A very lavish banquet had already been set out in the hall.
Liu Yongzheng instructed his steward, Liu An, "Quickly invite Madam out to greet the guests."
"yes!"
Liu An bowed and withdrew.
Liu Yongzheng quickly made an inviting gesture and said, "Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, please take a seat!"
You're too kind!
Li Yao politely declined and sat down. Xiao Bai nestled close to him like a little bird seeking shelter.
He felt that Xiaobai had changed; she had become a bit clingy!
After chatting for a while, Li Yao learned that Liu Yongzheng was currently serving as an official in Suzhou.
A moment later, a young and beautiful woman walked in carrying a swaddled baby.
Liu Yongzheng quickly pointed to Li Yao and Xiaobai and said, "Madam, they were the ones who helped us a lot last night."
Madam Liu quickly bowed to Li Yao and Xiao Bai and said, "Thank you both for your help last night."
"You're welcome, it was just a small favor!"
Li Yao reached out and raised his hand as if it were empty air.
Madam Liu felt a magical force that made her body straighten up involuntarily, which startled her.
Li Yao thought for a moment, then flipped his right hand over, revealing a golden pill floating above his palm. He said, "Madam Liu, taking this elixir will allow you to quickly recover your vitality."
As he spoke, he gently pushed with his right hand, and the golden pill floated to Madam Liu's front.
"That's amazing!"
"Indeed, this is the work of a celestial being!"
Those present were dumbfounded.
"this……"
Mrs. Liu hesitated for a moment and looked at her husband, Liu Yongzheng.
Suppressing his shock, Liu Yongzheng quickly said to his wife, "Hurry up and thank the master for bestowing the miraculous medicine!"
"Thank you so much for the miraculous medicine!"
Madam Liu opened her right hand, and the pill fell into her palm automatically. She swallowed the pill on the spot.
Instantly, she felt a strange warm current spreading throughout her body, making her feel refreshed and invigorated.
"Sir's elixir is truly miraculous! I feel like I've become several years younger!"
Mrs. Liu said with a look of surprise and delight.
Li Yao smiled and nodded, glanced at Liu Yongzheng, then flipped his right hand and extracted some spiritual energy from his ring space, pouring it into Liu Yongzheng's wine cup, saying, "Your complexion isn't very good. Drinking this wine will remove your hidden ailments and prolong your life."
Liu Yongzheng was amazed. He quickly suppressed his excitement, picked up his wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
The next moment, he felt all the pores on his body open at the same time, and warm currents spread throughout his body, giving him a feeling of floating on air.
A moment later, he exhaled a breath of stale air, his eyes shining, and exclaimed with delight, "It's simply amazing! I feel all my hidden ailments have been cured, and my whole body is full of strength. Thank you so much for bestowing this miraculous medicine!"
He quickly stood up and, together with his wife, respectfully bowed deeply to Li Yao.
"We're destined to meet, so there's no need to be so polite."
Li Yao smiled faintly.
In fact, he did this as payment for staying at the Liu residence.
Liu Yongzheng glanced at his son in the swaddling clothes, his eyes darting around, and quickly said, "I wonder if you would be willing to take my son as your apprentice, sir?"
"Taking on apprentices?"
Li Yao and Xiao Bai exchanged a glance.
After thinking for a moment, he nodded and smiled, "Alright!"
"That's wonderful! It's truly a blessing for my son to be able to become your student!"
Liu Yongzheng was overjoyed and quickly poured himself a glass of wine. He raised his glass and said, "My son is still young, so I will offer him a toast on his behalf as a gesture of respect for becoming his student."
Suddenly, a strong voice came from outside: "Wait!"
Chapter 461 An Arrogant Young Man Who Doesn't Know His Own Limits
Just as Liu Yong was preparing to bring his son to offer a toast to Li Yao as a disciple, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the hall.
"Wait!"
At the same time, a young man with sharp, slanted eyebrows and a powerful stride walked in with great presence. Behind him was a young woman who looked remarkably like Madam Liu.
"Brother-in-law is overjoyed to have a son, which is a joyous occasion. How can you so easily accept him as a disciple? Do you know his background? What virtues and abilities does he possess?"
The young man glanced at Li Yao sideways, exuding arrogance.
"Tiannan, you must not act rashly!"
Liu Yongzheng sternly rebuked them, while explaining, "This Mr. Li and his wife are immortals from overseas. If it weren't for their help last night, your sister and your nephew would probably be in grave danger!"
As he spoke, he quickly introduced to Li Yao, "Mr. Li, this is my brother-in-law, Lin Tiannan, the young master of Lin Family Fortress!"
"Oh, so this is the famous Young Master Lin, known throughout the martial arts world as 'Invincible in Jiangnan'!"
Li Yao looked at Lin Tiannan with a half-smile.
To be honest, he didn't have much affection for Lin Tiannan.
Lin Tiannan cares a lot about his reputation and acts very domineeringly.
In the original drama, when Lin Yueru held a martial arts contest to choose a husband, Li Xiaoyao couldn't stand Lin Yueru's arrogant attitude, so he went on stage to fight her. Before the fight, he had already stated publicly that he was only going on stage to fight because he couldn't stand Lin Yueru's arrogant attitude, and that even if he won, he would not marry Lin Yueru.
As a result, Li Xiaoyao won, but his behavior made Lin Tiannan feel very embarrassed.
It was bad enough that the daughter of the prestigious Tang Family Fort lost to a petty thug, but what he didn't expect was that this thug beat his daughter and then just walked away without a care in the world.
This is a public martial arts contest to find a husband; how can we let this scoundrel come and go as he pleases?
So he forced Li Xiaoyao to stay and marry his daughter.
Moreover, knowing that Zhao Ling'er had been captured by the snake demon, he still lied to Li Xiaoyao, saying that Zhao Ling'er left on her own (of course, the snake demon he saw was actually Zhao Ling'er).
His despicable acts were so outrageous that even Liu Jinyuan, who had always respected him, could not stand them.
"An immortal from overseas?"
Lin Tiannan sneered and said with a mocking expression, "There are plenty of self-proclaimed immortals in the world. I've personally taught quite a few a lesson. I wonder what abilities this immortal has? Can he fly through the air and disappear into the earth? Can he turn stones into gold? Or can he predict the future?"
"Tiannan, how dare you be rude!"
Liu Yongzheng's face darkened, revealing his displeasure.
"Hmph, what an arrogant brat who doesn't know his place!"
Xiao Bai snorted coldly, looking all old and smug.
She was furious when she saw Lin Tiannan, who had suddenly appeared, repeatedly showing contempt for Li Yao.
As she spoke, she raised her palm and gently pushed Lin Tiannan. An invisible, powerful force immediately caused Lin Tiannan's expression to change drastically.
Lin Tiannan tried to resist, but he felt as if he were tied up and couldn't move at all. His face turned pale instantly, and large beads of sweat dripped down his face.
What terrified him even more was that the floor beneath his feet had crumbled under his feet, and his body was slowly sinking deeper into the ground, about to be completely submerged.
At this moment, everyone present was utterly shocked.
"Tiannan!"
Lin Tiannan's wife was so frightened that she turned pale. She immediately knelt down in front of Xiaobai and begged, "Please, fairy, spare my husband."
Mr. and Mrs. Liu quickly pleaded, "Madam Li, please have mercy!"
Xiao Bai glanced at Li Yao beside her, and seeing Li Yao smile and nod slightly at her, she said, "Alright, I'll let him off this time for your sake!"
As she spoke, she raised her right hand, and Lin Tiannan was pulled out of the ground by an invisible force, then flew out and was left dizzy and disoriented.
"Oh, Xiaobai, you're so naughty! You've made such a mess of Lord Liu's floor!"
Li Yao smiled, pointed his finger, and a dazzling white light flashed. The deep pit on the ground slowly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the ground soon returned to its original state.
Such miraculous powers shocked everyone present once again.
"I was blind and offended the two immortals. Please forgive me!"
When Lin Tiannan saw that Li Yao had simply pointed and restored the ground to its original state, his lips twitched involuntarily, realizing that he had offended a powerful figure.
He and his wife quickly bowed deeply to Li Yao and Xiao Bai.
"It's alright!"
Li Yao waved his hand and said calmly.
This minor incident passed just like that, and Li Yao officially accepted Liu Jinyuan as his apprentice.
Of course, since Liu Jinyuan had just been born, it was inconvenient to teach him the techniques.
Therefore, Li Yao only helped Liu Jinyuan cleanse his marrow and tendons, and then taught Liu Jinyuan the martial arts techniques when Liu Jinyuan was a little older.
Meanwhile, Li Yao and Xiao Bai stayed at the Liu family's house and did not leave.
For a period of time afterward, Li Yao and Xiao Bai frequently entered the ring space to cultivate.
After all, the ring space contains a colossal tree from the world of Jade Dynasty, which generates extremely rich spiritual energy, far richer than that of the world of Chinese Paladin.
He passed on the "Great Dao True Scripture," which had already incorporated the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts," to Xiaobai.
After Xiaobai practiced the latest version of the "Great Dao True Scripture", her cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds, much to her delight.
Of course, Li Yao's cultivation level also increased greatly because he practiced the new version of the True Scripture. In just one year, his realm improved by three levels, reaching the 'ninth level of the Golden Core Realm'.
Moreover, he had fully mastered all the supernatural powers and spells in the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts," as well as other spells that Yang Jian had "given" to him.
Now, he can easily perform seventy-two transformations (of course, this is a figurative number; in reality, he can transform arbitrarily), golden light from the ground, steel from the ground, Samadhi fire, turning beans into soldiers, and other magical arts such as the transformation of heaven and earth.