Wild Dogs

Yang Fan took a deep breath and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Luo Changhe.

"Yes, disciple understands."

Luo Changhe glanced around again and secretly handed Yang Fan a bottle of pills.

This bottle of pills is clearly of much better quality than those given by others before.

"These are pills I made in my spare time recently. Take them secretly and don't let the Palace Master and Baihua know."

"Yes, disciple understands."

Yang Fan bowed to Luo Changhe with great gratitude.

Luo Changhe then asked Yang Fan if there was anything he didn't understand about cultivation.

Yang Fan hurriedly explained the bottleneck he had encountered in his cultivation.

Luo Changhe was very satisfied with his earnest words and the fact that he asked the right questions.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Very good. I've always thought that I've lived a rather mediocre life, so it would be good if I could teach one or two useful apprentices."

He stood up and looked intently at Yang Fan.

"During this period, your cultivation will probably be overseen by the Palace Master, and I may not be able to continue guiding you in the future."

"But if you have any difficulties or need any help, just come to me."

"I will do my best to do what my master can for you."

He nodded to Yang Fan and turned to leave.

Yang Fan hurriedly escorted him out of the courtyard. Luo Changhe waved several times, signaling him to go inside, but Yang Fan insisted on seeing him to the outside of the courtyard.

Luo Changhe sighed again.

"I never imagined that between us, this fake master and disciple, only you, this fake disciple, would be so respectful to me."

He sighed and walked out.

Yang Fan watched him leave before letting out a long sigh of relief.

Back in his room, he couldn't help but ponder whether it was really appropriate to use Luo Changhe to sow discord among them.

After a long pause, he clenched his fist.

"There's no other way. Although Luo Changhe has done me a great favor, this is the only thing I can do now."

He gritted his teeth and suppressed the thought.

Since we're heading to Tianji Palace this time, if we can successfully escape, we won't provoke Luo Changhe.

Perhaps it would be a good thing to let him stay in the Hundred Flowers Palace.

Yang Fan threw the secret method for refining the furnace into the small cauldron, wanting to see how it would change.

Half an hour later, he opened the small cauldron, and the cultivation technique had completely changed.

He took out the booklet and saw the words "Dual Cultivation Method" written on it, and immediately felt a sense of strangeness.

What was clearly a secret method of absorbing yang energy to replenish yin energy was transformed into a dual cultivation method after being enhanced by the small cauldron.

After glancing at the booklet, Yang Fan awkwardly closed it.

It introduces all sorts of strange and unusual poses, and how to reach the top.

He shook his head repeatedly, genuinely curious about the small cauldron.

"Is this thing some kind of pervert? All it does is mess with this stuff all day long."

He hesitated for a moment, but then began to read it carefully.

Although it's not exactly respectable, it's still a method of dual cultivation, which is much better than the method of refining a furnace.

Only by practicing this can we find a way to deceive Xiao Ling.

After flipping through the entire booklet, Yang Fan was already blushing.

Besides the secret techniques, the booklet also contained several special spells at the end.

One of them was surprisingly the art of seduction.

Yang Fan raised an eyebrow. What use was it for a male cultivator like him to practice seductive arts?

As soon as this thought arose, he shook his head repeatedly.

"No, if we could cultivate seductive arts, we might be able to use them on Xiao Baihua."

He pondered for a moment, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"Xiao Baihua is naturally attracted to men. If I can make her interested in me, it will be easier to control the situation."

"I'll make her think I'm being manipulated by her, but in reality, I'll be controlling her from the shadows."

"In this way, not only can we avoid being turned into a furnace, but we can also use her to gather more information."

Taking a deep breath, Yang Fan picked up the booklet.

Although he had little interest in other things, he could learn this art of seduction.

Although in his view it was too bizarre for a grown man to learn seductive arts.

But Yang Fan couldn't care less about that now. If he could save his life, what harm would it do to learn a little bit of seductive arts?

Of course, he started looking at the others as well.

In the days that followed, Yang Fan dealt with Xiao Ling's affairs while burying himself in his cultivation.

Time flew by, and Xiao Ling didn't question him anymore. She simply asked him about his cultivation progress each day, and that was it.

Xiao Baihua was even less serious. She was convinced that she had her parents' support, so she was also irresponsible.

Xiao Ling was extremely dissatisfied that he had not yet reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Xiao Ling even reprimanded Xiao Baihua several times for this.

Yang Fan was happy to have some free time, and time passed quickly.

More than a year has passed, and Yang Fan has rarely seen Luo Changhe during this time.

He seems to be always busy and often leaves the Hundred Flowers Palace.

However, Xiao Ling was extremely strict with him, and every time he went out, he would run to Xiao Ling to explain everything clearly.

After Xiao Ling left the Hundred Flowers Palace, things calmed down.

On several occasions, after giving Yang Fan and Xiao Baihua some pointers, Xiao Ling would leave them some pills.

Xiao Ling then left the Hundred Flowers Palace, and each time she left, it would be for several months.

During this time, Yang Fan also tried to find Luo Changhe several times, but Luo Changhe was not in the palace.

Yang Fan became increasingly curious about the couple.

They're a married couple, yet they act so mysteriously about everything they do.

More importantly, the two of them would often leave the Hundred Flowers Palace without any apparent reason.

Once Xiao Ling and Luo Changhe leave Baihua Palace, this place will naturally become Xiao Baihua's domain.

Although Xiao Baihua disliked Yang Fan, she understood that her father valued him quite a bit.

Moreover, her mother had previously reminded her to make Yang Fan her furnace, so she had no intention of tormenting Yang Fan.

Yang Fan, on the other hand, was happy to have some free time.

Xiao Cui, being Xiao Baihua's personal maid, also wielded considerable power in the palace.

With Xiao Cui's help, Yang Fan had quite a bit of freedom in the Hundred Flowers Palace.

Gradually, Yang Fan was also able to access the alchemy room of the Hundred Flowers Palace.

The resources available in his alchemy room were far too limited.

Therefore, Yang Fan later frequently went to the alchemy room of the Hundred Flowers Palace to refine pills.

The Baihua Palace is a large and powerful family, so they are not particularly strict about managing certain medicinal herbs.

Most of the others also tacitly accepted Yang Fan's attitude, so they didn't do anything about it.

So, despite doing this, Yang Fan didn't lack too many cultivation resources.

Spring has passed and autumn has come; more than two years have flown by.

Judging by the time, the opening of the Heavenly Mystery Palace is getting closer and closer.

At this time, Yang Fan had successfully raised his cultivation level to the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage.

There is only one step away from reaching the Core Formation stage.

The closer it got to this point, the more uneasy Yang Fan became.

He was afraid that these people would suddenly change their minds and prevent him from breaking through to the Core Formation stage.

It might even directly absorb his divine consciousness and spiritual energy.

Just as Yang Fan was feeling uneasy, Xiao Ling, who had been away from the Hundred Flowers Palace for nearly a year, returned to the palace.