Past life sage: This life a dual cultivator

"Now tell me. What do you want from me in return?", Lin Xintong looked towards Zhan Chen.

"Dual cultivation", Zhan Chen replied with a plain tone. Lin Xintong stood stunned after hearing the direct reply from Zhan Chen.

"Dual cultivation with me!", she looked towards Zhan Chen with disbelief in her eyes. Zhan Chen nodded his head seriously as it was the thing he wanted from her.

"But why? I am so old already", Lin Xintong looked towards Zhan Chen with disbelief in her eyes.

"Who said you are old? I don't think so", Zhan Chen retorted.

Lin Xintong tried to speak reasons to Zhan Chen but all of her reasons were firmly rejected by Zhan Chen as he looked towards her with a piercing gaze. He could not be more clear about his intention regarding dual cultivation with her.

Lin Xintong couldn't find any more words to defend herself as a blush finally appeared on her lovely cheeks.

Zhan Chen could understand her inner turmoil. So, he didn't push things too far from their first meeting.

He need dual cultivation partner. But he wouldn't become a vile beast for the purpose of cultivation. He want his women to be the willing party before moving towards the dual cultivation. Same logic was applied to Lin Xintong. He wanted to seek her agreement before doing dual cultivation with her.

"How about it? You can gather the auxiliary materials and I will take care of the main ingredient. We can talk about our matter after I am done with the concoction of Core rebirth pill", Zhan Chen looked towards Lin Xintong. He wanted to give her some time before she could take her decision.

"Refining the Core rebirth pill? Do you know what you are talking about? It is a grade four pill?", Lin Xintong looked towards Zhan Chen with disbelief.

No matter how mysterious Zhan Chen was, he couldn't probably be a pill grandmaster. This was what she had thought.

But the next action of Zhan Chen made her shut her mouth. Because a gentle looking fire appeared on the palm of Zhan Chen.

"Soul fire! How is this possible?", Lin Xintong cried out in surprise after seeing the fire on Zhan Chen's palm.

"Now, you should beleive me, right?", Zhan Chen looked towards Lin Xintong with a smile on his face.

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"Big sis Yan, how much time it will take for us to reach the next town?", Li Shu looked towards Li Yan.

"It will probable take another day. We have already crossed the majority of the earth province. We can rest after reaching the border between Earth province and Dragon province", Li Yan spoke.

They were already traveling for three days without taking any major break. So, Li Shu wanted to stop somewhere to relax.

"We will take a proper break after reaching the Yellow stone city", Zhan Chen spoke. All three girls nodded their heads after hearing the words of Zhan Chen.

Li Yan determined their next course of action and all of them followed her lead towards the Yellow stone city.

"Stop", Zhan Chen suddenly spoke. All of them stopped their magical beasts after hearing the words of Zhan Chen. They looked towards Zhan Chen with confusion on their faces.

"Senior, should not you reveal yourself after watching us for so long?", Zhan Chen looked towards a certain direction.

No reply came out after Zhan Chen spoke. Li Yan, Li Shu and Kai Min felt more confused after seeing what Zhan Chen was doing. He seemed to be talking to thin air as no reply came out from that direction.

"Senior, I know you are there. You are following us since an hour. I wonder how long are you planning to follow us?", Zhan Chen spoke.

"Youngsters are indeed scary. I have heard much about your Zhan clan talents. But your talent is an eye opener for me",

A voice came out of thin air after hearing the words of Zhan Chen.

Zhan Chen had a cautious look on his face as he looked towards the said direction. A cultivator appeared in the sky where he was looking. But his figure could not be seen as it seemed to blurred by some unknown power.

"Relax, everyone. I have no intention to harm you. I am only here to speak with Zhan Chen", the hidden figure spoke.

Li Yan, Li Shu and Kai Min were hesiant to leave. But Zhan Chen looked at them and his assured expression made them leave willingly.

The blurry figure of the person became clear after Li Yan, Li Shu and Kai Min left. He looked towards Zhan Chen and appeared before him within the blink of an eye.

"Greetings senior. May I know who are you and why are you looking for me?", Zhan Chen looked towards the robust looking old man who stood opposite to him.

"I have come here to check upon you. I have heard some rumors about you. But rumors are rumors.

After seeing you, I can understand why senior Lin is so hellbent on protecting you. The hope of revival for the Zhan clan lies in your hands", the robust looking old man spoke.

"Are you referring to ancestor Zhan Lin?", Zhan Chen inquired. The robust looking old man nodded his head and spoke,

"I am Lu Huan. The grand elder of Lu clan".

"Senior Huan, it is a bit rude to ask. But can you tell me the power level of nine superpowers. I mean who is strongest and who is weakest? Which power has more number of experts in their ranks?", Zhan Chen looked towards Lu Huan.

From the earlier encounter with Lu clan experts, he had already found out that Lu clan was an hidden alley of his Zhan clan. So, he had no reservation even though the grand elder of Lu clan standing infront of him.

"I can give you the answer. But the before that, I want to know your current cultivation level", Lu Huan looked towards Zhan Chen.

"Core condensation realm", Zhan Chen replied with a nonchalant expression.

"What? Core condensation realm?", Lu Huan was taken aback for a moment. Zhan Chen smiled after seeing the reaction of the grand elder.

"It is unexpected. It only took few months for you to cross over two major realms", Lu Huan remarked.

Then he started to explain the power structure of Northern desert continent to Zhan Chen.

"Among the nine super powers, the Xie family is the strongest. They are not only the acclaimed ruler of the continent but they actually have such hidden reserves of experts to back up their claim.

Three sects generally do not participate in power struggle but as ancient powers, their reserves are only second to the Xie family. In terms of power, Heavenly sword sect is the most powerful among the sects and the Xuantian sect is considered to be below them.

In terms of number of experts, no power can match with the Xuantian sect as they have all most all kinds of arts to attract the disciples. The mysterious one among the three sects is the Frozen cloud sect. No one knows how much female experts are hiding behind those frozen walls of the Snow province.

Five clans can be ranked after the Xie family and the three supreme sects. Huang clan is the strongest and the Shen clan is the weakest.

Li clan, my Lu clan and the Huo clan has almost same level of power and experts", Lu Huan spoke.

Zhan Chen asked out some more questions to Lu Huan. Lu Huan took out three communication tailsman and handed them over to Zhan Chen. His figure disappeared but he left behind a mental message to Zhan Chen before leaving.

A frown appeared on Zhan Chen's forehead after he looked through the content of the message. "Xie family? It is yet to be decided who is the pawn here", he murmured to himself.