Chapter 505 A Bold Attempt

"You are...?" Ye Fan asked in confusion, looking at the unfamiliar young girl before him.

"Big Brother Ye, hello..." The girl seemed a little nervous, her face flushing slightly. "I've come to bring you your meals..."

After saying that, the girl gestured with the food box in her hand.

"Oh, I see," Ye Fan nodded. "Where's the person who used to bring food?"

After the previous disciple had brought him and the little demoness to this residence, he had been the one to deliver their meals.

"Grandpa said that to express his gratitude, I would be responsible for Big Brother Ye's daily life from now on," the girl replied softly, her face still red. "If Big Brother Ye has any requests, please don't hesitate to tell me..."

"Your grandfather is...?"

As if he had thought of something, Ye Fan's expression became peculiar.

"It's the Sect Master..." The girl fiddled with her clothes as she spoke, appearing very nervous.

Ye Fan immediately raised an eyebrow.

As expected...

When the girl mentioned gratitude earlier, he had immediately thought of True Master Yun Hua.

After all, besides him, there was no one else in the entire Yun Hua Sect who would be so eager to express gratitude to him.

True Master Yun Hua, with his cultivation level, must be at least two to three thousand years old.

Then, as his granddaughter, this girl couldn't be too young either.

Even if her parents married and had children late, she would probably be at least a few hundred years old...

A girl of a few hundred years...

But thinking about it, it seemed plausible.

After all, cultivators on this continent generally had very long lifespans.

Take his unreliable master, for example.

Even at the Nascent Soul stage, his lifespan was over two thousand years.

In that case, a girl of a few hundred years seemed quite normal...

However, True Master Yun Hua's actions were a bit too obvious, weren't they?

Was he planning to use a honey trap to tie me to the Yun Hua Sect?

This old rascal...

"Thank you, Miss," Ye Fan said politely, taking the food box. "There's no need to take care of my meals or daily life. Please go back."

Having just had an ambiguous encounter with the little demoness, he wasn't in the mood to think about such things right now.

Besides, his stay at the Yun Hua Sect was only temporary.

Once the exploration of the ancient ruins was complete, he would be leaving.

However, Ye Fan's words seemed to have no effect...

As soon as he carried the food box into the room, the girl followed him in...

After entering, she didn't say anything and started cleaning.

"Miss, you really don't have to do this," Ye Fan said, feeling frustrated. "If you're worried about your grandfather blaming you, I can talk to him later."

The girl stopped upon hearing this and gave Ye Fan a smile.

Then she lowered her head and continued working...

Ye Fan: ...

Are you being stubborn or what...

Damn it...

Afterward, Ye Fan tried multiple times to ask the girl to leave, but it was useless.

No matter what he said, she would just smile gently at him and continue doing whatever she was doing...

After a few attempts, Ye Fan had no choice but to give up.

What else could he do?

Was he supposed to resort to force?

He generally wouldn't do something like hitting a woman.

The crucial point was...

He couldn't win.

...

After dinner, Ye Fan took a stroll around the Yun Hua Sect.

He visited the pill room, the artifact refining room, and the formation room...

However, he didn't do anything excessive, only selecting some materials he needed.

And they weren't all high-level materials of the fourth or fifth tier; there were many cheap items of the first and second tier as well.

After collecting the items, Ye Fan returned to his residence.

Looking at the spatial ring in his hand, Ye Fan sighed.

He had subtly mentioned that he needed a spatial ring earlier.

To his surprise, True Master Yun Hua was quite generous and had directly given him his own.

After taking out the items, Ye Fan began to tinker with them in the room.

He didn't select these materials to refine any finished products, but for experimentation.

Although the materials were of low grade, their reactions and changes could verify some of his previous ideas.

Of course.

He also made something for self-defense.

After all, exploring ancient ruins always involved some danger.

By the time he finished, it was already midnight.

Ye Fan put the finished product into his ring and let out a sigh of relief.

Ever since the seal in his mind started acting up, he clearly felt his energy was not as abundant as before.

He had only done a little work today and felt somewhat tired...

In the past, this much expenditure was nothing...

Thinking of this, Ye Fan suddenly froze.

Wait a minute!

Since he could now control a portion of his spiritual power, could he try to do something about it?

For example...

Could he wrestle with that seal?

If he could regain control of the remaining spiritual power, he might not be able to walk sideways through the entire cultivation world, but at least he could protect himself!

No sooner said than done!

Ye Fan immediately sat cross-legged on the bed and began to try.

He first drew out a wisp of controllable spiritual power and probed towards the seal.

He was prepared for the worst-case scenario: if the seal started to devour it, he would immediately abandon that wisp of spiritual power!

Although there were no serious after-effects, the feeling of spiritual power being devoured was quite unpleasant.

To his surprise, the seal seemed uninterested in this wisp of spiritual power.

Nothing happened after they came into contact.

Ye Fan's heart leaped with joy, and his actions became bolder!

He guided that wisp of spiritual power into the seal and then tried to pull out a little.

It felt like snatching food from the mouth of a fierce beast, incredibly stimulating!

As a result, his actions provoked a reaction from the seal!

A powerful force erupted instantly, flinging his wisp of spiritual power back!

"Hoo—hoo—!"

Ye Fan collapsed onto the bed, gasping for breath.

Just now, his head felt like it had been hit by a sledgehammer.

His head was buzzing!

Damn it!

He had been hit by his own spiritual power.

What a situation...

However, Ye Fan also felt a glimmer of joy.

The seal's counterattack had only repelled that wisp of spiritual power, not destroyed it.

This meant there was still a chance!

After resting for a while, Ye Fan tried again.

He once again drew out a wisp of spiritual power, infused it into the seal, and then made a hooking motion towards the vast sea of spiritual power within the seal.

The sea of spiritual power within the seal was like an infinitely large ball of thread, and that wisp of spiritual power was Ye Fan's two fingers.

His fingers gripped the end of the thread and stealthily pulled it outward...

As soon as he pulled out a little, Ye Fan was hit again...

The unfortunate Ye Fan lay on the bed, gasping for air.

Rest, attempt, rest...

After several tries, he finally succeeded in hooking out a wisp of spiritual power from within the seal!

What made him even more excited was that after being hooked out, that wisp of spiritual power perfectly merged with the portion he could control.

It was as if it had completely detached from the seal!

There was hope!

This discovery filled him with excitement and renewed his motivation!

An hour later.

Ye Fan stopped and prepared to sleep.

His head had been hammered so many times that he couldn't take it anymore...

He was practically seeing stars.

Outside the house.

While Ye Fan had been busy, True Master Yun Hua's granddaughter had been eavesdropping...

Initially, when she heard movement inside, she had asked Ye Fan if he needed any help.

Ye Fan had casually replied that he was fine, so she had stopped then.

But later, when she heard the continuous noises and gasps from the room, her curiosity got the better of her.

And then she heard what she heard now...

No matter what she was thinking, her face inexplicably turned red.