Published: August 25, 2025
Chapter 288: Soul Bewildering Confrontation
Qin Yan saw that even the usually composed elder with the surname Hua was so impatient, and finally felt tempted in his heart.
Although he also sensed from Han Li’s tone a hint of disdain toward this immortal master, after all, the other party was truly an immortal cultivator willing to take disciples!
As for whether this immortal master’s cultivation base was high or low, he no longer cared about such details.
Originally, he had considered having his descendants apprentice under Han Li, but after interacting with Han Li for some time, he realized that the latter had no intention of accepting disciples at all—it was impossible to force the matter.
Come to think of it, his father’s generation had once told him that when the Qin Family had just risen to wealth, Immortal Master Li Huayuan had come to their residence to see if any of their offspring had immortal affinity. Unfortunately, no one was blessed with such fate, and the master left disappointed.
Since then, whenever Immortal Master Li returned to the Qin Residence, he never mentioned taking disciples again. According to Immortal Master Li, his immortal affinity with the Qin Family was limited to one generation; the descendants had no fate as mentor and disciple.
Now that there was a new opportunity to practice cultivation before him, naturally, Qin Yan insisted on giving it a try.
With this in mind, Qin Yan made up his mind, called out to a few younger family members, and walked over.
Han Li watched this scene coldly without saying a word.
Since he had already warned Qin Yan, and the latter insisted on seeking apprenticeship, he naturally wouldn’t interfere.
Speaking of which, Han Li had never really paid attention to whether those young masters and young ladies of the Qin Residence truly had spiritual roots. But among mortals in the secular world, those with spiritual roots were exceedingly rare, practically one in ten thousand!
Just as Han Li was thinking this, he suddenly noticed that among the Qin family disciples approaching Immortal Master Wu with Qin Yan, one or two turned back and sneered at him, wearing smug expressions as if mocking him.
Han Li was slightly stunned at first but soon smiled quietly in his heart.
Obviously, these few assumed that since Qin Yan hadn’t invited Han Li to test for immortal affinity alongside them, the old master Qin was secretly most doting on them, which explained their arrogant expressions.
Han Li shook his head silently and lost interest in them, instead glancing around the hall.
At this moment, very few remained seated—only six or seven people. Most were solitary elders who hadn’t brought any offspring or nephews, now showing deep regret.
The only ones who caught Han Li’s attention were two people seated at a corner of the hall, an elder and a youth.
The elder was a man in a blue robe in his sixties, with gray hair, calmly savoring a cup of clear tea, seemingly utterly indifferent to the immortal affinity on display.
The younger one was a clean-featured youth with delicate skin, but occasionally showed disdainful looks toward Immortal Master Wu’s direction.
Although these two appeared very leisurely sitting there, Han Li couldn’t help but smile slightly upon seeing them.
These two, elder and youth, were also immortal cultivators, and their cultivation bases looked quite good. The blue-robed elder seemed to be at the ninth layer of qi refining stage, and the youth had about the fifth layer—definitely not inferior to Immortal Master Wu.
What surprised Han Li a bit was that he didn’t know what kind of cultivation technique they practiced, but they could so subtly suppress their own spiritual energy that it was barely perceptible. If Han Li’s cultivation base hadn’t surpassed theirs by a large margin, it would have been difficult to identify them as cultivators.
As for Immortal Master Wu, naturally, he wouldn’t be able to overlook the abnormality of these two.
This technique of suppressing spiritual energy to the extent that even cultivators of the same level can’t detect it immediately piqued Han Li’s interest.