Bone... Nightmare... Old Demon?!

Damn, isn’t this the Sect Leader of the Bone Nightmare Sect, that legendary Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, considered one of the most talented individuals in the Jiyuan Continent in recent years?

Why did he suddenly appear here!

The heaven is vast and the earth is wide.

Even though this place is within the Bone Nightmare Sect’s territory, would it be such a coincidence!

Could it be that I have some other connection with this Bone Nightmare Sect?

Ji Yuan’s mind was filled with various thoughts but it didn’t stop him from cupping his hands in salute, "Junior... Hu Beizhi, greets Senior Bone Nightmare."

Ji Yuan definitely couldn’t use his real name, nor Qiu Qianhai’s, Li Changeng was already taken, and Liu Changsheng had already been seen.

So after thinking it over, he had to use another real name.

Hu Beizhi was a name Ji Yuan had prepared long ago, and it just so happened that his current appearance looked like a frail scholar.

It fit the name perfectly.

"Hu Beizhi? That’s a nice name, it sounds like someone who has read books like me."

Bone Nightmare Old Demon smiled amiably, like a good big brother from next door, showing no appearance of an old demon.

However, Ji Yuan saw his reaction and realized that the old demon couldn’t see through the Transformation Talisman on him, meaning his cultivation was not as great as Mei Manor’s.

After all, Mei Manor could see through the Transformation Talisman the first time he saw Ji Yuan.

But Bone Nightmare Old Demon couldn’t see through... Thank goodness I was cautious at that time and changed my appearance beforehand, otherwise my true appearance would have fallen into the eyes of Bone Nightmare Old Demon.

It would have been hard to change later, especially if he noticed I looked exactly like Elder Ji.

Or perhaps he already knew Elder Ji’s appearance, then I probably wouldn’t even have a chance to speak.

Frightening...

"Junior has leisure time and likes to read, please forgive me, Senior..." Ji Yuan smiled awkwardly.

"Oh? Then what’s your real name?"

"This... couldn’t escape Senior’s discerning eyes." Ji Yuan smiled, feeling more embarrassed, "My father gave me the name Hu Li, meaning ’stable, seeking inner peace,’ Hu Beizhi was a name I gave myself later."

Bone Nightmare Old Demon chuckled upon hearing this:

"That sounds like a coincidence, my real name is actually Gu Tian, my father wanted me to take care of the family’s few acres of land, Gu Yan was a name later given by my master."

Ji Yuan cooperated and said, "Then Senior and Senior’s master must have a great relationship."

"Yes, very good."

Bone Nightmare Old Demon slightly raised his head to look at the stone wall above, "Our sect’s ethos has always been excellent, especially between masters and disciples."

Listening to this, Ji Yuan inevitably thought of his own sect.

Remembered the omnipotent master Hua Yaoyue, thought of the senior brother in his storage bag, remembered the aggressive Wang Yun Qianzai, and the enthusiastic Phoenix Peach.

Speaking of ethos, whose sect’s ethos is better than mine?

"You seem to have thought of your sect?"

Bone Nightmare Old Demon turned around, with eyes seeming to carry an insightful smile.

"No, Junior is from a Loose Cultivator background, never had a sect."

Ji Yuan replied.

"Oh? A Loose Cultivator?"

Bone Nightmare Old Demon first looked at the entrance, "Such a high-level array, not to mention Loose Cultivators, it’s rarely seen even in our Eight Holy Lands."

After speaking, he looked at the two flags inserted into the ground.

"One Thousand Souls Banner and the other that can advance by itself, a Yin Mist Array Flag, tsk tsk tsk, you call yourself a Loose Cultivator?"

Bone Nightmare Old Demon narrowed his eyes, seriously scrutinizing the person in front of him.

Ji Yuan was somewhat panicked by this gaze, even taking a step back subconsciously.

"Ju... Junior truly has no sect."

"No sect is good."

Bone Nightmare Old Demon looked at him for a while, indeed seeing nothing suspicious, neither a Soul Refining Hall disciple nor with Celestial Killer Mountain’s aura, and certainly not the dirty stench of Profound Snake Mansion.

"What do you think of our Bone Nightmare Sect?"

Bone Nightmare Old Demon spoke while putting his hands behind his back, looking around, seemingly muttering self-consciously, "Loose Cultivator, Thousand Souls Banner, also an Array Cultivator..."

Ji Yuan didn’t know what this Nascent Soul Monster was thinking so he quickly replied, "Bone Nightmare Sect is one of the Eight Holy Lands, Senior is a peerless expert among the Nascent Soul Great Cultivators, the sect is naturally strong."

"I have heard many say that if the Eight Holy Lands were ranked, Bone Nightmare Sect would be the foremost."

"Haha."

Bone Nightmare Old Demon couldn’t help but laugh and said, "Let’s leave such flattering aside, whether it’s Celestial Killer Mountain or Xuanqing Sect, their strength surpasses ours at Bone Nightmare Sect."

Ji Yuan stood in silence, hands cupped in front.

Some words need responding to, some do not.

He understood this principle.

"Boy, how about joining my Bone Nightmare Sect?"

Bone Nightmare Old Demon suddenly raised his voice, and his entire aura transformed accordingly from peaceful to domineering, even pressuring others.

"This..."

Ji Yuan had anticipated this beforehand, but now hearing Bone Nightmare Old Demon personally invite him... he felt even more conflicted.

A Nascent Soul Monster personally inviting, is this something one can refuse?

But speaking of joining a sect, Ji Yuan was unwilling, especially since the Bone Nightmare Sect was famously a Demon Dao sect.

Feeling conflicted inside, Ji Yuan’s immediate or instinctive reaction was hesitation.

No answer.

Bone Nightmare Old Demon saw his reaction, chuckled:

"Forget it, I know that for a Loose Cultivator of your age and with such strength, you must be of an arrogant disposition, otherwise you would have joined Black and White Divine Hall long ago."