Chapter 245: Chapter 245 The Heartless Gong Caiyi
She thought about Jiang Fan for a whole month.
The disciples seated there had grown tired of her mentions.
Several times she considered inviting Jiang Fan to the Spirit Beast Sect, but had to put it aside due to the impending Beast Tide and the lack of time.
Suddenly, she saw Jiang Fan appear before her.
How could she not be dazed?
Jiang Fan took two steps back, cupped his hands and smiled, saying: “The Sect Master asked me to massage.”
“It is not an offense from a junior.”
Gong Caiyi finally understood.
Earlier, she was too focused and treated Jiang Fan, who came close, as if he were Yingtao to order around.
Making him both serve tea and massage her shoulders.
She couldn’t help but laugh and cry: “Why didn’t you say anything?”
Jiang Fan said: “The Sect Master was too focused, I didn’t want to disturb.”
Gong Caiyi looked at the much-changed Jiang Fan and felt a sense of passing years.
Clearly, they had only been apart for a month.
Yet it felt like a long, long time had passed.
Suppressing her emotions, she showed a long-lost smile and warmly said: “Sit down.”
She pointed to her own wide long chair.
This long chair was carved from top-quality Spirit Wood, suitable for both sitting and lying down for rest.
Jiang Fan waved his hand: “Junior dare not.”
This was the Sect Master’s chair.
He, an Outer Sect disciple, how could he sit casually?
Gong Caiyi had extraordinary fondness for Jiang Fan and didn’t adhere to too many formalities with him.
Pressing his shoulders down to make him sit, she said:
“Here with me, no need for complex formalities.”
However, the people outside the hall stared wide-eyed.
The Sect Master actually let Jiang Fan sit on the exclusive throne of the Sect Master?
Yi Lianxing trembled and said: “Junior Sister Yuan, have you ever sat on that chair?”
Yuan Zhiyu shook her head straight: “Are you kidding?”
“That is the Sect Master’s seat, would you dare sit if it were given to you?”
Watching Jiang Fan sitting shoulder to shoulder with Gong Caiyi on the Sect Master’s throne, Yuan Zhiyu clicked her tongue:
“Isn’t the Master indulging Junior Brother Jiang too much?”
Jiang Fan only felt as if there were thorns under his backside, no way to sit comfortably.
Moreover, Gong Caiyi was overly passionate, commanding people to serve tea while holding her snowy cheeks and staring intently at him.
Making him even more uneasy.
He coughed dryly: “Sect Master, do you have other orders?”
Gong Caiyi paused, only then realizing she had forgotten to ask why Jiang Fan came.
“Right, how come you are here to find me?”
“I thought you didn’t dare to come to the Spirit Beast Sect.”
Back then, Jiang Fan had repeatedly refused the offer to come to the Spirit Beast Sect as the Young Sect Leader.
In the end, she didn’t invite, yet Jiang Fan came on his own.
Jiang Fan countered: “Wasn’t it the Sect Master who summoned me?”
This bewildered Gong Caiyi momentarily and then she exclaimed in surprise:
“Could it be, the one who completed the Black Lotus Bounty Order, was you?”
She only heard from the Task Hall deacon that the person’s surname was Jiang.
She wondered which sect had such an impressive disciple with the surname Jiang.
Unable to get an answer, she wanted to summon the person to see in person.
Who would have thought, this person was Jiang Fan!
“It was indeed this junior.” Jiang Fan said with a wry smile.
Gong Caiyi looked up and down at Jiang Fan incredulously: “No, you gained the strength to slay Black Lotus in just one month?”
She remembered when Jiang Fan barely had the strength to defeat Cao Zhen.
Equivalent to Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer.
It wasn’t long, yet he could kill someone at Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer like Black Lotus…
No, she got insider news that Black Lotus had already broken through to the Core Formation Realm!
At this, Gong Caiyi couldn’t help but stand up.
Gazing at Jiang Fan with burning eyes.
Previously, Jiang Fan had extraordinary talents in many aspects, except he was thought to have no Spirit Root and deemed to have no future in the Martial Path.
How could Jiang Fan be without Spirit Root?
He definitely had a top-level extraordinary Spirit Root!
Thinking of this, her breathing quickened.
Jiang Fan felt even more uneasy under her intense gaze, saying: “Sect Master, I’ve come to exchange for Earth Phoenix Grass Marrow.”
“When can it be exchanged?”
At this moment, he just wanted to leave the Spirit Beast Sect as soon as possible.
Gong Caiyi came back to her senses, suppressing the overwhelming emotions inside, and calmly sat back down, saying:
“You came all this way, why rush?”
She said in a relaxed tone.
Meanwhile, she pondered how to keep Jiang Fan here.
A prodigy with simultaneous talents in Sword Path, comprehension, medicine refining, body refinement, and the most crucial Martial Path talent.
If he didn’t belong to the Spirit Beast Sect, it would be worse than killing her.
But she couldn’t think of a good way for the moment.
Seeing the atmosphere gradually becoming awkward, she pointed to the bamboo scroll on the table, saying: “Read the book.”
“With your high comprehension, perhaps you can gain some insights into the Spirit Beast Sect’s Beast Taming Technique as well.”
Jiang Fan also felt a bit awkward.
So he diverted his attention to the bamboo scroll.
Opening the title page, he was surprised to find that it was an Earth-level Technique named “Spirit Control Technique!”
He quickly closed it, saying: “This is your sect’s secret technique, I cannot read it.”
Are you kidding, among the Nine Sect, there were hardly any sects with Earth-level Techniques?
If they had one, it would definitely be their sect’s core secret among core secrets.
How could an outsider like him read it?
But Gong Caiyi smiled warmly, reopening it, saying: “Feel free to read.”
“This book has gone through several generations of sect masters and has been lost to our sect. I have not comprehended it either.”
“If you can help our sect comprehend it, there will be a great reward.”
Jiang Fan said with a wry smile: “I don’t want a reward.”
“As long as the Sect Master can exchange the Earth Phoenix Grass Marrow as promised, that will be fine.”
Without hesitation, Gong Caiyi nodded her snow-white chin: “No problem.”
With this, Jiang Fan attentively started reading “Spirit Control Technique.”
Little did he know, a cunning gleam flashed in Gong Caiyi’s gentle eyes.
Yuan Zhiyu outside the hall was stunned, holding her red lips, her eyes full of disbelief.
“Junior Sister Yuan, what happened?”
Seeing her so surprised, Yi Lianxing asked in astonishment.
Yuan Zhiyu secretly pointed to the bamboo scroll, saying: “That… that is the secret volume only for sect masters to read!”
“Usually, we disciples are not allowed to even take a glance.”
“But the master handed it to Jiang Fan to read!”
She recalled Gong Caiyi jokingly saying she wanted to invite Jiang Fan to be the Young Sect Leader.
She mumbled, unsure whether to be happy or worried:
“Junior Brother Jiang might not be leaving the Spirit Beast Sect.”
Yi Lianxing’s beautiful eyes widened in shock, gasping:
“You mean, Jiang Fan will be appointed as the Young Sect Leader of the Spirit Beast Sect?”
Completely unaware Jiang Fan.
Was meticulously reading the bamboo scroll, explaining his insights to Gong Caiyi.
At first, Gong Caiyi occasionally stole glances at Jiang Fan and the bamboo scroll.
But gradually, as Jiang Fan’s explanations went deeper, Gong Caiyi became more engrossed.
Many of her previously unanswered questions became clear under his explanation.
The light of dusk shone on their focused faces.
Jiang Fan closed the last page, slouched his shoulders, and let out a long sigh: “That’s it; these are my interpretations.”
“If the Sect Master has any questions, you can ask me.”
Gong Caiyi still immersed herself in the understanding.
Her mind filled with Jiang Fan’s insights.
As the leader of a sect, her comprehension wouldn’t be inferior.
After a while, she digested all his explanations.
She tried practicing according to these insights.
With a seal technique struck, a complex Sanskrit symbol danced in her palm.
This made Gong Caiyi so excited she stumbled over her words: “It is Sanskrit! Beast Taming Sanskrit!”
“I’ve succeeded! The top Earth-level Technique, ‘Spirit Control Technique,’ of the Spirit Beast Sect after two hundred years, I succeeded in cultivating it!”
Her excitement was beyond words.
She embraced Jiang Fan emotionally, her voice carrying a slight sob:
“Thank you, thank you…”
“I’ve fulfilled the wishes of several generations of sect masters and honored my master’s dying instructions!”
“I didn’t let them down… sob…”
Jiang Fan was stunned.
Feeling himself being tightly hugged by soft warmth, his mind went blank.
Especially his arms, pressured by her ample bosom.
He couldn’t help but feel his heart race.
The people outside the hall were also wide-eyed.
Unable to believe what they were seeing.
Especially Yuan Zhiyu.
Staring unblinkingly at the scene.
“Is that… really my master?”