601: Dean

Xiao Fan furrowed his brows, thinking, 'Isn't this guy Abbot Yinian of the God Spirit Esoteric Sect?'

Isn't he being a bit too humble?

It's a little strange.

Just then, the big bald man, Yinian, quickly said, "Even our Junior Martial Uncle has to call you Young Lord. In terms of seniority, you should be a little higher than me."

"This..." Xiao Fan frowned and said, "There's no need."

Yinian suddenly glanced at Xuanzang, who was meditating with his eyes closed beside him, and finally said, "There is a need. Just call me Little Ape."

Then, he looked up and called out, waking up Second Baldy, saying, "Give him the Martial Arts imprint that Junior Martial Uncle told us about before."

Second Baldy opened his sleepy eyes, leaped down, looked at Xiao Fan, bowed respectfully, and then extended his hand, producing a golden Martial Arts imprint.

After Xiao Fan took it, he thanked him, and suddenly remembered the Divine Ape Golden Body Martial Arts. It seemed very similar to the Immovable Wisdom King that the two had demonstrated at the time, so he consulted the two great figures.

Soon, Xiao Fan got the answer he wanted.

The Divine Ape Golden Body indeed came from the same lineage as the Immovable Wisdom King.

And the founder, Heavenly Emperor Zhang, didn't know that the root of this Martial Arts was Buddhist Law back then, but he was still able to modify it to such a profound level, which was enough to show that he was indeed a heaven-blessed Prodigy.

Ape Riot felt a little regretful. If he had been there at the time, it would have been great; that would have been another Buddhist Prodigy comparable to Ye Kuang.

However, Xiao Fan remembered that his elder brother told him that Heavenly Emperor Zhang was not dead and would return in a year.

He told Ape Riot this news.

Ape Riot immediately became extremely excited, muttering words like 'the situation has turned around'.

Finally, Xiao Fan greeted Wukong and then left.

But on his way back, he couldn't help but think that Ape Riot's gaze always seemed to drift towards Xuanzang. That feeling was like... asking?

Like a subordinate, afraid of saying the wrong thing, asking for instructions from a superior.

What a strange feeling.

He'll ask Wukong later; it was inconvenient to ask with so many people around at the time.

After returning to the academy, Xiao Fan spent another three days digesting this Martial Arts, and his progress reached (46/50).

On this day, an unexpected guest arrived at his doorstep.

The white-haired Dean, White Emperor Immortal.

He still remembered the first time he saw this Dean, he wanted to stay far away from him. The sense of crisis in his heart was very strong, which meant that the energy within the person in front of him possessed extremely strong destructiveness.

But then he thought about how he was completely toyed with by the evil spirit, and he wondered if he wasn't such a formidable person after all, just someone who looked very impressive.

However, seeing the old Dean again today, that feeling of heart-pounding fear rose again.

Their eyes met.

White Emperor Immortal's gaze was gentle, but he couldn't help but sigh, saying, "Xiao Fan, you are one of the most outstanding students in the academy's history."

"It's just... I, as the Dean, seem to have never helped you with anything."

"Of course, the evil spirit thing... doesn't count."

"Let's talk as we walk."

Xiao Fan nodded slightly, and the two walked side by side on the cool street.

White Emperor Immortal suddenly looked north, pointing at the distant hazy white mist and saying, "Actually, a long time ago, the Imperial Capital used to snow."

"The previous Dean said, 'What era is it now? It's not hard to see snow.' I think a place like the Imperial Capital is better off being a little warmer. Aren't we fighting to shelter the people from wind and rain?"

"So he found a way to move a huge mountain range over and placed it in that position, blocking the north wind. That mountain range is called the Snowy Mountain Range, and it blocked both blood and snow from the Imperial Capital."

"If anyone wants to see snow, they can directly climb that mountain."

"Shall we go see that mountain?"

White Emperor Immortal chuckled.

Xiao Fan nodded slightly.

"Let's see who gets to the peak I'm pointing at faster?" White Emperor Immortal suddenly said again.

Xiao Fan raised an eyebrow, turned his head, and instantly teleported!

But just as he landed, suddenly...

"Crack!"

A cracking sound came from his ear, and his entire body was fixed in place.

Xiao Fan, with a look of astonishment, looked up and saw that White Emperor Immortal had already reached the mountain top, his white hair merging with the snow. He stood on the peak, smiling kindly and waving.

Xiao Fan, filled with confusion, teleported again to catch up.

This time, that strange accident didn't happen, and he successfully landed beside White Emperor Immortal.

The biting cold wind struck his cheeks, and the roaring sound filled his ears.

The world before him was a sea of white, reminding him that it was already January.

Before he could ask what had just happened, his gaze was completely drawn to the scenery on this snowy mountain top!

From here, he could see the boundless Human Race territory, young men and women practicing hard in the snow, middle-aged men with serious expressions on tiptoes watching border news, worried middle-aged women beside them, and old men smoking in grand armchairs.

He could even vaguely see the Eight War Zones. If it weren't for Blue Star being round, he might even be able to directly see everything happening on the battlefield at that moment.

The view from this position was perfect.

White Emperor Immortal, seeing Xiao Fan immersed in the scenery, chuckled and said, "When I was young, I was often sick. Perhaps it was because my talent was too good, and my body couldn't handle it."

"My father was an old-fashioned man. He believed that if one's body was weak, one should practice more. So, from a young age, I grew up on this snowy mountain, competing with my father every day to see who could climb faster."

"And I was quite unwilling to admit defeat, so several times, to beat my father, I climbed until I vomited blood and fainted."

"From childhood to adulthood, I never won against him once."

"I said he was just relying on his age to bully me because I was young."

"He said, 'Yes, I'm old, but I'll also get older, and you'll grow up. By then, won't you be able to always win against me?'"

"This was just a very ordinary conversation. Perhaps my father has long forgotten it; only I in the world remember."

"I was always waiting to grow up, waiting for him to get old."

"But as I waited, I forgot about climbing the snowy mountain with him, about winning against him."

"Because I awakened my talent, entered a higher academy, and naturally joined the Super God Class of that generation. Every day, countless new things occupied my time and energy, and gradually made me forget the past."

At this moment, White Emperor Immortal suddenly turned to look at Xiao Fan, and two tiny hexagonal stars appeared in his eyes.

He said indifferently, "My talent is the Eye of Truth, very similar to Zeus's talent, a weakened version of his."

"I can also analyze everything, but it's hard to analyze to his extent."

"However, my analysis is live analysis. For example, when facing your Space Laws, I can analyze and dismantle this power as you activate it."

"And during this time, I heard you were lacking Myth-Grade... no, it should be Illusory God Level now."

"When I learned you were lacking an Illusory God Level amplification Martial Arts, I went to Lu Huanshan and his students, and after several months of research, we came up with one."

"Do you still remember Lu Huanshan?"

Xiao Fan nodded slightly and said, "I remember, the strongest Martial Arts enchanter at Shanhai Pass."

"To be precise, he is the strongest Martial Arts enchanter of the Human Race. He has been doing this job for hundreds of years, and the number of Martial Arts in his mind is no less than yours," White Emperor Immortal said calmly.

Suddenly, Xiao Fan thought of something and chuckled, "That great figure of his, to bargain with me and lower the price of my built-in Martial Arts, even pretended to be someone else."

"Later, he even gave me 2 million."

"That's something he would do." White Emperor Immortal also smiled, raised his hand, took out an amplification Martial Arts named "Heaven and Earth Boundless," and handed it to Xiao Fan.

Progress reached (47/50).

Finally, White Emperor Immortal patted Xiao Fan's shoulder and said, "Talking to you about these things today is just to hope that you won't be like me, so busy with current affairs that you forget the past, forget the path you took to get here."

After speaking, White Emperor Immortal turned and left.

Xiao Fan carefully put away the Martial Arts, looked at the white figure, and suddenly asked loudly, " Dean, what happened next in the story?"

The Dean didn't look back, and slowly said, "Later, I inherited his position, and he went out to the Star Sea with Overlord."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Fan's heart skipped a beat. He wanted to ask another question: "In all that time in between, did you really never come back here with your father even once?"

But he didn't ask.

Instead, the Dean suddenly paused, turned around, and said, "Oh, right, there's one more thing I almost forgot. Go find the Lord of Jail at the Hall of Valor."

"The Souls are almost ready; he can resurrect his Revered Master now. The evil spirit is going crazy with impatience."

"Also, the Empress of the Divine Silk Deer Race has been living in the Hall of Valor these past few years. Her memories have almost fully recovered, so perhaps you can get another volume from her."