The Grand Elder jumped down from the large bird, kicked its belly, and the bird flapped its wings and flew away.
The Grand Elder strode into the Immortal Cave, but this Immortal Cave was not his, but Zhao Qingfeng's.
At this time, Zhao Qingfeng was not Cultivating, so there were no Formation Restrictions outside the Immortal Cave, and the Grand Elder could easily walk in.
Zhao Qingfeng was sitting in the center of his Immortal Cave, holding a teacup in his hand, and seeing the Grand Elder approach, he pointed to the seat opposite him.
"Sit."
The Grand Elder was not polite, and after sitting down, he crossed his legs.
"Do you want tea?"
"I don't like drinking that stuff."
"Heaven Grade Spirit Nurturing Stage Heavenly Spirit Tea leaves, it would be a pity not to drink them."
"Then give me some."
This thing was also a Spiritual Plant of no low grade; some people just drank tea for the sake of drinking tea, but the Heavenly Spirit Tea that Zhao Qingfeng drank was a tonic, and a great tonic at that.
It even had a certain amount of help for Cultivation.
Zhao Qingfeng poured a cup of tea for the Grand Elder, who stared at the teapot in Zhao Qingfeng's hand for a long time, and finally dismissed the idea of picking up the teapot and drinking it all directly.
Anyway, it wasn't for tasting tea, so it didn't matter how he drank it.
But he was also afraid that Zhao Qingfeng would get angry.
"By the way, why do you have the leisure to find me for tea and chat today? Not going into seclusion anymore?"
"Not going into seclusion anymore." Zhao Qingfeng shook his head: "I won't be going into seclusion for a while."
The Grand Elder chuckled.
"Has the sun risen from the west? The seclusion maniac isn't going into seclusion anymore; usually, you're in a small seclusion for three days, and a large seclusion for three days, and everything has to be done by me, the Grand Elder. Why aren't you going into seclusion now?"
Speaking of this, the Grand Elder got angry.
Originally, when he transferred from the Fire Phoenix Sect to be the Grand Elder, he thought it was just an idle position, at most bringing Disciples, and showing his face during Sect activities would be enough. His biggest use should have been to use his martial prowess to boost the Sect's prestige.
But after coming, he realized that this Qingfeng Sect Sect Leader didn't care about anything, only knew how to go into seclusion, and as a result, he had to do everything in the end.
He, a thug who knew nothing, was actually forced to develop management skills, which the Grand Elder himself found strange.
"If it's about patrolling the area, you're capable enough to keep the Qingfeng Sect running smoothly, but in troubled times, as the Sect Leader, I naturally cannot stand by and watch."
The Grand Elder felt something was wrong with this sentence, and after thinking for a long time, he slapped his thigh.
"Why the hell do you think that if I lead the Sect, it will lead... lead to trouble?!"
"You don't care..."
The Grand Elder rubbed his chin angrily and asked:
"Troubled times, how so?"
"Transmigration."
Zhao Qingfeng only replied with two words.
"Just because of this?"
Zhao Qingfeng nodded, then shook his head.
"The current raging Transmigration event has made many things complicated. Similarly, we can also see many deeper things... Beneath the surface power struggles we can see, there are many hidden power struggles going on, and the Transmigration event has lured these things out."
The Grand Elder didn't actually understand, but he still nodded, pretending to understand very well.
"Transcendents have already become a strategic resource, even comparable to Spiritual Veins. I heard that some forces are actually exchanging Spiritual Veins for Transcendents from other forces."
"So rich and powerful? That sounds like something the Tong Shen Hall would do!"
The Grand Elder widened his eyes in exaggeration.
"Don't interrupt me... Let me ask you something first. What about the investigation into An Chen's background that we talked about earlier?"
Hearing this, the Grand Elder's expression suddenly became serious.
"There's a problem. There's no such person in the city. He claims to be from a village outside Qingfeng City, but the people sent out searched all the villages outside Qingfeng City and couldn't find anyone who matched."
Zhao Qingfeng took a sip of tea, his expression unchanged.
"A Transcendent?"
"It hasn't been confirmed, but I think... it should be!"
Zhao Qingfeng put down his teacup, his expression calm.
"If he really is, it's not necessarily a bad thing... However, the primary problem now is to confirm his identity. Is there any way?"
The Grand Elder stood up.
"I'll go ask him!"
Zhao Qingfeng coughed violently.
"How can you ask so directly? If that kid really is, do you think he'll admit it? If you were a Transcendent, would you admit it?"
The Grand Elder was stunned.
"Shouldn't... shouldn't I admit it?"
Zhao Qingfeng covered his forehead.
"Now, all major forces in Kyushu are recruiting local Transcendents from Kyushu, while for those so-called Earth Transcendents, the word used is 'hunt'. Many local city governments are still holding many Transcendents; if you became a Transcendent, you'd definitely be the first to be caught!"
The Grand Elder's face showed a hint of grievance.
"Why are we catching him!"
But Zhao Qingfeng hesitated at this moment.
To let someone from another world take over from him, and learn the Qingfeng Sect's unique skills...
Was it inappropriate?
This was not him being petty; anyone in his position would consider the same problem... except for the Grand Elder.
Someone not from Kyushu would naturally not have their heart in Kyushu, and therefore might not be willing to be the Sect's Legacy holder, and might not continue the Qingfeng Sect.
It would be too late to regret then.
It was actually a little late to regret now, because Zhao Qingfeng had already taught An Chen the Qingfeng Swordplay and Qingyun Step. If it were someone else, it would be fine; they might not understand it without guidance later. However, An Chen had an eidetic memory; when he learned Qingyun Step, Zhao Qingfeng only demonstrated it for a while and gave a little guidance, and An Chen learned it. If An Chen practiced by himself... it might just take a little more time.
In Kyushu, if a Sect Leader felt that he had chosen the wrong successor, and the successor had already learned the Sect's Legacy and unique skills...
The usual way of handling it was to kill the successor to silence them.
After Zhao Qingfeng guessed that An Chen was a Transcendent, he actually had such a thought, but he still gave it up.
A Genius like An Chen was too rare.
Even if he couldn't be the Sect's successor, he at least had value that could be utilized.
Someone who could Transmigrate between two worlds could do too many things; even using him to gain some benefits for the Qingfeng Sect would be very good.
However, Zhao Qingfeng still hoped it wouldn't come to that.
He liked An Chen, this child.
The Grand Elder suddenly frowned and took out his tongshen jade talisman.
"Who's looking for me now?"
A moment later, the Grand Elder put down the tongshen jade talisman, hesitated for a moment, then looked at Zhao Qingfeng and said meaningfully:
"Isn't it a coincidence? Just now, An Chen asked me for leave on the tongshen jade talisman, wanting to go down the mountain, saying he wanted to go home to visit relatives."