Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

"Master, why are you asking such a question? Along the way, I have had very pleasant conversations with Brother Ye, and he has also helped me a lot. Therefore, I can guarantee that Brother Ye is definitely not an evil person. Please don't use the tone of interrogating a prisoner!"

However, before Chen Tian could speak, Liao Yufan, who was beside him, immediately began to defend him.

But after hearing his words, the pot-bellied middle-aged man seemed even more angry. He stood up and scolded loudly, "How dare you say that? Have you forgotten what happened the year before last so quickly? At that time, you went out to travel and brought back two cultivators of unknown origin to the sect, and you solemnly guaranteed that they were righteous people, all good people!"

"But what was the result? Those two guys were traitors of the Yun Que Sect. After killing their master and seizing treasures, they were wanted by the sect. Having nowhere to escape, they hooked up with you and sneaked into our Tai Yi Sect."

"In the end, the Yun Que Sect came to our door, scolding us, the Tai Yi Sect, for harboring criminals and demanding that we apologize! The reputation of our Tai Yi Sect for more than seven hundred years has been completely disgraced by you, you孽障!"

"The reason why I brought you from the sect to this Shi Xiang Pavilion is to let you experience the dangers of the world here in the Western Mi Mountains."

"But I didn't expect that you not only didn't improve, but instead randomly vouched for others again. Do you know him so well? Do you know that his identity is innocent?"

Although the middle-aged man's words seemed to be scolding Liao Yufan at first glance, upon closer inspection, one could hear that he was subtly scolding Chen Tian, especially the last sentence, which was clearly questioning Chen Tian's identity.

Chen Tian was a smart man, so after hearing these words, his brows couldn't help but furrow, but then he relaxed them again and said nothing.

"Okay, um... I won't talk anymore, Master!"

Liao Yufan's face was also flushed red by the middle-aged man's scolding. He shrugged helplessly at Chen Tian and then stepped aside and lowered his head.

"Humph!"

The middle-aged man snorted coldly at Liao Yufan, then sat back in his chair and took a small sip of tea.

The room suddenly fell into an awkward silence.

After a long while, Chen Tian stood up and broke the silence.

With a flip of his hand, a white jade token shimmering with purple light appeared in his hand.

Holding the white jade token in both hands, Chen Tian walked to the middle-aged man and said, "Senior has seen a lot and knows a lot, you must recognize this thing!"

"Hmm?"

Seeing Chen Tian present this thing, the middle-aged man frowned slightly, then took it over and examined it carefully.

The front of the white jade token was carved with auspicious dragon and cloud patterns, with two large characters "玄磬" (Xuan Qing) in the middle.

Flipping it to the back, it was carved with majestic wave patterns, with three small characters in the lower left corner: 'Ye Tianjian'.

Seeing this, a sharp light instantly burst out from the middle-aged man's eyes, and he said in surprise, "It really is a disciple token of the Xuan Qing Sect, and such a regulation represents the identity of a core disciple!"

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Liao Yufan, who had been lowering his head and listening attentively, was immediately overjoyed and said triumphantly, "Master, I was right! Brother Ye is a disciple of a prestigious sect, how could he be an evil person!"

Liao Yufan's face was full of excitement, and his voice couldn't help but become louder.

But the middle-aged man ignored him, and while returning the white jade token to Chen Tian, he said with a slightly apologetic tone, "Little friend Ye, Liang was too harsh just now. If there was any offense, please forgive me."

At this time, he finally put away his previous arrogance and apologized to Chen Tian.

Chen Tian took back the white jade token from his hand and smiled lightly, "Hey, senior, you are too polite. This is a very unusual period. It is also necessary to investigate cultivators of unknown origin. I can understand senior's approach and won't take it to heart."

Hearing Chen Tian's generous words, the middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "Good, as expected of a hero who emerges at a young age! Now that little friend Ye's identity has been confirmed, then you are one of us. Let's talk about serious matters next."

"Serious matters?"

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Chen Tian was shocked and asked in confusion, "Senior, I wonder what the serious matters you are talking about are?"

"In accordance with this decree, our Shi Xiang Pavilion quickly established twenty demon extermination teams, each with thirty people, led by a cultivator in the Spirit Induction Stage. But the difficulty is that although we have formed twenty demon extermination teams, we lack enough Spirit Induction Stage cultivators to lead the teams. Therefore, my disciple recommended you to be the captain of one of the teams. I wonder what little friend Ye thinks?"

As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, Liao Yufan hurriedly said, "That's right, Brother Ye, you don't know how much I had to say to finally get Master to agree to let you be the captain of the demon extermination team. You must not let down my good intentions!"

After listening to the words of the two, Chen Tian's heart was so depressed that he almost vomited blood. He didn't want to be the captain of any damn demon extermination team!

Chen Tian just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible and rush back to the Ghost Dao Sect.

So, after thinking for a while, Chen Tian cupped his fist at the middle-aged man and declined, "Thank you for your kindness, senior, but this junior has urgent matters to deal with right now, so..."

"Wait a minute, little friend Ye, I still have something to say. You might as well listen to it first and then make a decision."

Before Chen Tian could finish his words, the middle-aged man suddenly interrupted him.

This made Chen Tian's brows furrow even tighter. After thinking quickly for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay, then this junior will listen attentively."

Looking at Chen Tian's appearance, the middle-aged man smiled faintly and said, "We know that this demon extermination operation is extremely dangerous. Therefore, our Shi Xiang Pavilion plans to take out fifty 'Dragon Saliva Pills' to reward the Spirit Induction Stage disciples who participate in the battle. Little friend Ye, you might as well think about it carefully."

After speaking, the middle-aged man looked at Chen Tian with a smile.

"Dragon Saliva Pills?"

And after Chen Tian heard the reward he announced, his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.