162: Junior Brother Lin Fan! I have a piece of advice for you.

Yang Yucheng continued to laugh.

He instantly appeared before the main hall's entrance, slightly turned, and looked towards Junior Brother Lin Fan.

"What's a Sect Head position? In the face of true strength, it's merely an empty title. Taking this position would benefit Junior Brother Lin Fan the most."

"For me, it's already nothing out of the ordinary."

"Today, I, your Senior Brother, will give Junior Brother Lin Fan a piece of advice: in this world, reputation is always superficial; strength is what's real! If a reputation can be converted into cultivation resources, then by all means, utilize it. But if you value it too much, you might take a huge fall!"

"I hope Junior Brother Lin Fan, you cherish your journey!"

After Senior Brother Yang Yucheng finished his last sentence, he transformed into a streak of spiritual light, soaring directly towards the hundred zhang spirit boat.

Not long after.

The spirit boat activated, turning into a bolt of lightning, traversing a thousand li in an instant, and departing beyond the Sect!

Upon witnessing this scene,

the Sect Disciples, regardless of their state of mind, all looked up and bowed in unison, tacitly shouting: "Respectfully seeing off the Sect Head! Departing!"

Outside,

Yang Yucheng's image underwent a complete transformation. Within the Sect, no one dared to speak of the events of that day, so Yang Yucheng's image within the Sect seemed to have made a comeback against the odds.

In this world, all notions of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and integrity are superficial.

Possessing strength, wielding power, and holding authority — these are what's truly real, and others will stand by your side.

Yang Yucheng successfully achieved this.

"So I'm half the Sect Head of the Sect now?"

Lin Fan returned to Tianding Peak, still somewhat surprised and uncertain.

He came here and looked at Senior Sister Bai Yanyan in front of him, and also at another Master, Great Elder Bai Yuanqi!

There's also a distinction between a 'Shifu' and a 'Master'.

Bai Yuanqi and he only shared a Master-Disciple bond, whereas the Master beside him was the one who had walked with him every step of the way to the present, a teacher meant to accompany him for life.

These two absolutely cannot be compared; the difference is too great, too vast!

Coming before Bai Yuanqi, Lin Fan recounted the matter.

"You brat, you're not planning to go to the Upper Three Sects as well, are you?"

Bai Yuanqi's eyes were complex, filled with a sense of regret and emotion.

"It should be so!"

Lin Fan paused for a moment, then nodded and smiled: "I knew it, you brat are no worse than Yang Yucheng, so the Upper Three Sects are the stage for your future."

"Phoenix is, after all, still a bit too small to accommodate great figures like you."

In the past,

although Lin Fan lost to Yang Yucheng, their overall strengths were roughly equal, so if Yang Yucheng could go,

how could Lin Fan not?

Everyone had long since guessed it; everything made sense.

"Then before you leave, spend more time with your Senior Sister! She's been quite haggard lately."

Before Bai Yuanqi left, he made an additional request to Lin Fan.

Years changed, seas turned to dust; this love could become a memory, but at that time, it was already a blur!

Seeing Senior Sister Bai Yanyan again,

Lin Fan’s heart, once filled with the pursuit of Bai Yanyan and the jealousy he felt due to her admiration for Sect Head Senior Brother Yang Yucheng,

had long since vanished!

Along the way, he had experienced life and death countless times, and his mindset gradually matured.

The young boy of the past had also become more mature and steady!

"Senior Sister, long time no see!"

Coming before Bai Yanyan, Lin Fan slowly said.

Bai Yanyan was indeed much thinner than before, but looking at her figure, there didn't seem to be any major problems.

"Junior Brother Lin Fan, you finally came to see me!"

Looking at Lin Fan, Bai Yanyan's eyes were complex.

A strained smile hung on her face, "The words Junior Brother said to me in the past, you have now fulfilled one by one! It’s truly commendable!"

And what Grand Elder Bai Yuanqi could think of, she, his granddaughter, could also think of!

"But presumably, in another year or so, you will also leave. At that time, throughout the entire Sect, only I, your Senior Sister, will remain!"

"Senior Brother left, and Junior Brother is also leaving!"

Bai Yanyan said this.

Lin Fan could only gently comfort her from the side.

"Perhaps, one day, Senior Sister can come too, it's not impossible!"

"Let's not!"

Bai Yanyan shook her head: "Your Senior Sister, I know my place. I can't compare to Senior Brother, nor can I compare to you, Junior Brother!"

Bai Yanyan turned around.

If she were sitting in front of this secluded pond, standing quietly here, she clearly didn't want to be disturbed.

As for Lin Fan's comfort, it seemed not that important.

Seeing this, Lin Fan could only sigh and temporarily leave!

Anyway, for the next period, he would still be within the Sect, and there would be plenty of opportunities to meet this Senior Sister.

"Alas!"

As Lin Fan turned around,

Bai Yanyan, who had just been gazing into the distance, instead slightly turned her body and looked at Lin Fan, watching his back.

After a long time,

a gentle breeze blew, and Bai Yanyan's eyes rippled slightly as she softly spoke.

"Junior Brother Lin Fan's back is becoming more and more like Senior Brother Yang Yucheng's!"

"Indeed, chosen ones all have commonalities."

She, Bai Yanyan!

Originally had some fondness for Junior Brother Lin Fan, and later some admiration for Senior Brother Yang, but now, both of them had left her.

Ultimately, it was a fated encounter without a shared destiny.

The girl's affections could only be forced to be buried deep in her heart, nothing more!

Coming out from behind Great Elder Bai Yuanqi's courtyard mountain,

Lin Fan's body trembled, his Aura surged, spreading outwards.

Immediately,

a figure fell from a tree.

Blood Spirit was buried in the nearby grass.

When she emerged from the grass, her hair was a bit messy and covered with small leaves, but she was still pouting, walking towards Lin Fan with her head held high.

She stood with her hands on her hips, looking like she was spoiling for a fight.

"Do you still have feelings for that Senior Sister of yours?"

Blood Spirit was here to accuse him.

Lin Fan didn't respond.

He merely reached out and gently tidied the leaves from Blood Spirit’s somewhat malnourished, yellowish hair.

Only after all the leaves were removed did he continue with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense, Senior Sister and I only share camaraderie as fellow Disciples!"

"Then, what about your childhood sweetheart?"

Blood Spirit still didn't intend to let Lin Fan off the hook.

This good opportunity was hard to come by!

A look of reminiscence flashed in Lin Fan's eyes!

He came back to his senses.

Only to find that Blood Spirit in front of him had already become particularly angry.

"Lin Fan, you big scoundrel, you're simply a big bad guy! You've already fallen for me, how can you still like someone else here?"

"How can one person eat two dishes? You can only eat one!"

"Only one!"