Chapter 1620: Chapter 1620: Dream or Reality?

"Senior sister, you can’t go back on your word. You promised to take me to see the sect’s new disciple selection today." The owner of this voice was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. The little girl wore no makeup, fresh as a lotus emerging from water, suggesting that she would grow up to be a great beauty.

"See the new disciple selection?" Mu Hanyan was a bit baffled, feeling like her mind was suddenly blank for a moment. A strange feeling flashed by quickly.

"Yes, did you forget? Today is the day for selecting new disciples. I hope to have a junior brother or junior sister today, so I won’t be the youngest anymore." The little girl said happily, her eyes full of anticipation.

Oh... right. The sect she belonged to was Canglan Sect, the top sect today. Canglan Sect had five peaks, each excelling in different areas and accepting a wide array of disciples. Each peak had a Peak Master, and she was the daughter of the Peak Master of the First Peak, Fuhua Peak. The one shaking her arm was her little junior sister and also the little disciple of Fuhua Peak’s Peak Master, only thirteen years old, at the age of innocence and liveliness. She had begged Mu Hanyan recently to let her experience the new disciple selection because Mu Hanyan and Senior Brother Shangguan Yuhong were responsible for Fuhua Peak’s disciple selection. Their Fuhua Peak was the First Peak of Canglan Sect, but in terms of direct disciples, inner sect, and outer sect disciples, they had the fewest of the five peaks. Direct disciples were the Peak Master’s disciples; including Mu Hanyan, there were only four. Inner sect disciples were only dozens, and outer sect disciples were less than a hundred.

Yet this Fuhua Peak with fewer than two hundred people was the leading peak among the five. In terms of strength and reputation, it was undoubtedly the First Peak.

"Alright, I’ll take you, but don’t cause trouble and don’t give me any headaches." Mu Hanyan softened at the sight of the young girl looking eagerly at her and agreed.

"Great, great! Senior sister is the best!" The little girl jumped up, her excited eyes squinting into a line.

"Only Junior Sister Han Yan spoils you so much." At this moment, a handsome but cold-faced man entered, and his one indifferent sentence instantly silenced the little girl.

"Senior Brother." Mu Hanyan saw the newcomer with a stern face but was not afraid of him at all, and said with a smile, "It’s better for Yanran to have some experience. Otherwise, if she’s always confined to the peak only cultivating, she’ll know nothing of the world and will suffer when she leaves later." The newcomer was Senior Brother Mu Hanfeng. He was abandoned when he was a baby and then picked up and raised by the Peak Master of Fuhua Peak, growing up with Mu Hanyan and named Mu Hanfeng. He was closer to Mu Hanyan than a real sister, always protecting her and indulging her greatly. In front of the world, he always appeared cold, warning strangers not to approach, but he was different with Mu Hanyan.

"Since Junior Sister Han Yan said so, then Junior Sister Ye must remember what your senior sister said and not give her trouble." Mu Hanfeng nodded upon hearing Mu Hanyan’s words and agreed.

Ye Yanran was happy enough to almost jump up again, but froze instantly when faced with Mu Hanfeng’s expressionless face. She feared no one but Mu Hanfeng. Every time she saw Mu Hanfeng, it was like a mouse seeing a cat—timid beyond words.

Mu Hanyan saw this and smiled helplessly, reaching out to stroke Ye Yanran’s head and gently said, "Go to my room. The snacks I had someone buy are in the desk drawer; go help yourself."

"Wow! Wow! Wow! Thank you, senior sister!" Ye Yanran’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, disregarding Mu Hanfeng’s intimidating cold face, and bounced off to Mu Hanyan’s room.

"You always spoil her like this. When will she ever mature?" Mu Hanfeng sighed.

"Senior brother, Yanran is still young. You’re usually busy handling the many affairs of Fuhua Peak, and I’m busy cultivating. Second Senior Brother is always engrossed in alchemy arrays, so no one plays with Yanran. She’s at the age of being lively. It’s not good to keep her too confined." Mu Hanyan explained with a smile.

"She has great potential; otherwise, Master wouldn’t have accepted her as a direct disciple. I hope she won’t waste her cultivation and become..." Become your burden and drag you down, Mu Hanfeng held back the rest of that sentence. He actually didn’t care about others, but when it came to Mu Hanyan, he would think a lot and do even more.

Mu Hanyan’s face broke into a smile once more, like a flower blooming at dawn, and she softly said, "With my brother around, what am I afraid of?"

Mu Hanfeng was instantly healed by this sentence, feeling almost as if he’d been injected with chicken blood. Many times, in front of others, they maintained the address of Senior Brother and Junior Sister, but sometimes privately it would be the childhood addresses of brother and sister.

"Yes, with your brother around, you needn’t worry about anything." Mu Hanfeng’s originally firm facial lines softened, a gentle smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"Then let’s go early tomorrow and see if there are any promising talents this year." Mu Hanyan mused that if there were any good candidates, they should be brought to their Fuhua Peak early.

"Okay, then rest well tonight, tomorrow we’ll go early." Mu Hanfeng nodded and advised.

After Mu Hanyan agreed, she and Mu Hanfeng parted, heading to her own dwelling. The Peak Master of Fuhua Peak was still in seclusion; in fact, he almost never emerged from it. Mu Hanfeng handled most of the affairs of Fuhua Peak. The elders of Fuhua Peak also consulted with Mu Hanfeng on matters. Barring any surprises, Mu Hanfeng was the expected next Peak Master of Fuhua Peak. There had been suggestions for Mu Hanyan to succeed as Peak Master of Fuhua Peak, but Mu Hanyan refused. Everyone praised her for her modesty and politeness, but only the Peak Master knew that his daughter was simply too lazy to want to handle all the affairs as the Peak Master.

Of course, Mu Hanfeng also understood this, so he happily accepted that if his sister didn’t want to do it, he would take over. The Peak Master was happy to see this. When it came to choosing the Sect Leader of Canglan Sect years ago, Master wanted to choose from his seven disciples, but hadn’t had time to come up with a way to refuse when Sixth Senior Brother ran away from home secretly. To avoid becoming Sect Leader, he went all out. As a result, it caused trouble for the remaining six, Master locked all of them up, and they couldn’t be released until they decided who would be the next Sect Leader.

They were in a bind; none of the six wanted to be the Sect Leader, so they came up with the idea to draw lots. After a game of rock-paper-scissors, the unfortunate Third Senior Brother became the Sect Leader, and the rest became Peak Masters. He was annoyed at all the trivial matters the elders came to consult about, but eventually, he was glad to have found Mu Hanfeng. When Mu Hanfeng exhibited extraordinary ability, he was delighted and quickly handed over affairs to Mu Hanfeng, and went into seclusion. What kind of seclusion it was, only he knew.

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