He'd be a fool to offend an elder who was about to become a Void Realm expert.

Upon seeing the returned storage ring, Zhang Tianfan's expression darkened slightly. After thinking for a moment, he transferred another five million spirit stones into it and reluctantly stuffed it back into Huang Xingyan's hands: "Elder Huang, please help me out. I owe you a favor!"

"Holy Son, please return!"

Huang Xingyan closed his eyes, looking like he didn't want to talk anymore. Ten million spirit stones were tempting, but offending Xiao Lingyue was not worth it!

Zhang Tianfan awkwardly withdrew his hand.

They knew that trying to make things difficult for Gao Yan through Huang Xingyan was no longer an option.

I could only leave in anger!

Back in the Holy Son's Palace, Zhang Tianfan was still filled with resentment.

His personal maidservant said, "Your Highness, you can find a true disciple to challenge Gao Yan. If it's a battle between equals, even if you severely injure him, Elder Xiao won't have anything to say!"

You're oversimplifying things!

Zhang Tianfan shook his head with a wry smile: "Gao Yan was able to be accepted as a disciple by Elder Xiao, and he reached the fourth level of the Golden Core stage in just over three years. His talent and aptitude should be quite good. Moreover, he cultivates at least a low-grade Earth-rank technique, or even stronger. Ordinary true disciples are no match for him. Furthermore, back then, he defeated a third-level Golden Core cultivator at the Dao Discussion Conference with only the first level of the Golden Core stage. I'm afraid even a fifth or sixth-level Golden Core cultivator wouldn't be able to do anything to him."

Therefore, to severely injure him, at least the disciples of the other elders would need to intervene. But those people are all shrewd; who would risk offending Elder Xiao by making a move?

He is indeed a holy son, but unlike Nangong Yao and Xiahou Meng, he doesn't have a powerful family backing him up.

Although there are still more than two thousand years before the struggle for the sect leader.

However, Xiahou Jian is almost certain to become the next sect leader.

He could have competed for the position of vice sect leader, but now Xiahou Meng has surpassed him and has the support of the Xiahou family. What does he have to compete with?

As for surpassing Nangong Yao and Xiahou Meng in the next two thousand years...

He also lacked confidence in surpassing it.

On the path of spiritual practice, if you take one step too slowly, you will take every step too slowly.

His cultivation level is now three levels higher than his, and he also has a family backing him up and providing resources.

He has absolutely no hope of surpassing him!

Therefore, his final outcome was that he became a true elder.

Xiao Lingyue was already a true disciple elder, and was about to break through to the Void Realm.

Why would anyone risk offending Dongxu to curry favor with a future true disciple elder?

"Forget it, let's just give up!"

Realizing he couldn't do anything to Gao Yan, Zhang Tianfan gave up on trying to make things difficult for him, deciding to wait for another opportunity.