Jun Changxiao temporarily stayed at the Shangguan Family residence and was arranged to stay in a beautiful, independent courtyard.

With his wild imagination running rampant, he kept thinking: Could the old man really be planning to marry his granddaughter to me?

That’s right, that’s it.

Young and talented.

Plus, he was a sect master with unlimited potential—where else could you find such an excellent golden son-in-law?

Unfortunately, this was his career’s rising period, and he hadn’t given any thought to romantic entanglements.

Alas.

Speaking of which.

Being too excellent as a man was also a kind of trouble.

“…”

Listening to his internal monologue, the system collapsed and said: “I have never seen such a shameless person!”

“Sect Leader Jun.”

The next day, Shangguan Hong entered the courtyard and said with a smile: “Are your accommodations comfortable?”

“Comfortable.”

Although Jun Changxiao was a bit narcissistic, he still responded coolly: “Senior, you kept me to stay at your residence—what exactly do you wish to teach me?”

Shangguan Hong smiled and said: “That depends on what Sect Leader Jun had in mind when bringing a gift to congratulate this old man on his birthday.”

“This…”

Jun Changxiao was immediately embarrassed.

It seemed this senior knew that his birthday congratulations came with ulterior motives.

Since that was the case, he might as well be frank and open.

Jun Changxiao wasn’t a pretentious person, so he said: “To be honest with you, Senior, I’ve recently encountered some trouble.”

Shangguan Hong said: “If this old man hasn’t guessed wrong, Sect Leader Jun’s trouble should be related to the blade you used to defeat the Holy Spring Sect’s Sect Master, correct?”

Jun Changxiao was stunned and said: “Correct.”

Shangguan Hong smiled and said: “From the information this old man has obtained, Sect Leader Jun’s blade should have a weapon spirit—this undoubtedly makes it a divine weapon.”

“An ordinary man is innocent, but possessing a jade ring invites crime.”

He paused and said: “This blade will bring quite a bit of trouble.”

Truly worthy of being a Tianyu Academy instructor!

He hit the nail on the head!

“Alas!”

Jun Changxiao sighed and said: “Senior’s words are extremely accurate.”

“Speak.”

Shangguan Hong said: “What is your trouble?”

“The Demon Fiend Sect,” Jun Changxiao said.

Shangguan Hong frowned and said: “That’s a third-rate evil sect. If you’ve been targeted by them, that’s truly troublesome.”

Jun Changxiao said: “That’s why this junior came to offer birthday congratulations—I was hoping to borrow Senior’s prestige to make the Demon Fiend Sect behave themselves a bit.”

Shangguan Hong smiled and said: “Although the Demon Fiend Sect is arrogant, they still greatly fear Tianyu Academy.”

“Sect Leader Jun.”

He changed the topic and said: “This old man has heard that your attainments in martial arts are very high?”

“Uh.”

Jun Changxiao modestly said: “I only understand the surface.”

Shangguan Hong took out a rather new-looking secret manual and placed it on the stone table, saying: “This is a cultivation method this old man created. I’ve encountered a small problem in the middle—I wonder if the Sect Leader could offer some guidance?”

Jun Changxiao said: “Senior, you can already create cultivation methods—this junior’s meager abilities would be powerless to help.”

Creating one’s own martial techniques—that was absolutely the work of a martial arts grandmaster.

It couldn’t compare to someone like him who cheated using Insight Talismans.

Shangguan Hong said: “This old man’s abilities aren’t that high either. I just casually research things when I have nothing to do, otherwise I wouldn’t have encountered problems.”

“Sect Leader Jun was able to guide Elder Ma in martial techniques—helping this old man with some guidance shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Jun Changxiao understood.

Keeping him to stay at the residence definitely wasn’t to marry his granddaughter to him, but rather to discuss martial arts.

“Nonsense.”

The system said: “A prestigious family like theirs—what they lack least is grandsons-in-law. Who do you think you are that they must marry her to you?”

Jun Changxiao ignored it and said: “Since that’s the case, this junior will take a look first.”

Speaking thus, he crushed an Insight Talisman and earnestly began flipping through the pages.

From the meridian circulation and incantations, this was a type of gentle palm technique, and its quality wasn’t high—roughly at the low-grade high-tier level.

Even so, Jun Changxiao still felt solemn respect.

No matter how low-level the martial technique, it still wasn’t something ordinary people could create!

“Senior.”

Jun Changxiao pointed to the third page and said: “This section of the incantation has flaws in the meridian circulation. If modifications are made, it will definitely become more perfect.”

Shangguan Hong’s expression froze.

After just briefly flipping through it, he quickly pointed out the inadequacies.

Just as the rumors said, this young man truly had very high attainments in martial arts!

“I’m willing to hear the details,” he said earnestly.

Relying on the Insight Talisman, Jun Changxiao meticulously dismantled and analyzed the palm technique, pointing out the problems within.

The more Shangguan Hong listened, the more his heart shook with amazement. He thought to himself: “Incredible!”

Ten minutes later, after Jun Changxiao finished explaining, he modestly said: “These are merely this junior’s humble opinions. If Senior feels there’s anything inappropriate, you need not pay them any mind.”

That’s what he said with his mouth, but in his heart he was extremely confident.

After his improvements, although the palm technique was still low-grade high-tier, if comprehended to the extreme, it could definitely reach the mortal-grade level.

Shangguan Hong was still deep in thought.

After a moment, his expression became incomparably solemn as he said: “Sect Leader Jun’s understanding of martial arts—you can truly be called a grandmaster!”

He also realized that after the improvements, all the problems and flaws in the palm technique had been corrected, and it could be practiced as a genuine martial technique!

For a veteran Tianyu Academy instructor to give the evaluation of “grandmaster”—that carried extremely high significance.

“This junior’s meager skills truly cannot enter the halls of elegance.”

Jun Changxiao had Insight Talismans that could quickly analyze flaws in martial techniques, but as for creating martial techniques—that was absolutely impossible.

Shangguan Hong smiled and said: “With Sect Leader Jun’s skills, if you went to Tianyu Academy to teach, it would be a blessing for countless students.”

“This old man finally understands.”

“Why the Tiegu Sect’s disciples were able to defeat the Holy Spring Sect’s disciples.”

Why?

With such a martial arts grandmaster teaching them, even waste materials could rise against the current!

Shangguan Hong had been an instructor for most of his life, and now encountering a martial arts grandmaster, it could be called meeting too late in life. So he continued exchanging ideas with Jun Changxiao.

Between their words, they never strayed from martial dao and martial techniques.

Sect Leader Jun was merely relying on Insight Talismans and didn’t have any real talent or learning, so he could only respond with vague and ambiguous answers.

Until mealtime arrived, the two continued talking from the courtyard to the dining table, making him extremely awkward.

For two consecutive days.

Whenever Shangguan Hong had free time, he would come to discuss martial arts.

Occasionally he would also discuss feed pills and horse raising, being quite enthusiastic indeed.

Jun Changxiao became anxious.

He came to offer birthday congratulations hoping to borrow your influence to intimidate the Demon Fiend Sect—at least give some kind of statement!

On the fourth day.

Shangguan Hong finally stopped discussing martial arts and instead said: “Sect Leader Jun, with this old man’s influence, although I can intimidate the Demon Fiend Sect, you and I have no relationship, so they may not necessarily back down.”

“This…” Jun Changxiao fell silent.

That’s right.

He and Shangguan Hong had no family or friendship ties—the Demon Fiend Sect definitely wouldn’t care. If they wanted to make their move, they would still make their move.

“However.”

Shangguan Hong said: “If there’s no relationship, we can establish one.”

“Please enlighten me, Senior,” Jun Changxiao said.

Shangguan Hong paused briefly and said: “This old man has children and grandchildren filling the halls, but I have only one granddaughter, whom I treasure like a jewel in my palm.”

Hearing this, Jun Changxiao was stunned and thought to himself: “As expected, he wants me to be his grandson-in-law!”

“…”

The system was speechless.

Could this really be because the protagonist’s halo was too strong?

“Sect Leader Jun.”

Shangguan Hong said: “If you don’t mind…”

“Senior!”

Jun Changxiao hastily interrupted: “This junior is wholeheartedly devoted to developing my sect and hasn’t given any thought to romantic affairs for the time being.”