23 The Old Master, Part Two (1/2)

Yun Tai looked over to see Yun Pei Shan deep in thought and knew he was now taking him seriously after the mention of Feng Che's involvement.

Yun Pei Shan heard Che went to get Feng Tian for a power marriage to strengthen his position but also to allow Feng Tian to avoid getting sucked in by the other officials using the guise of marriage. The family he had selected their daughter was beautiful and gentle, everything Che wanted for his brother. She was proficient in all the arts and had a sweet demeanor.

He gathered all this gossip from a friend who he had placed in Che's inner circle. Her father was one of his allies but also a man of principle and Che liked that about him. So he thought putting these two together in marriage would kill two birds with one stone.

Tian must have somehow told him of his plans and Che is concerned not just for Tian but The Order. He loves his brother and doesn't want him to change because of getting involved with the High Council,but he can't allow him to disrupt it either.

”Hey Tai what are you staring at so intently? Haven't you ever seen an old man enjoying a midnight snack before? I'm glad you decided to have a few skewers”{while I was lost in thought he devoured my barbeque, he sees a stack of bamboo sticks on the ground and cries to himself}

”So old man first the advice it's free right?” Yun Tai is grateful Yun Pei Shan feels teaching is never done.

”Let's hear it”

”I'm thinking if I go into seclusion for three days I should be fine{I would love my usual ten days so I feel great, but three will be adequate} I have no commitments right now so I think I should go with them.”

”Good idea”

”No advice?”

”Not right now”

” Secondly, he has a girl with him that is very weak, not weak like weak can only throw a spear 500 yards, but so weak like faints at the sight of a knife”, Yun Tai is thinking she could probably be blown away by the wind when they cross The Mystical Plains.

”That's weak” Yun Pei Shan.

”Exactly, so I would like to teach her some of your cultivation techniques just so she can have even the very slightest chance of survival if she wanders away. {She seems like she would wander away after witnessing her in the garden.}

”Fine” Yun Pei Shan after seeing the constellation in the form of a lotus has some clue who this girl is.

”????” that was too easy I am beginning to worry he is senile. He has guarded his Cultivation Manual with his life. No outsider has ever had a chance to take a peek.

”I will need several items if I am going to be prepared for the journey.” Yun Tai looks at him with a pitiful, please Father, may I call you father look {I would like these idiots to survive this journey}.

”There we might have a problem, show me what you brought” Yun Pei Shan must maintain his image but with what is at stake will give Yun Tai whatever he needs to successfully thwart these Beast Hunters and protect the Little Sorceress.

Yun Tai pulls out petrified hearts from three Xianjie Devil Boars, six perfectly shaped Obsidian colored roots from the Fallen Angel Tree that only grows in the abyss by the entrance to the Underworld. It is guarded by Malix Mastiffs that absorb your dantain if they are able to scratch you with their claws{actually that was going to be a gift but I need bartering power}