Chapter 1496: Not My Student

"I only have one student, Feng Ziyi! I don't know any Zhang Xuan!" Master Yang shook his head.

"You don't know him?"

Everyone was stunned, especially the Grand Elder and Zhang Wuchen. They exchanged glances, their eyes widening in unison. They had thoroughly investigated Zhang Xuan, who from the beginning claimed to be Master Yang Xuan's direct disciple and to have received personal instruction. They never expected Master Yang to be completely unaware of him!

"That's right. I've been busy for years and haven't had time to take on students. You all know that. What's wrong? Did someone claim to be my student?" Master Yang asked, looking confused.

"Yes, there's a person named Zhang Xuan who claimed to be your direct disciple. He just caused quite a commotion in the Zhang Clan..." the Grand Elder hastily replied.

"Impersonating my direct disciple? How audacious! Where is this fellow? I truly want to see where he gets such courage..." Master Yang's face darkened as he flicked his sleeve.

On the Master Teacher Continent, the inheritance of master-student relationships is strict. Impersonating a student or teacher without a formal apprenticeship ceremony is a violation of the rules. He had been in seclusion for half a year, and someone had already impersonated his student. According to what he heard, this person was causing trouble everywhere, which had already crossed his bottom line.

"He already teleported away..." the Grand Elder quickly said, looking embarrassed.

"Teleported away? What happened?" Master Yang frowned.

Feeling helpless, the Grand Elder recounted the previous events in detail.

"You're saying... a young man in the Domain realm casually withstood the spatial tribulation, defeated all the Zhang Clan's geniuses with sword techniques, and was unrivaled in professions like painting, beast taming, spirit awakening, and artifact appraisal?" Master Yang was stunned.

"Yes!" The Grand Elder nodded. "It would be one thing if he possessed one or two extraordinary abilities at twenty years old, but to have so many, and such high talent, I suspect he's a disguised Otherworldly Demon!"

"It's true that disguised Otherworldly Demon Kings are hard to identify... However, if he truly were an Otherworldly Demon, he would never be so high-profile!" Master Yang shook his head, disagreeing with the Grand Elder's assessment. Otherworldly Demons who disguise themselves as humans, to the point where even nine-star master teachers can't see through them, must have paid an immense price. They'd be too busy hiding; how could they possibly cause trouble everywhere, throwing the entire Zhang Clan into chaos? Wouldn't doing so be equivalent to exposing themselves? What would be the point of the disguise then?

"If he's not an Otherworldly Demon, how could he possess Warlock Soul Master techniques and wield Otherworldly Demon artifacts?" the Grand Elder asked.

"Impersonating my student, possessing Warlock Soul Master techniques, and coming here to cause trouble... This fellow is interesting. I'd very much like to meet him. Do you know where he teleported to using the formation?" Master Yang smiled faintly, filled with curiosity.

"We don't know!" The Grand Elder shook his head. If the formation were still intact, they might be able to deduce something. However, the formation he used was extremely sophisticated; even the Grand Elder couldn't discern a thing, let alone where it led.

"You don't know?" Master Yang frowned. "Where did he teleport from? Take me to see!"

The Grand Elder and the others stopped talking and quickly led the way. Before long, they arrived at the spot where Zhang Xuan had teleported away. Standing there, Master Yang lowered his head to examine the spot. His brows furrowed tighter and tighter. A moment later, he looked up and asked, "Did the other party use a token that looked like this?" With a gentle flick of his finger, a faint golden illusory image of a token appeared before everyone.

"That's right! This artifact blocked my sword qi. It must be at least a top-grade Saint artifact!" the Grand Elder nodded. Earlier, when he used his sword qi to attack the opponent, it was blocked by this token. He recognized it at a glance; there was no mistaking it.

"This..." Hearing the confirmation, Master Yang's brows furrowed even more deeply.

"Master Yang, do you recognize this token?" Seeing his expression, the Grand Elder inquired.

"More than recognize it! If the item he produced truly looks as you described, it's highly likely to be..." He paused here, then Master Yang finally waved his hand, "Never mind, let's not discuss it for now. I can only confirm it when I see it with my own eyes!" The Holy Son Hall Master Token held too much significance. Even as a Grand Elder of the Master Teacher Pavilion headquarters, he wouldn't dare speak rashly. The distribution of the tokens was personally handled by Saint Kuil. If an Otherworldly Demon were truly disguised, Saint Kuil would certainly be able to discern it. Such a massive oversight was impossible.

While he was deep in thought, Hu Yiwei flew over in a hurry. "Master, you've emerged from seclusion..."

"Hm!" Master Yang nodded, frowning, "What's wrong? Why are you so anxious?" His gaze was sharp; he could tell at a glance that his butler was burdened with worries.

"Reporting, Master, it's like this: at the Holy Son Hall, I discovered a student named Zhang Xuan whose body contains the innate fetal poison I left behind long ago..." Hu Yiwei quickly recounted what he knew.

"Innate fetal poison? The Zhang Clan's young genius?" Master Yang was startled and quickly looked at Xing Jiansheng and the others, feeling a bit confused himself. The Zhang Clan's young genius, the Holy Son Hall Master, a Warlock Soul Master, an Otherworldly Demon, his student... What exactly was going on with this fellow? How could he possess so many identities?

"If his identity as my student is false, then perhaps his other identities aren't real either. Both of you, don't be anxious. We all know the circumstances of the young genius back then; his chances of survival were slim. Since he has appeared, why don't I go and see him first? Meeting him once will clarify everything, whether it's true or false!" After a moment of contemplation, Master Yang said.

"I'm coming too!" Meng Jiansheng gritted her teeth. "I won't be appeased unless I see him in person!" After so many years, they finally had concrete news. Even though the Grand Elder and others confirmed he had no relation to her son, she still wouldn't be satisfied without seeing it for herself.

"Very well! Hu Yiwei couldn't be mistaken about the innate fetal poison, and this fellow's surname is Zhang, and he came from the ancient domain. Everything seems to fit. It would indeed be hard to accept without seeing him in person!" Understanding her feelings, Master Yang nodded.

"Master Yang, do you already know where he teleported to?" Seeing his expression, Xing Jiansheng asked.

"If the Grand Elder didn't misidentify the token's appearance, then I should know where he went!" Master Yang nodded. "Unless something unforeseen happened, he returned to the Holy Son Hall!"

"Returned to the Holy Son Hall?" Xing Jiansheng's face twitched. After hearing Hu Yiwei's words, he and his wife rushed towards the Holy Son Hall. Halfway there, they heard Zhang Xuan was at the Zhang Clan, so they returned... only for him to go back again! Their luck was truly terrible; every single time, they just barely missed him!

"Yes, the Holy Son Hall is a subordinate branch of the Master Teacher Pavilion. The Zhang Clan doesn't have a direct teleportation array there. How about this: first, teleport me to the Master Teacher Pavilion headquarters, and then from there to the Holy Son Hall. Although it's a detour, we should arrive within a day, which is much faster than flying!" After a slight hesitation, Master Yang said.

The Master Teacher Pavilion headquarters possesses teleportation arrays to various locations, but the Zhang Clan doesn't have a direct route, so they would have to take a detour. However, even with a detour, they could arrive within a day, which was far quicker than flying for over half a month.

"Alright, Master Yang, my wife and I will go with you!" Xing Jiansheng nodded.