Ye Tian Yun casually walked towards Zheng Xiang and the girl he was talking to, but then he stopped.
'I think we're not that close, are we? We just met yesterday afternoon…' He found himself in a confusing spot.
Being an introvert who only cared about cultivation and had always been the one who got approached by others, it was hard for Ye Tian Yun to take a few last steps and talk to the two disciples in front of him like an average person.
In the end, he decided not to approach them.
'My dao of making friends is still weak,' Taking a deep breath, Ye Tian Yun diverted his destination to the Resource Hall, which wasn't far away from him.
Taking slightly longer strides, he headed towards it to ask about a way to get to the Grand Meeting Hall. The Elders should know how to get there.
However, just as he was about to enter the building, someone called him from behind.
"Brother Fang! You're here?"
Ye Tian Yun turned around, only to find an unfamiliar person waving at him.
"Brother Fang, it's really hard to meet you these days, ah," The disciple approached Ye Tian Yun; his voice was loud and cranky enough to attract everyone else's attention.
Ye Tian Yun, on the other hand, was quite confused about who this disciple was. He had no recollection of ever meeting this disciple. And he did not doubt that this was their first meeting because no one can forget about this disciple's weird voice.
The disciple was soon standing in front of Ye Tian Yun, "brother Fang, long time no see! How have you been? I haven't seen you in the tavern for a long time now. Is everything alright?"
Suddenly the disciple's eyes went on the flaps of the Ye Tian Yun's Inner Court robes, "Oh my, that's a surprise, Brother Fang. You finally ascended ha-ha! Good to see you in these robes. And you were even ranked first in your Peak? That's just great. I was sure you would recover from your bad luck and rise back to take your spot of a genius."
The disciple continued to nod his head even after finishing his words as if everything happened had been according to his plan.
Ye Tian Yun was very confused right now. First of all, he had no idea who this guy was, and secondly, Fang Chen had always been an introvert and arrogant. He never made friends until he met Xiao Ming.
So who was this guy? Why was he acting as if he and Fang Chen were old childhood friends?
Fang Chen's whole history flashed through his mind in a mere second, and he did get some names whom this disciple could be.
But he had to confirm the name of this guy first. Now the problem was, how should he ask for the name without making things awkward?
He couldn't come up with a very genius plan in an instant, so Ye Tian Yun took the easy way out and tried to find out hints through a normal conversation, "I have been here, just busy with cultivation lately, what about you?"
The disciple in front of him frowned when he heard Ye Tian Yun's words.
'Shit, I needed to act arrogant,' An alarm went off in his head. There was no way Fang Chen would act his normal self when meeting with others. He was arrogant even when he met Xiao Ming and became good friends with him.
"What are you waiting for?" Ye Tian Yun redeemed himself by asking in a deeper tone. Raising his chin, he continued, "I asked how you're doing? And why have you stopped me? I don't have the whole day for you."
The disciple nodded his head, "Well, that's some relief. I thought you had hit your head or something, acting so nice and good. Why haven't you been to the tavern lately?"
Ye Tian Yun didn't know which tavern this disciple was talking about, "I was focused on cultivation, but, tell me, did anything important happen?"
The disciple shook his head, "Nothing worth noting, Brother Fang. Life's still the same, in fact, it's getting better these days."
"I encountered the love rival that I mentioned, and I beat the shit out of him. Trust me; the whole Xin Kingdom was in chaos."
His words were loud enough to be heard by surrounding disciples and cranky enough not to make them ignore him.
Many rolled their eyes when they heard his last words and chose to step away from his, getting out of his range; enough to avoid his cranky tone.
'Bringing chaos in the whole kingdom just by beating your love rival? Who is this love rival? King Xin?'
For Ye Tian Yun, who was looking for clues to identify this disciple, these words were enough to eliminate most of the names he had on his list.
And one name stood out the most - Young master of Gao Clan.
The young man who had a love rival and if he beat him, the whole kingdom would be in chaos - this sentence could only fit in the profile of Young Master Gao.
But what confused Ye Tian Yun more was why this guy was in the Gracious Sword Sect? Ye Tian Yun wasn't supposed to encounter him before entering the capital, but today, out of the blue, he meets this guy.
'Am I missing anything? This guy fits Gao Clan's Young Master, Gao Xuan, but he shouldn't be in this sect. If I am not wrong, he's cultivating in a different sect, and here he's standing in the Gracious Sword Sect, wearing the disciple robes.'
Ye Tian Yun scratched his chin while asking, this time with a mellow tone, "What are you doing here?"
The disciple in front of him shrugged, "Exactly what everyone is doing - cultivate."
Ye Tian Yun shook his head, "No, I am not asking about that, I am asking abou -"
Suddenly something struck Ye Tian Yun. He remembered a very crucial detail that had slipped out of his mind - the guy in front of him was someone who would one day have the most extensive information network in the whole Lower Heavens.
An organization that could answer any question and gives any information.