heart.

“Bold Li Tianyan! You actually injured my Tianfan Immortal Sect disciple!” At that moment, a rather majestic voice sounded nearby, and with it came the coercion of the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

“Senior Brother Yan is here!” Upon hearing this voice, several cultivators showed expressions of relief on their faces. No matter how powerful Li Tianyan was, he could not escape a foundation-establisment cultivator.

As soon as he noticed the Foundation Establishment cultivator’s appearance, Li Tianyan immediately activated the protective formation in the villa. Sure enough, as soon as the protective formation was opened, an attack hit it, and a burst of spiritual light flickered. Although the formation successfully defused the attack from the Foundation Establishment cultivator, the spiritual light of the protective formation dimmed slightly.

Li Tianyan wasn’t surprised. He knew in his heart that the protective formation wouldn’t be able to resist for long. After all, there was a huge difference between Qi-condensation cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators. The protective formation he had set up could withstand at most five attacks from the opponent.

Yan Haoyu appeared in front of the villa’s protective formation. Looking at the two people hiding in the protective formation, he considered them deeply; Li Tianyan was indeed not a simple person.

“Young master, this guy has such a strong aura,” Cheng Qi said. Ever since the man appeared, Cheng Qi felt suppressed by something, and his heart felt heavy and uncomfortable.

“Stay close to me,” Li Tianyan said, pulling Cheng Qi behind him. He used his spiritual power to cover the two of them, slightly dispelling the pressure of the Foundation Establishment cultivator and finally making Cheng Qi feel better.

“Li Tianyan, do you think this protective formation can really stop me?” Yan Haoyu said to the two of them with a majestic look, standing with his hands behind his back.

Li Tianyan smiled and took out his Tianfan Immortal Sect disciple identity badge. “This protective formation can’t stop a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but my master’s respect as an elder should still help block it.”

Everyone looked at the disciple badge in his hand and couldn’t help but show a bit of surprise, especially when they saw the words “Qingdan Palace” engraved on the badge. Several inner disciples stared in disbelief. Li Tianyan actually had a disciple badge, so why hadn’t he taken it out earlier?

Only Yan Haoyu’s face turned gloomy when he saw the famous badge. When they had been tracking Li Tianyan in Yuncheng a few years ago, Elder Tian Min suddenly declared that Li Tianyan was his disciple. Yan Haoyu had felt at the time that Elder Tian Min wanted to monopolize Li Tianyan’s treasure inheritance.

Later, the matter went unsolved due to Li Tianyan’s disappearance. Now Li Tianyan suddenly had the disciple tag of Elder Tian Min. This suggested they had met before, and it explained why Li Tianyan dared to return to Jincheng so arrogantly.

“Senior Brother Yan, this person is very cunning. He once pretended to be Elder Tian Min’s disciple in Yuncheng. This badge is probably fake.” Xiao Zhengqing was uncertain whether the badge was forged or not, but now they were in a bad term with Li Tianyan. If he was allowed to go back and see Elder Tian Min, they might face punishment from the sect.

Fortunately, Senior Brother Yan was on their side. As long as he insisted that Li Tianyan’s badge was fake, Senior Brother Yan could kill Li Tianyan directly to avoid future troubles. If they were blamed, with Senior Brother Yan’s support, they could claim it was a moment of mistaken judgment.

Xiao Zhengqing’s suggestion was indeed what Yan Haoyu wanted. When he heard this, his gloomy expression finally softened a little. He nodded with a serious look and said, “Yes, there is indeed something wrong with the disciple badge in Li Tianyan’s hand. Forging a disciple badge will be punished.”

“Wait a minute.” Cheng Qi didn’t expect them to be so shameless. It broadened his horizons again. However, Li Tianyan remained calm and simply shook the badge in his hand, saying, “You are too careless. It’s really inappropriate. Would you like to take a closer look?”

“You don’t have to look at it. If it’s fake, it’s fake. No matter how many times you look at it, it won’t become true,” Xiao Zhengqing responded immediately.

Yan Haoyu was also concerned that something would happen if he continued to waste time. Just as he was about to attack the protective formation, he heard Li Tianyan inside suddenly say, “Master, if you don’t show up, you will lose your new disciple.”

Note

Just like in some mercenary term, in the sect there will be contribution points where the disciple could spend for numerous resources.