Soon someone walked over toward Wang Wei while he was talking to Li Jun. To be precise it was two people: one being sect master Wang Tian and an old man full of white hair dressed in very plain and ordinary clothes.

He looked like an ordinary grandfather that doted on his grandchildren by secretly giving them candy when their parents strictly forbade them not to eat sweets before dinner.

Li Jun was the first to notice, so he quickly bowed. "Hello, sect master."

"Oh Li Jun, how many times that I have told you that you can call me Uncle."

Li Jun smiled wryly, then answered. "I will remember from now on, uncle."

"Father, what brought you here. I thought we had already said our goodbyes?"

"Wei'er, I'm here this time to introduce you to your Dao Protector, True Monarch Yan Chen. He will follow you throughout most of your life and protect you. In most cases, he will not intervene unless someone of too much higher cultivation level attacks you."

True Monarch Yan Chen smiled and said: "Young Master, you do not need to worry. Unless I'm dead, nothing will happen to you."

"Then I will be in your care, Supreme Elder Yan Chen."

"There is no need to be so formal, just call me by my name."

Wang Wei smiled, but did not do so. Although he had a high status, Wang Wei knew the importance of respecting people of much higher strength than him. Unless he reaches a certain level himself, he will still respect these people.

Furthermore, Wang Wei can easily guess that the appearance of True Monarch Yan Chen was in fact due to political negotiations between the upper echelons of the sect.

As the future Emperor groomed by the sect, the Wang family will yield a great amount of power in the future. As such, as a compromise, the Wang family has to find ways to tie the other families with them and gain their unwavering support.

Due to the brotherhood of Wang Wei and Li Jun, the Li family was more than happy. What can be closer than childhood friends who grew up together and wear the same pants.

However, the Yan family was not satisfied yet. As a compromise, the Wang Family had to allocate the position of Dao Protector to the Yan family, hence the appearance of True Monarch Yan Chen.

The status of Dao Protector is actually quite high. As the name implies, the person is in charge of protecting your Dao, even if it means at the cost of their own life.

Being a Dao protector means taking an oath to put the safety of someone else above everything else-- even yourself. This is the reason that the Wang family allowed someone else to protect Wang Wei instead of doing it themselves.

After finishing introducing himself to Wang Wei, Yan Chen then looked at Li Jun and said. "You must be Li Jun. Not bad, not bad. Your Li family has a good successor this generation. You will meet my grand-niece during your journey. Helped me protect her during the trial if you have the chance."

"I will do my best to protect her sir."

Meanwhile, on the other side, Wang Wei and his father were having their own discussion.

"Is there anything else father?"

"No, that is all I have to say to you. Be safe and do everything according to plan. Unless necessary, do not try to improvise."

"Father, you already said these to me. By the way, I meant to ask. Why did you turn into a middle aged man during the past few years? Is something wrong with your cultivation?"

"No, nothing is wrong. It's just that now that you are a young man, I cannot look like I'm your brother can I. That would lose all my authority as a father."

Wang Wei looked at him incredibly and muttered, "As if you had