Please bring your best friends to practice immortality

Chapter 626 Predecessors
Yan Rufeng was now in the late Jindan stage, and he could see that the spiritual energy flowing around Pu Yanlan was also in the late Jindan stage. But Pu Yanlan gave him a feeling of being unfathomable. And her former maid, now a demon cultivator, had a strong demonic aura and overwhelming pressure. When Yan Rufeng got close to her, he couldn't help but feel a chill on his back, as if he was being stared at by some ancient giant beast.
"With Senior Sister and that...that Fellow Daoist Gu, I think our safety will be more guaranteed!"

Pu Yanlan smiled slightly when she heard this.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother Yan, now that I'm back, I will definitely protect you!"

As expected, with her presence, all the disciples of Tianyi Sect breathed a sigh of relief. On the second day, everyone received a bottle of elixir that could restore spiritual energy. When they opened it and smelled it, the pungent fragrance was so refreshing that it made people's eyes and ears clear.
"He is indeed a rare alchemy genius in the Tianyi Sect in hundreds of years. His moves are different!"

There are only four younger disciples of the Tianyi Sect who are of the same generation as Pu Yanlan, and the other twenty or so are all nephews or even grandsons of nephews. They have heard of the name of this genius since they entered the sect, and now they have truly witnessed her style. Everyone in the team of more than 30 people can get a bottle of this kind of medicine, which is 30 bottles in total. In the alliance, pills are distributed one by one, but how can they distribute one bottle at a time like this, and one bottle contains ten pills!

Pu Yanlan saw that everyone had received the pills, and then said,
"This is just an ordinary pill for restoring spiritual energy. If anyone among you has a special skill or a unique spiritual root, you can tell me. I have more pills here..."

When it comes to quantity and quality of pills, Pu Yanlan is second. There are not many alchemists on this continent who can claim to be the best. The pills of these thirty or so people are just a drop in the bucket for her, not a problem at all!

Everyone looked around after hearing this, and only a very thin and skinny young man lowered his head and stood up silently. Yan Rufeng, who was standing beside him, said,
"Senior Sister, this is my disciple Su Qingchen..."

"Chen'er, why don't you come up and meet your master aunt?"

Su Qingchen stepped forward to greet him.
"Meet Master Auntie!"

Strict as the wind,

"This child's spiritual roots are different from others. They are heavenly spiritual roots..."

"Heavenly Spiritual Roots?"

Pu Yanlan raised her eyebrows when she heard this.
"It's rare..."

Heavenly spiritual roots should be considered the top among all kinds of spiritual roots. Compared with other spiritual roots such as gold, wood, water, fire, etc., they are one level higher. Double spiritual roots like Pu Yanlan are very rare. Heavenly spiritual roots are not only rare, but also very difficult to cultivate. Because for those with heavenly spiritual roots who practice Taoism, no matter what method they use, they will make rapid progress, and the speed of practice is very fast. However, speed is both a good thing and a bad thing. Although this kind of spiritual root does not pick the five elements, because the progress is too fast, the required spiritual energy is also very huge. Without spiritual stones and top-grade spiritual land to absorb spiritual energy, a large supply of elixirs will be needed. If compared with ordinary cultivators, this amount is at least three to five times. Of course, the effect is also obvious. Therefore, heavenly spiritual roots are highly valued by the major sects, and the sect will devote all its strength to cultivate them. But if such seedlings fall into the hands of the Tianyi Sect today, it would be a real waste!
Yan Rufeng smiled bitterly and said,

"I was also afraid of delaying this child, so I wanted to expel him from the school and let him go to another famous teacher, but this child was very stubborn and refused to leave no matter what... He followed us here..."

Here he sighed and said,

"Alas! How miserable he is!"

Su Qingchen shook his head.
"Master, once a teacher, you are a father for life. If you hadn't picked me up from the roadside, I would have already returned to the underworld. How can there be any saying of heavenly spiritual roots or earthly spiritual roots? Master has given me the grace of rebirth. Please don't chase me away again!"

After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed to Yan Rufeng repeatedly. Yan Rufeng sighed deeply. Gu Shiyi, who was carrying his apprentice on his back, suddenly had an idea when he heard it. He remembered that the old guy in the underworld who should be doing well now was also picked up by his master on the roadside during the war. He liked this kid very much, so he quietly sent a message to Pu Yanlan.
"This kid looks pretty good, give him an extra bottle of pills!"

Pu Yanlan nodded and said,
"Get up now. You have a natural spiritual root and consume more spiritual energy. In this place with chaotic spiritual energy, you will suffer more than others. I will give you another bottle of Calming Pills. You can take it together with the previous pills. I think two bottles will be enough for you to travel for the next few days!"

"Thank you, Master Auntie!"

Su Qingchen was overjoyed and kowtowed to Pu Yanlan again.

There was no more conversation here, and the group set off again. However, because of Pu Yanlan's return, the gloom and sorrow on the faces of the Tianyi Sect disciples were much less than before. Several younger disciples were already chatting and laughing in low voices as they hurried on their way.

It took them another ten days to reach the farthest warm lake in the Far North. Looking at the small lake in front of them that was slowly emitting wisps of hot steam, it was only slightly smaller than the previous lakes, but it was at least four or five miles in radius. Pu Yanlan and Gu Shiyi looked at each other and exchanged a knowing look.
"It seems that the cave mentioned in the note is probably here..."

When the disciples of Tianyi Sect finally reached their destination, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Some of them couldn't wait to go to the lake and scoop up some water to drink.
"The water here is hotter than before!"

As one person passed by, more people followed. Someone saw the fish in the lake and shouted,
"The fish here are also very big, bigger than those in the previous lake!" This is already the center of the Far North. Ordinary people cannot come here, and monks will not come here either. Naturally, the fish in the lake are growing rapidly.

Yan Rufeng immediately ordered,

"Take out your things and prepare to set up the tent!"

Everyone responded and took action. Pu Yanlan and Gu Shiyi handed their apprentices to Yan Rufeng.
"Junior brother, we are planning to check out the surrounding area. Please send a disciple to look after my little disciple..."

Although Wang Xueying was young, she was quite discerning. After getting off Gu Shiyi's back, she bowed to Yan Rufeng and said in a very formal manner,

"Uncle Master, Xueying doesn't need anyone to take care of her. She can take care of herself!"

Yan Rufeng smiled and called Su Qingchen over.

"Keep an eye on your junior sister..."

Pu Yanlan and Gu Shiyi handed their little apprentice over to someone else, and then flew away in the vast snow. Yan Rufeng led everyone to work again, leaving only Su Qingchen and Wang Xueying. The two children stared at each other. Wang Xueying thought for a moment and asked,
"Brother, do you have a tent?"

"Yes, what are you going to do?"

Wang Xueying said seriously,

"Master and Junior Master have gone out for something. I'll set up the tent here so they can rest when they come back!"

Wang Xuying was born in a poor family. Children of poor families have to grow up early. She was the eldest daughter at home and knew how to take care of her younger brother very early. Now she follows two masters. Although she lives a good life with everything provided for her, her independence in her bones has not changed. As soon as the masters are away, she immediately shows her ability as the head of the family!

Su Qingchen thought for a moment and said,
"You come with me!"

So he took Wang Xuying to get the tent and set it up with her!
It is also said that Pu Yanlan and Gu Shiyi inspected the terrain near this small lake.
"It seems... this is really the place recorded in the notebook..."

The letter was copied from the monk who had been in seclusion here, and it said:

"...In the far north, there are eight underground fires that are constantly erupting. I have observed that the fire of the largest one has been gradually declining in recent years. I think it will be extinguished within a hundred years. If the snow melts and turns into water, it will probably become a large lake in the future..."

This was written by the monk ten thousand years ago. Now, the world has changed dramatically. Not only has one underground fire been extinguished, but eight of them have been extinguished. All of them have formed warm water lakes, and fish have been born in them. This is also the work of nature!
And then he said,
"...I saw that the underground fire here has not been extinguished for years, and I thought that in ancient times there must have been many volcanoes. I searched carefully and found another underground fire outlet that had long been extinguished..."

This senior went deep into the circular crater covered with heavy snow, dug out a cave underneath, and arranged magic arrays near the cave and the crater. He then led the underground fire to melt the nearby ice layer and artificially created a similar warm lake. In this way, the cave was hidden under the lake. Later, the cave was divided into three layers. The core positions of the second and third layers were protected by refined underground fire. Such multiple layers of protection were to prevent people from the opposite continent from finding him. He had been practicing in seclusion here for many years, and had painstakingly studied the Haotian Divine Book. Seeing that the deadline was approaching, he still could not break through the realm and ascend successfully. He could only sigh to his old friend in the letter,

"...I think it must be because I did too many evil things in my life, and I stole the secrets of my skills from others. The law of nature has its own rewards and punishments. I cannot ascend to the upper realm, and this is the calamity I deserve..."

Afterwards, he also advised his old friend to do less evil and create fewer sins, so as to avoid being punished by heaven and unable to ascend when he really wanted to!

"It's written in this note that originally this should be a place where underground fire is gushing out densely. There are many large and small circular vents nearby, three in the south, one in the north, five in the west, and two in the east. Now it seems that one is missing..."

Gu Shiyi flew up into the air in the snow and wind, looking around, Pu Yanlan said,

"This is a record from tens of thousands of years ago. After so many years, the ground should have been covered with ice and snow. Let's look for it again..."

The two of them used their spiritual sense to explore under a field of white snow in the south, and indeed found something different three feet underground. Gu Shiyi took out his strange knife, and a blade light flashed across, with continuous clicking sounds. It turned out that the knife cut through the ice layer, revealing the black soil at the bottom. It was indeed covered with ice and snow!
The two of them had an idea in mind, and after looking around, they finally confirmed that this was the place recorded in the note!