“Yu Shan, how are your preparations going?” Sect Leader Fu Yuan asked in the main hall of the Shan Sect.

“To Sect Leader Shibo, the entire Shan Sect is ready, prepared for battle at any moment. We’ve also established various communications with sects like the Taichu Sect and can provide support at any time!” Yu Shan responded.

“Hmm, very good. Maintain this readiness, and once we receive the news, I hope we can depart in a very short time. Also, ensure a certain combat power within the sect to support our Mountain Protection Array,” Sect Leader Fu Yu said.

“Yes, Sect Leader!” Yu Shan nodded.

“Hmm, go and meet your friend; he’s arrived!” Fu Yu suddenly said to Yu Shan.

“Hmm? Friend?” Yu Shan was a little puzzled. How could someone come to see him at this time?

“Yes, exactly, your friend. You’ll know once you see him!” Fu Yu Zhenren finished speaking and gestured to Yu Shan to leave: “Go on!”

“Yes!” Yu Shan nodded, saluted Sect Leader, and then walked towards the mountain gate.

As he walked, he was puzzled. Someone coming to find him at this time must mean something urgent. What could it be? There’s nothing left unattended recently.

Yu Shan thought it over but couldn’t figure it out, so he decided to stop thinking and quickly walked toward the mountain gate.

“Hey, Brother Yu Shan, long time no see!”

Just as Yu Shan reached the mountain gate, he heard this phrase. Before he could see who it was, a shadow flashed before him, and he saw the person’s figure.

“Tian… Junior Brother Tianfan?” Yu Shan was stunned for a moment, then continued, “What are you doing here? Is there something you need to convey from the Taichu Sect?”

Yu Shan didn’t actually think Ye Tianfan was here to pass on a message from the Taichu Sect because he knew the Taichu Sect had a Secret Technique for long-distance communication with the Shan Sect. However, only the Sect Leaders knew about this technique, and it was only used between Sect Leaders. So if the Taichu Sect had anything urgent, they would undoubtedly use that technique to notify their Sect Leader. Yu Shan spoke like this just to avoid awkwardness!

“No, that’s not it!” Ye Tianfan said awkwardly, “Actually, I’m here to seek refuge!”

“Refuge?” Hearing this, Yu Shan was instantly stunned and hurriedly asked, “What’s going on? Has the Taichu Sect also followed in the footsteps of Heav…?”

Yu Shan didn’t finish the name of that sect, but Ye Tianfan knew what he meant and hurriedly waved his hand to Yu Shan and said, “No, no, you’ve misunderstood. It’s not for that reason.”

“Let’s talk about the details inside, shall we?” Ye Tianfan felt it was a bit inappropriate to discuss this matter at the mountain gate, with two gatekeeper disciples around.

“Right, right, come this way!” Yu Shan said, leading Ye Tianfan inside. However, he didn’t directly take Ye Tianfan to the main hall because he still didn’t know Ye Tianfan’s purpose in coming here and couldn’t take him to the main hall directly.

He thought of finding a place where Ye Tianfan could first explain his reasons for coming, and then he would take Ye Tianfan to the main hall to meet the Sect Leader. After all, Ye Tianfan was a disciple of the Taichu Sect, and if he came here, he should definitely meet the Shan Sect’s Sect Leader!

“What exactly is going on, Junior Brother Tianfan? Why did you come to the Shan Sect at this time?” Yu Shan asked curiously.

“Actually, it’s nothing serious.” Ye Tianfan said awkwardly, “It’s just that my master, Tian Chu Zhenren, for some reason, doesn’t want me to participate in this war, so he placed a prohibition on me.”

After saying this, Ye Tianfan looked at Yu Shan to see how he would react, fearing Yu Shan might think he did something wrong to deserve the prohibition. After all, Ye Tianfan’s explanation wasn’t very convincing. But fortunately, Yu Shan didn’t show any change in expression and continued listening attentively to Ye Tianfan.

Ye Tianfan continued, “So I figured out a way to break the prohibition and ran out of Taifeng Peak. Now my master doesn’t know I slipped away. I want to participate in this war, so I thought I might hide here with you, and when the war starts, I’ll rejoin the Taichu Sect’s ranks. What do you think?”

After Ye Tianfan finished speaking, he looked at Yu Shan expectantly.

Yu Shan simply smiled after listening to Ye Tianfan.

“What’s that for? What you laughing at? Are you agreeing or not? Say something,” Ye Tianfan frowned and said. Why did he start laughing? What did he say?

“Junior Brother Tianfan, there’s one thing you don’t know,” Yu Shan stopped laughing and said to Ye Tianfan, “Tian Chu Shibo actually knows you left!”

“Knows I left?” Ye Tianfan looked puzzled at Yu Shan and asked, “How do you know my master knows I left? When I left, I sneaked out, and no one knew!”

Yu Shan laughed and said, “In fact, it’s not like that. This prohibition is something that Tian Chu Shibo can sense!”

“Sense?” Ye Tianfan said incredulously, “Are you saying?”

“Exactly.” Yu Shan nodded and continued, “From the first moment you started breaking the prohibition, Tian Chu Zhenren already knew you were breaking his prohibition. Moreover, every time you made a move against this prohibition, Tian Chu Shibo would know your progress!”

“What? Impossible! If my master sensed it, why didn’t he stop me?” Ye Tianfan said in disbelief.

“I think the reason Tian Chu Shibo didn’t stop you is that he wanted to see what choice you would make,” Yu Shan said.

“My choice?” Ye Tianfan muttered.

“Yes, your choice. If you chose not to break the prohibition and tacitly not join the war, Tian Chu Shibo would support you. If you chose to break the prohibition, since Tian Chu Shibo didn’t stop you during the process and let you escape so easily, it indicates that Tian Chu Shibo didn’t want to make you do what you didn’t want to do. He respected your choice. Otherwise, he would have stopped you right at the start of breaking the prohibition,” Yu Shan said.

Hearing Yu Shan’s words, Ye Tianfan was stunned. He hadn’t foreseen this result.

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