Han Yan felt somewhat embarrassed. Since the first dayâs recruitment selection, she hadnât paid attention and really didnât know who else had been chosen afterward.
"Actually, I came to Long Yan Academy to find someone," Ye Yanran added.
"Who are you looking for?" Han Yan asked.
"I donât know either," Ye Yanran replied.
"Youâre looking for someone, but you donât know who?" Han Yan looked at Ye Yanran with a strange gaze, wondering if she was still not well and talking nonsense.
"Isnât it strange? I find it strange too, but Senior Lu said so," Ye Yanran said with a bitter smile.
"Which Senior Lu?" Han Yanâs heart suddenly stirred.
"Lu Guantian, Senior Lu. Have you heard of him?" Ye Yanran said candidly without much thought.
"What, you mean Lu Guantian!" Han Yan instinctively tightened her grip on Ye Yanranâs arm and asked excitedly.
No wonder Han Yan was so excited. She had long known that the reason Hua Yue and Zirong gathered around her was at Lu Guantianâs behest. Her finding the Sword Heart Soul Cleansing Pond and refining the Cold Sky Sword into a Divine Artifact seemed coincidental on the surface, but upon closer thought, it appeared as if it was an arrangement by fate. Even her reincarnation seemed to be because of Lu Guantian.
Han Yan had too many questions and too much confusion that needed to be resolved by finding Lu Guantian. Unexpectedly, Ye Yanran also came to Long Yan Academy guided by Lu Guantian. Could this matter be related to her as well?
"You know Senior Lu?" Ye Yanran asked happily, seeing Han Yan so excited, seemingly curious about Lu Guantian as well.
"I donât know him, but Iâve long admired him," Han Yan said regretfully. She was indeed fascinated by such a strange person.
"Senior Lu asked you to come to Dragon God Academy to find someone. Whatâs going on?" Han Yan continued to ask.
"Itâs a long story, let me tell you from the beginning," Ye Yanran thought for a moment and said, "I was born in the Barbarian Land to the south of Anyun. Shortly after I was born, my father died of illness. My mother and I depended on each other. Though life was poor, we were at peace with the world.
I always thought that my mother and I were no different from the poor villagers around us, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. I had heard of cultivators but always thought it had nothing to do with us.
It wasnât until three years ago when someone broke into our home, and my mother fought with them, that I realized we werenât ordinary people. At least my mother wasnât ordinary but a very powerful Sword Master.
I also learned that the reason we lived in that Barbarian Land was to avoid disaster.
My mother killed those intruders and told me a big secret. The women in our family have a different bloodline with mysterious powers. But terrifyingly, to certain cultivators, our bloodline is a rare treasure. By extracting and refining our bloodline, one can obtain legendary Innate Divine Ability.
Thousands of years ago, my great-grandmother had a fatal disaster because of this. Her parents and family died to protect her. Great-grandmother, severely injured, fled to the south Barbarian Land with her newborn daughter and settled there incognito.
Thatâs how we hid for thousands of years, yet we still didnât escape those peopleâs notice. They found us.
After killing those people, my mother took me to flee, but shortly after, we were pursued by their comrades. This time, the enemyâs skill was evidently much higher. My mother wasnât their match and used all her strength to protect me to escape, falling into their hands herself.
I didnât get far at that time and was about to be caught. Just then, I encountered Senior Lu, who saved me but couldnât save my mother.
In the following years, I trained with Senior Lu. He told me that my motherâs cultivation was not low, and the enemy couldnât refine the bloodline in a day or two, at least over a decade. As long as I could grasp the mysterious power contained in the Xue Mai, I could attain great strength and rescue my mother.
But my bloodline is constrained by the heavens, sealed as if naturally. To harness the power within, the seal must be broken. But this seal, formed by heaven and earth, canât be broken by ordinary Sealing Masters. Only a similarly talented, bloodline-special cultivator can do it.
Senior Lu divined for me and sent me to Long Yan Academy, saying I could find someone to help here. But exactly who, even he couldnât divine it and told me to go with fate. Thatâs why I came to Long Yan Academy to find someone but donât know who Iâm looking for."
In the end, Ye Yanran spread her hands, also helpless.
"Youâre not afraid Iâll harbor bad intentions after telling me these secrets?" Han Yan asked, surprised after hearing Ye Yanranâs words. She was astonished by the great secret hidden in Ye Yanran and equally surprised by her trust in herself, unafraid of any malicious intent.
"I donât have many friends. Besides you, I canât find any other trustworthy friends. Long Yan Academy is so large, where would I find that person? Perhaps with your help, it would be much easier. After all, you are now Long Yanâs number one playboy, and surely more capable than me," Ye Yanran said with a bitter smile.
Friends, huh? Han Yan looked into Ye Yanranâs clear eyes, feeling touched and somewhat sympathetic.
Remembering when she was recently reincarnated, after betrayal, she was wary of everyone except her parents and younger brother, never daring to open her heart easily, not even to Huayue and Zirong.
At this moment, Ye Yanran was so similar to how she had been. But fortunately for her, she now had Hua Yuezi and others with whom she could entrust her life, far better than Ye Yanran.
"Let me take a look at your Seal," Han Yan said.
"Oh, how are you going to look?" Ye Yanran cautiously watched Han Yan.
"How to look?" Han Yan, seeing Ye Yanranâs odd expression, asked in confusion.
"Do I need to take off my clothes?" Ye Yanran asked, even more on guard.
Several black lines appeared on Han Yanâs forehead, almost causing her to fall over. This lecherous woman, her nature hadnât changed at all.
"No, you donât," Han Yan said with a glare, reaching out to hold her pulse.
Her Divine Sense explored and soon, Han Yan discovered the peculiarities within Ye Yanranâs bloodline.
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