Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

21: Chapter 21 Ye Chen, fortunes change every thirty years! Never underestimate a young man’s potential!Sure enough, three days later, Ji Yingying and four other fellow Disciples stepped out from the entrance of the Myriad Beast Valley.

The corners of everyone’s robes showed signs of damage, but a flash of pearly white on Ji Yingying’s wrist was particularly striking.

It was a small snake, its entire body like jade, quietly coiled there.

Gu Yan swept his gaze over the group and then glanced into the depths of the valley entrance; Xuan Chenzi was not accompanying them.

After that, the days returned to their usual monotony.

Another year passed in the blink of an eye.

When the three-year guard duty period ended, Gu Yan and Ji Yingying returned together to the Sect’s Mission Hall.

The journey was quiet, with only the mountain Peaks visible rising and falling in the sea of clouds.

Ji Yingying suddenly spoke, breaking the silence: ”Junior Brother Gu, regarding before... thank you.”

Gu Yan was slightly startled and looked over: ”Senior Sister, why do you say that?”

Ji Yingying gently stroked the white snake on her wrist, and the little snake flicked its tongue, appearing docile.

”That day, the Xuan Chenzi invited you to enter the inner valley with him. If you had gone, the ownership of this little guy might not have fallen to me.”

She knew well that Gu Yan could easily subdue a mutated white tiger; his strength was unfathomable.

Therefore, Gu Yan’s absence had invisibly spared her a formidable rival, and she noted this favor.

Hearing this, Gu Yan couldn’t help but smile inwardly.

This Senior Sister Ji had a straightforward personality, even thanking him solemnly for a favor that didn’t really count as help.

However, this frankness did make him feel a bit better about Ji Yingying.

He shook his head and simply said: ”Senior Sister, you take it too seriously; Opportunity is just a matter of fate.”

Inside the Mission Hall, after handing over his token, he received three taiyi currency notes, each with a denomination of ten thousand.

Gu Yan was calculating as he headed back to the small courtyard on the east side of Danxia Peak, when his steps suddenly paused.

He hadn’t returned in three years; the monthly rent of five hundred contribution points must have long been overdue, and the courtyard should have been reclaimed by the Sect, right?

He turned and headed to the Administration Hall to inquire.

The responsible Disciple flipped through the accounts, looked up, and said: ”Senior Brother Gu, the fees for the courtyard at Dongbing No. 17 on Danxia Peak have already been paid in full, and it was prepaid for ten years.”

”Ten years?” Gu Yan’s heart skipped a beat.

Five hundred contributions a month, six thousand a year, that meant sixty thousand for ten years!

This was by no means a small sum.

Seeing his confused expression, the Disciple added: ”It was paid on your behalf by Senior Sister Lin Wei from Danxia Peak.”

”As I thought.” Gu Yan sighed inwardly.

When he originally accepted the long-term mission, he did have the intention of temporarily leaving the Sect to let their feelings cool down.

Unexpectedly, upon his return, he owed an even heavier favor.

As for simply abandoning the courtyard and finding another place? Gu Yan couldn’t bring himself to do such a thing.

He wasn’t oblivious to romance; he understood her intentions, but the path to immortality was long, and worldly ties had to be handled with caution.

But for now, he could only take it one step at a time.

After thanking the administration Disciple, Gu Yan returned to the small courtyard with mixed feelings.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, the expected dust did not appear.

The stone table in the courtyard was clean, and there wasn’t even a spiderweb in the corners; clearly, someone had been carefully maintaining it.

It went without saying who had done this, and he couldn’t accept such a generous favor for nothing.

Therefore, Gu Yan turned around and headed straight to Changqing Workshop.

He spent quite a few contributions to purchase a batch of high-quality medicinal herbs.

Returning to the courtyard, he took out the small Pill Furnace that he hadn’t used in a long time.

Three days later, Lin Wei came to the small courtyard as usual, but found Gu Yan sitting cross-legged under the old tree in the courtyard.

She was startled at first, then surprise bloomed in her eyes: ”Junior Brother Gu? You... you’re back?”