I Just Won’t Play By The Book

Chapter 198 The Importance of Putting up a Show

After choosing option 2, Jiang Beiran said, “Raise your head. I’m not here to take you in as a disciple.”

[ Option mission completed. Reward: Carving + 1]

Hearing that the immortal was not here to take him in as a disciple, Ye Fan’s face flashed with extreme disappointment, but he quickly adjusted his expression and raised his head.

Jiang Beiran pointed the golden stick at Ye Fan and said, “The reason why I came to find you is because the divination told me that a great task will fall on you. Although I can’t interfere too much, I must ensure that you are on the right path.”

As soon as he said this, Ye Fan felt that the person in front of him was indeed an immortal. The immortal was in charge of the lifeline of the entire continent, and he seemed to have attracted the attention of this immortal for some reason.

In the next second, Ye Fan felt his vision blur. The immortal came before him and asked, “Do you… desire power?”

Gulp…

Ye Fan swallowed with difficulty. He raised his head, but he didn’t dare to look directly at the immortal in front of him. He could only lower his head and answer, “Yes.”

“Okay, I can give it to you, but you must pay a corresponding price.” Although Ye Fan really wanted to shout out that he was willing to do anything as long as he could regain his power, he was afraid that his naked desire would arouse the disgust of the immortal. So, he did not dare to speak for a long time.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost set off, Jiang Beiran pressed his right hand on Ye Fan’s forehead and said, “You are the chosen one. The power you obtained is for all living beings, not for yourself. Do you understand what I mean?”

At this moment, Ye Fan felt an electric current pass through his brain. He suddenly understood what the three gentlemen meant by what they said to him. The immortal must have found out that the evil aura in his body was extremely heavy. If he suddenly obtained power, it might cause great damage.

And he also understood where the evil aura in his body came from.

From the moment his talent suddenly disappeared, the resentment in his heart started to accumulate. He hated those senior brothers who had previously treated him with contempt and laughed at him behind his back.

He hated those elders who had treated him as a treasure but suddenly ignored his existence.

He hated those clansmen who were originally proud of him but suddenly treated him as a joke.

He hated…

However, Ye Fan endured all of this because his grandfather had always protected him and did not allow the other clansmen to be too presumptuous. He also buried his head in the sand like an ostrich, pretending that he did not know anything and pretending that nothing had happened.

When Lu Qingyin arrived, the annulment seemed to have pulled his head out of the sand and slapped him in the face.

This time, even his grandfather could not protect him. Or rather, his grandfather had become a joke because of him.

When his grandfather fawned over the emissary brought by Lu Qingyin to speak up for him, the hatred that had accumulated in Ye Fan’s heart for many years was completely ignited.

He could no longer pretend that nothing had happened. He could no longer pretend that he did not know anything.

He had to face reality!

He turned this hatred into anger and burned it all towards Lu Qingyin. He had to make this woman pay the price!

“Phew…”

Thinking of this, Ye Fan suddenly let out a long breath

Now he understood that what he hated was not the annulment of the marriage, but everything else. If he had not lost his talent and not suffered the rude treatment, he would definitely be able to face it calmly when Lu Qingyin came to propose the annulment. He could even retort Lu Qingyin.

“Ugly freak. You’re not worthy of me anyway. I have high standards.”

After all, why did he need to marry a woman that he had never met before?

However, there were no ifs. The moment Lu Qingyin rejected their marriage had completely ignited him. He did not have the time to think so much. At that moment, all he could think about was tearing this woman apart! He wanted to make her pay for what she had done!

However, this should have been just a small episode in his life.

“Thank you, Immortal… I have awakened.”

“Immortal your a*s! I…’

Just as Jiang Beiran was about to retort, the system notification sounded again.

[ Option mission completed. Reward: Formation+ 1]

Jiang Beiran was very sure that the only option he had not completed was option 5, which was to eliminate Ye Fan’s hatred towards Sect of Returning Hearts.

“This kid… he really understood. Not bad, not bad.”

Jiang Beiran thought that a rebellious youth like Ye Fan would definitely not do anything other people told him to. Jiang Beiran had to let Ye Fan understand and convince himself before he could untie the knot in his heart.

And this series of foreshadowing was all for this moment.

“This child is worth teaching…”

Nodding his head in satisfaction, Jiang Beiran said, “I hope you really understand. Get up.”

After Ye Fan stood up, Jiang Beiran brought him to the Twelve Heavenly Lightning Formation that he had already set up.

While Ye Fan was curiously observing the formation in front of him, Jiang Beiran once again pulled out the golden stick from before and waved it in front of him.

Seeing the stick in front of him suddenly turn into a golden formation disk, Ye Fan was shocked once again. Although his grandfather was a mystic king, he had never seen his grandfather make a move. Not to mention the mystic king, the battle of Wu Qingce and the Ye family disciple last time was already the best combat he had seen.

After all, he had never gone out to train before.

Now that he saw Jiang Bei’s sudden change, it was simply amazing to him.

“Take this formation disk, and you will be a member of our organization.”

“Can I!?”

Ye Fan was surprised and thrilled.

“Take it.”

This time, Ye Fan no longer asked questions foolishly. He immediately took the golden formation disk.

“In the future, when you meet someone who also holds this formation disk, the disks will react with each other.”

“Yes!” After replying, Ye Fan hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, “Immortal, may I ask what the name of our organization is?”

“Mist.”

“Mist…” Ye Fan softly recited the word and memorized it in his heart.

“Now, take the formation disk and sit cross-legged on that rock.”

“Yes.”

Without any hesitation, Ye Fan held the disk and sat cross-legged on a big rock in the middle of the formation.

After Ye Fan sat cross-legged on the ground, Jiang Beiran took out a black and yellow flag from his storage ring and placed it beside him.

Then, a loud crash was heard! Black clouds suddenly gathered in the sky above the formation.

The pressure of the black clouds made Ye Fan a little nervous, but he was still looking forward to it.

When all the black clouds gathered into one, Jiang Beiran chanted a mysterious spell.

Just as Ye Fan was still pondering over the meaning of spell, a bolt of heavenly lightning descended from the sky and struck him.

“Ah!!!”

Ye Fan, who was suddenly struck by lightning, cried out in pain. However, he could still endure this level of pain.

Immediately after, the second, third, and fourth bolts of lightning struck consecutively. After nine bolts of lightning struck, the black clouds finally dispersed.

After removing the formation flag, Jiang Beiran walked forward and looked at Ye Fan, whose face was completely charred, and asked, “How do you feel?”

However, he did not receive any response to his question. He used his mind power to scan the area and found that Ye Fan had already fainted.

“This young man’s physical fitness is still a little weak. He can’t even withstand nine bolts of lightning.”

After sighing in his heart, Jiang Beiran squatted down and removed a black bracelet from Ye Fan’s right hand.

“Tsk, he didn’t even break after being struck by lightning nine times. There’s something wrong with this bracelet.”

During the time he had been observing Ye Fan, Jiang Beiran’s mind power sensed that once Ye Fan started cultivating, this bracelet would emit a special energy fluctuation.

This strong sense of familiarity allowed Jiang Beiran to understand something.

“This is a ring that has turned into a bracelet…”

Jiang Beiran was almost certain that as long as he took off this bracelet, Ye Fan’s cultivation would return to normal. However, Jiang Beiran felt that he had also put on a flashy show. He could not just take off Ye Fan’s bracelet and tell Ye Fan that his talent had returned.

It really felt like he had done two hours of foreplay, but the real show only lasted for three seconds.

Therefore, he might as well set up a Twelve Heavenly Thunder Formation. The effect of this formation was to open up the cultivator’s meridians, making it easier for him to absorb the spiritual essence between heaven and earth. It was completely in line with his goal, and it showed that he spent some effort to cure Ye Fan.

“Qinghuan, help him into the tent to rest for a while.”

Jiang Beiran shouted at Gu Qinghuan.

“Yes.”

Nodding, Gu Qinghuan walked over and carried Ye Fan away.

Meanwhile, Jiang Beiran continued to study the black bracelet in his hand.

“So, is there a spirit inside?”

Jiang Beiran, who had used his spiritual energy to infiltrate for a long time but still couldn’t sense anything, waved at Wu Qingce. “Qingce, come here.”

Wu Qingce immediately walked over after hearing that.

“Put on this bracelet.”

Looking at the black bracelet handed over by his senior brother, Wu Qingce was stunned at first, but he still put on the bracelet quickly.

“Now try to absorb the surrounding spiritual essence.”

Wu Qingce was even more confused after hearing that, but he still did not ask any questions. He started to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy according to his senior brother’s words.

Immediately after, Wu Qingce’s expression froze.

“S-senior brother, I can’t absorb the spiritual essence anymore.”

Jiang Beiran nodded. “Okay, as I expected.”

Blinking his eyes twice, Wu Qingce immediately understood what was going on. It turned out that Ye Fan was harmed by this bracelet.

“Brother Jiang, you’re really wise! You found the problem at a glance.” Wu Qingce cupped his hands in worship.

“Stop the nonsense. Try to absorb the spiritual essence again. Don’t stop.”

“Yes…”

Nodding his head, Wu Qingce sat cross-legged and continued to circulate his qi.

As time passed, Wu Qingce became more and more aware of what Ye Fan had experienced in the past few years. This feeling was too terrifying. No matter how much he circulated his qi, the spiritual essence in his body would not increase in the slightest. Moreover, he could not convert spiritual essence into mystic energy at all.

After six hours, Jiang Beiran patted Wu Qingce and asked, “Did you hear any strange voices talking to you?”

Wu Qingce opened his eyes and shook his head. “No.”

“Strange…”

This bracelet had been absorbing Ye Fan’s spiritual essence for several years. A few days ago, he had also received the annulment buff. Logically speaking, the spirit should have woken up by now. However, as a great mystic practitioner, Wu Qingce had been pouring spiritual essence into it for an entire afternoon, why was there still no reaction at all.

“This d*mn thing sucks spiritual essence only, right?”

Jiang Beiran was actually quite looking forward to the spirit or any other supernatural being in the bracelet. After all, this was the main character’s golden finger. If used properly, it might be able to bring him one step closer to being invincible in the world.

“Wait…”

After thinking for a while, an idea suddenly popped up in Jiang Beiran’s mind.

Because of this bracelet, Ye Fan lost his talent. Because he lost his talent, he triggered the annulment of the engagement and the three-year promise. And because of the annulment and the three-year promise, he triggered this heaven-grade option.

To sum it up… he was here because of this bracelet.

In other words…

“Seems like this spirit is not good to me!”