Possessed by my father, I was reborn and became the supreme ruler.

Speaking of which, Ye Yunjian, this junior brother, is just like Situ Jiuxiao—well-dressed but a wolf in sheep's clothing! This Si Tianxiang is quite handsome, with a small silver crown binding his hair. He sits at the table, squinting at him.

Ye Yunjian didn't say anything, only glanced at him, waiting for him to speak first.

Seeing that he was acting strangely today, Si Tianxiang pretended to be gentle and asked, "How is Senior Brother's health? I heard that your dantian was damaged. Are you about to start cultivating again?"

Ye Yunjian nodded and said, "Thank you for your concern, Junior Brother... I will begin after these few days of meditation."

When Si Yunxiang was cultivating with his fellow disciples, he was always ranked third, below Ye Yunjian. However, Ye Yunjian, who was ranked first, was several decades older than them and was not considered a true peer. In fact, Ye Yunjian was ranked first and he was ranked second.

After his dantian was damaged, Ye Yunjian's cultivation level regressed to the Profound Core Realm, making Si Tianxiang the strongest disciple among his peers for the first time, which naturally filled him with pride. However, when he learned that Ye Yunjian was going to rebuild his cultivation technique and that his future achievements might far surpass his previous ones, he couldn't sit still any longer.

In his previous life, Ye Yunjian made rapid progress in his cultivation after retraining. Si Tianxiang was able to catch up with him before, but later, even with all the rare treasures he had, he could not catch up with Ye Yunjian at all. Thus, he became jealous and hateful, and killed Ye Yunjian on Situ Yunxiao's orders.

To put it bluntly, Ye Yunjian is a genius, while Si Tianxiang is just an ordinary person. That's just fate!

But Si Tianxiang refused to accept this; if he couldn't have it, he wouldn't let anyone else have it!

Now, he came to sound out Ye Yunjian's intentions, but since Ye Yunjian already knew his thoughts, he remained silent.

Seeing that Ye Yunjian, who was usually so enthusiastic, was acting like a taciturn person today, Si Tianxiang sat down and then sat up again, scratching his head and trying to make conversation. Si Yunxiang watched him like an ant on a hot pan, but he wasn't in a hurry. He was just waiting to see what tricks Ye Yunjian would play.

Si Tianxiang was less skilled in cultivation, but he was always cautious. Before understanding Ye Yunjian's true intentions, he simply kept asking about his well-being. Ye Yunjian was already wary of such pretense, and after a while, he found it meaningless. So he stood up and pretended to be dizzy, pressing one hand to his forehead and the other to hold onto the table, and asked, "Junior Brother Si, if there's nothing else, I'll rest now."

Si Yunxiang was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Senior brother, you usually stay up very late. Are you trying to kick me out?"

Ye Yunjian said "Oh," thinking to himself, "I was going to kick you out anyway, didn't you know that?" But he couldn't say it outright now, so he smiled and said, "No, I usually wait for my junior sister to bring me the Xuan medicine in the evening. She'll be here soon."

Si Tianxiang poured himself a cup of tea and said, "Senior Brother Ye is talking about Bai Yueling, right? That little brat, hmph."

Then he shook his head and said to Ye Yunjian, "Let me tell you, today some disciples from the outer sect spread rumors that you are the reincarnation of the World-Destroying Spirit King. Master was furious and destroyed his soul on the spot. Are you aware of this?"

Ye Yunjian nodded: "My master has already told me, but I don't know why there is such a rumor."

Si Tianxiang whispered, "Your Spirit Fire Cave has the strange phenomenon of earth fire burning the sky, which matches the prophecy of the ancient fire dragon clan in legend."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yunjian said, "An ancient prophecy of the Fire Dragon Clan?"

Si Tianxiang said, “That’s right. This is a very ancient prophecy. Legend has it that when the phenomenon of the earth burning the sky in their holy land, which is the Spirit Fire Cave where you live, appears three times, the Fire Dragon Clan’s World-Destroying Spirit King will be reincarnated. Hmm, this is only the first time. Maybe the next time will be several decades or hundreds of years later. Senior brother, how could you possibly be the reincarnation of the World-Destroying Spirit King?”

However, Si Tianxiang then said mysteriously to Ye Yunjian, "Let me tell you, the rumors spread by this outer sect disciple are very likely spread by this junior sister Bai Yueling."

Ye Yunjian glared at him with sharp eyes, and Si Tianxiang quickly laughed and said, "Senior brother, don't glare at me. Let me analyze it for you and you'll understand. Junior Sister Bai is naive and romantic, and she speaks without restraint all day long. Last time, she even said that Master was recently studying the ancient evil technique of possession, which made Master so angry that he even smashed the green jade cup."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yunjian felt that what Si Tianxiang said matched what his junior sister had mentioned before, so he stopped glaring at him.

Seeing that Ye Yunjian seemed to believe him somewhat, Si Tianxiang continued, "Senior Brother Ye, you must be careful of this girl. I heard that she has offended some outsiders, and someone hates her to the bone and has issued a secret order in the martial arts world to make her suffer."

"The Hidden Flower Order? Do you know who issued it?" Ye Yunjian asked with some concern.

"This hidden reward is a secret code; only those who receive the reward will know about it. How would I know?" Si Tianxiang waved his hand.

Ye Yunjian thought to himself, "That makes sense, but I wonder if Situ Jiuxiao is behind this Dark Flower Token."

A bounty is a type of reward offered in the martial arts world for revenge against an enemy.

The price of a hidden card can vary greatly, from taking a person's life to dragging them to a secluded place and breaking their hands or feet. Of course, the price is also quite high.

However, since things escalated to the point of being a secret affair, it's clear that the junior sister has offended someone with considerable influence.

Ye Yunjian glanced at Si Tianxiang again, and seeing that he still seemed hesitant to speak, she immediately understood that he wanted something from her. He always did this; he just wanted her to take the initiative and ask him first.

"Junior Brother Si, speak up. You came here today for more than just to see me. Just say what you need to say!" Ye Yunjian saw that it was getting late, and if he didn't get straight to the point, it would be troublesome if Bai Yueling came to deliver the medicine later.

"Hehe, Senior Brother Ye is so straightforward! Since you asked me, I just said that the sect's small secret realm will be open in six months, and I want to give it a try. Senior Brother, your cultivation level has now dropped back to the Profound Core Realm. How about lending me your magic weapons, the Profound Fire Sword, the Profound Moon Mirror, and the Limitless Profound Fire Wheel, for six months of cultivation?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Yunjian knew that he had come to borrow his magic weapon!

In his previous life, he had readily agreed to lend the treasure, but Si Yunxiang was like Liu Bei who borrowed Jingzhou and never returned it. However, he did not ask for it back later because he was re-cultivating the Nine Nether Profound Fire Technique.

When he finally died, he was at the mercy of others because he had no magical treasures to protect him!

The treasures that were lent out were naturally swallowed up by Si Tianxiang in the end.

"Senior brother, I'm not confident about this sect's small secret realm. I really need your magic weapon to help me."

Ye Yunjian sneered inwardly, thinking, "I'll use this treasure to participate in the sect's small secret realm."

In his previous life, during the sect's minor secret realm tournament, Ye Yunjian had just successfully rebuilt his cultivation technique, far surpassing its state before the damage to his dantian. With the help of Ye Yunjian's treasures and Ye Yunjian's full assistance, Si Yunxiang obtained a large amount of precious cultivation resources at the secret realm tournament, which is why he later distinguished himself in the sect with the secret support of Situ Yunxiao.

After giving away his rare cultivation resources, he also gave away the three protective magic treasures to Si Tianxiang for free.

Moreover, the wicked and despicable master Situ Yunxiao and the ungrateful Si Yunxiang discovered his weakness through this small secret realm tournament, and secretly conspired to set a trap for him step by step until he was killed.